House debates
Wednesday, 24 February 2016
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 40 of the Selection Committee, relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on Monday, 29 February 2016. The report will...
- Membership (1 speech)
I have received three messages from the Senate informing the House of the appointment of senators to certain joint committees. As the list of appointments is a lengthy one, I do not propose to...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works I present report No. 2 of 2016 of the committee, relating to the referral made in September 2015. In accordance with standing...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Indi Electorate: Murray Rowing Association (1 speech)
I would also like to acknowledge and say welcome to the students from St Augustine's Primary School in Wodonga who are in the gallery today. It is lovely to have you here. In my presentation...
- Gilmore Electorate: Local Councils (3 speeches)
We are lucky in Gilmore. We have three local councils working very hard for their residents. So, as their federal member, I cannot sit back and not comment on the proposed amalgamations for our...
- Turnbull Government (1 speech)
Another day, another tax shambles from the Abbott-Turnbull government. Yesterday, members were treated to one of the most spectacular ventriloquist acts you will ever see. The member for...
- Deakin Electorate: Kevin Pratt Pavilion (1 speech)
On a much brighter note, last week, I was thrilled to join with the Norwood Sporting Club, Ringwood U3A and community members to officially opening the Kevin Pratt Pavilion at Mullum Mullum...
- Parramatta Electorate: Sporting Achievements (1 speech)
Congratulations Ellie Carpenter, Western Sydney Wanderers W-League team central defender on her win as this year's Parramatta Advertiser Junior Sports Star. She won the award over a talented...
- Forde Electorate: Mental Health (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the team at headspace Meadowbrook on their first year of operation. I visited headspace, recently, to share their first birthday celebration...
- Taxation (1 speech)
On budget night, without any warning or consultation, the government introduced a new backpackers tax. It was a cash grab which has been condemned by the agriculture sector and its leadership,...
- Solomon Electorate: Multicultural Events (1 speech)
I rise to talk about two recent multicultural celebrations in my community that I attended last week. It was an absolute honour to attend both the Sri Lanka Australia Friendship Association's...
- Tropical Cyclone Winston (1 speech)
On behalf of the opposition, I express deep condolences for the 29 lives lost as a result of the devastating Tropical Cyclone Winston, which struck Fiji on Saturday. Winds of 330 kilometres per...
- Barton Electorate: CanRevive (1 speech)
I recently attended the CanRevive Chinese New Year event to celebrate the Year of the Monkey and to acknowledge the dedicated work CanRevive makes to my electorate. CanRevive is a specialised...
- National Library of Australia (1 speech)
This week staff at the National Library in my electorate of Canberra were faced with the grim reality of looming job cuts. Twenty-two jobs out of a total 415 full-time positions will be...
- Education Funding (1 speech)
Allowing children to grow and thrive socially and academically in a safe school environment is a fundamental requirement of every school in this country. We all want safer schools. Yet the...
- Newcastle Electorate: National Breastfeeding Helpline (1 speech)
An incredible team of more than 400 breastfeeding volunteer counsellors staff the National Breastfeeding Helpline 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Trained counsellors operate on a roster,...
- Robertson Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
I rise in relation to an accident-prone black spot on the corner of the busy Woy Woy Road and Langford Drive in Kariong that has been the scene of at least 16 accidents in recent years. It is...
- Indigenous Affairs (1 speech)
The member for Tangney tells us he was driven around Broome by the local chamber of commerce, peering out the car window at some appalling conditions and asking his white host why Indigenous...
- Member for Wide Bay (1 speech)
It is with some emotion that I rise to pay tribute to our former National Party leader and former Deputy Prime Minister, the member for Wide Bay, Warren Truss. A lot has been said already about...
- Glouftsis, Ms Eleni (1 speech)
Some time ago in Adelaide I had the great privilege of meeting with a young local resident by the name of Eleni Glouftsis. Eleni was being awarded a Young Citizen of the Year Award by one of our...
- O'Connor Electorate: Health Services (1 speech)
I rise today to announce a much-appreciated funding boost from the federal government to enhance mental health services in a town in the northern goldfields of O'Connor. Leonora has been in the...
- Shipping (6 speeches)
In the history of our federation there has never been an Australian government so determined to fly fewer Australian flags. For the last two years this government has been working as hard as it...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Taxation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer. Does the Assistant Treasurer stand by her remarks this morning, and I quote, about Labor's negative gearing reforms: They have got a policy that is...
- Economy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the government's plans to drive innovation right across the economy? How will this help to secure Australia's...
- Taxation (9 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer. In a train wreck of an interview this morning the Assistant Treasurer said the government had no plans to change 'capital gains tax arrangements with...
- Tropical Cyclone Winston (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister please update the House on the government's response to Cyclone Winston in the Pacific?
- Taxation (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. This morning when speaking about Labor's negative gearing reforms, the Prime Minister predicted a decline in housing prices. But earlier this morning, when...
- Infrastructure: Water (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources. The government has announced funding of $25 million for water feasibility. This now brings to over $140 million the expenditure...
- Housing Affordability (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline to the House why housing values are the bedrock of certainty and security for Australian families?
- Taxation (17 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister, and I refer to his earlier answers. Is it now the Prime Minister's position that, under Labor's reforms to negative gearing, housing prices will go up,...
- Election of Senators (15 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer, representing the Special Minister of State. Will the Treasurer inform the House what support the government has received for its Senate voting reforms?
- Economy (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In this morning's interview, when asked about the government's tax debacle the Assistant Treasurer replied, 'There hasn't been confusion.' And in the very...
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources. Will the Deputy Prime Minister update the House on the government's commitment to boost the...
- Taxation (29 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Prime Minister. After watching the Prime Minister's scare campaign on Labor's negative gearing reforms, the Guardian's Lenore Taylor has written: The only problem for the...
- Broadband (10 speeches)
My constituency question is to the Minister for Major Projects, Territories and Local Government. Will the minister update the House on the NBN rollout in Brisbane and explain the exciting...
- Taxation (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday the Prime Minister expected Australians to forget that his comments on capital gains tax referred to no increase whatsoever. Now, today, the Prime...
- Infrastructure Funding (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Will the minister update the House on the importance of the government's $50 billion infrastructure investment program to regional...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Commonwealth Ombudsman; Presentation (2 speeches)
I present the report for 2014-15 on the Commonwealth Ombudsman's Activities under part V of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979. I call the Leader of the House.
- Presentation (1 speech)
Documents are tabled in accordance with the list circulated to honourable members earlier today. Full details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Turnbull Government (46 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable Deputy Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The failure of...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- McEwen Electorate: General Practice (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to talk about doctor shortages in the electorate of McEwen and the ineffective way that the District of Workforce Shortage and Area of Need frameworks are currently being applied....
- Gilmore Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Since 2013 I have had the honour of holding a contract of service and advocacy with the people of Gilmore. This is an extraordinary electorate, and has some of the most incredible people. From...
- Liquor Licensing (1 speech)
What a remarkable juxtaposition we saw this weekend in the nation's two most populous cities. In Melbourne, the nation's cultural capital, the Victorian government supported White Night, which...
- Jones, Councillor Steve, AM (1 speech)
I rise to regretfully advise the House of the tragic and sudden passing of a mayor whose shire is completely engulfed within my electorate of Wright. I speak of the tragic and sudden passing of...
- Australian Labor Party (1 speech)
I would like to thank the member for Wright for that fine contribution and associate myself with the grief that Lockyer Valley must be feeling on the loss of a fine son and a servant. It reminds...
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
I would like to speak tonight about a very important issue in my electorate and, indeed, right around Australia, and that is the issue of aged care—particularly dementia care. Over the...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Tropical Cyclone Winston (1 speech)
This past week, Tropical Cyclone Winston hit Fiji and became the strongest storm on record in the Southern Hemisphere. The storm has destroyed homes and crops and disrupted utilities,...
- Braddon Electorate: Ku-ring-gai Art Society (1 speech)
I rise to speak today about the Ku-ring-gai Art Society and, in particular, its retiring president, Mr Malcolm Carver. The Ku-ring-gai Art Society was founded in 1965 and I was delighted to...
- Calwell Electorate: Penola Catholic College (1 speech)
Last Friday, I attended a very special event at Penola Catholic College, a fine secondary school in my electorate which is built on the site of the former St. Joseph's baby home, a place where...
- Industry Skills Fund (1 speech)
As the Australian and South Australian economy transition, it is vital the government supports companies, where possible, to help jobs and economic growth. In recent months a number of local...
- Tasmania: Bus Service (1 speech)
Early this year the Tasmanian government-owned bus service Metro made a number of changes to its routes and schedules. Now there is, of course, a need to review and improve bus routes and...
- National Broadband Network (1 speech)
Today I rise to speak about a letter to the editor in The Maitland Mercury this morning from the member for Hunter about the NBN rollout. I would like to raise two quotes by the member for...
- Brudenall, Mr John (1 speech)
On 27 January, John Brudenall passed away, aged 77. John was the Deputy Parliamentary Librarian, having served in the Parliamentary Library from 1966 to 1996. Margaret Reid described him as 'the...
- Calare Electorate: Stronger Communities Program (1 speech)
I rise to talk about the wonderful community groups in my electorate of Calare that are benefiting from the coalition's Stronger Communities Program. The program was an election commitment by us...
- Richmond Electorate: Kingscliff Foreshore Project (1 speech)
I am always fighting to get our fair share from Canberra, and I am very proud to deliver federal funding to my electorate. To date, this has included more than $2 billion for local roads,...
- Lyne Electorate: National Broadband Network (1 speech)
I would like to report to the House on the significant infrastructure rollout taking place in the Lyne electorate, thanks to policies in investment by the coalition government. Last week, I was...
- Australian Breastfeeding Association (3 speeches)
I rise today to put on the record the importance of the vital work that the Australian Breastfeeding Association do and to call on the government to end the madness around the uncertainty of...
- Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program (1 speech)
I am delighted that three organisations in my electorate of Solomon have been successful under the Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants program. The National Servicemen's Association of...
- Kingston Electorate: Broadband (1 speech)
It pains me to have to rise again to speak about the failure of this government's NBN rollout in the southern suburbs of Adelaide. If Labor were still in government, over 20,000 homes and...
- Page Electorate: Woolgoolga Garden Club, Page Electorate: Woolgoolga and District Retirement Village (1 speech)
The Woolgoolga Garden Club is a strong community club with more than 100 members. Members range from 40 years of age to the oldest member, Jacki Ganderton, who turned 100 last week. Happy...
- Charlton Electorate: Education (1 speech)
Thursday, 28 January will be recorded as the day that Bill Shorten and Labor committed to the most significant improvement in school education for two generations—a very proud day for all...
- Penrith Panthers (3 speeches)
Today I am planning to upset both the Prime Minister and the Treasurer, but they say that all is fair in love and war. I am sure this year of 2016 is going to be 'the Year of the Panther'. I...
- Werribee Irrigation District (1 speech)
I rise again in this place today to speak about water, water infrastructure and the Werribee Irrigation District. Last October I raised this issue for the first time, calling on the Minister for...
- Electorate of Dobell: Senior Citizens (1 speech)
Ageing in our population is something that we can all be proud of because, amongst other things, it points to the successes of increasing life expectancy. Over the past weeks, I have had the...
- Tropical Cyclone Winston (2 speeches)
Last Saturday, 20 February, Cyclone Winston hit Fiji. It was a category 5 tropical cyclone. The reports that you will see in the papers today are of 29 deaths. More than 8,000 people have been...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Halverson, Hon. Robert George (Bob), OBE (6 speeches)
It is always a difficulty to speak on condolence motions in relation to people you have known and served with in the parliament, and Bob Halverson was a friend—as you will probably gather...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Closing the Gap (1 speech)
I begin by acknowledging the Ngambri and Ngunnawal people, the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and of my electorate of Canberra. I pay my respects to their elders, past and...
- Committees (0 speeches)
