House debates
Wednesday, 5 June 2013
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Privilege (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Just before I call the member for Scullin, I want to report back on two matters of privilege. Yesterday two matters of privilege were raised. The Minister for Trade and Competitiveness raised a...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights I present the committee's Seventh Report of 2013 entitled Examination of legislation in accordance with the Human Rights...
- Education and Employment Committee; Report (3 speeches)
On behalf of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Education and Employment I present the following advisory reports, incorporating dissenting reports, together with the minutes of...
- National Capital and External Territories Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories I present the committee's report on the visit to Norfolk Island, on 29 and 30 April 2013, together with...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Immigration (4 speeches)
I seek indulgence to advise the House of additional information that has been drawn to my attention following an answer I gave in the Federation Chamber during consideration in detail last night....
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Pie of Origin (1 speech)
Tonight there is an epic contest between New South Wales and Queensland, and of course I support the Blues. It is not in the State of Origin; it is in the Pie of Origin. The Pie of Origin is the...
- Cervical Cancer Vaccine (1 speech)
I would like to pay tribute to the GAVI Alliance, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, that funds vaccines for children in the world's 70 poorest countries. It is fantastic that...
- Swan Electorate: Victoria Park Swimming Club (3 speeches)
As much as I would like to live in Aston, I am very proud to live in Swan.
- Moreton Electorate: Warrigal Road State School (1 speech)
Tomorrow is Queensland Day, and let's hope that Queensland Day starts tonight. Today I have the pleasure of seeing Warrigal Road State School's year 6 students here in Parliament House. It was...
- Pie of Origin (1 speech)
I rise to support my colleagues in the clash of the pie-eating states. As you can see I have enjoyed the odd pie or two in my day. While my electorate of Hinkler has many great bakeries, like...
- Food Retailing (1 speech)
The CEO of Coles, Ian McLeod, has warned against further regulation in food retailing. He has said that parties such as me will be extremely detrimental to areas if Coles and Woolworths are in...
- Australian Education Bill 2012 (1 speech)
I thought I had seen it all in this place but, unfortunately, we have seen a new low in the parliament. We have seen a debate on education gagged by the Labor Party after only last night...
- Greenway Electorate: Victims' Rights (1 speech)
On 18 November 2011, a fire tore through the Quakers Hill Nursing Home centre in my electorate, tragically killing 11 residents. Some perished in the fire; others as a result of their injuries....
- Australian Education Bill 2013 (2 speeches)
I think it was a disgraceful effort of the Labor Party, in concert with the member for Lyne, to gag the debate on the Gonski school reforms today.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to revelations this morning that his own department now says that Australian government debt will reach $290 billion by Christmas this year...
- Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the government's plan to build a stronger and smarter economy and how the passage of the Australian Education...
- Budget (7 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his statement just three weeks ago to the House: … it is not necessary to do anything about the debt cap at all … Given that...
- Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth. Why is the passage of the Australian Education Bill 2013 through the House today so important for building a...
- Asylum Seekers (20 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind her that 42,000 people, on 700 illegal boats, have arrived on this government's watch and that more than 10,000 have been released into the...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on today's National Accounts? What are the government's plans to keep investing in the big reforms to make our economy strong...
- National Security (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. I refer the minister to his statement to the House yesterday that there has been no assessment in relation to the convicted...
- Education (7 speeches)
My question goes to the Minister for Regional Services, Local Communities and Territories. Why is support for schools in regional and rural Australia so important for families, communities and...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I would like to welcome to the gallery this afternoon Bob Horne, the former member for the seat of Paterson. Honourable members: Hear, hear!
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- National Security (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. I refer the minister to the fact that ASIO informed the Department of Immigration and Citizenship of the presence of a convicted...
- Infrastructure (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, and the Minister for Regional Development and Local Government. Will the minister update the House on the new investments the...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. I refer the minister to the fact that the Australian Federal Police informed the Department of Immigration and Citizenship of the presence of a...
- Workplace Bullying (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Financial Services and Superannuation. Will the minister outline the consistent approach the government is taking to deal...
- National Security (22 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. Since taking up this post, has the Attorney-General been advised by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation that a convicted jihadist terrorist...
- Renewable Energy (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change, Industry and Innovation. Minister, why is renewable energy critical for building a stronger economy and delivering a clean energy future? How...
- National Security (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind her that ASIO had concluded in August last year that a convicted jihadist terrorist was being held in low-security detention in the Adelaide Hills....
- Community Services (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Community Services, Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development and Minister for the Status of Women. What is the government doing to support...
- National Security (6 speeches)
This is a question to the Prime Minister. Given that a convicted terrorist was left behind a pool fence for almost a year and for eight months after being identified, that ministers were kept in...
- Taxation (5 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer and Minister Assisting for Deregulation. Why is it important to deliver real and fair tax reform for all Australians? What would be the impact on...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- National Security (49 speeches)
In light of the Prime Minister's concession that national security has not been adequately handled in relation—
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
A document is presented as listed in the schedule circulated to honourable members. Details of the document will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings. I move: That the House take note of the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 83 of the Selection Committee, relating to the consideration of committee and delegation reports and private members’ business on Monday, 17 June 2013. The report will...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (19 speeches)
I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Motions (0 speeches)
- National Security (14 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion, directing the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship to seek a report from the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence and Security on the...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Economy (40 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)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report 84 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on Monday, 17 June 2013 and consideration of bills....
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Petitions: Dyslexia (1 speech)
As shadow minister for education I firmly believe that there is no shame in a learning disability; the only shame is if it is not recognised and treated. Dyslexia is a learning disability that...
- Higher Education (1 speech)
Since the 1990s there have been many steps taken to develop the Australian private higher education system so that private institutions can compete with the long-established public universities....
- Casey Electorate (1 speech)
As this parliament nears its end, I rise to give what will surely be my final adjournment speech before the coming election. I would like to take this opportunity to talk about the electorate I...
- National Security (1 speech)
A number of honourable members and some members of the media might well be wondering why I chose to abstain from the vote this afternoon on the motion moved by the honourable member for Denison...
- Electorate of McMillan: Infrastructure (1 speech)
This may be the only opportunity I have in an adjournment debate before the election campaign as well. I want to put to you and this House my dream, for my beautiful electorate of McMillan, of...
- Calwell Electorate, Petition: Cost of Living (1 speech)
Tonight I would like to share with the House some recent events that have taken place in my electorate and also table a petition from the Northern Turkish Women's Association in Meadow Heights. I...
- Government Policies (1 speech)
A great champion is one who can turn adversity into triumph. There will be 1,200 highly skilled workers out of work at Ford, which announced that it was ceasing production in Australia after 93...
- Robertson Electorate: Telework (1 speech)
Bennelong sounds like a very miserable place to be. I have a whole different story to tell. It is almost like it is another country when you head north up the F3 and you get to the seat of...
- Organ Donation (2 speeches)
At the National Party's federal council in Canberra on Saturday a motion was passed that organ donation laws be changed from requiring written approval via organ donation registration to an...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Casey Electorate: Cancer Council Morning Tea (1 speech)
On Thursday, 23 May I had the pleasure of attending two Biggest Morning Teas, where dedicated members of the local community in the electorate of Casey raised money for the Cancer Council. The...
- Creative Young Stars Program (1 speech)
When recently inducting the great Australian trumpeter James Morrison into the Hall of Fame at the Jazz Bell Awards I was told something extraordinary by him: that weekend he had 3,500 young...
- Tyler, The Creator (1 speech)
I rise to speak on a matter of great concern regarding a rapper by the name of Tyler, The Creator who is due to perform in Australia to concerts of all age groups in Sydney, Perth, Melbourne and...
- Budgewoi Beach Student Care Project (1 speech)
On Sunday I visited the Budgewoi Beach Student Care Project at Budgewoi in my electorate. They were celebrating their 18th birthday. It really brought home to me the wonderful work that they have...
- Broadband (1 speech)
I rise in the chamber to alert the House to the fact that the NBN asbestos contamination problem has made an appearance in Coffs Harbour, and that is not to be unexpected, given that it seems to...
- Royal Hobart Hospital (1 speech)
I rise to express my great disappointment with the ongoing delays plaguing the Royal Hobart Hospital redevelopment. The state government has made deep cuts to Tasmania's struggling public health...
- Queensland Greats (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge a number of outstanding Queenslanders who were this week recognised as 'Queensland Greats'. Among them were two people who play an important role in the Ryan community: Dr...
- Corio Electorate: Geelong (1 speech)
Go the Maroons, indeed—that is where my heart is tonight as well. In recent months in Geelong there has been a debate about the Ritz building. This is an old, beautiful Geelong building...
- Republic of Macedonia (1 speech)
I would like to raise an issue of concern on the part of my constituents of Macedonian origin as it relates to their homeland, the Republic of Macedonia. I have spoken before about Albanian...
- DisabilityCare Australia (2 speeches)
I rise today to talk about DisabilityCare Australia, as big a change in this generation as Medicare was in our parents' generation. It will transform the lives of Australians with disabilities...
- Bills (0 speeches)
