House debates
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
I am making a statement in reference to a matter of privilege referred to in the report of the Standing Committee on Regional Australia. I apologise; it is rather long. On 16 May 2013, the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Accounts and Audit Committee; Report (3 speeches)
On behalf of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit I present the following reports: Report 436: Review of the 2011-12 Defence Materiel Organisation major projects report; and Report...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Tax Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 1) Bill 2013; Second Reading (2 speeches)
I rise on behalf of the shadow Treasurer to speak on this Tax Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 1) Bill. The bill has three schedules. Firstly, it seeks to strengthen integrity rules for...
- Tax Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 1) Bill 2013; Consideration in Detail (17 speeches)
by leave—I move coalition amendments (1) and (2), as circulated in my name, together: (1) Clause 2, page 2 (table item 4), omit the table item. (2) Schedule 3, page 11 (lines 1 to 10), omit...
- Tax Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 1) Bill 2013; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (Increased Concessional Contributions Cap and Other Measures) Bill 2013, Superannuation (Sustaining the Superannuation Contribution Concession) Imposition Bill 2013; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Superannuation (Sustaining the Superannuation Contribution Concession) Imposition Bill 2013; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Aboriginal Land Rights and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013; Report from Federation Chamber (1 speech)
The question is that the amendments be agreed to. Question agreed to. Bill, as amended, agreed to.
- Aboriginal Land Rights and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- International Monetary Agreements Amendment Bill 2013; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Statute Stocktake (Appropriations) Bill 2013; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 1) Bill 2013; Second Reading (3 speeches)
This composite bill, the Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 1) Bill 2013 deals with a range of changes to the taxation and superannuation system. I can state at the outset...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Petition: Far West Community Legal Centre (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to present a petition from residents in my electorate of Farrer—more specifically in the far west of New South Wales. The petition read as...
- Media Diversity (1 speech)
I am a strong supporter of media diversity in our country, and I am concerned by the domination of News Limited, Fairfax and Seven West. Of course, in recent times we have been fortunate to have...
- Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
I rise to raise an issue of significant concern to my constituents, namely live animal exports. Like many in Kooyong I continue to be deeply shocked and angered by the graphic footage of animal...
- National Broadband Network (1 speech)
I rise in the House today to welcome news that homes and businesses in Launceston will be able to reap the benefits of the NBN, with construction now underway. The NBN maps show that fibre is...
- Forde Electorate: Keeping the Spirit Alive, Forde Electorate: Get Set for Learning (1 speech)
It is with great pleasure that I rise this afternoon to acknowledge a wonderful achievement by a young lady in the electorate of Forde. Amie Jessop of Tanah Merah recently penned a poem...
- Gambling (1 speech)
Sports fans around the country have voiced their outrage at the proliferation of gambling advertising in our sports broadcast. I have been one of the MPs who have been pushing for reform. I...
- Brisbane Electorate: Fortitude Valley (1 speech)
I rise today to welcome and congratulate the Brisbane City Council on their plans to upgrade the Brunswick Street Mall in Fortitude Valley to promote a greater daytime economy in this suburb....
- Parramatta Female Factory (1 speech)
I rise today to speak again about the importance of the Parramatta Female Convict Factory, a building commissioned by Governor Macquarie, designed by Greenway and built by Watkins and Payten with...
- Macarthur Electorate: Macarthur Acts of Kindness (1 speech)
Today I would like to take this opportunity to speak about a special initiative that has been launched in my electorate called Macarthur Acts of Kindness. Inspired by the stories of kind...
- Canberra Centenary (2 speeches)
I am quoting here: I cannot honestly say that I liked Canberra very much; it was to me a place of exile; but I soon began to realize that the decision had been taken, that Canberra was and would...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I advise the House that the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, and Minister for Indigenous Health will be absent from question time today as he is...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- National Security (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm Senate committee evidence that ASIO has reduced its overseas presence and reduced its foreign engagement for training and...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the Australian Jobs Bill, which passed this House last night? How will this bill give Australian workers and...
- National Security (33 speeches)
My question is to the member for Holt under standing order 99. I remind the member for Holt that, as Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, he recently tabled...
- Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on the government's plans to make our workforce stronger and support jobs today and into the future?
- National Security (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In light of the member for Holt's statement that he stands by his report and the statements he made about it, does she still maintain the member for Holt was...
- Distance Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the minister for education. The minister would be aware, from correspondence, of the New South Wales government's decision to axe the Dubbo-based years 11 and 12 School of...
- Superannuation (4 speeches)
Speaker, my question is to the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation and Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Will the minister update the House on how the government is...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon members of a Pacific Parliaments Climate Change Study visit sponsored by the United Nations Development Program. We have...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind the Prime Minister that she told the parliament yesterday that last Monday's Four Corners report alleging a cyberattack against ASIO was...
- Family Payments (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Community Services, Indigenous Affairs and Disability Reform. Will the minister update the House on the clear choices the government is making to...
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind the Prime Minister of the admission yesterday from immigration officials that 63 asylum seekers have escaped from immigration detention in the last...
- Education Funding (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth. Will the minister update the House on why we need to invest in the National Plan for School Improvement? What other...
- Asylum Seekers (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind the Prime Minister of revelations that more than 10,000 asylum seekers have been released into the community without any comprehensive ASIO checks....
- Vocational Education and Training (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Higher Education and Skills. How is the government working to make sure that thousands of trainees, apprentices, students and workers have the skills and...
- National Security (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Given the Prime Minister's assertions that she takes national security seriously, why when she was Deputy Prime Minister did she not attend all meetings of...
- Child Support (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Early Childhood and Childcare and Minister for Employment Participation. How is the government helping working parents with the cost of raising children and...
- Asylum Seekers (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware that the New South Wales Police Commissioner has asked the Australian government, through the Department of Immigration and...
- Consumer Protection (2 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer. How is the government standing up for a fair go for hardworking families and small business and what other approaches are there?
- Asylum Seekers (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In light of the Prime Minister's previous answer, can the Prime Minister explain why the government has explicitly refused to provide the specific...
- Aged Care (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, the Minister for Social Inclusion and the Minister for Housing and Homelessness. Will the minister update the House—
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Member for Batman (3 speeches)
I speak on indulgence. I wish to advise the House that I have today informed the leader of my party, the Australian Labor Party, that I will be leaving the parliament at the next election....
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Documents are presented as listed in the schedule circulated to honourable members. Details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings. And I move: That the House take note of...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 81 of the Selection Committee, relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on Monday, 1 June 2012. The report will be...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Member for Batman (1 speech)
I acknowledge my political and legal adversary, the member for Batman. I take this opportunity to apologise if I have ever offended him over the last couple of years, and I look forward to a beer...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (24 speeches)
by leave—I move: That this House expresses full confidence in the work of Australia's science community and confirms that it believes that man-made climate change is not a conspiracy or a...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- National Security (26 speeches)
We have seen this afternoon an attempt by the government and the crossbenchers to delay getting to this matter of public importance because they would rather talk about anything than their own...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Education and Employment Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the standing committee on education and employment, I present the committee's advisory report, incorporating a dissenting report, on the Australian Education Bill 2012, together with...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That business intervening before Order of the Day No. 11 Government Business be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Drugs in Sport (1 speech)
Australia is often described as a sporting nation. For a country of 23 million people, we match it with some of the largest countries in the world and in many cases beat them. We are a proud...
- Vietnam Vision Project Australia (1 speech)
Last Friday, together with my wife, Bernadette, I attended the Vietnam Vision charity dinner. The purpose was to raise funds to enable a group of doctors and dentists and other volunteers to...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Electorate of Indi: SBS in Corryong (1 speech)
I rise to speak about an important issue to the community of Corryong in the Upper Murray region of my electorate. Corryong is a town of some 1,300 people. It is by no means one of the smallest...
- Bowman, Mr Donald 'Don' John (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to the first state member for Swansea, Don Bowman, who was born on 25 April 1936 and died on 30 April this year. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in New South...
- Communications (1 speech)
Before I talk about the issue of communications I would just like to say that, in listening to the former Minister for Resources and Energy, Martin Ferguson's first and last, as he said,...
- Coal Seam Gas (1 speech)
Tonight I want to give an account of our community campaign to have the North Coast CSG mining free. Our community is deeply concerned about this issue and its harmful impact on our water, farms...
- National Security (1 speech)
Earlier this week, Anthony Byrne, the Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Intelligence and Security and the Labor member for Holt, exposed the Gillard government for its failure to...
- Egypt's Coptic Community (1 speech)
Tonight I wish to raise in the House of Representatives the plight of the Copts of Egypt. Copts make up between five and 10 per cent of Egypt's population, but they are suffering persecution and...
- Small Business (1 speech)
Small business is a central pillar of the Australian economy, employing almost three million Australians and adding $312 billion to our economy; however small business confidence, profitability,...
- Maronite Community (1 speech)
In a few weeks I will join His Excellency Bishop Tarabay, the newly ordained Maronite Bishop of Australia, and Minister Tony Burke to plant a small tree in the grounds of the Prime Minister's...
- Flinders Electorate (1 speech)
I am delighted to inform the House and to speak on behalf of the people of Flinders, and in particular the Mornington Peninsula, about the Eastern Treatment Plant upgrade, which has now been...
- Melbourne Electorate: Aircraft Noise (1 speech)
I have recently met with the East Melbourne Group, a community organisation who have become concerned about aviation noise in their community. East Melbourne is a beautiful and historic part of...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Wide Bay Electorate: Floods (1 speech)
My electorate was hit by serious flooding in 2011 and 2013. Generally the governments at state and federal level have acted promptly to put emergency assistance in place, and the electorate is...
- Kingston Electorate: Sport (1 speech)
On Monday of last week I was very pleased to host a local sporting champions grants ceremony where we honoured six local young people in the electorate that have shown great proficiency and great...
- Farmers (1 speech)
I rise today to call on the government and the banking sector to do everything they can to help our agricultural producers in these difficult times. We have a lot of farms under stress in...
- Cancer Treatments (1 speech)
I would like to use this opportunity to raise the awareness of parliament of a childhood brain cancer known as Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma. I was made aware of the terrible disease by Ms...
- Parkes Electorate: Small Business, Kidney Health Week (1 speech)
I rise this morning to speak about small business, particularly small business in the Parkes electorate. Over the last few weeks I have been visiting the chambers of commerce and the progress...
- Dobell Electorate: Mining (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the coalmine that is planned to be built under the water catchment area in the Wyong Shire. I start by expressing great disappointment that, at this stage, neither the...
- Bennelong Electorate: Epping to Parramatta Rail Link (6 speeches)
The people of Bennelong will not have been surprised this morning to wake to the headline that the Gillard government has broken its $2.1 billion promise to fund the construction of the Epping to...
- Airds High School: Flag Ceremony (1 speech)
Today I would like to praise the students from a high school in my electorate who I believe are a great example of Australian multiculturalism at its finest. I recently attended a flag ceremony...
- Baluch, Joy AM (2 speeches)
I acknowledge the life and passing of Joy Baluch, whose funeral service I attended last week. Joy was first elected as a councillor to the Port Augusta council in 1970. From 1981 to 1993, and...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
