House debates
Tuesday, 26 August 2014
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Budget (1 speech)
The 2014 budget is a toxic brew of arrogance and ambush, incompetence and inequality, division and disunity. We are told that cabinet met yesterday to talk about how to better spin the budget....
- Capricornia Electorate: Health (1 speech)
People in the Rockhampton area now have greater access to potentially lifesaving magnetic resonance imaging scans—or MRI scans—under the Medicare bulk-billing system. I am pleased to...
- Budget (1 speech)
Watching the Treasurer's performance selling his 'true Liberal Budget' to the public has been one of the most extraordinary spectacles we have seen in Australian politics in recent times. It has...
- Higgins Electorate: Malvern Primary School Student Exchange with China (1 speech)
The importance of Australia's relationship with China cannot be overestimated. China is Australia's largest two-way trading partner and our future economic prosperity and theirs are intrinsically...
- Budget (1 speech)
I rise to criticise the government for what I think is one of the most unfair budgets in the history of this country. I also rise to advise the House that our senators decided this morning that...
- McPherson Electorate: Y20 Youth Forum (1 speech)
I want to report to the House on an event I hosted in early July at Bond University on the Gold Coast—the McPherson Y20 youth forum. As members know, the Y20 is one of five official...
- Budget (1 speech)
After five weeks in our communities, we have all heard—loud and clear—of the shock, the anger and the fear that the community feels as a result of this government's budget. In...
- Lyons Electorate: St Helens Bowls Club (4 speeches)
I can tell you, Mr Deputy Speaker, there is nothing fair about leaving a debt to my children—nothing fair about that at all!
- Budget (1 speech)
Two weeks ago today more than 500 people in Bendigo rallied and marched through the streets, standing up in opposition to this toxic budget. Community groups, organisations, trade unions, men and...
- Economy (1 speech)
First of all, I want to acknowledge a school from my electorate, St Michael's, which is visiting Parliament House today. And I want to pick up from where the member for Lyons left off. It is a...
- Budget (1 speech)
Over the last five weeks, the government has supposedly been selling its budget. Well, let me tell those opposite: I have spent the last five weeks out in the community, and Australians are not...
- Literacy and Numeracy (1 speech)
This week is National Literacy and Numeracy Week. National Literacy and Numeracy Week aims to celebrate learning and raise awareness of the importance of reading, writing and maths skills. The...
- Budget (1 speech)
I rise to highlight the strong objection of the people of Charlton to this very unfair budget—a budget that cannot work out whether it is putting out a bushfire, is business as usual or...
- Member for Fairfax (1 speech)
I was pleased to welcome a delegation of Chinese-Australians and media to Parliament House today. The delegation visited parliament to protest against the comments made in relation to China by...
- Budget (1 speech)
This week we have seen a whiff of desperation from those on the government backbench about how they can possibly sell their budget, because the Treasurer in the last five weeks has done one of...
- Hearing Awareness Week (1 speech)
This week is Hearing Awareness Week. Deafness or hearing impairment is often described as the invisible disability. The number of Australians who are deaf or hearing impaired is increasing...
- Budget (1 speech)
I am glad to be back in the chamber today to take the fight back up to this government and its unfair budget. Despite a five-week parliamentary recess and countless distractions from bumbling...
- Pollie Pedal (1 speech)
Over the winter recess, the Pollie Pedal has been held again with great success—raising more than $700,000 for Carers Australia. It was my first opportunity to join the ride this year. We...
- Budget (1 speech)
People from across my electorate of Griffith on Brisbane's south side have been contacting me to raise their concerns about the Abbott government's rotten budget. One of those people last week...
- International Overdose Awareness Day (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about Macarthur's first International Overdose Awareness Day, to be held this Friday 29 August. International Overdose Awareness Day is a global event held in August each...
- Budget (1 speech)
Today I ask the House why the coalition is continuing to punish rural and regional patients, and why the National Party has gone into hiding as their budget plan goes from bad to worse? This week...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Millions of Australians are worried about the GP tax. Treasurer, is it the case that patients will not be hit by the Medicare co-payment if they suffer chronic...
- National Security (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister inform the House what measures the government is putting in place to address the problem of foreign fighters and to keep Australia safe?
- Medicare (21 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Is it the case that the Treasurer's electorate of North Sydney has one of the highest bulk-billing rates in Australia?
- National Security (3 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister advise the House of the action the government is taking to ensure that we have a strategic and coordinated approach...
- Budget (7 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. In relation to the government's GP tax, are people in a position now where they are not prepared to give up a couple of cups of coffee in order to take a sick...
- Iraq (2 speeches)
My question is for the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, are you already engaged in mission creep with talks underway for Australian forces to fight in Iraq? If you cannot rule this out, will you...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I draw to the attention of honourable members the presence in the gallery of the Honourable Sato Kilman Livtuvanu, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and External Trade...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister update the House on the humanitarian dividends of the government's successful border protection policies?...
- Budget (20 speeches)
Madam Speaker, my question is to the Treasurer. Treasurer, is the GP co-payment a tax by any other name?
- Economy (8 speeches)
Madam Speaker, my question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on the state of the economy? How will building a strong economy help small businesses and constituents in my...
- Budget (6 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Is it the case that one of the things that quite astounds the Treasurer is that some people are screaming about the $7 co-payment? Does the Treasurer agree that...
- Mining (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on collections of the mining tax so far? How will getting rid of the mining tax boost the economy and boost the budget?
- Budget (21 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Has the government decided whether it will legislate changes to age pension indexation before the next election, or is it actually the case that this legislation...
- Infrastructure (2 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. Will the minister update the House on the status of the north-south corridor in Adelaide? How will this vital...
- Fuel Excise (3 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Is it the case that his fuel tax is a progressive tax? I could not find it in here; they bought them all to stop us from reading them!
- Carbon Pricing (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment. What savings have been passed on to families and businesses since the government scrapped the world's biggest carbon tax? Are there any plans...
- 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)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Budget (20 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (9 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the notice relating to the Nation Building Program (National Land...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Fair Work Amendment Bill 2014; Second Reading (24 speeches)
I rise to speak on the Fair Work Amendment Bill 2014. I would like to start with why this bill is important. Firstly we need to recognise as a nation the difficulty we have and the mess we are in...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Foreign Correspondents (1 speech)
We are all aware of the shocking video of the beheading of American journalist James Foley. For those of us who follow the news, it has been unavoidable. Even the still photograph that many...
- Islamic State (1 speech)
I hope my comments will complement those of the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, because tonight I speak on a matter of utmost public importance. In five minutes it is very difficult to convey...
- Ukraine Air Disaster (1 speech)
I rise to speak in this adjournment but, in fact, to speak in condolence for the downing of MH17. Many comforting words have been spoken and countless selfless deeds performed since the downing...
- Maranoa Electorate: Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about an issue which is facing many farming families in my electorate and in many parts of northern Australia. Madam Speaker, as I know you would be aware, I do not...
- Human Rights (1 speech)
My late grandmother, Jean Stebbins, was a passionate member of Amnesty International. One of my enduring childhood memories was sitting at my grandparents’ sun-soaked dining table in...
- United Arab Emirates: Trade (1 speech)
Trade agreements allow Australians to win through both exports and imports. We can export more and reduce costs for imported goods. The free trade agreements that the government recently signed...
