House debates
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (3 speeches)
It is with a fair degree of emotion that I move: That leave of absence for 25 and 26 October 2017 be given to Ms Burney, for personal reasons Members across the chamber will be aware of the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 19 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private member's business on Monday, 27 November 2017. The report will be...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Medicare Levy Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Fringe Benefits Tax Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Income Tax Rates Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Superannuation (Excess Non-concessional Contributions Tax) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Superannuation (Excess Untaxed Roll-over Amounts Tax) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Income Tax (TFN Withholding Tax (ESS)) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Family Trust Distribution Tax (Primary Liability) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Taxation (Trustee Beneficiary Non-disclosure Tax) (No. 1) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Taxation (Trustee Beneficiary Non-disclosure Tax) (No. 2) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Treasury Laws Amendment (Untainting Tax) (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Nation-building Funds Repeal (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017; Second Reading (5 speeches)
Given we're about to head into the summing up and then amendments and then votes on this bill, I just wanted to briefly place on the record that the member for Mayo intends to vote with the...
- Medicare Levy Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Fringe Benefits Tax Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Income Tax Rates Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Superannuation (Excess Non-concessional Contributions Tax) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Superannuation (Excess Untaxed Roll-over Amounts Tax) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Income Tax (TFN Withholding Tax (ESS)) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Family Trust Distribution Tax (Primary Liability) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Taxation (Trustee Beneficiary Non-disclosure Tax) (No. 1) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Taxation (Trustee Beneficiary Non-disclosure Tax) (No. 2) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Treasury Laws Amendment (Untainting Tax) (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Nation-building Funds Repeal (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017; Consideration in Detail (15 speeches)
by leave—I move amendments (1) to (4), as circulated in the name of the member for McMahon, together: (1) Schedule 1, page 3 (after line 7), after item 2, insert: 2A After section 7 Insert:...
- Medicare Levy Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Fringe Benefits Tax Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Income Tax Rates Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Superannuation (Excess Non-concessional Contributions Tax) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Superannuation (Excess Untaxed Roll-over Amounts Tax) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Income Tax (TFN Withholding Tax (ESS)) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Family Trust Distribution Tax (Primary Liability) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Taxation (Trustee Beneficiary Non-disclosure Tax) (No. 1) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Taxation (Trustee Beneficiary Non-disclosure Tax) (No. 2) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Treasury Laws Amendment (Untainting Tax) (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Nation-building Funds Repeal (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) 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.
- Fringe Benefits Tax Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) 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.
- Income Tax Rates Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) 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.
- Superannuation (Excess Non-concessional Contributions Tax) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) 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.
- Superannuation (Excess Untaxed Roll-over Amounts Tax) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) 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.
- Income Tax (TFN Withholding Tax (ESS)) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) 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.
- Family Trust Distribution Tax (Primary Liability) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) 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.
- Taxation (Trustee Beneficiary Non-disclosure Tax) (No. 1) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) 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.
- Taxation (Trustee Beneficiary Non-disclosure Tax) (No. 2) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) 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 (Untainting Tax) (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017; Consideration in Detail (3 speeches)
I move the opposition amendment circulated in the name of the member for McMahon: (1) Schedule 1, page 3 (after line 3), before item 1, insert: 1A Subsection 4 -10(3) (note 2) Omit "of the Income...
- Treasury Laws Amendment (Untainting Tax) (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) 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.
- Nation-building Funds Repeal (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017; Second Reading (2 speeches)
This is the second occasion on which the government has attempted to abolish the Building Australia Fund. The Building Australia Fund was established in 2008 as part of one of the first pieces of...
- Nation-building Funds Repeal (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) 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.
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2017 Measures No. 1) Bill 2017, Therapeutic Goods (Charges) Amendment Bill 2017; Second Reading (1 speech)
The Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2017 Measures No. 1) Bill 2017 and the Therapeutic Goods (Charges) Amendment Bill 2017 further implement reforms stemming from the 58 recommendations of the...
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2017 Measures No. 1) Bill 2017, Therapeutic Goods (Charges) Amendment Bill 2017; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the following bills be referred to the Federation Chamber for further consideration: Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2017 Measures No. 1) 2017; and Therapeutic Goods...
- Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2017; Second Reading (10 speeches)
Mr Deputy Speaker, I thank you for the opportunity to speak in continuation on the Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2017. Before I was interrupted, I was speaking about the...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Intersex Awareness Day (1 speech)
The 26th of October is Intersex Awareness Day. It's very important that we observe this day, because there is a lack of understanding of people with intersex conditions in the community. And...
- Forrest Electorate: The Grove Distillery (1 speech)
Saturday is Small Business Day. The Grove Distillery is a small family business in the Margaret River region, a vibrant business. It began as an olive grove on that property and became a winery...
- Australian Workers' Union (1 speech)
Yesterday we witnessed an extraordinary attack on our democracy, with the AFP raiding the AWU offices in Melbourne and Sydney. In a letter released by Ben Davis, the Victorian branch secretary of...
- Groom Electorate: Pittsworth Craft and Fine Food Spectacular (1 speech)
The Pittsworth Craft and Fine Food Spectacular and spring garden week has been held successfully in the Darling Downs for a number of years; this year commencing on 29 September. It's a...
- National Week of Deaf People (1 speech)
I would like to wish the deaf community in Australia a happy National Week of Deaf People. It's an opportunity for deaf people to celebrate their community, language, culture and history. It's a...
- Kennedy Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
I rise to speak on probably the most important issue that exists in our society today. In Mareeba we had a meeting and a thousand people turned up. I know that because I counted the number of...
- Tangney Electorate: Local Sporting Champions (1 speech)
The Local Sporting Champions grant is extremely popular in Tangney and appreciated by my local community, so popular that each round in is oversubscribed. Last round we saw 53 applications for 22...
- National Disability Insurance Agency (1 speech)
On 3 June 2013, Prime Minister Gillard came to Geelong, to the Pier restaurant, and announced there that the national headquarters of the National Disability Insurance Scheme would be based in...
- Bennelong Electorate: Leukaemia Foundation (1 speech)
Members who were here in 2015 may remember my 100-kay walk around the electorate, raising money and awareness for motor neurone disease. All will be pleased to know that it's back this year, with...
- Prime Minister (1 speech)
I rise today to ask an important question: where is the Prime Minister Australia voted for? Where has that man gone? He does not resemble anything he used to stand for, and yesterday and today...
- Child Sexual Abuse (1 speech)
Child sex offenders are evil—often highly manipulative and skilled at their vile practices. Child sex offenders are people society can never trust. I don't care what rehabilitation is...
- Touched by Olivia (1 speech)
Today I have the privilege of welcoming Touched by Olivia to parliament. I have spoken many times in this place about the important work they're doing, including in my own electorate of Lindsay....
- Flynn Electorate: Maritime Rescue Services (1 speech)
Today I rise to pay respect to the six men tragically lost at sea on board the fishing boat Dianne. My deepest sympathies go to the families for their loss. In times of utter despair, often it's...
- Lyons Electorate: Bushfires (1 speech)
For the past week, a bushfire has been raging in the north-east of my electorate, and I stand to pay tribute to the hundreds who are battling the flames. Since last Friday, some 7½ thousand...
- Mackellar Electorate: McHappy Day (1 speech)
On Saturday, 14 October, I had the pleasure of meeting Warwick Hokins at his McDonald's franchise in Beacon Hill to celebrate McHappy Day. On McHappy Day, McDonald's donates $1 from every Big...
- Bass Electorate: Ringarooma (1 speech)
For the last nine months, Dairy Australia has been searching for the 'Legendairy Capital of Australia'. The 2017 winner is the dairy town of Ringarooma, located in my electorate of Bass, about 90...
- Diabetes Australia (1 speech)
Diabetes Australia is 60 years old, and last week in the Great Hall in this place we held a 60th birthday celebration. Diabetes Australia is a wonderful organisation with wonderful partners like...
- Burt Electorate: Kelmscott Show (1 speech)
Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending the Kelmscott Show, in the electorate of Burt, along with the state member for Armadale and show patron, Dr Tony Buti; and new WA Labor state members...
- Wilkinson, Ms Lisa, AM (1 speech)
I rise today to reflect on the events that transpired last week in regard to Lisa Wilkinson leaving Channel 9 and the Today show because of a perceived gap between what she was paid and what her...
- Men's Shed Movement (2 speeches)
It's my great pleasure to rise and speak about the wonderful contribution that men's sheds make throughout my electorate of Corangamite and across the nation. Men's sheds do so much for...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Kirkbright-Burney, Mr Binni (3 speeches)
This morning I spoke with the member for Barton and expressed Lucy's and my deep sadness at the loss of her son at their home last night. As parents, our worst dread is the loss of a child....
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Australian Federal Police (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday it was revealed that the Federal Police did not have the resources to investigate the importation of 1.6 tonnes of cocaine, but on the very same...
- Energy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister advise the House of what action the government is taking to reduce power bills and improve energy reliability for hardworking...
- Australian Federal Police (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday it was revealed that the Federal Police did not have the resources to fully investigate a 1.6 tonne cocaine importation. When the Federal Police...
- Energy (9 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House what action the government is taking to address cost-of-living pressures for hardworking Australian families and...
- Australian Federal Police (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Given TV cameras turned up at the sites of AFP raids yesterday before even the Federal Police did, can the Prime Minister guarantee that his employment...
- Mining (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. As former environment minister Peter Garrett pointed out this week, the Queensland Labor government is strongly backing the Adani coal megamine, which will...
- Energy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister update the House on how the government's energy policy guarantees affordable and reliable energy for hardworking Australian...
- Australian Federal Police (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In his previous answer, the Prime Minister said that Senator Cash had assured him that she did not advise the press gallery of the raids. Did Senator Cash...
- Energy (17 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources and Minister for Resources and Northern Australia.
- Registered Organisations Commission (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that the Prime Minister went to a double-dissolution election to establish his Registered Organisations Commission, the...
- Energy (2 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is for the Minister for the Environment and Energy. Will the minister update the House on the government's action to guarantee affordable and reliable energy for hardworking...
- Australian Federal Police (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm his government has sent in the AFP to raid parliamentary offices during an election campaign because the failings of his...
- Energy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister outline to the House why affordable and reliable energy is crucial for regional and rural health services in Queensland? Is the...
- Australian Federal Police (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why hasn't the Prime Minister asked government agencies to undertake any investigations into Australians caught up in the Panama Papers scandal? Why does the...
- National Security (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister update the House on the vital work the Australian Border Force has undertaken with the Australian Federal...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Prime Minister (9 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: The House: (1) notes: (a) yesterday, it was revealed...
- 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.
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
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Mr Speaker, I wish to make a claim with respect to being misrepresented.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Economy (19 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for McMahon proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's failure to...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Turnbull Government (1 speech)
Unfortunately, it's been a shameful week in this parliament. It was a truly depressing moment in Australian politics yesterday when the Minister for Justice made the contemptible smear that...
- Puffing Billy Railway, Horatio Jones's House (1 speech)
Mr Deputy Speaker Vasta, as an avid trainspotter you'll be greatly interested in my speech regarding Puffing Billy Railway. Puffing Billy, Australia's foremost tourist railway, is located in my...
- Sutton, Ms Shayne, Jones, Mr Lindsay (1 speech)
In my first adjournment speech in the House of Representatives, tonight I acknowledge the service of two great Australians and two wonderful friends. Firstly, I recognise someone that you know,...
- Melbourne: Traffic Congestion (1 speech)
I rise tonight to highlight once again one of the most important issues for the people of Melbourne and in particular my constituents in the electorate of Menzies, and that is the increasing...
- Minister for Employment, Turnbull Government (1 speech)
A few moments ago, Senator Cash returned to Senate estimates to advise the Senate that she had misled Senate estimates, not once, not twice, but five times. Five times! When Labor first asked...
- Media (3 speeches)
Tonight I tell a story, a scandalous tale of untruths—perhaps unintentional ones; ones that may perhaps be newsworthy. Were they true? They were not.
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Ryan Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
I rise this morning to say congratulations and well done to all of the year 12 students completing their education across the community that I represent today. There are 15 educational...
- Capricornia Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
During the parliamentary break I spent several days touring the north of my electorate and meeting with a number of local schools. Many of the students I met on the trip had visited parliament...
- Energy (1 speech)
I recently held at RSLs and community centres in my electorate of Isaacs five morning teas for seniors in my community. Held in Mentone, Mordialloc, Chelsea Heights, Carrum Downs and Noble Park,...
- Swan Electorate: reSolve: Mathematics by Inquiry (1 speech)
Education and mathematics go together, and I rise today to speak on the coalition government's reSolve program. Whilst back in my electorate of Swan, I had the pleasure of representing the...
- Marriage (1 speech)
We never should have had a postal vote on marriage equality, but over the past two months people in Melbourne have come together to stand up for equality. I'm proud to represent a community where...
- Queensland Government (1 speech)
The great state of Queensland will be making a decision in the next couple of months on who will run that fantastic state economy, which currently ranks fifth out of the eight jurisdictions in...
- Veterans' Homelessness (1 speech)
On Saturday night, 21 October, my family, two staff members, my daughter, my son-in-law, my two grandchildren and I participated in the Veterans Off The Streets Australia Community Sleep Out. We...
- Boothby Electorate: Brownhill Creek (1 speech)
During my election campaign, I was delighted to secure a $200,000 commitment towards the Wirraparinga trail loop at Brownhill Creek. This was delivered through a Green Army project, and the...
- Fowler Electorate: Cabramatta Moon Festival (1 speech)
Last month I had the pleasure of attending the Cabramatta Moon Festival, an event which is held annually and is certainly very significant in my electorate of Fowler. We attracted in that one...
- Energy (2 speeches)
One of the things I love to do in my electorate of Petrie is get out and listen to local people. Whether they're talking about jobs or the cost of living, I love to listen to what they're saying...
- Bills (0 speeches)
