House debates
Wednesday, 9 May 2012
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Lakes Entrance Primary School, Parliamentary Guides (1 speech)
I appreciate the opportunity to rise and pay tribute to the guides in Parliament House who bring our school groups around. On this particular occasion I would like to welcome the Lakes Entrance...
- Tasmania: GST Funding (1 speech)
Last week we saw that the Leader of the Opposition will say anything to any audience, but at Agfest on 3 May his noncommitment to current Tasmanian GST funding sent a shudder down the spine of...
- Anzac Day (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the residents and visitors to the Gold Coast who attended the many Anzac Day services that were held across the Gold Coast this year. In my...
- Petrie Electorate: Community Organisations (1 speech)
It is my pleasure to rise and acknowledge a couple of the community organisations and events I have recently been to. Firstly I thank ROPE, which is a respite centre for people with disabilities,...
- McClintock, Mr John (1 speech)
I rise to recognise the efforts of an amazing Bennelong volunteer, Mr John McClintock. John is not a man who will promote himself or his work. John is a retired gentleman who belongs to Bennelong...
- Gough, Mr David (1 speech)
Australia has lost a wonderful community champion in David Gough. Last week David passed away in a motorbike accident in Sydney. David campaigned for organ and tissue donation following the death...
- Surf Life Saving Northern Territory (3 speeches)
I would like to share with the House that last week I was named Vice-Patron of Surf Life Saving Northern Territory.
- Hunter Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I would like to congratulate the Treasurer on a responsible and indeed historic budget, with great initiatives in health care, aged care and education and of course a National Disability...
- 70th Anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea (1 speech)
It was a great honour for me to lay a wreath of the ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea on Saturday, 5 May in Newstead Park in the Brisbane electorate. The...
- Roads: Ipswich Motorway (2 speeches)
The shadow roads minister really does not have much of a clue when it comes to roads in Queensland. For example, the coalition has opposed the upgrade of the Ipswich Motorway for three federal...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (44 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister agree with the Treasurer's statement on radio this morning that Labor's plan to increase Australia's debt limit from $250 billion to...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Before I call the member for McEwen, I inform the House that we have present in the gallery members of the Vietnamese International Youth Cooperation Development Centre's 16th delegation to...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (9 speeches)
Not from this side, anyway! My question is to the Minister for Community Services, Minister for the Status of Women and Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development. Minister, how...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I want to welcome and acknowledge in the gallery this afternoon the Hon. Dr Stephen Martin, a former speaker of this House.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Member for Dobell (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the comments on the ABC's AM program this morning when she said: … let me say I never want to see a dollar that a worker...
- Infrastructure (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Will the minister outline how the government is continuing to deliver record investments in infrastructure for the future while...
- Member for Dobell (20 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. I remind the Prime Minister of her statement just a week ago that the next election will be about 'whether you stand for the privileged few or whether...
- Budget (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Would the minister inform the House of the government's plan to improve frontline services, like dental health, under the budget?
- Member for Dobell (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister recall her statement: … question time is supposed to be one of our key accountability mechanisms. If there is a big scandal or...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Inclusion, Minister for Mental Health and Ageing and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Mental Health Reform. Minister, how will the budget deliver...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Member for Dobell (19 speeches)
Madam Deputy Speaker, I seek leave to move a motion. It is: That the House requires the Member for Dobell to make a statement to the House immediately, for a period not exceeding 10 minutes,...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Documents are presented 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...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Budget (24 speeches)
Mr Speaker has received a letter from the honourable member for North Sydney proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The failure of...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- 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...
- Infrastructure and Communications Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications I present the committee's report entitled Advisory report on the Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Screening) Bill...
- Economics Committee; Report (2 speeches)
) ( ): On behalf of the Standing Committee on Economics I present the committee's report entitled Advisory Report on the Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2012 Measures No. 1) Bill 2012,...
- Appropriations and Administration Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Appropriations and Administration, I present the committee's report entitled ReportNo. 3: Budget Estimates 2012-2013 for the Department of the House of...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Budget (1 speech)
It is the day after the federal budget—a budget which sees this government talking the talk of fiscal consolidation but walking the walk of reckless spending and of injecting money into...
- Australian Marine Engineers (1 speech)
I have been approached by constituents who are concerned about the standards of training for Australian marine engineers and proposals to change the current standards. I place on the record the...
- The Nationals (1 speech)
I was elected to federal parliament as the Nationals member for O'Connor, with a clear mandate to deliver a better deal for my electorate and a better deal for all of regional Western Australia....
- Ipswich Motorway (1 speech)
To paraphrase the words of the Queensland Times newspaper of the 26 April 2012, the Ipswich Motorway pain is over at last. This federal Labor government committed $1.95 billion for the Dinmore to...
- Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
The Labor Party's carbon tax is a direct attack on Australian households and businesses. It is a new tax on every power point in every house and business, and we have now had confirmation that it...
- Health Services (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about the importance of good healthcare services. I am proud to be part of a government that has done so much to invest in better healthcare services. Of course, we still...
- Flinders Electorate: Sorrento Post Office (1 speech)
I wish to raise the issue of the Sorrento Post Office and postal services in Sorrento, Victoria within my electorate of Flinders. There are two concerns that the residents of Sorrento have about...
- Beef Industry (1 speech)
Tonight I am going to raise three issues of concern to local beef producers, as they are indeed of concern to other producers across Australia. These are the current role and structure of the...
- Work Experience in Parliament House (1 speech)
Just before the break, Jessica Cohen from my electorate of Gilmore came and did some work experience. Tonight, I would like to relate how she found Parliament House. Just before I relate her...
- Holt Electorate: National Youth Week (1 speech)
On the subject of young people and the contribution they make, I rise tonight to talk about some very special young people from my electorate and the surrounding region and some of the thoughts...
- Budget (2 speeches)
I touch tonight on the budget that was presented last night. I think at best it can be described as a 'get them by' budget. It is a budget that has no coherent strategy to deliver strong economic...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- McPherson Electorate: Community Achiever Awards (1 speech)
I recently held my second annual McPherson Community Achiever Awards at the Burleigh Waters Community Centre to formally recognise the work done by many of the unsung heroes of the McPherson...
- Isaacs Electorate: Shri Shiva Vishnu Temple, Isaacs Electorate: Dandenong Jobs and Skills Expo (1 speech)
On 5 May I represented the Prime Minister at the official opening of the Hindu Society of Victoria's Cultural and Heritage Centre at the Shri Shiva Vishnu Temple in Carrum Downs. I was joined by...
- Dawson Electorate: Bruce Highway (1 speech)
( Everybody is talking about what is in the budget. I would like to talk about what was not there—the Bruce Highway, 1,700 kilometres of bitumen running from Brisbane in the south-east of...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
Disability affects everybody. I recently met with two families in my electorate who told me of the impact that disability has on their daily lives—the sleepless nights, the financial...
- Third World Countries: Birthing Kits (1 speech)
In a Third World country, something as simple as a clean cotton sheet can help save a life. For babies born in the world's poorest countries there is an extremely high rate of infection, due...
- Wills Electorate: Alevi Community Council of Australia (1 speech)
In the early hours of 19 March a number of petrol bombs were thrown at the doors of the Alevi Community Council's centre in North Coburg in my electorate. Glass bottles containing petrol were set...
- Solomon Electorate: Duke of Edinburgh Award, Solomon Electorate: Tahnee Afuhaamango (1 speech)
I rise to speak about a fantastic initiative for young people designed to encourage and motivate Territorians. Last week I had the pleasure of attending a function at Government House to...
- Pacific Highway (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about the federal Labor government's massive commitment to upgrading the Pacific Highway in my electorate on the North Coast and what a difference it has made to the lives of...
- Lee, Mr Lawrence, Cream, Ms Sally (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge the achievements of two very wonderful young people in my electorate of Stirling. Firstly, I would like to congratulate Lawrence Lee for being selected to play the violin...
- Stirling Electorate: Australian Small Business Champion Awards (2 speeches)
The Australian Small Business Champion Awards, the only national awards that recognise the achievements of small businesses, were recently held in Sydney. The awards showcased some of the most...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Bowen, Hon. Lionel Frost, AC (4 speeches)
I very much wanted to be associated with this condolence motion. Lionel Bowen retired from this parliament 22 years ago, and I dare say I am one of the few members of the House of Representatives...
- Adams, Senator Judith Anne (9 speeches)
It is an honour to be here to talk about Jude, and I am particularly pleased that the member for Hasluck is in the chair beside me, because we probably both understand very much the character of...
- Little, Mr James Oswald (Jimmy), AO (2 speeches)
James Oswald Little, known across the nation as 'Uncle Jimmy', was a true Australian hero and music legend. We gather here today to mourn Jimmy's passing on 2 April, after losing his long battle...
- Bowen, Hon. Lionel Frost, AC (1 speech)
I move: That further proceedings be conducted in the House. Question agreed to.
- Little, Mr James Oswald (Jimmy), AO (12 speeches)
On indulgence, I rise in this chamber to pay tribute to the life and times of Uncle Jimmy Little, one of the pioneering Aboriginal entertainers of our age, an Aboriginal man whose career spanned...
- Rose, Mr Iain Murray, AM (12 speeches)
On indulgence, it is with great pride and sadness that I stand here today to pay my condolences to the family of Iain Murray Rose. The champion swimmer died on 15 April after a battle with...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (7 speeches)
Firstly, I would like to thank the Prime Minister for introducing this very serious and important motion. I strongly support the motion that this House affirms its support for the goal of a...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That order of the day No. 1, committee and delegation reports, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics Committee; Report (2 speeches)
I rise to speak on the review of the 2011 annual report of the Reserve Bank of Australia by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics and the committee's hearing with senior...
- Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee; Report (1 speech)
I have a minute and a half left, which is, sadly, not enough to do justice to this report—from an excellent inquiry—In the wake of disasters: VolumeTwo: the affordability of...
