House debates
Tuesday, 2 February 2016
- Parliamentary Representation (0 speeches)
- Members Sworn (1 speech)
I have received the return to the writ which I issued on 26 October 2015 for the election of a member to serve for the electoral division of North Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, to fill...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Prime Minister (13 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Maribyrnong from moving the following motion...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
I present a revised ministry list. TURNBULL MINISTRY 29 December 2015 Each box represents a portfolio. Cabinet Ministers are shown in bold type. As a general rule, there is one...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Procedure Committee; Government Response (2 speeches)
I present the government's response to the Procedure Committee's report on provisions for a more family-friendly chamber and I ask leave of the House to move a motion relating to an amendment to...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Privilege (1 speech)
On the last sitting day of 2015 the Manager of Opposition Business raised as a matter of privilege the statements in the House of the Special Minister of State in relation to matters concerning...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Standing Committee on Economics; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of Standing Committee on Economics I present the committee's report entitled Review of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority annual report 2014 (third report)together with...
- Standing Committee on Economics; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
I move: That the order of the day be referred to the Federation Chamber for debate. Question agreed to.
- Public Accounts and Audit Committee; Report (4 speeches)
On behalf of the Joint Committee on Public Accounts and Audit I am pleased to present the following reports: Report 452 Natural disaster recovery; Centrelink telephone services; and Safer Streets...
- Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
I move: That the order of the day be referred to the Federation Chamber for debate. Question agreed to. by leave—I present executive minutes on reports 447 and 448 of the Joint Committee on...
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- NATO Parliamentary Assembly: 61st Annual Session (1 speech)
I present the report of the Australian Parliamentary Delegation to the 61st Annual Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Stavanger, from 10 to 12 October 2015 and ask leave of the House to...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Prime Minister (1 speech)
The new Prime Minister had a biblical moment in the chamber this morning. No, the chamber did not recognise his divinity; instead, as parliament opened this morning, before the metaphorical...
- Lyons Electorate: Bushfires (1 speech)
Deputy Speaker, I wish you and everybody in this place a happy New Year. Also, I say a big thankyou to all the people who have contributed their time and energy to supporting communities that...
- Indi Electorate and Farrer Electorate: Child Care (1 speech)
Colleagues, I would like to bring to your attention an innovative childcare service that operates in my electorate of Indi and my neighbouring electorate of Farrer. It is a unique cross-border,...
- Swan Electorate: National Ice Action Strategy (1 speech)
Local sports clubs will be part of a grassroots campaign to educate the community about the effects of the drug ice as part of the federal government's National Ice Action Strategy. The Good...
- Prime Minister (1 speech)
This is a Prime Minister and a government that will say one thing and then do another. The fact is that they just cannot be trusted. The Prime Minister has backflipped on so many issues and...
- Herbert Electorate: Industry Skills Fund (1 speech)
I wish to take this opportunity to highlight the tremendously positive assistance to innovative businesses through Industry Skills Fund grants, especially in my electorate of Tangney. One such...
- Perth Electorate: Broadband (1 speech)
In December 2013 the Prime Minister said in this place: … we remain determined to ensure our NBN connects those Australians with the worst broadband in priority. This is still coalition...
- Herbert Electorate: Tenders for Townsville (1 speech)
Tenders for Townsville has a central aim: to give local people the best possible chance of getting a well-paid, sustainable job and career. Townsville is northern Australia's largest city. We...
- Prime Minister (1 speech)
I rise this afternoon to talk about our new Prime Minister and his penchant for saying one thing and, of course, then doing another. It is not a new thing. It began a long time ago. It certainly...
- Hughes Electorate: Moorebank Intermodal Terminal (1 speech)
Yesterday I attended a New South Wales state government Planning Assessment Commission hearing, at Bankstown Golf Club, into the Moorebank intermodal terminal. One thing that was very...
- Climate Change (3 speeches)
If ever there was an example of the Prime Minister saying one thing and doing another, it is in the area of climate change.
- Afghanistan (1 speech)
It is a true privilege for any Australian to spend some time with our serving personnel in the Middle East—something afforded to me and two of my colleagues, Ann Sudmalis and Andrew Broad....
- Prime Minister (1 speech)
We have a Prime Minister whose word cannot be trusted. Previously he said what he thought would make him popular, but now that he is Prime Minister and in a position to deliver on his statements...
- Capricornia Electorate: Bridges Renewal Program (1 speech)
For people living in remote Capricornia, access to good roads and bridges is important to ensure better road safety and more efficient transport of agricultural products and livestock to market....
- Prime Minister (1 speech)
We have a Prime Minister who says one thing and does another. Let us just take the issue of marriage equality. When he was the opposition leader, he was all for it. He advocated for it. In fact,...
- Chinese New Year (1 speech)
Gee it is nice to be back, ladies and gentlemen! Next week, across the electorate of Reid we will be celebrating Chinese New Year at numerous festivals, parades and celebrations. This year we...
- Prime Minister (1 speech)
In a power grab for the top job, Prime Minister Turnbull has traded-off his past convictions and beliefs for his own personal gain. The evidence is clear. The Prime Minister says one thing to...
- Toowoomba Second Range Crossing, Vanguard Laundry (1 speech)
It is such a shame on such a beautiful day, with a bright start to the year, to hear this continual negativity from those who sit opposite, so I am going to talk about a few positive things that...
- Prime Minister (1 speech)
After his five months in the job, Australians have had a pretty good opportunity to have a look at this Prime Minister. There is one thing they are surprised about: gone is the leather jacket of...
- Macquarie Electorate: West Portland Road Bridge Upgrade (2 speeches)
I was pleased to announce last month that the West Portland Road bridge at Sackville in the electorate of Macquarie was selected under round 2 of the Australian government's Bridges Renewal...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Minister for Foreign Affairs will be absent from parliament between 2 February and 4 February. She is in Europe attending the anti-Daesh coalition small-group ministerial meeting and the...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Deahm, Ms Margaret Joan (Maggie) (1 speech)
I inform the House of the death on Monday, 28 December 2015 of Margaret Joan 'Maggie' Deahm, a member of this House for the division of Macquarie from 1993 until 1996. As a mark of respect to the...
- Carlton, Hon. James Joseph (Jim),; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the order of the day be referred to the Federation Chamber for debate. Question
- Bannon, Dr John Charles, AO (3 speeches)
I rise on indulgence to acknowledge the passing of the former Premier of South Australia, Dr John Bannon, AO. John was born in Bendigo in 1943 and educated in Adelaide. In the 1970s, he held a...
- Carlton, Hon. James Joseph (Jim) (4 speeches)
Mr Speaker, on indulgence, if I may, I am sorry you did not see me stand when we were speaking to the condolences of my predecessor, Jim Carlton. I did wish to speak about my friend and...
- Bannon, Hon. John Charles; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That further statements by indulgence on the death of the Hon. John Bannon be permitted in the Federation Chamber. Question agreed to.
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Education Funding (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. At the last election voters saw coalition signs at polling booths that read: 'Liberals will match Labor's school funding dollar for dollar.' When will the...
- Economy (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the government's plan to grow the economy and generate new job opportunities for Australians? How does a strongly...
- Education Funding (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. At the last election voters saw coalition signs at polling booths that read: 'The Liberals will match Labor's school funding dollar for dollar.' So will the...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on his recent trip to the Middle East and the United States and explain how Australia's ongoing military and...
- Taxation (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister adopt Labor's policies on closing superannuation loopholes, tobacco excise, multinational taxation, scrapping the emissions reduction...
- Coalition Cabinet: Gender Equality (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Canadian Prime Minister is supporting a gender balanced cabinet because 'it is 2016'. Women received the vote in our country in 1902, yet there are still...
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer please update the House on how Australia is successfully transitioning from the mining investment boom to a more diversified economy? Is the...
- Budget (14 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister and refers to his claim a few moments ago that the $70 billion in savings identified and announced by Labor are 'modest and small'. Given the Prime Minister...
- National Innovation and Science Agenda (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science. Will the minister update the House on how the National Innovation and Science Agenda will give students and teachers the...
- Taxation (8 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Australian workers pay $176 billion in tax every year, but ATO data reveals one in four public and foreign companies earning over $100 million in Australia pay no...
- Trade (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade and Investment. Will the minister inform the House how the Japan-Australia free trade agreement is proving beneficial to our exporters? How do this and...
- Special Minister of State (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Documents were released today under FOI relating to the former Special Minister of State's involvement in the Ashby affair. On 2 December last year the Prime...
- Murray-Darling Basin Plan (2 speeches)
My constituency question is to the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources. Minister, how will our amendments to the Water Act 2007 help with the crisis my irrigators and food manufacturers...
- Special Minister of State (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister please tell the House which members of his executive have informed him or his office that they have been contacted by the Australian...
- Lindsay Electorate: Roads (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Territories, Local Government and Major Projects. I note that, for many years, infrastructure in Western Sydney has been neglected. It is under this government...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Independent Auditor, Presentation (1 speech)
In accordance with the Auditor-General Act 1997, I present a report by the Independent Auditor entitled Australian National Audit Office—Report by the Independent Auditor—Review of...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Reports Nos 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 of 2015-16 (34 speeches)
I present the Auditor-General's Audit reports for 2015-16 entitled audit report No. 13, Performance audit—Managing compliance with visa conditions: Department of Immigration and Border...
- 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.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Education Funding (15 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Adelaide proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The importance of properly...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker has received advice from the Chief Government Whip notifying the change in membership of certain committees.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Lalor Electorate: Centrelink (1 speech)
I rise tonight to highlight a great concern to many in the electorate of Lalor. Normally, January is a quiet period for our electorate offices—for most, I would assume, around the country....
- Vanuatu (1 speech)
I rise tonight to congratulate Vanuatu on their recent successful election on 22 January. The President of Vanuatu invited the Commonwealth Secretariat to send an observers group and I was...
- Gender Equality (1 speech)
Despite all the gains made in gender equality over the last hundred years in Australian society, the role of women is still not equal. When we consider the amount of wealth available to women at...
- Western Australia: Kimberley and Pilbara Regions (1 speech)
I am very pleased to rise in this chamber to speak about one of the things I am very passionate about, which is Western Australia's north. Despite not often being thought about at all by the...
- Australian Greens (1 speech)
Almost under the radar over the last few months, the Greens political party has been working very closely with the Liberals to prevent tax transparency for some high-wealth individuals. It worked...
- Diabetes (2 speeches)
In October last year I was approached to join the member for Moreton, Graham Perrett, as co-chair of the Parliamentary Friends of Diabetes, one of the oldest and most established friendship...
