House debates
Tuesday, 26 June 2018
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Status Resolution Support Services (1 speech)
Australia is about to become a country whose so-called leaders are willing to cut a vital form of assistance that will force people into destitution and see children end up on the street....
- Beaumaris Secondary College (1 speech)
Today we celebrate last Saturday's opening of Beaumaris Secondary College. After the old 'Sandy College' campus fell into disrepair, a vision for a modern standalone Beaumaris Secondary College...
- Child Sexual Abuse (1 speech)
I have the great privilege of representing Chrissie Foster in this parliament. With her late husband, Anthony, Chrissie has been one of the most vocal and effective advocates for victims of...
- La Trobe Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate Queen's Birthday honours recipients in La Trobe. I congratulate Professor Timothy Charles Lindsey AO, from Emerald, for his distinguished service to international...
- FIFA World Cup (1 speech)
There has been commentary in recent days about the pronunciation of names, countries and locations as part of SBS's brilliant coverage of this year's FIFA World Cup. I grew up watching the World...
- North Sydney Electorate: Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios (1 speech)
My electorate has always been home to some of Sydney's most important contributors to the cultural life of our city—be it writers, musicians or artists. Inspired by our harbourside...
- Trade Unions (1 speech)
On Friday, Jasmyn Smith visited Parliament House. Jasmyn is a 21-year-old electrical apprentice from Launceston. She was here for National TAFE Day to speak to MPs about issues faced by young...
- Bennelong Electorate: Local Sporting Champions (1 speech)
One of the great joys of this job is getting to present grants to young aspiring sportspeople through the Local Sporting Champions grants scheme. This excellent program provides funds for local...
- Youth Politics Camp (1 speech)
Colleagues, as you know, participation in politics is in the blood of my electorate of Indi. Next week, young people from right across north-east Victoria will come together for the annual Indi...
- Colonel Light Gardens Senior Citizens Club (1 speech)
On Wednesday, 13 June, I attended the Colonel Light Gardens Senior Citizens Club's Devonshire afternoon tea, along with my hardworking state colleague Carolyn Habib MP, the member for Elder, and...
- Diabetes (1 speech)
Recently I attended the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation ball in Perth. It was a wonderful night, and they raised a record amount for the development of crucial research towards finding a...
- Breast Cancer Network Australia (1 speech)
As the Chair of Parliamentary Friends of Women's Health, I'd like to acknowledge the wonderful work of Breast Cancer Network Australia, BCNA, the peak national organisation for Australians...
- Wyong Hospital (1 speech)
On 5 July it will be one year since my community on the Central Coast of New South Wales saved Wyong Hospital from privatisation. It was a huge victory for our community. It was a victory for...
- Mallee Encouragement Award (1 speech)
This week, awards will be going out to our year 12 students for the Mallee Encouragement Award. One year-12 student from each school can receive one of these awards. One of the things that's very...
- Schools, Foreign Investment (1 speech)
I want to bring to the attention of the House two issues of importance to my seat of Solomon—Darwin and Palmerston in the far north. On Friday I visited Jingili Primary School, which is in...
- O'Connor, Mr Damien (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute and to acknowledge the dedicated service to the Country Fire Authority by Wonthaggi's own Damien O'Connor. Damien was acknowledged recently with an Australian Fire Service...
- Income Tax (2 speeches)
I represent the electorate of Lalor in this place. It's a wonderful electorate. It has 250,000-plus people, mostly families, obviously working families. Less than one per cent of individuals in...
- Prime Minister (1 speech)
It's so typical of this Prime Minister that when we talk about Australians who want a fair go, like people who want a good education for their kids, people who want decent health care for their...
- Mackay Ring Road (2 speeches)
I've been accused of doing some crazy things—that's probably an understatement, say some of my colleagues—but I never thought I would ever don lycra and dance like Beyonce to 'All the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Environment: Mining (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. This morning, the environment minister said: 'I would welcome a new coal-fired power station.' Does the Prime Minister agree?
- Taxation (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister: Will the Prime Minister outline to the House how and why lower taxes are an important part of the government's plan for a stronger economy, including in my...
- Energy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The CEO of Snowy Hydro has clearly stated that building new coal-fired power plants 'doesn't stack up', and the chief operating officer has said it would...
- Taxation (5 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House why it is important to have lower and more competitive taxes as part of a plan for a stronger economy? Is the Treasurer...
- Energy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Just last month, the chair of the Energy Security Board repeated the consensus view that there would be absolutely no way that anybody would be financing a...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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I would like to inform the House that present in the gallery this afternoon is a delegation from Vanuatu led by the Minister of Infrastructure and Public Utilities. On behalf of the House, a very...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Tasmania: Government Procurement (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, federal government departments are increasingly entering into single contracts with national suppliers at the expense of smaller Tasmanian...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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We also have present in the gallery the Hon. Ben Carroll, Victorian Minister for Industry and Employment. On behalf of the House I extend a warm welcome to you, as well. Honourable members: Hear,...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. Will the minister update the House on how the government's plan for lower taxes, jobs and growth through trade and investment is...
- Energy (6 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware that the Energy Council has called new coal-fired power stations 'uninvestable' and said the industry has no plans to start...
- Income Tax (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services: will the minister update the House on why it's important to have a tax system that rewards all Australians, including in my...
- Taxation (18 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. It's reported that a deal between One Nation and the government to give big business an $80 billion handout will be more likely after the upcoming...
- Taxation, 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 tax relief for hardworking Australians and record...
- Taxation (5 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. This morning the Treasurer said about his $80 billion big business tax cut: 'I don't consider tax relief a cost to the budget.' Is the government's $80 billion...
- Defence Equipment (2 speeches)
I ask the Minister for Defence Industry to update the House on how equipping the Australian Defence Force with the Triton unmanned aerial vehicle will enhance the capability of defending our...
- Taxation (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. By the time they are fully implemented, stage 3 of the government's personal income tax scheme and its big business handout will cost at least $25 billion a...
- 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 maintaining the integrity of Australia's borders? Is...
- Taxation (13 speeches)
My question's to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister consider that the big banks deserve a $17 billion tax cut? Mr Rob Mitchell interjecting—
- Energy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Energy. Will the minister update the House on the action the government is taking to bring down energy prices and support business and...
- Taxation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister said earlier that the government's budget is funded by hardworking Australian families. So why is the Prime Minister taking $80 billion...
- Rural and Regional Health Services (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister outline to the House how a strong economy enables government to deliver record investment and critical health services for both...
- Taxation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The finance minister has said tax cuts for the top 20 per cent of income earners would go ahead even if another GFC hits. Given gross debt under this Prime...
- Mobile Black Spot Program (3 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 Mobile Black Spot Program is...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 50 of 2017-18 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's Audit report No. 50 of 2017-18, entitled Performance audit: primary healthcare grants under the Indigenous Australians' Health Program: Department of Health. In...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Childcare and Penalty Rates (32 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Kingston proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's unfair...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the following order of the day, government business, be discharged: Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme (Charges Imposition) Bill 2017—Second...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Economics, I present the committee's report entitled Review of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority annual report 2017 together with the minutes...
- Human Rights Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present the committee's report entitled Human Rights Scrutiny Report 6 of 2018. Report made a parliamentary paper in accordance...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
Earlier this month I visited the Kakuma UNHCR refugee camp near the border of Kenya and South Sudan. It's a part of the modern international refugee challenge that is little discussed in the...
- Income Tax (1 speech)
Earlier today I had a meeting with the Treasurer, and we discussed the personal income tax relief this government has just delivered for hardworking Australians. We talked about what the tax...
- Live Animal Exports, Djap Wurrung, Earthworker Cooperative Project, Petition: Ethical Labelling (1 speech)
Australians have been shocked by the latest images of unimaginable suffering on Australia's live export ships. We have seen thousands of animals packed together condemned to suffer on an...
- Marine Conservation (1 speech)
Let's make our reef great again. As a child, I grew up watching the yachts in Pittwater, the rock fishermen at Long Reef, surfers and swimmers braving the elements for an early morning dip, and...
- Racial Discrimination Act (1 speech)
Sometimes politics is full of surprises, but at other times it is sadly predictable. So when I heard Senator Amanda Stoker say yesterday during a television interview, '18C has got to go,' I was...
- Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (1 speech)
I want to thank the parliament for the honour and privilege of representing the people of Australia at the United Nations 11th session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Vietnam: Human Rights (1 speech)
Last week I attended a briefing on alleged human rights violations in Vietnam. The allegations came as a surprise to me. I have always seen Vietnam as a country on the rise, making great economic...
- Western Values (1 speech)
On the front page of The Australian today we again see an article on the withdrawal by the Australian National University from negotiations with the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation. I do...
- WestConnex (1 speech)
The people of Kingsford Smith and the surrounding community are absolutely fed up with the New South Wales Liberal government. They're fed up with the state government's poor planning of key...
- McPherson Electorate: Surf Life Saving Australia (1 speech)
As members know, I'm very privileged to represent a stunning and special part of our nation—the wonderful southern Gold Coast. At the south of my electorate is the legendary Coolangatta,...
- Cooper, Mr William (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate the Australian Electoral Commission on its recent decision to rename the federal electorate of Batman after Yorta Yorta activist William Cooper. National symbols...
- Menzies Electorate: Stronger Communities Program (1 speech)
I rise this afternoon to encourage community organisations, voluntary groups, clubs, societies and the like in my electorate to look at opportunities in the next Stronger Communities Program...
- Patsikatheodorou, Mr John (1 speech)
I would like to honour my friend of 40 years and local constituent John Patsikatheodorou, otherwise known as Patsi, who left us suddenly, aged 66, on 4 June 2018. A community activist and pioneer...
- Child Care (1 speech)
I know firsthand that juggling raising young children with working outside the home means life can get intensely busy. However, this is a call to all those in Chisholm and across Australia, if...
- Centrelink (1 speech)
Everyone in the house would know the diverse range of inquiries and questions we as members of parliament get at our electorate offices. But, during the last two years, some of the biggest...
- Medical Workforce (2 speeches)
My part of the world is a great place to live, but one of the things we're trying to do is attract more doctors to come and live there. The township of Kerang, which I've been working very...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Economy (16 speeches)
I move: That this House: 1. recognises the positive effect of the Government's measures to ensure that it lives within its means, in particular by: a. legislating tough measures against...
- Prevention of Violence Against Women (4 speeches)
I'd like to start by offering my sincere sympathy to Eurydice Dixon's family, both immediate and extended, and to all of her friends and supporters. I never met Eurydice Dixon or her family. I...
- Income Tax (8 speeches)
I move: 1. recognises: a. the positive effect of the Government's measures to assist more hard working Australians to earn more through the tax system, in particular by introducing to Parliament...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Centrelink (1 speech)
The Turnbull government's relentless drive to reduce the size of the Public Service is adversely impacting on Centrelink service and therefore Centrelink customers. Government statistics show...
- Australian Labor Party, Australian Greens (1 speech)
If you wanted to undermine Australia, what would you do? I suggest you would start by making an attack on our nation's competitive advantages, the advantages that have made us one of the richest...
- Hehir, Mr Louie, Petition: Organ and Tissue Donation, Geelong and District Peace Memorial, Collins Persse, Mr Michael Dudley de Burgh, MVO, OAM (1 speech)
This evening I want to raise four issues in relation to my community in Geelong. It's nice to be able to do that this evening with the other representative from Geelong, the member for...
- Taxation (4 speeches)
I would like to join with the member for Corio in giving him support on the issues he has raised in this grievance debate. The opt-out option for those who are waiting on the transplant list I...
- Industrial Relations, Veterans' Employment (1 speech)
Before I get into the substance of this debate, I'm pleased to know and to hear from the members that in the Liberal Party they are now up for centralised wage fixing. Forget enterprise...
- Petrie Electorate: Schools (2 speeches)
Everyone in this House has a reason to be here, something that made us stand up to want to represent our local region and the people that live within it. Many people who have stood in this...
