House debates
Tuesday, 27 February 2018
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Publications Committee (1 speech)
I want to correct the answer that I gave to a question that I was surprisingly asked yesterday. I inadvertently misled the House. While I thought that the Publications Committee was not meeting...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Oaky North Coalmine (1 speech)
Labor welcomes the news today that the Oaky North coalminers lockout has ended. However, I would like to highlight reports exposing the hypocrisy of many members of the LNP in Central Queensland....
- Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (1 speech)
This weekend central Sydney will become a riot of colour and glitter as hundreds of thousands of people come together for the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. This year there will be much to...
- Temporary Sponsored Parent Visas (1 speech)
I rise again to discuss an important issue to many people living in my electorate, particularly in Craigieburn and the growing suburbs around Mickleham and Donnybrook. It is an issue that also...
- Influenza Vaccine (1 speech)
Sadly, winter is just around the corner, and that means the flu season isn't far away either, so I'm very proud to report that one of the many innovative companies based in Bennelong, Sanofi, has...
- Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (1 speech)
Australians expect their Chief Scientist to support science, their Chief Medical Officer to support good health and their charities commission head to support charities. But it is not so under...
- Mount Waverley Bowling Club (1 speech)
Last week I was delighted to visit the Mount Waverley Bowling Club, a vibrant and active community sporting club for bowlers of all ages and walks of life in my electorate of Chisholm. The...
- Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
When the former Leader of the National Party was handed responsibility for the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, South Australians had good reason to be concerned that the plan would not be delivered as...
- Mallee Electorate: Rail Infrastructure (1 speech)
Today, Tuesday, 27 February 2018, marks a terrific milestone. Today the first standard gauge freight train has left Merbein and headed towards Melbourne. The $240 million for this was first...
- Mayo Electorate: The Cedars (1 speech)
My electorate of Mayo was home to one of the most recognisable landscape artists in South Australia and indeed Australia—Sir Hans Heysen. Sir Hans was a man and an artist ahead of his time....
- McMillan Electorate: National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
I'm always entirely and emotionally disarmed when I meet with young mums and sometimes older mums who have disabled kids, and I'm honoured to represent them as the member for McMillan. At a...
- Kingsford Smith Electorate: St Anthony's Catholic Primary School (1 speech)
Seventy-five years ago a young David Walker started school at St Anthony's Catholic Primary School on the hill in Clovelly. On Saturday, the now retired Bishop Walker proudly led a mass at St...
- Wright Electorate: Beechmont State School (1 speech)
The new school year is now well and truly upon us. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of my local students, both primary and secondary, in the electorate of Wright. It was...
- International Women's Day (1 speech)
I would like to acknowledge in advance International Women's Day. This year's theme 'Press for progress' is a call for renewed effort at a point when some worldwide gains have begun to slip. In...
- Illicit Drugs (1 speech)
All of us have been touched by the scourge of ice and other illicit substances and the impact they have had on our communities. I think the regional members of parliament, in particular, are well...
- Youth Partnership Project (1 speech)
Research by Save the Children in Western Australia has found that one in four young people in detention are from Perth's south-eastern suburbs, predominantly the areas I represent in Burt. In...
- Malaysia Singapore Association (1 speech)
I take this opportunity to commend the Malaysia Singapore Association for their wonderful annual Lunar New Year dinner, which was held in my electorate in East Doncaster just last weekend. The...
- Health Care (1 speech)
Tasmania's healthcare system is in crisis under an incompetent Liberal government. I know the pressure points within our public hospital system. In particular, I know just how difficult it is to...
- Oaky North Coalmine (1 speech)
It was very good news to hear this week that the Oaky North lockout has ended and workers can return to the job. I met with decent men from my electorate who were locked out by Glencore and just...
- Health Care (1 speech)
More than 2,000 people across Lyons are skipping GP visits because of rising costs. It now costs people in my electorate $35.44 every single time they visit the GP. That is the terrible truth...
- Dunkley Electorate (2 speeches)
It was my pleasure last week to host both the Prime Minister and the Minister for Health in Dunkley to discuss our job creation policies and our vision for the local area. The Prime Minister and...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Sexual Harassment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. All members of parliament should agree that anyone who brings forward a sexual harassment complaint should be afforded confidentiality. Can the Prime...
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on how the government's economic plan is creating jobs, supporting small and family businesses, and reducing the...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House we have present in the gallery this afternoon another Speaker—the Hon. Colin Brooks, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria. On behalf of the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Broadband (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. What is the average download speed for household connections on the Prime Minister's copper NBN?
- Taxation (8 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Can the Treasurer update the House on how the budget is delivering on the government's plan to reduce taxes on our economy? Is he aware of any alternative...
- National Broadband Network (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Last night at Senate estimates the Prime Minister's Department confirmed that he has a 100 megabits per second NBN connection at his Point Piper mansion. Why...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Australian Political Exchange Council's 12th delegation from the Philippines. On behalf of the House I extent a very warm...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Broadband (3 speeches)
Prime Minister, the NBN rollout is supposedly nearing completion in Tasmania. But subcontractors in my electorate tell me the copper network, which is integral to your government's model, is in...
- Infrastructure (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Will the Deputy Prime Minister update the House on action the coalition government is taking to deliver...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House we also have present in the gallery this afternoon the honourable Alan Ferguson, former President of the Senate, who has just joined us. On behalf of the House we extend a warm...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Deputy Prime Minister (8 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. This morning the former Deputy Prime Minister, the member for New England, refused to rule out a return to the job. How long does the current Deputy...
- Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence representing the Minister for Jobs and Innovation. Will the minister outline what threats exist to the delivery of long-term job creation in the...
- Broadband (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister's department said about the NBN connection to his Point Piper mansion that 'the Prime Minister asked us to make sure it was connected to...
- Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (10 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. Will the Attorney-General update the House on the Federal Court's judgement in the case of the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner v the...
- Broadband (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Nola is a 77-year-old who lives in my electorate and recently connected to the Prime Minister's copper NBN. NBN has run a copper cable across her yard,...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister update the House on the steps the government is taking to protect Australian interests from the threat of terrorism in our region?
- Broadband (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Senator Fifield has claimed that the Prime Minister's copper NBN is 'the envy of the world'. Given that the Prime Minister is personally responsible for the...
- Migration (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister update the House on steps the coalition government has taken to protect Australian families from dangerous visa-holders, and is...
- Pacific Blue Capital (11 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware of reports that a consortium led by Pacific Blue Capital, a company run by his mate Scott Briggs, will bid for a $1 billion...
- Oaky Creek Mine (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation. Will the minister update the House on bargaining at the Oaky Creek mine and outline steps the...
- Pacific Blue Capital (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. I refer to his previous answer and to reports that a consortium led by Pacific Blue Capital will bid for a $1 billion contract to privatise the...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services. Will the minister update the House on the importance of creating economic conditions that help to grow the economy and reduce...
- Work for the Dole (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation. It's been nearly two years since an 18-year-old tragically lost his life on a Work for the Dole...
- Welfare Reform (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. Will the minister update the House on the government's commitment to roll out measures that help welfare recipients struggling with substance...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Coalition Agreement (3 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I have a question to you, and it concerns standing order 105 and the administrative follow-up when a question's put on the Notice Paper. Yesterday the PM agreed to report back on an...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (8 speeches)
I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Energy (13 speeches, 2 comments)
I have received a letter from the member for Port Adelaide proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The importance of long-term...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Coalition Agreement (10 speeches)
Mr Speaker, on indulgence: at the end of question time the member for Hunter said that there had been no costs order made against him in the case between himself and myself in the Federal Court....
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That business intervening before order of the day No. 6, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Batman By-Election (1 speech)
It is very clear that people in the Batman electorate are tired of politics as usual, and it is clear too that they are heartily sick of this terrible Turnbull government. They are frustrated by...
- Robertson Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
I rise to speak about a major commitment to the people of Robertson to deliver more local jobs to my electorate on the Central Coast. In doing so I note the government's impressive record already...
- Indi Electorate: Tourism (1 speech)
Good evening, colleagues. I want to extend to you a warm invitation to come and visit north-east Victoria in autumn. From Thursday on, we are celebrating our High Country Festival. So, tonight, I...
- Welfare Reform (1 speech)
It sounds like a wonderful weekend coming up in Indi. Mr Speaker, you're welcome to come to the Wagin Woolorama in my electorate next weekend, if you have time. Tonight I rise to update the House...
- Bombing of Darwin: 76th Anniversary (1 speech)
19 February is a national day of observance because on this day 76 years ago, in 1942, mainland Australia came under attack for the first time. On this day Japanese forces mounted two air raids...
- Economy (1 speech)
This parliament must confront the serious economic risks on our horizon and the structural imbalances in our economy. The warning signs are all there. We have alarming rates of public and private...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Campbelltown Hospital, Liverpool Hospital (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about the shameful closure of an essential after-hours general practice service located at Campbelltown Hospital, within my electorate of Macarthur, and a similar closure in...
- ThinkUKnow (1 speech)
It's good to see the member for Macarthur, whose electorate borders mine, here in the chamber. Whilst we won't always agree on political issues, I know that he, as a medical practitioner, knows...
- NuCoal (1 speech)
I rise today in support of the 500 people in my electorate who had shares in the listed company NuCoal. People will be surprised by me raising the issue of NuCoal, because members would know...
- Smith, Father Anthony Victor SJ (1 speech)
I rise today to commemorate a man who made a great contribution to the community of North Sydney, Father Tony Smith SJ. Sadly, Father Tony passed away at the age of 70 a little over a week ago....
- Dobell Electorate: Wallarah 2 Coalmine (1 speech)
Today I call on the minister for the environment to take a stand to protect my community's drinking water. I call on him to choose science over politics and to choose Central Coast people over...
- Leukaemia Foundation (1 speech)
During October and November last year, I embarked on a 100-kay walk around Bennelong. Along the way I played table tennis with schoolkids, had coffee at local shops, talked tennis with the...
- International Women's Day (1 speech)
As we head towards International Women's Day, right around Australia and right around the world, our focus turns to remarkable women. I know that in the biggest breakfast that is held in...
- McPherson Electorate: GC101 Campaign (1 speech)
I'd like to inform the House about a successful initiative in my home city of the Gold Coast, directly related to my portfolio of vocational education and skills, that's providing new...
- National Broadband Network (1 speech)
This government are so dysfunctional and chaotic, and are also a government with all the wrong priorities. Here they are pushing for a $65 billion tax cut for multimillionaires and big business...
- Defence Industry (2 speeches)
It's a great pleasure to be here in the Federation Chamber. I'm here today to support the bid by BAE to manufacture the new Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle for the Army in Victoria. Last week, with...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Tasmania, Medicare (2 speeches)
I'm always very pleased to return to my electorate in northern Tasmania, especially after the always eventful sitting weeks in Canberra. Upon my return to Tasmania the week before last, I went...
- Tasmanian State Election (3 speeches)
This Saturday Tasmanians get a choice between a tired Hodgman Liberal government and the progressive Rebecca White Labor majority government. Rebecca White as leader of the Labor Party in...
- Capitalism (1 speech)
Capitalism in all of its various forms has been one of, if not the, most important drivers of human welfare in modern history. More than anything, it does two things which no other system of...
- Mental Health, Infrastructure (1 speech)
That would be the most boring contribution of rubbish I've ever heard in this place! On Sunday, I was honoured to attend the Mitchell Shire Suicide Prevention Network's community walk. The day's...
- Boothby Electorate: Anniversaries (2 speeches)
2018 has already been a busy year in my electorate of Boothby, with many significant anniversaries. I have been privileged to attend events in my community to mark these important occasions, and...
