House debates
Tuesday, 3 May 2016
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
Yesterday I spoke about the tragic plight of Behnam Satah on Manus Island, the young female African refugee who was raped on Nauru and flown to Port Moresby for a termination, and Omid, who died...
- North Sydney Electorate: HMAS Platypus (1 speech)
My electorate, like Sydney itself, is defined by its great harbour and waterways. At the turn of the 19th century, Henry Lawson described the residents of the lower north shore as the 'harbour...
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
I rise to note with great sadness the reports overnight that a 21-year-old female asylum seeker is in a critical condition following injuries sustained during a self-harming incident on Nauru. It...
- Economy (1 speech)
I have spent much of the last few months listening to people in my electorate of Robertson on the New South Wales Central Coast, hearing their concerns at places like train stations and shopping...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
Last month I had the privilege of visiting the Brotherhood of St Laurence Sambell Lodge residential aged-care facility in Clifton Hill. The residents are amongst some of our community's most...
- Road Infrastructure (1 speech)
I wish to briefly discuss an issue that is increasingly being raised by my constituents in Menzies—namely, the missing freeway link in north-eastern Melbourne. The traffic congestion in...
- Mobile Phone Services (1 speech)
Access to mobile phone coverage is a fundamental right for all Australians but particularly so in rural and regional Australia. Wherever you are in this country you should be able to use your...
- Budget (4 speeches)
I am very excited about tonight's budget. We have things that are going to address the challenges that Australians are going to face in the future. We want to make sure that people have the...
- Lincoln, Mr Mervyn (1 speech)
Merv Lincoln, born in the town of Leongatha in my electorate of McMillan on 22 November 1933, died this week. Merv was an Australian middle distance runner who won a silver medal at the 1958...
- Employment (1 speech)
Our Prime Minister likes to tell us that we live in the most exciting time to be an Australian, but on this side of the House and across the Australian community we ask this question: most...
- Budget (1 speech)
This budget and election will be underpinned by jobs and growth. Every decision we make in the national interest will be underpinned by jobs and growth. We are transitioning from the mining boom...
- Broadband (1 speech)
In a few hours' time the government will make a stack of new promises in the budget about what they will do if they are lucky enough to be re-elected at 2 July election. But millions of...
- Infrastructure (1 speech)
As I have told this chamber repeatedly, thousands upon thousands of mining jobs have been lost throughout Central and North Queensland. In order to pick up the slack, the Liberal-National...
- Budget (1 speech)
Canberrans have learnt that budget nights under coalition governments are to be dreaded. Tonight we fear we will once again be in the crosshairs. This government has shown unparalleled hostility...
- Calare Electorate: Black Spot Program (1 speech)
I rise in the House today to talk about the government's Black Spot Program. Calare's local government associations have been big winners under this program, receiving funding for 21 black spots....
- Perth Electorate: Infrastructure (3 speeches)
In tonight's budget, we will see almost $1.2 billion in precious federal infrastructure money allocated to the Perth Freight Link after the PM threw another $260 million at this ever more...
- Bennelong Electorate: Eastwood Chinese Senior Citizens Club (1 speech)
I am delighted to inform the House about a local organisation celebrating a big milestone later this year. The Eastwood Chinese Senior Citizens Club will be celebrating 25 years since its...
- Bendigo Electorate: Taxation (1 speech)
Someone should tell the government that what you announce prior to the budget is supposed to be good news, to get the Australian community excited about the budget! I can tell you right now there...
- Parkes Electorate: Rural and Regional Health Services (1 speech)
I rise to lend my support for a cancer centre for western New South Wales, located at Dubbo. There is a need for an integrated cancer centre, for both diagnosis and treatment, for the over...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Treasurer will be absent from question time today as he is undertaking final preparations for the budget. The Minister for Small Business and the Assistant Treasurer...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why is the Prime Minister choosing to give large multinationals and high-income earners a tax cut while he is cutting $5,000 a year from a typical family...
- Economy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the importance of the coalition's national economic plan for jobs and growth? Why is a responsible, fair and...
- Taxation (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, what is fair about giving very high income earners a tax cut in tonight's budget, with someone earning $300,000 receiving $2,600 in tax cuts...
- Defence Procurement (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs representing the Minister for Defence. Will the minister advise the House how the government's decision to construct the next generation of...
- Taxation (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Given that we now know that the Prime Minister's idea of tax reform is giving large multinationals and high-income earners a tax cut, isn't this just another...
- Cabinet Secretary (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Innovation will not put food on the table. Innovation will not provide hospital beds, schools or warmth to a family on a cold night. Innovation in the...
- Astronomy (4 speeches)
My question today is to the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science. Will the minister update the House on any recent discoveries of supermassive black holes, specifically by Australian...
- Taxation (7 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Tonight the Prime Minister will give his Point Piper neighbours, who earn more than $300,000, a tax cut of $2,600 a year. But in the electorate of Bass in...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House we have present in the gallery this afternoon Mr Stuart Henry, the former member for Hasluck. I welcome you back to the gallery. Honourable members: Hear, hear!
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Interest Rates (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. When the Reserve Bank cut interest rates in 2013 from 2.75 per cent to 2.5 per cent, the member for Warringah said it was because the Reserve Bank had...
- Budget (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services, and I hope he can hear. Will the minister update the House on how the government will ensure the sustainability of the welfare system and...
- Taxation, Infrastructure (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Should value capture to fund infrastructure apply to existing properties that have their value increased by the provision of new infrastructure?
- Carbon Pricing, Economy (2 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 what impact alternative climate change policies...
- Road and Rail Infrastructure (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to his previous answer and also to the call by the Property Council of Australia for clarification of his cities policy, and I ask: should value...
- Climate Change (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment. Will the minister outline how the government is tackling climate change without attacks on electricity? Are there any alternative plans for a...
- Taxation (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to his two previous answers in which he indicated that his model for value capture would apply to existing properties. Will he rule out increased...
- Carbon Pricing (4 speeches, 2 comments)
My question is to the Minister for Resources, Energy and Northern Australia. Will the minister update the House on the government's commitment to lower electricity prices to promote jobs and...
- Government Advertising (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to recent budget leaks which have confirmed the Prime Minister will splash taxpayers' cash for a massive election advertising campaign. Given that...
- Asylum Seekers (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister outline to the House how the coalition is delivering strong and consistent border protection policies? Are...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Taxation (6 speeches)
I discern from the member for Grayndler's questions that he was inquiring as to the government's intentions with respect to taxing land. I can assure the honourable member that the government has...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- 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.
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Human Rights Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present the following reports: the annual report 2013-14 and the Human rights scrutiny report: Thirty-eighth report of the 44th...
- Parliamentary Representation (0 speeches)
- Valedictory (5 speeches)
Mr Speaker, on indulgence, I thank you for the courtesy that you have provided to members of my family—my wife, Heather; my two daughters, Kirsty and Caitlin; Geoff and my grandchildren. I...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- National Broadband Network (23 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Blaxland proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The House was informed...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (1 speech)
I ask leave of the House to make a statement on behalf of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit concerning the draft budget estimates for the Australian National Audit Office and the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Budget Documents 2016-17; Presentation (1 speech)
For the information of honourable members, I present the following documents in connection with the budget for 2016-17. Budget strategy and outlook 2016-17 Budget measures 2016-17 Federal...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Investing in Regional Growth 2016-17 (1 speech)
I present the following ministerial statement: Investing in Regional Growth 2016-17. Details of the statement will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
