House debates
Thursday, 25 February 2016
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That business intervening before government business order of the day No. 9 be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Turnbull Government (1 speech)
The great sage Yogi Berra once said, 'When you come to a fork in the road, take it.' He might have been anticipating the Abbott-Turnbull government's approach to economic leadership. In the...
- Gough, Dr William J (Bill) (1 speech, 1 comment)
I rise to advise the House of the passing of one of our nation's great legal minds. Dr William J Gough, known to all as Bill, will be a name familiar to any corporations law student as the...
- Turnbull Government (1 speech)
I understand that the Liberal Party are currently negotiating with the US rock singer Katy Perry to use her song Hot N Cold as their theme song for this year's election. You know the one, Deputy...
- Menzies Electorate: Community Groups (1 speech)
One of the privileges of a member of parliament is to participate in so many events in their electorate. Last week I was delighted to be welcomed by Brahmachari Gautam to the Chinmaya Mission...
- Indi Electorate: Telecommunications (1 speech)
It has been a summer of bushfires in north-east Victoria, and telecommunications is presenting as a major issue. The captain of the Carboor Rural Fire Brigade, MF Holmes, wrote to me in December...
- Paterson Electorate: Stronger Communities Program (1 speech)
In last year's budget the coalition government announced the Stronger Communities Program to fund small capital projects in local communities across the country, with each electorate having...
- Turnbull Government (1 speech)
When Malcolm Turnbull announced his leadership challenge, he said, 'Australia needs a style of leadership that respects the peoples' intelligence.' He said that he would 'explain these complex...
- Broadband (1 speech)
It is day of some excitement for the Dunkley electorate. Almost 12 years ago I stood in this chamber and outlined a vision for broadband availability in our community. This was long before NBN,...
- Turnbull Government (1 speech)
When the member for Warringah was unceremoniously dumped as Prime Minister, we got a new Prime Minister—one who was going to deliver new economic leadership. We were going to have a new...
- Veterans (1 speech)
I have previously spoken on the outstanding work of the Veterans' Centre Sydney Northern Beaches located at the Dee Why RSL Club in my electorate and I am delighted to do so again. On Monday last...
- Taxation (3 speeches)
I thought the member for Kingsford Smith was a bit kind to suggest that perhaps the Liberal Party was in negotiations with Katy Perry about her song 'you're hot, you're cold', because that is a...
- Defence Procurement (1 speech)
The release of the defence white paper today will shape the future of our defence industries and South Australia stands to benefit. The submarine force will be increased from six to 12...
- Turnbull Government (1 speech)
The member for Hindmarsh just talked about jobs in South Australia, yet he would not sign the pledge to build more naval vessels in South Australia when he was asked to. That shows the level of...
- Petrie Electorate: Moreton Bay Symphony Orchestra (1 speech)
The people of Petrie would agree with me when I say that you can never get enough good music. They say that music helps people relax, it motivates people and can lift your spirits and ease...
- Turnbull Government (1 speech)
It is six months since the Prime Minister stood 150 metres from this place in a press conference and promised Australia new politics, and condemned his predecessor because he said he could not...
- Australian Defence Force (1 speech)
I remind the honourable member to take his medication after that enthusiastic address! Today, the government released its defence white paper. It is an exciting time not only for me...
- Turnbull Government (3 speeches)
I point out for the member for Wright that the spending on defence was actually the same as what it was under Howard. So what you are actually saying is the Howard government was the worst on...
- Queensland Government (1 speech)
The Liberal-National government has committed a billion dollars to two major job-creating projects in North Queensland, an area that is desperate for jobs. The Mackay Ring Road and the...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
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I inform the House that the Treasurer will be away from question time today as he is attending the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Shanghai along with a series of...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister justified replacing the former Prime Minister because he had 'not been capable of providing the economic leadership that our nation...
- Defence White Paper (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House about the government's ongoing commitment to Australia's security, with more substantial investment in our nation's...
- Turnbull Government (15 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Three months ago, this very day, the Prime Minister said: 'My government is undertaking a significant reform agenda.' Given that we now know the Prime...
- Defence White Paper (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline to the House how this government's increased investment in Australia's defence industries will bring benefits right across...
- Taxation (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday, when speaking about Labor's negative gearing reforms, the Prime Minister claimed: They are proposing to remove … from the market for...
- Prime Minister (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. As Australia's third-oldest Prime Minister, if you are still Prime Minister after the election, will you serve a full term in parliament or will you retire...
- Defence White Paper (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister outline how the 2016 Defence white paper will contribute to Australia's security, including our regional and global stability?
- Taxation (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's claim that all investors would leave the property market under Labor's negative gearing reforms. What is the Prime Minister's...
- Defence White Paper (2 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science. Will the minister advise the House how the government's defence white paper will ensure that Australian manufacturers like...
- Taxation (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to his claim that all investors will leave the property market under Labor's negative gearing reforms. So why, when speaking about negative gearing,...
- Australian Defence Force (3 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources. Will the Deputy Prime Minister update the House on the vital role that the Australian Defence Force...
- Taxation (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister think that it is fair that under government policy surgeons get 100 times the tax benefits from negative gearing that hospital...
- Defence Procurement (2 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Minister for Defence Materiel. Will the minister advise the House how the government's defence white paper will invest in innovative...
- Federal Election (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Given the Prime Minister has taken tax reform off the table, will the Prime Minister rule out calling an election before delivering the budget?
- Defence White Paper (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Will the minister update the House on how the government's defence white paper will reinforce the vital role that the defence...
- Taxation (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Labor has ruled out retrospective changes to negative gearing. Will the Prime Minister now also rule out retrospective changes to negative gearing?
- Defence White Paper (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister please inform the House how the investment outlined in the defence white paper will contribute to border...
- Taxation (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, there are Australians who have invested under current taxation laws with regard to negative gearing who seek certainty. Labor's negative...
- Defence White Paper (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Minister for Defence Materiel. The Macquarie electorate has two important Defence facilities, one in Glenbrook in the Blue Mountains and...
- Taxation (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In question time today the Prime Minister said, 'Labor's policy is so inequitable.' But on Monday the Prime Minister described Labor's negative gearing...
- Australian Defence Force (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs representing the Minister for Defence. I represent Kokoda Barracks at Canungra. Canungra barracks is the world-leading army warfare training...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 23 of 2015-16 (1 speech)
(): I present the Auditor-General's Audit report No. 23 of 2015-16 entitled Managing compliance with fair trading obligations: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Ordered that the...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Education (22 speeches, 1 comment)
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 Government promising...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Approval of Work (1 speech)
I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, it is expedient to carry out the following proposed work, which was referred to the Parliamentary Standing...
- Public Works Committee; Reference (1 speech)
I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, the following proposed work be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works for...
- Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Reports, I present the report entitled Human rights scrutiny report: thirty-fifth report of the 44th Parliament. In accordance with...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Friends of Democratic Renewal (1 speech)
Today I want to give a shout out for the Parliamentary Friends of Democratic Renewal and the fabulous event that we have lined up for next Monday. We have coming to speak to a cross-section of...
- Calare Electorate: Forbes and Parkes (3 speeches)
I rise in the House this evening not to farewell Forbes and Parkes following the federal redistribution—because, in the normal course of events, for the next six months or more I will still...
- Tropical Cyclone Winston (1 speech)
My heart and thoughts are with the people of Fiji, and their friends and relatives in Australia who have been so worried about their welfare. On 14 February, the Fiji Metrological Service began...
- Taxation (1 speech)
I want to speak about something that is very important in my electorate and that is the security of the housing market. Housing is the most important asset held in my community, by far, and no...
- Animal Welfare (1 speech)
Cosmetic testing on animals might sound harmless enough. People might imagine someone in a lab coat applying lipstick to a pig; but in fact it is a bit less benign than that. The tests used to...
- Safe Schools Program (2 speeches)
I rise as a voice for the thousands of parents who have been shocked when they discovered how the ironically named Safe Schools program is indoctrinating their children. When those parents...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Rethink the Link, Human Rights: Western Australia (1 speech)
Rethink the Link is a grassroots collective of community groups from across the Fremantle electorate which is fighting the state and federal Liberal governments' imposition of the ill-conceived...
- Hume Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
As this government knows, one of the biggest drivers of jobs and growth is investment in infrastructure. In my electorate of Hume, there is a strong case in point. The federal government has...
- Holt Electorate: Community Spirit and Leadership Awards (1 speech)
On 14 December 2015, I was delighted to host the Holt Community Spirit and Leadership Awards and award 41 students from 39 schools. This was an event that was held at the Cranbourne Community...
- Macarthur Electorate: Campbelltown Public School (1 speech)
Today I would like to congratulate the staff, students and parents at Campbelltown Public School on its 140th anniversary. Campbelltown Public School is a fantastic school in my electorate, made...
- Franklin Electorate: Centrelink and Medicare (1 speech)
I want to start with a big congratulations to members of my community. Since earlier this year, the residents of the Kingborough and Huon Valley communities have been lobbying to overturn the...
- Broadband (1 speech)
Superfast broadband is coming to more than 88,000 homes and businesses in my electorate of Brisbane under an accelerated three-year rollout of the NBN. Across Australia, the NBN is powering ahead...
- Education Funding (1 speech)
Member for Brisbane, your problems will start the moment they turn the NBN on. It has been rolled out across the Shortland electorate, with a lot of houses being connected to the NBN. I have to...
- Cowper Electorate: Port Macquarie (1 speech)
The new electorate boundaries in New South Wales will be gazetted today. This means that Port Macquarie is officially part of Cowper for any election called from today onwards. I know there are a...
- Marriage (1 speech)
Last Sunday I joined my fellow Labor representatives Tanya Plibersek, Jo Haylen, Penny Sharpe and Linda Scott at Fair Day in Victoria Park. Like many years before, we took the opportunity to...
- Lyons Electorate: Norske Skog Boyer Mill (2 speeches)
I am looking forward very much to attending on Saturday a family fun day at the Norske Skog Boyer Mill to celebrate its 75th anniversary. The Norske Skog mill, as it is known today, has been a...
- Chifley Electorate: Bidwill Shopping Centre, Chifley Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
Today I want to speak up for frustrated Bidwill residents. For years, their shopping plaza stood empty, with one lonely food outlet left standing at the centre after it initially closed its...
- Page Electorate: Surf-Lifesaving, Grafton Jacaranda Festival (1 speech)
Every summer many people visit, and obviously many of our locals enjoy, the great beauty of the beaches on the North Coast. Every year our volunteer lifesavers save the lives of many people using...
- Throsby Electorate: National Broadband Network (2 speeches)
I want to bring to the attention of parliament the results of the Throsby broadband report, which has been informed by responses to over 1,000 surveys in my local electorate. It concludes that...
- Petrie Electorate: Small Business (1 speech)
The coalition government is a government for small business—very much so. Just last year we announced possibly the best small business package Australia has ever seen. You would be well...
- Tran Minh Nhat (1 speech)
Recently I spoke in this place about the treatment of human rights activist Tran Minh Nhat at the hands of the Vietnamese authorities. Last week I received an email from him, and I would like to...
- Solomon Electorate (1 speech)
I rise this morning to talk about the Council on the Ageing in the Northern Territory. COTA does great work advocating for a just, inclusive and equitable society for senior Territorians. That is...
- Griffith Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
I was honoured this January to present 26 locals with Griffith Australia Day awards at a ceremony held at the Queensland Cricket Club venue at the Gabba. The Griffith Australia Day awards,...
- Capricornia Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I am pleased to inform the House of progress that the coalition government and I have made in delivering serious and tangible infrastructure projects to my electorate of Capricornia. Such...
- Defence Procurement (1 speech)
In a few hours, if not in a couple of minutes, this government will release its defence white paper, which yesterday was touted in the media as being an extra $30 billion to be spent in defence...
- Taxation (2 speeches)
I rise on the issue of housing affordability. We do have a problem with housing affordability in this country, especially in our major cities. But a bigger problem than housing affordability...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That consideration of government business orders of the day Nos. 1 and 2, committee and delegation reports, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Joint Select Committee on Northern Australia; Report (2 speeches)
I would like to speak on the Scaling-Up: Inquiry into the Opportunities for Expanding Aquaculture in Northern Australia report of the Joint Select Committee on Northern Australia. I open with the...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Safe Schools Coalition Australia (1 speech)
On Tuesday this week the coalition had its party room meeting and, instead of spending the time—time that they so desperately need to spend—talking about the critical issues that...
- Capricornia Electorate: Cyclone Marcia (1 speech)
On Saturday, February 20, people in the Byfield, Yeppoon, Capricorn Coast and Rockhampton regions in my electorate of Capricornia paused to mark one year since Cyclone Marcia. The category 5...
- McEwen Electorate: Mobile Phone Services, McEwen Electorate: Whittlesea Cruise Night (1 speech)
Last Friday, the Premier of Victoria, Daniel Andrews, and Lisa Neville, the Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Water, joined the member for Macedon and me out at Lancefield to have...
- SydWest Multicultural Services (1 speech)
Last week, I had the opportunity to visit a wonderful organisation that is opening its doors on Henry Street, Penrith—that is, SydWest. SydWest does some brilliant work in the space of...
- Nuclear Power (1 speech)
Last year, 2015, was a year in which security concerns were a prominent part of the national discussion. Yet at the end of that year the government made a decision that received little attention,...
- Swan Electorate: Infrastructure Projects (1 speech)
It is always a pleasure to follow the member for Fremantle. I wish her all the best in the future, after her long and excellent service to the parliament of Australia. It is an exciting time to...
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
A number of constituents have met with me in recent weeks as part of the #LetThemStay campaign that has emerged in response to recent High Court proceedings regarding the fate of 267 asylum...
- Migrant Communities (1 speech)
It is good to have an opportunity to speak about something which has concerned me for a while—and that is the opportunities for members of migrant communities around the country. On...
- Local Government (1 speech)
The New South Wales Liberal government is forcing the amalgamation of councils in our community, which will see rates increase, services cut and our community worse off. The community that I...
- Mallee Electorate (1 speech)
One thing people ask me now that I am 2½ years into the job and coming up to a major performance review is: are you still loving it? Do you like the job? People do not always know what it is...
- Education Funding (1 speech)
Right now, there is a young boy in a country town somewhere who is working out who he is attracted to. I want to talk to him. There is a girl at a high school who wants to take her girlfriend to...
- Corangamite Electorate: Employment (3 speeches)
Before I speak about some wonderful opportunities in the Corangamite electorate around the job creation initiatives and policies that we are rolling out, I want to briefly reflect on the...
