House debates
Thursday, 1 June 2017
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements (0 speeches)
- State of Origin (3 speeches)
On indulgence, Mr Speaker, I am glad you took the sage advice as a Carlton Blues supporter to transfer your Blues allegiance to the New South Wales Blues last night. It was a great win for the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Publications Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the report of the Publications Committee. Copies of the report are being circulated to honourable members in the chamber. Report—by leave—agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Sri Lanka: Floods (1 speech)
I rise to record my distress and that of thousands of my constituents regarding the devastating mudslides and floods that are presently affecting large swathes of Sri Lanka. The worst affected is...
- Canning Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
This government is committed to infrastructure projects that will unlock growth in regional and rural Australia. The community of Austin Lakes in my electorate of Canning is a prime example of a...
- Western Australia Day (1 speech)
This coming Monday is Western Australia Day. WA Day is celebrated across my great state with a WA Day Festival. There are events on all around the astounding vastness of this state over the...
- Corangamite Elecorate: Regional Jobs and Investment Package (1 speech)
I have some great news on how the Turnbull government is working hard to create regional jobs. Our Geelong and Corangamite regional $20 million jobs and investment fund is now open for...
- Canberra: Coalition Government (1 speech)
Note to Senator Macdonald: get out of Parliament House and see the real Canberra. Come with me and see that families are juggling a mortgage, rent, a car loan and bills, just like everywhere else...
- Page Electorate: Woolgoolga Surf Life Saving Club (1 speech)
This Saturday night, 3 June, is going to be a great night at the Woolgoolga Surf Life Saving Club, as they have their annual presentations to acknowledge members' achievements. I would like to...
- Egypt: Coptic Christians (1 speech)
I join my Labor colleagues in condemning the targeting of Coptic Christians in an horrific attack last Friday in Egypt. Gunmen wearing fatigues and masks attacked three vehicles travelling in...
- Forrestfield-Airport Link (1 speech)
I think the member for Kingsford Smith for his speech recognising the Coptics. I rise today to continue, along with my good friend the member for Canning, to update the House on an infrastructure...
- Schools (1 speech)
I rise today to condemn this government's disingenuous policy for schools. I know, because of my time in schools, because of my time leading schools, that the inequity between our schools is...
- Global Security (2 speeches)
When it comes to reminders about how lucky we are in Australia we are rarely left wanting. The incident on Malaysia Airlines flight 128 last night was not terrorist related, but it tugs at the...
- Schools (1 speech)
I would like to say thank you to the constituents of my electorate who came to my office yesterday in Sutherland to talk about the Gonski school funding. I am very pleased to quote to them from...
- Hotham Electorate: Cambodian Community (1 speech)
I was very lucky to welcome a delegation of Cambodian community and religious leaders to parliament earlier this week. They represent some of the 3,000 or 4,000 Cambodian and Khmer speaking...
- Capricornia Electorate (1 speech)
On 19 and 20 May, I attended the first annual two-day canegrowers agricultural trade expo at Walkerston in the northern part of my electorate. Kingsley Theiber and his team at Wests Tigers...
- Timor-Leste Delegation (1 speech)
I would like to acknowledge a delegation from the Timor-Leste Integrated Crisis Management Centre who are in the chamber today. They are here in Canberra to visit our emergency management...
- National Boer War Memorial Association (1 speech)
It was my pleasure on Tuesday evening, along with my colleague and friend the member for Mitchell, to host members of the New South Wales Boer War Memorial Association in the parliament. I...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
Every question time this week we have had the government ministers come in here and talk about the magic mine that is going to create thousands of jobs. We have had one minister say it is going...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
People with disability are living more independent lives and engaging with their communities, and are either entering the workforce for the first time or returning to work. The NDIS, fully funded...
- Western Sydney City Deal (1 speech)
Last year, the Prime Minister announced a City Deal for Western Sydney in Redfern. Bravo! Forty kilometres away from the deep heart of the region! If it was not bad enough that they could not get...
- Gilmore Electorate: Business (2 speeches)
I just wanted to put a call out to my beautiful businesses in Gilmore. As from yesterday, if you need to grow your business there is an opportunity for you to do a dollar-for-dollar funding...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I welcome to the floor of the House today the Ambassador for Afghanistan, His Excellency Wahidullah Waissi. On behalf of the House, I extend a warm welcome to you. Honourable members: Hear, hear!
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Kabul: Attacks (3 speeches)
This latest shocking attack in central Kabul follows a fortnight where we have seen the evil scourge of Islamist terrorism continue to exact its murderous campaign against civilians around the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Taxation (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. New research by the ANU published in today's media reveals that, when the government's tax plan is compared to Labor's, the government's plan leaves twice as...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is also to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on measures the government takes to keep Australia safe and our transport system secure?
- Taxation (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Analysis in Fairfax newspapers shows that a couple renting, where one partner has left university and the other is still studying, have an effective marginal...
- Budget (6 speeches)
My question is also to the Prime Minister—a popular man. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the steps the government is taking to guarantee and fund vital services, such as...
- North Queensland: Infrastructure (5 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Deputy Prime Minister, you and former Treasurer Swan committed $6 million to moving forward the greatest nation building proposal in 50 years: Hell's...
- Schools (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House the right choices the government is making in delivering fair and needs-based funding for Australian students? Why does...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How is it fair that in this budget an early childhood teacher in Werribee, in my electorate, who is earning $60,000 a year gets a $300 tax increase while a...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. Will the minister please update the House on the economic benefits expected from the National Disability Insurance Scheme? How will the...
- Budget (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How is it fair that in this budget a flight attendant living in Parramatta in my electorate earning $60,000 a year gets a $300 tax increase, while a...
- Health Care (8 speeches)
My question is to the minister— Ms Bird interjecting —
- Taxation (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware that under his government real wages for high-paid executives are growing, but they get a tax cut, and that real wages for people...
- Decentralisation (9 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources. Will the Deputy Prime Minister outline to the House how the government is backing hardworking...
- Schools (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How is it fair that under the Prime Minister's $22 billion schools cut students at Our Lady of La Vang in Adelaide will lose half their funding? Does the...
- Citizenship (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister update the House on reforms the government has announced to strengthen the processes around obtaining...
- Paris Agreement (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to reports that President Trump is poised to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. Just before midnight last night, in response to those...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Schools (6 speeches)
Mr Speaker, if I may, on indulgence: because the honourable member for Port Adelaide is from South Australia, and the school the member for Sydney asked me about earlier was from South Australia,...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 54 of 2016-17 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's report No. 54 of 2016-17 entitled Performance audit—Corporate planning in the Australian public sector 2016-17: Across entities. Ordered that the report be...
- 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)
- (6 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Budget (40 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
Mr Deputy Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- University of Wollongong (1 speech)
Recently I had the opportunity of attending the official opening of the University of Wollongong's South Western Sydney campus in Liverpool. It was certainly a great honour to represent the...
- Mallee Electorate Events, Sport (5 speeches)
Last night, I had a cultural experience. As a Victorian who knows nothing about rugby league, I got to sit there and learn a little bit.
- Richmond Electorate: Coastal Development (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about an important issue in my electorate, particularly for those who live in our coastal villages. I wish to mention the alarming fact raised recently by Tweed Councillor...
- Capricornia: Infrastructure (1 speech)
We all know that in regional and remote Australia a good road network is vital for the safety of travellers and the efficiency of local industry to get goods and resources to market. A good road...
- Hinder, Mr Jayson (1 speech)
At the end of April, Canberra lost one of its great community activists, and briefly a parliamentarian in the ACT Legislative Assembly, Jayson Hinder. Jayson was a true son of Canberra. His...
- Schools (1 speech)
I am proud to represent in this parliament some 40 government and non-government schools. Since my election 18 months ago I have had the opportunity to see almost all of those schools and I have...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Roads (1 speech)
My two state Labor colleagues Jodi McKay and Julia Finn presented a petition to the New South Wales parliament with over 10,000 signatures. People signed up in large numbers in opposition to the...
- Coptic Christians (1 speech)
I want to record the Turnbull government's and all members' strong support for Coptic Christians who are in Australia and reflect on some of the incidents we have seen overseas, in Egypt, that...
- Coptic Christians, Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
Earlier this month, I presented a Barnabas Aid petition drawing attention to the genocide of Christians and other minorities. On 22 May, there was the senseless killing of 22 people at the Ariana...
- Page Electorate: Lawrence Hall, Page Electorate: Evans Head-Casino Surf Life Saving Club (1 speech)
This year, the Lawrence Hall is turning 125, and there are big plans afoot for this weekend. The hall has a wonderful history of which the executive—president Peter Kelsall, vice-president...
- Coptic Christians (1 speech)
I rise to welcome last night's announcement by the Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection that the government will be reviewing all previously rejected protection visa...
- Coptic Christians, Regional Jobs and Investment Package (1 speech)
I want to associate myself with the remarks of the member for Wills and congratulate him on the excellent work he has done. Certainly the Coptic Christian community in Egypt has been under siege....
- Cybersecurity (1 speech)
Last night I was with the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Cyber Security at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute launch of the report assessing the government's progress against...
- BlazeAid (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge a small army of volunteers who have appeared in my electorate, an organisation known around Australia as BlazeAid. They have marched into my electorate to help local...
- Adani Carmichael Coalmine (1 speech)
I would like to start with huge congratulations to the New South Wales Blues on a magnificent victory in the State of Origin last night. The State of Origin is, of course, one of Australian...
- Banks Electorate (2 speeches)
On 16 May I attended the Revesby Rovers football club committee meeting at Amour Park in Revesby. It is a fantastic club in my electorate with more than 300 players and a history that dates back...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Battle of Crete: 76th Anniversary (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on last weekend's events marking the 76th anniversary of the Battle of Crete and the Greek campaign in World War II. I had the honour of attending the wreath-laying ceremony...
- National Security (1 speech)
Today I rise to speak on community protection intervention orders. Sadly, in Australia every single day I hear from police and from the wider community that young people are being groomed and...
- Broadband (1 speech)
Today, I would like to tell you about the absurd situation that has recently arisen in my electorate of Bass, where I believe that we can claim both the best and the worst to offer with respect...
- Vivid Sydney (1 speech)
This time of year reminds us all why Sydney is Australia's premier city, as our streets come alive with the spectacle of Vivid Sydney, the world's largest festival of light and creativity. Vivid...
- Tasmania: Tourism (1 speech)
Tasmania is the tourism mecca of Australia. I note the previous speaker spoke of the Vivid festival in Sydney. Well, we have Mona and Mofo, so let's all share the largesse. Tasmania is the...
- Bennelong Electorate: Fundraisers (1 speech)
To the previous member, I share your love for Tasmania, and I holiday there at every opportunity. It is a great place to live and visit. This last week has been a very charitable one in my...
