House debates
Tuesday, 17 October 2017
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Customs Amendment (Anti-Dumping Measures) Bill 2017; Second Reading (3 speeches)
I rise to speak on the Customs Amendment (Anti-Dumping Measures) Bill 2017. Dumping occurs when goods exported to Australia are priced lower than their normal value, which can undercut the local...
- Customs Amendment (Anti-Dumping Measures) Bill 2017; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Customs Amendment (Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement Amendment Implementation) Bill 2017, Customs Tariff Amendment (Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement Amendment Implementation) Bill 2017; Second Reading (1 speech)
I rise to speak on this legislation before the chamber. The Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement was first signed in 2003, described as the pillar of the economic relationship between the...
- Customs Amendment (Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement Amendment Implementation) Bill 2017, Customs Tariff Amendment (Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement Amendment Implementation) Bill 2017; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the Customs Amendment (Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement Amendment Implementation) Bill 2017 and Customs Tariff Amendment (Singapore-Australia Free Trade...
- Industrial Chemicals Bill 2017, Industrial Chemicals (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2017, Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment Bill 2017, Industrial Chemicals Charges (Customs) Bill 2017, Industrial Chemicals Charges (Excise) Bill 2017, Industrial Chemicals Charges (General) Bill 2017; Second Reading (6 speeches)
The Industrial Chemicals Bill 2017 and associated bills establish the legislative framework for the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme, which will replace the National Industrial...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Citizenship (1 speech)
In his message to new citizens, the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection writes: People of all backgrounds and religions strengthen our country and only together, united will our future...
- Illicit Drugs (1 speech)
I refer to Spilt Milk, the music festival in the ACT that has announced it won't be pill testing in November because they neglected to get the appropriate permissions from the National Capital...
- Solomon Electorate: MV Rushcutter (1 speech)
I rise to give the House an update on the future of the Harbour Defence Motor Launch 1321, the MV Rushcutter, which sank in Darwin Harbour in 2016. Some members of this House may remember me...
- Trade Unions (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about the vile and, frankly, shocking behaviour of people who should know better. Over recent months, industrial action by the CFMEU has created an unenviable position for...
- Bullock, Mr Ben (1 speech)
Fans of the cooking show MasterChef may have heard of Ben Bullock, a Perth based lawyer who made the top 24 this year. What viewers may not know is that Ben, at just 28 years of age, has...
- Berowra Electorate: Real Entrepreneur Mums (1 speech)
With over 15,000 small businesses, Berowra is a great hub for determined entrepreneurs. One of the things I have really found since I have become the member for Berowra is the number of mums with...
- Bushfires (1 speech)
On this date at this time four years ago the first of 200 houses that burnt down in the Blue Mountains bushfires were alight. Mine was just one of them. As we mark this anniversary, I want to say...
- Farrer Electorate: SunRice (1 speech)
I rise to invite all in the building to a special evening of food and festivity in the House tomorrow night. Many of you will have eaten some of this particular product. This week it is time to...
- Australian Masters Games (1 speech)
This weekend, the 16th Australian Masters Games will commence across the north, north-west and west coast of Tasmania. The games will commence with an opening ceremony in my home town of...
- Queensland Hotels Association Awards (1 speech)
Apart from State of Origin, one of the most hotly contested awards in Queensland is Queensland's best publican. The one to take home the silverware this year was not a hipster sipper from...
- Rotary Police Awards (1 speech)
A couple of weeks ago, I was honoured to attend the Rotary Club of Maroubra 2017 Rotary Police Awards for the Botany Bay Local Area Command. I joined rotarians, the NSW Police Assistant...
- Anzac Day Schools' Award (1 speech)
Last Friday I visited St Ursula's College in Toowoomba to congratulate them for winning the Queensland secondary schools' category of the 2017 Anzac Day Schools' Award, which is a national...
- Whitlam Electorate: Student Roundtable (1 speech)
In my first year in this place, I conducted a roundtable of student leaders in my electorate. It was so successful that I have done one every year. This year, a few weeks ago, I conducted my...
- Defence Personnel (1 speech)
I recently had the great privilege to spend time with our Australian Defence Forces in the Middle East as part of the Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program. We were embedded to live and...
- Lalor Electorate: Victorian School of Languages (1 speech)
I rise to speak today about the importance of the mother language in a community like mine. In the electorate of Lalor, people come from over 104 countries and there are over 50 languages spoken...
- Energy (4 speeches)
Let's compare the Liberal-National coalition on this side of the House to the Labor-Green alliance on the other. We are pragmatic; they are ideological. We back the Australian people; they back...
- Trade Unions (1 speech)
I rise to condemn the disgraceful behaviour of those CFMEU members at the Glencore Oaky North mine. Why does the Leader of the Opposition and the Queensland Premier refuse to disassociate Labor...
- Wilkinson, Ms Lisa, AM (1 speech)
Last night I congratulated Lisa Wilkinson on the remarkable success she has achieved at Today. It's fitting that, after a decade of breaking news, grilling politicians and asking Australians to...
- Central Queensland University (1 speech)
Last week I had the pleasure of attending a sod turning event at the CQUniversity campus of engineering. Also with me was Professor Scott Bowman, the vice-chancellor of the university;...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Energy (20 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. When can the Prime Minister guarantee Australians that the cost of their power bills will go down?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I advise the House that we have joining us in the gallery this afternoon the Brazilian Ambassador to Australia. On behalf of all members, I extend a very warm welcome to you. Also, former member...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Energy (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Energy. Can the minister confirm that the government does not have any detailed modelling of the impacts of what is now government policy?...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I'd also like to inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon Mr Ken Jasper AM, the former state member for Murray Valley. On behalf of the House, I extend a warm welcome....
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Veterans (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, the TPI Federation has written to you repeatedly, seeking a resolution to the dreadful situation where about 28,000 totally and permanently...
- Energy (8 speeches)
Thank you, Mr Speaker. My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Energy. Hardworking families, retirees and small businesses in Gilmore are worried about energy costs. Will the...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I would like to advise the House that we have in the southern gallery this afternoon 23 members of The War Widows Guild of Australia. On behalf of the House, a warm welcome to you all. Honourable...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Energy (22 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 update the House on...
- Business: Energy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services. Will the minister update the House on the work the government is doing for our small business sector to ensure they have access...
- Energy (13 speeches)
I might try again with a question to the Prime Minister. Under the Prime Minister's latest energy policy, what has the government assumed will be the level of coal-fired power generation in 2030...
- Trade (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. How does the government's trade agenda create jobs for hardworking Australians, and how important is affordable and reliable...
- Energy (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's previous answers about savings of $100 to $115 per household under his latest energy policy. Did the Energy Security Board...
- 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.
- Parliamentary Service Commissioner, Parliamentary Budget Office; Presentation (1 speech)
I present the annual report of the Parliamentary Service Commissioner for 2016-17 and, pursuant to section 65 of the Parliamentary Service Act 1999, I present the annual report of the...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Broadband (33 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Greenway proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Industrial Chemicals Bill 2017, Industrial Chemicals (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2017, Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment Bill 2017, Industrial Chemicals Charges (General) Bill 2017, Industrial Chemicals Charges (Customs) Bill 2017, Industrial Chemicals Charges (Excise) Bill 2017; Second Reading (7 speeches)
I rise to speak on this package of industrial chemicals legislation. I'll keep my remarks brief, but I was moved to participate in this debate as some elements of the bills which relate to animal...
- Industrial Chemicals Bill 2017, Industrial Chemicals (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2017, Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment Bill 2017, Industrial Chemicals Charges (General) Bill 2017, Industrial Chemicals Charges (Customs) Bill 2017, Industrial Chemicals Charges (Excise) Bill 2017; Consideration in Detail (3 speeches)
by leave—I move opposition amendments (1) to (7) on sheet 1 and amendments (1) and (2) on sheet 2 together. (1) Clause 103, page 88 (line 4), omit "for an end use solely in cosmetics",...
- Industrial Chemicals Bill 2017, Industrial Chemicals (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2017, Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment Bill 2017, Industrial Chemicals Charges (General) Bill 2017, Industrial Chemicals Charges (Customs) Bill 2017, Industrial Chemicals Charges (Excise) Bill 2017; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Industrial Chemicals (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2017; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment Bill 2017; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Industrial Chemicals Charges (General) Bill 2017; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Industrial Chemicals Charges (Customs) Bill 2017; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Industrial Chemicals Charges (Excise) Bill 2017; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Defence Legislation Amendment (Instrument Making) Bill 2017; Second Reading (5 speeches)
Labor supports the proposed amendments set out in the Defence Legislation Amendment (Instrument Making) Bill 2017. The bill amends both the Defence Act 1903 and the Regulatory Powers (Standard...
- Defence Legislation Amendment (Instrument Making) Bill 2017; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Treasury Laws Amendment (Reducing Pressure on Housing Affordability Measures No. 1) Bill 2017, First Home Super Saver Tax Bill 2017; Second Reading (24 speeches)
I was saying before the debate was interrupted that the Labor Party will strongly oppose the Treasury Laws Amendment (Reducing Pressure on Housing Affordability Measures No. 1) Bill because it...
- Customs Amendment (Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement Amendment Implementation) Bill 2017; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Customs Tariff Amendment (Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement Amendment Implementation) Bill 2017; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Law Enforcement Committee; Membership (1 speech)
I have received a message from the Senate informing the House that Senator O'Sullivan has been discharged from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement and that Senator Bushby has...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
For the information of members, I present addenda to the explanatory memoranda to the following bills: Industrial Chemicals Bill 2017 Industrial Chemicals (Consequential Amendments and...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- China (1 speech)
In dealing with a foreign power like China, Australia needs to balance its commercial interests with its national security and democratic ethos. A recent report by the Kissinger Institute on...
- Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce: Heritage Bank Business Excellence Awards (1 speech)
Last Saturday night, my wife, Anita, and I sat as guests at the Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce's Heritage Bank Business Excellence Awards—obviously in Toowoomba. What a magnificent night it...
- Indi Electorate: Regional Development and Decentralisation (1 speech)
Tonight I would like to honour, acknowledge and thank the 38 Indi residents who have taken the trouble and made the time to make submissions to the House committee inquiry into regional...
- Goods and Services Tax (1 speech)
WA federal Liberal members and senators have long advocated for GST distribution reform. Through their efforts and persistent advocacy, the government has committed to implementing a floor in the...
- Dobell Electorate: Business (1 speech)
There are around 2.5 million businesses in Australia. Roughly two per cent of those 2.5 million businesses export their products and services overseas. Today I would like to showcase two of those...
- Gambling (2 speeches)
I've never been much of a gambler, Mr Speaker. A lot of my old mates are terrific punters—the horses, mainly. I actually haven't known that much about gambling, and I've known even less...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Talabani, His Excellency Jalal Husamuddin (1 speech)
I rise to commemorate the life of Iraq's first elected president post the Saddam Hussein regime, Jalal Talabani, who passed away on 3 October. I want to express my deepest sympathies to the...
- Page Electorate: Goanna Pulling Championships, Barker, Mr Isaac, Sullohern, Miss Celia (1 speech)
The annual Australian Goanna Pulling Championships were held in Wooli recently. I can allay any concerns you may have, Deputy Speaker, and say that no goannas were injured during this event. The...
- NILS Tasmania (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on behalf of the more than 600 Tasmanian families who will be affected by an imminent $160,000 cut to the no-interest loan scheme in my state. This funding is being axed...
- Energy (1 speech)
Throughout the year, thousands of Chisholm residents have been filling out my community survey, eager to have their say on the issues of the day and to play their essential role in the...
- Western Australia: Beer (1 speech)
Western Australians don't seem to be able to catch a break. Whether it's the GST, grocery prices or beer, we always seem to be paying more and getting less. While I would have loved to have got...
- Mallee Electorate: Great Country Towns Tour (1 speech)
That was a fantastic speech. I pay credit to the other side. One of the best things about having a break from Canberra is that I get to go on the Great Country Towns Tour, and all the great...
- Braddon Electorate: Forestry Industry (1 speech)
I rise today to recognise Hydrowood, a recent finalist in the Australian Forest Products Association Innovation in Business Awards. Hydrowood is a uniquely Tasmanian business located in my...
- Gwyther, Mr Lennie (1 speech)
I seek leave to table the story of Lennie Gwyther. Leave granted. I'd like to speak to that. Congratulations to Leongatha on the presentation and unveiling of the statue to Lennie Gwyther and his...
- Paterson Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
Media reports today highlight that unemployment rates in the Hunter Valley, which is home to my electorate of Paterson, hit 7.6 per cent in August. In my home town of Kurri Kurri the unemployment...
- Dairy Industry (2 speeches)
I rise today to highlight the plight of the Australian dairy industry and in particular the dairy industry in Queensland, and South-East Queensland, which is doing it incredibly tough at the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Scott, Dr Evelyn Ruth, AO (1 speech)
It is with great sadness and respect that I rise in this place on what is first nation people's land and will always be first nation people's land. In doing so, I want to acknowledge the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Cybersecurity (1 speech)
The revelations last week about what was happening on the cybersecurity front here in Australia in Defence contracts or what was not happening on the cybersecurity front just underscored the fact...
- Australian Budgerigar Society (1 speech)
I'm very pleased to say that it's less so of a grievance tonight and more so of a good news story of one of the great community organisations in my electorate of Forde. There's big news from this...
- Employment (1 speech)
A short time ago the member for Gilmore asked that I apologise for campaigning to save jobs in her electorate. I declined to do so. In fact, I invite her to join with me in defence of the 70...
- Coal Industry (1 speech)
Our resources are one of the great strengths of this country. Baked into the words of the first verse of the national anthem is the reminder that 'our land abounds with nature's gifts'....
- Climate Change (1 speech)
We're barely into spring and there are already bushfires in New South Wales on the eastern seaboard of Australia. Hurricane after hurricane has smashed into the US. Twelve hundred people have...
- Domestic and Family Violence (2 speeches)
What does hope look like? How can you see hope in the shadows of darkness? Last week I was honoured to attend a Night of Hope in West Gosford, run by two incredible people, Mark and Darlene...
