House debates
Tuesday, 23 September 2014
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Investment (4 speeches)
I am pleased to present and table the inaugural annual Investment Statement to the parliament. This delivers on a commitment the coalition made at the 2013 federal election. It also follows my...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That notice Nos 1 and 2, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Health Care (1 speech)
The people of Newcastle are worried about what the Abbott Liberal government is doing to our national healthcare system. In June and July this year, I conducted a survey of my electorate, asking...
- Yarramalong Valley Spring Festival (1 speech)
If anyone has been searching for scarecrows of the Caribbean, a fab fake of the Mona Lisa or a picturesque drive that their entire family can enjoy, look no further than the Yarramalong Valley...
- Health Care (1 speech)
Along with the honourable member for Newcastle, I too rise to speak about health. The government's policies on health, as communicated so clearly through the priorities in the May budget, are...
- Howard, Mr Ed (1 speech)
If any members in this chamber doubt the health-giving properties of fruit, then I refer them to page 7 of the NT News 3 September edition, which says, `Eating fruit every day can reduce the risk...
- Hospitals (1 speech)
One of the things I am proudest about from Labor's contribution to my own community is the massive Commonwealth investment made by the former Labor government of $175 million in the Logan...
- Fuel Prices (1 speech)
In Gilmore we are deeply affected by the cost of fuel, especially as our local transport fails to meet the scheduling of timetable needs of residents. Higher fuel prices are of great concern. We...
- Indigenous Health (1 speech)
We all knew last week that the Prime Minister was up in north-east Arnhem Land. No doubt, prior to his departure and when he arrived, he would have been briefed on the health status of the...
- Angove, Mr Rod (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate a hardworking local from my electorate of Petrie, Mr Rod Angove, who retired yesterday after 34 years of service with one company. Mr Angove was a bus driver for our...
- Medicare (1 speech)
In the last sitting period, I tabled a petition of more than 8,000 signatures from the Scullin electorate calling on this parliament to save Medicare and, in particular, to ensure that the...
- Diabetes (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's Walk to Cure Diabetes, which raises funds to cure, treat and prevent type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is a serious disease...
- Health Care (1 speech)
The government was caught out yesterday by using another enormous furphy to justify this unfair and inequitable budget they are trying to force through this parliament. Over the last few months...
- Barton Electorate: Chinese Delegation (1 speech)
It was my pleasure to welcome an official delegation from the City of Nanxiong People's Government last week at Kogarah within my electorate of Barton. The local area of Barton has a strong...
- Health: Regional Policy (1 speech)
It has been more than a year since the election, and the Nationals have comprehensively failed on regional health. The Nationals have recently published their 25...
- Braddon Electorate: Local Sporting Champions (1 speech)
My electorate of Braddon has more than its fair share of local sporting champions, but last night Devonport local Macey Stewart rose to a new level when she claimed gold in the individual time...
- Indi Electorate: Art in Mind Exhibition (1 speech)
The arts play an integral role in the culture of my electorate of Indi. People having creative outlets is also an important component of mental health and wellbeing in our communities. These...
- Cyberbullying (1 speech)
Cyberbullying affects many of us, particularly young people, who are more vulnerable. Cyberbullying is when someone is tormented through any form of technology. Research shows that one-in-five...
- Bendigo Electorate: Health (1 speech)
I rise to speak today about the effects that the GP co-payment will have on small Victorian regional hospitals, which do not have the funding for emergency care departments; they have urgency...
- Higgins Electorate: Education (1 speech)
Educational opportunity unites all Australians. We have a shared hope and desire for our children and the generations thereafter. Education enables us to develop our full potential, have the...
- Perth Electorate: Health (1 speech)
During the break, I had the privilege of seeing the extraordinary work of the Goldfields-Midwest Medicare Local. The GMML has been improving primary health care throughout the region with its...
- Hughes Electorate: Georges River (2 speeches)
Two hundred and nineteen years ago, Bass and Flinders were the first Europeans to sail down the Georges River. Since then, we have had an enormous increase in our prosperity, but unfortunately...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Assistant Minister for Education will be absent from question time today to attend a funeral. The Minister for Education will answer questions on her behalf.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (16 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Today the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has found that health expenditure in 2012-13 grew at its lowest rate in 30 years. Further, today the AMA...
- Iraq and Syria (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister inform the House of the importance of his visit to New York for a meeting with the United Nations Security Council?
- Budget (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. On 3 June in this parliament, the Prime Minister said: The GP co-payment is a sensible measure from this government to try to make Medicare sustainable for...
- Iraq and Syria (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Justice. Will the minister advise the House what action the government is taking to detect and disrupt terrorism financing in Australia?
- Budget (23 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. The minister said on 19 February that spending on medical services is spiralling, but the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has found that...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister inform the House of action the government is taking to engage the community on enhanced security measures...
- Pensions and Benefits (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. I refer to reports today proving the Minister for Social Services fabricated details about New Zealand's welfare system to justify his cruel...
- G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline the outcomes of the G20 Finance Ministers' meeting for the nation's finances and how will action taken by G20 countries ensure that...
- Pensions and Benefits (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the answer of the Minister for Social Services just a minute ago, proving that the minister fabricated details about New Zealand's welfare system...
- Economy (15 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline the importance of sound budget management to help build a strong economy and create jobs?
- Higher Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister has repeatedly claimed that there will be no $100,000 degrees in Australia, but it has been revealed today that, because of the...
- Shipping (5 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. Will the minister inform this House why reform to coastal shipping legislation is needed,...
- Higher Education (19 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Before the election the Prime Minister promised to ensure the continuation of the current arrangements for university funding, but it has been revealed today...
- Carbon Tax (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment. What savings have been—
- Higher Education (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. I refer to a media release still on the minister's website, Pyne Online, titled 'Coalition will not cap places or raise HECS', which is dated 26...
- Agriculture (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture. Will the minister outline how the government's policies, including the scrapping of the carbon tax, are contributing to the growth and prosperity...
- Budget (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Given that the Institute of Health and Welfare has exposed the government's pathetic excuses for the GP tax to be false, given that New Zealand does not...
- Business (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications. Will the minister explain to the House why it is critical to reform government businesses facing digital disruption? How is the government...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
I add to my answer to the member for Jagajaga by tabling an extract from the New Zealand Ministry of Social Development's annual report for 2012-13, which shows that 39.7 per cent of applicants...
- 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.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Standing Orders (4 speeches)
Madam Speaker, I have a question for you. The question is: were you aware that, since you assumed the speakership, you have ejected some 200 members of the House either under standing order 94(a)...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Budget (22 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Kingston proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The government's unfair...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Little River State School, Early Childhood Education (1 speech)
I rise this evening to speak on a variety of matters in the education and early childhood area. As you may be aware, my electorate of Lalor has over 10,000 families that access early childhood...
- Chevellum State School (1 speech)
Whilst travelling up to Flaxton the other day to visit the Blackall Range Care Group AGM, I had a bit of time to spare so I dropped into a local school right on the boundary of Fisher and...
- North Melbourne Primary School (1 speech)
I would like to bring the attention of the House to the North Melbourne Primary School, located in my electorate of Melbourne. I was recently sent a number of letters by year 3 students at this...
- Bushfires (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on the first anniversary of the Blue Mountains bushfires in October last year. Earlier this week I was able to talk, ever so briefly, about the funding from the federal...
- Bubup Wilam for Early Learning Aboriginal Child and Family Centre (1 speech)
Last Friday, I visited Bubup Wilam for Early Learning Aboriginal Child and Family Centre in Thomastown with Richard Wynne MP, Victorian shadow minister for Aboriginal affairs and Closing the Gap...
- Macarthur Electorate: Camden District Red Cross (1 speech)
I recently had the great pleasure of attending the book launch of Ministering Angelsa book about the Camden District Red Cross between 1914 and 1945. Ministering Angels is written by Dr Ian...
- Qatar: FIFA World Cup (2 speeches)
I am pleased today that Qatar has responded to claims by Germany's minister for international affairs by outlawing funding of terrorists from institutions and citizens in that country. Just...
