House debates
Tuesday, 28 February 2017
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Centrelink (16 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That the House: (1) notes: (a) the Government has released highly confidential personal information of Centrelink customers to the media as part of a...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (1 speech)
Later today a parliamentary committee will release a report into the future of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act and we will wait for the government to respond. There should be no...
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
We who are elected to this place, our national parliament, spend an inordinate amount of time thinking, debating and legislating important matters of state, as we should. However, let us not...
- International Women's Day (1 speech)
This year it was my honour to host an International Women's Day event in partnership with the Melbourne Period Project building on the International Women's Day theme: 'Be bold for change'. At...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
I rise to support the coalition government's Increasing Choice in Home Care initiative, which gives elderly people the freedom to choose their home care provider. Many people as they age choose...
- Western Australia: Infrastructure (1 speech)
For a government polling as poorly as the Turnbull Liberal government to try to hold Western Australia's infrastructure funding to ransom is a bold move, to say the least. If members in this...
- La Trobe Electorate: Berwick and District Show (1 speech)
On the weekend the Berwick and District Agricultural and Horticultural Society hosted the Berwick show. I would like to thank the members of the society. They have a very strong tradition and...
- Western Australia: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Since the turn of the year, Western Australia has taken the mantle of bearing the highest unemployment in the country. The Barnett government can now add that milestone to its other achievements,...
- Crime (1 speech)
I rise to speak today about what I am doing to address crime and antisocial behaviour in the Pilbara. Last week I hosted a crime forum in Port Hedland, along with my colleagues the Liberal...
- Perth Freight Link (1 speech)
I rise to condemn the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport in relation to a matter affecting all Western Australians, one that can only be characterised as conduct of extraordinary delay and...
- Flinders, Mr Matthew (1 speech)
A new statue of Matthew Flinders has been unveiled in Port Lincoln. Flinders took three journeys to the Southern Ocean between 1791 and 1810 from his native England. He was only 28 when he...
- Western Australia: Roads (1 speech)
I rise today to express my continual disappointment by the failure of the Western Australian state and the federal coalition governments to secure funding for much-needed improvements to Wanneroo...
- Lockyer Valley Citizens of the Year (1 speech)
It is not every day that you get to see the sort of teamwork that we have seen from a very special couple from the Lockyer Valley. I speak of no other than Marjory and Lawrie Johansen. Marjory...
- Perth Freight Link (1 speech)
Yesterday, in Senate estimates we had the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development confirm something that we have long suspected in relation to the federally funded Perth Freight...
- Redman, Ms Heather (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Loganlea Community Association's outgoing centre coordinator Heather Redman for her hard work, dedication and passion to the Loganlea community....
- Perth Freight Link (1 speech)
When the current government announced the Perth Freight Link project in their 2014 budget, I was quite surprised. It was a project that no-one had ever heard of and for which there had been no...
- Bonner Electorate: Bonner Bright Stars Award (1 speech)
I rise in the House today to discuss the importance of encouraging the young people of today. There are so many great young people doing incredible things in the electorate of Bonner, so this...
- Dobell Electorate: Tacoma Public School (1 speech)
Great things are happening in the gardens of Tacoma Public School. Three days a week at lunchtime students can be found digging, planting, weeding, feeding, watering and harvesting a variety of...
- Bennelong Electorate: Bennelong Innovation Fair (1 speech)
You will have received an invitation yesterday for the Bennelong Innovation Fair, which I am hosting in the Great Hall on 27 March. This may be the first time you have heard of it, but it will...
- McMahon Electorate: Eastern Creek Incinerator (1 speech)
The New South Wales Liberal government is currently considering a proposal for a massive incinerator at Eastern Creek in my electorate. This proposal must be rejected. This will affect the people...
- Robertson Electorate: Coastal Cruisers (2 speeches)
I rise to bring to the attention of the House some inspirational members of our community on the Central Coast who are cycling for a great cause, the Tour de Rocks charity cycle. It is a...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (12 speeches)
Mr Speaker, my question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm his colleague the Liberal member for Gilmore was describing government policy when she said, 'It's a gift for our...
- Energy (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, my question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister please update the House on how the government is backing Australian households and businesses like Embrace Life, a small...
- Workplace Relations (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does government policy agree with the member for Chisholm, who told Kristina Keneally on Sky today that she would be telling her electorate the decision to...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on how the budget is supporting hardworking Australian families while bringing the budget back to balance. How does a strong...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The trade minister said today, about people impacted by the cuts to penalty rates, 'It's only those on the margins.' Why does this government think that a...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House we have present in the gallery this afternoon a parliamentary delegation from Norway, led by Ms Tone Skogen, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. On behalf of the House, I...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, I met recently with Darrel Gangell, who has now lost his part-pension and must live on just $26,000 a year from his superannuation. This is...
- Cattle Industry (5 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 how the government is ensuring the continued...
- Workplace Relations (15 speeches)
My question is under standing order 99. My question is to the member for Bowman as chair of the Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training. I refer to the committee's current...
- Energy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry. Will the minister outline to the House why the unreliable and expensive electricity is a threat to the success of the defence industry as well...
- Workplace Relations (7 speeches)
In question time a few moments ago, the Prime Minister said that he supported the penalty rates decision. He also said, 'We support the independent umpire whether it is the courts or—
- Crime (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister update the House on the action the government is taking to protect Brisbane families—and, indeed, all...
- Taxation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister explain to the House why, when company profits have increased by almost $26 billion to record levels, he wants to cut company tax and,...
- Tourism (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. Will the minister update the House on how growth in the tourism industry is supporting jobs for hardworking Australians? How...
- Workplace Relations (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Last financial year, Harvey Norman increased its profit by 30 per cent to over $348 million. If the Prime Minister gets his way, it will also receive a...
- Energy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Energy. Will the minister update the House on what the government is doing to ensure that hardworking Australian families have an affordable...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's answer to my question yesterday. Does the Prime Minister acknowledge that 77 per cent of pharmacy workers are women? Did the...
- Centrelink (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Human Services. Will the minister outline to the House the importance of compliance measures to ensure the integrity of the welfare system? Is the minister...
- Taxation (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. It is reported today that company profits have increased by record amounts. If the Prime Minister gets his way, these same companies will receive a generous...
- Infrastructure (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Urban Infrastructure. Will the minister update the House on the rollout of the government's $50 billion infrastructure investment plan? How is this record...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (25 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I seek to make a personal explanation.
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's Audit reports for 2016-2017 entitled Audit report No. 40, 2015-16 Major Projects report: Department of Defence, and Audit report No. 41, Performance...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Child Care (26 speeches)
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 failures of the...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Centrelink (2 speeches)
In accordance with standing order 133(b), I shall now proceed to put the question on the motion moved earlier today by the honourable member for Barton to suspend standing orders, on which a...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- WestConnex (1 speech)
I rise to express my dismay and anger about the New South Wales government's latest proposal to convert the former tram sheds next to the Leichhardt campus of Sydney Secondary College into an...
- Forde Electorate: Government Funding (1 speech)
It is a pleasure to rise today to speak about the great electorate of Forde and the exciting projects that have been delivered in the electorate over the past few years. I am very proud to say...
- Petition: Kangaroo Island (2 speeches)
Kangaroo Island is a wonderful community and a very special part of my electorate of Mayo. In South Australia it is a hotspot for both agriculture and tourism. However, Kangaroo Island is also...
- Bonner Electorate: Community Visitors Scheme (1 speech)
Tonight I would like to speak about two volunteer initiatives that are doing wonderful things for lonely and socially isolated individuals and aged-care residents in my Bonner electorate. These...
- Ovarian Cancer (1 speech)
One of the great privileges of being a member of parliament is meeting the extraordinary people who live in our communities. Last Thursday I was able to meet many extraordinary and generous...
- Fisher Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
The Bruce Highway, as it passes through the Sunshine Coast, carries around 60,000 vehicles every day. It is heavily congested in the peak-hour periods, and this volume of traffic has already led...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Arts (1 speech)
I am extremely disappointed to learn that the Australia Council for the Arts has quietly suffered another cut to its funding. This time the government has ripped $9.2 million out of Australia's...
- Bombing of Horn Island: 75th Anniversary (1 speech)
Australia has recently commemorated the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Darwin. However, there is another northern outpost that was also very heavily targeted yet barely rates a mention in...
- Hindmarsh Electorate: Keswick Creek and Brown Hill Creek Catchment (1 speech)
Today I rise to speak about an announcement that was made in my electorate only yesterday by the state Labor government. It was a very pleasing announcement of something that I have advocated for...
- North Queensland: Water and Energy (1 speech)
If there were two things that contribute the most to job creation in North Queensland, they would be water and energy. The Liberal-National government is committed to building water...
- Canberra Electorate: Broadband (3 speeches)
It is official: after 18 months of campaigning, after two petitions to the government and another underway, after numerous letters to the minister, after countless speeches in the parliament and...
- McPherson Electorate: Lions Clubs International (1 speech)
I would like to inform the House about an important event coming up in my electorate of McPherson and indeed all electorates around Australia. This Saturday, 4 March, marks 100 years of Lions...
- Dobell Electorate: Foodcare Service (1 speech)
Thank you to Chris, Damen, Peterese, Fred, Rachel, Sharon, Guy, Janet and the Coast Alive Christian Outreach Centre in Charmhaven for their outstanding contribution to our community on the...
- Tuberculosis (1 speech)
Australia is, in many ways, a sanctuary—an economic sanctuary, an environmental sanctuary and a sanctuary offering us protection from many of the events, illnesses and miseries in the wider...
- Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on the Turnbull government's continuing assault on pensioners and, specifically, its refusal to review deeming rates. In my electorate of Paterson pensioners are still...
- St George Men's Shed, St George Academy of Performing Arts, George Bass Trefoil Guild (2 speeches)
On 20 February I visited the St George Men's Shed in its new premises down at Carss Park. The shed is a really important group in our local community, providing the opportunity for...
- Chance, the Hon. Kimberley Maurice (1 speech)
I rise with a heavy heart to pay tribute to the Hon. Kimberley Maurice Chance—Kim Chance, as he was more commonly known—who tragically and unexpectedly passed away last week. Kim was...
- Capricornia Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
I am pleased to update the House on several key road projects which have received funding from the federal Liberal-National coalition. In the Capricorn Coast area, works are now complete on...
- Infrastructure (1 speech)
As is the case in most of the country, the Liberal-National coalition government in Western Australia likes to claim it is the party that supports people living in the regions and supports our...
- Legion of Honour (1 speech)
Today I rise to express my appreciation for a couple in the Cowper electorate who are building a stellar record of dedication and commitment to a very important cause. Barry and Von Gracey have...
- AFL Women's Competition (1 speech)
In this constituency statement I want to talk about one of the most exciting developments in my community in quite some time—the launch of the AFL women's competition and the early return...
- Groom Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Last week on behalf of the coalition government I attended the commencement of works for the Warrego Highway Toowoomba to Oakey duplication stage 2 project. This is a project that will improve...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
This is a government that is out of touch, out of ideas and out of options. It chooses to stand by and do nothing whilst penalty rates are cut and the pay of hardworking Australians is slashed....
- Flynn Electorate: Small Business (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about the opportunities and highlight some of the restrictive pressures on the small business sector and its ability to survive. Flynn is home to 14,124 small businesses in a...
- Brigid Awards (1 speech)
(—) (): I would like to congratulate Janice Currie-Henderson for a lifetime achievement award, which was presented at this year's Brigid Awards gala dinner in Sydney for the Irish...
- Kapeen, Aunty Bertha, Saban, Mr Riley, Bryant, Ms Mary (2 speeches)
I wish to inform the House of the passing of a Bundjalung elder over the weekend. Aunty Bertha Kapeen, a great community leader and advocate, was a remarkable woman. She was a mother of eight,...
- Governor General's Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (7 speeches)
When this address-in-reply contribution was interrupted some 2½ months ago I was in midstream talking about how the current Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, was being led by the nose by...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Tasmania: Small Business (1 speech)
The Labor Party understands how important jobs are to our society, to the lives of ordinary Australians. The Labor Party understands the important role small business plays in sustaining our...
- Murray Electorate: Decentralisation (1 speech)
It gives me great pleasure to rise in this place and contribute to the grievance debate. My contribution relates to decentralisation, regional development and population dispersal. In Australia...
- Economy (1 speech)
So many people in Australia at the moment are at breaking point, and it seems that this parliament just does not get it. The economy has been let off the leash. It is running rabid and it is...
- Turnbull Government (3 speeches)
I rise today in this grievance debate to discuss a matter which I believe is of pertinence to all Australians, not least the many residents in my electorate of Dunkley. When the coalition came...
- Western Sydney (1 speech)
I rise to speak about a number of serious issues facing Western Sydney at the moment as a result of an uncaring Liberal government at both state and federal levels. Western Sydney is home to two...
- Mackellar Electorate: Volunteers (2 speeches)
I would like to take the opportunity today to talk about the community that I am so proud to represent in this place. I have spent my whole life—being born, growing up, working my first job...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Federation Chamber do now adjourn. Question agreed to. Federation Chamber adjourned at 19:29
