House debates
Monday, 25 June 2018
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Petitions Committee; Report (1 speech)
Today I present the 25th report of the Petitions Committee for the 45th Parliament. Each petition received by the committee is carefully examined against standing orders 204 and 205. These...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Responses (1 speech)
I present the following ministerial response to petitions previously presented:
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Economy (15 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises the positive effect of the Government's measures for a stronger economy mean that essential services are guaranteed including the Government's: (a) support...
- Cyprus (5 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges peace, re-unification and reconciliation in Cyprus through the progress achieved during 2015-2017 United Nations-sponsored Cyprus peace talks, including...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- NT Thunder Team of the Decade (1 speech)
On Saturday night, my wife, Kate, and I attended the NT Thunder ball in Darwin. It was a fantastic night. After months of meetings and deliberation by an expert panel, the NT Thunder Team of the...
- Wide Bay Electorate: Survey (1 speech)
I'm running a survey in Wide Bay and I'm asking people to tell me their views on a range of issues. One of the questions I've asked is: if you could raise one issue in parliament, what would it...
- Youth Voice in Parliament (1 speech)
Continuing my Youth Voice in Parliament campaign, I'd like to introduce Alex, a 23-year-old who has been in care from age 12 to 18. These are his words: My care experience was a rollercoaster....
- Barker Electorate: South Australian Volunteer Fire Fighters Museum Inc. (1 speech)
I rise to speak about a hardworking organisation in Barker that is focused on the history of volunteer firefighting in South Australia. The SA Volunteer Fire Fighters Museum in Naracoorte...
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
The government's changes to eligibility requirements for the Status Resolution Support Services program expose over 12,000 highly vulnerable people to unnecessary and cruel loss of support. The...
- Diabetes (1 speech)
I am currently the co-chair of the Parliamentary Friends of Diabetes—I often say that I'm actually the chair of the enemies of diabetes. We are holding a number of events in the House this...
- Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
One thousand and fifty-three days—that's how long it's been since the start of the review into the out-of-control payday loans industry in this country. Despite repeated promises made by...
- Gilmore Electorate (1 speech)
This weekend I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the Moruya Lions Club changeover luncheon at the Moruya bowling club. Congratulations to Kathy and Des on your hard work and efforts in our...
- Early Childhood Education (1 speech)
Early childhood education is one of the most important responsibilities for government. That's why I've been a constant supporter of better funding for the sector and that's why I oppose the...
- Fadden Electorate: Northern Gold Coast Seniors Expo (1 speech)
First of all, I welcome members of Livingstone Christian College to parliament today with Principal Mark Laraghy, Dean Amanda and the four leaders from year 10. Likewise, I'm delighted to inform...
- Payday Lending (1 speech)
They say that politics is about priorities, and those opposite have definitely shown where their priorities lie. They do not lie with the vulnerable people in our communities. They do not lie...
- Forde Electorate: Local Sporting Champions (1 speech)
I'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate eight young sporting men and women in my electorate of Forde, who each received a $500 grant as part of the government's Local Sporting Champions...
- Centrelink (1 speech)
I rise to again call out this government for the growing crisis in human services—or inhuman services! Centrelink has become a national joke. You would have hoped with the new minister...
- Fisher Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
This weekend I was particularly proud to represent groups in the community of Fisher who do so much to help those who are less fortunate. On Friday night, I attended a fundraising dinner...
- Braddon By-Election (1 speech)
On 28 July, those people who are residents and voters in Braddon will have a real choice to make as to whether they return my good friend Justine Keay, the former member for Braddon, as the...
- Menzies Electorate: Rotary Club of Manningham (1 speech)
I was delighted last night to attend the changeover dinner for the Manningham Rotary club in my electorate. As honourable members will know, this time of this year is the changeover period for...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
About 700,000 workers will be hit with another pay cut on 1 July. That's right: retail workers and hospitality workers, people who are earning some of the smallest amounts of money income in our...
- Maughan, Ms Jocelyn, OAM, Norling, Mr Robin, OAM (1 speech)
I rise to pay further tribute to awardees of Queen's Birthday honours from my electorate of Robertson and congratulate all recipients across the coast, including Jocelyn Maughan OAM and her late...
- Turnbull Government (1 speech)
I saw the Prime Minister on TV this morning at a cafe. He was probably telling the staff to get a better job. You can just imagine the conversation—let me get this right—'I was a...
- O'Connor Electorate: Mobile Black Spot Program (2 speeches)
The mobile phone black spot program, which was instituted by the Prime Minister in his former capacity as the Minister for Communications, has been a great success in my electorate of O'Connor....
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Berinson, Hon. Joseph Max (2 speeches)
I refer to the death of the Hon. Joseph Max Berinson and I move: That the House record its deep regret at the death, on 2 June 2018, of the Honourable Joseph Max Berinson, a former Member and...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Australian Bureau of Statistics confirms that company profits have increased by 5.8 per cent over the year, nearly three times as much as wages growth of...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline to the House why it is important to encourage employment through lower taxes and not attack those in the economy who create...
- Workplace Relations (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. When the Prime Minister visited a cafe this morning, did he apologise to the workers who served him his coffee for supporting cuts to their penalty rates at...
- Income Tax (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on the importance of encouraging and rewarding aspiration through the government's personal income tax cuts? Is the Treasurer...
- Taxation (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Company profits increased by 5.8 per cent over the year, nearly three times as much as wages, so why does this Prime Minister support cutting the penalty...
- Energy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Energy. Huge advances in renewable energy and storage technology mean that the electricity sector can more easily cut its pollution than...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Will the Deputy Prime Minister please update the House on how the government is backing hardworking...
- Taxation (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to reports that the Prime Minister will personally benefit from his $80 billion handout to big business through his investments in dozens of big...
- Income Tax (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Last week the government told 8,000 workers losing their jobs at Telstra that 'these things do happen'. But, this week, the Prime Minister is doing...
- Defence Industry (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry. Will the minister outline to the House how government is working with industry to support job creation and investment in the defence industry,...
- Taxation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In the last month, the Commonwealth Bank was fined $700 million for repeated breaches of anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorism-financing laws. So why...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Would the minister advise the House of the importance of strong and consistent measures to secure our maritime boundaries? Is the minister aware...
- Child Care (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The government's unfair childcare changes start on Monday. Why is this Prime Minister cutting childcare payments for 279,000 families on Monday, including...
- 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 strong economic management ensures an affordable and reliable energy...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. The Bank for International Settlements stated overnight that 'financial vulnerabilities have been rising' and 'household credit as a ratio to GDP remains at...
- Health Care (2 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Health. Will the minister update the House on how a stronger economy enables the government to provide record funding support for health services in South-East...
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Under this Prime Minister, gross debt has crashed through a record half a trillion dollars. Does the Prime Minister agree that Australia has very high levels...
- Small Business (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation. Will the minister update the House on how the government's plan for jobs and growth will continue to...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 49 of 2017-18 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's performance report No. 49 of 2017-18, entitled Senate order for departmental and entity contracts (financial year 2016–17 compliance): across entities....
- 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)
- (7 speeches)
I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Centrelink (1 speech)
As MPs, one of the things that we do frequently in our role is deal with constituents who contact our office. The largest volume of constituent work that's coming through my office at the moment...
- Armenian Genocide (1 speech)
I rise to support the motion moved in the Federation Chamber earlier today, which begins: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) the first major international humanitarian effort of the...
- Minister for Home Affairs (1 speech)
There's more and more evidence piling up against the member for Dickson that he's simply a tick-and-flick minister as the Minister for Home Affairs. The Minister for Home Affairs is no stranger...
- China (1 speech)
Tonight, I want to speak about communist China, its human rights abuses, its territorial expansion and concerns arising out of that which I have for my own country. I'm well aware that there are...
- Melbourne Ports Electorate (1 speech)
I notice that the Australia Institute reports that my electorate is the fifth-ranking electorate to benefit from the government's proposed 2018 tax cuts. I suppose that ranks Melbourne Ports as...
- Western Australia: Darling Range By-Election, Canning Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I would like to congratulate Alyssa Hayden, the newly-elected member for Darling Range, who was successful on Saturday in the state by-election in the seat of Darling Range, which is in the north...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Co.As.It (1 speech)
It was my great honour recently to attend the 50th anniversary celebration for Co.As.It. Co.As.It have been providing services for the Italian community in my electorate and indeed much more...
- Cooper, Professor David Albert, AO (1 speech)
I rise today to commemorate the life of a great Australian, Professor David Cooper AO, who was taken prematurely from us a few months ago. Professor Cooper made an outstanding contribution in the...
- Sako, His Beatitude Louis Raphael (1 speech)
The week before last I visited Iraq, which was an important visit, which I'll report more broadly on to the House at another time. I want to focus these remarks on the Chaldean community. I was...
- La Trobe Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate recent Queen's Birthday honours awardee from La Trobe Mrs Anne McGill AM, from Berwick. She was honoured for her significant service to the community through...
- Apprenticeships (1 speech)
Across my region, since the government was elected, we have lost 2,353 apprentices. I'm sure members of this chamber appreciate that an apprenticeship, the opportunity to train in a traditional...
- Grey Electorate: Drought relief (1 speech)
Sadly, there are regions in South Australia that are starting to use the dreaded d-word, 'drought'. Rainfall has been patchy. For many it's okay—on my own farm, in fact, it's...
- Vocational Education and Training (1 speech)
Last week, my colleagues and I met with TAFE teachers and students in recognition of TAFE Day last Tuesday, and we heard about the damaging impact of cuts to the TAFE sector by this government....
- Personal Income Tax Plan (1 speech)
I am proud to be part of a government that's committed to creating jobs, boosting the economy and reducing the tax burden on hardworking Australian small businesses and households. I am proud to...
- Canberra Electorate: National Broadband Network (1 speech)
I met with NBN Co last week and in that meeting we talked about the experiences many Canberrans have had with their new NBN connections—the unexpected dropouts and the need to replace...
- Bennelong Electorate: Queen's Birthday 2018 Honours List (2 speeches)
Bennelong is often called the innovation capital of Australia—that's because it is! A large part of what makes us great is our booming health industry. But, as with all things, nothing is...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Aged Care (20 speeches)
by leave—At the request of the member for Franklin, I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) the public release of the latest quarterly data on the home care package waitlist has been...
- Armenian Genocide (8 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) the first major international humanitarian effort of the Commonwealth of Australia following Federation was to mount relief efforts for...
- Violence Against Women (11 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that the rape and murder of Eurydice Dixon is the 30th instance of a woman being killed by men's violence against women in 2018; (2) recognises the importance...
- International Olympiads for Science, Maths and Technology (7 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) congratulates the six teams comprising Australia’s brightest high school students chosen to compete in the International Olympiads for science, maths and...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Camilleri, Ms Jessica (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate my constituent Jessica Camilleri on being nominated for the Saward Dawson Community Service and Social Impact Award, under the Victorian government's Young Achiever...
- Calare Electorate: New South Wales Regional Technology Expo (1 speech)
I wish to draw to the attention of the chamber that the New South Wales Regional Technology Expo was held in Orange over the weekend. It's organised by the Rotary Club of Orange Daybreak, and...
- Telecommunications (1 speech)
A few days ago 'Big China' were up in parliament, like big tobacco, whingeing and whining about how they'd been misunderstood. One of their particular whinges was about the 5G network and the...
- North Coast Academy of Sport Awards Night, Grafton RSL Sub-Branch Centenary (1 speech)
Last week, the North Coast Academy of Sport held its awards night, with Matilda Elliot being named the Darrel Chapman Memorial Athlete of the Year, and netball's Most Outstanding Player. She also...
- Wyong Regional Chamber of Commerce 2018 Annual Business Awards (1 speech)
On Saturday night, the Wyong Regional Chamber of Commerce held its 2018 Annual Business Awards at Kooindah Waters. The chamber was founded in 1925 and has over 200 active members. I was delighted...
- Queensland Government (1 speech)
I make no specific reference to Queensland State of Origin last night when I say: if you want to kill off cockroaches you hire a pest controller but if you want to kill jobs you hire the extreme...
- Vocational Education and Training (1 speech)
If we want to help Australians get good jobs, it's quite simple—we need to invest more in education and skilling people up for the future. This is going to require stronger investment in...
- Healthy Tuckshop Day (1 speech)
Last week, Kunyung Primary School in Mount Eliza, in my electorate, hosted Healthy Tuckshop Day. Healthy Tuckshop Day is a national day which is in its second year. It's an initiative of My...
- Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
The two biggest players in the northern summer live sheep export trade will not be operating over the next few months—one suspended and the other withdrawing voluntarily. It's good news...
- Dunkley Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
I want to speak about the wonderful Queens's Birthday Honours recipients in my electorate of Dunkley. Last year, I spoke about the wonderful recipients who received the award, and there were many...
- Wallan Football and Netball Club (1 speech)
Over the weekend, I had the pleasure of going down to the Wallan Football and Netball Club for their Sponsors Day. It was one Magpies team I was happy to see win on the weekend. On this day of...
- Leichhardt Electorate: Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to one of Australia's smallest shires, which just happens to be located in my electorate. To say that the Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council is punching above its...
- Broadband (1 speech)
Last week, I had the great pleasure of meeting with a group of young leaders from across Canberra. They were an impressive group of young Canberrans, and they had an equally impressive list of...
- Brisbane Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
It's important sometimes that we pause and reflect in this place on the efforts of those who make our country better, so I wish to recognise some very worthy residents of Brisbane who received...
- Taxation (1 speech)
On Saturday I held one of my monthly community barbecues in Eight Mile Plains. They're not all in Eight Mile Plains; I go from suburb to suburb. Before the barbecue, a team of...
- Verrills, Mr Peter (1 speech)
Today I rise to acknowledge Peter Verrills and his decades of work in the community of Mackellar. Peter hails from one of the oldest families on the Northern Beaches and has been heavily involved...
- Tasmania: Goods and Services Tax (1 speech)
This week in Canberra a very important decision is going to be made—a decision about the GST and the way that it is carved up. The formula for the GST is critical to my home state of...
- Boothby Electorate: Marino Residents Association (1 speech)
The Marino Residents Association has represented local residents living in and around the suburb of Marino in my electorate of Boothby for more than 70 years. Successive committee members have...
- Abortion (1 speech)
No woman makes the decision to terminate a baby lightly. It is a decision best made in consultation with a medical practitioner and one which involves significant stress. This is why safe access...
- McMillan Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to the McMillan-Monash locals who were recently acknowledged in the Queen's Birthday honours. These people are central to our local communities, always serving on various...
- Childcare Package (1 speech)
In less than a fortnight the Turnbull government's new childcare package will kick in. When it does, many families and children in my electorate of Paterson will be worse off. This new package...
- Taxation (2 speeches)
Approximately 6.9 million Australians representing 31 per cent of the adult population directly own shares in companies listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. Furthermore, 23.4 per cent of our...
- Child Care (1 speech)
Australian families have had to find an extra $54 a week or $2,160 a year for child care since the Liberals came to power, but it's about to get worse. Next Monday, the government's changes kick...
- Petrie Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
One of the best things about being a federal member is being able to deliver vital infrastructure for our local community. Of course, vital infrastructure is what we're providing. In 2013, we...
- Northern Territory: Coasts and Seas (1 speech)
The Northern Territory's coastline is a tourist mecca, an anglers paradise and where Indigenous communities maintain a continuing connection with saltwater country. A report released recently by...
- Corangamite Electorate: Home Insurance (1 speech)
I am very pleased that the treatment of Wye River bushfire victims insured with AAMI insurance, owned by Suncorp, has been selected as a case study to be examined by the Hayne royal commission....
- Moreton Electorate: Constituents (1 speech)
In the last week or so we've been hearing a lot about the major political parties fighting for hardworking Australians. I just want to go on the record. In Moreton I represent a marginal seat,...
- Canning Electorate: Mobile Black Spot Program (2 speeches)
I am pleased to report to the Chamber that another mobile base station has opened in the shire of Waroona thanks to this government's Mobile Black Spot Program. Mobile towers are critical...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Car Manufacturers Sharing Technical Information (13 speeches)
I move: I was recently in Bongaree on Bribie Island with Labor's terrific candidate Susan Lamb. We were visiting Island Auto Repairs, an independent mechanic on Bribie Island. Kelly from Island...
- Farm Household Allowance (14 speeches)
I move: (1) notes that a significant part of rural Australia is currently drought declared; (2) further notes that farming families and the agriculture sector more widely are a vital part of the...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (5 speeches)
I rise to support the motion put forward by the member for Lindsay and to strongly support the importance of the National Disability Insurance Scheme. It was in fact the Labor Party who, in...
- Local Government (10 speeches)
I move: (1) recognises the important role that local government plays in Australia; (2) notes the continuing support that the Australian Government provides to local governments around Australia...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Federation Chamber do now adjourn. Question agreed to. Federation Chamber adjourned at 19:06
