House debates
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 18 of the Selection Committee, relating to consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on Monday, 23 October. The report will be printed...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Endometriosis (1 speech)
When I became an Endometriosis Australia ambassador, I pledged to end the silence on this debilitating disease that affects one in 10 women throughout the world and one in 10 women here in...
- Margaret River Regional Business Awards 2017 (1 speech)
Congratulations to the Margaret River Chamber of Commerce and Industry on their 2017 business awards. This acknowledges outstanding achievements by small business. Over 200 people attended the...
- Broadband (1 speech)
Recently, I held an NBN crisis meeting in Mullumbimby in my electorate of Richmond. I would like to thank the shadow minister for regional communications, the member for Whitlam, for attending...
- Barker Electorate: Mount Gambier Chamber of Commerce Awards (1 speech)
Last Friday night I attended the Mount Gambier Chamber of Commerce annual Gala Awards Night, at which winners of the 2017 Mount Gambier Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Business Awards were...
- Girls Take Over Parliament (1 speech)
Last Wednesday was International Day of the Girl, a day to celebrate girls and encourage their leadership potential. In that spirit, today 17 young women have taken over parliament as part of the...
- National Space Agency (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge the government's recent announcement of the creation of a national space agency. Australians have a long history as explorers and adventurers, and this announcement fits...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
When I started working in the media in the 1980s, in commercial radio, it was a given that as a woman I ultimately should not expect to be paid as much as a man. To me as a junior press gallery...
- Grey Electorate: Crystal Brook Primary School (1 speech)
I'm very pleased to take this opportunity to congratulate the Crystal Book Primary School on winning two prizes in the 2017 Anzac Day Schools' Awards. The school has displayed great initiative...
- Girls Take Over Parliament (1 speech)
Today I join a global movement for girls' leadership. Across the world, more than a thousand girls and young women are being promoted to positions of power for a day. Here in Australia 17 young...
- Donohoe, Mr Sam (1 speech)
Today I want to publicly acknowledge a very special member of the Gold Coast community, Sam Donohoe. Sam is a courageous 11-year-old boy who has shown great leadership in the face of substantial...
- Gender Equality (1 speech)
It's interesting to note today the number of women on this side of the chamber who are talking about the Girls Take Over Parliament event. It's interesting that the women are talking about it,...
- Gilmore Electorate (1 speech)
From last Friday to Sunday in Gilmore, we fundraised and celebrated. Firstly, the Country Women's Association of Milton District celebrated 70 years. I thank Sandy Aureli and all the committee...
- Gender Equality (1 speech)
I'm very pleased today to join the member for Lalor, the member for Macquarie and others on this side of the House who are raising the critical issues facing women, in particular young women who...
- Forde Electorate: Senior Citizens (1 speech)
Today, I would like to pay tribute to the seniors in the community of Forde. It was a great delight that, at our Beenleigh Senior Citizens Centre last month, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull...
- Girls Take Over Parliament (1 speech)
Today marks the world's largest girls takeover event—an event which I'm proud and delighted to be part of. Working with me in my office today is Yasmin Hassen—a woman who is studying...
- Bonner Electorate: Lindum Station Level Crossing (1 speech)
Today I'm asking for help. I need help from locals in my electorate who have had to deal with the notorious Lindum Station level crossing for too along now. I need your help to gather as many...
- Prime Minister (1 speech)
The Prime Minister pretends to care about power bills, but we all know that the only bloke he really cares about is himself. If there are blackouts this summer, don't worry about the Prime...
- Fisher Electorate: Kawana Waters State College (1 speech)
Last week I had the opportunity to visit Kawana Waters State College, in my electorate of Fisher, and see their new health education unit in action. The unit is an impressive example of how a...
- Citizenship (1 speech)
With the conclusion of government business in the Senate a few minutes ago, the government's citizenship bills will today be struck from the Notice Paper of the Senate and will no longer be...
- Robertson Electorate: Roads (2 speeches)
I hear from so many residents in my electorate about their desire to see better, safer roads in our community, and this was evident last Saturday when, despite the pouring rain and the wind,...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Energy (32 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's latest energy policy. Can the Prime Minister confirm that the government has not modelled its impact on business—
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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I would like to inform the House we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Australian Political Exchange Council's 25th delegation from the People's Republic of China. On behalf of the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Energy (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Before coming to office, the Liberals promised Australians their power bills would drop by $550. They didn't. This year, the Prime Minister promised that...
- Defence Industry: Energy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry: Will the minister update the House on the government's commitment to guarantee an affordable and reliable energy supply and on why this is so...
- Energy (3 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer: Today the Treasurer said that the opposition had been provided with all the documentation the government had on its latest energy policy. Can the Treasurer...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister update the House on the importance of strong and consistent border protection measures? Why is it important...
- Broadband (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware that the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman's annual report, released today, reveals that the number of complaints about the...
- Energy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. Will the minister outline to the House how the Turnbull government is assisting hardworking Australian exporters maintain their...
- Broadband (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's previous answer. Does the Prime Minister appreciate that the majority of new NBN customers previously had a working internet...
- Energy (9 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, representing the Minister for Regional Development. Will the minister advise the House how the government's National Energy...
- 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)
- Poverty and Inequality (26 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Jagajaga proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The failures of the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Treasury Laws Amendment (Reducing Pressure on Housing Affordability Measures No. 1) Bill 2017, First Home Super Saver Tax Bill 2017; Second Reading (5 speeches)
The question now is that the amendment be agreed to.
- Treasury Laws Amendment (Reducing Pressure on Housing Affordability Measures No. 1) Bill 2017, First Home Super Saver Tax 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.
- First Home Super Saver Tax 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 (2017 Measures No. 6) 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 (Housing Tax Integrity) Bill 2017, Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Fees Imposition Amendment (Vacancy Fees) Bill 2017; Second Reading (10 speeches)
Here we have, for the second time this week, legislation introduced by the government which purports to be about housing affordability and, in this case, housing tax integrity; but, of course,...
- Treasury Laws Amendment (Housing Tax Integrity) Bill 2017, Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Fees Imposition Amendment (Vacancy Fees) 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.
- Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Fees Imposition Amendment (Vacancy Fees) 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.
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Crimes Against Children and Community Protection Measures) Bill 2017; Second Reading (6 speeches)
All of us in this House have in our lives children who are important to us. I am the mother of one- and four-year-old boys who are the centre of my existence, and I'm a former foster parent. The...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Broadband (1 speech)
I rise today to condemn this government for its appalling rollout of the NBN across this nation and more specifically in the electorate of Lalor. This government has taken what should have been...
- National Police Remembrance Day (1 speech)
National Police Remembrance Day is a solemn occasion when we commemorate and pay tribute to those officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty and convey our respects to their families...
- Gambling (1 speech)
A couple of years ago, the Moreland City Council conducted a survey of residents, which included a significant portion of the constituents in my electorate of Wills. Part of that survey sought to...
- Rural and Regional Mental Health Services (1 speech)
I rise today to discuss mental health in regional communities. Mental health is, of course, one of the government's national health priorities, and as this is Mental Health Month it presents a...
- Mental Health (1 speech)
I rise tonight to discuss in this place the issue of mental health. In particular, I wanted to raise some issues on behalf of Australians for Mental Health, who have asked me to come to this...
- Energy (1 speech)
I rise this evening to reflect on an event that occurred some nine years ago, which, in the current climate of our debate on energy, is a startling example of managing energy policy. On 3 June...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Leifer, Ms Malka (1 speech)
In 2008 Dassi Erlich and a number of other students at the ultra-orthodox Jewish girls school Adass Israel in Melbourne disclosed they had been sexually abused by Malka Leifer, the school...
- Turkey (1 speech)
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of official relations between Australia and Turkey. On 4 October 1967 the Australian immigration minister, Billy Snedden, and the Turkish...
- Fiji (1 speech)
On 10 October 1970, the tiny Pacific nation of Fiji gained independence from Britain and a parliamentary democracy was established. Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara was the first Prime Minister. He is...
- Mining (1 speech)
If there are two things the people of Central and North Queensland want, they are more jobs and a reduction in power prices. These are essential things. They not only want jobs; they want job...
- Crown Casino Melbourne (3 speeches)
For some time, I've been investigating allegations of serious misconduct at Crown Casino. These allegations have been brought to me by a number of former Crown employees. Although the allegations...
- Banks Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
On 17 September, I attended the Lugarno Lions club's 38th annual spring festival in Gannons Park at Peakhurst. As always, it was a fantastic day, with literally tens of thousands of people...
- Macquarie Electorate: Environment, Meals on Wheels (1 speech)
The New South Wales government's plan to dump a modern concrete bridge in Windsor's historic Thompson Square is about to claim another heritage victim. On Sunday, I stood in front of a...
- Banks Electorate: Football (1 speech)
On 15 September, I attended the St George Football Association Gold Medal Dinner. It was fantastic night, with all the clubs of the St George Football Association coming together at a terrific...
- Northern Tasmania (1 speech)
I rise today to take this opportunity to champion my vision for Northern Tasmania. I've spoken often in this place about the potential that exists in my electorate of Bass. It is true that we...
- Dunkley Electorate: Small Business (1 speech)
A few weeks ago I was delighted to welcome to Dunkley the Minister for Small Business, the Hon. Michael McCormack. My electorate has over 16,000 individual small businesses—in fact, they...
- Bills (0 speeches)
