House debates
Tuesday, 26 August 2014
- Budget (1 speech)
The 2014 budget is a toxic brew of arrogance and ambush, incompetence and inequality, division and disunity. We are told that cabinet met yesterday to talk about how to better spin the budget.... - Capricornia Electorate: Health (1 speech)
People in the Rockhampton area now have greater access to potentially lifesaving magnetic resonance imaging scans—or MRI scans—under the Medicare bulk-billing system. I am pleased to... - Budget (1 speech)
Watching the Treasurer's performance selling his 'true Liberal Budget' to the public has been one of the most extraordinary spectacles we have seen in Australian politics in recent times. It has... - Higgins Electorate: Malvern Primary School Student Exchange with China (1 speech)
The importance of Australia's relationship with China cannot be overestimated. China is Australia's largest two-way trading partner and our future economic prosperity and theirs are intrinsically... - Budget (1 speech)
I rise to criticise the government for what I think is one of the most unfair budgets in the history of this country. I also rise to advise the House that our senators decided this morning that... - McPherson Electorate: Y20 Youth Forum (1 speech)
I want to report to the House on an event I hosted in early July at Bond University on the Gold Coast—the McPherson Y20 youth forum. As members know, the Y20 is one of five official... - Budget (1 speech)
After five weeks in our communities, we have all heard—loud and clear—of the shock, the anger and the fear that the community feels as a result of this government's budget. In... - Lyons Electorate: St Helens Bowls Club (4 speeches)
I can tell you, Mr Deputy Speaker, there is nothing fair about leaving a debt to my children—nothing fair about that at all! - Budget (1 speech)
Two weeks ago today more than 500 people in Bendigo rallied and marched through the streets, standing up in opposition to this toxic budget. Community groups, organisations, trade unions, men and... - Economy (1 speech)
First of all, I want to acknowledge a school from my electorate, St Michael's, which is visiting Parliament House today. And I want to pick up from where the member for Lyons left off. It is a... - Budget (1 speech)
Over the last five weeks, the government has supposedly been selling its budget. Well, let me tell those opposite: I have spent the last five weeks out in the community, and Australians are not... - Literacy and Numeracy (1 speech)
This week is National Literacy and Numeracy Week. National Literacy and Numeracy Week aims to celebrate learning and raise awareness of the importance of reading, writing and maths skills. The... - Budget (1 speech)
I rise to highlight the strong objection of the people of Charlton to this very unfair budget—a budget that cannot work out whether it is putting out a bushfire, is business as usual or... - Member for Fairfax (1 speech)
I was pleased to welcome a delegation of Chinese-Australians and media to Parliament House today. The delegation visited parliament to protest against the comments made in relation to China by... - Budget (1 speech)
This week we have seen a whiff of desperation from those on the government backbench about how they can possibly sell their budget, because the Treasurer in the last five weeks has done one of... - Hearing Awareness Week (1 speech)
This week is Hearing Awareness Week. Deafness or hearing impairment is often described as the invisible disability. The number of Australians who are deaf or hearing impaired is increasing... - Budget (1 speech)
I am glad to be back in the chamber today to take the fight back up to this government and its unfair budget. Despite a five-week parliamentary recess and countless distractions from bumbling... - Pollie Pedal (1 speech)
Over the winter recess, the Pollie Pedal has been held again with great success—raising more than $700,000 for Carers Australia. It was my first opportunity to join the ride this year. We... - Budget (1 speech)
People from across my electorate of Griffith on Brisbane's south side have been contacting me to raise their concerns about the Abbott government's rotten budget. One of those people last week... - International Overdose Awareness Day (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about Macarthur's first International Overdose Awareness Day, to be held this Friday 29 August. International Overdose Awareness Day is a global event held in August each... - Budget (1 speech)
Today I ask the House why the coalition is continuing to punish rural and regional patients, and why the National Party has gone into hiding as their budget plan goes from bad to worse? This week...
