House debates
Tuesday, 13 June 2017
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Orders of the Day (1 speech)
I declare that Federation Chamber order of the day No. 4, government business, relating to the Criminal Code Amendment (Protecting Minors Online) Bill 2017, is returned to the House for further...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (22 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the government business order of the day relating to a Bill for an Act to amend the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Chapman, Ms Dixie (1 speech)
Yesterday was the Australian Football League's Big Freeze day, which raises funding and awareness for research into motor neurone disease. Yesterday, I also attended the funeral of a family...
- Scott, Mr Bruce, Toohey, Mr John (1 speech)
Yesterday, two deserving Maranoa residents were awarded the prestigious Medal of the Order of Australia. I would like to take this opportunity today to congratulate and thank them for their years...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
The clock is ticking down until 700,000 of our lowest paid workers have their penalty rates cut. It was a decision made by Fair Work. Fair Work decided to cut the Sunday and public holiday...
- Edwards, Mr Roger (1 speech)
Recently we lost one of the South West's great characters and wonderful people in Roger Edwards. In 1941 Roger was drafted into the Australian 10th Light Horse Regiment. Servicemen were asked to...
- Broadband (1 speech)
I rise today to condemn this government for its appalling rollout of the NBN across this nation and, more specifically, in the electorate of Lalor. This government has taken what should have been...
- Groom Electorate: Community Spaces (1 speech)
In Toowoomba last week I opened a new community hub and meeting space established by Credit Union Australia in the Walton Stores precinct. As an Australian first, CUA co-designed this space with...
- Rigney, Dr Alice (1 speech)
I rise today to pay my respect and homage to Dr Alice (Alitya) Rigney. I had the great honour last week of going to Adelaide and speaking in Alice's memorial state service. I also want to pay...
- Schools (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the students at Mount Tarcoola Primary School, who under this government's new education reforms will stand to gain an extra $3 million by the year 2027. We have heard a lot...
- Parliamentary Education Office (1 speech)
I love seeing the kids come in here and watch what is going on in parliament, but unfortunately a lot of schools in the Northern Territory cannot get down here. But last week it was great, with...
- Flynn Electorate: Rolleston Wings, Wheels, Rugby Day (1 speech)
Last week I attended the inaugural fund-raising event at Rolleston: Wings, Wheels, Rugby. Proceeds from the day are being donated to the Royal Flying Doctor Service and the Rolleston Medical...
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (1 speech)
For the last couple of months at least, the Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee has been holding an inquiry into the relocation of the Australian Pesticides and...
- Queensland Government (1 speech)
A lot of people say that politics is all about managing expectations. When the Premier of Queensland, Annastacia Palaszczuk, was elected, the expectations were very low. In fact, the Queensland...
- Endometriosis (1 speech)
I recently had the great honour of becoming an endometriosis ambassador—I made the pledge just recently. One in 10 women in the world suffer from endometriosis. One in 10 women largely...
- Wide Bay Electorate: Road Safety (1 speech)
After the spate of horror fatalities on the Bruce Highway between Gympie and Maryborough, headlines from my local newspapers The Gympie Times and Fraser Coast Chronicle have called out:...
- Wills Electorate: Relay for Life (1 speech)
I am pleased to inform the House that the Cancer Council's Relay for Life in my electorate of Wills in early April raised a grand total of $36,097.38. The event raised vital funds for the Cancer...
- Tangney Electorate: Mobile Electorate Offices (1 speech)
I am very pleased to be joined in the chamber today by the students from All Saints' College in my electorate. It has been my pleasure to hold mobile electorate offices in my electorate of...
- Economy (1 speech)
When he came to the prime ministership, the now Prime Minister said that it was clear that the government was not successful in providing the economic leadership that we need. It appears nothing...
- Mining (1 speech)
Last October, like many South Australians and my constituents, I was disappointed when BP announced that they were pulling out of their drive to drill wells in the Great Australian Bight. Their...
- Broadband (3 speeches)
Under Labor, NBN stood for National Broadband Network, but, under this government, NBN stands for 'no bleeding network'. From one end of the country to the other, people are complaining about the...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment will be absent from the House this week, as he is in the United States conducting trade talks. The Minister for Foreign Affairs will answer...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Energy (9 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Under this Liberal government, wholesale electricity prices have doubled, pollution is up and jobs in renewable energy are down—
- Citizenship (2 speeches)
) ( ): My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on how the government is strengthening our citizenship laws to enable Australia to remain a secure and a...
- Energy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Modelling in the Finkel report assumes no new coal-fired power stations will be built under a clean energy target. The Chief Scientist said about new...
- National Security (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister advise the House on how the government is putting Australia's national interests first on matters of foreign policy and...
- Energy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Chief Scientist has said about new coal-fired power stations: … it would be surprising if governments were to endorse a … scheme that...
- Dental Health (4 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Minister for Health. In the past, cuts threatened the Child Dental Benefits Schedule, a program which provides $1,000 of free basic dental care for low-income families,...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I would like to inform the House we have present in the gallery this afternoon Joy Burch, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the ACT, together with Mr Tom Duncan, the Clerk of the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Citizenship (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister update the House on the steps the government is taking to strengthen the integrity of Australian...
- National Rail Program (8 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware that under the so-called National Rail Program not a single dollar is available in this entire term of parliament?...
- Defence Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry. Will the minister outline for the House how the government's investment in defence industry will generate thousands of jobs for hardworking...
- Rail (3 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware that Brisbane's Cross River Rail project was approved by Infrastructure Australia in 2012, was the subject of a...
- National Innovation and Science Agenda (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House how the government is ensuring that the National Innovation and Science Agenda helps drive investment and jobs for...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. On Friday, for the first time in Australia's history, gross debt will crash through half a trillion dollars. With debt at record highs under this government,...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. Will the minister update the House on the benefits the rollout of the National Disability Insurance Scheme will bring to people with...
- Energy (7 speeches, 2 comments)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that wholesale electricity prices have more than doubled under his government?
- Schools (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Energy, representing the Minister for Education and Training. Will the minister inform the House how the government's needs based funding...
- Taxation (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware that in just 18 days time, on 1 July, AGL power prices in New South Wales will go up by 16 per cent, penalty rates will be cut...
- Agriculture Industry (2 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 the steps the government is taking to support...
- Energy (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the emissions intensity threshold under a clean energy target be at, higher or lower than 0.6 tonnes?
- Infrastructure (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Urban Infrastructure. Will the minister update the House on the government's record $75 billion Infrastructure Investment Program? How is this investment...
- 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 without notice (4 speeches)
I seek leave to table a document from Scott Emerson MP, Minister for Transport and Main Roads in the Queensland government of 2013, detailing the agreement on the Cross River Rail project.
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I seek to make a personal explanation.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Energy (20 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Indi proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The urgent need for a national...
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Joshi, Professor Sneha (1 speech)
I rise this evening to pay tribute to the life of my dear friend Sneha Joshi. Only a few weeks ago, Sneha was with me here in Parliament House meeting the new High Commissioner of India. I called...
- Adani Coalmine (1 speech)
I rise to deliver a long overdue message for the soy latte sipping extreme green activists who peddle their lies to undermine jobs and families in North Queensland. The message is this: the fraud...
- Vocational Education and Training (1 speech)
I rise today on National TAFE Day to stand up for public education in Australia and to place on record my unwavering support for TAFE as a vital national institution. For well over 100 years,...
- Economy (1 speech)
On this side of the House we support business investment in the economy unashamedly, and we support families that are trying to get ahead unashamedly. We believe in these things because we...
- Fowler Electorate: Australian Turkish Community (1 speech)
Last week I had the privilege of attending an iftar dinner at the Parliament House of New South Wales to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assisted migration agreement signed between...
- Human Trafficking (2 speeches)
Janice, a freedom advocate and former Salvation Army client, spent three years in slavery in Sydney. She was brought to Australia on the promise of paid work as a housekeeper. Her passport was...
- Bills (0 speeches)
