House debates
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That, unless otherwise ordered, so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the following arrangements applying for this sitting: (1) during...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
We are celebrating Canberra Day today. It is the 100th anniversary of our nation's capital. On behalf of the House, I would like to welcome to the chamber today Lord Richard Denman and Lady Jane...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (22 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind her that electricity prices in Sydney have risen 96 per cent since Labor came to power, water and sewerage prices have risen 50 per cent and...
- Australia's Future (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the government working to make my community in south-west Sydney and other communities right across Australia stronger, smarter and fairer?
- Economy (19 speeches)
My question is the Treasurer. Does the Treasurer stand by his guarantee to this House on 21 May that total Commonwealth government debt, subject to the debt limit, will not exceed $250 billion at...
- Indigenous Affairs (10 speeches, 3 comments)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Affairs. Is the minister aware of media reports that police armed with guns and tasers literally lined up First Australians and searched them for...
- Migration (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. Will the minister update the House about the government's reforms to the 457 visa program? Why are these reforms so important? What...
- Coal Seam Gas (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Minister, what factors does the government take into account in assessing coal seam gas...
- Migration (6 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's claim last week that the skilled migration or 457 visa scheme is 'out of control'. Did the Prime Minister employ her...
- New South Wales: Road Infrastructure (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. How will the government's infrastructure investment plans help commuters travelling from Sydney's west to the city and how will...
- Migration (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. How does the minister reconcile his claim that the government is cracking down on the abuse of skilled migration with the fact that...
- Teachers (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research and Minister for Small Business. Will the minister outline the government's plans to improve the quality of...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Question Time: Use of Twitter (4 speeches)
My question to you, Madam Speaker, is whether you will ask the member for Bendigo to withdraw an extremely unpleasant and untrue statement that he has published on Twitter out of question time...
- Question Time: Interjections (2 speeches)
On a similar theme—in regards to interjections during question time, rather than Twitter—it is my understanding that members need to sign people into the gallery behind me. Could you...
- 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...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report Nos 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26 of 2012-13 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General’s Audit reports 2012-13 entitled Audit report No. 22, Performance audit—Administration of the Tasmanian Forests Intergovernmental Agreement Contractors...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Budget (22 speeches)
I have 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 the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment Bill 2012; Report from Committee (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Resources, Fisheries and Forestry, I present the committee's advisory report, incorporating a dissenting report, on the Agricultural and...
- Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Administration) Bill 2012; Report from Committee (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, I present the committee's advisory report, incorporating a dissenting report, on the Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving...
- Tax Laws Amendment (Countering Tax Avoidance and Multinational Profit Shifting) Bill 2013; Report from Committee (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Economics, I present the committee's advisory report, incorporating a dissenting report, on the Tax Laws Amendment (Countering Tax Avoidance and...
- Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Administration) Bill 2012; Second Reading (11 speeches)
In speaking to the Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Administration) Bill 2012 I will be drawing on the dissenting report which the opposition members of the Joint Standing...
- Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 (14 speeches)
I speak in support of the Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013. The purpose of this bill is to make changes in relation to the baby bonus. It comes as a result of what we...
- Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Amendment Bill 2013; 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.
- Higher Education Support Amendment (Further Streamlining and Other Measures) Bill 2013; 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.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That business intervening before order of the day No. 6, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Western Sydney (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the circus that visited Western Sydney last week on behalf of the Prime Minister and the Australian Labor Party. Indeed, we had seen the show in Western Sydney before at the...
- Riverwood Community (1 speech)
Last week I was pleased to host the Prime Minister in the electorate of Banks and to observe the warmth with which she was received. On Wednesday, 6 March, I met up with the Prime Minister,...
- Coeliac Disease (2 speeches)
I rise to speak in tonight's adjournment debate on coeliac disease and Coeliac Awareness Week, which is held annually from 13 to 20 March. The aim during this time is to raise awareness of the...
- Roadtrip 2013 (1 speech)
Right now over 1,000 young people are on their way to Canberra, driving across Australia in cars and vans and buses as part of an event called Roadtrip 2013. Roadtrip 2013 is bringing together...
- Solomon Electorate: RAAF Base Eaton Housing (1 speech)
Once again I rise to highlight the disgraceful waste and mismanagement and the economic vandalism carried out by the Gillard Labor government in my electorate. I raise again the issue of the RAAF...
- Zygier, Mr Ben (1 speech)
Perhaps the ugliest outcome of the tragedy of Prisoner X is the exploitation of this issue by the usual suspects to denigrate Israel and particularly the Australian Jewish community, of which I...
- Goulburn-Murray Water (1 speech)
Goulburn-Murray Water is a state owned water authority which manages the huge irrigation system of northern Victoria, a system which covers much of my own electorate of Murray. The area generates...
- Canberra (1 speech)
Canberra bashing is a pastime we here in the national capital are used to. Normally, I do not dignify it with a response. Normally I speak out only to advocate for Canberra or to defend Canberra....
- Nationals WA (1 speech)
I rise tonight extremely proud of, and excited to report to the House, the outstanding success of the Nationals WA in last weekend's state election in Western Australia. The weekend saw the...
- Victoria: Technical and Further Education (1 speech)
It is timely that I reflect on stable government, because, far from the previous speaker's concluding remarks, I find myself in a slightly different set of circumstances in my home state of...
- Broadband (1 speech)
I am pleased to have the opportunity this evening to discuss a number of aspects of the government's program with respect to NBN Co. and what it actually means for Gold Coasters and, more...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
Much has been made of the conflicting statements made by the Leader of the Opposition about climate change. At one time he supported the evidence; later he denied the truth of the science....
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Natural Disasters (5 speeches)
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker Windsor. As this is the first time I have seen you in the chair, I wish you well and hope that you are enjoying yourself in that illustrious spot. I rise to speak...
- Murdoch, Dame Elisabeth Joy, AC, DBE (9 speeches)
The passing of Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, AC, DBE, was a particularly sad and poignant day for the Dunkley community. Dame Elisabeth was a local resident and had inculcated herself into so much of...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Closing the Gap (11 speeches)
We had the privilege of being part of the fifth anniversary of Closing the Gap. This is without doubt an incredible achievement, not just for the parliament but for our entire nation. Closing the...
