House debates
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Child Care (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the Abbott government's proposed $157 million cut to family day care services and how this will unfairly impact on mums and dads in my community of Geelong. Services...
- Queensland: Cyclone Marcia (1 speech)
I rise today to update the House on a catastrophic event that has impacted my electorate of Capricornia. On Friday, 20 February Cyclone Marcia struck the Capricorn Coast causing mass devastation....
- Organ and Tissue Donation (1 speech)
This morning the shores of Lake Burley Griffin were a sea of pink, yellow and white, as thousands of Canberrans turned out to take part in the annual Gift of Life's DonateLife Walk around the...
- Yarra Valley Grammar (1 speech)
On 18 February I was pleased to welcome to Deakin His Excellency Sir Peter Cosgrove, along with his wife, Lady Cosgrove, and the Most Reverend Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr Philip Freier,...
- McAuley Community Services for Women (1 speech)
Last weekend I attended the inaugural Fed Up Lunch at Flemington Racecourse with almost 300 other Victorians to raise funds for McAuley Community Services for Women. McAuley provides vital...
- Robertson Electorate: Hutchinson, Mr John (1 speech)
I rise to honour the outgoing captain of the Central Coast Mariners Football Club, John Hutchinson, a well-known resident of my electorate of Robertson. 'Hutch', as he is locally known, recently...
- Road Safety (1 speech)
Progress on road safety requires a fiercely bipartisan commitment—each government needs to build on the work of the last to continue the momentum. I understand this, as I spent over seven...
- Hinkler Electorate: Anzac Centenary Local Grants Program (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge the great work of Malcolm Webb, the current president of the Woodgate RSL Sub Branch. I had the good fortune last week to attend the dedication of their new memorial, which...
- Lalor Electorate: St Francis of Assisi Primary School (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to St Francis of Assisi Primary School in my electorate. I visited there earlier this month to do a flag presentation at a whole school assembly and was absolutely...
- Mallee Electorate: Wimmera Machinery Field Days (1 speech)
The Wimmera Machinery Field Days will be held from 3 to 5 March. This is a great event and I would encourage those of you who are not in this chamber to come along. One of the great things about...
- Ovarian Cancer Australia Teal Ribbon Breakfast (1 speech)
This morning, Ovarian Cancer Australia put on the Teal Ribbon Breakfast here at Parliament House. It was very pleasing to see members from all parties attend that really important event where the...
- Whelan, Ms Bridget (1 speech)
I want to say thank you to my friend Jim, the member for Rankin. As I said in my maiden speech, I actually come from a Labor family. The New South Wales right is a very strong part of the Labor...
- Kruger, Mr Alec (1 speech)
Alec Kruger was born at Donkey Camp on the banks of the Katherine River on Christmas Day, 1924. His mother, Yrambul Nungarai, or Polly, was a Mudpurra woman from Wave Hill. She married Frank...
- Papua New Guinea (1 speech)
I was delighted to join you, Mr Deputy Speaker Scott, and my co-chair of the Parliamentary Friends of Papua New Guinea, the member for Corio, to welcome to the House today our colleagues and...
- Budget (1 speech)
Budget cuts to local government have had a huge impact in Indi. Let me explain: with a budget of 60 million, a population of 6,000 and over 6,600 square kilometres, Towong is one of the smallest...
- Hume Electorate: Cowra Business Chamber Awards, Cowra Main Street Refurbishment (1 speech)
I was fortunate to be able to attend the Cowra Business Chamber awards a couple of weekends ago in Cowra of course. There was a room of innovative small businessmen and women—the backbone...
- Richmond Electorate: Anzac Centenary Grants (1 speech)
I rise today to update the House on the Anzac Centenary grants program in my electorate of Richmond. I had the great pleasure recently in announcing that the Tweed Heads & Coolangatta RSL Sub...
- Food Labelling (1 speech)
I believe that the free market is the greatest tool that we have to increase the prosperity, wellbeing and opportunities for all citizens. In many circumstances, government interference in the...
- Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month (1 speech)
Today is Teal Ribbon Day, and I rise to share the story of an ovarian cancer survivor and good friend of mine, Victoria Phillis. Each year 1400 women in Australia, like Victoria, are diagnosed...
- Forde Electorate: Jack Kitchen (2 speeches)
( I would like to acknowledge young Jack Kitchen today in the House. Young Jack suffered the loss of his father in a tragic accident last year, and this weekend he is competing in the Jimboomba...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Trade and Investment will be absent from question time today and tomorrow, as he is leading a business delegation to New Zealand, including major...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Australian Human Rights Commission (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs representing the Attorney-General. Yesterday I asked the minister what senior role was offered to the President of the Australian Human Rights...
- Foreign Investment (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister please advise the House of the steps the government is taking to ensure Australia's foreign investment framework is properly enforced?
- Australian Human Rights Commission (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, representing the Attorney-General. In light of the foreign minister's answer, how does that answer sit with the following exchange from...
- Foreign Investment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House why it is essential to strengthen our foreign investment framework for residential real estate and agriculture?
- Australian Human Rights Commission (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday the Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department was asked about Professor Triggs: Did you understand that he wanted her to resign? And Mr...
- Agriculture (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture. Given Chinese government owned company Shenhua's Watermark coalmine is about to be developed in the heart of the Liverpool Plains, what have you,...
- Foreign Investment (8 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. Would the Deputy Prime Minister please update the House on what actions this government has...
- Australian Human Rights Commission (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister believe that the Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department gave truthful evidence to Senate estimates yesterday?
- Economy (7 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline the importance of building a strong and prosperous economy for all Australians?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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Before I call the honourable the Leader of the Opposition, I wish to advise the House that we have with us today the Deputy Speaker of Papua New Guinea, the Hon. Aide Ganasi, accompanied by...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Australian Human Rights Commission (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, how is it possible to view the following evidence from the Attorney-General yesterday as anything other than seeking a resignation and...
- Iraq and Syria (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. I refer the minister to the three British schoolgirls who have travelled to Syria to take part in the terrorist conflict. Will the minister...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Attorney-General; Attempted Censure (34 speeches)
I seek leave to move: That the House censures the Attorney-General: (1)for launching an unprecedented attack on the Australian Human Rights Commission designed to undermine its independence;...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Documents are presented as listed in the schedule circulated to honourable members. Details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 20 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation reports and private members’ business on Monday, 2 March 2015. The report will...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Abbott Government (30 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The failure of the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Broadcasting and Other Legislation Amendment (Deregulation) Bill 2014; Second Reading (14 speeches)
As I was saying before, this particular bill is fairly routine for government. This particular bill was part of the government's regulation repeal day. They made a big deal about it, yet this...
- Broadcasting and Other Legislation Amendment (Deregulation) Bill 2014; Consideration in Detail (1 speech)
by leave—I move amendments (1) to (4), as circulated in my name, together: (1) Schedule 6, items 13 and 14, page 37 (lines 6 to 9), omit the items. (2) Schedule 6, item 15, page 37 (lines...
- Broadcasting and Other Legislation Amendment (Deregulation) 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.
- Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2014-2015, Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2014-2015, Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2014-2015; Second Reading (10 speeches)
I rise to open the debate on behalf of the opposition on the three appropriations bills which form the additional estimates for 2014 and 2015: Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2014-2015, Appropriation...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
I rise tonight to address a very serious issue of concern in the electorate that I am lucky enough to represent in this place, as well as right around Australia, and that is the Abbott...
- Nuclear Power (1 speech)
Big ideas require bravery. I am calling on my colleagues across the chamber to demonstrate that bravery with respect to nuclear energy. Australia needs a bipartisan and objective approach to the...
- Nikolopoulos, Mr Kostas (1 speech)
Today I would like to pay tribute to the passing of a great journalist, a community leader and a very dear friend of mine, Kon Nikolopoulos, who passed away on 16 January after a brave fight with...
- Green Army Program, Work for the Dole Program (1 speech)
I would like to speak this evening about the Green Army projects, Work for the Dole and the concept of mutual obligation for employment in our communities. In the Parkes electorate the Green Army...
- Infrastructure Australia (1 speech)
I was surprised last December when in a media release from the Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, Warren Truss, and his assistant, Mr Briggs, they stated, along with their...
- Herbert Electorate: Independent Public Schools (1 speech)
My wife is not a great fan of the national curriculum. It is not that she does not appreciate that we have to have some sort of framework; it is just that as a prep teacher it is overcrowded and...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Beard, Mr James, Beard, Mr Josh (1 speech)
I would like to acknowledge the heroism of two young men from Coogee in our community. On Sunday, 22 February, James and Josh Beard, like so many others from our area, were enjoying a game of...
- Veterans (1 speech)
I rise to take this opportunity to congratulate the veteran community in Cowper on receiving funding from the Department of Veterans' Affairs to improve the health and wellbeing of local...
- Biosecurity (1 speech)
The recent outbreak of hepatitis A, suspected of being linked to mixed berries imported from China, highlights both our vulnerability to the risks associated with food imports and the need for...
- Sugar Industry (1 speech)
I rise to update the chamber on the sugar marketing code of conduct task force, which I have been asked by the Minister for Small Business and the Minister for Agriculture to chair. As a quick...
- Melbourne Electorate: Chinese and Vietnamese Australian Communities (1 speech)
Chuc mung nam moi. Kung hei fat choy. Xin nian kuai le. To all members of the Melbourne and Australian community: happy lunar new year. Last week, Vietnamese, Chinese and other communities in my...
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
At the last federal election the coalition promised to stop the boats. That was one of our core election commitments—to stop the boats, and bring an end to the failure of the Labor-Greens...
- Anzac Centenary (1 speech)
On 25 April this year, Australia will mark the centenary event of the Anzac landings at Gallipoli. Our nation's identity was shaped by the service and sacrifice of Australian men and women at...
- Petition: Temporary Retirement Visas (2 speeches)
I present a petition from Monica Parker as the principal petitioner on behalf of holders of temporary retirement visas subclass 410 requesting a pathway to become permanent residents and...
- Vietnamese Australians (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to the contributions that Vietnamese Australians make to our country and, in particular, my community of Hotham. This year, in 2015, we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the...
- South Australian Government (2 speeches)
I rise this morning to set the record straight. The Local Government Association of South Australia and the state Labor government have been running a misinformation campaign in South Australia....
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Standing Committee on the Environment; Report (5 speeches)
I rise to speak to the report of the Standing Committee on the Environment, Streamlining environmental legislation: inquiry into streamlining environmental regulation, 'green tape', and one stop...
