House debates
Wednesday, 16 March 2016
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (1 speech)
The Speaker has received a message from the Senate informing the House that: (a) Senator O'Sullivan has been discharged from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, and Senator...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Geelong Waterfront Safe Harbour Project (1 speech)
Today the Geelong Advertiser reports that the state government is providing $4 million towards the Geelong waterfront safe harbour project. Our waterfront is going to be a source of recreation...
- Competition and Consumer Law, Paid Parental Leave (1 speech)
Something really special happened a few minutes ago. The coalition government has invested in entrepreneurship and the opportunity for our economy to support efficient businesses, big and small,...
- Indi Electorate: Youth Politics Camp (1 speech)
Colleagues, participatory democracy is alive and well in Indi. On Sunday, 6 March I was honoured to meet 22 of our future leaders at the Indi youth politics camp at Howmans Gap in Falls Creek....
- Edith Cowan University (1 speech)
Edith Cowan University celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, having opened on 1 January 1991. The university has packed a number of milestone achievements into a quarter of a century. The...
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1 speech)
Calling the Abbott-Turnbull government's cuts to the CSIRO's climate science division a restructure is like demolishing a house and calling it a renovation. The Abbott-Turnbull government's $111...
- Mallee Electorate (1 speech)
I have always said that the Australian parliament is the people's house. It does not belong to the politicians. We are mere stewards of the areas we represent. This week we have had five council...
- Turnbull Government (1 speech)
I have come back from a week in the electorate of Lalor. It is always good to be home for that week and it is always good to catch up with the residents and the voters and see what they are...
- McMillan Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
My friend the member for Gippsland and transport minister, Darren Chester, has a great saying, and it is so true. He says, 'For all their platitudes, their chest puffing and their moralising, the...
- Bradley, Mr Gerry (1 speech)
Today we have in the parliament the family of Gerry Bradley, one of the two young Irishman crushed by falling concrete panels on a building site in East Perth in November. Gerry had no experience...
- Fisher Electorate: National Volunteer Week (1 speech)
On 14 May, during Volunteer Week, I am going to hold a major celebration at Australia Zoo embracing what makes the Sunshine Coast great: the over 7,000 volunteers who represent more than 130...
- Broadband (1 speech)
Malcolm Turnbull has had basically one job for the last 2½ years, and that is to roll out the NBN. He has made an absolute mess of it. The NBN has now cost double what he promised Australia...
- Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (1 speech)
As I came from the transport sector before coming to this place, no-one should be surprised that I am standing to defend the rights of our subcontractors when it comes to the road safety...
- Tropical Cyclone Winston (1 speech)
Cyclone Winston was one of the most severe cyclones to ever hit Fiji and was one of the worst storms to ever make landfall in the Southern Hemisphere. Over the last few weeks, as the level of...
- Education Funding (1 speech)
The genesis, research, advocacy and ongoing support for the Safe Schools Program is run by La Trobe University's Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society. In fact, the Safe Schools...
- Education (1 speech)
I rise to talk about education and the power of education. I spent last week doing my SRC forums in the electorate where I spend half the day with primary school students and half the day with...
- Robertson Electorate: Australia's Got Talent (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate our latest young star from the Central Coast, Fletcher Pilon, a 14-year-old singer-songwriter from Wamberal in my electorate who, this week, won Australia's Got...
- Queensland Government (1 speech)
I rise to take the opportunity to talk about Queensland's amazing state government and the work that they are doing to promote the building of much needed infrastructure in Queensland. I was very...
- Truck Drivers (1 speech)
I rise in the House today to talk about a deal that Bill Shorten and the CFMEU have cooked up to make it more expensive to use owner-operator truck drivers and to put them out of business....
- Economy (2 speeches)
All over this country blue collar workers are in revolt against a government that has forgotten Tony's tradies. Last week the member for Sturt told Adelaide ABC, 'I saved Whyalla, quite frankly.'...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget, Taxation (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Last year, the government promised a tax green paper, a white paper, then the 2016 budget. Then it became a tax statement, then the budget. Yesterday it was,...
- Competition Policy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister, and it is a genuine delight to ask the Prime Minister: will he outline to this House the government policies that are boosting the economy and innovation, please?
- Taxation (2 speeches)
In January the Treasurer said that fixing bracket creep was one of his highest priorities, saying: … I'm quite passionate about it, because I think that's one of the things that is holding...
- Economy (3 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer advise the House of the importance of microeconomic reform to support economic growth and jobs in our transitioning economy? How is the...
- Taxation (8 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. The Treasurer said the government wanted to deliver 'large personal income tax cuts', 'significant personal income tax cuts', 'big income tax cuts', 'very big...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Just before I call the member for Melbourne, I would like to welcome to the gallery the Hon. Mary Wooldridge, the Leader of the Opposition in the upper house in the Victorian Parliament....
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. NASA has just said that February was the hottest month on record ever, smashing a century of global temperature records by a stunning margin—results...
- Small Business (6 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 how the government's implementation of an...
- Turnbull Government (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister promised new economic leadership. The government promised tax cuts. Isn't it true that all things that the government promised have gone...
- Small Business (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small Business and Assistant Treasurer. Will the minister update the House on what actions the government is taking to strengthen small businesses, including in...
- Taxation (16 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Last year the Prime Minister said: Bracket creep is seeing Australians on average earnings move into the second-highest tax bracket. That is not right....
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
On that note, it is my pleasure to inform the House that we have present this afternoon a parliamentary delegation from Cambodia led by the President of the National Assembly. On behalf of the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (3 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on how the government is supporting investment, economic growth and jobs in our transitioning economy by encouraging...
- Taxation (15 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, what is the government's tax policy?
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Turnbull Government (20 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That the House: (1)notes that: (a)when the Prime Minister deposed the Member for Warringah, he promised new economic leadership for Australia—
- 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)
- Economic Leadership (32 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for McMahon proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The government's failure...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, I present the committee's Seventy-ninth Annual Report (2015). Report made a parliamentary paper in accordance with standing...
- Human Rights Committee; Report (4 speeches)
On behalf of the Joint Committee on Human Rights I present the following reports: the Human Rights scrutiny report, Thirty-sixth report of the 44th Parliament, and an inquiry report, 2016 Review...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Employment: South Australia (6 speeches)
Over the last week and a half, and I suppose the last year, what we have seen is a government which is suffering from a blue-collar revolt. We have seen a government that has completely forgotten...
- Bowman Electorate: Workplace Relations (3 speeches)
I hate to correct my opponent, but you do not bleed through eyes at all—there is no such thing, like much of your argument. I would have loved to see you build anything in Defence while in...
- Ride-sharing Services (1 speech, 1 comment)
I rise tonight to again raise concerns on behalf of the Victorian Taxi and Hire Car Families Group about the operations of Uber in Australia. It has been disturbing to hear that a recent Senate...
- Capricornia Electorate: Water Infrastructure (1 speech)
I rise once again in the House to advocate for the raising of Rookwood and Eden Bann weirs near Rockhampton. Capricornia faces a major jobs crisis due to the coalmining downturn, tough times for...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
I rise to raise concerns about the government's failure to respond to worker exploitation in this country. As has been clear for some time now, there have been a growing number examples of...
- Groom Electorate: Investment (3 speeches)
I rise tonight to speak about a far more positive topic and the centre of the universe, which is my electorate of Groom, particularly Toowoomba and the Darling Downs, an area that I have grown...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- McEwen Electorate: Solar Towns Program (1 speech)
Today I rise on behalf of the communities of Sunbury and Macedon Ranges to voice their disappointment at the Turnbull government's broken promise on funding for rooftop solar energy. In the 2013...
- Giles, Mrs Joan (1 speech)
Recently I had the honour of taking flowers to Yeppoon resident Mrs Joan Giles. Joan turned 100 years old on 11 March. To mark her 100th birthday she received messages from the Prime Minister and...
- Charlton Electorate: Clean Up Australia Day (1 speech)
Thank you. I would like to inform the House of some great work that was done in my electorate of Charlton during the recent Clean Up Australia Day. True to the nature of these annual events, I...
- Cub Scouts 100th Anniversary (1 speech)
This is an exciting year for Cub Scouts as they celebrate their 100th birthday. The Scout Association was created by Lord Robert Baden-Powell in England in 1907 and the Boy Scouts Association...
- Indi Electorate: Arts (1 speech)
Colleagues, today I am delighted to talk to you about my electorate of Indi. Think Indi, think arts, think about our cultural economy. One of the most amazing things about my electorate is the...
- Lyons Electorate (1 speech)
It is unlikely that in Tasmania any time soon we will have a major naval base or an Army training facility of any substance. However, the way that Tasmania can be innovative and attract defence...
- Richmond Electorate: Coal Seam Gas (1 speech)
I rise to speak, yet again, in this place about my community's strong concerns about harmful coal seam gas mining in the northern New South Wales region. We know this is on the agenda again from...
- Substance Abuse and Mental Illness (1 speech)
The previous speaker should be reminded that there is a big difference between protesting and trespassing. There are very few people in Braddon and across Australia who have not been impacted in...
- Ovarian Cancer (1 speech)
Last Wednesday I held an Ovarian Cancer Morning Teal at Gwandalan Bowling Club. The morning tea was to raise awareness of the ovarian cancer, making those who attended aware of the...
- Armenian-Australian Community (2 speeches)
Several weeks ago the proud community of Armenian-Australians in my electorate of Bennelong commemorated the 28th anniversary of the Sumgait Pogroms. Steeped in the dark shadows of the genocide...
- Medicare (1 speech)
Access to quality, universal health care is vital for all Australians if they are to live a prosperous life. Universal health care, ultimately, is an economic issue. So that all Australians,...
- Infrastructure (1 speech)
The economic engine rooms of the coal industry in North and Central Queensland and the iron ore industry in the west, which carried this nation through the global financial crisis, have been...
- Gellibrand Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I rise today to welcome the imminent commencement of a further round of community consultations on the Western Distributor project, a $5.5 billion infrastructure investment being proposed by the...
- Lyne Electorate: Agricultural Shows (1 speech)
I would like to congratulate two vibrant country communities on their successful agricultural shows that I visited on Friday and Saturday last week. Gresford held its 84th annual agricultural...
- Kempler, Mrs Sonia (1 speech)
I want to speak about the extraordinary life of a dear family friend of ours, Sonia Kempler, a woman of valour, who recently passed in Melbourne. At age 9, she and her brother, who the family...
- Taxation (1 speech)
Today I raise the legitimate concerns of many of my constituents about the negative gearing policy of the Labor Party. The policy should be held up as an example of what not to do in public...
- Bendigo Foodshare (1 speech)
Bendigo Food Share has been running a campaign throughout the month of March. Their goal is to raise funds to cover their operational costs for the next 12 months. Bendigo Foodshare is...
- Road Safety (1 speech)
A review into the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal has been undertaken in accordance with the Road Safety Remuneration Act 2012 and is now being considered by the government. I want to make a...
- Hotham Electorate: Interpreter Services (1 speech)
One of the things I am most proud of, as the member for Hotham, is that I represent the most multicultural suburb in Australia. It is a place called Springvale in the south eastern part of...
- Hindmarsh Electorate: Clean Up Australia Day and Surf Life Saving Clubs (1 speech)
Clean Up Australia Day was held on 6 March, and I spent the day with a few community groups who rolled up their sleeves to dig in and clean up the mess left by littering members of our community....
- Disability Support Pension (1 speech)
I rise today to share with the House a story from my electorate. There is nothing quite like a week at home in the electorate to catch up with residents and to deepen our understanding of the...
- Page Electorate: World's Greatest Shave (1 speech)
Every day, 34 people receive the devastating news that they have leukaemia, lymphoma, or myeloma. This is obviously very traumatic for the people and the families involved, and many of them will...
- Fowler Electorate: Vietnamese Community (1 speech)
I am proud to represent the most multicultural electorate in the whole of Australia—the colour, the vibrancy, and the diversity make Fowler quite exciting. But I am also very proud of what...
- Solomon Electorate: Australian Rules Football (1 speech)
Last Sunday I attended the NTFL's 2015-16 Nichols Medal Award. It was a great evening to celebrate the achievements of all the clubs involved in the season and also to commend and honour some...
- Middle East (1 speech)
Last week, while I was back in Fremantle, constituents raised with me some troubling issues. Firstly, in December 2015 an Israeli military court sentenced an elected member of the Palestinian...
- Glover Prize (1 speech)
I was honoured to represent the federal Minister for the Arts, Senator Fifield, at the 2016 Glover Prize last week. That is because the Glover Prize makes an important contribution not only to...
- Automotive Industry (1 speech)
Australia needs a right to repair act. The federal Liberal government's failure to ensure that the Australian automotive after-market businesses have third-party access to software and vehicle...
- Petrie Electorate: Bracken Ridge (1 speech)
This year marks a special anniversary for the suburb of Bracken Ridge in my electorate of Petrie. It is 150 years since it was officially settled by Scottish farming families. Now, history as we...
- Corangamite Electorate: Telecommunications (1 speech)
I rise to speak about a particular constituent of mine, a woman by the name of Alison McArthur, who was recently involved in a very innovative project, the Holly Smart Home Project, which is a...
- Chifley Electorate: Blacktown, McGuinness, Mrs Moya (2 speeches)
Thank you. I rise to deliver some good news. Common sense has prevailed in our part of Western Sydney, having seen off one of the most bizarre propositions that had been put forward and has now...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Federation Chamber do now adjourn. Federation Chamber adjourned at 11:49
