House debates
Wednesday, 27 August 2014
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Human Rights Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present the committee's 10th report of the 44th parliament entitled Examination of legislation in accordance with the Human Rights...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Richmond Electorate: Nimbin Fire (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the devastating fire in the town of Nimbin in my electorate of Richmond in the early hours of Wednesday, August 13. The fire destroyed some very well-known buildings in...
- Hearing Awareness Week (1 speech)
This week is Hearing Awareness Week and yesterday I attended the Power of Speech function, here at Parliament House, which showcased the remarkable listening and spoken skills of children who are...
- Anzac Centenary (1 speech)
Western Australians, particularly residents of Albany, have been wholeheartedly embracing the Anzac Centenary events. But they have been increasingly disappointed by decisions made by the federal...
- Centenary of the Red Cross in Australia (1 speech)
The Red Cross is part of the fabric of Australian life, touching the lives of most people in some way. On 13 August, the Australian Red Cross turned 100 years old. My Territory parliamentary...
- Lalor Electorate: Student Representative Council Forum (1 speech)
Today I rise to talk about the second SRC forum held in my electorate in the recess. The forum was attended by over 130 primary and secondary school students representing schools from across the...
- Mallee Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
Today, I rise to talk about The Nationals' job strategy for the township of Mildura. You know, governments do not create jobs; it is industry and small business that create jobs. It is the...
- Kingston Electorate: The Vines Evening VIEW Club (1 speech)
We all know volunteers make a huge contribution to our community. Indeed, in the electorate of Kingston that is no different. There are thousands and thousands of volunteers contributing to our...
- Book Week (1 speech)
An important occasion passed last week with little fanfare, but it was one I feel is important. National Book Week commenced on 16 August, before concluding on the 22nd. In a time of video games...
- Wade, Mr Arthur, OAM (1 speech)
Newcastle has lost one of its larger-than-life champions, Arthur Wade, OAM, who passed away peacefully aged 95 last Sunday. Arthur was a man of true Labor values and principles. Born and educated...
- Radel, Mr Gary (1 speech)
It is with great sadness that I rise to advise the House of the passing of Gary Radel on the weekend, at the age of 62, after a short battle with lung cancer. Gary was well known and well...
- McCarthy, Dame Emma Maud, GBE, RRC (1 speech)
I rise following some correspondence from Dr Michael Macklin about Maud McCarthy. He wrote saying that, despite the fact that Maud McCarthy was born in Australia, we have not honoured this...
- Reid Electorate: Ferragosto (1 speech)
Ferragosto, or Assumption Day, is an Italian national holiday celebrated on 15 August, and I was thrilled to join my many Italian friends in Five Dock on Sunday, 17 August, when the main street...
- Indi Electorate: Carevan Wangaratta (1 speech)
Community care is alive and well in India, and I was fortunate enough on Tuesday, 29 July to see it firsthand. Carevan Wangaratta has been operating for more than three years and visits Yarrunga,...
- Lyons Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of visiting one of the most beautiful parts of my electorate, which is the stunning Tasman Peninsula at the very southern tip of Tasmania, to join with...
- Budget (1 speech)
On Tuesday we heard the dreadful news that the Australian War Memorial has been forced to close its program of travelling exhibitions—shameful news—after the government withdrew...
- Rawson, Mr Neil, OAM (1 speech)
The north-west coast of Tasmania has lost one of its greats. Mr Neil Rawson OAM, passed away on 12 August at the age of 81. He was the founding president of the Northern Tasmanian Football...
- Drought Assistance (1 speech)
We just heard from two Tasmanian members, neither of whom made one mention of struggling Tasmanian farmers. You know as well as anyone in this place, farmers around the country are struggling....
- Power of Speech Awards (1 speech)
I would like to bring to the attention of the chamber the Power of Speech Awards that took place as a part of Hearing Awareness Week yesterday in the theatre in Parliament House. I know a number...
- Lifestart Cooperative Ltd (1 speech)
I wish to congratulate the board, staff and supporters of Lifestart disability services, who recently launched their online inclusion—or Oi—platform for people living with...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
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I inform the House that the Minister for Trade and Investment will be absent from question time today and for the remainder of the week. He is in Burma where he will participate in the East Asia...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer: Treasurer, how is it strongly arguable that pensioners are going to be better off under this budget?
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on how the government is ensuring that Australia's national security agencies receive the resources they need to...
- Budget (8 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. How much will be cut from the age pension by 2024 because of this budget?
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister outline to the House how the government is working with countries in our region to fight the spread of extremism and terrorism?
- Budget (10 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. In light of his previous answers, how can this Treasurer possibly claim that pensioners are better off when the Parliamentary Budget Office has exposed a...
- Research and Development (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. Minister, Australia has been an international exporter of forestry knowledge and innovation for decades, but with the finalisation of forestry CRCs...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister update the House on the savings to the budget achieved as a result of the government's successful...
- Paid Parental Leave (24 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. What is the estimated annual rate of growth in spending for the Prime Minister's Paid Parental Leave scheme over the next 10 years?
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Justice. Will the minister update the House on how the government is supporting the law enforcement agencies in our efforts to counter growing threats of...
- Budget (22 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Treasurer, is it not the case that the Parliamentary Budget Office has confirmed that the Prime Minister's signature Paid Parental Leave scheme will cost $62...
- Road Infrastructure (12 speeches)
Madam Speaker, my question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. Will the Deputy Prime Minister outline the measures the government is...
- Australian Hearing (22 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Yesterday I met Jacob Floyd. He is a marvellous nine-year-old boy, from Bendigo, with profound hearing loss. Jacob's parents have done a wonderful job raising him...
- Broadband (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications. Will the minister update the House on the findings of the NBN cost-benefit analysis?
- Budget (12 speeches)
My question is, again, to the Treasurer. Can the Treasurer advise how many GP visits Australians will avoid because of his GP tax?
- Workplace Relations (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education representing the Minister for Employment. Will the minister explain how the government is supporting the rights of both employers and employees in the...
- Budget (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the only reason the Prime Minister is holding on to this hopeless and incompetent Treasurer to make him a human shield for this unfair budget? Isn't it...
- Live Animal Exports (9 speeches)
I think some mad cow disease has crept into the House. My question is to the Minister for Agriculture. Will the minister inform the House of the importance of live animal export to Australian...
- National Security (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. On ABC Radio today, the minister denied that Australia had been asked to supply weapons to support the Peshmerga in their struggle against IS...
- Medicare Locals (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. I refer the minister to this article in The Australian on 29 July, referring to Australian taxpayers' funds being used to pay parking fines by Medicare...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 12 of the Selection Committee, relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on Monday, 1 September 2014. The report will...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Documents are tabled in accordance with the list circulated to honourable members earlier today. Full details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Questions in Writing (2 speeches)
Madam Speaker, I have two questions. In accordance with standing order 105(b), I ask that you write to the Minister for Communications seeking reasons for the delay in answering a question in...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Medicare (25 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 Government hurting...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Victoria: Employment (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the growing crisis of youth unemployment in my home state of Victoria. Victoria now has the third-worst youth unemployment rate in the country, at 13.8 per cent—a...
- Solomon Electorate: Sport (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge the talented young individuals in my electorate who represent Darwin and Palmerston in sporting competitions all over the Territory, Australia and the world. In the recent...
- Mental Health (1 speech)
Last Saturday, I was proud to host the launch of Australians for Mental Health and a forum on youth mental health at Village Cinemas at Westfield, Fountain Gate. This event was attended by nearly...
- Fanning, Mr Frank (1 speech)
The people of Townsville know full well my opinion of the Brothers football clubs. 'The Fish', as they are called, have 97 players on the sidelines as reserve for third grade. They think God is...
- Lalor Electorate: Transport (1 speech)
In the election campaign I told the people in the electorate of Lalor that I would come to Canberra to represent them—that I would come to Canberra to fight for them. And that is what I...
- Goods and Services Tax (1 speech)
Constituents tell me that they cannot fathom the scandal that is the current GST carve-up. On the WA Liberal side, we have a united team. There is one simple truth: that money is the lifeblood of...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Canberra Electorate: Employment (3 speeches)
As predicted, Canberra and the ACT region are bearing the brunt of the government's harsh and sweeping Public Service job cuts. The Abbott government has overseen 272 redundancies at the...
- Iraq (1 speech)
I inform the House that today at the front of Parliament House there will be a rally of Christians from Western Sydney and across New South Wales. The rally will be calling for a safe haven in...
- Higher Education (1 speech)
Constituents in the electorate of Scullin are deeply concerned about the impact of savage budget cuts to higher education and even more so about the iniquitous proposals to reform higher...
- Work for the Dole (1 speech)
I rise to support the government's Work for the Dole arrangements for job seekers in the Logan employment area. From July 1, 18- to 30-year-olds who live within the Logan area Work for the Dole...
- Bruck Textile Technologies (1 speech)
On 11 July this year, 58 employees of Bruck Textile Technologies lost their jobs. Circumstances meant that they were left with no entitlements. Many of them had been with the company for decades....
- Hinkler Electorate: Defence Forces (1 speech)
During the parliamentary break I had the absolute pleasure of meeting with some of Hinkler's veterans at numerous events and announcements across the electorate. I joined members of the Bundaberg...
- Sanderson, Governor Kerry (1 speech)
I take this opportunity to congratulate Ms Kerry Sanderson and express my pleasure that all Western Australians will now have the opportunity to enjoy the grace, the charm, the intelligence and...
- Ageing Population (1 speech)
Among the statistics on our ageing population, one in particular stands out for me. About 4,000 people in Australia today are aged over 100 but by 2040 it is estimated that the number will be...
- Gellibrand Electorate (1 speech)
Last week I had the pleasure of hosting a variety of community members at my new office in Footscray in Melbourne's west. Opening a new electorate office is perhaps an appropriate moment to...
- Defence Forces: Indigenous Members (2 speeches)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have served Australia in war and peacekeeping service from the Boer War to the present time. Their readiness to enlist beside other Australians to...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Ukraine Air Disaster (32 speeches)
Loss and grief bring people together, and that has been one of the consequences of the MH17 disaster. We have all seen images of this terrible event, on the far side of the world. We all feel we...
