House debates
Thursday, 26 June 2014
- Business (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (3 speeches)
I move: That standing order 31 (automatic adjournment of the House) and standing order 33 (limit on business) be suspended for the sitting on Thursday, 26 June 2014. This is the usual motion that...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Publications Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the report from the Publications Committee sitting in conference with the Publications Committee of the Senate. Copies of the report are being placed on the table. Report—by...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No.2], Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], True-up Shortfall Levy (General) (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], True-up Shortfall Levy (Excise) (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013 [No. 2], Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2], Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates and Other Amendments) Bill 2013 [No. 2], Climate Change Authority (Abolition) Bill 2013 [No. 2], Climate Change Authority (Abolition) Bill 2013 [No. 2]; Second Reading (43 speeches)
I am happy to rise to speak on the package of bills that are before the parliament, which are presented by the government as bills to abolish the carbon tax. The bills do do that—consistent...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That business intervening before Order of the Day No. 14 Government Business be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Budget (1 speech)
The PM said that he would help families with the real cost of raising children. Yet, in the bills passed this week by the House, and in his budget, he has cut $7.5 billion in family payments....
- New Colombo Plan (1 speech)
I have risen in this place on numerous occasions to talk about the coalition government's New Colombo Plan. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Julie Bishop, while Minister for Education, Science...
- Budget (1 speech)
I rise this afternoon to speak in defence of families in the Scullin electorate and defend their standard of living against this government's cruel cuts and budget of broken promises. The Prime...
- Mitchell Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge the special contribution of the members of my community who have been recognised in the 2014 Queen's Birthday honours. Within Mitchell, we are particularly blessed to have...
- Medicare (1 speech)
I wish to thank and congratulate members of our community of Kingsford Smith who joined doctors, nurses, patients and health workers at the Prince of Wales Hospital last Saturday to protest...
- Lyons Electorate: Barrington General Store (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate small business owners, Penny Lane and her partner, Dale, for their service over 11 years to their local community. Barrington is a small town...
- Budget (3 speeches)
I am very happy to be following the member for Lyons. He has something in common with the member for Braddon, the member for Page, the member for Eden-Monaro and the member for Capricornia. They...
- Boat Harbour Polar Bear Swim (1 speech)
Taking a dip in the ocean early on a winter's morning might not seem like a great idea to some, especially in Tasmania. But last Sunday more than 50 daredevils braved the icy waters to...
- Budget (1 speech)
Canberrans are still furious about the Abbott government's budget. Why are they still furious? Because, as one constituent said at my mobile office on the weekend, 'This budget is bad for all of...
- Woy Woy Oval (1 speech)
I rise to commend the New South Wales state government's announcement this morning of a $2 million grant towards the upgrade of Woy Woy Oval, adding to the $3½ million already committed by...
- Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
The coalition government is telling the Australian people to 'tighten their belts'. Its first budget has slashed funds from every department and program imaginable, yet this same government is...
- Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
Albert Einstein stated that, 'Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.' Every ear on the Queen's Birthday holiday, we as a nation get the opportunity to honour and acknowledge those who...
- Budget (1 speech)
Last week, the Rural Doctors Association of Australia issued a press release warning of the terrible impact a $7 co-payment will have on rural communities. RDAA President, Dr Ian Kamerman, said:...
- Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
As someone who spent a lot of time working in the USA before I came to this place, I would like to offer a very warm welcome to former US Vice President Mr Gore on his visit to Canberra yesterday...
- Budget (1 speech)
I rise today in what I have recently termed 'the chamber of ironies'. Today we have been debating a piece of legislation that would see us take money from families through the schoolkids bonus...
- Lyne Electorate: War Memorials (1 speech)
I met both the president of Laurieton RSL subbranch, Mike McClelland, and his treasurer, Syd Farrow, to see the plans for two new memorials to be built at Laurieton Memorial Park in my...
- St Joseph's Primary School: Visit to Parliament House (1 speech)
I would like to say special hello to St Joseph's Primary School from the beautiful town of Benalla. I was so pleased to meet with you when you were in Parliament House this week. I would like to...
- Durack Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
Two schools from Durack visited Parliament House this week to participate in the parliamentary education program. Students from the Kimberley and the Port Hedland Schools of the Air got a...
- Batman Electorate: Brizzi, Mr Cosimo (1 speech)
Earlier this month, hundreds a community members turned out to attend the memorial service of Mr Cosimo Brizzi, fondly known as 'Cos'. For more than four decades, Cos and his younger brother Ben...
- Bass Electorate: Winter Relief Appeal (2 speeches)
In recent weeks, service clubs in my electorate of Bass have donated generously to The Examiner Winter Relief Appeal. The Rotary Club of central Launceston donated $3,000 and the Lions Club of...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Industry will be absent from question time today. He is on his way to China for the APEC mining ministers meeting. The Deputy Prime Minister will answer...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. This Prime Minister promised Australia an adult government of no surprises and no excuses. So why has the Prime Minister delivered one of the most deceptive,...
- Carbon Pricing (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the government's plans to reduce power prices? What stands in the way of lower power prices for Australian families?
- Science (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Today is the national day of protest for the CSIRO against the Prime Minister's cuts and broken promises. The Prime Minister is cutting one in 10 jobs at...
- Carbon Pricing (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment: I refer the minister to this statement from AGL confirming that, if the carbon tax is repealed, price reductions will flow through to...
- Higher Education (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister: new modelling shows that the cost of science degrees will triple to $123,000, because of the government's broken promise on university fees. Why does this...
- Carbon Pricing (20 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. As things now stand, there will soon be no direct action sham, no carbon price and no emissions trading scheme. As most of the new senators now support at...
- Budget (17 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday we learned that the Prime Minister told the Australian Medical Association that he was willing to look at alternative models for his unfair GP tax....
- Infrastructure (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Deputy Prime Minister, could you outline how the budget will assist in building the roads of the 21st century, and how does investing in quality...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. No matter what chaotic deal the Prime Minister pieces together this week, isn't it true that Australian families will be $6,000 a year worse off because of...
- Education (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. Ms Plibersek interjecting—
- Carbon Pricing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In question time earlier today the Prime Minister told us how he was looking forward to working with the member for Fairfax. But before the election the...
- Broadband (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications. Will the minister update the House on what the government is doing to accelerate the roll-out of the NBN? What does this mean for people living...
- Budget (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. If the government gets its way, nearly 300,000 elderly Australians will today receive their last ever seniors supplement payment because of the Prime...
- Immigration Policy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister update the House on the government's border protection measures, including the measures he has put in place...
- Budget (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Before the election, the Prime Minister said there would be no cuts to health. But the Prime Minister is cutting $390 million from public dental programs...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister advise the House on action the government is taking to deal with the threat posed by extremists returning from fighting in...
- Budget (19 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Minister for Education. Before the election, the government promised to help families with cost-of-living pressures. The minister's own department has confirmed...
- Crime (29 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Justice. Will the minister inform the House how the government has made our communities safer? How does this government's approach differ from the previous...
- Dementia and Severe Behaviours Supplement (16 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Mr Snowdon interjecting—
- Building Better Regional Cities Program (15 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services.
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Reports Nos 53 and 54 of 2013-14 (1 speech)
I present the following Auditor-General's performance audit reports for 2013-14: Audit report No. 53 entitled Management of the National Medical Stockpile: Department of Health and Audit report...
- 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.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Budget (35 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable the Deputy Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (3 speeches)
I move: That the resolution agreed to on 24 June 2014 relating to the consideration of the Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 (No. 2) and 10 related bills be varied to exclude...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
When the Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 was first considered by the House, I made a ruling in relation to detailed amendments to the bill which were to be moved by the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Airport Noise (1 speech)
Canberra Airport is a vital transport hub and employment generator within the ACT region. I am pleased to have it located within my electorate because of the pivotal role that it plays throughout...
- Rail Infrastructure (1 speech)
In the budget handed down in May, there was $300 million reserved to get the inland rail up and running. This was kicked off quite some years ago under former deputy prime ministers and transport...
- Iraq (1 speech)
I would like to thank the Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq, His Excellency Mouayed Saleh, who gave a briefing to parliamentarians in this place on Tuesday in which he raised, obviously, his...
- Elliott, Mrs Lorraine (1 speech)
From the earliest days of Dame Elizabeth Couchman, one of the cofounders of the Liberal Party, and Dame Enid Lyons, who was the first woman to be elected to the House of Representatives, the...
- Australian Vietnamese Aged Care Services (1 speech)
Last Saturday I had the privilege of attending a fundraising dinner hosted by the Australian Vietnamese Aged Care Services. The charity dinner was organised to raise funds for the Vietnamese...
- Petition: Health Services (1 speech)
I rise to table a petition organised by one of my constituents, Emeritus Professor Faith Trent. This petition relates to the ability of private health funds to pay the gap for outpatient...
- Lilley Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
This year's budget will cause a great deal of pain for families, for young people and for pensioners across the electorate of Lilley. But today I want to talk about its impact on two very...
- Online Safety (1 speech)
I am very pleased to rise to report on an event held in my electorate recently, on 30 May. It was an event hosted by Turramurra High School and featuring Facebook and Project Rockit. Project...
- Holt Electorate: Casey Pastors Network (1 speech)
I rise this morning to talk about and commend a group of very important people who come together under the umbrella of the Casey Pastors Network. This network is led by Pastor Rob Nyhuis and...
- Forestry (2 speeches)
On Monday evening, our time, in Doha on the other side of the world, the World Heritage Committee rejected Australia's bid to have 74,000 hectares of productive, working forest removed from the...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Better Futures, Local Solutions Program (1 speech)
In 2013 I raised on a number of occasions, and shared with the House, the outstanding success of the Better Futures, Local Solutions program in the Wyong local government area of my electorate....
- Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (1 speech)
Yesterday was a watershed for the nation, with the minister, Fiona Nash, announcing the funding of the first National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Action Plan. There has been $9.2 million...
- Fuel Excise (1 speech)
I rise to talk about the fuel excise amendment, or petrol tax, which will increase the cost of living of people in my electorate of Charlton, who are going to feel it well and truly in their hip...
- AUSVEG National Convention (1 speech)
One of the privileges of being a member in this House is that, on occasions, I have the opportunity to stand and sing the praises of outstanding contributions by people in my community, the...
- Fuel Excise (1 speech)
It is great to actually get an opportunity to speak in the parliament this week, having had my name down to speak every day this week and not getting an opportunity to represent the constituents...
- Budget (4 speeches)
If you ever wanted to see rampant hypocrisy, you have just seen it from the member for Franklin. She comes into this chamber complaining about a 40c per tank rise in the fuel excise—an...
- Australia Post (1 speech)
Despite his cigar buddy, the member for North Sydney, repeatedly calling for full privatisation of the government's remaining assets, in late May Finance Minister Mathias Cormann begrudging said...
- Employment, Trade Support Loans Program (1 speech)
Recent labour market forecasts predict significant jobs growth in Western Australia over the next decade. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA projects that the state will require an extra...
- Hunter Electorate: Environment (1 speech)
Tragically, in September 2012 Norwegian company Norsk Hydro closed permanently an aluminium smelter in my electorate. It was in a town known as Kurri Kurri. The result was the loss of almost 400...
- International Development Assistance (1 speech)
In psychology, behaviour is defined as irrational if an action continues to be repeated despite its repeated failure to achieve the desired outcome. On this definition, our aid policy towards...
- Environment (1 speech)
NASA has confirmed that the world's 20-hottest years on record have all been since 1990, and 13 of the 14 hottest were all since 2000. The State of the climate2014report from the Bureau of...
- Petition: Israel (3 speeches)
I would like to present this petition on behalf of 3,741 constituents of mine. I particularly pay tribute to those women of conscious, Lisa De Winter and Tzipporah Oliver who stood outside...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
So we see yet more hypocrisy from Al Gore, the global-warming guru, and I say that in every negative context associated with the word. Last night, Al Gore proved that he will do anything and say...
- Community Legal Centres (1 speech)
I rise in the chamber to raise concerns about the way that this government is treating community legal centres and to grieve the cuts that have been made to their funding and to remind the...
- Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
I rise this morning to speak about an issue that is very important in my electorate—that is, the policies relating to climate change and, in particular, their impact on the cost of living....
- Science (1 speech)
I rise today to raise my concerns for the future of science in Australia under this seemingly flat-earth government. The Prime Minister has said that we should not judge his ministry by their...
- Middle East (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on an issue important to my electorate of Higgins. Over the past year an individual, or perhaps individuals, has been distributing a pamphlet throughout my electorate that I...
- Hume, Father David (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to the life and contribution of a great man, a giant in the Stanhope Gardens/Glenwood area and throughout the electorate of Greenway, the Reverend Father David Hume. A...
- Gilmore Electorate: Shoalhaven Paper Mill, Gilmore Electorate: Regional Development Australia (1 speech)
I rise to update the House on a situation I raised last week with the procurement of Australian passport paper. The Shoalhaven Paper Mill in my electorate of Gilmore is the sole Australian...
