House debates
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 34 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of private members' business on Monday, 19 October 2015. The report will be printed in the Hansard for today and...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Migration Amendment (Complementary Protection and Other Measures) Bill 2015; Second Reading (1 speech)
(): I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Migration Amendment (Complementary Protection and Other Measures) Bill 2015 is the final instalment in a package of legislative reforms...
- Customs Depot Licensing Charges Amendment Bill 2015, Import Processing Charges Amendment Bill 2015, Customs Amendment (Fees and Charges) Bill 2015; Second Reading (2 speeches)
I support the passage of these three bills, the Customs Depot Licensing Charges Amendment Bill 2015, the Import Processing Charges Amendment Bill 2015 and the Customs Amendment (Fees and Charges)...
- Customs Depot Licensing Charges Amendment Bill 2015, Import Processing Charges Amendment Bill 2015, Customs Amendment (Fees and Charges) 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.
- Import Processing Charges 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.
- Customs Amendment (Fees and Charges) Bill 2015; Second Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill read a second time.
- Customs Amendment (Fees and Charges) 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.
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Cost of Living Concession) Bill 2015; Second Reading (9 speeches)
I am pleased to be speaking on the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Cost of Living Concession) Bill 2015. This new cost-of-living concession bill has arisen because the South Australian...
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Cost of Living Concession) 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.
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Low Income Supplement) Bill 2015; Second Reading (2 speeches)
Labor will support the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Low Income Supplement) Bill 2015 today, despite recognising, I have to say, that this is yet another broken promise from the...
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Low Income Supplement) 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.
- Social Security Legislation Amendment (Further Strengthening Job Seeker Compliance) Bill 2015; Second Reading (13 speeches)
The Social Security Legislation Amendment (Further Strengthening Job Seeker Compliance) Bill 2015 seeks to simplify the existing compliance framework and assist job seekers in understanding what...
- Social Security Legislation Amendment (Further Strengthening Job Seeker Compliance) Bill 2015; Consideration in Detail (3 speeches)
I thank those members who contributed to the debate, particularly the members from this side, who, I know, are very passionate about this part of policy. As I said in my contribution on the...
- Social Security Legislation Amendment (Further Strengthening Job Seeker Compliance) 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.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That order of the day No. 7, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Post-2015 Development Agenda (1 speech)
Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting with four engaging young people from the Micah Challenge, who were in parliament to speak to MPs about the importance of the new sustainable development...
- Hindmarsh Electorate: Cyprus Community Festival (1 speech)
Last Sunday I attended the inaugural Cyprus Community Festival held in my electorate. It was a wonderful celebration of Cypriot culture—fine dancing, food and an exhibition on the people...
- Beef Industry (1 speech)
It was a great pleasure last week to be back in the Pilbara and amongst that beautiful red landscape and all those great characters. We were talking Pilbara and northern development at the CEDA...
- Robertson Electorate: City of Gosford (1 speech)
There have been decades of discussions, forums and thought bubbles on how to reinvigorate the city of Gosford. In the last few weeks we have finally seen a giant step forward to help make this a...
- Anti-Poverty Week (1 speech)
This week is Anti-Poverty Week, a week to raise awareness about the causes and consequences of poverty and hardship around the world. Here in Australia the proportion of people living in poverty...
- Braddon Electorate: Produce (1 speech)
When I first moved into my office in Parliament House two years ago, I decided to turn it into a showcase of all things Braddon. I showcase the sweetest honey that bees can produce, sea salt...
- Albury Wodonga Health (1 speech)
In recent consultation in Indi, access to quality health services was nominated as a top priority. Today I am delighted to congratulate Albury Wodonga Health. In the last 12 months, under CEO Sue...
- Broadband (1 speech)
Fast, reliable broadband is particularly important in my rural electorate of O'Connor, where more than 2,300 constituents are connected to the Interim Satellite Service. The Interim Satellite...
- Kingsford Smith Electorate: Taste of Coogee Festival (1 speech)
On Sunday 20 September I was delighted to attend the Taste of Coogee festival at Goldstein Reserve, right in the heart of Coogee. In its third year, this terrific beach-side community and family...
- Monash Freeway (1 speech)
The Monash Freeway upgrade has been a huge issue in my electorate of La Trobe. So many residents have asked me over the last six months to do something about it, and that is precisely what we are...
- Wyndham Eid Festival (1 speech)
I rise today to share with the House the Wyndham Eid Festival, which I attended on 27 September. It was a fantastic day, a beautiful sunshiny Melbourne day. I would like to congratulate the...
- Carers (1 speech)
It is with much appreciation that I rise today to speak on National Carers Week, a week when we say to all those carers, seen and unseen, how much we appreciate them—their time, their...
- Sport: Hawthorn Football Club (1 speech)
I stand here to congratulate the Hawthorn Football Club on its 13th AFL grand final—indeed, the third in a row. I do that as a proud Tasmanian with the association that Hawthorn has with...
- Menzies Electorate: Women's Friendship Group (1 speech)
I take this opportunity to praise the work of the Women's Friendship Group in Manningham. The Women's Friendship Group is a non-denominational, non-political, multicultural group. The women who...
- Defence Procurement: Hawkei Contract (1 speech)
We have received some great news in Bendigo. It is great to be able to stand here and say that this government has finally signed the Hawkei contract, which will lock in hundreds of defence...
- Breast Cancer (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about some wonderful work that is being done in my electorate in October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Tomorrow is the Women's Network Northern Territory annual Pink...
- Charlton Electorate: Sport (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate the mighty Macquarie Scorpions on the excellent season they had in the real NRL, the Newcastle Rugby League. They lost narrowly in the grand final to Lakes United by 24-18...
- Small Business (1 speech)
Last night was huge. It was the third annual launch of the Shop Small campaign. Colleagues from right across the parliament came together to energise enterprise. The greatest renewable energy in...
- Shadow Ministerial Arrangements (1 speech)
You would think the member for Dunkley was still the Minister for Small Business! But, of course, he is still a good advocate. Bring him back! But while there has been a significant reshuffle on...
- Monash, General Sir John, GCMG, KCB, VD (2 speeches)
General Sir John Monash is one of our greatest Australians. An engineer, lawyer, citizen soldier and talented pianist, he was born in 1865 to Jewish Prussian parents. He attended Scotch College...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 (2 speeches)
I wish to update the House on the investigation into the loss of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. Last night the Dutch air safety board released its report into the shooting down of flight MH17....
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Mr Speaker, I inform the House that the Minister for Trade and Investment will be absent from question time for the remainder of this week. He is in Hong Kong promoting investment in Australia's...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Superannuation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister would be aware that the total cost of superannuation tax concessions is forecast to outstrip the cost of the age pension within four...
- Economy (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on why Australia is strongly positioned to take advantage of emerging opportunities in the global economy?
- Budget (7 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to the Treasurer's statements yesterday in question time about the importance of reducing government spending. Is government spending this financial year...
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is also to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer advise the House how a more agile and innovative economy can support Australia's commercial arrangements with growing economies in our...
- Superannuation (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Yesterday the Prime Minister said he would consider Labor's plan to make superannuation fair and sustainable. On 17 June the Treasurer said: … there are...
- Asylum Seekers: Children (2 speeches)
I have a question for the Prime Minister. No government is so evil that it cannot see the virtue of children. Failure to report sexual abuse used to be a crime. Why are doctors prevented under...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Hon. Mr Don Nardella MP, Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Victoria, and the Hon. David Hodgett MP, Deputy...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Indonesia (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources. Will the minister update the House on his recent visit to Indonesia and the importance of this bilateral relationship in...
- Taxation (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday the Prime Minister said he would consider Labor's plan to make superannuation fair and sustainable. In the same constructive vein, will the Prime...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Before I call the member for McMahon, I would like to inform the House that we have with us in the gallery today a delegation from the United States of America who are here as part of the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Taxation (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday, coalition senators on the Senate Economics Legislation Committee delivered a report backing the Prime Minister's legislation which ensures that...
- Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science. Will the minister please advise the House on the opportunities and benefits of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement for...
- Taxation (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday coalition senators in the Senate Economics Legislation Committee backed tax secrecy because, as they state, 'the Australian public has a poor...
- Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (6 speeches)
My question is to the
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Before I call the next member I would like to recognise former Speaker of the House Mr Harry Jenkins, who is with us today, in the northern gallery. Honourable members: Hear, hear!
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Taxation (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Are the Prime Minister's declarations in the Register of Members' Interests accurate?
- Infrastructure (9 speeches)
My question is to the
- Taxation (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, the Commissioner of Taxation, Mr Jordan, has described the Cayman Islands as a tax haven. Is this the government's position?
- Sky Muster Satellite (15 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Territories, Local Government and Major Projects, representing the Minister for Communications. Will the minister please outline how the launch of the first...
- Taxation (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's answer where he referred to actions that he took when he became a minister. Given the Prime Minister's register of interests...
- Infrastructure (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Cities and the Built Environment. Will the minister inform the House how the Gold Coast light rail project will better connect cities in South-East Queensland?...
- Taxation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Zebedee Growth Fund, one of the Prime Minister's many Cayman Island investments declared on the register. The fund is headquartered at Ugland...
- Income Management (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. Will the minister update the House on the progress of the government's debit card trials, in particular the trial centred on the Ceduna...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Budget Office; Presentation (1 speech)
Pursuant to section 65 of the Parliamentary Services Act 1999, I present the annual report of the Parliamentary Budget Office for 2014-15. Ordered that the report be made a parliamentary paper.
- Presentation (1 speech)
Documents are tabled in accordance with the list circulated to honourable members. Details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Economy: Innovation, Science and Research (16 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Greenway proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's cuts to...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Shipping Legislation Amendment Bill 2015; Second Reading (2 speeches)
I thank members who have contributed to this debate. It has been a fulsome debate. I would have to say that I think it has been a partisan debate, but it is reasonable that people will want to...
- Shipping Legislation Amendment Bill 2015; Consideration in Detail (29 speeches)
First, I want to quote from the government official modelling, the cost-benefit analysis, in the explanatory memorandum at page 156. This applies to the preferred option 6. It says: Many of the...
- Shipping Legislation 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.
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment (Forum on Food Regulation and Other Measures) Bill 2015; Second Reading (3 speeches)
I thank the member for Grayndler and the minister in attendance for allowing me to speak now. I rise to support the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment (Forum on Food Regulation and...
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment (Forum on Food Regulation and Other Measures) Bill 2015; Consideration in Detail (5 speeches)
by leave—I move amendments (1) and (2) as circulated in my name: (1) Clause 2, page 2 (table item 4), omit the table item. (2) Schedule 2, page 21 (line 1) to page 26 (line 13), omit the...
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment (Forum on Food Regulation and Other Measures) 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.
- Health Legislation Amendment (eHealth) Bill 2015; Second Reading (2 speeches)
I rise to speak on the Health Legislation Amendment (eHealth) Bill 2015. From the outset, I want to put on record Labor's strong support for eHealth and, in particular, the personally controlled...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Defence Properties: RAAF Base Williamtown (1 speech)
On 4 September the people of Newcastle woke to the headline 'Toxicity warning around air base'. This was shocking news to many in my community, including me. Investigations undertaken by the...
- Child Safety and Welfare (1 speech)
There was a report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare benchmarking where Australia's children are today in relation to their safety and welfare. It highlights the...
- Hotham Electorate: Mental Health (1 speech)
I rise to alert the House to the very concerning lack of youth mental health services in my electorate of Hotham. The mental health of young Australians is one of the most difficult and important...
- Multiculturalism (1 speech)
This is an address I wish I did not have to give. When I was elected first to this parliament, I was elected as the member for Parramatta, and I was the member for four years. I latterly...
- Multiculturalism, Parthenon Marbles (1 speech)
Can I begin by associating myself with the comments of the member for Berowra and acknowledge the work that he does in relation to multiculturalism and working towards the social cohesion of this...
- National Security (1 speech)
I rise today to correct the record for I have been grievously misquoted to have said things that I clearly have not said. On Saturday morning, I was interviewed on Sky News, on their AM Agenda...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Gellibrand Electorate: Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
On 30 August this year, Jagriti and the Western Integrated Family Violence Committee launched the Happy FAMILIES, Happy COMMUNITIES Western Suburbs Guide at the Indian consulate in Melbourne. It...
- Dunkley Electorate (1 speech)
It is a pleasure to rise and give the House an update on things that are happening in the spectacular electorate of Dunkley. It is the Riviera of Melbourne. The place runs through my veins, and I...
- Tweed Regional Art Gallery (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about an outstanding asset in my electorate of Richmond, which is the Tweed Regional Art Gallery. The gallery is one we are all very proud of, particularly with the addition...
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
It is always a pleasure to rise in this place and talk about our local electorates. I would like to take this opportunity to talk about how Logan police have established a dedicated domestic...
- Telecommunications (1 speech)
I wish to bring to the attention of the chamber a bold initiative that has been taken in the national interest by the Sunshine Coast City Council. On 21 July the Sunshine Coast council lodged a...
- Flynn Electorate: Citrus Industry (1 speech)
Recently I visited Abbotsleigh Citrus farm and I saw a thriving family business that is 100 per cent Australian owned. It is situated at Wallaville, just off the Bruce Highway, near a town called...
- Blair Electorate: Rugby League (1 speech)
A huge cheer erupted across Ipswich when the Stadium Australia siren sounded just before 5.30 pm on NRL Grand Final Day. The Ipswich Jets had defeated the Newcastle Knights 26 to 12 to be crowned...
- Regional Broadcasting (1 speech)
There is an urgent need to modernise and streamline our media legislation. The Broadcasting Services Act is from a pre-internet era. It is an anachronism that is squeezing the life out of our...
- Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
Animal cruelty as a result of our live export trade was the subject of a shocking report on 7.30 last night. The program highlighted how poorly the live export market has been monitored since the...
- Pride of Australia Awards (2 speeches)
I rise to provide an update on the 2015 Pride of Australia awards. I talked about the nominations here a little while ago, and it gives me great pleasure to now reveal the following winners that...
- Grayndler Electorate: National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
Last week, I had the privilege of once again visiting the Ella Centre in Haberfield in my electorate. It is a local organisation that works hard to support people in the inner west with...
- Calare Electorate: Bathurst Bicentenary (1 speech)
It has been a huge weekend—and a huge year, actually—in the electorate of Calare, particularly as last Friday night was the end of the formal proceedings of the bicentenary of the...
- Attorney-General (1 speech)
When the historians come to look back at this 44th Parliament, they will look in amazement and say, 'How unlucky for a country to cop the worst Prime Minister since World War II, combined with...
- Flavours of Tasmania (1 speech)
The Flavours of Tasmania event will be held tonight. More than 30 producers of fine Tasmanian goods will be on show to an expected audience of more than 400 in the Great Hall of Parliament House...
- Bendigo Electorate: Multiculturalism (1 speech)
Today I wear yellow as part and in support of the Believe in Bendigo campaign, a great campaign and movement that started in my community to put out publicly how proud we are to be from Bendigo....
- Moore Electorate: St Stephen's School (1 speech)
St Stephen's School in my electorate has taken an entrepreneurial approach to capitalising on opportunities in international education which exist in emerging countries around the Indian Ocean...
- Tasmania (1 speech)
As members in this place may be aware, the Tasmania task force co-chaired by me and our state Labor leader, Bryan Green, has spent the last few months moving around Tasmania holding public...
- Swan Electorate: Youth (1 speech)
Youth in Australia is a vital resource and a very important part of our economy and our society. In a week where there has been a focus in parliament on troubled youth with the act of terrorism...
- Illicit Drugs (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about an issue that is having a devastating impact on the lives of hundreds of thousands of Australians—and that is ice. There would be no-one in this place who has...
- Victoria: Bushfires (1 speech)
I rise today to convey the news to my electors in Corangamite that I have announced with Michael Keenan, the Minister for Justice, very important emergency relief for those who suffered in the...
