House debates
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
- Parliamentary Representation (0 speeches)
- Qualifications of Members (1 speech)
For the information of members, I present copies of the following documents relating to the reference to the Court of Disputed Returns of the qualification of the member for New England, the Hon....
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 15 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on Monday, 4 September 2017. The report will be...
- Corporations and Financial Services Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
I have received a message from the Senate, transmitting the following resolution agreed to by the Senate: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That leave of absence for 16 and 17 August 2017 be given to the honourable member for Kingston on the ground of ill health. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Marriage (1 speech)
We have been hearing all week about the marriage postal survey and how the government is very confident, as the Prime Minister himself vowed, that this would be a very respectful debate and that...
- Digeorge Syndrome (1 speech)
The unconditional love of a mother and grandmother came to my office in Chisholm in recent weeks. A very worried Oakleigh grandmother, Charlotte McLatchie, needed our urgent assistance and...
- Infrastructure (1 speech)
The triangle of power will be visited by Mr Anthony Albanese, who will follow on from Barnaby Joyce's visit up into the area and the visit by the Premier of Queensland as well. The triangle of...
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
David Marr can be pretty hard when he writes. It comes out of his life experiences, and I accept that. I think I know him reasonably well. But there was one line in his article of 9 August I...
- Shortland Electorate: University of the Third Age (1 speech)
I associate myself with the fine remarks by the member for McMillan. I rise today to talk about a great local organisation in Shortland, and that is the University of the Third Age. This is an...
- Wright Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
I rise to inform the House about two new schools and some improvements to one of the oldest schools in my electorate and some of the great things that the government is doing in and around that...
- Deputy Prime Minister (1 speech)
Some 700,000 Australians are affected by penalty rate cuts. It's an absolute disgrace, yet we have a Deputy Prime Minister in this parliament who is continuing to collect his pay as an executive...
- Dawson Electorate: Mackay Skate Park & Wheeled Sports Plaza (1 speech)
The () (): Now for something that means something to real people. In November last year I had a couple of my younger constituents come to see me about their desire to see a skatepark or some form...
- National Broadband Network (1 speech)
For a week now we had a government in complete disarray as they squabble among themselves over policy, over whether they should turn up for a division, over who is entitled to sit in this place...
- Banks Electorate: Lamrock Committee (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate the Lamrock Committee on its recent successful fundraising event at Georges River Sailing Club, which I was fortunate to attend on 4 August. The Lamrock Committee has...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
There are serious doubts over the Deputy Prime Minister's entitlement to sit and vote in this place, notwithstanding the Prime Minister's breathtaking declaration that the High Court should find...
- Reserve Forces Day (1 speech)
On 2 July, I was honoured to attend and represent the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and the Prime Minister at the Reserve Forces Day parade and commemorative service at the Shrine of Remembrance...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
I went to hospitality today to say hello to a school from the electorate visiting us here in Canberra. They're really excited to be here. They've come to see the country's leaders making...
- Australia Day (1 speech)
We come together as a nation on 26 January to celebrate what is great about being Australian. It never crowds out a conversation that we can have about what we've got wrong in the past and how we...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
I rise to talk about the tragedy of the penalty rates vote in this chamber and the role of the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources and his tainted vote in that process—and he is...
- Cooktown Medical Centre (1 speech)
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker; we will just lower the tone a little bit now! I am pleased to say that Cooktown residents in Far North Queensland are about to see great improvements in the Cooktown...
- Deputy Prime Minister (2 speeches)
You don't have to spend long in this place to realise this Prime Minister is not backward in coming forward in relation to giving us the benefit of his legal opinions. What was the latest opinion...
- Energy (1 speech)
Brisbane knows that the energy debate is about delivering on a detailed plan. Labor in government, and even in opposition today, have absolutely no plan for storage, for dispatchability or for...
- Workplace Relations (4 speeches)
Last month, the government's brutal choice to strip one in six workers in my electorate of Paterson of their penalty rates began: 11,722 workers will lose up to $77 per week. Even before that...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- (7 speeches)
I wish to make a statement on indulgence about the importance of celebrating our national day, Australia Day. On Australia Day, we celebrate the most successful multicultural society in the...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
The Minister for the Environment and Energy will be absent from question time for the remainder of the week. Dr Chalmers interjecting—
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Qualifications of Members (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister guarantee to the House that he's leading a majority government that meets all of the requirements of the Constitution?
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on how the government's policies are growing the economy, generating jobs and reducing cost-of-living pressures for...
- Deputy Prime Minister (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's previous answer to my question. Why, then, did the government refer the Deputy Prime Minister to the High Court?
- Qualifications of Members (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister advise the House of the importance of upholding the noninterference in the domestic political affairs of other nations principle?
- Great Barrier Reef (7 speeches)
I do have a question, but very briefly, on indulgence, I congratulate the Greens leadership of the Yarra Council in my electorate for doing something that will make a difference to the lives of...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister update the House on the benefits of strong and consistent border protection measures? Is the minister aware...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I am pleased to inform the House we have joining us today in the chamber a delegation from the Parliament of Uruguay, led by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Jose Carlos Mahia. On...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Deputy Prime Minister (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Yesterday, the foreign minister refused to accept that the conservative New Zealand internal affairs minister was telling the truth when he...
- Registered Organisations, Deputy Prime Minister (2 speeches)
My question is to Minister for Defence Industry, representing the Minister for Employment. Will the minister outline to the House why it is important that leaders of unions and employer...
- Qualifications of Members (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister and it goes to the extraordinary conspiracy theories the government is advancing in the House as to why Labor is to blame for the government's crisis. Which...
- Taxation (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. Will the minister inform the House how lower company tax rates will help grow the economy, create jobs and therefore assist Australians with...
- Qualifications of Members (8 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. In her travels, the foreign minister has made it clear that she is able to have constructive meetings with the President of Iran, the President...
- Tourism (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. Will the minister update the House on the importance of the tourism industry to our economy and in creating jobs for hardworking...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Qualifications of Members (10 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Watson from moving the following motion forthwith— That the House: (1) notes: (a) on Monday, this...
- 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)
- Medicare (39 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Ballarat proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The government hurting...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Batman Electorate: Preston Market (1 speech)
Over a year ago, at a public meeting in Preston attended by several hundred locals, including Robin Scott, the MP for Preston, and me, a community group was formed, named Save Our Preston Market....
- Gilmore Electorate: Politics in the Pub (1 speech)
In the hurly-burly of this bizarre space we call the House, at times we need a reality check: the political bubble talk here has about as much relevance to the voting Australian as talking to a...
- Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
Australians believe in a fair go. Australians believe in giving someone in need a helping hand, yet today on the Central Coast another worker will find themselves retrenched, with medical bills...
- Economy (1 speech)
Mr Speaker, it is a pleasure to see you in the chair. I would like to take this opportunity in the adjournment debate to reflect on the decisions made by the Australian government following the...
- Paterson Electorate: Influenza, Paterson Electorate: Broadband (1 speech)
My electorate of Paterson falls within the Hunter New England Health District. This winter, people in our region have been hit hard and early with influenza. At this time in 2016, there were...
- Robertson Electorate: Veterans (1 speech)
I rise tonight to pay tribute to our incredible veterans community in my electorate on the Central Coast. As a community it is incredibly important that we continue to honour the service and...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- National Tree Day (1 speech)
I'm delighted to inform this place that, just before returning to parliament, I was able to participate in Schools Tree Day in one of my local primary schools, the wonderful Highgate Primary...
- Daniher's Drive (1 speech)
I rise to talk about a very dear friend of mine who I had the opportunity to meet on Monday night, Neale Daniher. Neale and I have been friends since we were 15 years of age, when we went to...
- Media Laws (1 speech)
I rise to speak today on the outrageous proposals by the One Nation party to trade off the independence of the ABC and SBS for agreeing to pass the government's new media laws. One Nation has...
- Lamont, Mr Andy (2 speeches)
In March this year I spoke in this chamber about Andy Lamont, an intrepid adventurer from my electorate of McPherson, on the Gold Coast. Andy Lamont is a 54-year-old husband, father and...
- Immigration Detention (1 speech)
Colleagues, my conversation topic today, representing my constituency, is about what's happening on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea. The planned closure of the regional processing centre and the...
- Ireland, Mr Ronald Keith, OAM (1 speech)
We all meet people in our life, and particularly so when you're a member of parliament representing all constituents in an electorate, but only a few will stand out and leave a lasting impression...
- Legal Advice (1 speech)
As a member of parliament, I'm approached regularly by constituents having issues with our justice system. My office fields calls and emails on such topics regularly as well, but this is not new...
- Brisbane Electorate: Water and Energy (1 speech)
Yesterday I spoke here briefly on the topic of household bills in my electorate of Brisbane, and I noted how, in Brisbane, everyone's water bills are much higher as a result of Labor's...
- Fowler Electorate: Multicultural Eid Festival and Fair (1 speech)
Last month I had the pleasure of attending the Multicultural Eid Festival and Fair in the Fairfield Showground. It is an event which is held annually in my community to celebrate the end of the...
- Mackellar Electorate: Northern Beaches Local Area Command Awards (2 speeches)
I stand before you today to recognise some of Mackellar's most courageous men and women. They have recently been commended at the Northern Beaches police awards ceremony. These individuals, both...
- Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee (1 speech)
It has been standard practice for parliamentary committees to take testimony from judges about important legal matters. This is especially true of the House's Standing Committee on Social Policy...
- Page Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
( This Saturday I have the privilege of attending the 40th anniversary of the Casino Baptist Church Christian Community Preschool. It's a wonderful community-owned and operated preschool that has...
- Broadband (1 speech)
The Minister for Communications, the current Prime Minister, promised all Australians that they would have access to download speeds of between 25 and 100 megabits per second by the end of 2016....
- Australia Day (1 speech)
I'm a proud Australian, as are all members on this side of Chamber, and I am sure members on the other side of the Chamber are also proud Australians. I believe in mateship, inclusion, democracy,...
- Hunter Electorate: National Disability Insurance Scheme, National Science Week (1 speech)
Some of the most frustrating, confronting and even distressing experiences I've had as a member of parliament have come when I've dealt with families of someone with a disability or, indeed,...
- Black Rock House, Glick, Mr Mendel (2 speeches)
Today I'd like to celebrate the achievements of the Friends of Black Rock House in the wonderful Goldstein electorate. Black Rock House offers a unique view into the 19th century Victorian...
- Chifley Electorate: Roads (3 speeches)
Yesterday, Western Sydney motorists, unbelievably, had to confront the reimposition of tolls on the M4—a road they paid off back in 2010. They're paying $50 a week now on tolls. These tolls...
- Moore Electorate: Skilling Australians Fund (1 speech)
I thank the Assistant Minister for Vocational Education and Skills, Karen Andrews, for recently visiting my electorate and briefing local employers, industry groups and training providers on...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
'Freedom, hope, independence, flexibility, people-centeredness, self-management, control and choice'—these are the words written by 26-year-old Gretta Serov only last week. They're the...
- Prostate Cancer (2 speeches)
Today, at the risk of being seen by some to be politically incorrect, I would like to talk about a bloke thing. It's a Bloke's Thing is the name of a fundraising lunch that was held in my...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Veterans (13 speeches)
Firstly, I commend both the minister and the shadow minister for their speeches in the parliament just a day or so ago. Coming to this statement, as a former Minister for Veterans' Affairs, I was...
- Bills (0 speeches)
