House debates
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
- Privilege (0 speeches)
- (29 speeches)
Madam Deputy Speaker, I intend to raise a matter of privilege. I understand that under the current arrangements I present the matter of privilege to you and you will then convey it to the Speaker...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (3 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. I remind him of over 2,000 jobs lost at BlueScope, OneSteel and Qantas, companies that face a combined carbon tax bill of over $400 million a year and...
- Afghanistan (2 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. What role will Australia play in Afghanistan's long-term development?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I would like to point out to the House that today we have an experiment going on: an Auslan translator is in the galleries. She will have to be at the height of her skills and ability to...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (9 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. I refer the Acting Prime Minister to the letters sent by the Clean Energy Regulator to 104 councils across Australia regarding their liability to pay...
- Budget (4 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer and Minister Assisting for Deregulation. Minister, how is the government supporting Australian families and businesses through sensible tax reform to...
- Economy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister and Treasurer. Will the Treasurer confirm that the government expects to pay $29 billion in interest alone on the government's borrowings over the next...
- Indigenous Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development and relates to the Australian Employment Covenant signed in 2008. Given the successful Indigenous employment...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister and Treasurer. What is the government doing to spread the benefits of the mining boom to help families and working people to make ends meet?
- Asylum Seekers (8 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. I remind the Acting Prime Minister of the actions taken by the New Zealand Minister of Immigration, who recently introduced strong measures to deter...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth. Will the minister inform the House how the government is helping families to meet the costs of educating their...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I recognise in the gallery the former member for Solomon, Damian Hale. I welcome him back for a visit. Honourable members: Hear, hear!
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (2 speeches)
Madam Deputy Speaker, I have a supplementary question for the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth. Following on from the minister's answer, how will these policies help...
- Member for Dobell (2 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. I refer the Acting Prime Minister to the statement by the Prime Minister that the member for Dobell would not represent the Labor Party in Dobell at...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Minister for Disability Reform. How is the government's budget helping Australian families make ends...
- Fair Work Australia (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Does the minister have full confidence in Fair Work Australia?
- National Children's Commissioner (8 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General and Minister for Emergency Management.
- Member for Dobell (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Has the minister asked his department to investigate the member for Dobell's claim that the deputy president of Fair Work...
- Environment (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Will the minister update the House on the government's response to the request from the...
- Member for Dobell (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation. Does the minister have full confidence in the work of Mr Terry...
- Budget (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment Participation and Minister for Early Childhood and Childcare. Will the minister please outline how our employment services are working to make sure...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (4 speeches)
My question is to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, in regard to a response given today by the Acting Prime Minister. Given that, according to the statement by the Minister for Immigration and...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (20 speeches)
Madam Deputy Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's performance audit report No. 33 of 2011-2012 entitled Management of ePassports. Ordered that the report be made a parliamentary paper.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Frazer, Miss Sarah, Clark, Mr Geoffrey (1 speech)
Tonight I would like to pay tribute to a beautiful and intelligent young woman who was taken too soon and unnecessarily: 23-year-old Sarah Frazer was finally about to fulfil her dream. She was on...
- Robertson Electorate: Health (1 speech)
I rise this evening to highlight two very significant developments in health within my electorate, and that is the start of works on two very vital projects. The Central Coast Regional Cancer...
- Hinkler Electorate: Medical Services (1 speech)
In prefacing my remarks tonight I would like to thank the government for two grants to my electorate: one for an oncology cancer unit in Bundaberg—a $5 million project—and one for a...
- Hindmarsh Electorate: Glenelg Football Club (1 speech)
I rise tonight to celebrate the success of the Glenelg SANFL Football Club's new lights at Gliderol Stadium, which were partly funded by a $190,000 grant from the federal government. I have lived...
- Macarthur Electorate: Everyone Can Dance, Grech, Ms Tara (1 speech)
I want to take this opportunity to congratulate more than 120 members of my community who took part in the Envy Personal Training Winter Charity Challenge last week. These locals braved the cold...
- Chifley Electorate (1 speech)
Last month I announced the winners of the Chifley Young Leaders Awards at a ceremony in Mount Druitt. I initiated these awards last year to recognise the positive contribution young people made...
- World IBD Day (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge World IBD Day, which fell on yesterday, 21 May. IBD is an acronym for inflammatory bowel disease, perhaps better known as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Affecting...
- Coral Sea (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak on a topic near and dear to my heart: the preservation of one of the world's great natural jewels, the Coral Sea. The Coral Sea is globally recognised as an extremely...
- Insurance Industry (1 speech)
I rise this evening to raise serious concerns about the continued failure of the insurance industry in Far North Queensland. Some two months ago the Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal...
- Banks Electorate: Hurstville Adult Dental Clinic (1 speech)
Last Thursday, 17 May 2012, the Minister for Health, the honourable Tanya Plibersek MP, visited my seat of Banks. Specifically, the minister was there to visit the Hurstville Adult Dental Clinic...
- Moncrieff Electorate: Law Enforcement (1 speech)
I rise to raise an issue of serious importance on the Gold Coast, and that is the ongoing issue of law and order. The concern that constituents in my electorate have is what appears to be an...
- Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
Over coming weeks, councils across Australia will set their rates for the year ahead. With a price on carbon taking effect on 1 July, the community will quite rightly be asking what impact carbon...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Wright Electorate: Woodhill State School (1 speech)
Recently, I was privileged to be on hand at the Woodhill State School in my electorate of Wright to induct and congratulate student leaders for the 2012 period. Woodhill is a small school which I...
- Bowen, Hon. Lionel Frost, AC (1 speech)
Other commitments prevented me speaking in the formal condolences to Lionel Bowen, so I am taking this opportunity to pay my respects to the late Lionel Bowen who passed away on 1 April this year...
- Parliament, Family Law (1 speech)
There has been recent public comment that the daily recital of the Lord's Prayer to mark the opening of our federal parliament should be abandoned or, alternatively, that the parliament should be...
- Gough, Mr David (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to David Gough of Darbys Falls in New South Wales, who passed away earlier this month. David made a tremendous contribution to raising awareness about the importance...
- Wide Bay Electorate: Bruce Highway (1 speech)
I have spoken often about the urgent need to upgrade the Bruce Highway through my electorate. I have grieved with the many families who have lost a loved one on this section of the road, I have...
- Ipswich Motorway (9 speeches)
Last week was a great week. It was a great week for the Western Corridor and particularly for all Ipswich Motorway users. After more than a decade of campaigning for an upgrade of the Ipswich...
- Western Australia: Fresh Start Program (1 speech)
I rise to talk about a failure of the Gillard government that again affects the people in need in the great state of Western Australia and that flies in the face of the role description of the...
- Murray-Darling River System (1 speech)
The Murray-Darling is the most important river system in this country. It is fundamental to South Australia's very existence. It is, quite simply, our state's lifeblood, and it is my firm opinion...
- Bonner Electorate: Crime Forum (1 speech)
In April, I had a very brave lady by the name of Miriam Sesay come into my office and tell me a very disturbing story about local youths who had abused and ridiculed her because of her racial...
- Central Coast Innovation Summit (2 speeches)
I rise to highlight the resounding success of last week's Central Coast Innovation Summit. Attended by more than 210 people, representing industry, education, creative arts and enterprise, this...
- Bills (0 speeches)
