House debates
Tuesday, 2 December 2014
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- National Road Safety Strategy (3 speeches)
by leave—I would like to report to the parliament on the Australian government's progress on improving road safety. This is the third such statement since the National Road Safety Strategy...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (2 speeches)
by leave—I move: That so much of standing orders be suspended as would prevent the member for Perth speaking in reply to the Minister's statement for a period not exceeding 13½...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Higher Education (1 speech)
Today I rise to condemn this government's higher education changes that are currently before the Senate. What we will see is $100,000 degrees occurring across our higher education sector. Just to...
- Electorate of Corangamite: National Broadband Network (1 speech)
I rise to celebrate the news that some 34,000 premises across Corangamite will receive fixed line NBN more cheaply and quickly under our 18-month rollout just announced. I was very pleased to...
- Electorate of Indi: Disability (1 speech)
Mr Deputy Speaker Scott, as you would know, one of the joys of this job is the people you meet and the organisations you come across. Today I would like to acknowledge one of these organisations...
- McIntosh, Mr Wayne (1 speech)
I rise today to speak of the passing of Wayne McIntosh, who was a loyal supporter of the Hasluck division of the Liberal Party of Western Australia. Wayne played a key role in my election to this...
- Higher Education (1 speech)
Today we have seen another desperate attempt by the Minister for Education to revive or somehow get his higher education bill through the House. Of course, what the minister needs to do is to...
- Zaidee’s Rainbow Foundation, Organ and Tissue Donation (1 speech)
On Tuesday, 2 December 2004—this day, 10 years ago—a little local Goulburn Valley schoolgirl, Zaidee Turner, died of a brain aneurysm. She was only seven. Her parents subsequently...
- Higher Education (1 speech)
It is Christmas, a time for giving, but Australia does not want the present Minister Pyne is planning in higher education. It appears that those opposite may have picked up on the deep anger in...
- Petition: People's Republic of China (1 speech)
I have the honour today of presenting a petition from more than 10,000 members of the Vietnamese community in Australia. The petition read as follows— To the Honourable The Speaker and...
- Victoria State Election, Higher Education (1 speech)
On Saturday there was a state election in Victoria. I am sure that members opposite will be very interested in hearing some of the issues raised in that election which are relevant to them and...
- Greste, Mr Peter (1 speech)
Right now it is the early hours of the morning in Egypt and Peter Greste has just spent his 49th birthday in a small, dark prison cell. Although he did at least receive a visit from his parents,...
- University Funding (1 speech)
Universities across Western Australia are facing huge cuts in government funding over the next four years. Curtin University of Technology will lose $146 million; Edith Cowan University, $101...
- Capital Grants Program (1 speech)
One of the important roles for a member of parliament can be helping schools to get access to capital grant funding. I am particularly proud of the role that I have played in a number of capital...
- Higher Education (3 speeches)
In this final week that the parliament sits, there is a policy over in the Senate flapping and flailing and attempting to find a new breath of life. It should not do so. I want to commend the...
- Electorate of Lindsay: Cancer Support and Research (1 speech)
Today I rise to speak on the amazing contribution that the people of Lindsay provide in cancer support and research. Recently, Adam Bensen, Manager of the Penrith Golf Club, worked with the...
- Higher Education (1 speech)
We all know that the education minister's political career started when he was a student politician at the University of Adelaide, promising to fight for free higher education. I am told that it...
- Hume Electorate: Reynolds Street Community Preschool (1 speech)
The opportunity to learn another language is a gift to young Australians, particularly those in regional towns and communities. It is great news that a preschool in my electorate—Reynolds...
- Higher Education (1 speech)
This government's so-called higher-education reforms are a shambles. It is a flawed policy, and it should be thrown on the scrap heap. Deregulation of university fees means that many...
- Porritt, Mr Alan (1 speech)
I rise to honour a friend of many of us in this chamber and of the media, someone whose job it has been for almost four decades to capture the important images that record our social and...
- Higher Education (1 speech)
The Abbott government's unfair changes to university funding will result in university fees of $100,000 and will hit lower-income households the hardest. Cutting $5.8 billion from Australian...
- China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (2 speeches)
Time is short, but the failures of those opposite are a very, very long list, and none more so than in the area of free trade, where in six years they achieved absolutely nothing. But under the...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Trade and Investment, who rightly has just been lauded by the member for Banks, will be absent from question time for the remainder of the week as he...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Abbott Government (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday the Prime Minister said the government's broken promises and unfair budget were just a matter of 'atmospherics'. When will the Prime Minister...
- Economy (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on how the government is building the foundations of a stronger economy that will benefit all Australians?
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday, the Prime Minister dismissed criticism of the government's broken promises and unfair budget as just a matter of atmospherics. When will the Prime...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer inform the House how the government has put in place the foundations for a strong and prosperous economy to ensure a safe and secure Australia?
- Liberal Party Leadership (16 speeches)
It is a pleasure to still be here. My question is to the Treasurer, and I refer to today's editorial in The Australian, which says that the Treasurer has been invisible and argues that if he is...
- Higher Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. Minister, as you know, I oppose your tertiary sector reforms. But, quite apart from these reforms and my concern with them, the University of...
- Trade with China (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture. Will the minister outline to the House what Australia's free trade agreement with China will mean for our dairy industry, and particularly for...
- Budget (33 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's promise only 56 days ago that he would 'bring our country back into broad balance by 2017-18'. Does the Prime Minister stand...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I wish to advise the chamber that we have within the Speaker's Gallery a member of the Victorian Legislative Council, Mr Simon Ramsay, MLC. We make you welcome. Honourable members: Hear, hear!
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Higher Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. Will the minister explain how the government's higher education reforms will make our universities internationally competitive and benefit students?...
- Fuel Excise (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday the Prime Minister dismissed criticism of his broken promises and unfair budget as just a matter of 'atmospherics'. If yesterday was about the...
- Budget: Research and Development (5 speeches)
I thank the honourable member for his question, and note his forensic approach to the history of the member for Lilley and the history of Labor in government. This is important. On 17 February...
- Pensions (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why is the Prime Minister still determined to ram his attack on pensions through the Senate? Doesn't this mean nothing of substance has changed and there is...
- Regional Development Australia Fund (26 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on the Australian National Audit Office's report on the administration of the Regional Development Australia Fund? Why is it...
- Budget (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why is the Prime Minister still cutting $80 billion from schools and hospitals as outlined in his own budget overview? Does this not show that nothing of...
- Health (18 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister advise the House whether any health projects were deemed suitable for funding under the Regional Development Australia Fund grants,...
- Prime Minister (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Before the election the Prime Minister said: … Australians are sick of leaders who play politics ahead of governing the country and who blame everyone...
- Regional Development Australia Fund (7 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. I remind the minister that the ANAO investigation of the Regional Development Australia Fund reported that...
- Minister for Defence (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday the Prime Minister dismissed criticism of the government's broken promises and unfair budget as 'a matter of atmospherics'. If yesterday was about...
- Broadband (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications. Will the minister please update the House on the NBN's forward rollout plan? Minister, what measures is the government taking to ensure the...
- 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.
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (12 speeches)
Madam Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statement (6 speeches)
Today the Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development purported to provide an advanced copy of a ministerial statement in accordance with House of Representatives Practice. On...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Abbott Government (21 speeches)
I have a received a letter from the honourable the Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Prime...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Victoria State Election (1 speech)
I want to take this opportunity this evening to refer to the Victorian election result and reflect on what an Andrews-led Labor government will now mean for the people of my electorate. First, I...
- Solomon Electorate: Small Business (1 speech)
I would like to take the opportunity to encourage my constituents to shop local this Christmas. My electorate of Solomon has a large range of locally owned retailers that stock wonderful...
- Regional Infrastructure and Services (1 speech)
Twelve months ago I stood in this chamber and delivered my first speech as the Independent member for Indi. In that speech I committed to making a difference in a range of areas—areas...
- Royal Far West (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about Royal Far West. Reverend Stanley Drummond established Royal Far West, in Cobar, which is located within my electorate, in the 1920s. The non-government organisation...
- Australian Labor Party (1 speech)
Today marks the anniversary of the election of the first Whitlam government. It also marks the anniversary of the election of the Goss government. It is a significant day in Australian politics,...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2 speeches)
I rise tonight to address some of the recent commentary that has been circulating about reductions in funding to the ABC. Indeed, it is illuminating to examine many of the circumstances between...
