House debates
Thursday, 15 September 2016
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Australian Parliamentary Delegation to New Zealand (1 speech)
For the information of members, I present the report of the Australian Parliamentary Delegation to New Zealand from 5 to 8 April 2016. In February 2016 the Speaker of the New Zealand House of...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Pursuant to resolutions of the Senate of 6 September 1984 and the House of Representatives of 11 October 1984, I present reports on access to committee documents. I also present a schedule...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Governor-General's Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (4 speeches, 1 comment)
Before I call the honourable member for Mackellar, I remind the House that this is the honourable member's first speech and I ask the House to extend to him the usual courtesies.
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (1 speech)
I would like to start by reading some remarkable words: You were abandoned and betrayed by governments, churches and charities. ... as government ministers and bishops and chairmen of charity...
- Boothby Electorate: Floods (1 speech)
A number of areas in my electorate of Boothby suffered extensive flooding yesterday, particularly near my home in Mitcham. My thoughts are with residents dealing with the stress of the past day...
- Kingston Electorate: Floods (1 speech)
Today I also rise to recognise those in my electorate and right across Adelaide who have been affected by significant flooding in the last 24 hours. Today is not a day for politics but a time to...
- Roads (2 speeches)
This week's Leader NewsRACV hotspot traffic congestion survey indicates that six out of the 10 major areas of traffic congestion in Melbourne affect my electorate of Menzies either directly or...
- Operation Christmas Child (1 speech)
One of the great things about Australians is their generous nature, and we harness that generous nature in the Mallee by partnering with a group called Operation Christmas Child. Operation...
- Child Sexual Abuse (1 speech)
This is Stan's story. A couple of weeks after Brother Benton arrived at Christian Brothers orphanage in Victoria in 1953 he started raping 12-year-old Stan three times a week. That lasted more...
- Battle of Long Tan: 50th Anniversary (1 speech)
On the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan we gathered together as the Vietnam Veterans and Veterans Motorcycle Club Gippsland Chapter at Longwarry, supported by the Vietnam Veterans...
- Coal Seam Gas Mining (1 speech)
I rise to commend the Victorian government for their recent moves to ban fracking. The Andrews Labor government recently announced a permanent ban on the exploration and development of all...
- Marriage (1 speech)
Yesterday in the House we saw the introduction of the plebiscite same-sex marriage bill by no other than the Prime Minister. This is a potentially vexed issue. I call on colleagues to show the...
- Mid-Autumn Festival (1 speech)
Today many Australians of Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean heritage will be celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival with their families and friends. The Mid-Autumn Festival, or moon festival as it is...
- Queensland: Sugar Industry (1 speech)
We are midway through the sugar harvest in North Queensland and cane farmers are now planting without a contract. This is a highly risky exercise, because without a supply agreement with the...
- Bendigo Electorate: Chiko Roll (1 speech)
Like many in Bendigo, I was outraged to learn yesterday that the new member for Calare is claiming that his community is the home of the Chiko roll. If we do not have to contend with the member...
- Banks Electorate: De La Salle College (1 speech)
On 2 September I attended the De La Salle College, Revesby Heights, HSC showcase. It was a terrific night, and I just want to reflect on it a bit this afternoon. I was able to present...
- Nigel Love Bridge (1 speech)
On 2 August I was fortunate to be at Sydney Airport for the naming of a new bridge, linking the northern airport precinct with Qantas Drive, in honour of the founder of Sydney Airport, Nigel...
- Leichhardt Electorate: Awards (1 speech)
Communities in Leichhardt benefit immeasurably from the contribution of those who go above and beyond what is called for in their professional capacity. I would particularly like to recognise two...
- Turnbull Government (2 speeches)
Well, a year and a day after the Prime Minister took office, I am left with a single question: is this how you imagined it would be, Malcolm? In all those decades—
- Moore Electorate: Sacred Heart College (1 speech)
Sacred Heart College is celebrating its 50th anniversary. In the 1960s, when the area was undeveloped coastal land, the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions had a vision to educate the hearts and...
- Taxation (2 speeches)
Before the last election there was only one member for Banks, and he sits right there. But after the election there were at least 75 members for banks. They start there and they move right the...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
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I inform the House that the Minister for Foreign Affairs will be absent from question time today as she is travelling to the United States to represent Australia at the 2016 Our Ocean conference...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Child Sexual Abuse (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Today outside parliament the Care Leavers Australasia Network protested against the Turnbull government's failure to establish a national redress scheme for...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister advise the House of the government's commitment to deliver economic security for Australians, including through reforms to our...
- Turnbull Government (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Less than a week ago, the Prime Minister was asked, 'What would you say is your greatest achievement since being Prime Minister?' The Prime Minister...
- National Security (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the coalition government's continued strong approach to national security and border protection?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon Mr Harry Jenkins, a former Speaker of the House and former member for Scullin, who is here with Global Voices Australia. On...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Superannuation (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that in June the Prime Minister was asked about superannuation: Can you foresee any circumstance in which the policy as...
- Welfare Reform (3 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Pensioner couples received $33,000 in income. Electricity, insurance and rates in the North are now over $10,000 a year, whilst average accommodation charges are...
- Superannuation (24 speeches)
My question is also to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer please update the House on how Australia's current superannuation system can be made more flexible and more sustainable? What is this...
- Workplace Relations (4 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry representing the Minister for Employment. Will the minister inform the House of the steps the government is taking to support emergency...
- Superannuation (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services. Yesterday, was the minister aware that she was ridiculing a superannuation measure that the cabinet was set to adopt just hours...
- Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small Business. Will the minister inform the House of the findings of the inquiry into the effect of the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal's payments order on...
- Superannuation (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services. In question time yesterday, the minister said of the government's superannuation package: We announced it in the budget. We...
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Will the minister advise the House how the government is reforming the health system to enable Australians to access breakthrough medicines?
- Superannuation (2 speeches)
In question time yesterday, the Treasurer said of the government's superannuation package: 'We continue to pursue those measures because those measures are essential.' Given the government...
- Rural and Regional Services, RIRDC Rural Women's Award (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources. Will the minister update the House on how the government is recognising and acknowledging the success...
- Superannuation (9 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. The Treasurer and the Prime Minister have both claimed that budget repair is the Turnbull government's greatest moral challenge. So why is the Treasurer adopting...
- M1 Pacific Motorway (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Urban Infrastructure. During the election the Turnbull government announced a $215 million commitment to upgrading the M1 Pacific Motorway in Logan and the Gold...
- Health (7 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware that Gina Rinehart offered $175 million for a charitable cancer centre in Darwin but has withdrawn that offer in...
- Steel Industry (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science. The minister has been closely involved with the ongoing negotiations to ensure the future of the Arrium steelmaking plant in...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Days and Hours of Meeting (2 speeches)
Under standing order 103, I ask that you advise members of the House of what administrative arrangements have been put in place for 5 pm this afternoon.
- 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.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
I move: That leave of absence from the determination of this sitting until 23 October 2016 be given to the honourable Member for Melbourne, for parental leave purposes. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Turnbull Government (20 speeches, 3 comments)
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...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
On behalf of the Leader of the House, I move: That: (1) the House invite His Excellency Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore, to attend and address the House on Wednesday,...
- Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Trust (0 speeches)
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by leave—I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1948, Mr Entsch be appointed a trustee to serve on the Parliamentary Retiring...
- Governor-General's Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (1 speech)
I go on the record in this, my address-in-reply and congratulate you, Mr Deputy Speaker Coulton, on your elevation. I have had nothing but good dealings with you over the years. I somehow wish...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Cunningham Electorate (1 speech)
I want to take the opportunity in the adjournment debate today to boast a bit about my own electorate. I know that colleagues throughout this place often take the opportunity to talk about...
- Infrastructure (1 speech)
There are times in a nation's history when opportunity is heightened. For Australia one of those times is right now. Our current financial environment is ideal for exploring large-scale...
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
Today I rise to acknowledge 67 women who are no longer with us—67 women who died a tragic and violent death, victims of an epidemic of violence against women in Australia. As I did in the...
- National Security (1 speech)
It is time that we as a country had a straightforward conversation about national security. I accept that some people will go into apoplexy the minute anyone mentions one of their trigger words...
- Liberal Party (1 speech)
If Sir Robert Menzies were here today to see the way the modern Liberal Party treats Canberra, he would be appalled. They cut jobs. They cut services. They cut entire families out of Canberra and...
- First Speeches, Taxation (1 speech)
The first thing I would like to do is identify with the remarks of the member for Newcastle in this House this evening and her clear passion and commitment to ending family violence in this...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj (1 speech)
This Sunday I will be joining members of my community at the mandir in Rosehill to pay tribute to a great man, His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj, who passed away earlier this year. The people...
- Warringah Electorate (1 speech)
I am delighted to inform the Federation Chamber that there are lots of good things happening in Warringah right now. Planning is underway for the Brookvale Oval upgrade, thanks in part to the...
- Khalsa Aid (1 speech)
Recently I was invited by my good friend Guri Singh and other members of my local Sikh community to a fundraising event for the organisation Khalsa Aid where I had the opportunity to meet its...
- Dunkley Electorate: Economy (1 speech)
I am here today to talk about Dunkley and Dunkley's economic growth. Dunkley has the highest economic growth out of all federal electorates in Victoria, at 3.6 per cent, and also an unemployment...
- Holt Electorate: Oromo Community (1 speech)
I rise today on behalf of the Oromo community in Melbourne to again raise my concern about the actions of the state security forces in Ethiopia, with new and deeply concerning developments since...
- Bonner Electorate (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on what is in store for the Bonner community in the year ahead. All across Bonner I have listened to what locals want. I am committed to delivering to them what matters...
- WestConnex (1 speech)
An infrastructure disaster is developing in our community and it is called the WestConnex. What started out as a $10 billion motorway with plenty of promise has blown out to a $16.8 billion...
- Patterson, Ms Lakeisha (1 speech)
Earlier this week I had the pleasure of sharing with the House the feats of the Olympians in Fisher who represented Australia in Rio last month. Today, I would like to take this opportunity to...
- Lalor Electorate: WEstjustice (1 speech)
I rise this morning to commend to the House the work of the WEstjustice Western Community Legal Centre. This is an incredibly important organisation that does incredibly important work across the...
- Stronger Communities Program (2 speeches)
Trafalgar Park in Umina is undergoing a transformation that will reveal a snapshot of the Central Coast's history. Today I am pleased to announce that the Turnbull government is supporting this...
- Renewable Energy (1 speech)
I have spoken out strongly against the Turnbull government's plan to annihilate ARENA, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency. This was a very important issue in my electorate. I am delighted...
- Harness, Mr James 'Jim' (1 speech)
Mr Deputy Speaker Coulton, this is the first opportunity I have had to congratulate you on your election to your position, and I am sure it is one you will adorn with great grace—well done!...
- WestConnex (1 speech)
I rise today to express my ongoing concern about the lack of appropriate planning around the WestConnex project. This is having a considerable impact on people's lives as a result of the...
- Renewable Energy, Trade with China (1 speech)
Yesterday, we had some rather unprecedented comments made by the US ambassador, John Berry. He said: We have been surprised, quite frankly, at the extent of the involvement of the Chinese...
- O'Reilly, Mr Bill (1 speech)
I rise today to pay my respects to Bill O'Reilly, whose last campaign was the recent federal election we have all just been part of. I am joined by the member for Grayndler, who was Bill...
- Page Electorate: Sport, Page Electorate: Tucabia Public School (1 speech)
Last Sunday was the rugby league grand final. For the first time in almost 40 years, it was a local derby. The South Grafton Rebels lined up against the Grafton Ghosts. The match was held at...
- Wills Electorate: Glenroy Community Hub (1 speech)
A number of years ago, Moreland City Council purchased the former Glenroy Primary School site on Wheatsheaf Road in my electorate of Wills. While preliminary plans had commenced for a project...
- Discrimination (1 speech)
This week we have seen an issue dominate our national conversation that this parliament and our society must treat with utmost seriousness: that of discrimination. As someone who is not from a...
- Bullying (1 speech)
I rise to speak here in this place about bullying and, in particular, the impact that it has on young people and students across our constituencies. In my constituency of Ballarat, it is an issue...
- Capricornia Electorate: Australian Film Industry (2 speeches)
A new TV series currently in production in Australia is set to put Rockhampton and the Capricorn Coast on the map as a potential film location, leading to new economic opportunities. I am...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Moreton Electorate: Metro South Engineering Trade Skills Centre (1 speech)
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker Georganas. It is always good to speak before you, and welcome back to this wonderful place. Recently, I attended the official opening of the Metro South Engineering...
- Wright Electorate (1 speech)
It gives me great pleasure to stand and address the House in acknowledging the incredible contribution that led to my re-election. Before I do so, I would like to acknowledge the outstanding...
- Indi Electorate: Local Government (1 speech)
Mr Deputy Speaker Georganas, congratulations on your election win. It is lovely having you back here. It is often said that local government is the form of government that is closest to the...
- Whitsunday Islands (1 speech)
I am fortunate to have in my electorate what some would consider the finest tourist destination in the world—and that is, the Whitsundays. World-class attractions include the Great Barrier...
- Medicare (1 speech)
There has been a 40-year project in this country from the conservative side of politics to destroy what was first Medibank and then Medicare. Since the 2014 budget, the Liberals have put a whole...
- Banks Electorate: Community Organisations (1 speech)
I am very pleased to have the opportunity this afternoon to talk about a number of tremendous organisations in my local electorate that are doing great work in our community. Recently, I met with...
