House debates
Tuesday, 24 February 2015
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Lindsay Electorate: Bushfires (1 speech)
It was a bit over 12 months ago when we saw a disastrous bushfire ravage the homes of the Blue Mountains. As my electorate of Lindsay sits in the foothills of this spectacular bushland, my...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
This morning in the papers it was reported that the Minister for Employment has given an undertaking not to touch the minimum wage in this country. Indeed, recently we have had the Prime Minister...
- Bass Electorate: Symphony Under the Stars (1 speech)
Just when you thought it was impossible to fit another event into northern Tasmania's summer schedule, along comes Symphony Under the Stars, which was held in Launceston last Saturday at the...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
In 2010 the Leader of the Opposition at the time, now Prime Minister, said about Work Choices, a policy his Liberal government introduced: 'It's dead, it's buried, it's cremated now and forever.'...
- Defence Procurement (6 speeches)
Last week the Defence minister announced the acquisition strategy for the Future Submarine program, the largest Defence procurement in Australian history. For South Australians there are positive...
- Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month (1 speech)
This month Indi is going teal for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and Teal Ribbon Day. Visitors to Wodonga are being greeted by clotheslines full of teal knickers flapping in the breeze. They are...
- Trade: Middle East (1 speech)
On 5 February I hosted an Australia-Middle East Trade Forum with the Minister for Trade. It was good to have the minister in Banks to discuss the government's plans to strengthen...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
Right before Christmas the Abbott government snuck out its salvo in the war to bring back Work Choices—the Productivity Commission's terms of reference for the workplace relations review....
- East West Link (3 speeches)
I rise today to again draw attention to the growing community anger in my electorate of Deakin at the way Labor have turned their back on Melbourne's east in their reckless attempt to destroy the...
- Abbott Government (1 speech)
We know that this government breaks its promises. We know about the GP tax. We know about the cuts to the SBS and the ABC. We know about the $80 billion worth of cuts to schools and hospitals,...
- Hindmarsh Electorate: West Beach Surf Life Saving Club (1 speech)
On Saturday, 14 of February I took part in the West Beach Surf Life Saving Club's annual Pink Swim, a fundraising event to support the National Breast Cancer Foundation. The West Beach Surf Life...
- Abbott Government (1 speech)
Make no mistake, this is a government that is deeply committed to attacking the Australian social compact. This is a government that is committed to dividing Australians, not bringing them...
- Food Labelling (1 speech)
Nationals MPs and senators such as John 'Wacka' Williams have been fighting for more accurate country-of-origin food labelling for more than a decade. We place enormous red-tape burdens and cost...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
More than 16,000 workers in the ACT are on penalty rates and rely on them to make ends meet. Often they are low-paid workers, shift workers or part-time workers. Penalty rates allow these people...
- Environment (1 speech)
After a long campaign for stronger clean air standards, I am delighted that our government has announced a comprehensive review of the standards which govern sulfur dioxide emissions. This is a...
- Abbott Government (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about trust—trust that the electorate should be able to have in its elected government. Unfortunately, we are in a situation where that trust is diminishing daily, and...
- Flynn Electorate: Aboriginal Ranger Program (1 speech)
I take this opportunity to support the new Aboriginal Ranger Program in the port city of Gladstone in the electorate of Flynn, having met with the Aboriginal community leaders last week who...
- Abbott Government (1 speech)
I have to be frank: 90 seconds is not enough to outline the horrible attacks this government has had on working people. The Liberal government is undermining wages and conditions in this country...
- Brisbane Electorate: Mates4Mates (2 speeches)
I would like to update the House on a recent visit with Minister Ronaldson, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, to the Mates4Mates family recovery centre in Albion, Brisbane on 18 February....
- Workplace Relations (4 speeches)
This is like an episode of The Walking Dead. The Liberal Party's attack on penalty rates in this country is the idea that will not die. They have never seen a pay cheque they do not want to cut.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Australian Human Rights Commission (31 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to evidence in Senate estimates today that the government offered an inducement for the President of the Australian Human Rights Commission to...
- National Security (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister advise the House how revoking Australian citizenship for dual nationals involved in terrorism will strengthen our national security?
- Australian Human Rights Commission (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Was the Prime Minister's office aware that the Attorney-General was asking the President of the Australian Human Rights Commission to resign and offering her...
- National Security, Iraq and Syria (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister update the House on recent developments with foreign fighters and outline the action the government is taking to prevent...
- Australian Human Rights Commission (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's last answer, in which he said that the President of the Human Rights Commission had lost the confidence of the government. If...
- Rail Infrastructure (4 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. Minister, do you agree that a high-speed rail passenger network connecting Melbourne to...
- National Security (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Justice. Will the minister inform the House of the importance of metadata to the detection and disruption of terrorist networks?
- Asylum Seekers (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister advise the House of the importance of strong and consistent policies on border protection? What effect do...
- Abbott Government (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Given today's report that seven cabinet ministers have abandoned the Prime Minister and given the Prime Minister had no issues in moving quickly to sack the...
- Defence (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence.
- Abbott Government (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the recent stream of leaks against the Prime Minister: did the Prime Minister go against the advice of his then social services minister by...
- Economy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline how the government is building growth, jobs, and opportunity for all Australians? An opposition member: That is not a question.
- Abbott Government (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the pension cut leak, the GP tax leak, the NewStart leak—not the leak by the treasurer of the Liberal Party—and I ask him: does the...
- Small Business (2 speeches)
Thank you, Madam Speaker. It is a bit rich him talking about betrayal. My question is to the Minister for Small Business. Will the minister advise the House how the government is backing small...
- Medicare (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that he insisted on the policy that would have seen a $20 cut to the Medicare rebate for short consultations, against the...
- Tax Avoidance (6 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer. Will the Assistant Treasurer update the House on the government's actions to crack down on multinational tax avoidance and ensure that companies meet...
- Australian Human Rights Commission (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Minister representing the Attorney-General. I refer to evidence at Senate estimates today from the Secretary of the Attorney-General's...
- WestConnex (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. Will the Deputy Prime Minister update the House on the benefits of the WestConnex project to...
- Australia Day Honours (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday in question time, the Prime Minister said he was not obligated to consult his cabinet colleagues on his captain's pick to knight Prince Philip....
- Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education and Training. Would the minister explain how Early Learning Languages Australia funding is assisting students across Australia and, in particular,...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. On 3 March 2012 the minister said, 'There has really been no justification for the benefit that will accrue to Australia by pursuing a Security...
- Social Services (5 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Minister for Social Services. Will the minister update the House on the progress of the government's savings measures in social services? What alternatives have...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
I have received advice from the Chief Government Whip that he has nominated Mr Nikolic to be a member of the Selection Committee
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (15 speeches)
Madam Speaker, I wish to make a personal statement.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Abbott Government, Workplace Relations (43 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Gorton proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government’s...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (7 speeches)
Mr Deputy Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
(): I move: That business intervening before order of the day No. 7, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Scullin Electorate: Road and Rail Infrastructure (1 speech)
Daniel Andrews and the Victorian Labor Party took to last November's state election a vision for a better Melbourne—one which recognised the challenges, but also the great opportunities,...
- Petrie Electorate: Maternity Services (1 speech)
I recently had the pleasure of meeting two women who came to my office to speak to me about birthing choices. Having a baby is one of life's great passages. I myself stood by my wife Louise over...
- Business Enterprise Centre Ipswich Region (1 speech)
On Friday, 13 February this year the Business Enterprise Centre Ipswich Region, or BECIR, learnt that it would not receive the Commonwealth funding it requires to continue to operate in the...
- Tasmania: Infrastructure (1 speech)
When I was elected in September 2013, there were, along with many smaller commitments, two fundamental things that I wanted to do in the time that I was given in this place. One was to deliver on...
- Lane, Mr Denis Christopher (1 speech)
Madam Speaker, I would like to present a eulogy for Dennis Christopher 'Dinny' Lane. This is a story of a man with a big heart, of a good life, of a man who loved life and of a life well lived....
- Swan-Canning River Recovery Program (2 speeches)
Those members who are from or have visited Western Australia would recognise the beauty of our natural rivers. I am fortunate to have my electorate bounded by two of Perth's most iconic rivers:...
