House debates
Thursday, 15 June 2017
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Hirst, Mr Greg (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to the life of Greg Hirst. He was a husband and father, a media personality, a pillar of the motorcycle community and a fierce advocate for the vulnerable. There were...
- Menzies Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
The inadequacy of public transport and roads in my electorate, lying between the Yarra River and the Eastern Freeway is an ongoing concern. The rapid growth of the area in the 1960s, 1970s and...
- Fremantle Electorate: Queen's Birthday 2017 Honours List (1 speech)
The Queen's Birthday Honours have recognised some significant contributions from within the Fremantle electorate community. Les Lauder has been made a Member of the Order of Australia for his...
- Men's Health Week (1 speech)
This week, Men's Health Week was launched, which is a timely reminder that we need to address the health concerns of everyone. Recently in Gilmore we launched an awareness-raising campaign for...
- Lyons Electorate: Centrelink (1 speech)
This week we saw the Minister for Human Services release the top 100 suburbs for Centrelink non-compliance—'the list of shame', as the Murdoch press has so eloquently dubbed it....
- Chisholm Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
I rise today as I am very proud to congratulate the following Chisholm residents who were acknowledged as part of our nation's honour system and were awarded Queen's Birthday honours. Professor...
- Corio Electorate: Geelong (1 speech)
The member for Corangamite spoke in this chamber on the need for investment in the Geelong convention centre, fast rail to Melbourne and tourism. She did that on 20 March. She talked about how...
- Mallee Electorate: Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
Recently the township of Mildura, which is the biggest town in the electorate of Mallee, was in the media—for all the wrong reasons—for having a high level of people who are avoiding...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
I rise today to stand up for the nearly 10,000 retail, hospitality and pharmacy workers across the cities of Rockingham and Kwinana in my electorate who, from Sunday, 2 July, will face a very...
- Blackmores (1 speech)
There is much to say about how we, as a nation, have succeeded on the global stage. We think about sporting achievements and great moments in history that have hinged on the involvement of...
- Budget, Workplace Relations (1 speech)
This is a government that is absolutely committed to cutting penalty rates and to cutting workers' pay packets. This is a government that is unfair and so out of touch. The fact is that under...
- Wright Electorate: Boonah Show (1 speech)
As the House would be well aware, and of course you, Mr Deputy Speaker Coulton, in our electorates it is the show circuit time. In regional Queensland seats the show circuit is alive and well....
- Kingsford Smith Electorate: South Eastern Rugby League Football Club (1 speech)
On Saturday evening I was fortunate to attend the 60th anniversary dinner of the South Eastern Rugby League Football Club, which plays in the South Sydney competition in the electorate of...
- Energy (1 speech)
Australia has many resources in abundance and one of the greatest is coal. Coal and iron ore helped make this country what it is today. Given our abundant coal reserves, we should also have cheap...
- Broadband (1 speech)
I want to thank all the Canberrans who have taken part in my Send Me Your Speeds Campaign. Our combined efforts mean that we are finally, finally on the rollout map. But we need to maintain the...
- Banks Electorate: Beverly Hills Parking (1 speech)
There was great news in the Banks electorate over the weekend, with the state government confirming that it will be building a new car park in Beverly Hills. Last year we secured $2.5 million of...
- Parliament House: Cleaners (1 speech)
Today is International Cleaners Day. It is a day when, around the world, we stop to acknowledge the hard work of our cleaners. They are quite often a hidden workforce, a workforce that is working...
- Dunkley Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
The Dunkley community has so many fantastic people. Today I acknowledge the remarkable Dunkley constituents who this week were recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours. In total, five Dunkley...
- Brain Cancer (1 speech)
I want to talk to the House today about one of my constituents, Rebecca, who asked me to deliver a message to our national leaders on her behalf. Rebecca is a young mum from Dingley Village. Like...
- Murray Electorate: National Disability Insurance Scheme (4 speeches)
I rise to talk about the importance of the NDIS in my electorate of Murray, where more than 3,800 people will have access to the NDIS. Disability support providers such as ConnectGV in Shepparton...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Mr Speaker, the Minister for Small Business will be absent from question time today as he is representing Australia at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank annual meeting of the board of...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Tomorrow, for the first time in Australia's history, gross debt will crash through half a trillion dollars. So how can the Prime Minister possibly justify...
- Citizenship (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the steps the government is taking to ensure that residents seeking to become Australian citizens share our...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Tomorrow, for the first time in Australia's history, gross debt will crash through half a trillion dollars, so how can the Prime Minister possibly justify...
- Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on the release of today's employment figures? How is the government's budget generating stronger economic growth to create...
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Tomorrow, for the first time in Australia's history, gross debt will crash through half a trillion dollars. Does the Prime Minister agree with the Assistant...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I am pleased to inform the House that we have present in the gallery today the Attorney-General of New Zealand, the Hon. Christopher Finlayson, and the High Commissioner, His Excellency Mr Chris...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Citizenship Applications (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration. How many coalition or Labor Party politicians, or Liberal Party members, including but not limited to John Caputo, have approached you or the...
- Citizenship (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister update the House on steps the government is taking to strengthen the requirements for obtaining Australian...
- Energy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. It is reported today that the Business Council of Australia has said that if there is not a clean energy target, what is the alternative? They have said that...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I would like to welcome to the gallery this afternoon two members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly: the Hon. Ron Hoenig, the member for Heffron, and Mr Nick Lalich, the member for...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Justice and the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Counter-Terrorism. Will the minister update the House on today's arrest of a man in relation to a...
- Energy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the government considering adopting a threshold that would subsidise new coal-fired power stations to be built under its clean energy target? Under this...
- National Security (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister update the House on the importance of maintaining public trust and confidence in our government's management of national...
- Minister for Foreign Affairs (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Yesterday in question time, when asked about the Julie Bishop Glorious Foundation which had been established by one of the Liberal Party's...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry, representing the Minister for Employment. Will the minister outline to the House why it is important for employer and employee organisations...
- Donations to Political Parties (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Media reports state that a trust linked to a Chinese donor made a $50,000 donation to former trade and investment minister Andrew Robb's fundraising vehicle,...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. Will the minister update the House on the release of the Productivity Commission review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme costs. Why,...
- Ministerial Conduct (2 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. I refer to the bid by the Chinese company Landbridge to operate the port of Darwin. I also refer to the fact that, subsequently, Landbridge gave former...
- Economy (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 grow the...
- Energy (14 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's answer to the member for Sydney. Is the Prime Minister aware that modelling in the Finkel report concludes that no new...
- Rural and Regional Media (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Urban Infrastructure representing the Minister for Communications. Will the minister update the House on steps the government is taking to protect local jobs in...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I seek leave to make a personal explanation.
- 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.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Gorton proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's failure to...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (4 speeches)
I have received advice from the Chief Government Whip and the Chief Opposition Whip nominating members to be members of certain committees.
- Economics Committee; Report (9 speeches)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Economics, I present the committee's report, incorporating a dissenting report, on the inquiry into tax deductibility, together with the minutes of...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Mackellar Electorate: Champions of Mackellar Awards (1 speech)
This is a place of robust debate, apparently. While there is often disagreement on opposing sides of this House, we could all agree that we live in the greatest country on earth. Thoroughly...
- Calwell Electorate: Brite Services (1 speech)
I want to speak on the fantastic milestone reached by one of the most extraordinary organisations I have in my electorate, Brite Services. Last week I had the pleasure of attending Brite...
- South Australia: Roads (1 speech)
One of the great privileges of being a member of parliament is making a real difference to people's lives. We do this in many different ways, but one of them is fixing long-term infrastructure...
- Workplace Relations (3 speeches)
I rise today to talk about the Turnbull government's fundamental refusal to acknowledge the importance of wages as the driver of economic growth. People on low- and middle-incomes spending money...
- Calare Electorate: Community Groups (1 speech)
Volunteers are the backbone of every country community, and Calare is no exception. Twenty-two groups in Calare have recently received funding under the federal government's 2017...
- Budget (2 speeches)
I rise to stand against the Turnbull government's relentless attack on our health sector. I believe, as do many Australians, that when you are sick you should be able to visit your GP, health...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Banks Electorate: Community Groups (1 speech)
Last Wednesday, 7 June, I attended the Lions Club International's 100th anniversary celebration. It was organised by St George Lions, but it was great to also see Lugarno Lions and Oatley Lions...
- National Men's Health Week (1 speech)
This week marks National Men's Health Week. I was honoured to attend the launch with Sir Peter Cosgrove, the Governor-General, and even more honoured to have been appointed as Labor's men's...
- Canning Electorate: Rail (1 speech)
This morning I rise to speak about people who live in the suburb of Lakelands, an Australian catchment of Madora Bay, San Remo, Meadow Springs and Parklands, all of which are located in north...
- Greenway Electorate: Queen's Birthday Awards (1 speech)
I rise today to recognise recipients of the Order of Australia resident in Greenway. Guruswamy Jayaraman, commonly known as Jay Raman, and Elston Hynd were recognised with Queen's Birthday...
- Corangamite Electorate: City Deals (1 speech)
Tomorrow with great pleasure I will be welcoming the Assistant Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation, the member for Hume, to Geelong. We are going to visit a wonderful company which...
- Blaxland Electorate: Bankstown (1 speech)
There was a story in The Daily Telegraph this week that said that the New South Wales government is going to put money into roads in the state budget which will be delivered next week. I hope...
- McMillan Electorate: Aged Care (1 speech)
Aged care is the most difficult area of our life. It goes from wonderful care to incontinence pads. I ask the question then: when the small community aged-care provider Hillview, who asked for 14...
- Elections (1 speech)
I want to say a few words about elections. Elections are strange and marvellous things. They go beyond winners and losers. They are about much more than turnover at the top or the fate of those...
- Petrie Electorate (1 speech)
I want people to consider how well they know their local area. How does its past play a role in the present and hint at the future? I know the electorate of Petrie very well, having grown up...
- Dobell Electorate: Wyong Hospital (5 speeches)
International Nurses Day is celebrated each year on 12 May, marking the birth of Florence Nightingale, whose vision and values serve as a model for nurses around the world. It was a privilege to...
- Bills (0 speeches)
