House debates
Thursday, 7 December 2006
- Tax Laws Amendment (Simplified Superannuation) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Costello. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. When I handed down the 2006-07 budget on 9 May this year, I announced the most significant reforms to the taxation of superannuation in...
- Superannuation (Excess Concessional Contributions Tax) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Costello. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill is a companion bill to the Tax Laws Amendment (Simplified Superannuation) Bill 2006. The purpose of the bill is to impose excess...
- Superannuation (Excess Non-Concessional Contributions Tax) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Costello. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill is a companion bill to the Tax Laws Amendment (Simplified Superannuation) Bill 2006. The purpose of the bill is to impose excess...
- Superannuation (Excess Untaxed Roll-over Amounts Tax) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Costello. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill is a companion bill to the Tax Laws Amendment (Simplified Superannuation) Bill 2006. The purpose of the bill is to impose the top...
- Superannuation (Departing Australia Superannuation Payments Tax) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Costello. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill is a companion bill to the Tax Laws Amendment (Simplified Superannuation) Bill 2006. The purpose of the bill is to replace the Income...
- Superannuation (Self Managed Superannuation Funds) Supervisory Levy Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Costello. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill is a companion bill to the Tax Laws Amendment (Simplified Superannuation) Bill 2006. The purpose of the bill is to facilitate the...
- Private Health Insurance Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Abbott. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This government is committed to choice in health care. Initiatives such as the 30 per cent rebate, the increased rebate for older Australians, no...
- Private Health Insurance (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Abbott. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill provides for the transition from the current regulatory regime to the new Private Health Insurance Bill. It also provides for the...
- Private Health Insurance (Prostheses Application and Listing Fees) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Abbott. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill imposes listing and application fees on prostheses sponsors to recover the costs of evaluating and listing prostheses for private...
- Private Health Insurance (Collapsed Organization Levy) Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Abbott. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill amends the Private Health Insurance (Collapsed Organization Levy) Act 2003 to update definitions resulting from the replacement of the...
- Private Health Insurance Complaints Levy Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Abbott. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill amends the Private Health Insurance (Complaints Levy) Act 1995 to update definitions resulting from the replacement of the National...
- Private Health Insurance (Council Administration Levy) Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Abbott. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill amends the Private Health Insurance (Council Administration Levy) Act 2003 to update definitions resulting from the replacement of the...
- Private Health Insurance (Reinsurance Trust Fund Levy) Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Abbott. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill amends the Private Health Insurance (Reinsurance Trust Fund Levy) Act 2003 to update definitions resulting from the replacement of the...
- Business (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That standing order 31 (Automatic adjournment of the House) and standing order 33 (Limit on business after 9.30 p.m.) be suspended for this sitting. Question agreed to.
- Auscheck Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Ruddock. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Since the events of 11 September 2001, the Australian government has adopted substantial measures to strengthen aviation security, including...
- Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Ruddock. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment Bill 2006 amends the classification act to implement government policy on...
- Customs Legislation Amendment (Augmenting Offshore Powers and Other Measures) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Ruddock. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill, the Customs Legislation Amendment (Augmenting Offshore Powers and Other Measures) Bill 2006, contains amendments to the Customs Act...
- Native Title Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Ruddock. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. It is more than 12 years since the commencement of the Native Title Act 1993, which was enacted in response to the landmark High Court decision...
- Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work and Vocational Rehabilitation Services) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Dr Stone. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill contains a number of amendments to the Disability Services Act 1986 to support the staged introduction of contestability for vocational...
- Murray-Darling Basin Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Hardgrave. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The main purpose of this bill is to amend the Murray-Darling Basin Agreement to enable improved business practices for River Murray Water, which...
- Australian Technical Colleges (Flexibility in Achieving Australia’S Skills Needs) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Hardgrave. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill demonstrates the continued success of the Australian technical colleges (ATCs) program and reflects the better than expected progress...
- Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No. 7) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Dutton. Bill read a first time.
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill implements a number of changes and improvements to Australia’s taxation system. Schedule 1 to the bill amends the capital gains...
- Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No. 4) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Senate Message (2 speeches)
Bill returned from the Senate with amendments. Ordered that the amendments be considered immediately. Senate’s amendments— (1) Schedule 4, item 2, page 17...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Approval of Work (1 speech)
I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, and by reason of the urgent nature of the work, it is expedient that the following proposed work be...
- Public Works Committee; Reference (1 speech)
I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, the following proposed work be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works for...
- Procedure Committee; Reports (3 speeches)
On behalf of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Procedure I present the following reports, together with the minutes of proceedings: Encouraging an interactive chamber and Motion...
- Treaties Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties I present the committee’s report entitled Report 82: Treaty tabled on 28 November 2006. Ordered that the report be made a parliamentary...
- Airspace Bill 2006; Airspace (Consequentials and Other Measures) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (5 speeches)
Debate resumed from 29 November, on motion by Mrs De-Anne Kelly: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Airspace (Consequentials and Other Measures) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 29 November, on motion by Mrs De-Anne Kelly: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill read a second time.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposals) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 29 November, on motion by Mr Ruddock: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (4 speeches)
Debate resumed from 30 November, on motion by Mr Andrews: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No. 6) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (11 speeches)
Debate resumed from 2 November, on motion by Mr Dutton: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Wheat Marketing Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill received from the Senate, and read a first time.
- Second Reading (19 speeches)
I present the explanatory memorandum to the bill and I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Since the government earlier this week—indeed, only 48 hours ago—announced its...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Health (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister and relates to the ongoing blame game in our health system. Is the Prime Minister aware that, on any one night in Australia, there are an estimated 1,684...
- Bushfires (3 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Would the Prime Minister advise the House what support the Australian government is providing to communities impacted by the current bushfires,...
- Water (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister recall stating, in February 2006, that fixing the ailing Murray River was at the top of his agenda and that he would ‘put a...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Would the Prime Minister update the House on the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics release on industrial disputes? How do these results compare with...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question again is to the Prime Minister and is also on the economy. I refer the Prime Minister to his target to achieve average economic growth of more than four per cent during the decade....
- Employment (12 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House the results of the November labour force survey? What do these statistics indicate about the success of the...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Hon. John Johnson, a former President of the New South Wales Legislative Council. On behalf of the House I extend to him a...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Reserve Bank of Australia (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. It refers to the Treasurer’s last answer on the question of the independence of the Reserve Bank. Is the Prime Minister aware of the following comments...
- The Drought (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Regional Services. Would the Deputy Prime Minister update the House on how regional communities are responding...
- Iraq (18 speeches)
My question, again, is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the report of the Iraq Study Group, headed by former US Secretary of State James Baker, which concludes: Current U.S. policy is not...
- Families (8 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer inform the House of the latest ABS statistics on births and fertility rates? What policies has the government put in place which...
- Iraq (5 speeches)
Further to my two previous questions to the Prime Minister, why is the Prime Minister the only world leader who refuses to accept that current coalition policy in Iraq is not working?
- Private Health Insurance (7 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Would the minister advise the House how many Australians hold private health insurance, particularly in my electorate of Macquarie?...
- Immigration (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware that yesterday Senator Vanstone greeted a report on the wrongful detention of Australian kids with the claim: ‘It was a...
- Independent Contractors (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Would the minister advise the House of how the government is protecting the rights of over one million Australian...
- Immigration (14 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister.
- Fiji (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Would the minister update the House on the government’s latest response to the coup in Fiji? What has been the reaction both in...
- Workplace Relations (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. This is likely to be the last question from the opposition before Christmas and before we all return to our electorates to be with our families. At this time...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (20 speeches)
I call the Leader of the Opposition—sorry, I mean the Prime Minister.
- MR Ian Dundas; MRS Marlene Dundas (0 speeches)
- Retirement (4 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I seek your indulgence so I may recognise two retiring parliamentary staff.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Standing Committee on Family and Human Services (11 speeches)
In relation to the matters you are investigating concerning the conduct of the member for Mackellar as Chair of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family and Human Services, would...
- Questions in Writing (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, under section 105 of the standing orders, would you write to the Special Minister of State asking for an answer to question No. 2605, the Prime Minister for an answer to question No....
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 14 of 2006-07 (1 speech)
—I present the Auditor-General’s Audit report No. 14 of 2006-07 entitled Regulation of pesticides and veterinary medicines-Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority....
- Documents (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Documents are tabled as listed in the schedule circulated to honourable members. Details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings and I move: That the House take note of the...
- Business (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Mr Speaker, on indulgence, while I am on my feet may I just update members on the likely course of proceedings. After the MPI, it is proposed to have the valedictories, and after that we will...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Reports: Government Responses (1 speech)
For the information of honourable members I present a schedule of outstanding government responses to reports of House of Representatives and joint committees, incorporating reports tabled and...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Howard Government (13 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Griffith proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The need for the federal...
- Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Trans-Tasman Banking Supervision) Bill 2006; Privacy Legislation Amendment (Emergencies and Disasters) Bill 2006; Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment Bill 2006; Education Services for Overseas Students Legislation Amendment (2006 Measures No. 1) Bill 2006; Education Services for Overseas Students Legislation Amendment (2006 Measures No. 2) Bill 2006; Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Amendment Bill 2006; Child Support Legislation Amendment (Reform of the Child Support Scheme — New Formula and Other Measures) Bill 2006; Inspector of Transport Security Bill 2006; Inspector of Transport Security (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2006; Judiciary Legislation Amendment Bill 2006; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Amendment Bill 2005 (0 speeches)
- Assent (0 speeches)
Messages from the Governor-General reported informing the House of assent to the bills.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Royal Commissions Amendment (Records) Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Members’ Interests Committee; Report (1 speech)
As required by resolutions of the House I table copies of notifications of alterations of interests received during the period 23 June 2006 and 6 December 2006.
- Publications Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the report from the Publications Committee sitting in conference with the Publications Committee of the Senate. Copies of the report are being placed on the table. Report—by...
- Family and Human Services Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Family and Human Services, I present the committee’s report, incorporating dissenting reports, of the inquiry into balancing work and family...
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- Procedure Committee; Reference (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the resumption of debate on the motion to take note of the following Standing Committee on Procedure reports be referred to the Main Committee: Encouraging an...
- Family and Human Services Committee; Reference (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the resumption of debate on the motion to take note of the following Standing Committee reports be referred to the Main Committee: Balancing work and Family: Report,...
- Special Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (49 speeches)
I move: That the House, at its rising, adjourn until Tuesday, 6 February, at 2.00 pm, unless the Speaker or, in the event of the Speaker being unavailable, the Deputy Speaker fixes an alternative...
- Leave of Absence (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That leave of absence be given to every member of the House of Representatives from the determination of this sitting of the House to the date of its next sitting. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Wheat Marketing Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Energy Efficiency Opportunities Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Report from Main Committee (0 speeches)
Bill returned from Main Committee without amendment; certified copy of the bill presented. Ordered that the bill be considered immediately. Bill agreed to.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the House do now adjourn.
- Gilmore Electorate Office: Work Experience (1 speech)
The House would know that I constantly have work experience people coming through my office in the electorate of Gilmore. I will read into the Hansard a letter from a lady who recently was one of...
- Ovarian Cancer Research (1 speech)
I rise in the House this evening to acknowledge and honour those learned men and women who are our medical researchers, especially those at the Millennium Foundation in Western Sydney. They spend...
- Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme (1 speech)
I rise tonight to remind the parliament of the importance of the Tasmanian freight equalisation scheme for Tasmania’s continued development and ability to lock in the future economic...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Immigration (1 speech)
Earlier this year I asked the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs for an explanation about how 26 Australian citizens could be detained as illegal immigrants. I want to emphasise...
- Centrelink (1 speech)
There is often a lot of misinformation in our communities about the role of Centrelink and where those Centrelink offices should be located. The location of Centrelink offices is based on the...
- Shortland Electorate: Volunteer Awards (4 speeches)
On 25 November this year I recognised the service of volunteers to the Shortland community. There were a number of people who received awards. In the north of the electorate the people given...
- Investing in Our Schools Program (1 speech)
In the past year, I have had the great pleasure of, once again, working closely with many schools and their P&Cs in Bonner. I have come to meet a variety of hardworking teachers, parents and...
- Child Support Agency (1 speech)
I rise today to raise an issue of child support and the conduct of the Child Support Agency on behalf of a constituent of mine whom I will call Mr B. He has asked me to use that sobriquet and to...
- Rotary Club (1 speech)
In partnership with the Rotary Club of Dili, the Rotary Club of Warringah, which operates in my electorate, has raised $260,000 for long-lasting insecticide treated mosquito bed nets for our...
- Workplace Relations (3 speeches)
Yesterday we heard the Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell, give voice to something that I think everyone in this place knows—that this government’s...
- Osborne Park RSL (1 speech)
I rise to thank the hardworking members of my local RSL subbranch in Osborne Park for their commitment in keeping the proud RSL spirit alive and for their work with our young people. The Osborne...
- Australian Citizenship (1 speech)
I want to bring to the attention of the House the failure of the government to fulfil its promise to enact the Australian Citizenship Bill. The bill is a very important piece of legislation for...
- Electorate of Gilmore: Youth Leadership Forum (1 speech)
The students, teachers and community volunteers of Gilmore have again proven they are second to none. Recently, we helped facilitate the second annual Gilmore youth leadership forum. About 100...
- Shortland Electorate: Volunteer Awards (1 speech)
Earlier, I noted the recipients of awards for the service of volunteers in the Shortland community. I seek leave to have the names and the activities of the remaining recipients incorporated into...
- Energy Efficiency Opportunities Amendment Bill 2006 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (6 speeches)
Debate resumed from 29 November, on motion by Mr Macfarlane: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Main Committee do now adjourn.
- Television Sports Broadcasting (1 speech)
To say that the second Ashes test, which provided us with so much action and excitement this week, was one of the greatest games of cricket I have ever watched would be an understatement. To see...
- Ms Tenneil Friend (1 speech)
I speak on behalf of student Tenneil Friend, from Tomerong, in my electorate of Gilmore. I am proud to be able to read the speech she has prepared for me, following her visit to Belgium on an...
- Child Sexual Assault (1 speech)
Recently I visited the West Street Centre in Wollongong, a community based counselling service dedicated to women and young people who have experienced and have lived with the trauma of child...
- Battle of Long Tan (1 speech)
I rise today in this last week of sittings for the year to address an important and historic issue for the parliament and for our nation, and I speak again of the contribution of Australian...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
Evidence of the disastrous consequences of unabated carbon dioxide emissions causing global warming has finally become so overwhelming that even the most recalcitrant members of the Howard...
- Boothby Electorate (1 speech)
The National Climate Centre has stated that the drought in Australia is intensifying, and most capital cities have water restrictions. This really does highlight how important it is to take...
- Veterans’ Affairs: Mental Health (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about mental health issues within the veterans community. Many veterans and their families face mental health issues, and there has been a growing awareness and acceptance of...
- Water Safety (1 speech)
I rise today to bring to the attention of the House an appalling situation in my home state of South Australia. Following the very late release of the state budget by the South Australian Labor...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
Last week in the adjournment debate in this chamber the member for Paterson launched a vicious attack on Gary Kennedy, secretary of the Newcastle Trades Hall Council. I now seek to set the record...
- Perth to Bunbury Highway (1 speech)
by leave—I rise today to speak on an issue that my electorate will know that I have spoken on many times in this House and certainly in the electorate, and that is the Perth to Bunbury...
- Melbourne Ports Electorate (3 speeches)
Next Tuesday, 12 December, will be the centenary of the 1906 federal election. At that election, James Mathews, a tailor from South Melbourne, was elected as the first Labor member for Melbourne...
- Flinders Electorate: Seniors (1 speech)
As we approach Christmas, I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge the work of seniors within my electorate of Flinders and to point to some of their risks and vulnerabilities and the...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
On 16 October the member for Leichhardt made a speech in which he attempted to justify his unwillingness to explain to his electorate why he supports the Howard government’s extreme...
- McPherson Electorate: Needle and Syringe Program (1 speech)
There have been concerns raised by residents of Palm Beach regarding a proposed needle and syringe program to be set up at Palm Beach Community Health Service, and the concerns are certainly...
- Pearl Harbor (1 speech)
I would like to speak briefly today regarding the date, which is 7 December. It is the 65th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese in 1941. Pearl Harbor was the event which led...
- Moncrieff Electorate: High-Impact Tower (1 speech)
Recently I was contacted by residents of Carabella Court at Mermaid Waters. These residents contacted me with concerns that they had about a recently erected 25-metre high-impact tower for...
- Petrie Electorate: School Funding (1 speech)
, the Hon. Pat Farmer, and the Minister for Education, Science and Training, the Hon. Julie Bishop, the government’s Investing in Our Schools funding program will provide improved...
