House debates
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 11 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and a delegation of business and private member's business on Monday, 29 May 2017. The report will be...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Fiftieth Anniversary of the 1967 Referendum, Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Mabo Native Title Decision (1 speech)
This week has been a proud time for our nation, but it has also been a time for sombre reflection, where we celebrate the brave and tenacious fight of our first Nation people, and we reflect on...
- Brisbane Electorate: Mobile Offices (1 speech)
Almost every week a constituent runs up to me looking panicked and asks me, 'Is there an election coming up?' There is not, of course. They have just seen me holding my regular mobile offices....
- Molloy, Mr Shannon (1 speech)
The other week I got a chance to read a really powerful piece written by Shannon Molloy. He wrote it in February 2016. He wrote openly and courageously about his life as a teenager realising he...
- Monash, General Sir John (1 speech)
It is almost 100 years since General Monash's command of the new 3rd Australian Division in the Battle of Messines. I stand to add my voice to the chorus of those calling for promotion of one of...
- Business Armadale (1 speech)
Since 2009 Business Armadale has been helping local business owners reach their full potential by promoting a strong community spirit, providing training and support for local businesses and...
- Aspire to be Deadly (1 speech)
Today I want to congratulate Cairns Hockey Association's Aspire to be Deadly program, which has been selected as a finalist in the 2017 Queensland Reconciliation Awards. It is a wonderful...
- Running for Premature Babies (1 speech)
On Sunday I was again very proud to be part of the Running for Premature Babies team and complete the Sydney half marathon. After losing their firstborn triplets in 2007, Sophie Smith and her...
- Boothby Electorate: Innovation (1 speech)
Last week the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science visited my electorate of Boothby and saw firsthand the groundbreaking innovation that is happening in South Australia across...
- Batman Electorate: St Georges Road (1 speech)
A couple of months ago calls and emails began to flood into my office expressing concern and even anger at the proposed permanent closure of a number of median crossings along the very busy St...
- Murray Darling Medical School (1 speech, 1 comment)
I rise to provide the House with another update on the Murray Darling medical school. The concept behind the school is that it will train doctors in the bush for practice in the bush. At present,...
- Schools (1 speech)
A few moments ago this parliament was entertained by a shameful attack on the member for Cunningham by the member for Gilmore. The reason for this attack? The member for Cunningham was sticking...
- Moore Electorate: Spiers Centre (1 speech)
Last Friday I was pleased to attend the open day of the Spiers Centre in Heathridge as part of National Families Week. The new CEO, Gaelle Gouillou, and her team of staff and volunteers organised...
- Indi Electorate: Chiltern Heritage Town (1 speech)
Today I would like to acknowledge the work of the Indigo Shire Council and the development of the Chiltern 'Heritage Town, Bold Future' project. In particular, I would like to acknowledge the...
- Canning Electorate: Mandurah headspace (1 speech)
I rise to update the House on the success of the petition of the Peel Youth Medical Service, also known as PYMS, for a headspace facility in Mandurah. Headspace provides early intervention mental...
- Australian Electoral Commission: Darwin Office (1 speech)
As we heard this morning, this is a very significant week for Aboriginal Australians, for the NT's first nations peoples and for our entire nation. This Friday marks 20 years since the tabling of...
- Corangamite Electorate: Birregurra (1 speech)
I rise to raise concerns about plans by Powercor to disconnect power to the Birregurra township on Friday, 9 June, immediately prior to the long weekend. The notice of power supply outage was...
- Quarantine (1 speech)
In Senate estimates this morning we learnt more about the seriousness of the outbreak of white spot disease in the Australian prawn sector, a failing which is costing farmers tens if not hundreds...
- Page Electorate: Marist Brothers Rams (1 speech)
Sporting clubs play a major role off the field, and one such club is the Lismore Marist Brothers Rams. This weekend members of the Rams are providing their time and labour for a fundraiser for...
- Budget (1 speech)
In 2007 Prime Minister Rudd appointed me parliamentary secretary for disabilities. I thought I had seen unfairness in workplaces as a union rep, but nothing prepared me for this second-class deal...
- Organ and Tissue Donation (2 speeches)
Will there be anything left of me? That was the question I asked when I recently popped in to see a team from my local CUA. They were staffing an organ donor drive at Dolphins, the Redcliffe...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Schools (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Over the 10 years from 2018 to 2027, what is the difference in dollar terms between the Prime Minister's schools policy and the policy under the previous,...
- Manchester: Attacks (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the Manchester terrorist attack and what the government is doing to keep Australians safe, including in my...
- Education (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, on indulgence: every parent can imagine the horror that those parents are going through. Our thoughts are with them. My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister...
- Manchester: Attacks (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister update the House on what the government is doing to ensure the safety of Australians at home and abroad?
- Budget (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Is the Treasurer aware that the $1.2 billion figure he used in parliament yesterday in relation to the bank tax is completely misleading? The figure represents...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I am pleased to inform the House that we have present in the southern gallery this afternoon a group of young Indigenous leaders from all around Australia. They are visiting Canberra to...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Health Care (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, the Commonwealth must intervene in the Tasmanian health system. Waiting times are the longest of any state. For example, it is 946 days for...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House the right choices the government is making to guarantee essential services? And, Treasurer, how is the government acting...
- Budget (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I ask again: why did the Treasurer, in question time yesterday, use a figure of $1.2 billion, which represents only nine months of payments, compared with the...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. Will the minister update the House on how the government has devised a fair way to ensure the National Disability Insurance Scheme is fully...
- Budget (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. The big four banks have reported to the Australian Stock Exchange that they will pay $965 million over 12 months for the bank tax. Isn't it the case that this...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I would like to inform the House that we have present in the Speaker's gallery this afternoon a delegation from the Internal and Judicial Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress of...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Aged Care. Will the minister update the House on how the budget is providing greater support to older Australians? Is the minister aware of any alternative...
- Banking and Financial Services (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Treasurer, the big four banks' disclosures to the Australian Stock Exchange show a $2 billion black hole in the bank tax. Does the Treasurer have any reason to...
- Schools (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on how the government is providing real needs based funding that is consistent across all states and territories and...
- Budget (6 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Morgan Stanley has said that the bank tax may only raise $1 billion in its first full year, and Deutsche Bank has said that the bank tax is likely to fall short...
- Schools (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer please outline to the House the choice the government is making to deliver fair, needs based funding for all Australian schools, and will the...
- Budget (5 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Disclosures to the Australian stock exchange, statements by Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank, and the Treasurer's refusal to give straight answers to basic...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister update the House on action taken by the government to secure our borders and secure our nation? What...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Treasurer; Attempted Censure (9 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for McMahon from moving the following motion forthwith— That the House: (1) notes: (a)...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Inland Rail (14 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources.
- 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.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Unity of the Chamber (2 speeches)
There is some gravity attached to this issue, and I advised the Leader of the House that I wanted to raise it and the manner in which I wanted to raise it. Moments such as what we had in the...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Schools (24 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable the Deputy Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Productivity Commission; Presentation (1 speech)
I present the Australian government response to the Productivity Commission report: Inquiry into regulation of the Australian marine fisheries and aquaculture sectors, May 2017.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Blair Electorate: Ipswich (1 speech)
It is my pleasure today to rise and congratulate the Ipswich Show Society for their great work in hosting the 2017 Ipswich Show. Held this past weekend, the Ipswich Show is a three-day event...
- Durack Electorate (1 speech)
I have the pleasure tonight to discuss my experience of travelling through my electorate last week. I have the largest federal electorate in the southern hemisphere, and I do not need to tell...
- Rossi Boots (1 speech)
Tonight I want to talk about my boots—the boots I am currently wearing. They are a fine pair of boots. They are made right in the middle of my electorate of Hindmarsh. They employ local...
- Taxation (1 speech)
I must report to the House how pleased I am and how pleased my businesses are with the recent tax cuts that the government has legislated through and that will be flowing through to small and...
- Turnbull Government (1 speech)
Since my election on 2 July I have been inundated with emails, phone calls, Facebook messages and visits to my office about this government. They have been visiting me and they have been...
- Superyacht Industry (1 speech)
I call on this parliament to support me as I seek to raise support to make changes to the Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012 to exempt superyachts over 24 metres in...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- StoryBoard Bus (1 speech)
I rise to speak on an exciting local program aimed at assisting young people on the North Coast. The StoryBoard Bus is a travelling creative-writing program—in a bus, of course—that...
- Ryan Electorate: The Glenleighden School (2 speeches)
'Helping children speak … and find their voice' is the motto of The Glenleighden School, located in the leafy suburb of Fig Tree Pocket in my electorate of Ryan. This unique prep to year 12...
- Lalor Electorate: Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
Mr Deputy Speaker, I join you in welcoming the young people from Benalla high school to the Federation Chamber this morning. Welcome; I hope you enjoy your time with us. I rise today to address...
- Queensland Government (1 speech)
I rise today to lament the atrocious effort of the Queensland government in representing the good people of Central Queensland. Central Queenslanders like myself want investment in jobs, exports,...
- Young People (2 speeches)
As I rise in the House, I want to acknowledge the student leaders of Benalla P-12 who are here with us today. I say to Freya, Emily, Zach and Masie, 'Welcome.' Often young people are described as...
- Gardiner, Father Paul, SJ, OAM (1 speech)
I rise today to honour the life of a remarkable Australian, Father Paul Gardiner SJ, OAM, the postulator for the cause of Mary MacKillop. Father Paul Gardiner was born in Melbourne in 1924....
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy (1 speech)
I rise to bring to the attention of this chamber an important development, a new treatment, for people who are experiencing spinal muscular atrophy. The drug Spinraza has been developed and...
- Cashless Debit Card (1 speech)
There has been a lot of talk in my electorate about the cashless debit card. I am unashamedly a supporter of the card, as I think it would bring positive change to my community. It is no secret...
- Parramatta Female Factory (1 speech)
There is a wonderful group of buildings in Parramatta known as the Female Factory, not because it made women; in fact, it broke more women than it made. An early colonial governor, Governor...
- Manchester: Attacks (2 speeches)
Behind the horror headlines of 22 people dead in the latest terrorist incident, this time in Manchester, no doubt exist tragic human stories. Here we had the concert of a pop star, Ariana Grande,...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2017-2018; Second Reading (30 speeches)
The Australian people like what they see in this year's budget. Whether it is lowering the deficit to $29.4 billion next year and returning it to a surplus of $7.4 billion in 2021 or restraining...
