House debates
Thursday, 30 October 2014
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Infrastructure (4 speeches)
by leave—At the last election, the coalition promised to scrap the carbon tax, stop the boats, get the budget under control and build the roads of the 21st century. We are honouring all...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Tariff Proposals (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Publications Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present a report from the Publications Committee sitting in conference with the Publications Committee of the Senate. Copies of the report have been placed on the table. Report—by...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That Notice No. 3 of Government Business be postponed until a later hour.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (1 speech)
Each year, an average of 330 people are killed on our roads as a result of heavy vehicle incidents. That is why, in 2012, the Labor government established the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal to...
- Gold Coast Amateur Beekeepers Society (1 speech)
On Sunday I had the great pleasure of opening the Gold Coast Amateur Beekeepers Society Field Day and I want to speak about this event, as beekeeping is probably one of our least understood and...
- Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (1 speech)
The review of the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal has been on the desk of Minister Abetz for many months. We need this report released and we need a commitment to keep the tribunal. We need to...
- Queensland School of Hard Knocks (1 speech)
I recently spent an entertaining morning at the launch of the Queensland School of Hard Knocks, hosted by the remarkable Jonathon Welch and his Queensland chairman, Dr Christian Rowan. We...
- Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (1 speech)
Professional truck drivers play a crucial role in the Australian economy. We know the often unrealistic deadlines that are still placed on truck drivers squeeze them for every dollar they earn...
- Western Sydney Wanderers (1 speech)
The Western Sydney Wanderers are 90 minutes away from the champion league title after a 1-0 win over Al-Hilal. We are all looking forward to this Sunday to see Western Sydney take on the world...
- Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (1 speech)
Every year an average of 330 Australians are killed from heavy vehicle accidents in Australia. This fact hits particularly hard in my electorate of Gellibrand where our proud manufacturing...
- Maclean, Mr John (1 speech)
The amazing feats of some of the constituents who call Lindsay home never, ever cease to amaze me. On Sunday we saw one of the most courageous endeavours of endurance and dogged determination by...
- Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (1 speech)
I am on my feet today because the review called by this government into the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal was completed in April and is yet to be released. Despite this, the member for Mayo...
- Aboriginal Health (1 speech)
Together with the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, Alan Tudge, I travelled two hours from Geraldton by small plane to the centre of Durack to a town called Wiluna, once a thriving...
- Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (1 speech)
Anybody who knows anything about the trucking industry knows that it can sometimes be a dangerous place to work. Whether you have drivers in your family, as I do or like my great mate the member...
- Centenary of Anzac (1 speech)
Tonight marks the start of the Anzac centenary commemorations in Western Australia. Starting in the member for Pearce's electorate, at Blackboy Hill in Greenmount, there will be a community event...
- Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (1 speech)
Road transport is the most dangerous industry in Australia, with workers 15 times more likely to be killed at work than any other worker. This safety crisis is an issue not just for truck drivers...
- Macedonian Doctors' Breast Cancer and Research Ball (1 speech)
I recently attended the 2014 Macedonian Doctors' Breast Cancer and Research Ball. The ball was held by the Australian Macedonian Medical Society to raise money for important equipment at St...
- Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (1 speech)
Every day, across this nation, thousands of truck drivers go to work on the roads that run through our communities—roads that they share with our families, our communities and people either...
- National Broadband Network (1 speech)
I welcome news this week of a further rollout of the NBN in Hume. NBN Co will be working with local councils at Goulburn and Yass on the planning of a new set of fixed wireless towers in the...
- Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (1 speech)
The Bendigo Advertiser on 17 March 2014 had an article which read, 'Man dies in hospital after a truck crash on the Calder Highway, 19 kilometres from Kyneton.' Further, in the Bendigo Advertiser...
- Hindmarsh Electorate: Italian Community (1 speech)
I recently attended the 60th anniversary feast day of St Hilarion, a religious, cultural and gastronomic celebration which draws thousands of people from across Adelaide and, in particular, from...
- Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (1 speech)
I urge the government not to abandon the Labor initiative for establishing safer roads in our road transport system and to keep the commitment in relation to the Road Safety Remuneration...
- Moore Electorate: Clarkson Community High School (2 speeches)
Recently, I had the opportunity to visit Clarkson Community High School for a tour of the campus and to see how educational outcomes have been greatly improved at the school. Under the innovative...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Direct Action (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. This morning, market analysts RepuTex confirmed that the Prime Minister's $2½ billion dirty deal with Clive Palmer will only deliver 20 per cent to 30...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, will you inform the House of the steps the government is taking to deal with foreign fighters returning to Australia?
- Direct Action (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer again to the Prime Minister's $2½ billion dirty deal to pay big polluters. Eminent economists have said that $4 billion to $5 billion per year...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister advise the House how the government is starving terrorist organisations of funding?
- Direct Action (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Minister for Communications has described the Prime Minister's policy of paying big polluters as 'a recipe for fiscal recklessness on a grand scale.' He...
- National Security (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications. Will the minister inform the House of measures the government is taking to ensure that security agencies have adequate resources and cooperation...
- Fuel Prices (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. This week the Prime Minister ambushed Australian motorists with a $2.2 billion fuel tax increase and cut a deal to pay big polluters $2.5 billion to keep...
- Budget (6 speeches)
I have a question for the Treasurer. Treasurer, will you outline the ramifications of failing to fix the budget debt and deficit burden left by the previous government? How will the decisions...
- Fuel Prices (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to comments the Prime Minister made in parliament yesterday that the $2.2 billion petrol tax increase is a budget repair measure. The government also...
- Budget (11 speeches)
My question is to Minister for Small Business. Will the minister inform the House of the savings that have been passed on to families and businesses in Victoria and elsewhere since the government...
- Higher Education Reforms (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. Will the minister inform the House how the government's higher education reforms will benefit students from disadvantaged backgrounds?
- Direct Action (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will any companies owned by the member for Fairfax be eligible for funding under the Prime Minister's deal to pay big polluters?
- Infrastructure (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. Will the Deputy Prime Minister outline how the government is working with the states to...
- Tertiary Education (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the modelling by NATSEM, an organisation described by the Prime Minister as the most reputable modelling organisation in Australia, which shows...
- Ebola (2 speeches)
I have a question for the Minister for Health. Will the minister update the House on the steps the government is taking to ensure that we are prepared for a confirmed Ebola diagnosis in Australia?
- Higher Education (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to NATSEM modelling that shows that under the Prime Minister's unfair university changes a young woman studying to become a vet would owe over...
- Work for the Dole (2 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Minister for Employment. Will the minister update the House on the Work for the Dole program in my electorate of Macquarie and elsewhere? How is Work for the Dole...
- Higher Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to NATSEM modelling which shows that, under the Prime Minister's plan to saddle Australians with a 'debt sentence', a young woman studying to become...
- Building and Construction Industry (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education representing the Minister for Employment. I ask the minister why it is important to maintain the rule of law on construction sites around our country.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Questions in Writing (1 speech)
In accordance with standing order 105(b) I ask that you write to the Prime Minister seeking reasons for the delay in answering a question in writing. The relevant question appears as No. 264 on...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 3 of 2014-15 (1 speech)
(): I present the Auditor-General's Audit report No. 3 of 2014-15—Performance audit—Fraud control arrangements: Across entities. Ordered that the report be made a parliamentary paper.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Days and Hours of Meeting (1 speech)
I ask leave of the House to amend the notice relating to the time and order of business for the sittings on Monday, 24 November 2014 and Tuesday, 25 November 2014 by omitting the provision for...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Budget (36 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for McMahon proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Prime Minister’s...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal, Safe Rates Campaign (8 speeches)
Earlier today a number of members in the House made members' statements about the importance of the Safe Rates campaign and the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal. But 90 seconds is not really...
- Parliamentary Friends of Forestry and Forest Products (1 speech)
Two nights ago I had the pleasure of witnessing the beginning of a new parliamentary friendship group. Along with my fellow convener, the member for Hunter, and the shadow spokesman on regional...
- Racial Discrimination Act (1 speech)
For me, the iconic, optimistic representation of modern Australia is that famous photo of Gough Whitlam and Vincent Lingiari. It captures a moment of great practical significance, especially to...
- Tamar River Recovery Plan (3 speeches)
Can I say how pleased I am to be here today to update the House on the coalition's Tamar River Recovery Plan.
- Charlton Electorate: Domestic Violence (1 speech)
It is a tragic reality that domestic violence continues to plague our communities. And, whilst efforts to bring the topic into the open are having a positive effect, our work is not done when it...
- Bonner Electorate: Small Business (2 speeches)
I wish to update the House on what the government has achieved for small business in my electorate of Bonner, what we are further doing to help local businesses and what services and initiatives...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Petition: Casey Cardenia Community Legal Service (1 speech)
I rise to present an approved petition signed by 469 people. The petition read as follows— The petition of the Casey Cardenia Community Legal Service draws to the attention of the House...
- Parkes Electorate: Green Army (1 speech)
I would like to address the House today about the Green Army program, in particular the RiverSmart nature links, which is improving river health from Narromine to Warren. This project aims to...
- Such, Hon. Dr Robert Bruce 'Bob' (1 speech)
I rise to speak with much sadness about the recent passing of the state member for Fisher, Bob Such. Robert Bruce Such was born on 22 June 1944 in Adelaide, South Australia. He grew up in the...
- International Brain Tumour Awareness Week (1 speech)
I rise to talk about an issue that is seldom talked about. As some of you may know and some may not, this week is International Brain Tumour Awareness Week. Certainly there is no known cause of...
- Medicare Locals (1 speech)
I stand to condemn the government on its abject failure to keep its pre-election promise to maintain and support Medicare Locals as a deliverer of primary healthcare services across Australia. I...
- Boothby Electorate: Sturt Baseball Club (1 speech)
I would like to speak on a commitment I took to the 2013 election for my electorate of Boothby. During the 2013 election I announced that a coalition government would provide $75,000 in federal...
- Online Harassment (1 speech)
Last week I spoke in this chamber about the new ways that many are using technology to perpetuate violence against women—how men who want to control the women in their lives were now using...
- Day for Daniel (1 speech)
Tomorrow across Australia we should all be thinking about Daniel Morcombe. Tomorrow is Day for Daniel, a national day of action to raise awareness of child safety protection and harm prevention....
- Data Retention (1 speech)
The member for Ryan will note that on this side we are supporting your case by wearing red today. Over the last month, as I have been travelling around my electorate people have been raising with...
- Eden-Monaro Electorate: Tourism Forums (2 speeches)
On Tuesday, 7 October I co-hosted a tourism forum at the Cooma Council chambers with my colleague Senator Richard Colbeck, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, who was...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Breast Cancer (1 speech)
Breast cancer is the most common cancer affecting women. It is estimated that 15,270 Australian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014. However, it is important to remember that most...
- Australian National University: Divestments (1 speech)
Equities are traded every day of the week. It is the right and proper thing to happen. Institutions do not normally make grand statements as to what equities they have bought and sold. However,...
- Moore, Mr Brian 'Chicka' (1 speech)
It is with sadness that I rise to speak of the passing of Brian 'Chicka' Moore and to pay tribute to his enormous contribution to Rugby League in this nation and particularly in the inner west of...
- Early Childhood Education (2 speeches)
What started in this place as a lone voice calling for us to focus on zero- to five-year-old children and battle against vulnerability is now growing in momentum. This year we formed the...
- High-Speed Rail (1 speech)
Australasian Railway Association held its high-speed rail bring it on conference on Monday in Parliament House. The major and most exciting recommendation was that a high-speed rail project...
- Wannon Electorate: Centenary of Anzac (1 speech)
I would like to inform the House of a wonderful day I had the week before last in my electorate. On a beautiful, sunny day I drove to a very small rural community called Tahara and it is a...
- Social Cohesion (1 speech)
This week in the parliament, we have some especially important reasons to be concerned about questions of social cohesion. We saw the release of the Scanlon Foundation's 2014 report in that...
- 4Tracks4Kids (1 speech)
If you are in any way interested in horseracing—and let's face it, next week there are not many of us who are not—you would know the Callander name. The Callander family have been...
- Lalor Electorate: Lalor Heroes (1 speech)
Recently, I had the honour of holding my inaugural Lalor Heroes awards night. In my own history, I owe an enormous debt to people who volunteer in our community. Since becoming the member for...
- Medical Research (1 speech)
As members of this place know, investment in our health system and in particular in medical research to cure those diseases that are currently incurable is the centrepiece of this government's...
- Chifley Electorate: WentWest Medicare Local, Live Animal Exports, International Financial Transactions (1 speech)
I have previously noted within this place the critical health challenges that confront the people I am proud to represent within federal parliament. Those challenges are not met by people from...
- Brisbane electorate: Institute of Urban Indigenous Health (1 speech)
I have the absolute pleasure this morning of recognising and bringing to the attention of the House the wonderful work that is being undertaken by the Institute of Urban Indigenous Health, which...
- Education: Disability Services (1 speech)
In the wake of the passing of former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, there has been much reflection on many of the positive reforms that the Whitlam government introduced and the progress and new...
- Maranoa Electorate: Coal Seam Gas (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the future livability of regional towns in my electorate in coal seam gas country—that is, in the Surat Basin. That is the Dalby, Chinchilla, Miles, Roma corridor,...
- 24 Hour Fight Against Cancer Macarthur (1 speech)
A decade ago a small group of people met at the Court Tavern, Campbelltown. They had attitudes that characterise the Macarthur region in general. There has always been, I think, a sense of...
- Gilmore Electorate: Royal Australian Navy (1 speech)
Last week I welcomed the Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon. David Johnston, and the Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Tim Barrett, to my electorate to announce that Defence's new $700 million...
- Chisholm Electorate: Ashwood Reserve (1 speech)
If you are going to run for any level of government, be it state, local or federal, you should have some connectivity with the community you are seeking to represent. If you do not, you should at...
- Capricornia Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
There is a major issue impacting on Capricornia at this point in time, which is costing jobs, placing enormous pressures on regional business and causing small communities to virtually die a slow...
