House debates
Thursday, 10 September 2015
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Abbott Government (1 speech)
The second anniversary of the election of the Abbott government was a celebration for no-one nowhere. And nowhere was that more true than in rural and regional Australia where the coalition's...
- Hindmarsh Electorate: Sport (1 speech)
In recent months I have enjoyed supporting a number of local sports games and local sports clubs watching high-quality netball. It was a pleasure to attend the St Michael's and All Angels Netball...
- Country Labor Forum (1 speech)
On Saturday, September 26 Labor will be holding our Country Labor Forum in Casino. The fact is rural and regional Australia have been abandoned by the Abbott government. But Labor's country forum...
- Queen Elizabeth II (1 speech)
Yesterday marked a special day in our history when Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II became the longest-serving sovereign, surpassing the 63 year, seven months and two-day reign of her...
- Australian Women in Agriculture (1 speech)
It gives me enormous pleasure to welcome into this House today members of the national organisation Australian Women in Agriculture. I particularly would like to acknowledge President Liz...
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
I am a proud member of a coalition government that shows compassion and responsibility. While some in the community are concerned that we are not doing enough for our own homeless citizens, we do...
- Bendigo Electorate: Manufacturing (3 speeches)
This government, the Liberal-National government, has let down the regions, and it is disappointing that members of this government, on the back bench and in the cabinet, refuse to stand up for...
- Australian Football League (1 speech)
This week is a great week for Western Australia because, on the AFL ladder, the Dockers are first and the West Coast Eagles are second. It is going to be a great weekend in which we celebrate our...
- Rural and Regional Australia (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the Abbott government's continued assault on rural and regional communities in McEwen. Regional towns are hit hard by the actions—and inaction—of this...
- Centenary of Anzac (1 speech)
Almost 100 years ago, a group of men marched from Wagga Wagga to Sydney, through much of the electorate of Hume, to sign up recruits for the Great War. The war was underway, but casualties were...
- Rural and Regional Australia (1 speech)
Regional and rural communities have borne much of the burden of the Abbott government's incompetence and mismanagement of the Australian economy. Regional and rural communities already face...
- Mallee Electorate (1 speech)
Winston Churchill once said, 'A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth gets out of bed and has a chance to put its pants on.' What we are hearing today is an attack on what is...
- World Suicide Prevention Day (1 speech)
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day and R U O K? Day. It is the time that we encourage all Australians to reach out to a friend, a family member or a colleague and ask a simple question, 'Are...
- Dobell Electorate: Foster Carers (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge and pay tribute to foster carers and thank them for their commitment to provide a safe, secure and loving environment to the Central Coast's most vulnerable children....
- World Suicide Prevention Day, Rural and Regional Australia (2 speeches)
The Leader of the Opposition has reminded us of the importance of reaching out to people on R U O K? Day and the importance of the issue of suicide. It will not surprise you, Speaker, to know...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Prime Minister will be absent from question time as he is attending the Pacific Islands Forum in Papua New Guinea. I will answer questions on his behalf. The Minister for Justice will be...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Middle East (2 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. Will the Acting Prime Minister please update the House on Australia's military involvement in the Middle East? How long will Australia's military...
- Trade with China (6 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister and the Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. Will the Acting Prime Minister outline the benefits for Australian businesses and workers...
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. I refer to Australia's one-off additional intake of 12,000 people displaced by the Syrian crisis. Can the Acting Prime Minister advise how long it is...
- Trade with China (9 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on how the export agreement with China will help build a stronger economy? How will this agreement mean more jobs for...
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. I am told that there is a mother in Syria who has not left her home for the last year, or let her...
- Trade with China, Japan and South Korea (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister update the House on the effect the export agreements with China, Japan and South Korea will have on Australian jobs? What...
- Trade with China (9 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. Is it the case that, under the terms of the Chile free trade agreement, a plumber from Chile would only be able to get work in Australia after...
- Shipping (5 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. I refer to his answer on Monday that departmental advice to Bill Milby that he reflag his ship, sack his workforce and use a foreign crew did not...
- Trade with China (48 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade and Investment. Will the minister inform the House why it is so important for our economy that the export agreement with China comes into effect this...
- Budget, Hope Community Services (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Western Australia has the highest rate of amphetamine use in the country, so why has the government cut— Mr Ewen Jones interjecting—
- Trade with China (2 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer. Will the Assistant Treasurer update the House on how the export agreement—that is right: export agreement—with China will boost the...
- Budget, Peel Community Legal Services (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Attorney-General. The government is cutting funding for the Peel Community Legal Services, which provide vital front-line legal services to the...
- Great Barrier Reef, Trade with China (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment. I refer to the World Heritage Committee chair's praise of Australia as a global role model for our protection of the Great Barrier Reef. Will...
- Infrastructure (12 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. I refer to the fact that WA Premier, Colin Barnett, has said in relation to section 2 of the Perth Freight Link that there is no route or design, no...
- Trade with China (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister outline the benefits and opportunities that the export agreement with China will bring to Australia's health industry? Are there any...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Budget, Peel Community Legal Services (7 speeches)
I would like to add it to an answer that I gave earlier. I am pleased that I did check with the Attorney-General. It is a lesson for all of us to always check the allegations that they make. I...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Abbott Government: Community Services (19 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Throsby proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government hurting...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (1 speech)
The Speaker has received a message from the Senate acquainting the House that Senator McKim has been appointed a member of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Senator O'Sullivan...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Employment (1 speech)
I want to take the opportunity this evening to provide a report to the House on a matter of critical significance in my electorate. I have touched on it briefly in a previous speech, but I want...
- Small Business (1 speech)
I rise today in support of the many small businesses and consumers in my electorate of Eden-Monaro. Members would be aware that the final report of the Competition Policy Review, known as the...
- Abbott Government (1 speech)
On Monday we marked two years since the election of the Abbott government. That night, the Prime Minister declared 'a good government is one that governs for all Australians'. Such promising...
- Page Electorate (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge a few groups in my community. The first one is the Iluka Public School netball team. Iluka progressed to the final eight in the New South...
- Shipping (1 speech)
As the federal representative for an electorate that is home to WA's largest port, which caters both to cargo and to a growing number of cruise ship visits, and an electorate that is proudly home...
- Petrie Electorate: Employment (2 speeches)
As the federal member for Petrie, I want people in my electorate to know that every day over the last two years, I have been very focused on jobs for my electorate. I want the people in my...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Public Transport (1 speech)
Over the course of the last couple of weeks, I have been conducting mobile offices in my electorate. Last week, at Mascot, Pagewood and Botany, I received numerous complaints from constituents...
- Capricornia Electorate: Mobile Phone Services (1 speech)
One of the big issues facing regional families, small business and farming operations, particularly those in remote areas of Capricornia, is access to reliable digital and mobile phone services....
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
The latest UNHCR report shows that, at the end of 2014, there were 59.4 million forcibly displaced people in the world. That included 19.5 million refugees, half of them children. An equally...
- Paterson Electorate: 2015 Storms (1 speech)
Today I rise to provide some bouquets and some brickbats. We all remember the storm event that occurred in Dungog on 21 April. We lost lives, people's homes were lost and properties were damaged....
- Fraser Electorate: Interchange General Practice (1 speech)
At the Interchange General Practice—a local general medical practice in the heart of the nation's capital—patients, friends and even staff have spent the last several months knitting...
- National Child Protection Week (1 speech)
This week marks 25 years of National Child Protection Week. It is an important time to raise awareness around the importance of protecting children and giving them a voice. Our government is...
- Petition: International Development Assistance (1 speech)
I seek leave to table a noncompliant petition. Leave granted. I thank the House and I thank members opposite for their willingness to accept this. I have a petition from the Glen Waverley...
- Youth Allowance (1 speech)
It is an absolute pleasure to stand here today because I am pleased to announce that the coalition is providing better support for young Australians. Today the social services minister introduced...
- Retirement Assistance for Farmers Scheme (1 speech)
Today I rise to speak about Ms Trudy Rainey, a constituent of mine who has been placed in a very difficult situation through the incompetence of the previous coalition government. The Howard...
- Braddon Electorate (2 speeches)
Before I was elected I travelled through the electorate of Braddon hosting community cuppas wherever and whenever I could. I invited residents to meet me over a cup of tea or coffee and a bickie...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
Today I would like to take a few moments to read the words of Alex Hood. For those who may not know, Alex Hood is one of the sacked workers of Hutchinson Ports. He works in Brisbane. I met Alex a...
- Suicide (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about something that impacts on all rural electorates in this great country—the prevalence of suicide in rural communities. Today is R U OK Day. R U OK Day is our...
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
I want to welcome the government's announcement yesterday that Australia will accept 12,000 refugees fleeing the turmoil and violence in the Middle East. I do so particularly because my...
- Macarthur Electorate: Mater Dei School (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about a special needs school in my electorate of Macarthur, Mater Dei School, which received a $335,000 grant to build a sustainable power system for their pool. Mater Dei...
- Broadband (1 speech)
Unfair critics of the Prime Minister say he can never be taken at his word. However, when he described himself as 'a wavering weathervane', he was indeed accurate. It was not only about the way...
- Higgins Electorate: Level Crossings (1 speech)
In 2012 I first spoke in this house about an issue of serious concern to my constituents—the regular and disruptive closure of level crossings throughout my electorate. The congestion...
- Throsby Electorate: Steel industry (1 speech)
On Monday this week I attended an economic summit with my colleague Sharon Bird, the member for Cunningham; state and federal MPs; and local government representatives together with business...
- Mental Health (1 speech)
Today is R U OK? Day and Suicide Prevention Day. In Australia, there are approximately 2,200 suicides every year, with 80 per cent of them being men. It is a deep societal trend that we view our...
- Isaacs Electorate: Noble Park Community Centre Art Show (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the 2015 Noble Park Community Centre Art Show, which I recently had the great pleasure of launching. Noble Park is one of the great communities of metropolitan Melbourne....
- Dobell Electorate: Foster Care (2 speeches)
Last month I was privileged to attend the foster carers picnic day at Camp Toukley. The day was hosted by the Central Coast out-of-home care interagency network, which represent NGO foster care...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Queen Elizabeth II (14 speeches)
On indulgence: Last night, the Queen set a record by eclipsing her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, and becoming Britain's longest-serving monarch. As of this morning Queen Elizabeth II...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Working Holiday Visas (1 speech)
Last weekend, most MPs probably went to a best and fairest night for a local football team or a local netball team. In regional Victoria we have been holding several of them. Last week, as the...
- Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation Rural Women's Award (1 speech)
Last night I had the great pleasure of attending the annual Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation's Rural Women's Award in the Great Hall, which celebrates women in agriculture....
- Petition: Special Broadcasting Service (2 speeches)
I rise to voice the concerns of the Maltese community I represent, and the wider Maltese community throughout Australia, regarding the cuts to SBS Maltese language services. I am privileged to...
- Higher Education (1 speech)
Students, parents, teachers and other interested community members from across the mid-North Coast had the opportunity to put forward their ideas on how the Commonwealth government can better...
- Economy (2 speeches)
Before the last election, the member for Warringah promised that if he won government the economy would receive an adrenaline surge. I am not a doctor, but I do know a little bit about...
