House debates
Thursday, 7 September 2017
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Zone (0 speeches)
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I advise the House that I have briefed the Standing Committee on Appropriations and Administration on one aspect of the design of the fences currently being installed on the northern and southern...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Zone (0 speeches)
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I move: That, in accordance with section 5 of the Parliament Act 1974, the House approve the following proposal for works in the Parliamentary Zone which were presented to the House on 4...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
At 3.20 pm today, thousands of early childhood educators, the vast majority of them women, will walk off the job in their fight for equal pay. The time is significant because it's the time of day...
- World War II Commemorations (1 speech)
I rise this afternoon to say a few words about the commemoration of what has become known as 'The Battle for Australia'. This is an anniversary that we commemorated this week throughout the...
- Marriage (2 speeches)
There are a number of issues that should be at the forefront of every person in this place. For me, as the representative of the community I have lived in my whole life, the electorate of Bass,...
- Dawson Electorate: Water (1 speech)
Townsville residents are feeling the pinch again this dry season with water restrictions and also the cost of pumping water from Burdekin Falls Dam because the Ross River Dam can't meet demand....
- Bangladesh: Floods (1 speech)
Most Australians are probably aware that our national cricket team is currently battling it out with Bangladesh on the sub-continent. But what they might not be aware is that Bangladesh is...
- Banks Electorate: Penshurst West Public School (1 speech)
On 19 August I attended the Penshurst West Public School's 60th anniversary fete. This was such a big fete that it had been 10 years in the making. The school held a big event for its 50th...
- Parramatta Electorate: Wisteria Festival (1 speech)
This Saturday and Sunday and the following Saturday and Sunday, people in my community will be able to enjoy the annual Wisteria Festival in the Wisteria Gardens of the Cumberland Hospital. They...
- Dunkley Electorate: Frankston and District Junior Football League (1 speech)
On the weekend, I was honoured to be invited to present the premiership medals and trophy to the Frankston and District Junior Football League's under-15 girls' grand finalists, the Mount Eliza...
- Australian Football League (1 speech)
Today marks the beginning of the AFL final series, with the Adelaide Crows taking on the Greater Western Sydney Giants tonight at Adelaide Oval. This September, the mighty Crows will be supported...
- National Rugby League (1 speech)
From one football code to another: this weekend, there will be another sport played in Melbourne that will involve a record-breaking feat. As AFL finals move interstate on Saturday, the NRL...
- Robinson, Ms Marlene (1 speech)
I am delighted to rise to pay tribute to a wonderful woman, a Freeman of the City of Bayswater, a local government in the heart of my electorate, who celebrated her birthday yesterday, the...
- Leichhardt Electorate: Cairns Rifle Club (1 speech)
I would like to congratulate members of the Cairns Rifle Club for their outstanding gold medal wins at the world championships in Canada last month. Marty Lobert, Peter Carter and Steven Lazarus...
- Herbert Electorate: Palm Island Spring Festival (1 speech)
I stand in this place today to send my sincere congratulations to Mayor Councillor Alf Lacey, councillors and the broader community on Palm Island. On 31 August and 1 September, beautiful Palm...
- Tindle, Dr Danielle (1 speech)
Danielle Tindle was a courageous, inspirational and extraordinary young woman who passed away suddenly last Friday. For the last 13 years of her life, Danielle devoted herself to improving the...
- Macquarie Electorate: Hawkesbury White Ribbon Cup (1 speech)
We need young men to take a stand against violence against women, and local high schools in the Hawkesbury have been stepping up. The Hawkesbury White Ribbon Cup was held at Windsor High School...
- North Sydney Electorate: Lane Cove Fun Run (1 speech)
This Sunday, the Lane Cove Fun Run is being held in my electorate. The fun run is an initiative of the Lane Cove Public School P&C. It is the second year the event is being held, following on...
- Broadband (1 speech)
The Prime Minister has been very keen over the last few weeks to lecture business and state governments about not managing their electricity networks and what they need to do to upgrade their...
- Parliamentary Friends of Endometriosis Awareness (1 speech)
One in 10 Australian women suffers from the crippling condition endometriosis. Despite this, very few women know how to recognise the symptoms. Medical diagnosis and treatment takes, on average,...
- Child Care (1 speech)
At 3.20 pm today, roughly 3,000 early childhood educators will walk off the job in pursuit of equal pay. These are women with skills and qualifications that this government continues to ignore....
- Medical Workforce (2 speeches)
As this House now well knows, there is a chronic shortage of doctors in country Australia. The Murray Darling Medical School aims to fix this problem by training doctors in the bush for practice...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Deputy Prime Minister (16 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Both sides of parliament support gas export controls. Despite the Deputy Prime Minister, as minister for resources, having the power to—
- Energy (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on what the government is doing to put downward pressure on energy prices and ensure reliability, including in my...
- Economy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on what yesterday's national accounts tell us about the better days ahead for rural and regional Australia, including for my...
- Marriage (9 speeches)
Before I go to my question, on indulgence, I just wonder—there's been a pretty important High Court decision—
- Immigration Detention (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection and it concerns the fate of over 700 men in the Manus Island camp, most of whom have been found to be refugees. Two weeks ago...
- Energy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Energy. Will the minister update the House on action the government is taking to make our energy system more reliable and affordable for...
- Marriage (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I will have another go at the last question: Will the Prime Minister now accept my invitation to write a joint letter to all Australians recommending voting...
- Exports (6 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. Will the minister update the House on the importance of reliable and affordable energy to drive growth in key export industries?...
- Deputy Prime Minister (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. This morning on Sky News the Deputy Prime Minister refused to say whether the government had sought advice on the legality of his ministerial decisions. Has...
- Energy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. I refer the minister to media reports that show South Australia and the great state of Victoria are facing summer blackouts and major power outages. Why...
- Deputy Prime Minister (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Every single day the Prime Minister has to make important decisions on issues critical to the future of our nation. Does the Prime Minister honestly consider...
- Energy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, representing the Minister for Regional Development. Will the minister update the House on the importance of affordable and...
- Deputy Prime Minister (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that, owing to doubts over his Deputy Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister will be acting in name only while Prime...
- Agriculture (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources and Minister for Resources and Northern Australia. Will the Deputy Prime Minister outline how the...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Deputy Prime Minister (6 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Manager of Opposition Business from moving the following motion immediately— The House: (1)...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Trade Unions (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry, representing the Minister for Employment. I refer the minister to reports this week that trade unions now hold over $1 billion of assets...
- Deputy Prime Minister (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that John Anderson had the authority as Acting Prime Minister to convene cabinet to consider ANZUS being invoked in 2001 and...
- Migration (16 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister update the House on the action the government is taking to protect Australian families from dangerous visa...
- Deputy Prime Minister (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister is attending the Pacific Islands Forum in Samoa tomorrow. How can the Prime Minister allow the Deputy Prime Minister to be Acting Prime...
- Veterans (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs. Will the minister inform the House on action the government is taking to aid defence personnel in their transition to civilian life,...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
A document is tabled in accordance with the list circulated to honourable members earlier today. Full details of the document will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
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I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Energy (22 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Port Adelaide proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- National Disability Insurance Scheme; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, I present the committee's report entitled Progress report, September 2017. Report made a parliamentary paper...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Walsh, Ms Deborah (1 speech)
I would like to reflect today on a family that has contributed significantly to the electorate of Brand, to Western Australia and to this nation, Australia. After giving so much and serving this...
- Economy (1 speech)
This government has a pro-growth, pro-investment, pro-market outlook. We believe that anything is possible in Australia. We put in place policies that will enable Australians to pursue their...
- Community Development Fund (1 speech)
This week the residents of the Central Coast learned of a scandal concerning Central Coast Group Training Ltd, which has received two grants of $2.7 million each for nearly identical purposes....
- Dunkley Electorate: Illicit Drugs, Alcohol Abuse, Law Enforcement (1 speech)
Dunkley is a unique area of Australia. We have so much diversity both within our community and within our natural environment. It is not difficult to fall in love with an area that I frequently...
- Telstra Corporation Ltd (1 speech)
When a company makes more than $5 billion profit a year, one would expect that it could provide its customers with good service, but that's not always the case with Telstra, Australia's largest...
- Murray Electorate: Public Transport (2 speeches)
I rise to talk about an issue that is still burning for many of the people in the Goulburn Valley, and it is one that I have raised in parliament quite a few times—that is, the train...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Charitable Organisations (1 speech)
In 2010, a High Court case determined that the advocacy work done by Australian charities is essential to our system of representative democracy. A sector-wide survey by Pro Bono Australia in...
- Australian Bushfires (1 speech)
Bushfire season is not far away. It's time to prepare, act and survive. As this booklet says, it could save the lives of you and your family this bushfire season. The question is asked: 'How can...
- Grayndler Electorate: WestConnex (1 speech)
I rise, yet again, to speak out against the destructive failure of planning of the WestConnex project in my electorate of Grayndler. Last month, the EIS for stage 3 of WestConnex was released. It...
- Calare Electorate: Scouting (1 speech)
I'd like to draw the House's attention to the fact that this year the 3rd Bathurst (All Saints Cathedral) Scout Group is celebrating its 85th anniversary. The Scout group was established in 1932...
- Diabetes (1 speech)
Every day, 280 Australians develop diabetes. That's one person every five minutes. More than 100,000 Australians have developed diabetes in the past year. On the Central Coast alone, there are...
- Illicit Drugs (1 speech)
I'm proudly the father of three boys, and one thing that keeps me up at night and frightens me about their future is the drug ice. The use of ice in rural and regional areas is twice as high as...
- Child Care (1 speech)
Across Australia, almost two million children attend child care. The vast majority of them are aged zero to five and attend childcare centres before they are old enough to begin school. The first...
- Fairfax Electorate: Bloomhill Cancer Care (1 speech)
Bloomhill Cancer Care has been operating in Buderim on the Sunshine Coast now for 20 years. For 20 years they have been helping to care for and support people who are suffering from cancer....
- Ballarat Electorate (1 speech)
Despite the snow and the chill across my electorate this week, the people of Ballarat continue to refuse to let winter or a very cold spring dampen their spirits. From the Sovereign Hill Winter...
- Energy (4 speeches)
Today I'd like to speak on the energy crisis facing Australia and my solution to remedy the situation, which can't be allowed to continue. Coal-fired power stations are the most reliable and...
- Coalmining, National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
On a more solemn note, this Sunday I will attend the 22nd annual memorial day at the coalmining union's Federation House in Cessnock. There we will join in solemn remembrance of more than 1,500...
- Goldstein Electorate: Energy (1 speech)
Rising energy costs are hitting households and businesses hard across the Goldstein electorate. In fact, I got my electricity bill only this morning and, like many people, had to go through the...
- Moreton Electorate: Our Lady of Lourdes (1 speech)
Last week I had a wonderful opportunity to read to the grade 5 class at Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School at Sunnybank. In light of the fact that I had to read to them, I am going to put my...
- Banks Electorate (1 speech)
On 31 August, I attended a special assembly at Padstow North Public School for Debbie Da Silva and her daughter Brianna, who have been raising funds for the Cancer Council. Debbie and Brianna...
- Blair Electorate: Western Pride Football Club (1 speech)
Last Saturday night I had the wonderful experience of attending the Briggs Road complex in Raceview, where the Western Pride Football Club senior men's team scored its first-ever victory in the...
- Rotary International (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on the important and selfless work of Rotary, not only in my community of Ryan but also in communities throughout the world. Rotarians—ordinary Australians like you...
- Petition: Climate Change (1 speech)
I'm very proud to present to parliament a major petition from communities of faith supporting action on climate change and a just transition to renewable energy. Grassroots communities of faith...
- Crawford, Mr Bob, King, Mr John, Page Electorate: Empire Vale Public School, Lane, Mr Bob (1 speech)
The men and women who make up our emergency services are very special people. They're often called upon to put their own lives and wellbeing at risk to look after members of our community during...
- Child Care (1 speech)
It really is an honour and a privilege to stand here, as the member for Longman, and be given some time this morning to acknowledge, applaud and put on the public record the unprecedented move...
- Groom Electorate (2 speeches)
I rise to share recent highlights of the dynamic communities of Toowoomba and the Darling Downs that make up the Groom electorate. Last Sunday, many of us gathered to enjoy a day out at the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Accounts and Audit Committee; Report (6 speeches)
I speak in connection with the report of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, Report 463: Commonwealth financial statements—inquiry based on Auditor-General's Report 33...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- National Broadband Network (5 speeches)
I was in two minds this morning about whether to deliver a speech in support of Australian shipping and the importance of Australian shipping to our domestic maritime fleet, to national security...
- Leichhardt Electorate: Shipping (1 speech)
I rise today to boast, if you like, about outstanding achievements in my beautiful city of Cairns. Cairns is set to become Australia's major hub for maintenance and sustainment work on the...
- Indi Electorate: Indigenous Affairs (3 speeches)
I'm really proud to stand here today to acknowledge the great work that's happening in my electorate of Indi by my—
- Veterans (1 speech)
Last month the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Dan Tehan, gave the first annual ministerial statement on Australian veterans and their families. I wanted to add my voice to that statement,...
- Lindsay Electorate: Infrastructure (13 speeches)
Your postcode should not matter when it comes to basic services like health care, education or a decent job. But the people of Western Sydney have to face this issue in all of those basic service...
- Mackellar Electorate: Pub2Pub Charity Fun Run and Walk (1 speech)
In any free society, freedom of association is critical. But, as with any freedom, there are countervailing costs: an obligation to ensure that the freedoms enjoyed by many are enjoyed by all. My...
