House debates
Tuesday, 24 November 2015
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- National Security (2 speeches)
by leave—When innocent people are dying at the hands of violent extremists, no matter where in the world this is happening, hard questions are asked of societies like our own—hard...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Goods and Services Tax (1 speech)
I rise yet again to speak in opposition to this government's unfair plan to increase the GST. As I keep saying in this House and also in my electorate, National Party choices hurt. In regional...
- Christmas (1 speech)
As we move to this time of the year, our minds begin to think about the Christmas season. My thoughts move to the shepherds outside in the cool night air and the shift workers, the lower paid and...
- Goods and Services Tax (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about this government, this out-of-touch Prime Minister, tax and families. This Prime Minister has in front of this chamber changes to the family tax benefit that will...
- McMillan Electorate: Karmai Community Children's Centre (1 speech)
What power there is when a community all pull together! I love attending turning of the sod events because it indicates that a long awaited project is about to come to fruition, and none more so...
- Goods and Services Tax (1 speech)
In the first two years, this Abbott-Turnbull government has wreaked devastation upon the household budgets of people within my electorate. There have been over $80 billion worth of cuts to...
- Pingel, Mr Brendon (1 speech)
I would like to acknowledge a bloke from my electorate by the name of Brendon Pingel, a name that none of you will know, but hopefully over the next couple of days his name will be a name that...
- Wildlife Victoria (1 speech)
Today I would like to talk about Wildlife Victoria. It is a not-for-profit charity with 1,500 volunteers who passionately care about wildlife. Volunteers provide a seven-day-a-week emergency...
- Dawson Electorate: International Airports (1 speech)
Some of the most important elements for a region's economic growth and for jobs are connections with the wider world. In North Queensland, greater opportunities are starting to take flight, with...
- Goods and Services Tax (1 speech)
Over the last month I have been contacted by many Canberrans who are scared. They are scared that their cost of living will rise under an increased GST. They are scared they will not be able to...
- Calare Electorate: VERTO (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge VERTO, who took out the Large Training Provider of the Year award last week at the 2015 Australian Training Awards. VERTO is a community...
- Goods and Services Tax (1 speech)
The people of Newcastle have every right to wonder just what it is that this government has against families. In my electorate of Newcastle the impact of the cuts to family payments are already...
- Banks Electorate: Junior Short Film Contest (1 speech)
Last month I hosted the inaugural Banks Junior Short Film Contest. I invited young filmmakers from the Banks electorate to make short films around the theme of 'why we love our local area'. The...
- Goods and Services Tax (1 speech)
Increasing the GST is lazy tax policy. I guess we should not expect anything different from this government of lazy policy ideas, which it drops out every now and then, just to test the water. We...
- Moree Community Drug Action Team (1 speech)
On a much more positive note, I would like to acknowledge Moree resident Ros Laws who, after 10 years, has stepped down as Chair of the Moree Community Drug Action Team. Ros has been involved in...
- Goods and Services Tax (3 speeches)
Where are the defenders of the family budget? Where are those people who last term you saw at the greengrocers, you saw them at the butchers, you saw them at the fishmongers, you saw them at...
- Leichhardt Electorate: Tourism Awards (1 speech)
My electorate must surely be the tourism capital of Queensland. We proved it at the Queensland Tourism Awards earlier this month, when businesses from Leichhardt took out nearly...
- Goods and Services Tax (1 speech)
I would like to remind the House who put this idea of an increase in the GST on the agenda: Mike Baird, Gladys Berejiklian, Joe Hockey, Andrew Robb, Dan Tehan, Scott Morrison. What do all these...
- Brisbane Electorate: Kingsford Smith Drive Upgrade (1 speech)
Today I rise to congratulate Lord Mayor Graham Quirk and the Brisbane City Council on their latest announcement on the Kingsford Smith Drive upgrade. Last week, the council announced Lend Lease...
- Goods and Services Tax (2 speeches)
On 4 July 2000 then Prime Minister John Howard told the Australian people 'our rate is 10 per cent and it's staying at 10 per cent.' But over recent months there has been a drumbeat of coalition...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Taxation (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister join with Labor and commit to increasing tobacco excise, which will make for a healthier Australia and raise $48 billion over the...
- Trade and Investment with Indonesia (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on new opportunities to expand trade and investment with Indonesia? How will this help strengthen Australia's...
- Taxation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Last night, Guardian Australia published a list of 1,500 companies that can keep their tax arrangements secret from Australians. The government continues to...
- Competition Policy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on efforts to modernise Australia's economy and increase economic growth and jobs through competition reform? How do...
- Goods and Services Tax (21 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. According to Australia's first rental affordability index, families in New South Wales on $500 a week have to spend 65 per cent of their income to rent a...
- Health Care (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, in 2012 the federal government agreed to a $325 million health funding boost for Tasmania to patch up the health system and put it on a more...
- Trade (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade and Investment. Will the minister update the House on the government's efforts to deepen trade and investment ties, especially commercial linkages, with...
- Goods and Services Tax (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. According to Australia's first rental affordability index, families in Queensland who are on $500 a week have to spend 54 per cent of their income to rent a...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister update the House on Australia's international security cooperation and how this supports efforts to counter terrorism at home...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Australian Political Exchange Council’s 10th Delegation from New Zealand. On behalf of the House I extend a very...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Goods and Services Tax (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Earlier this year the chief executive of the Housing Industry Association, Graham Wolfe said: Adding another five per cent, or more, on top of the price of a...
- Trade (16 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources. Will the minister update the House on the first international cargo flight which landed and departed from the new Brisbane West...
- Housing Affordability (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. According to the Housing Industry Association: An increase of 5 per cent in the GST on a typical house and land package in Sydney will increase the cost of a...
- Employment (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Western Sydney is Australia's third-largest economy. As one of our nation's fastest growing regions, over the next decade a million more people will call our...
- Foreign Investment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Did the Treasurer discuss the Foreign Investment Review Board application relating to S Kidman & Co with the minister for agriculture prior to making his...
- Environment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment. The Ash Wednesday bushfires in 1983 devastated parts of the Dandenong Ranges, including Cockatoo and Belgrave Heights. Sadly, 20 lives were...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon Mr Sachin Pilot, President of the Rajasthan state unit of the Indian Congress Party. On behalf of the House, I extend a very...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Foreign Investment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources. Has the minister had any discussions with potential domestic buyers of S Kidman & Co, and, if so, which buyers and when?
- Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Vocational Education and Skills. In my electorate of Calare a number of young people who have recently completed year 12 have asked me about opportunities for...
- Foreign Investment (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Why is the Treasurer unwilling to disclose to the House whether he discussed the Foreign Investment Review Board application relating to S Kidman & Co with...
- Petrie Electorate: Rail Infrastructure (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Territories, Local Government and Major Projects. Would the minister please update the House and the people of Petrie about the progress of the construction of...
- Parliament: Integrity (2 speeches)
My question is to the Special Minister of State. I refer to the minister's answer yesterday during question time, when he referred to a statement. That statement makes reference to 'allegations...
- Second Sydney Airport (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. Minister, I have received correspondence from some concerned residents in the Lower Blue...
- Parliament: Integrity (2 speeches)
My question is again to the Special Minister of State. I refer to the minister's answer yesterday in the House and to his answer just now. When asked the same question on 60 Minutes last year,...
- Climate Change (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Minister, many of my constituents have contacted me to ask what Australia's role will be at the upcoming climate change conference in Paris....
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 9 of 2015-16 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's Audit report No. 9 of 2015-16 entitled Test and evaluation of major Defence equipment acquisitions: Department of Defence. Ordered that the report be made a...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
A document is presented as listed in the schedule circulated to honourable members. Details of the document will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Questions in Writing (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, under standing order 105(b) I ask that you write to the Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development seeking reasons for the delay in answering a question in writing. The...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Taxation (23 speeches, 1 comment)
I have received letters from the honourable member for Watson and the honourable member for Fairfax proposing that definite matters of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Vaccination (1 speech)
In the last couple of weeks, I have had something of a baptism of fire as I have departed ever so slightly from the orthodoxy and recognised that we need to be prepared to talk about the costs...
- Parkes Electorate: Bourke Abattoir (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak and show my strong support for a proposal to build a state-of-the-art small-stock abattoir in the Bourke district in my electorate. This would be of great interest to...
- Melbourne Electorate: Public Housing (1 speech)
My electorate of Melbourne has more public housing than any other electorate in the country. Public housing is full of vibrant communities and great people who help to make Melbourne such a great...
- Domestic Violence (1 speech)
Tomorrow is White Ribbon Day—a national day of action urging each of us to stand up and speak out against family violence, and specifically violence by men against women and children. I...
- Lalor Electorate: Water (1 speech)
Under indulgence, I would like to thank the member for Corangamite for her moving speech. I join with her in our pride to be Victorian and to know that in our state the issues of family violence...
- Charity Golf Tournament, Rowing, Hockey (1 speech)
Kyogle is known for its community spirit, so when the 2015 Brown & Hurley golf tournament was played earlier this month it was no surprise that over 300 players came to support local...
- Arts (1 speech)
Two months ago I spoke about the funding changes former arts minister George Brandis introduced. Those changes took $104.7 million from the independent Australia Council. It put those funds into...
