House debates
Tuesday, 28 March 2017
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Paterson Electorate: Kurri Kurri Nostalgia Festival (1 speech)
The skirts were full and the Brylcreem jars were nearing empty in Kurri Kurri, my home town, in my electorate last weekend for the annual Nostalgia Festival. Mother Nature turned on some...
- Illicit Drugs (1 speech)
We are a high-value, high-price illicit drug economy and the international drug cartels know it, so the last thing we want to be doing is pill testing at music festivals. For goodness sake, the...
- Werriwa Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
Two weeks ago, the shadow assistant minister for infrastructure, the member for Shortland and I visited a causeway in my electorate, where Cambridge Avenue passes over the Georges River at...
- Cyclone Debbie (1 speech)
As we stand here today, the people of Central and North Queensland are battened down amidst the worst cyclone to hit since 2011. Our thoughts and prayers are with all the residents as they brace...
- Medicare (1 speech)
Many people in my electorate of Wills have called me, written to me or even just come up to me at the regular street stalls that I conduct to complain about the fact that it is no longer possible...
- Berowra Electorate: Hornsby Connect (1 speech)
On 15 March this year I was delighted to attend the opening and launch of Hornsby Connect, a great new organisation in my electorate of Berowra that provides free food and low-cost...
- Endometriosis (1 speech)
One in ten women have endometriosis. That is one in ten teenage girls missing classes at-school because of excruciating pain; that is one in ten young women being forced to take time off work for...
- Rice Industry (1 speech)
Almost all of the rice in Australia is grown in my electorate of Farrer. The majority of this is onsold to Ricegrowers Ltd—better known by its main brand, SunRice, one of the world's...
- Braddon Electorate: Produce to the People (1 speech)
I was pleased to connect local social enterprise Produce to the People with the Costa Group, which is seeing about 100 kilograms of strawberries each week going to those in need. Produce to the...
- Maranoa Electorate: Small Business (1 speech)
Like vertebrae to a spine, small business is the strongest pillar in Australia's economy. This government is forging ahead with our 10-year enterprise tax plan and diligently working...
- Australian Small Business Champion Awards (1 speech)
Caboolture woman Sammie Lee Milgate has been achieving success in the very competitive music industry for years. But not wanting to steal the spotlight herself, Sammie has created and runs her...
- Groom Electorate: Tourism (1 speech)
Growth in Australia's inbound tourism industry of 11 per cent over the past 12 months is almost triple the current average around the world. And Tourism Research Australia's advice of 29 per cent...
- Bendigo Electorate: Easter Festival (1 speech)
It is the last sitting week before Easter. Many take time off over Easter, but not in Bendigo. Bendigo actually has the longest continuous Easter festival in our country. Since the 1890s, we have...
- Forrest Electorate: Harvey Primary School (1 speech)
I want to acknowledge and thank Colin and Teresa Brand, the principal and deputy principal of Harvey Primary School, for the last 12 years of their work. Colin's motto throughout his time has...
- Oxley Electorate: Queen's Scout Award (1 speech)
Recently I had the honour of attending the presentation of the prestigious Queen's Scout Award to Goodna Scout Group member Koby Saunter. I was proud to join to Chief Commissioner of Scouts...
- Cyclone Debbie (1 speech)
Tropical Cyclone Debbie is on the coast between Bowen, Proserpine and the Whitsundays as we speak. Currently a category 4 system, it is moving slowly, delivering savage, destructive winds of up...
- Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (1 speech)
The report from the Senate's Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee about the proposed legislation to amend section 18C was tabled at 12:30 today. The committee held one hearing...
- Fairfax Electorate: Centenary of Coolum State School (1 speech)
As Shakespeare had it, what is in a name? Take a relatively unassuming sort of name like Ellen Chapman. There was an Ellen Chapman who in 1912 was president of the Women's Social and Political...
- Gilmore Electorate: Regional Motorsports Complex (1 speech)
The reputations of governments stand on the commitments and promises they make before an election and their willingness to follow through on those promises and deliver on them. It is not just the...
- Meat Exports (2 speeches)
The coalition government is securing new markets for farmers. Australian farmers export around two-thirds of their produce, and the coalition government is promoting better relationships with our...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. We know that the Prime Minister changes his policies when he feels pressure from the Liberal party room, so why doesn't he feel any pressure to act when...
- Cyclone Debbie (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. As the Prime Minister is aware, Tropical Cyclone Debbie is crossing the coast in my electorate as we speak. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the...
- Workplace Relations (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. We know that the Prime Minister is prepared to give into his Liberal opponents on every other issue, so why won't the Prime Minister now give in to Labor and...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I would like to inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Hon. Bob Baldwin, a former member for Paterson. On behalf of the House, I extend a very warm welcome to...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Cyclone Debbie (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry representing the Minister for Defence. Will the minister update the House on the actions currently being undertaken by the Australian Defence...
- Workplace Relations, Paid Parental Leave (19 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister supports cutting the penalty rates of nearly 700,000 Australians by up to $77 every week, and, under this Prime Minister, a nurse in New...
- Banking Amendment (Establishing an Effective Code of Conduct) Bill 2017 (13 speeches)
My question is to the member for Denison, under standing order 99. I refer to the private member's bill—order of the day No. 33, relating to the mandatory banking code of...
- Cyclone Debbie (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Justice and the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Counter-Terrorism. What emergency management measures does the federal government have in place to...
- Workplace Relations (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Today I met with private sector aged-care nurses, including Dely, who is in the gallery today. Her husband Ken works in retail and faces a pay cut because of...
- Cyclone Debbie (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Human Services. Will the minister update the House on how the government has prepared for Tropical Cyclone Debbie to ensure that Queenslanders will receive...
- Workplace Relations (21 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Today the opposition leader and I are meeting with members of the Australian Federal Police Association. Is the Prime Minister aware that AFP officers,...
- Energy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the importance of affordable energy and lower business taxes for jobs, wages and the economy, including in my...
- Workplace Relations (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister seriously refusing to rule out pay cuts for AFP officers, including his own protection detail, for working late nights and weekends?
- Agriculture Industry (2 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 the benefits to Australia's meat industry and...
- Workplace Relations (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, the people who put their lives on the line in your own protection detail and that of your ministers deserve an answer. Does the Prime...
- Taxation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer explain to the House how the government is fixing problems in our taxation system so that we can meet our responsibilities to the next...
- Workplace Relations (20 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister guarantee that no other Sunday penalty rates in awards will be cut by the Fair Work Commission?
- Trade (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister update the House on the government's development of a foreign policy white paper and of efforts, through economic diplomacy,...
- Taxation (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister scrapping the deficit levy in this year's budget, and his support for the decision to cut penalty rates. Why is it that, under...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- 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.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Medicare (31 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Ballarat proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government undermining...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (7 speeches)
Mr Deputy Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- 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 3 of 2017. Report made a parliamentary paper in accordance...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Hotham Electorate: Youth (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about the brilliant young people whom I represent as the member for Hotham. One of the things I have really noticed since I became a member of parliament is that young people...
- Moore Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
With the federal budget process in progress, I advocate for strong continued federal funding support for independent schools within my electorate of Moore. The Independent Schools Council of...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
I had the real privilege today to talk to some aged-care workers. These workers were nurse assistants, enrolled nurses and registered nurses who are working in the aged-care sector. They do very...
- Canning Electorate: Telecommunications (1 speech)
Telecommunications technology is vital to modern society. It enables us to conduct business, access emergency assistance and keep in touch with family and friends. Imagine how hard life would be...
- Energy (1 speech)
In the early 1980s, when New South Wales was afflicted by power outages and blackouts, the Wran government acted decisively and they built two new coal-fired power stations in Bayswater and...
- Family Violence (1 speech)
Family violence is a scourge across Australia, and the statistics are alarming. According to the Domestic Violence Resource Centre in Victoria, one in four Australian women experience intimate...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Record Store Day (1 speech)
Saturday, 22 April will see the celebration of the 10th international Record Store Day. This was established to highlight the cultural and economic importance of record stores in an era of online...
- Swan Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
Welcome to the chamber, Mr Deputy Speaker Hastie! I rise today to update the House and my constituents on an important matter in my electorate of Swan. Between 2010 and 2015, the very busy...
- Fremantle Electorate: Broadband (1 speech)
By the middle of this year the NBN rollout will be just short of the halfway mark. The rollout in my electorate of Fremantle is in progress and we are learning about some of the challenges and...
- Robertson Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I rise to commend the New South Wales state Liberal government for the work that they are doing to deliver a better future for the people of Gosford and for the Central Coast. On 8 April at the...
- keys2drive (1 speech)
We have just heard from the member for Robertson on the importance of roads in Australia. I rise to speak on keys2drive, a Labor program started in 2009, with the express purpose of keeping young...
- O'Connor Electorate: Fielding, Ms Kate (1 speech)
I want to take the opportunity today to highlight the impressive achievements of a constituent from my electorate, Kate Fielding, who is in Canberra this week. Kate is in Canberra, alongside...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech, 1 comment)
It was 24 September 2016. Six months ago, Catherine and Jacob, a young couple who live in my electorate, were married. They had saved and budgeted for their wedding and their honeymoon, and they...
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy (1 speech)
Recently, I met with local resident Julie Cini at the Berwick Show. Sadly, Julie told me the heartbreaking story of her two children, Zarlee and Montanna, that she tragically lost at a very young...
- Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (1 speech)
I am proud to represent one of the most culturally diverse electorates in this country. The electorate of Oxley has over 55,000 people who were born overseas. People from all over the world,...
- Queensland: Dairy Industry (2 speeches)
Today I would like to talk about Queensland dairy farmers as part of the Australian dairy industry. Dairy is one of Australia's leading rural industries. Farmgate value for the 2015-16 financial...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Last Veterans' Mission to Korea (3 speeches)
I rise today to speak about the last veterans' mission to Korea, to acknowledge the brave men and nurses who served in the Korean War. Often considered the forgotten war, the Korean War began...
