House debates
Tuesday, 5 December 2017
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (7 speeches)
by leave—I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the following from occurring: (1) private Members' business order of the day No. 33, the Marriage...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Publications Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Publications Joint Committee, I present the committee's report on the inquiry into printing standards for documents presented to parliament, together with the minutes of...
- Intelligence and Security Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, I present the following reports: Review of the listing of Islamic State East Asia as a terrorist organisation under...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
Many of you on the other side of the House may not realise, but we do on this side of the House, that ExxonMobil, one of the biggest multinationals in the world has—guess what?—paid...
- Brisbane Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
Over the past few weeks I was honoured to attend graduations, speech nights and assemblies at schools right across Brisbane: Kelvin Grove State College, Ascot, BGS, Newmarket, St Finbarr's, Girls...
- Rankin Electorate: Unity Cup (1 speech)
Every year for four years now the Moreton and Rankin Muslim communities come together for a hotly contested game of cricket to determine who holds the Unity Cup. Part of the tradition has been to...
- Barlow, Mr Ross, OAM (1 speech)
On 30 October, a lion of the Australian music industry and the Northern Beaches community lost his long battle with illness. Ross Barlow was from the small New South Wales town of Braidwood, but...
- Moreton Electorate: Unity Cup (1 speech)
Thank you, Deputy Speaker, for looking after me. That cautionary warning is needed because, after the Moreton against Rankin community cricket cup—after Moreton was victorious in that...
- Boothby Electorate: Blackwood Community Events (1 speech)
It was a very exciting weekend in Blackwood. The 53rd Annual Blackwood Christmas Parade and Fair was held on Friday night. The parade is the second biggest in South Australia and was coordinated...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
I rise today to inform the House of a meeting that I attended with many of my Labor colleagues this morning with representatives of the 200 local Gippsland workers of the AWU, the AMWU and the...
- Medical Workforce (1 speech)
There is a chronic shortage of doctors in country Australia. This is well known and it has been a source of great concern to country communities everywhere. Access to medical professionals and...
- Cunningham Electorate: Energy Policy, Workplace Relations (1 speech)
Last week I was graced in my electorate with a visit by the Prime Minister and his Minister for the Environment and Energy. I thought perhaps they'd come to talk to the local community about the...
- Electoral Roll (1 speech)
Maintaining the integrity of the electoral roll is of the utmost importance in our democracy. I wish to inform the House that I'm aware of two electoral enrolments in the division of Moore which...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (1 speech)
Regrettably, climate change still doesn't get the attention it deserves in this place even though it's one of the biggest threats to our environment, economy and future. Indeed, Australia's...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Canning Electorate: Economy (1 speech)
It's the role of government to create conditions in which people can flourish. That's why I have been working hard to improve job opportunities for people in Canning at all stages of their...
- Doszpot, Mr Steve (1 speech)
Last Friday, St Christopher's Cathedral in Manuka was filled to overflowing as we farewelled a beloved member of the Canberra community, the late Steve Doszpot, who was accorded a state funeral...
- Webster, Mr Peter (1 speech)
Peter Webster is an inspiration in our community. Thirty years ago, Peter had a serious motorcycle accident which resulted in the loss of his lower leg, along with other serious injuries. This,...
- Clovelly Community Bank (1 speech)
A good bank story! I'd like to congratulate the Clovelly Community Bank on 15 years of operation. When the local Commonwealth Bank shut down and closed its doors in the late 1990s, members of the...
- Geelong: Manufacturing (1 speech)
I rise to celebrate a major win for Geelong and our manufacturing future. BAE Systems' lead partner on the Land 400 project, Marand, is in advanced negotiations with Ford Australia to base its...
- Amanda Young Foundation, Meningococcal Disease (1 speech)
In October, I attended the Amanda Young Garden Fete in Southern River, one of the main fundraising events of the year for the Amanda Young Foundation. Amanda Young was an inspiring young woman,...
- White Ribbon Day (1 speech)
I rise to speak about White Ribbon Day. I was privileged to lead the White Ribbon Day March as hundreds of us walked along the pavement at the Redcliffe Peninsula, making a stand that violence...
- Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
We welcome the royal commission into the banks. It's long overdue. The Prime Minister has said he has done this as a necessary but regrettable action, but clearly he did not want to do it. He...
- Swan Electorate: Medical Research (2 speeches)
In the last week of November I welcomed Minister Cash to Curtin University in my electorate of Swan to announce over $4 million in medical research projects in Western Australia. The Turnbull...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Domestic and Family Violence (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Today Labor announced our support for 10 days paid domestic and family violence leave to be put into the National Employment Standards. Will the Prime...
- Foreign Donations (14 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister advise the House what the government is doing to protect Australia's sovereignty against foreign influence? Is the Prime Minister...
- National Security (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister update the House on why it is important for all parliamentarians to act in Australia's interests, particularly on matters of...
- Foreign Donations (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to Labor introducing a bill to parliament to ban foreign political donations over a year ago, and I also refer to former Liberal trade minister,...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I'd like to inform the House we have joining us in the gallery today Mr John Haslem, a former member for Canberra. On behalf of the House, I extend a very warm welcome to you. I am also pleased...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- National Security (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, what would it take for this parliament to establish a National Integrity Commission? Over the past fortnight, the opposition and the...
- Foreign Investment (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister—or, as he says, the ruler of this country! I refer to the bid by the Chinese company Landbridge to operate the Port of Darwin. I also refer to the fact...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer advise the House on the impact that the New South Wales economic recovery has had for the nation? How is this helping Australia realise its...
- Prime Minister (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is His Majesty aware—
- National Security (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection: Will the minister update the House on the benefits for all Australians of a well-managed national security agenda and why it...
- Turnbull Government (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. This morning, the Prime Minister's Liberal colleague Senator Hume said about the visit of Milo Yiannopoulos: You know, young man swaggers into Canberra,...
- Infrastructure (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Urban Infrastructure: Will the minister update the House on the coalition's record on delivering infrastructure projects across the nation, including for...
- Turnbull Government (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Last year, after the government became the first majority government in more than 50 years to lose control of the House, the Prime Minister told Neil...
- Energy (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Energy. Will the minister update the House on how the government is guaranteeing lower energy prices and a more reliable supply through a...
- Broadband (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister promised that every Australian would have access to the NBN by the end of 2016. It's now the end of 2017. Most Australians due to receive...
- Medicare (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Human Services. Will the minister update the House on action the coalition government has taken to improve access to Medicare services in my electorate of...
- Broadband (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday, when speaking about the chaotic HFC rollout of his second-rate NBN, the Prime Minister said some customers were getting a poor experience. With...
- Hospitals (8 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Health. Will the minister outline to the House the coalition's commitment to public hospital funding in New South Wales, especially in both Gilmore and...
- Broadband (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister promised that all Australians would have access to the NBN by the end of 2016. But last week NBN Co announced it was immediately halting...
- Economy (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small Business. Will the minister advise the House how the government's economic plan is delivering for small businesses and creating jobs for hardworking...
- 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)
- (6 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Broadband (19 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)
- Standing Committee on Procedure; Report (3 speeches)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Procedure, I present the committee's report on the inquiry into the provisions relating to disorder together with the minutes of those proceedings. Report...
- Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present the following reports: the annual reports for 2014-15 and 2015-16, Human rights scrutiny report: report 12 of 2017 and...
- Bills (0 speeches)
