House debates
Tuesday, 25 November 2014
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Whitlam, Hon. Edward Gough AC, QC (17 speeches)
I rise today to remember Gough Whitlam, an Australian giant. I was born the year Gough Whitlam became Prime Minister. I was only three when he was dismissed so I do not remember his prime...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That business intervening before order of the day No. 8, Government Business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Joint Standing Committee on Treaties; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties I present the committee's report entitled Report 145, treaties tabled on 26 August and 2 September 2014. Report made a parliamentary paper in...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1 speech)
Yesterday in question time we had the unedifying spectacle of the Prime Minister giving us a demonstration in lying about lying. We all know that the night before the election the Prime Minister...
- Page Electorate: Alstonville Public School (1 speech)
It is always a highlight when you have a local school visit Parliament House. I had a special highlight today because not only did the Alstonville Public School visit Parliament House but the...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1 speech)
Yesterday we learned that 1233 ABC Newcastle has been decimated by this government. Because of their budget cuts, we will lose Helen Clare, Carol Duncan and their teams who produce quality radio...
- White Ribbon Day (1 speech)
I take seriously my roles as a husband and a father. I know that most Australian men do too. This year, I became an ambassador for White Ribbon, the male-led campaign to end men's violence...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1 speech)
It was the eve of the election campaign. There was our would-be Prime Minister. He could see the holy grail. He could taste the prime ministership. Then came the question. He reached for the...
- Reid Electorate: Annual Greek Street Fair (1 speech)
Earlier this month, I was delighted to join hundreds of people at the annual Greek street fair in Burwood. Dancing performances, live Greek music, competitions, market stalls and, of course,...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1 speech)
I would like to express my concern about cuts to the ABC and the resulting loss of content. Aside from shedding 400 jobs, the public broadcaster is cutting content, and I am particularly...
- Hume Electorate: Gundaroo (1 speech)
I would like to congratulate the community of Gundaroo on some recent village events which have been a great success. A couple of weeks ago, I was delighted to attend the 150th celebrations of...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1 speech)
Last week, we felt that the gold medal for hypocrisy in this place was going to go to the member for Sturt. We thought he was a deadset winner. This guy is the Liberal Party's one-man answer to...
- Electorate of Capricornia (1 speech)
It was with much pleasure that I recently hosted our honourable Speaker of the House of Representatives on a visit to Rockhampton. Madam Speaker spent time with Year 12 girls from five high...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Special Broadcasting Service (3 speeches)
Last week, in Bendigo, over 100 people rallied in Hargreaves Mall, at the front of Senator Bridget McKenzie's office, a Nationals member, calling on the government to reverse its savage cuts to...
- Free Trade Agreements (1 speech)
Today I rise to talk to the Australian parliament about the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement, the South Korea Free Trade Agreement and the Japan Free Trade Agreement. All these agreements...
- Indi Electorate: Victory Lutheran College (1 speech)
I am delighted today to welcome students of Victory Lutheran College to the Parliament of Australia. These students are from all over my electorate but particularly from Wodonga, the beautiful...
- Domestic Violence (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about the scourge of our society—domestic violence. It is a blight on our country. It is unacceptable that nearly half of the Australian population has experienced...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1 speech)
Australians were shocked this week to hear that the government had broken yet another promise and proceeded with its plans to attack the ABC, slashing some $200 million from their budget. This...
- Hinkler Electorate: School Award (1 speech)
In 2013 Bundaberg was devastated by flood for the second time in three years. Nearly every home in North Bundaberg was inundated and sustained significant damage. Yesterday the Bundaberg North...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1 speech)
Today the outrage from the community continues about the cuts to the ABC. Not only is there outrage about the cuts and outrage about the broken promise, but there is outrage about the hypocrisy...
- Victoria State Election (2 speeches)
Last week it was a great pleasure to join Victorian Premier Denis Napthine at the opening of the Waurn Ponds Police Station in South Barwon SES. Just up the road is the new Waurn Ponds train...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Whitlam, Hon. Edward Gough, AC, QC (1 speech)
The question is that the motion moved by the Prime Minister be agreed to. I ask all honourable members to signify their approval by rising in their places. Honourable members having stood in...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for the Environment will be absent from question time today to attend a funeral. The Minister for Industry will answer questions on his behalf.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Special Broadcasting Service (25 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. On the night before the election, 'somebody' was interviewed on SBS and made the following statement: 'No cuts to education. No cuts to health. No change to...
- Trade with China (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister inform the House how the China-Australia free trade agreement will boost growth and create jobs in the red meat and livestock sector,...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (25 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his previous answer, in which he blamed the state of the budget for breaking his promises about the ABC. On 13 August last...
- Australia-China Free Trade Agreement (9 speeches)
My question is to the extraordinary Minister for Trade and Investment. Will the minister outline to the House the types of opportunities that will open up for Australian businesses, services and...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Special Broadcasting Service (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. This morning the member for Grey referred to the Prime Minister's now infamous promise of no cuts to the ABC and SBS, and he said: "That is not the greatest...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture. The agriculture sector relies on programs such as the ABC's Bush Telegraph to connect, inform, educate and prosper. For the sector to take...
- Resource Exports (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry. Would the minister inform the House of the benefits to the Australian resource industry of the Australia-China Free Trade Agreement?
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (30 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. On the night before the election the Prime Minister promised that there would be no cuts to the ABC. We now know that that is not true: Morwell's regional...
- Australia-China Free Trade Agreement (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture. Will the minister outline to the House what the historic Australia-China free trade agreement will mean for our horticultural and viticultural...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday, referring to the Prime Minister's cuts to the ABC, Senator Abetz said, 'Nobody has lost their job.' Prime Minister, with the announcement...
- Medibank Private (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House the economic importance of the successful float of Medibank Private that occurred at midday today?
- Australian Defence Force (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's shameful decision to cut the real pay, Christmas leave and recreational leave of Australian Defence Force personnel. Will the...
- Infrastructure (14 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I remind the Treasurer that it will take a person driving home from work in Melbourne tonight over an hour to get from Citylink to the Eastern Freeway. Ms...
- Liberal Party Leadership (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's remarks at the 50th anniversary of The Australian newspaper where he said, 'No paper more closely corresponds with the true...
- Building and Construction Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education representing the Minister for Employment. Will the minister inform the House how the government plans to restore the rule of law to our construction...
- Budget (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. A few weeks ago while standing next to the Treasurer the Finance Minister said, 'We are taking responsibility and we will stand by how we perform against our...
- Crime (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Justice. Will the minister update the House on what the government is doing to disrupt organised crime in Australia and to stamp out union corruption within the...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Since the election the government has doubled the deficit, consumer confidence has fallen by 13 per cent and youth unemployment levels are at their highest...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Special Broadcasting Service (13 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications. Will the minister explain to the House how the government determined the efficiency measures at the ABC and the SBS which were announced last...
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Christmas Tree (1 speech)
Before people leave the chamber, I would just like to say—on a happy note—that today the President of the Senate and I switched on the lights on the Christmas tree in the marble...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (12 speeches)
I seek to make a personal explanation.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Standing Order 94(a) (2 speeches)
I have a question to you, Madam Speaker. In the context of this, it is 12 months since this parliament, the 44th Parliament, started meeting. Is the Speaker aware that you are now the record...
- Leader of the Opposition (2 speeches)
Madam Speaker, I also have a question to you. I saw the Leader of the Opposition and heard the Leader of the Opposition make the statement the Prime Minister said, and I am concerned that the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Documents are presented as listed in the schedule circulated to honourable members earlier today. Details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Budget (41 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 Abbott...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Customs Amendment (Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) Bill 2014, Customs Tariff Amendment (Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) Bill 2014; Second Reading (14 speeches)
What Andrew Robb has done with this free trade agreement with Japan is a fantastic thing. Just before the election in 2013 Andrew Robb addressed a capacity crowd at a lunch in Townsville. The...
- Customs Amendment (Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) Bill 2014, Customs Tariff Amendment (Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) 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.
- Customs Tariff Amendment (Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) 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.
- Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No. 6) Bill 2014; Second Reading (11 speeches)
Let me begin with a quote: It is an absolute principle of democracy that governments should not and must not say one thing before an election and do the opposite afterwards. Nothing could be more...
- Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No. 6) 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.
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Deregulation) Bill 2014, Telecommunications (Industry Levy) Amendment Bill 2014; Second Reading (16 speeches)
I rise to speak on the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Deregulation) Bill 2014 and the Telecommunications (Industry Levy) Amendment Bill 2014. These bills are part of the repeal-day...
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Deregulation) Bill 2014, Telecommunications (Industry Levy) Amendment Bill 2014; Consideration in Detail (1 speech)
I present a supplementary explanatory memorandum to the bill and move the government's amendment: (1) Schedule 5, page 83 (lines 1 to 13), omit the Schedule. Question agreed to. Bill, as amended,...
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Deregulation) Bill 2014, Telecommunications (Industry Levy) Amendment 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.
- Telecommunications (Industry Levy) Amendment 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.
- Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Legislation Amendment Bill 2014; Second Reading (7 speeches)
I oppose the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Legislation Amendment Bill 2014. This bill is a direct hit against the workplace health and safety of Australian workers. It takes away the...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Disability Services, Education Funding (2 speeches)
I recently received letters from some very passionate teachers and parents in my local area asking me to speak up on behalf of students with disabilities and their school communities. One of...
- National Security (1 speech)
The National Security Legislation Amendment Bill, the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Bill and soon the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data...
- Indi Electorate: Volunteers (1 speech)
In praise of volunteers, I rise tonight to say a warm and sincere thank you to the many volunteers who have worked with me and my staff in this first year. I would like to acknowledge the 36...
- Australia-China Free Trade Agreement (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak on a wonderful development for this nation—the signing of the free trade agreement between Australia and China. This agreement is going to have a long lasting legacy...
- Renewable Energy (1 speech)
It is a pleasure to rise in the adjournment debate. I want to draw the House's attention to some visits I have had in my electorate recently from Solar Citizens, the Solar Council and other...
- Migration (1 speech)
Our world is becoming a smaller place. Goods, people and information can travel with greater ease than any previous time in human history. For Australia, a nation greatly affected by our...
