House debates
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Krishna Janmashtami (1 speech)
On behalf of Labor I extend my best wishes to Hindu communities in Australia and around the world on the celebration of Krishna Janmashtami. Janmashtami marks the birth date of Lord Krishna, the...
- Bonner Electorate: Wishart (1 speech)
Today I want to talk about a key part of my electorate: the suburb of Wishart. I spent some time in Wishart over the winter break, talking with residents and local groups about what's important...
- Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (1 speech)
I stand up in this place today as a former federal prosecutor, and I want to speak about the travesty that is being visited upon the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions Office by this...
- Fisher Electorate: Events Centre Caloundra (1 speech)
I recently had the pleasure of announcing a grant of $3 million for the Events Centre Caloundra under the government's Building Better Regions Fund. This grant is going to help the events centre...
- Oxley Electorate: Springfield (1 speech)
Last week, I had the pleasure of being joined by the shadow minister for defence, the honourable Richard Marles; alongside the acting Mayor of Ipswich, Councillor Paul Tully; the state Labor...
- National Science Week (1 speech)
Right now we're in the middle of the 20th annual National Science Week. It runs until 20 August and it's an outstanding opportunity for all Australians to celebrate and discuss important...
- Northern Tasmania: Employment (1 speech)
With the 20th anniversary of the closing of Coats Paton, I reflect on the changing face of employment in northern Tasmania. At its peak, Coats Patons was the largest mill of its type in the...
- O'Connor Electorate: Albany (1 speech)
I rise today to update the House on the Prime Minister's recent visit to Albany in my electorate of O'Connor. The PM was warmly welcomed to Albany Senior High School by Principal Jenny Firth,...
- Marriage (2 speeches)
Labor has always said that the easiest, fastest, cheapest and least divisive way to deliver marriage equality is through a free vote in parliament. All 25 or so changes to the Marriage Act have...
- Lalor Electorate: Teej (1 speech)
Last Saturday I attended a Teej festival celebration in Hoppers Crossing organised by the Nepalese Organization of Wyndham and ably led by their president, Kamal Pyakurel. It was a privilege to...
- Morland, Mr Mick, OAM (1 speech)
I rise today to commemorate and acknowledge the recent passing of Mick Morland, an icon from the La Trobe electorate who died in a tragic road accident last month. Mick served six terms as a...
- Giles, Ms Patricia, AM (1 speech)
I, like many other Western Australians, was deeply saddened to hear last week of the death of former Labor senator for Western Australia Patricia Giles at the age of 88, but I'm also incredibly...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
The National Disability Insurance Scheme is one of the most important social policy reforms undertaken by federal and state governments in recent years. All of us know Australians, be they...
- Indian Independence Day (1 speech)
Namaste, kam cho, sat sri akal, vanakkam. I rise to wish a happy independence day to the citizens and descendants of the world's largest democracy—India. From scientific evidence of an...
- Royal Rehab (1 speech)
This Friday I'm looking forward to visiting the premier brain and spinal injury rehabilitation hospital in Australia—Royal Rehab, the Rehabilitation & Disability Support Network. This...
- Centrelink (1 speech)
I refer to comments made by Senator Siewert yesterday which imputed that Labor have denied Newstart and youth allowance recipients an increase in their payments because we opposed, in the other...
- Vietnam (1 speech)
This Friday marks the 61st anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan, one of the most significant battles in which Australian forces were involved in Vietnam. On 18 August 1966, a small force of 108...
- Marriage (1 speech)
The Australian Labor Party didn't want the farcical postal plebiscite currently being inflicted on LGBTI Australians by the Turnbull government, but if it's going to happen we'll throw ourselves...
- Mallee Electorate: Leadership Program (2 speeches)
I alert the House to the presence up in the gallery today of northern Mallee leaders and the community leadership from the Loddon-Murray, from the electorate of Murray and the electorate of...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Qualifications of Members (28 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. It goes to the eligibility of members of cabinet to hold office. The Deputy Prime Minister told ABC Radio: Unfortunately that's the law … They were...
- Pacific Islands Forum (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister is due to attend the Pacific Islands Forum in Samoa on 8 September. Who will be Acting Prime Minister while the Prime Minister is overseas?
- Indi Electorate: Infrastructure (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Minister, we've had many discussions on the importance of improving the train service in north-east Victoria. I acknowledge the...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry, representing the Minister for Employment. Will the minister outline to the House why it is important for employer and employee organisations...
- Deputy Prime Minister (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The former member for New England, Tony Windsor, said yesterday: Why is Barnaby Joyce different to anybody that has stood aside during this particular issue?...
- National Security (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister update the House on the benefits of a well-managed national security agenda? Why are strong and consistent...
- Qualifications of Members (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Senator Canavan resigned from cabinet over issues that he claimed he didn't know about. The Deputy Prime Minister has been referred to the High Court for...
- Economy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House how the government is delivering on its commitment to build a competitive modern economy that creates jobs and lifts wages...
- Qualifications of Members (7 speeches)
My question's to the Prime Minister. It goes to the eligibility of members of cabinet to hold office. Is the Deputy Prime Minister a citizen of a foreign power? Mr Rob Mitchell interjecting—
- Trade (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. Will the minister outline the importance of strong export markets with our reliable trading partners in creating and supporting...
- Qualifications of Members (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In the last answer given by the Deputy Prime Minister, he confirmed that, up until the weekend, he was in violation of the Australian Constitution as a...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Qualifications of Members (10 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Watson from moving the following motion forthwith: That the House: (1) notes: (2) therefore, calls on the...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 6 of 2017-18 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's Audit report No. 6 of 2017-18 entitled The management of risk by public sector entities: across entities. Ordered that the report be made a parliamentary paper.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (3 speeches)
I commend the Auditor-General's report to every member of the House. It is about the mitigation of risk, which is what we do on a daily basis in this building.
- Privilege (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to raise a matter of privilege under standing order 51. Under the standing orders, as you are aware, I have to fully set out the case, so l will do so as quickly as I can, but...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Questions in Writing (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, in accordance with standing order 105(b), I ask that you write to the Minister for Urban Infrastructure seeking reasons for the delay in answering questions in writing. The relevant...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Economy (21 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for McMahon proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government’s...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Great Barrier Reef (6 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as is necessary to allow the Manager of Opposition Business to move the following motion forthwith— That the House:...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- National Disability Insurance Scheme; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, I present the committee's report entitled Provision of services under the NDIS for people with psychosocial...
- Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present the committee's report entitled Human rights scrutiny report: report 8 of 2017. Report made a parliamentary paper in...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Northern Territory: Economy (1 speech)
I rise tonight to talk about the concerns that my constituents in Darwin—the capital of the north—have about the current Northern Territory economy and the strong perception that this...
- Fadden Electorate: Gold Coast (1 speech)
It is wonderful to be here to report back to the House on some of the great work the Turnbull government is doing in the City of Gold Coast, the nation's sixth-largest city. It is a city that in...
- Marriage (1 speech)
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Yes to freedom, yes to equality and yes to love. It is time for us to say yes to marriage equality. More than six years ago, in one of my first acts as a parliamentarian,...
- Forde Electorate (1 speech)
It's my pleasure to rise today to again commend, thank and acknowledge the fantastic people who reside in my electorate of Forde. I said last week and I reiterate again how valuable it is when we...
- Macarthur Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I've spoken on the issue of infrastructure in south-west Sydney many times before. It's a crucial issue for the people of my electorate of Macarthur, as over 70 per cent of workers travel outside...
- DonateLife Week (1 speech)
DonateLife Week was held from 31 July to 6 August this year. On Saturday, 5 August I held a motorcycle ride from Coffs Harbour to Port Macquarie to raise awareness of the need...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
The statistics on violence against women in Australia are shocking. On average at least one woman a week is killed by a partner or former partner. One in four Australian women has experienced...
- Port Macquarie-Hastings Council (1 speech)
I am pleased to advise the House that on 29 July a by-election was held for the position of mayor in Port Macquarie-Hastings Council. It was great to see a strong field of five candidates putting...
- Broadband (1 speech)
I rise today in frustration that many people in my electorate still have not been connected to the government's second-rate NBN. And, for those who have been connected, they're probably even...
- Banking and Financial Services (3 speeches)
On 19 July, I hosted a banking forum in Mackay. It was an opportunity to put bank representatives in front of businesses, industry bodies and locals affected by the decisions made by those banks....
- Triple J (1 speech)
I value the ABC. In my youth I valued Triple J, and I acknowledge its important role as our national broadcaster for youth. I understand the desire for balance and diversity of opinions and the...
- Exercise Talisman Sabre (1 speech)
Recently I had the great pleasure of being part of the Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program, when the shadow minister for defence, Richard Marles, and I attended Exercise Talisman Sabre...
- Gellibrand Electorate: Dorevitch Pathology (1 speech)
Labor is proud of our long history of support for the union movement, and we will continue to support workers like those at Dorevitch Pathology. Last week, 500 HWU workers at Dorevitch Pathology...
- Indian Independence Day (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge that today is Indian Independence Day. As co-chair of the Parliamentary Friends of India and as a parliamentarian with 6,300 constituents with an Indian background, or...
- Richmond Electorate: Humanitarian Supplies Challenge (1 speech)
I would like to speak today about some of the wonderful work being done by locals in my electorate of Richmond. It was with great pride and pleasure that I visited a local business in my...
- Dunkley Electorate: Frankston Station Precinct Redevelopment (2 speeches)
Over the past few months, I, along with the state shadow minister for small business, Neale Burgess, the deputy mayor of Frankston City Council, Steve Toms, and other councillors and elected...
- Calwell Electorate: Hume Interfaith Network (1 speech)
A very special event is occurring in my electorate at this very moment. It's the first ever Broady Poetry Slam workshop and it is being held at the Hume Global Learning Centre. This series of...
- Gilmore Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
Gilmore has a youth unemployment figure that is not the envy of any other electorate in Australia, so my primary focus is to challenge our employers, trainers and amazing young people to get on...
- Simons, Mr Kenneth George (1 speech)
I want to acknowledge a remarkable constituent of mine, Ken Simons, who I hope is still watching this evening. If he is, I want to say to him that we are all thinking of him and praying for him...
- Fraud, Possums (3 speeches)
Today I would like to bring to the attention of the Chamber a concern that has been raised with me by a constituent, Mr John Lyons, who owns an important online retail business called GolfZone....
- Barton Electorate: Kyeemagh Infants School, Barton Electorate: Nepalese Community (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge Kyeemagh Infants School, which turns 75 this weekend. On Saturday I attended and spoke at their 75th birthday festivities. There was a diverse range of food and fun...
- Forrest Electorate: Western Australian College of Agriculture, Harvey (1 speech)
The WA College of Agriculture at Harvey is one of the most impressive educational institutions in the south-west. The original campus was actually the site of a Second World War internment camp...
- Broadband (1 speech)
Everywhere I go throughout the Oxley electorate, the No. 1 issued raised with me is the failed NBN rollout. At mobile offices, school events and community meetings, I hear stories from residents...
- Page Electorate: Harwood Cricket Club, Lismore Base Hospital Auxiliary, Nimbin Hospital Auxiliary (1 speech)
Harwood Cricket Club will celebrate a major milestone on 26 August, with the club celebrating its 150th birthday. Special guests at the event will include former Australian umpire Peter Parker...
- Bruce Electorate: Broadband (1 speech)
I rise today on behalf of Kerry Collison of Glen Waverley in complete exasperation regarding his ongoing disasters with the NBN. His business is now at risk of going broke as NBN Co and Telstra...
- Energy (2 speeches)
I want to raise the issue of household bills in my electorate of Brisbane. Electricity bills, gas bills and water bills are often the biggest bills that households and small businesses face....
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (3 speeches)
It's an honour for me this evening to be able to speak on the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands, which concluded this year after a period of 14 years. Over that period of time, we...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That order of the day No. 2 be postponed. Question agreed to.
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Energy (1 speech)
People in my electorate of Wills and all throughout Australia are hurting as power prices skyrocket under this coalition government's mismanagement of energy policy. The pressure that these...
- Capricornia Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about the importance of infrastructure and building a secure economy for my electorate of Capricornia. Building bridges, improving roads, upgrading airports, building...
- Holt Electorate: Infrastructure, Veterans (1 speech)
I rise in this debate to raise my concerns about a lack of ongoing investment by the Turnbull government into the outer suburbs of Australia's major cities—in particular, the rapidly...
- Queensland Government (1 speech)
One of the great privileges of being in here in the nation's capital and the nation's parliament is that we can often cast our eye over the performance of the relative states and territories....
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
I rise tonight to talk about equity in this country and to share with the Chamber a situation that is occurring in Melbourne at the moment that absolutely exemplifies the proposition from Labor...
