House debates
Tuesday, 2 June 2015
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Health Services (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the Abbott government's cuts to health programs and services. This budget contains so many cuts from last year's budget and at the same time it imposes almost $2 billion in...
- Dobell Electorate: Better Buddies school program (1 speech)
Recently I had the pleasure of officially opening the Better Buddies Bench at Brook Avenue Public School. I am a strong supporter of the Better Buddies program and am pleased to be able support...
- Indi Electorate: Wodonga Institute of TAFE (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge and say a warm thank you to you to all at Wodonga Institute of TAFE for the role they played in ensuring the success of the Australian manufacturing and food forum...
- Bass Electorate: Waverly Woollen Mills (1 speech)
I acknowledge my constituents, Jill and Julian from Launceston, in the gallery today, and I know that they would join me in congratulating Launceston's first textile Mill, Waverley Woollen Mills,...
- Medical Training (1 speech)
Recently I had the opportunity to meet with a young woman from my electorate named Simone Allen. Simone is a hardworking medical student at the University of Melbourne and she came to me deeply...
- Flynn Electorate: Springsure Show (1 speech)
Last weekend I attended the Springsure Show in the Central Highlands to help the community celebrate a special milestone. The Springsure Show is the second oldest show in Queensland. Only the...
- Lalor Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
I rise today to draw to the attention of the House an Age article run last Saturday and written by Chris Johnston that outlined some of the incredibly debilitating health issues facing Wyndham...
- Barker Electorate: Drought Concessional Loans (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the disgraceful lack of action by the South Australian Labor government to help our farmers who are experiencing drought. The Commonwealth has funded $10 million to South...
- Newcastle Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
This is a budget that does nothing to reverse the cruel cuts to the health budget from last year and indeed imposes massive new cuts to health. Despite the Prime Minister's solemn election...
- Growing Jobs and Small Business Package (1 speech)
In the past when I walked around Capricornia, small business owners were telling me that they were worried for their future and needed some support. I listened, and each time I brought their...
- Health Care (1 speech)
If you care about health then it has been a shocking year. 2014 saw probably the worst budget on record when it came to health care, and it is not much better in 2015. I am sure there are people...
- Skin Cancer (1 speech)
In 2014, more people died from advanced melanoma than died in car accidents. I am a walking example of why people need regular skin checks, which is why I was delighted to participate in the...
- Good Start Program (1 speech)
In my electorate there is a truly remarkable group of people who run the Good Start Program. The program chases a simple but important goal: to improve the health and wellbeing of Pacific...
- Illicit Drugs (1 speech)
I am pleased to discuss the ice summit I will be hosting in Geraldton tomorrow at POSH on Marine Terrace. Stakeholders in the community—such as police, health officials and rehabilitation...
- Health Care (1 speech)
Voters in Scullin remember all too well what the Prime Minister said the day before the last election. He said there would be no cuts to health. What an extraordinary breach of faith with the...
- Canning Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
I wish to bring the attention of the House to an ongoing issue of critical significance within the electorate of Canning. Denny Avenue and the poorly designed intersections with Streich Avenue...
- Health Care (1 speech)
I want to report to the House on a particularly mean and petty decision in the latest federal budget that is impacting on people in my local area. On 28 May there was a headline in the Illawarra...
- Small Business (1 speech)
There is a big difference between that side of politics and this side of politics. While the Labor Party seeks to put government at the centre of our lives, we on this side of the chamber...
- Health Care (1 speech)
Before the last election we were told by the Prime Minister there would be no cuts to health. In budget 2014 we got five different versions of the GP tax. It started off as a $7 GP tax, which...
- Barton Electorate: New South Wales Asian Business Awards (2 speeches)
I had the pleasure of attending the 2015 New South Wales Asian Business Awards to acknowledge the achievements of Asian migrants in our business sector. As the federal representative for Barton,...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Cabinet (24 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. What did the Prime Minister mean today when he said that there would be political and personal consequences for his ministers who leak from cabinet, and what...
- Budget (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the response from small business to the government's budget? How will cutting taxes for small business strengthen...
- Cabinet (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Given the Minister for Foreign Affairs is currently overseas, will the Prime Minister also be talking directly to the foreign minister about the political...
- Taxation (6 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer inform the House how the government's budget reforms are strengthening our tax systems to ensure that they are fair and sustainable? How is the...
- Budget (16 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. New analysis from Professor Peter Whiteford shows that a family with two children aged 11 and eight with one parent earning $60,000 a year will lose around...
- Tasmania: Economy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, the $16 million promised to Cadbury was because of the desperate need for economic stimulus in Glenorchy. Now that Cadbury has sacked 80...
- Small Business (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small Business. Will the minister update the House on the government's plan for small business? How will the budget encourage small business to grow and create...
- Budget (18 speeches)
My question again is to the Prime Minister. Marlene Lamb turns 74 today. She is a grandparent carer in the electorate of Petrie who has cared for her 12-year-old daughter since she was four due...
- Durack Electorate: Remote Communities (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. Will the Deputy Prime Minister update the House on measures in the budget that will help...
- Housing Affordability (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to the Treasurer's comments last year that the idea of a housing bubble emerging was 'lazy analysis'. Yesterday the Treasury Secretary stated: When you...
- Agriculture (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture—and agriculture is critically important in my electorate of Lyons. Will the minister inform the House how the government's budget assists...
- Housing Affordability (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday the government's top economic adviser warned Australians that there is a housing bubble in Sydney and parts of Melbourne. Does the Prime Minister...
- Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Minister for Employment. Will the minister update the House on the government's plan to reinvigorate Work for the Dole? What challenges does the government face in...
- Housing Affordability (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In the event that the government's top economic adviser is right, does the Prime Minister have a plan for housing affordability for young Australians who are...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education and Training. Will the minister inform the House of action the government is taking to protect our young people from the insidious scourge of...
- Superannuation (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday, when asked about superannuation, the Secretary of the Treasury said: … any government that doesn't have a process of review of their longer...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Justice and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Counter-Terrorism. Will the minister update the House on action the government is taking to counter violent...
- Economy (3 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to Dun & Bradstreet's Business Expectations Survey, which shows a significant fall for May, with a deteriorating third-quarter outlook for sales,...
- Budget (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. Will the minister advise the House why it is important to achieve savings in the Social Services portfolio to ensure a sustainable safety net...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Chamber Photograph (2 speeches)
Madam Speaker, a brief question for you. During question time, between 20 past two and half past two, it appears from the tape that the member for Braddon was a taking a photograph in the...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
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I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
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I present the Auditor-General's performance audit report No. 38 of 2014-15 entitled Administration of enforceable undertakings—Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Ordered that...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Infrastructure (33 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Grayndler proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's cuts to...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Report (1 speech)
) ( ): On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, I present the Committee's fourth report of 2015 addressing Referrals made in December 2014 and March 2015. Report made a...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2015; Second Reading (30 speeches, 2 comments)
I wish to talk about the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2015, and reflect on the journey that has brought us to this point, and on the way forward. The journey so far was all about...
- Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2015; Consideration in Detail (13 speeches, 1 comment)
by leave—I move amendments (1) to (4), as circulated in my name, together: (1) Title, page 1 (lines 2 and 3), omit "and the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Regulations 2001". (2) Clause 3,...
- Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2015; 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 Laws Amendment (Small Business Measures No. 1) Bill 2015, Tax Laws Amendment (Small Business Measures No. 2) Bill 2015; Second Reading (1 speech)
Budget day 2015 was a great day for my electorate of Ryan. It was a great day for families, with the announcement of the new, simpler childcare subsidy package that will mean families with...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Organ and Tissue Donation (1 speech)
Last year, 378 organ donors gave 1,117 Australians a chance at a new life. While this is a positive result, it simply is not enough when we consider that around 1,500 people are on the Australian...
- Defence (1 speech)
I have the honour of representing the electorate of Solomon, which, aside from being one of the most gorgeous parts of Australia, is home to some six thousand members of the Australian Defence...
- Budget (1 speech)
Continuing on from where I left off in the budget debate, the budget proposes providing $5,000 million. Well, there is a bit of licence involved in that statement, since in fact in the life of...
- National Security: Citizenship (1 speech)
I rise tonight to welcome the Abbott government's measures that will update the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 to ensure that dual nationals who engage in terrorism can be stripped of their...
- Gorton Young Leaders Awards (1 speech)
I rise to give what is now an annual update on young leaders in my electorate of Gorton. Last month I had the great pleasure of awarding 10 of the brightest and most community minded young people...
- Corangamite Electorate: Geelong Region Ice Summit (2 speeches)
I rise to speak about the dreaded scourge that is ice. Geelong is set to take up the ice fight on the national stage, with a Geelong Region Ice Summit to be held at GPAC, the Geelong Performing...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Grayndler Electorate: Ella Centre (1 speech)
On Saturday 23 May, it was my pleasure to be at the celebration of 40 years of the existence for the Ella Centre in Haberfield. This centre undertakes extraordinary work on behalf of some of the...
- Archbishop Stylianos (1 speech)
I am honoured to be speaking in parliament today to recognise the 40th anniversary of His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos, the primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in Australia. His contributions...
- Lingiari Electorate: Australian Football League (2 speeches)
Last Saturday about 4,880 people turned up at Traeger Park in my hometown of Alice Springs, Central Australia, to attend a football match between Port Adelaide Power and the Melbourne...
- Murray Electorate: Youth Unemployment (1 speech)
A Our No. 1 issue is the 25 per cent youth unemployment in Shepparton. This program gave a voice to some of our young people who are doing it really tough but who are triumphing. I mention in...
- Trade (1 speech)
Today I wish to raise the growing concern about some of the building products that we have in our country that fail to meet Australian standards. There has been an increase in reporting of this...
- Leichhardt Electorate: Cooktown Re-enactment Association (1 speech)
Madam Deputy Speaker, let me take you back to 1770 when Cook's crew first set foot upon the rugged and exotic shores of Australia. We all know the story of Captain Cook landing in Botany Bay, but...
- Shortland Electorate: Surf Life Saving (1 speech)
Last Saturday night I attended two outstanding surf club presentations in the electorate of Shortland: the Hunter Surf Life Saving club branch is a fantastic, very active branch, and it has a...
- Lyne Electorate: Ironman (1 speech)
In the days preceding 3 May this year the whole Hastings Valley, Port Macquarie and the mid-North Coast had been lashed by storms and tempest commonly known as leftovers of an east coast low. By...
- Corio Electorate: Ovoid Sewer Aqueduct over Barwon River (1 speech)
Tucked in behind the industrial precinct of Breakwater in my electorate is a remarkable structure, the Ovoid Sewer Aqueduct over Barwon River. This is a structure which was commissioned by the...
- Superannuation (2 speeches)
There is a looming threat to retirees in my electorate of Eden-Monaro. They are threatened by a multipronged attack on their retirement savings by the Australian Labor Party. As of the latest...
- Bills (0 speeches)
