House debates
Wednesday, 14 May 2014
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Human Rights Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights I present the committee's sixth report of the 44th Parliament, entitled Examination of legislation in accordance with the Human...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Youth Connections (1 speech)
In the lead-up to last night's budget, my office was inundated with correspondence and personal representations from people worried about the possibility that the Abbott government would cut the...
- Fashion Industry (1 speech)
There has recently been shock with the assessment by many in the media and in the lay public that there were overly skinny models on display at a recent fashion show, and I want to highlight the...
- Budget (1 speech)
Mr Deputy Speaker: The fundamental test of a budget is how it improves the wellbeing of the Australian people. These were the words of the then Leader of the Opposition in his first budget...
- Barker Electorate: Pinnaroo Wetlands Project (1 speech)
On Sunday 4 May I had the great privilege of representing the Deputy Prime Minister at the opening of stage 2 of the Pinnaroo Wetlands. Pinnaroo is in the heart of the Southern Mallee, and as the...
- Canberra Electorate: Public Service (1 speech)
Last night's budget underscored the Abbott government's complete disdain for Canberra and its complete disdain for the Public Service. In his budget speech the Treasurer paraded the fact that at...
- Acton, Mr Graeme (1 speech)
Australia, Central Queensland and the cattle industry will mourn the loss of a true gentleman, cattle king and first-class sportsman, Graeme Acton, who passed away on Friday, 9 May. He was 63...
- Budget (3 speeches)
I want to strongly protest the shameful treatment in last night's budget of young Australians who stand to lose their jobs. I support the need for strong work tests and strong work for the dole...
- National Volunteer Week (1 speech)
Tomorrow night in Perth the WA Volunteer of the Year awards will be presented at the National Volunteer Week gala dinner at the Hyatt Regency Perth. An article in the Southern Gazette on 6 May...
- Budget (1 speech)
South Australians have once again been dudded by the Abbott government. In yesterday's budget, the Abbott government axed the supplementary local roads funding that had been made available to...
- Norco Rural (1 speech)
I rise in the House to tell of great news from my local electorate. I have a co-operative called Norco. It is 119-year-old cooperative. They are owned and operated by local farmers. They employ,...
- Mid West Academy of Sport (1 speech)
I recently had the pleasure of attending the official launch of the Mid West Academy of Sport in Geraldton and have been following the progress of this fantastic initiative ever since. Under the...
- Charitable Organisations (1 speech)
All too often, many families across our community experience perhaps one of the most traumatic and tragic life experiences: the birth of a critically ill child or, worse still, stillbirths or...
- Wiltshire, Mr Graham, OAM (1 speech)
This afternoon I pay tribute to the life and work of one of the fathers of the Tasmanian wine industry, Graham Edward Wiltshire OAM. When the early history of Tasmania's wine industry is written,...
- McEwen Electorate: Kings Park Commentary Box (1 speech)
I recently had the honour of opening Seymour FM's new commentary box in Kings Park. The commentary box was built by students of Broadford Secondary College, as part of their VET in Building and...
- Hindmarsh Electorate: Arnott's Biscuits (1 speech)
The history of Arnott's Biscuits began in 1865, when the Scottish immigrant, William Arnott, opened a bakery in Newcastle, providing biscuits to townspeople and the ships docking at the local...
- Turkey: Mining Tragedy (1 speech)
I wish to offer condolences and heartfelt thoughts to Australia's Turkish community, which woke this morning to the news of a devastating explosion in a mine in western Turkey that has left 201...
- Wannon Electorate: Cancer Services (1 speech)
I rise today to say how proud I am of my community in south-west Victoria. Last week the community finished the fundraising of $5 million to go to a regional cancer centre. This effort by the...
- Budget (2 speeches)
I am grateful that we have quite a number of those on the other side present today, because I wanted to ask a simple question. I do not know if any of them still have their Real Solutions...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Nigeria (2 speeches)
If I may, I will take a moment of the House's time on indulgence. The whole world—and certainly millions of Australians—have been absolutely transfixed and horrified by the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Abbott Government (14 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his admission on ABC's 7.30 last night that the new GP payment and income tax levy are taxes. I also refer the Treasurer to both his and...
- Budget (52 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister explain why the measures in yesterday's budget are necessary to ensure our future prosperity?
- Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. How is the government expanding opportunities in education for all Australians?
- Budget (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister promised before the election, 'We will help families with the real cost of raising children,' but the Prime Minister's budget will cost...
- Road Infrastructure (4 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. How does the budget deliver on the government's commitment to build the roads of the 21st century?
- Health (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Before the election the Prime Minister promised no cuts to health. Last night the Prime Minister confirmed that all Australians will pay more for their...
- Border Protection (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. What benefits are there in the budget for all Australians as a result of the government's success in stopping...
- Employment (15 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Last night the government revealed that it will force young people under 30 into poverty by cutting them off all forms of income support if they cannot find...
- Apprenticeships (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry. Can the minister tell us how the government's budget provides more support for apprenticeships?
- Budget (31 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Prime Minister. During this question time, on eight occasions the Prime Minister has lacked the courage to admit that he broke his promises. Enough is enough. Will 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.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 7 of the Selection Committee relating to private members’ business on Monday, 26 May 2014. The report will be printed in today’s Hansard and the committee's...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Budget (20 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 Prime Minister’s...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Budget (1 speech)
I rise tonight to acknowledge an extraordinary organisation in my electorate that in recent years has done amazing work with young people who have become disengaged from the community to bring...
- Acton, Mr Graeme (1 speech)
It is with great sadness that I rise to take this time in the House to reflect on the death of my friend and Central Queensland cattle king Graeme Acton. Mr Acton died on Friday night, a week...
- Budget (4 speeches)
Two weeks ago, I met a pensioner at his home in Pagewood in my electorate. He was a man in his 70s who outlined to me his struggles to live his life. He still had a mortgage on his home, which he...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Scullin Electorate: Councillor Nicola Davis (1 speech)
I rise today with a heavy heart to speak on the tragic and sudden passing of Councillor Nicola Davis from the City of Whittlesea. As the federal member I think it is appropriate that I say some...
- Budget (1 speech)
Last night's federal budget locked in funding for the delivery of key election commitments in Petrie. The coalition government has delivered a budget that tackles debt and deficit but also,...
- South East Melbourne Manufacturing Forum (1 speech)
I want to thank representatives of the research, local government and industry sectors for contributing their views at the South East Melbourne Manufacturing Forum in Dandenong on 1 May. My...
- Bennelong Electorate: Badminton, The Extra Mile Project (1 speech)
I rise to inform the House of two different developments in my local Bennelong electorate relating to badminton and charity. Just recently I was made aware of not one but two world-class...
- Gellibrand Electorate: Men's Health (1 speech)
I rise today to recognise the launch of an important new men's health initiative in my electorate led by the Western Bulldogs football club and the Macedon Ranges and North Western Melbourne...
- Deakin Electorate: Budget (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about some aspects of last night's budget for the Deakin electorate. As you know, last night the Treasurer handed down a budget that lays the strong foundations for our...
- Canberra Electorate: Budget (1 speech)
Yesterday was a black day for Canberra. Today, Canberrans are wondering why they are doing the heavy lifting for the nation. In this morning's constituency statement, I would like to speak about...
- Lindsay Electorate: Jessica Fox and Western Sydney Wanderers (1 speech)
Today it is an enormous privilege to rise in this place. As the member for Lindsay, I am a proud citizen of Western Sydney and am continually proud of the sporting achievements of my local...
- National Day of Mourning (1 speech)
Kane Ammerlaan was a 16-year-old building apprentice when his boss asked him to do some cash work on the weekend. His job was to carry overloaded buckets of concrete up to a roof with no safety...
- Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (2 speeches)
As members of this place would know, I have spoken many times about the Forgotten Australians and also about child and sex abuse in the community, and the royal commission that is currently...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Harradine, Mr Richard William Brian (3 speeches)
I am very pleased to have the opportunity to rise briefly to make a statement of condolence in relation to the death of the former senator Brian Harradine. I had the opportunity to meet Senator...
- Wran, The Hon. Neville, AC, QC (10 speeches)
On 1 May at the Sydney Town Hall, well over a thousand people gathered to farewell a great man and a great Australian. It was a fitting day—1 May, May Day—the day that Labor movements...
- Bills (0 speeches)
