House debates
Monday, 18 April 2016
- Governor-General's Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (11 speeches)
I move: That a committee, consisting of Mr Zimmerman, Ms Price and the mover, be appointed to prepare an Address in Reply to the speech delivered by His Excellency the Governor-General to both...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (23 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That the House: (1) notes that: (a) confidence and trust in the financial services industry has been...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (5 speeches)
I thank the House for passing that resolution. I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the following occurring: (1) the Fair Work (Registered Organisations)...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Governor-General's Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (2 speeches)
I move: That the Address-in-Reply be agreed to. I reserve my right to speak later.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Days and Hours of Meeting (1 speech)
Just before we begin the debate on the RSRT—I know that the shadow minister has been very patiently waiting for this—I present a chart showing the program of sittings for 2016 second...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Days and Hours of Meeting (1 speech)
In accordance with standing order 133(a), I shall now proceed to put the question on the motion moved earlier today by the Leader of the Opposition, on which a division was called for and...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Death Penalty (1 speech)
Late last year in Kuala Lumpur I participated in a parliamentary roundtable concerning the abolition of the death penalty in Malaysia, which was co-hosted by the parliament of Malaysia and the...
- Hawkesbury Show (1 speech)
I rise with much delight to speak on the 130th Hawkesbury agricultural show, held annually in the beautiful Hawkesbury region of the Macquarie electorate. This year's show saw the greatest number...
- New South Wales: Anti-Protest Laws (1 speech)
I rise to thank the New South Wales Labor leader, Luke Foley, for visiting the North Coast last Friday and announcing that, if elected, New South Wales Labor will repeal Premier Baird's...
- Stronger Communities Program, A Capella West (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to again highlight the positive impact of the Stronger Communities grants program and the impact it is having on my community in Tangney. Just a few weeks...
- Transport Industry (1 speech)
With over 30 years experience running a small business, I am extraordinarily proud to represent all the small businesses in my electorate of Indi, but I am particularly proud today to represent...
- Herbert Electorate (1 speech)
Last week in Townsville we had a tough week, but it was good week, with the announcement that we will be enacting the fair entitlements guarantee for the workers of Queensland Nickel. The workers...
- Turnbull Government (1 speech)
The Turnbull government is in total chaos and at war with itself. This is a government led by a panicked Prime Minister desperately trying to cling to office by using the expensive stunts of...
- Education Funding (1 speech)
Right now 12-year-old children across our nation are studying various things in our classrooms, but in Victoria they are studying, under the name Building respectful relationships, how to write...
- Geelong Electorate: LAND 400 (1 speech)
It is well-known that Geelong has suffered greatly at the hands of this government in job losses through the failure of the Turnbull government to have a proper manufacturing policy. LAND 400 is...
- Harvey, Reverend Barrie (1 speech)
In the lead-up to Anzac Day, I recently made to a constituent one of the most unusual presentations yet. Former army medic and padre Reverend Barrie Harvey received a camouflaged bible to carry...
- Education Funding (1 speech)
It was a great pleasure recently to join Labor's candidate for Swan, Tammy Solonec, at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies at Curtin University in Western Australia. There we met with the many...
- Swan Electorate: Manning Memorial Bowling Club (1 speech)
I thank the member for Kingston for visiting Swan. It is a pity I was not able to join her. But it was also a pity that she was not there either when we announced $20 million for the Curtin...
- Road Safety (1 speech)
Labor are defending the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal because we know there is a link between pay and safety. The Turnbull government's own commissioned figures show the Road Safety...
- Tell Tia for Charity (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about a remarkable nine-year-old girl called Tia Brennen who lives in Minto in my electorate of Macarthur. When Tia was away with her family at a caravan park near Sussex...
- Kingsford Smith Electorate: Rotary Police Awards (1 speech)
Last Wednesday I was fortunate to attend the annual Rotary police awards at the Prince Henry Centre in Little Bay in our community. Now in their sixth year, the awards continue to provide a great...
- National Broadband Network (1 speech)
It will surprise many people here that the worst broadband in the nation, for both quality and access, is in the humble seat of Bowman. That is all about to change this Friday, when they will...
- Turnbull Government (1 speech)
Today, people right around Australia are shaking their heads in bewilderment because the Prime Minister who wants to cut penalty rates has brought 150 parliamentarians into Canberra for a two-day...
- Groom Electorate: Toowoomba Second Range Crossing (1 speech)
I rise—and this will come as no surprise to the House—to talk about my favourite subject: the Toowoomba Second Range Crossing. I was delighted to be joined by the federal Minister for...
- National Broadband Network (1 speech)
This government have stuffed up on a number of things, but the one thing that they have royally and truly stuffed up is the rollout of the NBN. In my electorate, it is just stark. Let us just...
- Armstrong, Ms Rosemary (2 speeches)
Earlier this year I had the pleasure of meeting Rosemary Armstrong, a successful and innovative fashion designer based in Dobell. Rosemary is the creator and designer of high fashion label Tea...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Rocher, Mr Allan Charles (1 speech)
I inform the House of the death on Friday, 18 March 2016 of Allan Charles Rocher, a member of this House for the division of Curtin from 1981 until 1998. As a mark of respect to the memory of...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Banking (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to many troubling incidents over recent times in the Australian banking sector, and on 6 April the Prime Minister also said: … there have been...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on Australia's strong economic performance as we make the transition from the mining investment boom? How is the...
- Banking (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Denis Scanlon is 75 and he lives in the electorate of Higgins. Denis says his financial adviser has admitted to ripping him off, but his bank is still trying...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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I would like to inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Hon. Warwick Smith, a former member for Bass and a former minister. On behalf of the House, I extend a very...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Small Business (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister remind the House why small family businesses are at the heart of the Australian economy? Will the Prime Minister also outline to the...
- Banking, Financial Services (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The government is reported to be considering directing ASIC to conduct an inquiry into the banking and financial services industry. Can the Prime Minister...
- Tasmania: Health Funding (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In 2012 the federal government met my request for $325 million to boost the Tasmanian health system, but that money runs out in June, meaning the loss of...
- Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (5 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources. Will the Deputy Prime Minister update the House on how the coalition are supporting family-owned...
- Financial Services (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's previous answer when he said a royal commission into Australia's banking sector would not pay compensation. Given the Prime...
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer please update the House on how the government is supporting the transition from the mining investment boom to a more diversified economy? Is...
- Banking, Financial Services (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Last night when asked, if the Treasurer had spoken to the banks about holding an ASIC inquiry into banks, the Prime Minister said, 'You'd have to ask him.' So can...
- Shipbuilding (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs representing the Minister for Defence. Will the minister advise the House how the government will secure a sustainable long-term shipbuilding...
- Financial Services (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Dimity Hirst is a mother of four children in the electorate of Lyons. Dimity says that ANZ tried to sell her and her husband's farm out from under them. Just...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, representing the Minister for Employment. Will the minister outline to the House the government's commitment to ensure that...
- Budget (5 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer take Moody's advice last week and accept the need for both spending and revenue measures or will the Treasurer deliver a budget which puts...
- National Security (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister update the House on the measures this government is taking to strengthen our border security capability?...
- Donations to Political Parties (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Special Minister of State. The New South Wales Electoral Commission recently found that that the New South Wales Liberal Party was required to...
- Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. I refer the minister to comments made by Toll Holdings recently. They said: … we don't believe the RSRT is the best way to...
- Donations to Political Parties (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Special Minister of State. According to reports, the Millennium Forum was established as a vehicle to conceal the identity of Liberal Party donors....
- Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small Business and the Assistant Treasurer. I remind the minister that small business is the lifeblood of the local economy in my electorate, but there are a...
- Donations to Political Parties (2 speeches)
My question is to the minister representing the Special Minister of State. The New South Wales Electoral Commission recently stated that Senator Sinodinos was the honorary treasurer at all...
- Defence Procurement (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Materiel. Will the minister advise the House how the government's continuous naval shipbuilding plan, built upon today, will create jobs and growth in...
- Donations to Political Parties (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Special Minister of State. I refer to the minister's previous answer. Will the minister report to the House before question time tomorrow on...
- Building and Construction Industry (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources, Energy and Northern Australia. Will the minister update the House on how re-establishing the ABCC will promote jobs and growth in Australia's vital...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Tasmania: Health Funding (1 speech)
I wish to add to and correct an answer that I gave to the member for Denison. I referred to the new heads of agreement between the Commonwealth and states and territories on public hospital...
- 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.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Anzac Day (1 speech)
Next Monday will be Anzac Day 2016. I was in Royal Melbourne Hospital last year on the Centenary of Anzac Day, having had open heart surgery following a heart attack, and very inconvenient it was...
- Australian Labor Party (1 speech)
Deputy Speaker, I was not expecting to be spending 18 April 2016 with you and our colleagues, as enjoyable as that is! The recall of parliament does not happen very often, but it is necessary...
- Nguyen, Mr Van Dai (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to speak about a prominent Vietnamese human rights activist and lawyer, Mr Nguyen Van Dai, who, since his arrest on 16 December last year, has been held in a prison in Hanoi...
- Flynn Electorate (1 speech)
Flynn is a very large and very diverse electorate. It covers 133,000 square kilometres. Many electorates have multiple local governments; Flynn has eight. With the House's indulgence, I would...
- Broadband (1 speech)
The rollout of the National Broadband Network in my electorate and the Hunter region broadly has had serious problems. In recent months my office has been inundated with complaints from people...
- Judd, Mr William Thomas (1 speech)
This evening I rise to farewell William Thomas Judd, who left us on 11 February of this year. 'Bill', as he was known to all, was a loving father to his children, Kerry and Maurie, and a...
