House debates
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 22 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private member's business on Monday, 26 February 2018. The report will be...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That consideration of government business order of the day No. 1, Migration Amendment (Clarification of Jurisdiction) Bill 2018, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Ballarat Electorate: Keeley's Cause (1 speech)
This week I had the privilege to take part in the public launch of Keeley's Cause, a new initiative in my electorate started by Keeley, a 13-year-old who has autism spectrum disorder as well as...
- Boothby Electorate: Flagstaff Community Centre (1 speech)
Every week more than 3,500 people visit the Flagstaff Community Centre in my electorate of Boothby. It is a true community centre, providing a home for many sports and social clubs. More than 600...
- Northern Territory: Tourism (1 speech)
You may have seen an ad on the internet recently called 'Dundee—The Son of a Legend Returns Home'. Many members would remember the Crocodile Dundee movies. They were great for tourism in...
- Calare Electorate: Australia Day Honours (1 speech)
Oberon has a wonderful history and community spirit, and today I'd like to pay tribute to those who were honoured at Oberon's recent Australia Day celebrations for making outstanding...
- Herbert Electorate: Townsville Choral Society (1 speech)
On Saturday, 10 February 2018, my family and I attended the Townsville Choral Society's 'We Will Rock You' performance. It was an amazing, stunning performance that showcased the depth of talent...
- Moore Electorate: City Deals (1 speech)
I make the strong case in parliament for Joondalup city centre in my electorate to be included in the federal government's City Deals program. This exciting new initiative will activate the...
- Library Lovers' Day (1 speech)
I'm not sure if this is the right climate to say this, but today is a day for lovers—lovers of libraries. I had the pleasure last night of helping launch the Library Lovers' Day with my...
- Western Australia: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I have said many times in this place that Mandurah and the Peel region are in need of more public infrastructure. Development has not kept up with population growth. That fact is nowhere better...
- Batman By-Election (1 speech)
This weekend the Australian government is deporting a Tamil refugee who fled his country. The United Nations Committee Against Torture is asking that the deportation be stopped because there is a...
- Drivers Licence (1 speech)
More than 20 per cent of accidents on the Great Ocean Road involve international drivers. When international drivers don't have the skills or knowledge of road laws to drive on Australian roads,...
- Energy (3 speeches)
I rise today to speak about the silent rip-off that's occurring in the energy industry around the country right now, as we speak. I've been made aware by constituents in my electorate of...
- Multitask Human Resource Foundation (1 speech)
Multitask provides support and services for people with disabilities. On 2 March this year, Multitask will be celebrating three of their clients achieving the milestone of being employed for the...
- Gold Coast Commonwealth Games (1 speech)
The Commonwealth Games are coming to Queensland, to the Gold Coast in particular. They will be held from 4 to 15 April. Baton bearers, who'll carry the flame all the way to the Gold Coast,...
- Taxation (1 speech)
As mums and dads pack up the kids, send them off to school and head off to work; as pensioners struggle to put the air-conditioner on because of rising electricity costs; and as students face...
- Wide Bay Electorate: Gallipoli to Armistice Memorial (1 speech)
A landmark of international significance is now emerging in Queen's Park, Maryborough, in the electorate of Wide Bay, a $3.2 million Gallipoli to Armistice memorial funded by the federal and...
- Cowan Electorate: Valentine's Day (1 speech)
Today it's Valentine's Day, and we all know that it's a day that's usually reserved for romantic love. I'm not the most romantic person in the world, but I did manage to send a message to my...
- Swan Electorate: Swan Christmas Food Drive (1 speech)
In early December last year I launched the Swan Christmas Food Drive for Foodbank Western Australia to assist families to put food on the table over Christmas. Christmas is a special time for all...
- Payday Lending (1 speech)
I'm sure you'll all agree that both the gallery and the community at large quite rightly expect bipartisanship from this place. There is a reform that is capable of bipartisanship right here,...
- Hughes Electorate: Garie Surf Life Saving Club (1 speech)
This coming Sunday, 18 February, I'm proud to be sponsoring the Garie Beach's surf lifesaving club's fun day. I'd like to invite all the constituents of the electorate of Hughes to attend. The...
- Deputy Prime Minister (2 speeches)
It's got beyond a joke. The person who fills the second-most senior role in the country is still in his job because 11 National Party MPs can't decide on how, when or where to tap him on the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Australian Constitution (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday, the Prime Minister told parliament that the 'apology to the stolen generation will never be forgotten'. Yet John Howard's government, the...
- Taxation (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on how small and family-owned businesses are taking advantage of lower taxes to create jobs and increase investment,...
- Charitable Organisations (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In his Closing the gap speech on Monday, the Prime Minister lauded the Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity, which is part-funded by US based Atlantic...
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question— Dr Mike Kelly interjecting— Mr Dreyfus interjecting—
- Deputy Prime Minister (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister still retain confidence in the Deputy Prime Minister and, when the Prime Minister is overseas next week, will the Deputy Prime...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I'd like to inform the House we have joining us in the gallery this afternoon the Hon. Judy Moylan, former minister and member for Pearce—a warm welcome to you—and also Mary Easson,...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Infrastructure (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. The Victor Harbor-Goolwa region is the third largest significant urban area in South Australia. Victor Harbor Road, which has one...
- Deputy Prime Minister (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Has the Prime Minister suggested to the Deputy Prime Minister that it's time he resigned?
- Taxation (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services. Will the minister update the House on action the government is taking to crack down on multinational tax avoidance, and is the...
- Deputy Prime Minister (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Deputy Prime Minister the only member of cabinet the Prime Minister is powerless to take action against for breaching his ministerial standards? And...
- Defence Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry. Will the minister advise the House of how the government's company tax cuts will assist businesses in the defence industry and encourage the...
- Deputy Prime Minister (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. I refer to reports that National Party MPs, including the member for Gippsland, the member for Hinkler, the member for Cowper, the member for Mallee...
- National Security (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister update the House on the importance of a strong and consistent approach to border protection policies? Is the minister aware of...
- Deputy Prime Minister (4 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Ministerial standards require ministers to declare their personal interests to the House. The Deputy Prime Minister has declared 'post-election...
- Energy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Energy. Will the Minister update the House on how the government's action to create an affordable and reliable energy system is benefiting...
- Housing Affordability (9 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. On 1 February this year, the Deputy Prime Minister made a statement about his previous portfolio responsibility for housing in agricultural areas,...
- Roads Infrastructure (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Urban Infrastructure and Cities. Will the minister update the House on the government's approach to cutting down on congestion in our urban areas, including in...
- Deputy Prime Minister (14 speeches)
My question's to the Deputy Prime Minister. I refer to the Deputy Prime Minister's answer just now and his February statement advising first home buyers to find a cheaper house in Armidale. Is he...
- Health Care: South Australia (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Minister, can you update the House on the action the Turnbull government is taking to invest in the health of South Australians, particularly within my...
- Housing Affordability (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. I refer to his previous answers. The government has so far advised first-home buyers to get rich parents, get a better job or get out of town. Does he...
- Employment (2 speeches)
My question is the Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. Will the Minister update the House on the government's commitment to establishing the Skilling Australians Fund to train...
- Trade (11 speeches)
My question is to the member for Flynn in his capacity as the chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth. I note the strong leadership the member has provided in the...
- Economy (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. Will the minister update the House on action the coalition government is taking to ensure that the right policies are in place to...
- Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade (9 speeches)
My question is to the member for Flynn in his capacity as the chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade. I refer to the inquiry he has been leading. When does...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
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I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games (1 speech)
I take this opportunity briefly to congratulate a resident in my local suburb of Warrandyte, Scotty James, on winning the bronze medal in the snowboard halfpipe at the Olympics just an hour or so ago.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Rural and Regional Australia (25 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Hunter proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The government failing rural...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That consideration of order of the day No. 2, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the amended report of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and of private members' business on Monday 26 February 2018. Copies of...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Apology to Australia's Indigenous Peoples: 10th Anniversary (1 speech)
This week the parliament and the nation marked the 10-year anniversary of Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivering the apology to the stolen generations—a historic and unifying moment for...
- Water Infrastructure (1 speech)
Water infrastructure is just as essential to the agriculture industry and life in the regional centres as it is to the big cities. Without affordable water, our nation grinds to a halt. Water...
- Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
Ordinarily, after there's been a disallowance motion in the Senate, people come out fighting. We've just had a disallowance motion succeed in the Senate, and I want to adopt a far more...
- South Australian Government (1 speech)
I had not intended to make this comment but, listening to the shadow minister there, I appreciate his conciliatory words but am flabbergasted by the fact that he has supported that disallowance...
- National Integrity Commission (1 speech)
Watching events over the last week, I cannot help but reflect on Abraham Lincoln's declaration that: Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power....
- Sail Hervey Bay A-Class World Championships, Wide Bay AFL, St James Lutheran College, HMAS Tobruk (2 speeches)
Given that it's the last speech of the night, we might finish on a lighter note. Mr Speaker, you may not be aware that, in November this year in the town of Hervey Bay in Central Queensland, in...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Defence Facilities: Chemical Contamination (1 speech)
I present a petition concerning chemical contamination at RAAF Base Tindal which has been approved by the Standing Committee on Petitions. I am therefore pleased to present this petition. The...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Kennedy Electorate: Hughenden (1 speech)
We are placing before the NAIF and the people of Australia and the government of Australia a proposal to have irrigation at Hughenden, which is about the most central town on the land mass of...
- Rural and Regional Health Services (1 speech)
I rise again to speak in this place on the supply of doctors in rural areas. I prepared a report about two years ago, and updated it 12 months ago, with some suggestions to address this...
- Fadden Electorate: Community Organisations (1 speech)
( It is with great pleasure that I inform the House about some of the fantastic community organisations that have been successful in round 3 of the Stronger Communities Program from my community...
- Petition: Climate Change (1 speech)
Thank you. It's my great privilege to present to the House a petition that has been raised by Carol Bartlett and students from the Sapphire Coast Anglican School, a wonderful group of kids,...
- Victoria: Roads (1 speech)
With another year well and truly underway, Melburnians returning to work wouldn't be able to help but feel that the traffic on roads in Melbourne keeps getting worse and worse. According to...
- Braddon Electorate: Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
All of us in this place receive a lot of correspondence, much of which would be beneficial and some that is very compelling. Today, I want to read into the public record an email I received from...
- Gilmore Electorate: Country Shows (2 speeches)
People living in a regional area, as I do, are absolutely blessed by having country shows, and not just one weekend of country shows. We have country shows just about every single weekend. We...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Closing the Gap (14 speeches)
It is now 10 years since the eventful day when the national apology was made to our nation's first people. I was sitting in Macca's, Goulburn, and there were many Indigenous people stopping,...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That business intervening before order of the day No. 10, committee and delegation business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Standing Committee on Economics; Report (3 speeches)
I rise to speak on the Review of the four major banks (third report) conducted by the House Standing Committee on Economics. I was a member of this committee and participated in two of these...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Walker, Mr Ronald Joseph, AC, CBE (1 speech)
I would like to comment, albeit briefly, on Ron Walker's passing. Ronald Joseph Walker was a great doyen of the Melbourne establishment, a great Liberal, a businessman and a successful promoter...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee; Report (4 speeches)
I rise to make a few short comments on this committee report. I might start by congratulating the chair and deputy chair of the Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs in particular...
- Communications and the Arts Committee; Report (1 speech)
The Australian screen industry employs more than 25,000 Australians and generates more than $3 billion in economic activity, including $252 million in export revenue and $725 million on tourism....
- National Disability Insurance Scheme; Report (2 speeches)
I rise to speak on the report Provision of services under the NDIS Early Childhood Early Intervention approach. I am a proud member of this committee, and I will devote a lot of my...
- Standing Committee on Environment and Energy; Report (6 speeches)
It's my pleasure to rise and support the findings and recommendations of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on the Environment and Energy report titled Powering our future: inquiry...
- Standing Committee on Indigenous Affairs; Report (2 speeches)
I'm delighted and feel quite privileged to be able to rise to address this place in relation to this report as a member of the Standing Committee on Indigenous Affairs. At the outset, I would...
- Joint Standing Committee on Migration; Report (9 speeches)
Making a new home in a new country is not easy yet tens of thousands of people do this in Australia every year. I believe Australia can and should do more. I want to thank my fellow Labor members...
- Select Committee on Regional Development and Decentralisation; Report (7 speeches)
The terms of reference for the Select Committee on Regional Development and Decentralisation include and require the committee to inquire into best practices in regional development, considering...
