House debates
Thursday, 15 May 2014
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Membership (1 speech)
I have received a message from the Senate informing the House that Senator Boyce has been appointed a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That standing order 31 (automatic adjournment of the House) be suspended for this sitting and that, after the Leader of the Opposition completes his reply to the Budget...
- Consideration of Legislation (2 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the following from occurring: (1) when the order of the day for the resumption of debate on the second...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Approval of Work (1 speech)
) ( ): I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, it is expedient to carry out the following proposed work which was referred to the Parliamentary...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Petition: Citizenship (1 speech)
I table a petition that has been through the Standing Committee on Petitions regarding the permanent residency of Ms Eunsil, or Chloe, Park. The principal petitioner is Mark Illingworth. The...
- Corangamite Electorate: Belmont Lions Sports Club (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to the Belmont Lions football and netball club, one of the many wonderful sporting clubs in my electorate of Corangamite. Last weekend it was my honour to officially open...
- Budget (1 speech)
Last week in my electorate I was approached by a number of constituents who were incredulous at the prospect of a GP tax being imposed by this government. I was unable to offer them any...
- Deakin Electorate: Croydon RSL (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge a significant milestone for an important community group in my electorate of Deakin. The Croydon RSL Sub-branch yesterday celebrated 90 years of operation. The RSL has...
- Budget (1 speech)
This budget is brutal for the Hunter region. It will have a significant and far-reaching impact on the delivery of health services across the whole of the Hunter. In February this year we...
- Barton Electorate: Mental Health (1 speech)
I rise to inform the House of my recent opening of Wesley Hospital's Kogarah clinical education facility with the Wesley Mission CEO, the Reverend Dr Keith Garner. Wesley Mission has been an...
- Budget (1 speech)
It is pretty clear that the Treasurer just does not understand the financial reality of many Australian lives. Yesterday, he justified removing family tax benefit B once the youngest child turns...
- Dobell Electorate: Surf-Lifesaving (1 speech)
On Sunday, 27 April 2014, Surf Life Saving Central Coast volunteers lowered the flags, ending the 2013-14 patrol season. This season saw Surf Life Saving Central Coast celebrate its 75th...
- Budget (1 speech)
'We want to end the funding uncertainty for schools.' This was the promise of those opposite prior to the election. 'You can vote Liberal or Labor and you will get exactly the same amount of...
- Robertson Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
The coalition government is investing in my electorate of Robertson in a significant way, with 600 Commonwealth jobs to be located in the Gosford CBD. This is a game changer for the Central...
- Education Funding (1 speech)
At this time last year, in the staff room of the school where I was principal and in staffroom conversations across sectors and across the country, Gonski funding was on the horizon and the...
- Turkey: Mining Tragedy (1 speech)
I rise to add my voice to the chorus of voices around the world talking about the tragedy that is unfolding in the Soma mine in western Turkey. I note that the member for Kingsford-Smith spoke on...
- University of Newcastle (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to the University of Newcastle and congratulate them on the recent announcement that they have become the No. 1 ranked university under 50 years of age in Australia. This...
- Higher Education (1 speech)
I am proud to rise on this side of the chamber in support of the biggest education reform in 30 years. The government's higher education reform will expand opportunities for all students,...
- War on the Wharves Fundraising Event (1 speech)
I wish to congratulate the members and delegates of the Maritime Union of Australia for holding the third annual War on the Wharves on 9 April at Souths Juniors in my electorate. The War on the...
- Casey Electorate: Gladysdale Primary School (1 speech)
On Sunday, 4 May I had the pleasure of attending the Gladysdale Primary School annual festival. It was the 30th anniversary of their annual festival, a festival which raises money for the school....
- Bendigo Electorate: Hospitals (1 speech)
Earlier the member for Corangamite mentioned in her speech the Liberal-National candidate for the state election. I am glad that she has brought up the coming Victoria state election, because the...
- Australian War Memorial (1 speech)
Last week a constituent of mine asked me to deliver a collection of war memorabilia to the Australian War Memorial to contribute to its extensive collection. These items from World War I provide...
- Environment (1 speech)
There was so much unnecessary bad news in the Abbott government's first budget that it has not been possible for the media to cover every detail. One of the less-publicised details was the $480...
- Bass Electorate: Mountain Bike Trails (2 speeches)
Mountain biking is an increasingly popular sport in Australia and around the world. Over 25,000 tourists each year come to Tasmania and partake in some form of cycling. This demonstrates the...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Assistant Minister For Defence will be absent from question time today, representing the government at a ceremony to present a Governor-General's Banner at RAAF Base...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Now that both the Treasurer and former Prime Minister Howard have admitted that there are tax increases in the budget, will the Prime Minister show some...
- Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday, the Deputy Prime Minister told The Conservative Breakfast Club that retirees were using their retirement savings to enjoy a few cruises and the...
- Budget (9 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline the importance of reducing debt and deficits? How will making the budget sustainable help my constituents in Reid?
- Pensions and Benefits (20 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Before the election the Prime Minister promised there would be no change to pensions. Why is it fair for pensioners to have their pensions cut because of the...
- Employment (4 speeches)
Lives of young people in the country are different from those in the city. For example, in Indi, on average, families earn 20 per cent less; there is poor public transport, mobile phone and...
- Infrastructure (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline the importance of contributing now to build the infrastructure of the future? And how the East West Link will help employment and...
- Budget (14 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Before the election the Prime Minister promised to reduce cost-of-living pressures on Australian families. A single income family earning $95,000 with two...
- Higher Education (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. I refer the minister to this media release by the Regional Universities Network, which: … welcomes the announcement in the Budget of an...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his previous answer, in which he suggested a debate about his budget. Treasurer, I will be at the National Press Club next Wednesday;...
- Employment (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. What is the government doing to encourage young Australians to enter the workforce?
- Budget (15 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Business Council of Australia's CEO, Jennifer Westacott, has described the government's decision to leave Australians under 30 who cannot find a job with...
- Apprenticeships (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry. Minister, how would apprentices be better supported under the government's new trade support loans?
- Budget (17 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's promise that there would be 'no cuts to health'. This week the Prime Minister cut $80 billion out of schools and hospitals....
- National Security (2 speeches)
Madam Speaker, my question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. How will the creation of the Australian Border Force protect our borders and support a growing and more...
- Budget (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In those weeks before the election the Prime Minister was everywhere, promising to help reduce cost-of-living pressures on Australian families. Australians...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Budget (5 speeches)
I want to deal with a policy issue that was asked of me by the honourable member for Reid. The question was: why are we focusing on reducing the debt and deficit? I can inform the House that...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Parliament House (4 speeches)
I noticed when I was walking up the corridor on level 1 today that several LNP members had put posters in the corridor rather than inside their rooms. I just wondered if the extent of ownership...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
A document is 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)
- Budget (14 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Ballarat proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The pain that Australians...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Fair Work Amendment Bill 2014; Second Reading (13 speeches)
When I was speaking previously, before I was interrupted by the inexorable procedural workings of this House, I was making the point that, in the brief time available to me, I intended to cover...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
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Mr Deputy Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Beeliar Wetlands (1 speech)
It is in the nature of campaigns that fire up to protect the local environment that the defensive effort has to be maintained over a long period in which the intensity of a particular threat can...
- Tangney Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
I take exactly the opposite position to the member for Fremantle on this. It is interesting that her speech topic was essentially the same as mine, but I will be coming from another angle. I...
- Domestic Violence Awareness Month (1 speech)
May is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and once again we are seeing great initiatives in my electorate of Blair in South-East Queensland. As a White Ribbon ambassador and a father of two...
- Environment: Grey-Headed Flying Fox (1 speech, 2 comments)
I begin by recognising the participants of the Rotary Adventure in Citizenship who have joined us in the Federation Chamber today. It is terrific to see so many young people in the chamber and I...
- Holt Electorate: OneVisionAid (1 speech)
Last Saturday night I had the pleasure of attending the inaugural OneVisionAid fundraiser organised by representatives of the local Afghan community in the John Pandazopoulos Hall, in Doveton....
- Rotary Adventure in Citizenship Program, Petition: Telecommunications (1 speech)
I would like to pay tribute to the Rotary Adventure in Citizenship program and commend the young men and women here in the parliament today. It is wonderful to have you here. Welcome. I hope you...
- Shipbuilding Industry (1 speech)
I was visited yesterday and today by people who work at the Forgacs shipyard in my electorate of Griffith. I first met AMWU delegate Robert Proctor, who works at Forgacs shipyard in Griffith, at...
- La Trobe Electorate: Trade Training Centre (1 speech)
On Wednesday, 7 May, I had the very great pleasure of officially opening the new Hills Hospitality Trade Training Centre at Belgrave Heights Christian School in my electorate of La Trobe. I had a...
- Budget (1 speech)
Well, it has been a shocker of a budget. Talking to people in my community, there is outrage at a range of the measures taken by the Abbott government outlined in the budget on Tuesday night,...
- Relay for Life (1 speech)
Cancer is an insidious disease which leaves its indelible mark right across our community, not just today but over generations. I imagine there are few in this place who have not lost a family...
- Gellibrand Electorate: Footscray Community Arts Centre (1 speech)
I rise this morning to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Footscray Community Arts Centre. For 40 years, the Footscray Community Arts Centre has been inspiring workers of Melbourne's west, and...
- Durack Electorate: Aged Care (1 speech)
Over the past couple of months I have been leading a review of aged care reform in the electorate of Durack to contribute to the Abbott government's overall plan to develop a more positive...
- Corio Electorate: Geelong (1 speech)
I was recently given a photograph by Vitol, the new owners of the Shell refinery, of the big smokestack at the Shell refinery, which has red and white bands going up and down the stack and the...
- Rigby, Mr Flynn (1 speech)
I rise to highlight this story of a very special young lad in my electorate, Flynn Rigby. At just 11 years of age, Flynn has had a very challenging life. He was born a surviving twin at 22 weeks,...
- McEwen Electorate: Costa Mushroom Exchange (1 speech)
On Tuesday night, in a sneaky, underhand move, the Abbott government made a decision that has created a severe risk to jobs in Mernda, within my electorate. More than 600 workers in Mernda are at...
- Wannon Electorate: Basalt to Bay Landcare Network (1 speech)
Madam Deputy Speaker Andrews, it is lovely to see you in the chair. I do not think I have had the call from you before! Congratulations on your appointment, and it is terrific to see you in the...
- Cunningham Electorate: Budget (1 speech)
I want to take the opportunity today to speak on behalf of constituents about their very serious concerns about the Abbott government's GP tax. This, in particular, has been raised in our local...
- Parkes Electorate: Budget (1 speech)
I would like to speak this morning about the contribution that the Australian government has made to agriculture in this budget. In the previous six budgets that I have witnessed in this place,...
- Australian Taxation Office (1 speech)
One of the most popular community activities that happen within my office is Tax Help. The Australian Taxation Office comes out and has volunteers assist constituents in Shortland electorate and...
- Action, Mr Graeme (2 speeches)
I rise to inform the House that, regretfully, in the coming days I will be travelling to Central Queensland to pass my respects to the family and commemorate the passing of someone who I believe...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Crime (1 speech)
Since the last time this parliament adjourned, a woman was murdered on a busy lunchtime street in my electorate in front of her son by a man. The woman's name was Fiona Warzywoda, and her death,...
- Grocery Prices (1 speech)
I associate myself with the words of the member for Gellibrand and congratulate him on his speech and on his initiative. Today, I would like to provide the House an update I have on the Coca-Cola...
- Budget (1 speech)
I rise today to discuss the utter deceit of this government in relation to public broadcasting in Australia. On the night before the election, standing in the marginal federal seat of Lindsay,...
- Anzac Day (1 speech)
During the recent recess of the House each member had the opportunity to attend Anzac Day ceremonies across the nation to commemorate the brave efforts of ANZAC veterans who served to provide a...
- Budget (1 speech)
The Abbott government's decision to rip $80 billion out of the health and education budget will have a dreadful impact in my electorate of Shortland. What the government has done is push the cost...
- Small Business (1 speech)
I am pleased to have this opportunity today to speak about a topic which is close to my heart, and that is the coalition government's agenda to free Australia from unnecessary and burdensome red...
- G20 Leaders Summit (1 speech)
The G20 Leaders Summit will be held on 15 and 16 November in Brisbane and Friday, 14 November will be a special public holiday in the Brisbane local government area. The leaders summit will be...
- Vocational Education and Training (1 speech)
I take the opportunity today to outline the action is government is taking to address skills shortages and to provide more education and training options through the VET sector. Successive...
- Nigeria (2 speeches)
Last month more than 300 girls were kidnapped in the middle of the night from the safety of their beds. Nearly all of them are still missing, and this week we saw a video from Boko Haram, their...
- Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (1 speech)
I rise to make a contribution in support of multiculturalism and the call for broad based political leadership against racism and race hate, to say clearly in this place that no-one is entitled...
- Budget (4 speeches)
I do not think I can add to the marvellous addresses I have heard in the last few minutes in this chamber. Firstly I would like to identify with the member for Sydney in her identification with...
- Small Business (1 speech)
Small business is the engine room of the Australian economy, and as such it is the heart and soul of employment. Of the over two million actively trading businesses in Australia, almost 96 per...
- Budget (1 speech)
Today I want to talk about the budget. Tomorrow, like other members I will be returning to my electorate and will have the opportunity to speak to people in Western Sydney. I am very fortunate...
- Eden-Monaro Electorate (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about some interesting activities and developments in my electorate. I recently attended an event in Bega convened by Alzheimer's Australia New South Wales. It was the launch...
