House debates
Monday, 1 December 2014
- Asylum Seekers: Children (1 speech)
There are currently 435 children in immigration detention in Australia: 327 on the mainland and 108 on Christmas Island and Cocos Keeling Island. There are also 167 children in detention on... - Capricornia Electorate: My First Speech Competition (1 speech)
I am delighted to inform the House that Chay Conaglen from Rockhampton State High School, in Capricornia, has won the Australian parliament's My First Speech competition. The 17-year-old was one... - Rankin Electorate: Cricket (1 speech)
Yesterday I had the privilege of hosting, with my great mate here, the member for Moreton, a cricket game with players from the Muslim communities in our electorates. The game was played in the... - Australian Broadcasting Corporation (3 speeches)
Last week there were some funding announcements with relation to the ABC. I just want to reiterate that, over the next five years, there will still be $5.2 billion flowing to the ABC, which is... - Moreton Electorate: Cricket (1 speech)
I too rise to acknowledge the great game of cricket that we had in the electorate of Moreton yesterday, where the Muslim community from Moreton took on the Muslim community from Rankin. For the... - Economy (1 speech)
I was watching the Australian Story on Bob Hawke. Barry Cassidy said 'Bob Hawke was elected to bring the nation together.' Indeed he was. But he was also elected to provide income tax cuts,... - Workplace Safety (1 speech)
I rise today, sadly, to draw attention to two terrible and tragic workplace deaths that have occurred recently in the electorate of Adelaide. Just recently we saw 21-year-old Jacob Porter... - East West Link (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge Victoria's election result on the weekend, and in particular the Premier-elects untenable position on the East West Link. I would urge Dan Andrews to think long and hard... - Lalor Electorate: Education (1 speech)
I rise, like the member for Deakin, to celebrate an event that occurred in Victoria on the weekend. On Saturday I did an impromptu tour of schools in the electorate of Lalor and I was absolutely... - Durack Electorate: Youth (1 speech)
Following their visit to Parliament House, I asked year 6 students from Strathalbyn Christian College in Geraldton what they would do if they were Prime Minister for a day. Here are some of their... - National Broadband Network (1 speech)
Malcolm Turnbull and Barnaby Joyce share a political message: 'If you don't vote for us, the kid gets it!' Just as the Nationals could not support SPC in Shepparton—because they did not... - Parliamentary Friends of Motoring, Hughes Electorate: Hughes Charity Car Show (1 speech)
Tomorrow, Senators Muir and Lundy, along with the hardworking and most effective member for Lindsay, will as co-chairs of the Parliamentary Friends of Motoring be hosting a car show on the lawns... - Indi Electorate: Wodonga (1 speech)
Today I would like to pay tribute to the largest city in my electorate, Wodonga, and to the role of private sector investment in making Wodonga on the one of the fastest-growing regional centres... - Barker Electorate: Small Business (1 speech)
I rise today to report on the exceptional Shop Small campaign, which promoted small businesses across Australia and particularly in my electorate of Barker. Shop Small, as you know Mr Deputy... - Indigenous Affairs (1 speech)
I rise today to alert the House to some concerning results of recent reports into Indigenous disadvantage in Australia. The 2014 Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage report by the Productivity... - King, Ms Judy, OAM (1 speech)
There are people on this earth who are born with a passion to help others, and Judy King OAM from Smithton in my electorate of Braddon was one such person. Sadly, Judy passed away recently after... - Greste, Mr Peter (2 speeches)
Today is Peter Greste's 49th birthday. Instead of celebrating it with the people he loves, he will mark this day as he has the last 337 days—in an Egyptian jail cell. Our first thoughts... - Defence Personnel (1 speech)
I rise to speak on an issue I have been campaigning on for the past six weeks—the government's unfair and insulting ADF pay and conditions offer. Today the Prime Minister backtracked on... - Corangamite Electorate: Broadband (2 speeches)
I rise to celebrate the great news that some 34,000 premises across Corangamite will receive fixed-line NBN more cheaply and quickly under out 18-month rollout plan announced today. I was very...
