House debates
Tuesday, 27 May 2014
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2014-2015, Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2014-2015, Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2014-2015, Appropriation Bill (No. 5) 2013-2014, Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2013-2014; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
I declare that at 1.30 pm today the following bills stand referred to the Federation Chamber for further consideration: Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2014-2015, Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2014-2015,...
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2014-2015, Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2014-2015, Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2014-2015, Appropriation Bill (No. 5) 2013-2014, Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2013-2014; Second Reading (20 speeches)
by leave—As I was previously saying in this debate, one of the other elements of this budget that is making health care less affordable and less accessible to people is the changes to the...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Hunter Electorate: Youth Education and Employment Programs (1 speech)
Young people in the Hunter are amongst the many who have been betrayed by the Abbott government's first budget. It is not just changes to youth allowance. Youth Express and Joblink Plus are two...
- Forde Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
I rise to recognise the efforts of a number of our local schools who were recently recognised in the Queensland government Showcase Awards for Excellence in Schools. The awards program is...
- Brown, Ms Rebecca (1 speech)
I rise today to recognise Rebecca Brown, a young woman from my electorate who is in Canberra this week taking part in the National Indigenous Youth Parliament. The youth parliament is a week-long...
- Australian National Eisteddfod: St Patrick's College Launceston (1 speech)
Last week, 39 music students from St Patrick's College in my electorate of Bass competed with great success in the Bands and Orchestras Division of the Australian National Eisteddfod held here in...
- Watson Electorate: Walk for Respect (1 speech)
On Sunday a walk for respect was held in the suburb of Lakemba in Sydney. It was the largest community action that has ever taken place in the Canterbury area, and it was in response to the plans...
- Cancer (1 speech)
One in two Australians will be diagnosed with cancer before the age of 85. This is an alarming statistic. As part of the national fundraising initiative of the Cancer Council, Australia's Biggest...
- Budget (1 speech)
Last night, in the Federation Chamber's grievance debate, I spoke about the radical and retrograde higher education policies that are contained in the Abbott government's budget of broken...
- Solomon Electorate: Bartlett, Mr Levi (1 speech)
I rise to speak about an extraordinary constituent of mine, Levi Bartlett, a nine-year-old boy who attends Bakewell Primary School in Palmerston. I want to place on record my admiration for Levi....
- Budget (1 speech)
On budget night, I received a phone call of the kind that many in this House may have received—and this was before the budget had even been delivered. It was from a concerned family member....
- Braddon Electorate: Tasmanian Women In Agriculture (1 speech)
Last Saturday night, I had the pleasure of attending the Tasmanian Women in Agriculture's Women on Farms Gathering in the beautiful far north-west coast town of Smithton, in my electorate of...
- Changes to the Migration Act (3 speeches)
Yesterday we saw the Abbott government introduce changes to the Migration Act so that Australians will no longer have priority of employment in offshore gas and oil projects. Resource companies...
- Electorate of Lyons: Anzac Day Services (1 speech)
Lyons is indeed by Tasmanian standards a large electorate of 36,000 square kilometres. It includes many small communities and on Anzac Day 2014 there were more than 50 services held around my...
- Electorate of Parramatta: Support for the Racial Discrimination Act (1 speech)
I noticed at the weekend a number of our football clubs once again speaking out against racial vilification, defending their players, their colleagues, from attacks based on race from members in...
- Qantas Sale Act (1 speech)
I rise to thank John Casey, Hotham resident and Qantas employee who made the journey to Canberra several weeks ago to talk about the real impact of changes to the Qantas Sale Act. John is a...
- Electorate of Mallee: Infrastructure Investment (1 speech)
I am a bit slow off my feet today, but I am not slow to talk about the great township of Mildura and what the National Party, both state and federal, have been doing. The state National Party...
- Blair Electorate: Flood Mitigation (1 speech)
The coalition government's budget of broken promises and twisted priorities has signalled the end of support for Queensland flood reconstruction and the cutting of national flood mitigation...
- Foreign Aid (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about an issue that has been raised with me directly in my own community. It relates to Australia's level of foreign aid. The budget delivers on the government's commitment...
- Speaker (1 speech)
Following comments made by health minister, Peter Dutton, on the ABC News Breakfast program yesterday morning, I would like to clarify that at no stage during my time as Speaker of the House of...
- Dobell Electorate: Local Employment Access Program (1 speech)
This government is getting on with the job of building a strong and prosperous economy which supports local job growth. Recently, I was fortunate enough to attend the launch of the Local...
- Budget (4 speeches)
I rise to talk about the disproportionate impact of the Abbott government's first budget on rural Australia. When you put fuel taxes up it hits rural Australia hardest. When you put a GP tax on,...
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Speaker (5 speeches)
There has been discussion for some time about the role of the Speaker and about the place of a so-called independent Speakership. I think it would be helpful to provide members and others with...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
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I inform the House that the Minister for the Environment will be absent from question time today to attend a funeral. The Minister for Foreign Affairs will answer questions on his behalf.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (43 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why is his government prepared to use the $80 billion that he has slashed from hospitals and schools to run an advertising campaign to promote his broken...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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I wish to advise the House that we have with us on the floor of the House a delegation from the Parliament of Malaysia. We make them most welcome. I think many in the House have had an...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (43 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Before the election the Prime Minister said: … a government which is taking money off schools and hospitals so it can spend it on ads and this is...
- Budget: Age Pension (17 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. Can the minister outline to the House changes in the budget to make the age pension more sustainable? Can the minister confirm that pensions...
- North Queensland: Insurance Industry (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Acknowledging Duncan Fysh and Shannon Siebel, insurance on an Innisfail house in 2007 was $792 and is now $3,700; and in Julia Creek it was $2,300 and is now...
- Budget (19 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the statements made by the member for Mallee that the GP tax was mean spirited and that he does not support the increase to the pension age...
- Budget: Health (11 speeches)
My question again is to the Prime Minister. I refer to his government's $3.5 billion so-called price signal to deter Australians from visiting their GP and using pathology and medical imaging...
- National Broadband Network (16 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications. What impact does the NBN have on the debt burden faced by the government? How have previous approaches to the NBN impacted on the budget?
- Budget (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Treasurer's assertion that Australians with a number of chronic diseases are not affected by the GP tax. There are one million Australians...
- Asylum Seekers (9 speeches)
Thank you, Madam Speaker.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Speaker (4 speeches)
Madam Speaker, you would remember that yesterday in question time the Manager of Opposition Business asked you a number of questions about so-called 'fundraisers' in the Speaker's dining room....
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Speaker (42 speeches)
Madam Speaker, I move: That so much of standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Leader of the House from moving forthwith: That the Manager of Opposition Business, the member for Watson,...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Budget (29 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The hurt and division...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Removing Re-approval and Re-registration) Bill 2014; Second Reading (6 speeches)
I rise to speak on the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Removing Re-approval and Re-registration) Bill 2014. Controlling pests is an essential ingredient of...
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Removing Re-approval and Re-registration) Bill 2014; 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 Laws Amendment (Temporary Budget Repair Levy) Bill 2014, Income Tax Rates Amendment (Temporary Budget Repair Levy) Bill 2014, Family Trust Distribution Tax (Primary Liability) Amendment (Temporary Budget Repair Levy) Bill 2014, Fringe Benefits Tax Amendment (Temporary Budget Repair Levy) Bill 2014, Income Tax (Bearer Debentures) Amendment (Temporary Budget Repair Levy) Bill 2014, Income Tax (First Home Saver Accounts Misuse Tax) Amendment (Temporary Budget Repair Levy) Bill 2014, Income Tax (TFN Withholding Tax (ESS)) Amendment (Temporary Budget Repair Levy) Bill 2014, Superannuation (Departing Australia Superannuation Payments Tax) Amendment (Temporary Budget Repair Levy) Bill 2014, Superannuation (Excess Non-concessional Contributions Tax) Amendment (Temporary Budget Repair Levy) Bill 2014, Superannuation (Excess Untaxed Roll-over Amounts Tax) Amendment (Temporary Budget Repair Levy) Bill 2014, Taxation (Trustee Beneficiary Non-disclosure Tax) (No. 1) Amendment (Temporary Budget Repair Levy) Bill 2014, Taxation (Trustee Beneficiary Non-disclosure Tax) (No. 2) Amendment (Temporary Budget Repair Levy) Bill 2014, Tax Laws Amendment (Interest on Non-Resident Trust Distributions) (Temporary Budget Repair Levy) Bill 2014, Tax Laws Amendment (Untainting Tax) (Temporary Budget Repair Levy) Bill 2014, Trust Recoupment Tax Amendment (Temporary Budget Repair Levy) Bill 2014; Second Reading (18 speeches)
It is always a pleasure to have your work quoted in the great Houses of Parliament and it was a real pleasure for me today to have my work quoted more than once by members of the government! I...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Community Legal Centres (1 speech)
The Attorney-General, Senator Brandis, said in an interview published on 17 April that he was 'a John Stuart Mill man'. He said that he has been a fan of free speech since he entered politics....
- Illawarra Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
Gilmore is filled with generous and compassionate people, where individuals and community groups create all manner of opportunities to build up funds for special causes or families impacted by...
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
It is as old as the Scriptures and as clear as night and day: we face on Manus Island a moral dilemma that tests the very fabric of the nation, that tests whether Australia can survive as a...
- Budget (1 speech)
I rise tonight to talk about a very important aspect of the budget, and that is the funding for road infrastructure that was included in this year's budget. It was significant, it was nation...
- National Reconciliation Week (1 speech)
I rise this evening to acknowledge National Sorry Day, which occurred yesterday, and National Reconciliation Week. Unfortunately, I could not be at yesterday's unveiling of the City of...
- Canned Hunting (2 speeches, 1 comment)
Tonight I rise to inform the House about a great venture in life that many young people around the world take, including from my electorate of La Trobe, and that is to travel to South Africa and...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Calwell Electorate: Ms Wendy Dyckhoff (1 speech)
I want to pay tribute today to an amazing woman who lives in my electorate. Her name is Wendy Dyckhoff and she was recently awarded the silver medal by the Kangan Batman TAFE college for her...
- Small Business (1 speech)
Today I want to talk about small business. We are about protecting small business from unfair contract terms. Our government, under the guidance of the Hon. Bruce Billson, want to hear from you...
- Homelessness (1 speech)
The ACT has the second highest rate of homelessness in Australia. According to the 2011 census, 1,785 ACT residents were homeless on Census night 2011—a larger number than were homeless on...
- McPherson Electorate: Community Achiever Awards (1 speech)
Today I rise to recognise a very special group of my constituents, those who volunteer their time and energy to help our local community organisations. These are the people who are the heart and...
- Gellibrand Electorate: Budget (1 speech)
The impact of the Abbott government's recent budget will be felt in every part of the Australian community but its impact will be most significant in Melbourne's west. An estimated $6.3 million...
- Prom Country Aged Care Facility (1 speech)
In my nearly over 30 years of activity in the parliament and in political life, I do not think I have been to a happier day, a more entertaining day than Prom Country House's official opening:...
- Sydney-Emden 100 (1 speech)
The Cocos Islands community will host the Sydney-Emden100 'Weekend of Commemorations' during the period 8 and 9 November 2014, 100 years to the day since the First World War naval battle where...
- Dobell Electorate: Wyong High School (1 speech)
This government believes an effective education system is one where students come first. I recently had the pleasure of visiting schools throughout Dobell to witness firsthand how our students...
- Budget (1 speech)
Like most MPs, I have talked now to literally hundreds of people in my electorate about the budget. I have had a range of reactions but one of the very common reactions is that people...
- Reid Electorate (1 speech)
One of the joys of being the member for Reid, and I say this in all sincerity, is that 18 months ago I had a job and now for a short period of time, as I serve with pleasure the people of Reid, I...
- Bills (0 speeches)
