House debates
Wednesday, 12 February 2014
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Human Rights Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present the committee's report entitled Examination of legislation in accordance with the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny)...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Governor-General's Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (7 speeches)
I rise to speak in reply to the Governor-General's speech, which was made some several months ago now. It was a great pleasure to sit in the Senate and to listen to the Governor-General spell out...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Chappell, Mr Barry (1 speech)
I rise to become a personal recruitment agency for one of my constituents, Mr Barry Chappell, who contacted me last year but unfortunately 90-second statements were cancelled. He is having...
- Hinkler Electorate: Disability Services (1 speech)
It is with great pleasure that I rise to speak about last Friday night's Ability Ball in Bundaberg. The Ability Ball is a formal night for clients of local disability support organisation...
- South Australia: Employment (1 speech)
I was astonished to read that the South Australian Liberal Party's bright idea for responding to the impending closure of General Motors Holden is to increase migration into South Australia and...
- Sochi Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games (1 speech)
The Central Coast is known by many for its beautiful beaches, but today I recognise the remarkable achievements of two athletes from my electorate of Robertson who are stars in the snow at the...
- Australian Jockeys' Association (1 speech)
The Australian Jockeys' Association, or AJA, represents all 850 jockeys throughout Australia. Many of them live in my electorate and work at the wonderful Royal Randwick racecourse. The AJA...
- Festivale (1 speech)
) ( ): I rise to acknowledge the success of Festivale, a three-day celebration and showcase of the very best of Tasmanian food, drink and entertainment in Launceston from 7-9 February. It is an...
- Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month (1 speech)
) ( ): February is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month; and, as the ACT's ambassador for Ovarian Cancer Australia, I am using this month to promote awareness of this disease and to encourage...
- Duthie, Mrs Jeanette Elizabeth (1 speech)
People in my electorate of Lyons in Tasmania—and indeed Australia—witnessed the end of a political era just prior to Christmas with the passing of Jeanette Elizabeth Duthie. Mrs...
- Bendigo Electorate: Bushfires (2 speeches)
Today I rise to acknowledge and thank the amazing CFA crews of my electorate. From Macedon to Elmore, our community knows that the CFA is there if the worst occurs. One way in which we are...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Employment (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his election promise to visit East Arnhem Land in his first week as Prime Minister. Given that Rio Tinto will close the alumina...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the government delivering on its commitments to deliver a strong and prosperous economy and a safe and secure Australia?
- Employment (9 speeches)
I remind the Prime Minister that before the last election he said in Arnhem Land: Why shouldn't I, if you will permit me, spent my first week as Prime Minister, should that happen, on your...
- Indigenous Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. Will the minister outline to the House the government's plan to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in literacy and...
- Economy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to the fact that 54,000 full-time jobs have been lost since the election and that this is a worse outcome than Australia experienced for the...
- Research and Development (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture. We know that innovation is the key to Australian agriculture remaining competitive. During the election the government committed to an additional...
- Economy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline the debt and deficit situation inherited by the government? What are the challenges to this parliament in addressing the debt and...
- Carbon Pricing (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment. I refer to this bill from Derby Industries that shows that Western Australia's major meat-processing plant, Talloman, is being charged around...
- Automotive Industry (20 speeches)
I was watching the clock. Thank you, Madam Speaker, for your guidance. My question is to the Prime Minister. Today the Australian Financial Review reported that Toyota had blamed unions in a...
- Carbon Pricing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture. I refer the minister to this email from Thiess Australia stating that the carbon tax is costing this food processing business $5.5 million a year...
- Automotive Industry (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to the front page story in today's Australian Financial Review entitled 'Toyota blamed union'. Did the Treasurer himself or anyone on his behalf provide...
- Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. I remind the minister that my electorate of Swan is home to Curtin University's Bentley campus. Will the minister please update the House on...
- Automotive Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Treasurer has given some false accounts of private meetings with Toyota; he has attacked General Motors in parliament; and he is letting the agriculture...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Prime Minister; Attempted Censure (10 speeches)
I seek leave to move a motion of censure against the Prime Minister. Leave not granted. I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister explain how the government is keeping its commitment to deny permanent visas for people who have arrived...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
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I present the Auditor-General's Performance Audit No. 19 of 2013-14, Management of complaints and other feedback by the Australian Tax Office. Ordered that the report be made a parliamentary paper.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present Report No. 3 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on Monday, 24 February 2014. The report will be...
- Standing Committee on Economics; Membership (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That Dr Leigh be appointed a supplementary member of the Standing Committee on Economics for the purpose of the committee's inquiry into the Reserve Bank annual report...
- Membership (1 speech)
I have received a message from the Senate informing the House of the change of membership of certain joint committees. As the list is a lengthy one, I do not propose to read the list to the...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Documents are presented as listed in the schedule circulated to honourable members earlier in the day. Details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Derby Industries; Presentation (3 speeches)
I table the document denied leave for tabling earlier from Derby Industries, Talloman—
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Employment (3 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Lingiari proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The recent failure of the...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Leader of the House; Attempted Censure (17 speeches)
Madam Speaker, I seek leave to move the following motion. Leave not granted. I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the member for Watson moving...
- Governor-General's Speech (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Abbott Government; Attempted Censure (39 speeches, 1 comment)
I seek leave to move a motion against the Abbott government. Leave not granted. I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Lingiari...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Trade Unions (1 speech)
Since the election there has been an abundance of credible claims by none other than senior union officials claiming unlawful activity, corruption, organised crime, and involvement in standover...
- Homelessness (1 speech)
I rise to discuss an issue I have spoken about a number of times in this chamber—that is, housing stress and homelessness. I do this because it is an issue that is not going...
- Mallee Electorate: Fires (1 speech)
Once again, I am not here to throw aspersions on those opposite but to report on the fires that occurred in my electorate between 15 and 18 January. Adam Lindsay Gordon once said most of life is...
- Ipswich Grammar School Sesquicentenary (1 speech)
The year 2013 marked the sesquicentenary celebrations for Ipswich Grammar School. IGS, as it is known locally, is not only the oldest secondary school in Ipswich, it is the oldest secondary...
- Reid, Professor Janice (1 speech)
It gives me great pleasure to rise this evening to honour the work and achievements of Professor Janice Reid, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Western Sydney. Having retired in...
- Penalty Rates (1 speech)
I rise to explain to the House the concerns the opposition have with respect to the government's intentions to undermine penalty rates for workers in this country. The government's alarming...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Gorton Electorate: Australia Day (1 speech)
I would like to remark upon some wonderful festivities that were recently held in my electorate of Gorton for Australia Day. I had the privilege of joining the Mayor of Melton, Councillor Bob...
- Bushfires (2 speeches)
Over recent days my home state of Victoria has once again found itself inflicted by the scourge of bushfires. While, thankfully, no lives so far have been lost, the level of property damage has...
- Hume Electorate: Scholarships (1 speech)
Last week, I was privileged to attend presentations and events in my electorate in Goulburn and Yass at which local school leavers were granted scholarships to support their studies beyond...
- Automotive Industry (1 speech)
I want to place on record my very heartfelt sadness for those Australian workers in the car manufacturing sector who have lost and will lose their livelihoods as a result of the end of the...
- Men's Sheds (1 speech)
The federal electorate of Capricornia expands 91,049 square kilometres and takes in the coastal community of Sarina on the Central Coast of Queensland. On a recent road trip, I visited the Sarina...
- Scullin Electorate: Lunar New Year (1 speech)
On Saturday I had the very great pleasure of attending the Whittlesea Chinese association and the Hoi Phu Nu Trung Vuong Vung Whittlesea Vietnamese women's group celebration at the lunar new...
- Forde Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
I would like to open the 2014 year with a bit of a celebration of some of the achievements of the schools in Forde during 2013. I would like to begin by recognising the efforts of Kimberley...
- John, Ms Laura (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate my constituent Laura John on her appointment as the Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations for 2014. Laura was appointed to this position on 12 December 2013...
- GST on Moveable Home Estates (2 speeches)
Today I rise to express my thanks to the Australian Taxation Office for their sensible decision to withdraw the draft ruling released on 30 October last year regarding GST on moveable home...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Gietzelt, Hon. Arthur Thomas, AO (6 speeches)
It was my great honour to be asked by the Gietzelt family last Thursday to speak at the state memorial service for the late the Honourable Arthur Thomas Gietzelt AO. It was a remarkable send-off,...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Sharon, Mr Ariel (9 speeches)
On indulgence,. I rise to speak in relation to the condolence motion on the death of Mr Ariel Sharon. We heard yesterday from the Minister for Foreign Affairs, who had the honour of representing...
- Drummond, Mr Peter Hertford (2 speeches)
Peter Drummond was the member for Forrest in this parliament from 1972 to 1987, and well and worthily represented the south-west of Western Australia for those 15 years. He came to the role by...
