House debates
Wednesday, 4 December 2013
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Appointment (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That members be appointed as members of certain committees in accordance with the following schedule: Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
Madam Speaker has received advice from the Chief Government Whip that Mr Randall has been nominated to be a member of the Selection Committee.
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Middle East: Occupied Palestinian Territory (1 speech)
It is a matter of enormous concern that the Australian government has recently, without notice to the Australian community, changed our country's voting position in the UN General Assembly on...
- Braddon Electorate: Godfrey's Beach (1 speech)
Domestic and international tourists may be forgiven for thinking that the best beaches in Australia are only found in those uncomfortably hot and humid northern states. But one of the best...
- Rankin Electorate: YMCA (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to the YMCA school in Kingston in my electorate and especially to mark the achievements of a very special group of students, parents and staff. It was a real honour to...
- Tasmania: Walnuts Australia (1 speech)
I rise to advise the House that a Tasmanian company, Walnuts Australia, has recently won the agribusiness category at the 51st Australian Export Awards presented in Melbourne at the end of last...
- Newcastle Electorate: Special Olympics 2013 Asia Pacific Games (1 speech)
Yesterday marked the United Nations sanctioned International Day of People with Disability, and I rise to acknowledge a significant event occurring in my electorate of Newcastle this week. On...
- Corangamite Electorate: Government Investment (1 speech)
I was delighted to announce today that the federal government will invest $4.17 million in the Golden Plains intensive agriculture precinct in my electorate of Corangamite. This $12 million...
- Richmond Electorate: Koala Population (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the very urgent need to protect the koala population on the Tweed Coast in my electorate of Richmond. I am advised there are currently around 150 koalas left on the Tweed...
- Solomon Electorate: Ambrose Business Solutions (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge the fantastic achievement of a Darwin business owner whose revolutionary adaption of the traditional shopfront earnt him a place in the finals of the 2013 Australian...
- Canberra Electorate: Lifeline (2 speeches)
I am sure that all members here are aware of the incredibly important work that is done by Lifeline. Lifeline's vision is simple: an Australia free of suicide. Lifeline was founded in 1962 by the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health, and I refer the minister to this letter I hold from the Prime Minister to the Alcohol and Other Drugs Council, dated 14 October this year, in which the...
- Abbott Government (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister tell the House the practical benefits for Australian families and businesses of a government keeping its commitments?
- Asylum Seekers (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Minister, what steps has the government taken to honour its commitment to my constituents to stop the illegal arrival of...
- Budget (10 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to comments he made before the election that, 'If debt is the problem, more debt is not the answer.' What concessions has the Treasurer...
- Parliament House: Security (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Following the revelations in the Senate in November that the data of up to five members of parliament are being accessed, are any crossbench members,...
- Asylum Seekers (8 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Can the minister advise the House what steps the government has taken to clear the processing backlog of 33,000...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I advise the House that we have present with us today the Hon. Barry Cohen, a former minister and federal member for the seat of Robertson; a delegation from the secretariat of the League of Arab...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Education (24 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the PISA research released overnight which confirms that Australia has one of the widest equity gaps in educational outcomes in...
- Economy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Can the Treasurer outline what the national accounts figures show about the Australian economy? What are the impediments to boosting growth?
- Education Funding (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. I refer to Merrylands High School in my electorate, where 70 per cent of students speak a language other than English at home. Given that the...
- Budget (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I ask the Treasurer to outline the state of the budget inherited by the new government, and to inform the House about any impediments to fixing the budget and...
- Education Funding (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. Minister, how will the government ensure that the students at Merrylands High School actually get the funding?
- Carbon Pricing (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment. I remind the minister that the New South Wales Treasurer estimates the carbon tax cost to schools and hospitals in my state of New South Wales...
- Education Funding (12 speeches)
Whatever you say, Speaker. My question is to the Minister for Education. I refer to Woodridge State High School in my electorate, where 60 per cent of students come from the lowest socioeconomic...
- Broadband (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications. I refer the minister to this email from a constituent living in the suburb of Kirwan in Townsville, where there are only 59 available ADSL ports...
- Education Funding (16 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. The minister has repeatedly said that more funding is not the solution for our schools, yet all that he has offered is funding with no strings...
- AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. I remind the minister of the challenges caused by HIV, tuberculosis and malaria to the people of Papua New Guinea and the risks of these...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I wish to inform the House that we have present in the gallery today members of the fourth delegation from the Republic of Korea, who are visiting under the auspices of the Australian Political...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday the Prime Minister said that the student resource standard was well known. Today I met with some great students from Cobar High School. Will the...
- Agriculture (6 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture. I refer the minister to the statement of the secretary of the Australian Workers Union, Mr Paul Howes, on Sky News's Australian Agenda on 1...
- Intelligence and Security Committee (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer him to his response to the question from the member for Fairfax earlier during question time. Prime Minister, when will you reconstitute the Joint...
- Health (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. What is the government doing to address the recent issues surrounding the uncertainty of chemotherapy funding for Australian patients? How is this...
- 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)
- Fiscal Policy (45 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for McMahon proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government’s plan...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Governor-General's Speech (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
It is with a great sense of honour that I now present to this House of Representatives and to the Australian people my maiden speech. I will endeavour at all times to speak common sense and to...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
On indulgence, I wish to make a correction to an answer given in question time today. During question time, I noted that the member for Lilley had said a few years ago that it would be...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Budget (4 speeches)
Madam Speaker, I seek the indulgence of the chair to add to an answer.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Accounts and Audit Committee; Membership (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That Mr Watts be appointed a member of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit. Question agreed to.
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Speaker, I present report No. 1 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business, private members' business and referral of bills to...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- National Broadband Network (3 speeches)
I rise tonight to speak on a matter of great importance to my electorate and that is the disgraceful behaviour of the Abbott government in pulling the plug on the NBN rollout. In my electorate,...
- Crittenden, Ms Betty (1 speech)
It is my pleasure to pay tribute to a great community builder from the town of Mount Evelyn in the electorate of Casey. I speak of Betty Crittenden, someone who has served that Mount Evelyn...
- ACT Australian of the Year Awards (1 speech)
On 4 November I had the pleasure of attending the ACT Australian of the Year Awards ceremony at the beautiful National Arboretum and I wanted to take this opportunity to acknowledge the wonderful...
- Adelaide (1 speech)
I would like to speak about two significant events which will happen within a week of each other. They are very significant events in the life of Adelaide and in the life of South Australia. Last...
- Charitable Organisations (1 speech)
When I first spoke in this 44th Parliament, I raised the issue of how generous the community of the Sunshine Coast is. In particular, organisations such as STEPS, SunnyKids, the Daniel Morcombe...
- Fowler Electorate: Bushfire Fundraising (1 speech)
In October this year residents of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales were hit by some of the most savage bushfires in recent history, certainly the most savage since the Victorian calamity....
- 5th/7th Battalion (2 speeches)
This is an opportune moment for me to pay my respects to the 5th/7th Battalion. I was privileged to be at the War Memorial on Monday. This was the first battalion I joined as a 17½-year-old...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Calwell Electorate: Student Garden Project (1 speech)
I recently conducted the opening of a very beautiful garden at the Catholic Regional College in my electorate, in Sydenham. The garden was the culmination of many hours of work by year 12...
- Calare Electorate: Education (1 speech)
I rise to speak, with some pride, about the wonderful small school of Nashdale Public in my Calare electorate. I was privileged to recently attend the school's 125th birthday...
- Health Funding (1 speech)
Since the swearing in of the Abbott government, I have had a constant stream of my constituents contacting me to let me know about how its cuts are affecting them. From public servants who are...
- Brisbane International Airport (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate the Brisbane Airport Corporation on its announcement today of a $45 million overhaul of the Brisbane International Airport Terminal. In a statement today, the Brisbane...
- Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (1 speech)
I rise to take on the issue of discrimination in this country. This issue struck a chord with people overnight on my Facebook page. There, people in unprecedented numbers have been looking at the...
- Bradfield Electorate: Centenary of Anzac (1 speech)
Let me take this opportunity, the first one available to me, to congratulate you, Mr Deputy Speaker, on your appointment to the high office that you now hold. I would like to speak this morning...
- Makin Electorate: Prescott Primary Northern (1 speech)
On Tuesday 26 November, I attended a high tea at Prescott Primary Northern school in my electorate to farewell Shane and Gaynor Blake and their two daughters, Mikayla and Casey, who were...
- Sunshine Coast (1 speech)
I warn the ABC before I start that this will be an unabashed advertisement for the Sunshine Coast. They may want to consider whether they wish to broadcast this because I know they do not like...
- Corio Electorate: Cycling (1 speech)
Communities with strong bike infrastructure are communities that are prepared to address the difficult transport issues of today while meeting the important challenges of tomorrow. In my...
- Banks Electorate: Hurstville Rotary Club (2 speeches)
Mr Deputy Speaker Scott, I take this opportunity to congratulate you on your election to your role. I rise today to congratulate the Hurstville Rotary Club on some of its recent activities....
- Bills (0 speeches)
