House debates
Tuesday, 19 June 2018
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Parramatta Electorate: Powerhouse Museum (1 speech)
What is it with the out-of-control New South Wales state government? Every time they decide we need something new in Parramatta, every time they decide for us without consulting us, they take...
- North Sydney Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
I'm proud to represent an electorate which is home to some of Sydney's finest government and non-government schools. I see this in all my interactions with local schools, and it was reaffirmed...
- Regional Australia (1 speech)
I ask my colleagues what the following have in common: the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, the Regional Investment Corporation and decentralisation. The list goes on and...
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
In a week where Eurydice Dixon's tragic death has united the country in grief and outrage, I would like to speak about a tragedy no less heart-wrenching that happened on the borders of my...
- National TAFE Day (1 speech)
Today is National TAFE Day. We on this side of the House are pleased to welcome TAFE teachers, and others who work in this sector, to the building today, because we've got a lot to...
- Wright Electorate: Citizenship Ceremonies, Queensland Day (1 speech)
Last week I had the great pleasure of joining the local mayor of Scenic Rim, Greg Christensen, and a number of councillors, at Jubilee Park, to welcome no less than 12 new Australian citizens to...
- National TAFE Day (1 speech)
Today is National TAFE Day. It is a day to reflect on how this government has failed TAFEs and TAFE students across the country. Since forming government in 2013, this government, the...
- 2016 Election (1 speech)
A story that shall stay with me forever occurred during the 2016 federal election campaign. I spoke with an elderly resident of Mount Waverley, a suburb in the heart of the electorate of...
- Indi Electorate: Alexandra Truck Ute & Rod Show (1 speech)
The 22nd Alexandra Truck Ute & Rod Show was held on the Queen's Birthday long weekend and it was bigger than ever. Over 200 trucks, 40 utes and 25 hot rods were on display and there was a...
- Rohingya (1 speech)
In January I was privileged, if that is the word, to go and inspect the refugee camps of the Rohingya crisis in Cox's Bazar. I had a walk around there and saw the very worst and the very best of...
- Vocational Education and Training (1 speech)
Never stand in the way of the coalition and a three-word slogan. The latest one is 'jobs and growth'. Do you know what you need for jobs and growth? You need skilled workers. The challenge is...
- Newton, Mr Bob (1 speech)
Having been a local councillor for over 20 years, Korumburra's Bob Newton is passionate about his town and the people of his district, their stories and their connections to each other. It has...
- National TAFE Day (1 speech)
Isn't it great to see a group of school children in our gallery right here, right now? Of course, when you look at them, you can't help but think about the sort of future that they're going to...
- International Science Olympiads (1 speech)
I'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate all those students from throughout Australia who gathered here at Parliament House yesterday for the announcement of the Australian teams for the...
- National TAFE Day (1 speech)
Today is National TAFE Day. TAFE is a great national asset, and it has been for decades and for generations of Australians. It is our vocational education public provider, and we know so well...
- Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (1 speech)
The banking royal commission has exposed a lot of bad behaviour, but, given the chance to dig deep, it would find that ulterior motives drove deliberately dodgy behaviour by the banks. In 2009,...
- National TAFE Day (1 speech)
Today has been a great day to discuss vocational education. Not only is it National TAFE Day and not only did I have the pleasure of meeting fantastic representatives of TAFE: Phillip Smith, a...
- Dunkley Electorate: Meals for Change Food Trailer (1 speech)
Social and financial disadvantage is prevalent right across Australia, despite our best efforts as a community to prevent it. In Dunkley, we are incredibly fortunate to have an amazing network of...
- National TAFE Day (1 speech)
I want to wish everyone a happy TAFE Day. I come from generations of tradespeople—shipwrights, boilermakers, printers and fitters and turners—so I find one of the great privileges of...
- Murray-Darling Basin Plan (1 speech)
On Friday, 8 June, the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, David Littleproud, hosted MINCO here in Canberra. This was attended by the water ministers of the Murray-Darling states of...
- National TAFE Day (2 speeches)
I'm really pleased to be here on TAFE Day to speak about Labor's commitment to TAFE in this country—100,000 new places. We will rebuild the TAFE sector that you members opposite—you...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Income Tax (15 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Under Labor's tax plan, anyone earning under $125,000 will get a bigger, better, fairer tax cut compared to stage 1 of the government's scheme. Mr Pyne...
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on how the government's plan for a stronger economy is supporting the aspirations of all Australians, including...
- Income Tax (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Treasury has confirmed that the entire third stage of the government's personal income tax scheme goes to the top 20 per cent of income earners, at a cost of...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Just before I call the member for Denison, which I will in a second, I would just like to do a couple of welcomes. In the gallery this afternoon we have the former member for Gilmore Joanna Gash...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Centrelink (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, a whistleblower tells me that from 1 July Centrelink will stop backdating payments to the intention-to-claim date. This is unacceptable,...
- Income Tax (19 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services. Will the minister update the House on the importance of creating a tax system that rewards the effort of hardworking and...
- Defence Industry (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry. Will the minister update the House on how a strong economy means essential services like the defence of our nation can be assured? What would...
- Income Tax (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's earlier answer when he said that his government rewards aspiration. Should a 60-year-old aged-care worker from Burnie aspire...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister update the House on the importance of a strong, united and consistent approach to protecting Australian borders? Would a change...
- Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware that racist hate speech was hurled during a violent brawl at a Liberal Party meeting last night, with a witness reporting: They...
- Registered Organisations (2 speeches)
My question is to Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation. Will the minister update the House on how the government is ensuring that members of registered...
- Solomon Islands: Forestry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. When he met with the Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands last week, did the Prime Minister offer to provide any Australian government aid to repair the...
- 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 how the government is building the infrastructure...
- Income Tax (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How can the Prime Minister possibly justify spending $25 billion a year on stage 3 of the government's personal income tax scheme and on its big business tax...
- Rural and Regional Health Services (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister outline to the House how the government's investments in health are supporting rural and regional Australians? Is the minister aware...
- Income Tax (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the government confirm that it is unwilling to have the parliament vote on legislation which only deals with the 1 July tax cuts, even though it would...
- Queensland: 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 reducing power prices in Queensland households and businesses, including...
- Energy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to reports out of this morning's coalition party room and ask: will the Prime Minister acknowledge that Australians are paying the highest energy...
- Broadband (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Urban Infrastructure and Cities representing the Minister for Communications. Will the minister update the House on how the government is working to ensure that...
- Budget (4 speeches)
(—) (): My question is to the Prime Minister. TAFE teachers, students and apprentices from all around the country are gathered in the gallery today for National TAFE Day. Can the Prime...
- National Redress Scheme (4 speeches)
Mr Speaker, my question is to the Minister for Social Services. Will the minister update the House on the progress of the national redress bill and the significance of this important piece of...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report Nos 47 and 48 of 2017-18 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's Audit reports for 2017-18 entitled Audit report No. 47, Financial statements audit—Interim report on key financial controls of major...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Commonwealth Ombudsman; Presentation (1 speech)
I present the Commonwealth Ombudsman—Activities under Part V of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979—Report for 2016-17. Ordered that the report be made a parliamentary paper.
- Presentation (1 speech)
A document is tabled in accordance with the list circulated to honourable members earlier today. Full details of the document will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Taxation (34 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...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Human Rights Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present the following reports: Annual report 2016-17 and Human rights scrutiny report: report 5 of 2018 Reports made...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Cambodia (1 speech)
Australia is a nation built on free and fair expression. Without this principle, the very foundation of our nation crumbles. Australia has a long, proud history of working with other nations to...
- Budget (1 speech)
The 2018 budget is a blueprint for an Australia that takes intergenerational equity seriously. As Liberals, our vision is to maximise opportunity for every Australian: generation Y, generation Z...
- National TAFE Day, Education (1 speech)
Today is National TAFE Day, so what better occasion to speak on the importance of education and training in light of this government's cuts to Australia's tertiary education sector. Every year,...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
A government that's growing the economy to make sure essential services continue is very important to each and every one of us. Australia is probably one of the best places to live as we age....
- Marriage (1 speech)
Tonight I want to acknowledge some very important people in the gallery. The Hon. Yvette D'Ath, the Attorney-General of Queensland and, of course, a former member of this place, is here, as is...
- Employment (2 speeches)
It has been increasingly brought to my attention throughout the electorate of Murray by a wide range of businesses that businesses are having difficulty sourcing the skilled workers that they...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Vocational Education and Training (1 speech)
Today is National TAFE Day, and I rise to condemn the Turnbull government's abject failure as the steward of Australia's skills and training network. The Liberals have demonstrated again and...
- Kokoda Youth Foundation (1 speech)
It was early on a relatively cold Queensland Saturday morning earlier this month when I attended with many thousands of others the start-line proceedings for the Kokoda Challenge endurance event...
- Vietnam: Human Rights (1 speech)
Australia has good relations with Vietnam, and we have a particularly fond affection for the Vietnamese-Australian community. Today the Human Rights Subcommittee of the foreign affairs committee...
- Rafiki Surgical Missions (1 speech)
There are times when all of us in this chamber are very proud to be Australian. The reason for that is there are Australians doing great work around the world. I want to talk about one of those...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
Since the beginning of this year my office in Shortland has received over 100 calls about NDIS failures under this government. The people in my electorate are fed up with being constantly denied...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
I want to update the house on how this government is investing in the future of farmers, whilst at the same time protecting our environment. Through our world-leading initiatives to reduce...
- Hobart Airport (1 speech)
In the last few weeks, we've seen some statistics and data about airports in Australia, particularly about flights being on time at airports. Many people in this place would know that Hobart...
- Mitchell, Mr Alfred John 'Jack', OAM, BEM (1 speech)
I rise today to mark the passing of Alfred John Mitchell OAM, BEM, a giant of the Dickson community. Alfred, better known as Jack, was born in 1922 in Camp Mountain. Jack passed away on 21 May,...
- Oxley Electorate: YMCA Red Poppy Project (1 speech)
I am privileged to work with many worthwhile causes in our community—and there are many of them in our community. However, this afternoon I'd like to make special mention of one in...
- Craig International Ballistics, Smit, Mr Louis (2 speeches)
I'm delighted to inform the House about a local business success story in my community on the Gold Coast. Craig International Ballistics, from Arundel, was one of 37 Australian businesses...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Health Portfolio (44 speeches)
It's a great privilege and honour to speak at the table today, alongside my friends and colleagues the Minister for Aged Care and the member for Swan, the reason being that, together, they helped...
