House debates
Wednesday, 11 November 2015
- Business (0 speeches)
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on indulgence—I have an issue to raise with respect to today's program. Item No. 4 listed on the blue is the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015. I raise...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 36 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on Monday, 23 November 2015. The report will be...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Chisholm Electorate: Just One Day Program (1 speech)
I would like to raise awareness for a terrific new initiative from International Needs Australia called Just One Day, which was launched in my electorate at Surrey Hills Primary School and is...
- Macedonian Trade Delegation (1 speech)
On Sunday, I was honoured to welcome a Macedonian trade delegation as part of their visit to promote bilateral trade between Australia and the Republic of Macedonia. It is great to see the...
- McEwen Electorate: Deepavali Festival of Lights (1 speech)
The Hindu, Sikh and Jain communities in my electorate of McEwen came together to celebrate Deepavali at the Buttercross Park at Mernda late last month; and it was vibrant and inclusive. Tom...
- Remembrance Day (1 speech)
On this Remembrance Day, I would like to pay tribute to the many memorial services being held across my electorate of Tangney. Of those holding services today, I acknowledge the invitation that...
- Shipping (1 speech)
I rise to express my concern for the workers who currently crew MV Portland, a ship operating around the Australian coast, between Victoria and Western Australia for Alcoa. Alcoa have advised...
- O'Neill, Mr Michael (1 speech)
Michael O'Neill of South Perth passed away recently. He was born 3 March 1946 and passed away 24 October 2015. I recently attended his funeral. Mike worked on my campaigns in 2007, in 2010 and in...
- Newcastle Electorate: Education funding (1 speech)
Last week I had the pleasure of attending Gonski week celebrations at Kotara High School. The week before, I joined with teachers and parents at New Lambton South Public School to see firsthand...
- Saunders, Capt. Reginald Walter (1 speech)
Today we remember the contribution of all those who served Australia in war and conflicts, in particular we will remember today the contribution of Indigenous Australians who have taken up arms...
- Monash, General Sir John, GCMG, KCB, VD (1 speech)
On this Remembrance Day, I am pleased to add the voice of Indi to the push for one of Australia's most endearing and enduring war heroes, Sir John Monash, to be posthumously promoted to the rank...
- Capricornia Electorate: Domestic Violence (1 speech)
When it comes to domestic violence and family custody issues, Central Queensland has some appalling statistics. The Capricornia police district reports the highest rate of domestic violence in...
- Edwards, the Hon. Graham, AM (1 speech)
It is my great pleasure to acknowledge on Remembrance and Dismissal day a great Western Australian who has shown extraordinary courage, resilience and leadership in military, political and...
- Remembrance Day (1 speech)
The last shot of World War I was fired on Monday, 11 November 1918. Three hundred thousand Australians went to the Great War: 60,000 died and 156,000 were wounded or taken prisoner. On the first...
- Ella-Duncan, Ms Marcia, OAM (1 speech)
I wish to congratulate the inspirational Marcia Ella-Duncan on her recent induction into the Australian Netball Hall of Fame. A proud Aboriginal woman and descendant of the Yuin nation, Marcia...
- Groom Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
Firstly I wish to acknowledge and thank all of those who have served and some who have made the ultimate sacrifice for the freedom that we enjoy in this country. It is befitting that this House...
- Schools (1 speech)
Last night I attended the Australian Primary Principals Association launch of its Charter on Primary Schooling here in parliament house. I once again acknowledge the critical role primary school...
- Fanning, Mr Lochlann (1 speech)
I stand to acknowledge the remarkable contributions of a young man who just happens to be my godson, a young fellow by the name of Lochlann Fanning, 20 years of age, who has overcome incredible...
- Dismissal (1 speech)
Last year we lost a great Australian. We lost Gough Whitlam. In the outpouring of grief came true acknowledgement of the vision and achievement of his government. Today marks 40 years since the...
- Macarthur Electorate: Carrington Centennial Care (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate 23 wonderful employees of Carrington Centennial Care, a remarkable aged-care facility in my electorate of Macarthur, who have served Carrington and the local...
- Dismissal (1 speech)
Forty years ago, as has been written, on this date Australia was plunged into a singular Australian crisis. It is a date seared into the soul of every Australian living at the time. It was a...
- Bass Electorate: Cottage Bakery (2 speeches)
I rise to acknowledge Lily Cornish from my home town of Launceston, who did work experience in my office recently and helped me to write this speech. Through Lily's assistance I am able to...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Remembrance Day (2 speeches)
Today we have observed Remembrance Day at the War Memorial with the Leader of the Opposition, the Governor-General, the Presiding Officers and, of course, our visitors—our guests—the...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources will be absent from question time for the remainder of the week, as he is travelling to Korea, Japan and China. The Deputy...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Knott, Mr Peter John (1 speech)
I inform the House of the death on Thursday, 29 October 2015 of Peter John Knott, a member of this House for the division of Gilmore from 1993 to 1996. As a mark of respect to the memory of Peter...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Goods and Services Tax (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday in question time the Prime Minister said: The problem with the GST … is that it affects households with lower incomes … because they...
- Economy (13 speeches)
My question is also to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline to the House the importance of strong leadership in generating jobs, growth and confidence? What action is the...
- Budget (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on how the government is building a stronger and more sustainable budget? How important is the government's budget repair...
- Goods and Services Tax (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, if the GST was jacked up to 15 per cent and extended to fresh food, what would the price impact be on the average grocery bill?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I wish to inform the House we have present in the gallery this afternoon Minister Bess Price MLA from the Northern Territory government. On behalf of the House, I extend a very warm welcome....
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Housing Affordability (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Isn't it time the government did something about house affordability? Will the government support the Palmer United policy for home buyers to elect at the...
- Trade (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade and Investment. Will the minister please explain to the House the importance of trade agreements in stimulating much-needed investment, and how this will...
- Goods and Services Tax (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister rule out increasing the cost of medications for pensioners by applying a 15 per cent GST to health? Mr Dutton interjecting—
- Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources, Energy and Northern Australia. Will the minister update the House on the government's $5 billion Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility, and the...
- Goods and Services Tax (15 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Liberal government already has plans for $100,000 degrees, so will the Prime Minister rule out increasing the cost of going to university even more by...
- Australian Defence Force (2 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister update the House on the current operations of the Australian Defence Force, as we commemorate the day that the guns fell...
- Goods and Services Tax (7 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. The Treasurer previously described compensation for the carbon price as a 'money-go-round'—basically they tax it all and then they hand it back out. Can the...
- Telecommunications (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Territories, Local Government and Major Projects, representing the Minister for Communications. In Apollo Bay and Skenes Creek in the Corangamite Electorate...
- Family Payments (15 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. I refer to an email to the minister from a woman called Michelle from Foresters Beach. Michelle writes: 'I work full-time and I am a single...
- G20 Turkey (7 speeches)
My constituency question is to the Prime Minister. As you are aware, Prime Minister, in my electorate of Reid, I have a large Australian-Turkish community. Gunes Gungor, from the Australian...
- Budget (18 speeches)
Last month, I received an email from a grandparent carer, Rita Beckman. She wrote, 'I feel highly insulted by the condescending attitude of the Minister for Social Services.' Rita will be 78 when...
- Health (7 speeches)
My constituency question is to the Minister for Health, Aged Care and Sport. Minister, I have been contacted by Snow Addison of Hervey Bay in regards to substantial increases in the cost of...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Documents are presented as listed in the schedule circulated to honourable members. Details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Infrastructure, Transport and Cities Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
I have received advice from the Chief government whip nominating a member to be a supplementary member of the Standing committee on Infrastructure, Transport and Cities.
- Health and Aged Care Services (24 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Ballarat proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The government's plan to...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Mr Deputy Speaker I would make a very brief statement on indulgence, following up from this morning. The opposition asked the parliament this morning to delay the debate on the citizenship bills...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (4 speeches)
by leave—I move: That members be appointed and discharged as members of certain committees in accordance with the list which has been placed on the table. As the list is a lengthy one I do...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Education Funding (1 speech)
Recently I visited a number of local schools in my electorate to celebrate National Gonski Week and, in particular, to acknowledge the positive difference that the Gonski school...
- Mining (1 speech)
I rise tonight to highlight a major problem inhibiting job creation in North Queensland and to propose a solution. The Australian Conservation Foundation this week lodged a new court challenge to...
- Iran Nuclear Deal (1 speech)
Undebated by the government is the foreign minister's tilted Australian policy towards Iran. Every Monday, including this Monday, the members for Wakefield and Canberra insisted that the foreign...
- Calare Electorate: Mining (1 speech)
I rise to speak about one of the very good organisations and situations in the electorate of Calare in the Parkes council area—that is, the Northparkes Mine, which is a copper and gold...
- Lalor Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
Term 4 is a special time in schools. As we come towards the end of term 4, particularly for those senior students who are finishing up their exams across the next week or so, it is a time of...
- Business Innovation (2 speeches)
I want to talk tonight about the importance of growing a vibrant start-up culture in Australia. Prior to entering parliament I spent 14 years in and around start-ups. I was both an executive in...
