House debates
Wednesday, 3 June 2015
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Open and Accountable Government (1 speech)
One of the most disturbing aspects of this government is the ever-increasing trend towards secrecy and away from transparency and accountability. This is especially evident in the area of...
- Electorate of Wannon: The Serra Terror Endurance Event (1 speech)
I rise today to inform the House about an event called the Serra Terror that will occur over the forthcoming long weekend in the Grampians National Park. It is an 80-kilometre endurance event...
- Stubbs, Mr John (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to John Stubbs, who passed away last week. John was a Walkley Award-winning journalist, an author and he had a highly respected career as a political staffer, including...
- In Sight of Dreams Foundation (1 speech)
I rise today to announce that on the Monday, 1 June, the In Sight of Dreams Foundation came to life. This is a wonderful charity that was the brainchild of local man Ben Felten. It was begun with...
- Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (1 speech)
Last night more than 100 Canberrans turned out in the cold to hear from top trade experts and our very own Jim Chalmers on some of the potential benefits and costs of the Trans-Pacific...
- Casey Electorate: Thanksgiving Day Breakfast (1 speech)
On Saturday I was pleased to attend the annual thanksgiving day breakfast hosted by the Mayor of the Yarra Ranges Council, Councillor Maria McCarthy. The breakfast was a wonderful opportunity to...
- Moroney, Mrs Beverley Ann (1 speech)
I would like to speak about the passing of a special person that made an enormous contribution to our local community in South West Sydney. Bev Moroney passed away on 24 May, after battling...
- Boothby Electorate: Budget (1 speech)
Two weeks ago, I was pleased to welcome Bruce Billson, the Minister for Small Business and parliament's resident good guy, to my electorate of Boothby. As he always does, Bruce went out to talk...
- Cooper, Ms Marlene (1 speech)
In parliament today I pay tribute to Marlene Cooper, a passionate leader, community volunteer and advocate for people who are vision impaired or blind. Marlene is a formidable woman. A few weeks...
- Moorebank Concrete Recycling Plant (1 speech)
The New South Wales Planning Assessment Commission has no alternative other than to reject the proposal for the development of a concrete recycling plant at Moorebank. The reason is as follows....
- Community Television (1 speech)
I rise today about an important issue that has been raised by constituents of Lalor. In fact, I have been inundated by emails—they are coming in thick and fast—from people concerned...
- Illicit Drugs (1 speech)
May I first take time to acknowledge my students at Jamberoo Public School. Last November, Nowra was the location for the first ice information night. We listened to rehabilitation providers and...
- Indi Electorate: Building a Local Food Future Forum (1 speech)
I rise today to say thank you to the organisers of the recent Building a Local Food Future Forum, which was held in Wodonga in early May. I was very pleased and honoured to open the event and...
- National Security (1 speech)
Protecting the safety of our community is the most important aim of this government. I therefore want to draw attention to the growing community concern at the threat to our way of life posed by...
- Petition: Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
Today I rise to table a petition on behalf of the Bendigo chapter of the Grandmothers Against Detention of Refugee Children. It has been to the Petitions Committee and been ruled in order. The...
- Hume Electorate: Child Care (1 speech)
A short time ago I spoke in this place about families living in Boorowa in my electorate who do not have access to long day care for their children in their community. Local families have to...
- Eddie Mabo Day (1 speech)
Today is Eddie Mabo Day—the day when we commemorate the life and work of a great Australian, Eddie Koiki Mabo, who campaigned all the way to the High Court for legal recognition of...
- Beenleigh State School (1 speech)
It gives me great pleasure to share some of the wonderful news from Beenleigh State School's successful Great Futures program and their popular Breakfast Club. On Friday morning I attended the...
- Drought (1 speech)
I acknowledge Nuffield scholars with us in the gallery today, as I remind the House that the Abbott government's response to the drought has been an abject failure. Nowhere is that more true than...
- Petrie Electorate: Sport (2 speeches)
I rise to quickly talk about a great sporting club in my electorate, the Redcliffe Dolphins rugby league club. They employ hundreds of local people and provide a fantastic rugby league team to...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Small Business (16 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. On Monday, the Prime Minister said in relation to the small business bills before the parliament: … let us not let politics get in the way of...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the action the government has taken to strengthen the Australian economy? How do these measures support jobs and...
- Small Business (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small Business. Today, the minister ridiculed Labor's attempts to pass his small business bills because the Senate is not sitting, but yesterday in question...
- Budget (4 speeches)
That is a hard act to follow, I must say. My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on the March quarter national accounts figures released today? Why do these figures...
- Small Business (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small Business. In November 2013 the minister criticised instant asset write-offs saying: … some of the instant asset write off arrangements were sold as...
- Northern Australia (10 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. Will the Deputy Prime Minister update the House on the government's plans for northern...
- Cabinet (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. On Sunday, the Prime Minister referred to leaks from cabinet on national security as false reports. But today the Minister for Industry and Science said:...
- Budget (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister update the House on measures in the budget to improve the health of all Australians?
- Northern Australia (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Northern communities cannot afford fresh fruit and vegetables. This causes numerous deaths from malnutrition called 'diabetes'. Bank finance for a market...
- Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Minister for Employment. Will the minister update the House on the government's plans to improve the job opportunities for older Australians? What obstacles stand...
- National Security (29 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the unprecedented cabinet leak on national security. Given that the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Communications have publicly...
- Trade Unions (2 speeches)
My question is to the acting Minister for Employment. I refer the minister to the editorial in yesterday's Herald Sun regarding alleged union corruption. I ask: what action is the government...
- Superannuation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The government's Murray review found that 38 per cent of superannuation tax concessions go to the top 10 per cent of income earners. The cost of...
- National Security (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister update the House on action the government is taking to keep the community safe at our borders?
- Superannuation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer reports of the Assistant Treasurer's statements today on changes to superannuation, and I quote: The government will, of course, consider good ideas...
- Illicit Drugs (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Justice and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Counter-Terrorism. Will the minister advise the House what the government is doing to protect families...
- Superannuation (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The chair of the Financial System Inquiry, David Murray, the Treasury secretary, John Fraser, and the government's own Commission of Audit all back reform of...
- Carbon Pricing (6 speeches, 2 comments)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment. I refer to an email from Stephen Brockwell, of San Remo Fishermen's Co-Operative, advising that since the repeal of the carbon tax the cost of...
- Family Violence (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. This afternoon, Rosie Batty gave a remarkable speech that I and other members of parliament had the privilege of attending. About solving family violence in...
- Infrastructure (3 speeches)
I thank the Prime Minister for that response. My question is to the Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. Will the minister update the House on the government's...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (18 speeches)
Madam Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Questions in Writing (2 speeches)
I have a question to you, Madam Speaker. In accordance with standing order 105(b), I ask that you write to the Minister for Defence seeking reasons for the delay in answering a question in...
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Standing Orders (1 speech)
I have a statement arising from yesterday's proceedings. Yesterday, the Manager of Opposition Business raised with me an allegation that the member for Braddon took a photograph in the chamber. I...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 26 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on Monday, 15 June 2015. The report will be...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I present the following Auditor-General's performance audit reports for 2014-15: No. 39, Promoting compliance with superannuation guarantee obligations: Australian Tax Office and No. 40,...
- 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.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Budget (36 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Gorton proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The government failing to...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Access to Government Services (1 speech, 1 comment)
I would like to bring to the attention of the House problems that my constituents are having when they visit Medicare and Centrelink offices. And I suspect that it is not just constituents in the...
- South China Sea (1 speech)
One of the key themes emerging from the recent Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore was the need for strategic certainty in the South China Sea. Defence ministers from the United States, Japan,...
- Kirner, Mrs Joan Elizabeth AC (1 speech)
I want to pay tribute to Victoria's first female Premier, and Labor icon, Joan Kirner. Sadly, Joan passed away on Monday, 1 June after a long and brave battle with cancer. Joan Kirner has been...
- Page Electorate (1 speech)
I want to talk about a number of things that are happening in my community. One that I am very excited about, as obviously we all are, is about fulfilling an election promise. In April I...
- McEwen Electorate: Broadband (1 speech)
Before the election Australians were promised that: Under the Coalition's NBN all premises will have access to download speeds of 25 megabits per second to 100 megabits per second by the end of...
- Queensland: Infrastructure (2 speeches)
My home state of Queensland is being short-changed by the Palaszczuk Labor government on infrastructure development. They turned their backs on billions of dollars of infrastructure money...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Holt Electorate: Casey Cultural Precinct Regional Arts Centre, Holt Electorate: headspace, Holt Electorate: Medicare (1 speech)
A major challenge that I have been committed to since I became the member for Holt has been ensuring that families who live in the outer suburbs have what I call the social infrastructure that...
- Paterson Electorate: Citizen of the Year Awards, Paterson Electorate: Disaster Recovery Payment, Patterson Electorate: Category C Assistance for Primary Producers (1 speech)
In my travels throughout the Paterson electorate, I constantly meet residents who work extremely hard for others to make our community a much better place. These unsung heroes, who do such...
- Gellibrand Electorate: Arts Funding (1 speech)
Melbourne's west is lucky to be home to many small and medium-sized arts institutions and independent artists. I am proud to be a financial supporter of institutions like the Footscray Community...
- Agriculture (1 speech)
Last night I had the great opportunity of joining with part of the alumni of Nuffield scholars for a dinner here in Parliament House. Yesterday and today they will be visiting Parliament House...
- Irrigation (1 speech)
Very shortly we will be putting forward a program to government which requires that each of the landholders in North Queensland at station properties get 200 hectares per station of freehold...
- Australian Natural Disasters (1 speech)
On Monday, the Prime Minister signed off on nearly $30 million in Category D funding to further help regions affected by Cyclone Marcia, which occurred earlier this year. I have spoken to local...
- Multiculturalism (1 speech)
As you well know, Australia is a tolerant society, but on the weekend we saw some of those views challenged. There were frightening scenes when a rally organised by the United Patriots...
- Lyons Electorate: Campbell Town Show (1 speech)
It gives me great pleasure to rise and congratulate the Midland Agricultural Association on successfully conducting the 177th Campbell Town Show—this is in fact the oldest show in the...
- Infrastructure (1 speech)
I rise this morning to speak about infrastructure in Victoria. We have had the Prime Minister down in Victoria a few times over the last few months, talking about congestion and tweeting from...
- Lindsay Electorate: Youth Sports Grants (2 speeches)
It is fabulous to see here in the chamber a fellow traveller from Western Sydney in the member for Mitchell, a fellow enthusiast for local sport right across Western Sydney. I stand here today...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That consideration of government business orders of the day Nos 2 to 5 be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Johnson, Hon. Leslie Royston, AM (4 speeches)
I rise to pay tribute to the late Les Johnson, who passed away last week. Les Johnson was a minister in the Whitlam Labor government. I knew Les and his family, and I last saw him at Tom Uren's...
- Kirner, Ms Joan Elizabeth, AC (7 speeches)
I rise to pay tribute to my friend Joan Kirner, a passionate advocate for social justice. Joan was born Joan Elizabeth Hood in 1938. Her father was a fitter and turner, and her mother was a music...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Federation Chamber do now adjourn. Question agreed to. Federation Chamber adjourned at 12:52.
