House debates

Wednesday, 28 March 2018

  • Bills (0 speeches)
  • Business (0 speeches)
    • Rearrangement (1 speech)
      I move: That business intervening before notice No. 6, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
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  • Motions (0 speeches)
    • Taxation (11 speeches)
      I seek leave to move the following motion: That the House— (1) notes: (a) on Monday, the Prime Minister guaranteed to the Australian people that "lower business taxes result in higher...
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  • Business (0 speeches)
    • Rearrangement (1 speech)
      I move: That notice No. 29, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
  • Committees (0 speeches)
    • Public Works Committee; Reference (1 speech)
      I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, the following proposed work be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works for...
    • Public Works Committee; Approval of Work (1 speech)
      I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, it is expedient to carry out the following proposed work which was referred to the Parliamentary Standing...
  • Motions (0 speeches)
    • Parliamentary Papers (1 speech)
      On behalf of the Leader of the House, I move: That unless otherwise ordered, and provided that they conform to the printing standards, the following documents shall be made Parliamentary Papers...
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  • Statements by Members (0 speeches)
    • Donations to Political Parties (1 speech)
      I recently met with local GetUp! members regarding their very legitimate concerns about the Turnbull government's proposed actions about donation legislation affecting charities and advocacy...
    • Pollard, Mr Sean (1 speech)
      I want to acknowledge the courage and resilience of the inspirational young South West athlete Sean Pollard. As a young West Aussie man Sean loved football and surfing. He didn't think twice when...
    • Employment (1 speech)
      Almost one in five young people on the Central Coast of New South Wales is currently looking for work. The coast has the eighth-highest youth unemployment rate in Australia, at 18.6 per cent, and...
    • Schools (1 speech)
      I rise in the House to add my voice to the many voices advocating for our school chaplaincies and the National School Chaplaincy Program. The chaplains make a real difference in our school...
    • Coeliac Awareness Week (1 speech)
      I rise today to acknowledge Coeliac Awareness Week, which ran earlier this month from 13 to 20 March. This is an annual event that aims to educate people about the importance of getting tested...
    • Fatality Free Friday, Wide Bay Electorate: Bruce Highway Upgrade (1 speech)
      Today, members and senators are signing a pledge committing to safe driving as part of Fatality Free Friday, which is on Friday, 25 May. I thank the event organisers, the Australian Road Safety...
    • Lindsay Electorate: The Haven-Nepean Women's Shelter (1 speech)
      I always get up in this place and talk about how amazing the people are in the electorate that I get to represent. I am no prouder this week than I am on any other week, but in two weeks time The...
    • Dunkley Electorate: Frankston Parkinson's Peer Support Group (1 speech)
      Last week, I was invited to speak to our local Parkinson's peer support group, who meet monthly in Karingal Place, about my vision for Frankston and how our future projects will draw investment...
    • Miller, Mrs Fay, Miller, Mr Jack (1 speech)
      Many significant milestones have been acknowledged in this place. I would like to add one more, and congratulate Fay and Jack Miller of Victor Harbor, in my community, on their upcoming 70th...
    • Murray Electorate: Pozieres Remembrance Association (1 speech)
      Pozieres is a small village in the Somme valley in France, and it was the scene of bitter and costly fighting for the 1st, 2nd and 4th Australian divisions in mid-1916, during World War I. The...
    • Canberra Electorate: Manuka Pool Memorial Plaque (2 speeches)
      In their haste to cool down or to do laps, many Canberrans would miss a very inconspicuous but very special bronze plaque that hangs in the foyer of the Manuka swimming pool. It's a plaque that...
    • Rigby, Mr Flynn (1 speech)
      I rise today to pay tribute to a brave young lad living in my electorate. Flynn Rigby and his twin brother, Jack, arrived in this world 16-weeks premature. Flynn weighed 720 grams and Jack was...
    • Solomon Electorate: Air Travel (1 speech)
      Up in the Top End, in Darwin, we've launched the #fairfaresnt campaign. As those in the gallery might know if they've been up to Darwin, it's not the cheapest place to fly to. We're appealing to...
    • Pizzey-Stratford, Mr Oliver (1 speech)
      Imagine sustaining a spinal injury at birth and still dreaming to compete in the Paralympics for the great nation of Australia. That's the dream of one amazing 15-year-old Goldstein resident,...
    • Higgison, Ms Debbie (1 speech)
      Mount Druitt has got a stack of community champions and one of their greats is Debbie Higgison. Debbie's an inspiration with so much passion and dedication for an area that she loves so much....
    • Special Olympics Australia (1 speech)
      A few weeks ago I had the great privilege to play cricket and present awards to athletes taking part in the Special Olympics festival of sport, held at the Narrabeen Lakeside Holiday Park in my...
    • Turnbull Government (1 speech)
      For the 29th time since the resurrection of the Liberal saviour we see the sad procession of government MPs dragging themselves into question time, saying, 'We'll all be ruined.' They are as...
    • Brisbane Metro (1 speech)
      Yesterday, Infrastructure Australia announced that the Brisbane Metro has been added to its high-priority list. The Brisbane Metro is the next piece of our city's transport jigsaw, and it helps...
    • Gold Coast Commonwealth Games (1 speech)
      This is the last parliamentary sitting day before the 21st Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. I want to take this opportunity to wish all 70 visiting teams and their supporters from around the...
    • Rural and Regional Health Services (2 speeches)
      There is a chronic shortage of doctors in the bush, and people of country Australia are tired of it. They're tired of having to wait weeks or months just to see a GP. They're tired of not being...
  • Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
    • Taxation (3 speeches)
      My question is to the Prime Minister. Now that a majority of senators have rejected the Prime Minister's company tax plan, will the Prime Minister advise Australians—right here, right...
    • Employment (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the important policies that back business so they can create more jobs for Australians and pay Australian workers...
    • Taxation (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to my previous question and the Prime Minister's public failure in question time to commit to taking his $65 billion corporate tax cut to the next...
    • Dividend Imputation (8 speeches)
      My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer explain why it is important for retirees to have access to tax refunds generated from the dividends they receive from the companies they have...
    • Taxation (5 speeches)
      My question is to the Prime Minister. The leaked draft statement from the Business Council of Australia reveals that big business refused to commit to paying tax if the Senate passed the Prime...
  • Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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      I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Hon. Fred Chaney, a former senator and, more importantly, a former member of this House and a former minister. On behalf...
  • Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
    • Tasmania: Public Housing (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Prime Minister. You would be aware of my correspondence alerting you to Tasmania's housing crisis, especially in Hobart. I urged you to help remedy the situation. For...
    • Economy (6 speeches)
      My question is to the Treasurer: Will the Treasurer explain why it is important to reward aspiration and encourage Australians to have a go in our economy, and what are the risks of alternative...
    • Taxation (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Prime Minister. A leaked draft of the statement from the Business Council reveals that big business refused to commit to 'increased wages' if the Senate passed the Prime...
    • Queensland: 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 recent regional infrastructure announcements that are...
    • Taxation (7 speeches)
      My question is to the Prime Minister. A leaked draft of the statement from the Business Council of Australia reveals that big business refused to commit to 'create more Australian jobs' if the...
    • National Security (4 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister update the House on the importance of well-designed border protection policies, and is the minister aware of any alternative...
    • Taxation (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Prime Minister. The leaked draft statement from the Business Council reveals that big business refuses to commit to increased wages when the conditions are right. When big...
    • Economy (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry representing the Minister for Jobs and Innovation. Will the minister explain why it's important to be consistent in designing and implementing...
    • Taxation (12 speeches)
      My question is to the Prime Minister: The leaked draft statement from the Business Council reveals that big business refused to commit to 'create more Australian jobs in the cities, suburbs,...
    • Health Care (4 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister outline to the House how the government's record investment in new medicines is underpinned by a strong economy? Is the minister aware...
    • Taxation (8 speeches)
      My question is to the Prime Minister. We now know that big business has refused to commit to create Australian jobs and to increase wages; to avoid offshoring; to invest in remote and rural...
    • Energy (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Energy. Will the minister update the House on how the government is creating a more affordable and reliable energy system that is so...
    • Taxation (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Prime Minister. Why is the Prime Minister committed to a $65 billion handout for big business but making our fantastic early childhood educators, like those in the public...
    • Centenary of Anzac (4 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of ANZAC. Will the minister update the House on the establishment of that great...
  • Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
    • Report No. 33 of 2017-18 (1 speech)
      I present the Auditor-General's Audit report No. 33 of 2017-18, entitled Perfomance audit:implementation of the annual performance statements requirements 2016-17: across entities. Ordered that...
  • 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.
  • Business (0 speeches)
    • Leave of Absence (1 speech)
      I move: That leave of absence be given to every Member of the House of Representatives from the determination of this sitting of the House to the date of its next sitting. Question agreed to.
    • Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (1 speech)
      by leave—I move: That standing order 31 (automatic adjournment of the House) and standing order 33 (limit on business) be suspended for this sitting. In moving the motion, I might explain...
  • Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
    • Taxation (17 speeches)
      I have received a letter from the honourable Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government...
  • Committees (0 speeches)
    • Treaties Committee; Report (1 speech)
      On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, I present the committee's report entitled Report 178: Bonn convention-amendments; Universal Postal Union-amendments. Report made a...
  • Bills (0 speeches)
  • Committees (0 speeches)
    • Law Enforcement Committee; Report (1 speech)
      On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement, I present the following two reports: Examination of the Australian Crime Commission annual report 2015-16 and Examination of the...
  • Bills (0 speeches)
  • Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
    • Cooper, Professor David, AO (1 speech)
      I rise today to offer my condolences on the death of Professor David Albert Cooper AO, a great Australian physician, who died on 18 March this year. David's had many accolades bestowed upon him...
    • Mitchell Electorate: Clean Up Australia Day (1 speech)
      It's my pleasure today to speak about some of the voluntary traditions in my electorate of Mitchell. We have one of the highest volunteer rates in the country, and many of the suburbs of Mitchell...
    • Petition: Spinal Muscular Atrophy (2 speeches)
      I table a petition from Spinal Muscular Atrophy Australia with 11,201 signatories. It has been considered and approved by the Standing Committee on Petitions. The petition read as follows—...
    • Easter (1 speech)
      I rise today on what is set to be the last parliamentary sitting day for a number of weeks to speak briefly about what for many is one of the most significant festivals of the year, particularly...
    • Ethiopia: Oromo People (1 speech)
      I stand in the federal Parliament of Australia today to draw the attention of my colleagues and the government to the serious human rights concerns raised by members of the Australian Oromo...
    • Fisher Electorate: Fisher Community Awards (1 speech)
      I rise this morning to talk about the great community awards that we held in Fisher just last Thursday night. I want to make Fisher the place to be for education, employment and retirement. We...
    • Lord Howe Island (4 speeches)
      One of the best things about being the member for Sydney is the fact that I get to represent Lord Howe Island, which is one of the most beautiful places on earth. A major issue in recent years...
    • Women's Health (1 speech)
      This week I and my colleague Dr Mike Freelander, the member for Macarthur, launched Parliamentary Friends of Women's Health. When I first flagged this idea of an umbrella parliamentary friendship...
    • Taxation, Dividend Imputation (2 speeches)
      Young Australians should feel angry about our tax system. Since the Howard government, it's been set up to screw them, and now the bill is coming due for the federal government. While young...
    • Page Electorate: Constituents (1 speech)
      I would have thought the member for Gellibrand might want to consider a few things there, Deputy Speaker Irons. Today I'd like to congratulate the Glenugie boxing brothers, Logan and Mason Slis....
    • International Women's Day (2 speeches)
      On 8 March, I celebrated International Women's Day with a wonderful group of women in my electorate. It was held at the Good Samaritan Catholic Primary School, who also co-hosted the event with...
    • Leichhardt Electorate: Helicopters (1 speech)
      I rise today to talk about a serious situation in my electorate that will, sadly and inevitably, cost someone their life on our Great Barrier Reef and damage our international reputation in the...
    • Richmond Vale Rail Trail (1 speech)
      I stand here today to share my great excitement about plans for the Richmond Vale Rail Trail. This will be an active transport corridor that will link the city of Newcastle with the glorious...
    • Canning Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
      I rise today to further advocate for the extension of the Tonkin Highway in my electorate of Canning. The Tonkin Highway was first laid in 1980 and since then has been extended both north and...
    • Health Care (1 speech)
      In the last financial year there were 7.8 million presentations to public hospital emergency departments across Australia, an average of 21,000 presentations each day. One of my sons and I...
    • Australian Natural Disasters, Hume Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
      In the last two weeks, we've seen natural disasters at either end of the country. We've seen two category 2 cyclones hit the north of the country; we've seen the south ravaged by bushfires; and...
    • Oxley Electorate: Competitions (1 speech)
      This week is not only the last sitting week for parliamentarians but, for Queensland students, the last week of term 1, which can only mean one thing: Easter is now just a few days away. To...
    • Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
      I take great optimism from the fact that we now have a Liberal government in South Australia and therefore will have a new Minister for Environment and Water, by the name of the Hon. David...
    • Veterans (1 speech)
      Last Sunday I attended a profoundly moving headstone dedication for Mr August Nicolai, who served on the Western Front in 1918. He died by suicide 12 years after returning from the war and, with...
    • Flynn Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
      As Easter approaches, the excitement builds across all corners of Flynn. The Central Highlands Easter Sunflower Festival in the west has been going for 42 years, Emerald being the main centre in...
    • Western Australia: Royal Flying Doctor Service (3 speeches)
      Last week, I had the great pleasure and privilege of visiting the Perth base of the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Western Australia, located at Jandakot Airport, in the Perth southern suburbs....
    • Calare Electorate: Education (1 speech)
      The Clontarf Foundation and the Girls Academy are two wonderful initiatives that work to support young Indigenous men and women across Australia. In Orange, the academies work in collaboration...
    • Macquarie Electorate: Science at the Local (1 speech)
      Sunday afternoon in the Blue Mountains doesn't always mean a bushwalk. For 70 locals in early March, it was the first of the 2018 series of Science at the Local at the Springwood Sports Club,...
    • Petrie Electorate: Griffin (1 speech)
      I wanted to talk a little bit about the suburb of Griffin in my electorate Petrie. Griffin is a great suburb in the Moreton Bay region, in the Moreton Bay Regional Council area, just north of the...
    • Women of Lindsay Awards (1 speech)
      Once again this year I was proud to host an annual International Women's Day event, the Women of Lindsay Awards, in my electorate. It was a great day. We had 130 people come along to a venue that...
    • Armistice Centenary (1 speech)
      This year marks the centenary of Armistice, so it's right that we reflect on the tragedies and the triumphs of the final year of the Great War. While we so often rightly recognise the legacy of...
    • Cooper, Professor David, AO (1 speech)
      Today I rise to offer my condolences on the passing of Professor David Cooper on 18 March. I particularly want to offer my condolences to Professor Cooper's daughters, Ilana and Becky, and to his...
    • Berowra Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
      My first duty in this place is and always will be to advocate for the people of Berowra. It's my job to make my electorate the best it can be, from Wisemans Ferry down to Cheltenham. The best way...
    • Herbert Electorate: Economy (1 speech)
      Last year's federal budget was nothing short of a huge disappointment to the people of Herbert. My community did not receive one thing in last year's budget, which is a disgrace, as the Herbert...
    • Petrie Electorate: Roads (2 speeches)
      I'm calling on the state Labor government in Queensland to fund the Linkfield Road overpass at Bald Hills and Carseldine. This is in desperate need of an upgrade. I want to thank the people of...
  • Committees (0 speeches)
  • Adjournment (0 speeches)
    • Burt Electorate: Broadband (1 speech)
      Less than 20 kilometres away from the Perth CBD sits the electorate of Burt. It's not out in the sticks, despite what you may hear from many of my university friends. It is indeed in metropolitan...
    • Intergenerational Reports (6 speeches)
      In less than six weeks, the federal budget will be handed down by the Treasurer, and tonight I'd like to briefly reflect on one aspect of budgets past. It was 16 years ago that the then...
    • Longman Electorate: Telecommunications (1 speech)
      I rise today to call once again on the government to fix the mess that they've made of our nation's communications infrastructure. My office receives telco and NBN related complaints every single...
    • Mackellar Electorate: Rural Fire Brigades (1 speech)
      We've had so much negativity in this debate that I thought I would raise the standard by saying that, over the last month, I have attended many of the AGMs for the 19 rural fire brigades that...
    • South-East Asia: Human Rights (1 speech)
      This evening I'd like to speak about the outcomes from the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit and the responsibilities we have as a nation not only to ensure that we achieve trade and economic...
    • Boothby Electorate: Old Government House (1 speech)
      Occasionally, as a member of parliament, you get to participate in a particularly special and historic event. This was the case for me on 15 March when I joined the Governor of South Australia,...

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