House debates
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- India: Gender Discrimination and Violence (1 speech)
There are some occurrences so bleak and sad that just to know them seems to deaden and freeze a part of you. To think that teenage girls in India, two cousins, needing to go to the toilet, went...
- School Chaplaincy and Student Welfare Program (1 speech, 1 comment)
One of the things which has been great in our budget is the significant amount of money contributed to the chaplaincy in schools program—$243.8 million over four years. This program is very...
- Jagajaga Electorate: Paralympians (1 speech)
I am very pleased to inform the House of the outstanding efforts of Paralympian, Leanne Del Toso, who lives in Watsonia in my electorate of Jagajaga. Leanne is a wheelchair basketball champion,...
- ADF Gap Year Program (1 speech)
I was honoured recently to address an assembly of secondary school children and teachers at the Australian Defence Force 2015 gap year launch hosted by Mitchelton State High School. With a 'try...
- Public Service Cuts (1 speech)
Members opposite sometimes appear to think that you can cut the Public Service with no loss to the quality of services delivered by that Public Service. During the last parliament, I heard...
- Bass Electorate: War Memorial (1 speech)
I am delighted to inform the House that residents of north-eastern Tasmania will have a permanent memorial in place for next year's centenary of Anzac Day, remembering the 457 veterans from their...
- Australian Capital Territory Budget (1 speech)
Yesterday the ACT government handed down its 2014-15 budget, and, let me tell you, the Gallagher government could teach the Abbott government a thing or two about delivering budgets in tough...
- Bolaffi, Mr Allen (1 speech)
I rise in the 90-second statements to pass on my condolences to the family of Allen Bolaffi, particularly his family members: his son, Reuben; his daughters, Amie and Kate; his wife, Viv; and his...
- Education (1 speech)
I rise to inform the House of a report by Dr Ruth Morton, commissioned by LeadWest, on young people aged between 10 and 14 of the western suburbs of Melbourne who are falling out of school. This...
- Foreign Affairs, Neeson, Mr Doc (1 speech)
A couple of Sundays ago I was joined by Senator Brett Mason and the North Queensland Cowboys for the game against the Canberra Raiders here in Canberra. Whilst the result of the game was fairly...
- Textile, Clothing and Footwear Industry (1 speech)
Last week I spoke in the parliament about and for the Bangladeshi workers who lost their lives in the Rana Plaza disaster in an entirely preventable industrial accident and in recognition and...
- Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
With winter approaching, the temperatures plummeting and thousands of Australians having their electricity cut off because of high electricity prices, I would like to raise something that...
- Tweed Health for Everyone Superclinic (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate the Tweed GP superclinic for their first birthday celebrations, held last Sunday. I was very pleased to join with the community for what was a very exciting and...
- Koolark Koort Koorliny Exhibition (1 speech)
I rise to draw the House's attention to the incredible story of the Carrolup artworks and the young Nyungar artists who grew up near my home town of Katanning. In 1945, the new headmaster of the...
- Newcastle CSIRO Energy Centre (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate the team of scientists at the Newcastle CSIRO Energy Centre who this week announced a globally significant breakthrough in solar energy generation. Project lead...
- Swan Electorate: Belmont Security (1 speech)
Last Friday in my electorate I visited Belmont. The reason that visit was to formally announce the funding of $100,000 of security improvements to the perimeter of the Belmont Forum and village...
- Health: Regional Policy (1 speech)
Being challenged by a high-profile National Party member in the recent elections means that I pay particular attention to the policies of the National Party, particularly their health policy. It...
- Royal Flying Doctor Service (1 speech)
A couple of weeks ago I visited the Royal Flying Doctor Service in my electorate with the Minister for Health, Peter Dutton, and we announced a $6 million funding commitment to help with their...
- Code Red Campaign (1 speech)
I rise to show my support for the Vic ambos' Code Red campaign. Victorian ambos are the highest trained in the country and have the best cardiac survival rates in the country, yet they are the...
- Lyons Electorate: Cancer Fundraiser (2 speeches)
Last Saturday morning I had the good fortune to attend a sad but very successful fundraising event at Perth in the north of my electorate of Lyons. The publican at the Queens Head Inn at Perth,...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Prime Minister will be absent from question time for the remainder of the week. The Prime Minister will be meeting with the President of Indonesia, before travelling...
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Standing Order 68 (1 speech)
I wish to make two statements prior to beginning question time. One is a ruling with regard to standing order 68. I hope the House might bear with me as it is a fairly lengthy one. However,...
- Members' Suites and CCTV (1 speech)
There was another question asked of me by the member for Moreton which I also propose to deal with at this stage. I apologise for holding up question time. Yesterday, after question time, the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (16 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to comments yesterday in question time from the Minister for Immigration where he said: As we know, the PEFO is where the officials tell the...
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer tell the House what the national account figures for the March quarter that were released this morning tell us about the state of the economy...
- Budget (18 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. In light of today's national account figures, can he explain why his government's ugly budget is putting a new tax on petrol, putting a new tax on...
- Carbon Pricing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline how repealing the carbon tax will help build a stronger economy? What would be the impact of the carbon tax on growth and jobs in my...
- Budget (33 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer, again, to the statement by the Minister for Immigration: … as we know, the PEFO is where the officials tell the truth about what the...
- Foreign Aid (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister update the House on the reprioritisation of Australia's aid program in the budget to address important development challenges...
- Budget (2 speeches)
I refer the Treasurer to the statement again by the minister for immigration yesterday—that PEFO is where the officials tell the truth about what the budget really is. Is it not the case...
- Education (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. Will the minister inform the House of how the government's higher education reforms will fairly share the cost of tuition fees for education between...
- Higher Education (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. How many members of the cabinet were beneficiaries of free university education or manageable HECS? How, in good conscience, can they now slam the...
- Budget: Asylum Seekers (6 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Immigration. Will the minister update the House on the government's policies under Operation Sovereign Borders to stop illegal boat arrivals, and on how...
- Budget: Health and Education (13 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. Yesterday the Queensland budget confirmed a $16 billion cut from Queensland schools and hospitals, stating: The most significant Federal change was an...
- National Broadband Network (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications. Will the minister inform the House how ensuring the National Broadband Network project is executed as efficiently as possible and will deliver...
- Budget (10 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. New South Wales Nationals Minister for Education Adrian Piccoli said after the government's $80 billion cut from schools and hospitals: Schools in...
- Medicare (15 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. I refer the minister to the government's plans to introduce a Medicare co-payment. I ask if the minister could inform the House of the history of...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Question Time (4 speeches)
Madam Speaker, I have a question for you following question time today. I preface it by saying that I understand that it is very difficult to observe everything going on in the chamber during...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee (1 speech)
I present report No. 9 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on Monday, 16 June 2014. The report will be...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's audit report No. 35 of 2013-14, entitled Managing compliance of high wealth individuals, theAustralian Tax Office. Ordered that the report be made a parliamentary...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Higher Education (26 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Rankin proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's unfair and...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Mr Deputy Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Apprenticeships (1 speech)
I rise this evening to speak on the plight of apprentices. Before the election, the Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, spent a lot of time in a fluoro vest and a hard hat, gladhanding apprentices and...
- Dawson Electorate: Canegrowers (1 speech)
Canegrowers are a conservative lot. In a traditionally conservative state like Queensland, these men and women, who are often third- and fourth-generation farmers, are possibly the most...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Rivas, Ms Adriana (1 speech)
I rise to present to the House a petition from more than 600 members of the Chilean community in Australia and their supporters. It has been considered by the Standing Committee on Petitions and...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Western Sydney (1 speech)
For the past 57 days, the Daily Telegraph and Western Sydney News, local papers, together with Channel 7 and Nova have run a very successful campaign highlighting all the local heroes, local...
- Holt Electorate: Mental Health (1 speech)
I rise tonight to express my concerns on behalf of some important local organisations about the Abbott government budget measures which directly and adversely impact on these organisations and,...
- Bolaffi, Mr Allen, Budget (1 speech)
I rise tonight to pay tribute to Allen Bolaffi, a respected business leader in South Australia who passed away suddenly on the weekend. Allen, as the Minister for Education mentioned earlier...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Lalor Electorate: Health (1 speech)
I met last week with the executive team from Werribee Mercy Hospital. The Mercy deliver great service to our local community. They have a strong vision for the future of health provision in our...
- Scott, Mr Adam (1 speech)
I rise to put on the record in the parliament the achievements of one of my great constituents, the world No. 1 in golfing, and a very proud PGA member, Adam Scott. The parliament would be no...
- Broadband (1 speech)
Yesterday during question time I asked the Minister for Communications about the possibility of co-locating NBN wireless and private sector telecommunication services to combat mobile phone black...
- Education Funding (1 speech)
Last month it was a privilege to host the Hon. Jamie Briggs, Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, in Dobell where we inspected key local infrastructure projects. This...
- Employment (5 speeches)
I call on the member for Dobell to join with me in expressing her concern about the cuts that have taken place in this budget, directed towards youths. On the Central Coast there is a very high...
- Reid Electorate: Fair Go for the West Campaign, Infrastructure (1 speech)
I was delighted to join the Prime Minister and Premier Mike Baird last night at the final event for the Daily Telegraph and NewsLocal's Fair Go for the West campaign. I would like to congratulate...
- Queensland Budget (1 speech)
The budget handed down by the Queensland LNP government yesterday, together with that of the Abbott coalition government in Canberra, shows that the coalition is not interested in jobs, in...
- Leichhardt Electorate: Local Arts (1 speech)
I rise today to very strongly support a local artist in my region, Amanda Feher. Those who know me in this place know that I have a passion for the arts and supporting local artists. Anyone who...
- Fowler Electorate: Multiculturalism (1 speech)
Since the 1970s, multiculturalism has had an enormous impact on Australian society. We have seen migration from almost every corner of the globe. This has greatly shaped and influenced our...
- Lyne Electorate: Roads (4 speeches)
I would like to first place on record a welcome to two school groups from the Lyne electorate: Hastings Public School visited this week, and had a very enjoyable stay and educational experience,...
- Bills (0 speeches)
