House debates
Thursday, 17 August 2017
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Australian Parliamentary Delegation to China (1 speech)
For the information of honourable members I present the report of the Australian Parliamentary Delegation to China from 26 June to 1 July. It was my privilege to lead this delegation, which...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Law Enforcement Committee; Membership (1 speech)
I have received a message from the Senate acquainting the House that Senator O'Sullivan was discharged from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement on 16 August 2017 and is to be...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Turnbull Government (1 speech)
I seek leave to submit a letter to the Speaker that would otherwise be prevented under standing order 46. Leave granted. The letter, through the Clerk, is submitted to the Speaker.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Eid al-Adha (1 speech)
In the coming weeks between the House rising but before we return, Muslims in Australia and around the world will celebrate Eid al-Adha. Eid al-Adha commemorates the sacrifices and triumphs of...
- Mackellar Electorate: Fight on the Beaches (1 speech)
If I were to say to you that we shall fight them on the beaches, most people would think of Churchill exhorting his fellow countrymen to push back against the darkness and, in some ways, I would...
- Lyons Electorate: Old Mates Day (1 speech)
In late July, I had the pleasure of attending Old Mates Day at the Bream Creek Showgrounds in the southern part of my electorate. Old Mates Day is the brainchild of Sorrel farmer Terry...
- Boothby Electorate: Roads to Recovery Program (1 speech)
I am delighted that my community in my electorate of Boothby will benefit from almost $2 million in Roads to Recovery funding to build and maintain local roads to create better access for...
- Calwell Electorate: Coolaroo South Primary School and Kindergarten Writers' Festival (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about a wonderful event that was held in my electorate on Tuesday. It was the launch of the 2017 Writers' Festival held at Coolaroo South Primary School and Kindergarten. The...
- Murray Darling Medical School (1 speech)
Everyone in country Australia knows that there is a chronic shortage of doctors in the bush. Despite well-intentioned efforts and a king's ransom in taxpayer funding, the current system of...
- Melbourne Accelerator Program (1 speech)
In this place, it's great to recognise the great work of others, especially next generation trailblazers like Rohan Workman. Roh, who's been an ambassador and supporter of Australia's start-up...
- Moore Electorate: Tourism (1 speech)
I thank the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment for recently visiting Hillarys Boat Harbour, where he attended a forum of leading tourism representatives, including from Sightseeing Pass...
- Turnbull Government (1 speech)
This morning I had that rarest of gifts in this place. The shortest commodity we have of course is time, and I had a spare hour. So I spent that hour catching up on constituent matters. There is...
- Murray Electorate (1 speech)
I would like to start off by congratulating one of my staff on the safe arrival of her new son, Luca. Luca was born last Monday. He arrived about one month early and both Luca and Alison...
- Greenwood College: Year 8 Debating Team (1 speech)
Congratulations to Greenwood College year 8 debating team—Cyrene Almodovar, Asmaa Hameed, Konrad Dumpleton, Jacquie Walters, Ann Cao and their teacher Ela Amor Robertson—for making...
- Energy (1 speech)
Energy security is one of the top priorities of the Turnbull government. That's why we're taking such strong action to drive down the cost of electricity and gas. This includes tough new...
- Marsden State High School (1 speech)
Cameron Smith, Tautau Moga, Chris Sandow and Antonio Winterstein all have one thing in common: they are all graduates of Marsden State High School in my electorate. I wanted to give a...
- Stillhard, Mr Marc (1 speech)
Marc Stillhard is 16 years old. Marc lives in Yamba. Marc was born with Down syndrome. Marc likes to play team sport. He plays soccer, or football, for Yamba. He plays as a 12th man on the field....
- Turnbull Government (1 speech)
I don't think I'm going to give anything away or break any confidences if I say that this has not been a good week for the government! It's not been a good week for the government. We've got a...
- Dolphin Stadium (1 speech)
When I went to see then Prime Minister Tony Abbott in 2015, I had a pile of petitions under my arm, my cap in hand and one thing on my mind—'Get this stadium across the line.' I was...
- Energy (1 speech)
I stand in this place today to express my anger at this government's complete neglect regarding rising electricity prices, particularly in regional, rural and remote areas of Queensland. What a...
- Swan-Canning River Recovery Program (1 speech)
Just before we came back to Canberra, I had the privilege of welcoming the Minister for the Environment and Energy to my electorate of Swan to join me in announcing that the Turnbull government...
- Minister for Foreign Affairs (1 speech)
I am accustomed to kids getting caught and making the error of doubling down. I have even seen best mates go into bat for their mates to get their detention softened, make some excuses and see if...
- Clean Energy Finance Corporation (2 speeches)
Normally when taxpayers' money is being spent in one's electorate, we come into this chamber and like to boast about it. However, today I'd like to do the opposite: I would like to voice my...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Qualifications of Members (3 speeches)
My question is to Prime Minister. Despite the fact that his deputy has admitted he was a citizen of a foreign power right up until the weekend, the Prime Minister has spent all week fighting to...
- Turnbull Government (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on how the government delivers on its commitments in an open and transparent manner? Is the Prime Minister aware of...
- Deputy Prime Minister (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Shop assistants working in Penrith Plaza had their penalty rates cut on 1 July after this House voted with a majority of just one. Does this Prime Minister...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer please update the House on the latest employment figures and the action that the government is taking to grow our economy to support more and...
- Banking and Financial Services (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. After all the stories of banking scandals, thousands of victims, life savings gone, homes lost and businesses gone under, the Australian people want a royal...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon Mr Barry Haase, the former member for Durack. On behalf of the House, I extend a warm welcome to you. I'm also advised we...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, in a dreadful development, Cadbury is sacking 50 workers at its Claremont factory. The simple fact is that the factory would not be...
- Registered Organisations (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's important that leaders of unions and employer...
- Deputy Prime Minister (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, it's now day 4 since Australia learned that the Deputy Prime Minister is also a citizen of a foreign power. Will the Prime Minister...
- National Security (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister update the House on benefits to all Australians of a well-managed national security agenda? Why is it...
- Deputy Prime Minister (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister and refers to his failure to answer the previous question. Does the Prime Minister actually believe what's happened this week with his deputy is sustainable?...
- Regional Australia (20 speeches)
My question is to the.
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Qualifications of Members (18 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Watson from moving the following motion immediately— That the House: (1) notes: (a) this...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Parliament House; Presentation (1 speech)
I present the Presiding Officers' statement regarding the condition of Parliament House.
- 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)
- Turnbull Government (28 speeches)
Today I want to have a conversation with Australians. I understand that people are unimpressed with what they have seen in this place for the last two weeks. We are watching, sadly, the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Parramatta Electorate: Local Government (1 speech)
It was almost this time last year when I stood in this House to speak about the lack of community consultation in Parramatta, and it's a shame, but no surprise, that this has continued. The speed...
- O'Connor Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I rise to update the House on some much appreciated federal investment in my electorate of O'Connor. Last week I opened the Cranbrook Community Hub, which received $300,000 in National Stronger...
- Bass Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
In the time available to me this afternoon I would like to speak about some of the challenges facing my regional community in relation to access to health care. My community is served primarily...
- Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program (1 speech)
Late last month I had the great privilege to spend time with our Australian Defence Force personnel as part of the Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program. I visited the Middle East...
- Greenway Electorate: Public Transport (1 speech)
I rise today to raise a very important quality-of-life issue for local residents in my electorate—namely, accessibility to public transport and, specifically, commuter parking at local...
- Bonner Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
This month saw the release of plans for the Green Camp Road corridor upgrade at Wakerley. I have spoken many times here about this project. That's because it is such a huge win for my electorate....
- Environment: Plastic (1 speech)
Earlier this week, I represented the Minister for the Environment and Energy at a screening in this parliament of A Plastic Ocean, a film which shines a spotlight on one of the globe's great...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Broadband (1 speech)
Fibre to the node, fibre to the curb, fibre to the premise—three different technologies—and, under the Turnbull Government, it is the luck of the draw which technology is rolled out...
- Victoria: Crime (1 speech)
We cannot be silent on crime in Victoria any longer. It's time to call out the shocking crime rise in Melbourne which is costing not only the thousands of Victorians who are victims of violent...
- Local Council Elections: New South Wales (1 speech)
On September 9, the Central Coast will finally go to the polls, and not before time. It has been almost a year and a half since Wyong and Gosford councils were sacked and elected councillors were...
- Bradfield Electorate: Volunteers (1 speech)
I am very pleased to rise to speak about the extraordinary contribution made by volunteers in Bradfield in so many different organisations, including: the Ku-ring-gai Art Society, which recently...
- Home Care Packages (1 speech)
Recently I went to Cabanda Care, an aged-care facility in Rosewood, where I paid a visit to a constituent of mine, Alan Chriscoli. Alan is 73 years of age and an upstanding member of the Ipswich...
- Boothby Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Thanks to the federal Liberal government we are solving two of the biggest road infrastructure problems in my electorate of Boothby. The first is the Oaklands rail crossing where, for the past 40...
- Turnbull Government (5 speeches)
Today, I rise to put on the record my support for all of the people in Lindsay. It is a privilege and a very, very humble duty that I have to serve my community. The people of Lindsay are...
- Calare Electorate: Community Groups (1 speech)
The Calare electorate is made up of many dedicated, hardworking and passionate community groups. I would like to recognise a number of them today. Firstly, there is the Capertee Progress...
- Deputy Prime Minister (1 speech)
Today we sit in this place on the last sitting day of this week of parliament and what a week it has been. We have seen this week the blatant display of the absolute double standard of the...
- Joondalup Health Campus (2 speeches)
I thank the Minister for Health for visiting the Joondalup Health Campus in my electorate recently to view the hospital's success as a public-private partnership. Together with the member for...
- Esso Longford: Workplace Relations (1 speech)
This week in parliament we've had a visit from Esso workers—Exxon Mobil workers—based at the Longford facility in Gippsland, Victoria. Who is Exxon Mobil—Esso? They are one of...
- Hinkler Electorate: Aged Care (1 speech)
I would like to present to the Federation Chamber this morning some of the facts about aged-care funding to my electorate—and these are the facts, not the beat-up. Federal government...
- Corio Electorate: Vietnam Veterans Day (1 speech)
Last Sunday, I had the a honour of attending a service at the Geelong war memorial. It was a memorial for Vietnam Veterans Day, which is this Friday. On 18 August 1966, 108 Australian and New...
- Australian Chinese Community Association of New South Wales, Oatley 101 Society of Artists (1 speech)
On 20 July I attended the 43rd anniversary dinner of the Australian Chinese Community Association of New South Wales, or ACCA, as it is well known. It was a great evening, celebrating ACCA's...
- Newcastle Volunteer Service Awards (1 speech)
In my electorate last week, I was very proud to host the Newcastle Volunteer Service Awards for the fourth time. This is a great event, which always reminds me just how fantastic the city of...
- Wright Electorate: The Royal Queensland Show (1 speech)
It is wonderful to see my electorate so strongly represented this year at the Brisbane Ekka, a wonderful locality. In my electorate, the biggest contributor to GDP is agriculture, and the Ekka is...
- Medicare (1 speech)
The Australian people really do cherish Medicare. It really is the pride of our nation. People are proud that, regardless of who you are and how much you earn, Medicare is there to support you....
- Australia Day (1 speech)
The Australian sense of humour is unique. It has come to be part of the Australian fabric. January in Australia wouldn't be the same without the lamb ad, the traditional Australian advertisement...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
I have previously spoken in the House about elder abuse, a problem within society that appears to be getting worse. It seems that whichever way one turns older Australians are being taken...
- Page Electorate: Schools (2 speeches)
The Baryulgil Public School community are used to celebrating the success of their students. On Saturday, they will celebrate the 100th anniversary of their school. Life was very different in...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Gibson, Hon. Brian Francis, AM (3 speeches)
I rise to mark the death of the Hon. Brian Francis Gibson, senator for the state of Tasmania from 1993 to 2002, and to convey my condolences to his wife and family. Brian was born in Melbourne....
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
I rise today to celebrate some Australian heroes that I met in my office yesterday. I met with Esso workers and members of the Australian Workers' Union. I have come in here today to tell their...
- Workplace Relations, Exercise Talisman Sabre (5 speeches)
It is, indeed, a pleasure to follow the honourable member for Lalor. I want to raise a few points about the issues she raised, quite dutifully, about low wage growth. Everyone knows that low wage...
- Hearing Awareness Week, Macquarie Electorate: Broadband (1 speech)
If you work or live with somebody who's constantly saying 'Sorry, what was that?' there's a chance you're talking to someone with hearing loss. Most people are pretty comfortable admitting that...
- St George Lions Club, Banks Electorate: Sporting and Recreation Facilities (1 speech)
I would like to congratulate the Lions Club of St George on its recent morning tea and breakfast for Jeans for Genes Day, which was held on 4 August at the Beverley Park Golf Club. John and Tina...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2 speeches)
I like the ABC. I am a regular viewer of it. I appreciate and value the national broadcaster. I acknowledge the comments—I think it was last night—of Justin Milne regarding...
- Murray Electorate: Energy (1 speech)
Energy is possibly one of the most important issues, if not the most important and most pressing issue, in my electorate of Murray at the moment. I am getting phone calls and emails from...
