House debates
Monday, 22 September 2014
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Parliament House: Security (1 speech)
As members would be aware, there has been significant discussion in relation to security at Parliament House, following the national terrorism public alert level being raised from medium to high....
- Screens in the Chamber (1 speech)
Members would be aware that for some time there has been a desire to place screens in the chamber to show the current item of business and questions before the chair. Such screens have been...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Responses (1 speech)
Ministerial responses to petitions previously presented to the House have been received as follows:
- Statements (1 speech)
Madam Speaker, in the Chair of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Petitions' last statement, he spoke about the broad range of topics that petitions to the House have raised....
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Intelligence and Security Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, I present two reports of the committee: Review of administration and expenditure: No. 11 and No. 12—Australian...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Education, Training and Employment Programs (15 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes the importance of supporting young people's transition from school into work or further training and preventing them from falling into the trap of unemployment...
- Iraq and Syria (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) welcomes the Australian Government’s commitment to contributing to humanitarian aid in Iraq, including through airdrops; (2) commends the Prime Minister, the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
It is with great alarm that people in my electorate have learned the government is considering exempting live animal exports to Saudi Arabia from the requirements of Australia's exporter supply...
- Lea, Sergeant Thomas Henry 'Buddy' (1 speech)
It is with great sadness that I advise the House of the passing of the former Sergeant Thomas Henry Lea, better known as Buddy. Buddy lost his fight with lung cancer at the Hervey Bay hospital...
- Sunbury Community Kitchen (1 speech)
Two weeks ago I attended the first birthday celebration of the Rotary Club Of Sunbury's Community Family Kitchen. The Sunbury community kitchen was started by Marianne and Neil Williams in...
- Port Adelaide Football Club, Hindmarsh Electorate: Sport (1 speech)
I rise today to recognise the achievements of a number of sporting clubs. Football finals are in full swing. Although my beloved Port Adelaide went down in two heartbreaking losses over the...
- Ardler, Mr Garry (1 speech)
It is with great sadness that I pay tribute and respect to Garry Ardler, a true leader of the Indigenous community in Kingsford Smith, who tragically passed away on 4 September at the age of 48....
- Public Transport (1 speech)
I take this opportunity to congratulate the Queensland state government for passing on in full the carbon tax savings when it comes to public transport. For the first time in the state's history,...
- Parramatta Electorate: Paint Parra REaD (1 speech)
During the break, I attended Paint Parra REaD in Parramatta Mall, an event designed to encourage parents to read to their child every day from birth. The reading day was a free event organised by...
- Ryan Electorate: McIntyre Centre (1 speech)
I rise today speak about a remarkable organisation in my electorate of Ryan, the McIntyre Centre. The McIntyre Centre does amazing work in our community by providing weekly therapeutic equestrian...
- Lalor Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
On Wednesday, 10 September, I attended Carranballac College in Point Cook in my electorate to help launch the Kids Teaching Kids program. The week ran from Monday, 8 September through to Friday,...
- Bass Electorate: Defence (1 speech)
On 6 August, the Assistant Minister for Defence, Stuart Robert, visited the electorate of Bass to inspect Defence and research establishments. His visit to Scottsdale generated much positive...
- Dementia (1 speech)
September is Dementia Awareness Month in Australia. Right around the country people are campaigning for better support and greater awareness of this fast-growing disease. In my own electorate of...
- Page Electorate: Clarence Valley Business Excellence Awards (1 speech)
I had the pleasure on Saturday night to attend the Clarence Valley Business Excellence Awards. There were well over 200 people in attendance. It was a great night and a great celebration of small...
- Medicare (1 speech)
On 12 September, locals gathered in Eaglehawk community park for a Save Medicare Community Action Day. People signed petitions and wrote their own messages to the government about why this...
- Williams, Mrs Cynthia (1 speech)
It is with sincere sadness that I speak of the death of Cynthia Williams. Cynthia was a prominent member of the Gladstone community. She was a much loved member of the Williams family, the...
- Griffith Electorate: Sport (1 speech)
I rise to inform the House of three very important events that happened in Griffith on the weekend. The first was the grand final of the QAFL in which the Morningside Panthers defeated the...
- Moore Electorate: St Stephen's School (1 speech)
St Stephen's School is one of the largest independent schools in Western Australia. For over 30 years the school has provided a well-rounded quality and caring education to thousands of local...
- Drought (1 speech)
Another week has passed and still our desperate farming families are not getting the drought assistance they so desperately need. Throughout February of this year drought was on the front pages...
- Sims, Mr Ashton (1 speech)
Townsville's North Queensland Cowboys lost on Friday night. Enough said! Rugby League is a professional sport and players go where the money is. They have their contracts cancelled through injury...
- Wollongong Climate Action Network (3 speeches)
Yesterday was a beautiful day in Wollongong, in what would have to be one of the most beautiful places in the nation. I do that with no bias whatsoever.
- Blizzard, Mr Tyler (1 speech)
I would like to highlight the success of a young athlete from my electorate of Bass. Promising young boxer Tyler Blizzard competed at the Golden Gloves tournament in Queensland last month and was...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Foreign Affairs is currently in New York attending the UN General Assembly leaders week and will return on Thursday. The Minister for Trade and Investment...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday the Minister for Social Services initially signalled in the Sunday Telegraph that the government was planning to defer its harsh cuts to pensions,...
- G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting (5 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on the outcomes of the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting held in Cairns over the weekend? What will the...
- Budget (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday the Minister for Social Services publicly signalled that the government was planning to defer its harsh cuts to pensions, families and young job...
- Economy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on how the government is working with all parts of the economy to boost growth and create jobs?
- Social Services (6 speeches)
My question again is to the Prime Minister. Given that the government is planning to defer its harsh cuts to pensions, families and young job seekers for now, will the Prime Minister now...
- Migration (10 speeches)
My question is directed to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. The defacing of a mosque in Mareeba was an act of intolerance against people who are second, third and fourth...
- Indigenous Affairs (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on his visit to East Arnhem Land last week, and how is the government deepening its engagement with Indigenous...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I advise the House that we have visiting with us a delegation from Samoa, led by the honourable the Speaker of the Parliament of Samoa. We make you all most welcome. Honourable members: Hear, hear!
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Indigenous Education (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. Will the minister outline to the House how the government is working with Indigenous communities to improve literacy outcomes. How was this approach...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I advise that in my gallery we have present with us from the Australian Political Exchange Council's 31st delegation of young political leaders from the United States of America. We make them...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (15 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, I refer to the Children and Family Centre in Fitzroy Crossing—one of 38 centres across Australia that faces closure because of the...
- Northern Territory: Infrastructure (14 speeches)
My question is to the
- Indigenous Affairs (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. This month I visited the Bubup Wilam Early Learning Centre in Thomastown. It is a centre that provides vital early education help and family support services...
- Carbon Tax (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment. I remind the minister that the Queensland government has decided to reduce bus, train and ferry ticket fares by five per cent as a result of...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 1 of 2014-15 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's Performance Audit report No. 1 of 2014-15, Confidentiality in government contracts—Senate order for departmental and agency contracts (Calendar year 2013...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Madam Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Australian Citizenship Amendment (Intercountry Adoption) Bill 2014; Second Reading (5 speeches)
Given I had only a short amount of time earlier, I will recommence my speech. Of all the many policies that governments are called to deal with, those dealing with the lives and the welfare of...
- Australian Citizenship Amendment (Intercountry Adoption) Bill 2014; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Amendment Bill 2014; Second Reading (3 speeches)
Governments ought to do whatever they can to remove onerous regulatory burdens that make it harder for citizens and companies to go about their business. It is a matter of getting regulation...
- Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Amendment Bill 2014; Third Reading (1 speech)
In accordance with the resolution agreed to earlier today, the question now is that the remaining stages of the bill be agreed to. Question agreed to. Bills read a third time.
- Migration Amendment (Protection and Other Measures) Bill 2014; Second Reading (22 speeches)
I rise to speak on the Migration Amendment (Protection and Other Measures) Bill 2014. I am always keen to speak on bills that are about improving the integrity of our migration system,...
- Migration Amendment (Protection and Other Measures) Bill 2014; Consideration in Detail (5 speeches)
by leave—I move: (1) Clause 2, page 2 (table items 5 to 8), omit the table items. (2) Schedule 2, page 10 (line 1) to page 15 (line 9), omit the Schedule. (3) Schedule 4, item 17, page 27...
- Migration Amendment (Protection and Other Measures) Bill 2014; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (Unexplained Wealth and Other Measures) Bill 2014; Second Reading (2 speeches)
This week I have received many emails and comments on Twitter and Facebook about how the Leader of the Opposition, Bill Shorten, is as close as possible to the Liberal Party and the government on...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Charlton Electorate: Glendale Interchange (1 speech)
Now that the NSW Liberal government has, effectively, sold the Port of Newcastle, the proceeds should be used to fund key projects that benefit the Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and Hunter regions,...
- Safe Night Out Strategy (2 speeches)
Madam Speaker, Australia has a fine tradition of enjoying a night out. Being able to go and celebrate with friends is something that our ambient temperature allows us to do all over the country,...
- Petition: Marriott Support Services (2 speeches)
by leave—I rise to table this petition on behalf of the diligent workers at Marriott Support Services in my electorate. It does not conform perfectly with the requirements of the...
- Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School: 75th Anniversary (1 speech)
This weekend in Tamworth a very special event will take place. It will be a celebration of 75 years of Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School. Farrer was established in 1939 and named in memory...
- Budget (1 speech)
Of all the terrible things in the budget—and there are plenty of them—I think the $7 tax to go to the doctor would have to be the worst. We in Australia have one of the best health...
- Work for the Dole (2 speeches)
I rise to commend the government's new Work for the Dole arrangements and to share the successes and benefits the program is bringing to my electorate of Petrie. In the Petrie electorate we are...
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Federation Chamber: 20th Anniversary (2 speeches)
Before I invite honourable members to make constituency statements, I wish to make a statement to record the fact that this year we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the operation of this...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Richmond Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
People on the New South Wales North Coast have many concerns with the actions of this cruel Liberal-National Party government. They have concerns about the doctor tax and the petrol tax. As well...
- Calare Electorate: Sport (1 speech)
I proudly rise to speak about the sporting prowess of the electorate of Calare, particularly in this time of grand finals. I am keen on sport, particularly team sport, which is good for the young...
- Strong, Major Rod and Major Denice (2 speeches)
I wish to acknowledge the long and devoted service of Majors Rod and Denice Strong, who have now retired from the Salvation Army, and the particular contribution they have made to our country, to...
- Forde Electorate: Logan Seniors Ambassadors (1 speech)
I rise to speak today in recognition of some of the outstanding seniors who have been recognised recently as Seniors Ambassadors for Logan. In 2009 Robin Gallen was named Seniors Ambassador of...
- Invictus Games (1 speech)
The Invictus Games were held in London from 9 to 14 September and I would like to acknowledge Darren McManus-Smith from the South Lake Macquarie RSL Sub Branch, who played a very important role...
- Taxation (1 speech)
There are many things that stand in the way of advancement for developing countries. The media highlights famine, civil war, a lack of resources, disease and in some cases unelected governments...
- National Security (1 speech)
This is my first opportunity in the parliament to speak about the events of last week, many of which were focused in my electorate. A number of the raids and arrests took place there. I want to...
- Macarthur Electorate: NOVA Employment (1 speech)
Today I wish to share the wonderful work that NOVA Employment is doing in Macarthur to support people living with disabilities to find employment. NOVA Employment is an organisation that provides...
- Shortland Electorate: Positive Behaviour for Learning (1 speech)
On Thursday last week I visited Windale Public School for the official launch of the school's Positive Behaviour for Learning framework program. The school has chosen three key indicators or...
- Swan Electorate: Sport (2 speeches)
Although Australia may be a culturally diverse country which has taken on and quite often become dominant in many sports that did not originate here, I am proud that our No. 1 sport remains that...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- International Development Assistance (14 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) according to the United Nations, global extreme poverty has been halved since 1990 but more than 1.2 billion people remain in extreme poverty; (b) as...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Greste, Mr Peter (7 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes: (a ) that Peter Greste has had a distinguished career as a journalist with CNN, Reuters, WTN, BBC and Al Jazeera; (b ) the long pre-trial incarceration,...
- Small Business (15 speeches)
I move: That the House: (1) acknowledges small business as a major driver of economic growth in Australia; (2) notes that: (a) small businesses are time and resource poor and face significant...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Education, Training and Employment Programs (3 speeches)
I believe this is an exceptionally important motion because it deals with youth unemployment, with the transition of young people from school to work and with making sure that they can actually...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Gellibrand Electorate: Footscray Bulldogs (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to the mighty Footscray Bulldogs team, who scored their third consecutive VFL grand final win yesterday. Ninety years after Con McCarthy led Footscray to...
- Ormond College, University of Melbourne: Pitch Project (1 speech)
Last month I had the privilege of judging the Pitch Project at Ormond College at the University of Melbourne. This was a judging competition between two groups of students who had put together a...
- Lymphoma Awareness Month (1 speech)
September is Lymphoma Awareness Month, a chance to raise awareness of Australia's most common blood cancer. September is a chance to promote symptom recognition for both Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin...
- Northern Territory Fashion Week (1 speech)
The Northern Territory has magnificent colour, style and beauty. From the ochre deserts of Central Australia to the majesty of Uluru, with the sparkling blue of our coastal waters and the lush...
- Shortland Electorate: Education (1 speech)
Last week I was privileged to attend a number of year 12 farewells and presentations in the electorate. I was overwhelmed by the quality and the achievements of the young people who were present...
- Boothby Electorate: Bushfires (1 speech)
With bushfire season approaching I would like to remind my constituents living in the Mitcham hills and upper Sturt that it is very important that they have a proper bushfire action plan and do...
- Angel Flight (1 speech)
Charity organisation Angel Flight flies rural and regional patients and their families to vital medical appointments. For more than 10 years Angel Flight has carried out $50 million worth of...
- Fremantle Dockers (4 speeches)
I want to take this opportunity to congratulate the Fremantle Dockers on an outstanding 2014 AFL season.
- Helensburgh Public School: First Lego League Open European Competition (1 speech)
I want to take the opportunity to report to the House in the brief time that I have available a fantastic achievement by a local public school in my area, Helensburgh Public School's Komplete...
- Ryan Electorate: University of Queensland's Advanced Engineering Building (1 speech)
I was delighted to be asked to represent the Minister for Education to open the University of Queensland's Advanced Engineering Building, although I understand the rent-a-crowd protesters were a...
- Canberra Electorate: Tuggeranong United Football Club (1 speech)
If any members were in Canberra last Tuesday, they might have noticed that Canberra's Telstra Tower was glowing an unusual shade of green. Like the rest of Canberra, Telstra Tower had a severe...
- East West Link (1 speech)
I rise today to draw to the attention of the House the announcement by the Victorian Labor opposition of its intention to rip up contracts to build the East West Link should it win the state...
- Windale Health and Safety Expo (1 speech)
Last Wednesday, I attended the Windale Health and Safety Expo. It was run by WICA, a community group based in the suburb of Windale. Windale is a fairly socially disadvantaged suburb and the WICA...
- Fiji Elections (1 speech)
It is with great pride that I stand here today to tell of the small part Australian parliamentarians played in the Fijian elections, the first free elections in that country for eight years. I...
- Indi Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
As you would know, Mr Deputy Speaker, schools in Indi have strong communities that take pride in providing the best possible learning environment for their students. The environment of teaching,...
- Higgins Electorate: Chabad Malvern (1 speech)
On Sunday, 14 September, I was pleased to visit Chabad Malvern for the dedication of its new purpose-built youth and early learning centre. Chabad Malvern has been wonderfully led by Rabbi...
- Illawarra Older Women's Network (1 speech)
On 8 September, I had the great joy of participating in a fifth birthday celebration. This fifth birthday celebration—as the member of Indi, I think, would appreciate—was for the...
- Dobell Electorate: Wyong Creek Public School (1 speech)
Established in 1883 and nestled in the beautiful Yarramalong Valley, Wyong Creek Public School is a reminder of a simpler time, before urban development to the east of the M1. Home to 54...
- Memory Walk & Jog, Big Red Kidney Walk (1 speech)
Yesterday, on a glorious Canberra spring day, my runners got a big-time work-out and I was reminded again that I need to get new runners, as a result of the work-out they got. I had the...
- Page Electorate: School Graduation Ceremonies (1 speech)
Like for many, the last couple of weeks, or the last few days of last week, were very busy with year 12 graduation ceremonies around the state. I had the absolute privilege of going to the year...
- Swansea Chamber of Commerce (1 speech)
On Saturday, in beautiful Lake Macquarie, in the wonderful electorate of Shortland, on the shores of Lake Macquarie, Swansea Chamber of Commerce held their spring festival. I would like to...
- Swan Electorate: Greyhounds WA (1 speech)
I have previously spoken in this place about my support for a joint local campaign in my electorate of Swan between Greyhounds WA, stakeholders and the community to gain appropriate funding and a...
- Indi Electorate: 50th Anniversary for Prime7 (1 speech)
Television in rural and regional Australia is much more than entertainment. It allows for connectivity, contact, information use, shared celebrations and shared tragedies—all through a...
- Wright Electorate: Turning Canungra Pink (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge and praise one of my local communities in the light of their upcoming fundraising event. The township of Canungra is a small, rural and...
- Canberra Electorate: Lions Youth Haven, Canberra Electorate: Galilee School (1 speech)
Last week I had the opportunity to go out to the beautiful Lions Youth Haven in Kambah, a suburb in my electorate. It is quite an open area and its views of the Brindabellas are just...
- Petition: Leichhardt Electorate (1 speech)
I rise to present a petition from residents and businesspeople from the Kuranda-Speewah region highlighting the dire state of telecommunications in their region. This petition has 579 signatures...
- Education: Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters (1 speech)
Thursday last week was national HIPPY week. I attended the HIPPY celebrations at Windale PCYC. It was a very positive experience. I have gone along and visited the HIPPY program on a number of...
- Gladstone-Rockhampton: Black Dog Ball (1 speech)
The 2014 Black Dog Ball, a major event for Gladstone-Rockhampton, will be held at the Paradise Lagoons on 11 October, raising awareness for mental health and wellbeing within the families in the...
- Australian Student Prize (2 speeches)
On Thursday, 17 September I had the pleasure of meeting Miss Olivia de Koning, one of the 49 secondary school students within Western Australia and one of the 500 nationally to receive an...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Iraq (5 speeches)
In addressing the question of Iraq and the extraordinary activities which we have seen carried out at the hands of the extremists of ISIL, I want to begin with history, taking us back a decade....
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That orders of the day Nos 1, 2 and 3, committee and delegation business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Constitutional Recognition of ATSIP; Report (2 speeches)
Thank you, Deputy Speaker Porter. Can I say at the outset how pleased I am that you are in the chair, being a member of this committee and somebody who I have enjoyed an interlocution with over...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme; Report (1 speech)
As a member of the committee, I would like to commend the report to the House and, in doing so, say that the NDIS is landmark legislation. The program that has been rolled out as a result of the...
- Treaties Committee; Report (2 speeches)
I would like to thank both the committee secretariat and the deputy chair for their work on the majority and dissenting reports on the Korean free trade agreement. I think they are both worthy...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- National Police Remembrance Day (1 speech)
In light of the approaching National Police Remembrance Day, I am thankful for this opportunity to acknowledge the significant role police officers play in our community and the great deal of...
- Iraq (1 speech)
Last week on Twitter a person called for my execution for treason because I had questioned the government's rapid escalation of our new involvement in Iraq from a purely humanitarian mission to...
- Electorate of Macquarie: Blue Mountain Bushfires Anniversary (1 speech)
I rise to speak today as we approach the one year anniversary of the 17 October 2013 Blue Mountains bushfires, which caused much disaster and devastation in the region, and to acknowledge the...
- Second Sydney Airport (1 speech)
It is good to be in a chamber where I have an opportunity to share some time with colleagues from Western Sydney, some who have passionately fought on an issue that I have spoken about, others...
- Youth Employment (3 speeches)
It is very lucky for me to be able to follow the member for Chifley, having just left the chair and assumed my role as member for Mitchell in Western Sydney, because I rise today to speak about...
- Prime Minister (Question No. 137) (2 speeches)
asked the Prime Minister, in writing, on 13 May 2014: On (a) how many occasions, and (b) what date(s), has the Minister met with Australian Water Holdings Pty Ltd chief executive Mr Nick Di...
- Environmental Conservation (Question No. 211) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for the Environment, in writing, on 14 July 2014: (1) Is he aware of the 'Save Our Shorebirds' online petition. (2) What action is the Government taking to: (a) establish a...
- Apprenticeships (Question No. 214) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Industry, in writing, on 14 July 2014: How many apprentices completed their apprenticeship in 2013-14, and of those, how many secured work within their skill set on completion?
- Building Multicultural Communities Program (Question No. 234) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Social Services, in writing, on 15 July 2014: In respect of Stream 1 funding for the Building Multicultural Communities Program, (a) what was the: (i) total number of...
- Building Multicultural Communities Program (Question No. 235) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Social Services, in writing, on 15 July 2014: In respect of Stream 2 funding for the Building Multicultural Communities Program (a) what was the: (i) total number of...
- Budget: Deregulatory Savings (Question No. 238) (2 speeches)
asked the Prime Minister in writing, on 16 July 2014: What is the amount of deregulatory savings achieved as a result of the measures in the 2014-15 budget.
- Defence: Civilian Staff (Question No. 240) (2 speeches)
asked the Assistant Minister for Defence, in writing on 17 July 2014: In respect of civilian staff in the Minister's department (including the Defence Materiel Organisation) as at 30 June 2014,...
- Defence: Personnel Headcount (Question No. 242) (2 speeches)
asked the Assistant Minister for Defence, in writing on 17 July 2014: For each electoral division as at 30 June 2014, and as contained in the final pay figures for the final quarter for 2013-14...
- Building Multicultural Communities Program (Question No. 243) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Social Services, in writing, on 17 July 2014: Can the Minister provide a full list of details in respect of the letter of offer to: (a) 337 Stream 1, and (b) 133 Stream 2,...
- Building Multicultural Communities Program (Question No. 244) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Social Services, in writing, on 17 July 2014: Is it a fact that 66 organisations were offered both Stream 1 and Stream 2 funding under the Building Multicultural...
- Building Multicultural Communities Program (Question No. 245) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Social Services, in writing, on 17 July 2014: Is it a fact that on 27 February 2014 only two organisations had completed the execution of the funding agreement for Stream 2...
- Building Multicultural Communities Program (Question No. 246) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Social Services, in writing, on 17 July 2014: (1) Has his department prepared a reply to my letter to the Senator for New South Wales dated 1 April 2014 in respect of...
- Building Multicultural Communities Program (Question No. 247) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Social Services, in writing, on 17 July 2014: When will the Minister for Social Services provide the list of all organisations that would: (a) receive, and (b) not receive,...
- Minister for Employment (Question No. 276) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment, in writing, on 26 August 2014: In respect of his planned lunch with Dr Angela Lanfranchi, Louise Kirk and representatives of the Latin...
- ADF Family Health Program (Question No. 283) (2 speeches)
asked the Assistant Minister for Defence, in writing, on 27 August 2014: In respect of the National ADF Family Health Program, (a) how many families were registered as at 30 June 2014, and how...
- China: Australia Week (Question No. 300) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Trade and Investment, in writing, on 1 September: What sum is allocated for Australia Week in China in: (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16, (c) 2016-17, and (d) 2017-18.
- Infrastructure and Regional Development: Speech and Media Training (Question No. 302) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, in writing, on 1 September 2014: In respect of speech and/or media training since 7 September 2013, (a) what total sum has the...
- Department of Industry: Speech and Media Training (Question No. 311) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Industry, in writing, on 1 September 2014: In respect of speech and/or media training since 7 September 2013, (a) what total sum has the Minister's department spent, and...
- Minister for Defence: Drinks Cabinet for Ministers (Question No. 333) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, in writing on 3 September 2014: Since 7 September 2013, has the Minister's department paid for or stocked the 'drinks cabinet' for (a)...
