House debates
Wednesday, 9 September 2015
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Standing Committee on the Environment; Membership (2 speeches)
I have received advice from the Chief Government Whip that he has nominated Mr Cobb to be a member of the Standing Committee on the Environment in place of Mr Broad.
- Public Works Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, I present the committee's report 7/2015: Referrals made June 2015, and I ask leave of the House to make a short statement in...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Gilmore Electorate: Government Contracts (1 speech)
Getting rid of Labor's sneaky bank deposit tax, which was supposed to begin in January next year, was a great initiative. There were no public accolades from the local media, but let's blame the...
- Blaxland Electorate: Bankstown Talent Advancement Program (1 speech)
Bankstown is well known for some of the incredible sporting heroes it has produced, people like Steve Waugh, Mark Waugh, Len Pascoe, Jeff Thomson and John Konrads among them. It has also produced...
- Deakin Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
Last week it was an absolute pleasure to have the Prime Minister and the Minister for Employment visit the electorate of Deakin to launch the new Sarina Russo Job Access centre in Ringwood. The...
- Bonner Electorate: NBN rollout (1 speech)
Today I would like to give an update on one of the biggest issues in my electorate of Bonner: slow internet speeds. I must thank the Minister for Communications for always making the time to sit...
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
I rise today to talk briefly about Australia's response to the Syrian refugee crisis overseas. We have seen people fleeing in their hundreds of thousands because of the Daesh death cult and the...
- Trade with China (1 speech)
I rise to give my strongest possible support to the government's actions in securing a free trade agreement with China, our nation's biggest trading partner. The economic growth and increased...
- OzHelp Foundation (1 speech)
I had the honour of meeting with Tony Holland, who is the CEO of OzHelp, earlier this week. I just want to share with the House the amazing work that the OzHelp Foundation does. It was...
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
On behalf of my community today, I want to rise to thank the Prime Minister and the coalition government for our measured and generous response to the Syrian and Iraqi humanitarian crisis. I...
- Merchant Mariners Day (1 speech)
On 29 August I had the pleasure of attending the Greenbank RSL memorial for Merchant Mariners Day and the commemoration service by the Naval Association of Australia Greenbank subsection. It was...
- Greenway Electorate: Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
Lalor Park is one of the oldest and most well-established suburbs in the electorate of Greenway. It is a close-knit community. It is comprised of good people. It is a proud community, and one...
- Barton Electorate: Bethany College (1 speech)
Bethany College students were delighted to host the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Julie Bishop, at their school during her recent visit where she spoke passionately on the topic of...
- Hebert Electorate: Safer Streets Program (1 speech)
Just last week I was joined by the Mayor of Townsville to unveil the federal government's investment in street lighting and CCTV cameras along Riverway Drive in the Upper Ross. We have been able...
- Trade with China (2 speeches)
This may well be the most important 90-second statement that I make in this place. A recent Morgan poll revealed that most Tasmanians already know that the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement is...
- Sunshine Coast-Mooloolaba Marathon (1 speech)
I am delighted to rise today to congratulate and thank the great team of locals who put together the Sunshine Coast-Mooloolaba marathon recently. There is something quite unique about this event,...
- Trade with China (1 speech)
It is good to see that the member for Fisher has so much energy after that and it is not past his nap time—fantastic work! As I have said in this place before, our nation has experienced...
- Rural and Regional News Services (1 speech)
Colleagues, I would like to talk to you about an absolute crisis that is taking place in rural and regional Australia. It has to do with the provision of local news in our communities. Over the...
- O'Connor Electorate: Health Services (1 speech)
I rise today to thank the minister responsible for aged care and disability, Senator Mitch Fifield, for giving generously of his time in O'Connor last Tuesday. Together with Senator Dean Smith,...
- Bendigo Electorate: Broadband (2 speeches)
I rise today to say that this government has to get serious about rolling out the NBN. Time and time again in my electorate I am receiving complaints from people who cannot get access via the...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers, Iraq and Syria (2 speeches)
In recent days for obvious and understandable reasons, there has been a great deal of concern on all sides of this parliament about the unfolding humanitarian crisis on the borders of Syria. I...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Trade with China (17 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday the Prime Minister said under the China FTA 'that there is absolutely no possibility of placing any foreigner in an Australian job without labour...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
We have present in the gallery today the former member for Aston, Mr Chris Pearce. On behalf of all members I welcome Mr Pearce. And—
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Trade with China (23 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday the Prime Minister said that, under the China FTA, there is absolutely no possibility of placing any foreigner in an Australian job without labour...
- Mining (3 speeches)
() (): My question is to the Minister for Trade and Investment. Queensland coal and metal mining has shed 15,000 jobs and CSG 21,000 jobs. Queensland's coal and WA's iron ore under...
- Economy (11 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Can the Treasurer confirm that today's Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment data for September is down 5.6 per cent, which represents a 15 per cent...
- Trade with China (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister update the House on the support for Australia's free-trade agreement with China and what has been received? How is this...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I would like to inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Australian Political Exchange Council's 19th delegation from Vietnam. On behalf of the House, I extend a...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (9 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Treasurer, is it the case that today's Westpac consumer sentiment data for September fell by 5.6 per cent, that yesterday's weekly ANZ consumer confidence index...
- Trade with China (5 speeches)
Back to business, thank you, Mr Speaker. My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. Dr Chalmers interjecting—
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. In his last answer, the Treasurer noted that not every indicator was going down. Was he referring to unemployment, which is up; debt, which is up; the deficit,...
- Trade with China (16 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. Will the minister update the House on the benefits to the aged-care sector of the landmark China-Australia Free Trade Agreement, and are there...
- Economy (7 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. In June when the Treasurer was talking about 0.9 per cent growth in the Australian economy, he said people warning about slow growth and about economic clouds...
- Trade with China (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications. Will the minister inform the House how digital industries stand to benefit from the government's historic free trade agreement with China? Are...
- Perth Freight Link (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware that WA Premier Colin Barnett said in relation to section 2 of the Perth Freight Link that the WA government has not selected a...
- Trade with China (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education and Training, representing the Minister for Employment. Will the minister please update the House on the obstacles that the government must overcome...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 32 of the Selection Committee, relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on Monday, 14 September 2015. The report will...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I seek leave to make a personal explanation.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (5 speeches)
I have received advice from the Chief Government Whip nominating members to be members of certain committees.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Documents are presented 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)
- Syria (11 speeches)
I have 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 humanitarian...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Global Economic Outlook (28 speeches)
by leave—I make a ministerial statement relating to the global outlook and the Australian economy. Introduction I have just returned from the G20 meetings in Turkey, where finance ministers...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Education and Employment Committee; Membership (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That Mr Hawke be discharged from the Standing Committee on Education and Employment and that, in his place, Dr Stone be appointed a member of the committee. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Indigenous Advancement Strategy (1 speech)
Tonight I want to draw the attention of the chamber to the issue of the Abbott government's Indigenous Advancement Strategy. This is a debacle and disaster of a policy. It is shambolic,...
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the momentous and compassionate announcement that the Abbott government made here today. Australia will be assisting in the global effort to help those fleeing conflicts in...
- Asylum Seekers: Europe, Iraq and Syria (1 speech)
This has been a day when Australia has stood tall. This is a day when we stood united and when we have done the right thing by the international community, particularly those poor refugees who...
- Iraq and Syria (1 speech)
I want join the member for Solomon and the member for Melbourne Ports in welcoming the government's announcement today about the humanitarian and security crisis facing the Middle East. I draw...
- Abbott Government (3 speeches)
When it comes to climate change there is no doubt the Abbott government has let Australia down. It is now quite apparent to many Pacific leaders that the Abbott government has also let them down....
- Moore Electorate (2 speeches)
The 7th of September marked the second anniversary of the election of the Abbott government, and I take this opportunity to place on record the main local issues of importance in my electorate of...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Sydney Electorate: Immigration Legal Services (1 speech)
There are two legal services I want to talk about in my electorate that provide services for refugees—the Immigration Advice and Rights Centre, which is located in my electorate, and the...
- Maranoa Electorate: Inborn Error of Metabolism (1 speech)
I rise to speak about a very passionate family in my electorate and about a condition that is probably little known to many Australians, and that is Inborn Error of Metabolism, which is commonly...
- Scullin Electorate: Wattle Festival (1 speech)
I spent Sunday, 30 August in Hurstbridge, a particularly beautiful part of the Scullin electorate. The occasion was the annual Hurstbridge Wattle Festival. The festival marks the start of spring....
- Where's William? (1 speech)
I rise to bring to the attention of the House the fact that 'Where's William?' walks are being held all around Australia and the world this Saturday, 12 September. This date marks one year since...
- Syria (1 speech)
People in my electorate of Melbourne—and, I suspect, right around the country as well—are concerned that we are on the verge of bombing in Syria. Bombing Syria will make a very bad...
- Hindmarsh Electorate: Domestic Violence (1 speech)
In August, I hosted the Minister Assisting the Prime Minster for Women, Senator Michaelia Cash, at a domestic violence forum in Adelaide. The forum was well attended by the community at the...
- Lilley Electorate: Golden Circle Cannery (1 speech)
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to visit the Golden Circle Cannery at Northgate in my electorate, alongside Quan from the National Union of Workers and representatives from the company....
- Swan Electorate: Swan-Canning River Recovery Program (1 speech)
On Friday last week in my electorate, I was pleased to make some announcements of Community Action Grant recipients, which came from a commitment that was made initially in the 2010 election and...
- Economy (1 speech)
Anniversaries are important historical markers, providing an opportunity for us all to reflect. This week marks the two-year anniversary of the election of the Abbott Liberal government. Like a...
- McMillan Electorate: Scouts (1 speech)
Scouting in all its structures is an ongoing success story for this great southland Australia. On 31 August, I was honoured when invited to attend the South Gippsland Scouts annual report and...
- Arts Funding (1 speech)
In 1963 John F Kennedy said: 'I see little of more importance to the future of our country and our civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist. If art is to nourish the roots of...
- Anzac Day Schools Awards (1 speech)
Last week, I presented two schools in my electorate with certificates of high commendation in the Anzac Day Schools Awards for 2015. Falls Road Primary School and Midvale Primary School both...
- Defence Personnel (1 speech)
Monday marked two years of this Abbott government—this government that has broken promise after promise and has delivered cut after cut; this government that has no vision for this country,...
- Stronger Communities Program (1 speech)
I am pleased to rise to say that the coalition government's new Stronger Communities Program is underway. It is an important part of our positive plan to help build a better future for the...
- Charlton Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
I am very pleased to inform the House of two great local schools in the electorate of Charlton that are currently celebrating their 150th anniversaries. Both Plattsburg Public School and Lambton...
- Barton Electorate: Macquarie University Greek Association (1 speech)
On Saturday evening I had the pleasure of attending the 30th Macquarie University Greek ball, organised by the Macquarie University Greek Association. This event, a celebration of shared Greek...
- Nabarula, Ms Bunny (1 speech)
Today I want to talk about Bunny Nabarula. Bunny died recently. She was a leader—a fighter for her community. She was born at Kwarta, a soak on the Gosse River at Tennant Creek Station in...
- Gilmore Electorate: Operation Hercules (1 speech)
Last Sunday was Father's Day, and I hope everyone's dad had a terrific day. My diary showed I was to turn up to Operation Hercules. At 8:30 am, I dutifully arrived at Jervis Bay airfield, part of...
- Wakefield Electorate: Swanborough, Mr Reg (1 speech)
It is my great pleasure today to talk about Reg Swanborough. Reg is 92, lives in Gawler, drives an immaculate Toyota Crown and is very well known to the local community. He is a great supporter...
- Depp, Mr Johnny (2 speeches)
I rise today to commend the great actor Johnny Depp on his latest performance on the world stage, reviving his role as the swashbuckling pirate Captain Jack Sparrow in the latest incarnation of...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Cummings, Mr James Bartholomew (Bart) AM (8 speeches)
It has been said of Australians that we would bet on two flies climbing up a wall. This has become legend, immortal on-screen and in our own mythology. But there is punting and there is racing,...
- Darling, Mr Leonard Gordon, AC, CMG (3 speeches)
I am pleased to make some very brief remarks in commemoration of an extraordinary life and a life of extraordinary service. Leonard Gordon Darling was a Companion of the Order of Australia and...
