House debates
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (1 speech)
I have received messages from the Senate informing the House of the appointment of senators to certain joint committees. As the messages are lengthy, I do not propose to read them to the House....
- Appointment (1 speech)
I have received a message from the Senate concurring with the resolution of the House relating to the appointment of certain joint committees. As the message is lengthy, I do not propose to read...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Education Funding (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The coalition went to the last election claiming to be on an absolute unity ticket with Labor on school funding. Labor's plan would have delivered $14.65...
- Economy (4 speeches)
) ( ): My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on progress the government is making in delivering the plan it took to the election to build a strong and...
- Education Funding (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Before the election the coalition claimed there was no difference between Liberal and Labor on school funding. Under Labor's funding agreements states were...
- Immigration (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister inform the House of the problems that were faced when temporary protection visas were removed in 2008? What...
- Education Funding (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Under Labor's school agreements, states are required to invest one extra dollar for every two extra federal dollars. What is the rate of co-contribution from...
- Gambling (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, your government wants to overturn the 43rd Parliament's modest poker machine reforms, so I want to know how all the avowed Christians in the...
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Can the minister confirm that the promise of permanent residence lured over 33,000 people on dangerous boat journeys to...
- Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Minister for Education's claim today that the government would keep the student resource standard. Can the Prime Minister advise what this...
- Economy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline the budget and economic challenges facing the Australian economy over coming months? How will stability, consistency and honesty in...
- Education Funding (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. Under Labor's Gonski plan, New South Wales agreed to improve teacher standards to boost student outcomes and to improve school leadership in order to...
- Carbon Pricing (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment. I remind the minister that dry cleaners are significant users of electricity and have been significantly disadvantaged by higher electricity...
- Education Funding (15 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. Yesterday, the government claimed to have reached a national agreement on school funding. Can the minister confirm for the House what the states are...
- Herbert Electorate: Defence (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. I remind the Foreign Minister that Townsville is the home to 3rd Brigade, Australia's largest army base, as well as RAAF Base Townsville. I...
- Education Funding (18 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the government's failure to provide any detail today about indexation, co-contributions, the student resource standard and loadings for...
- National Broadband Network (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications. I refer the minister to an election advertisement displayed on a billboard in Stanley Street in Brisbane, which claimed that Labor's national...
- Education Funding (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. Under Labor's Gonski plan, there are needs based loadings for students with disability, for Indigenous students, for small and remote schools, for...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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Before I call the member for Corangamite, I wish to note that we have visiting us, in the gallery, Mr Stuart Henry, the former member for Hasluck. We make him welcome. Honourable members: Hear, hear!
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Road Infrastructure (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. I remind the minister that, as part of the government's focus on building the roads of the...
- Education Funding (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister guarantee that the needs based loadings under Labor's Gonski plan for every small and remote school will be delivered to those schools...
- Diabetes (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. What has the government done to provide support for families of children suffering from type 1 juvenile diabetes? What impediments have been preventing...
- Education Funding (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister guarantee that the needs based loadings in Labor's Gonski plan for every student with a disability will be delivered to schools under...
- Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Minister for Employment. I remind the minister the Productivity Commission released its report today Geographic Labour Mobility. How is the government supporting...
- Education Funding (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister guarantee that the needs-based funding loadings in Labor's Gonski plan for every Indigenous student will be delivered to schools under...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (2 speeches)
On indulgence, Madam Speaker, I request leave from the House to be absent from tomorrow for the birth of my child next week.
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Question Time (1 speech)
Just before I call the Leader of the House, I did say yesterday that I would check the tape and the Hansardregarding the question of the Leader of the Opposition and his question that was...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- National Apology for Forced Adoptions (2 speeches)
by leave—I move: That today, this Parliament, on behalf of the Australian people, takes responsibility and apologises for the policies and practices that forced the separation of mothers...
- 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.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Education Funding (22 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Maribyrnong proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government’s...
- Governor-General's Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (4 speeches)
Order! Before I call the honourable member for Braddon, I remind the House that this is the honourable member's maiden speech. I therefore ask that the usual courtesies be extended to him.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Rural Clinical Schools (1 speech)
Tonight I am going to speak about the rural doctor shortage crisis and the solutions that can be offered by rural clinical schools—and I will highlight the achievements of some of those...
- Lalor Electorate: Housing (1 speech)
I welcome the opportunity this evening to talk about a housing forum I recently hosted in my electorate. The forum brought together many from our community, including...
- Small Business (3 speeches)
Tonight I want to address the issue of small businesses and the challenges they face. They are doing it tough, and we all hear that from the small businesses we speak to. As we go around our...
- Hotham Electorate: Education Funding (1 speech)
We have been having an incredibly important debate in this House over the last few days about education funding. I rise tonight make a contribution to the debate on behalf of my constituents in...
- Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
The carbon tax impacts my electorate more than many because it has such a large manufacturing base. Many of the manufacturers in my electorate are doing it tough. So I use this opportunity to...
