- Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Towards Transparency) Bill 2013; First Reading (2 speeches)
The Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Towards Transparency) Bill 2013 is important legislation because it is vital for our country that we have clean unions. It is absolutely... - Migration Amendment (Reinstatement of Temporary Protection Visas) Bill 2013; First Reading (1 speech)
On this day those on that side of the House will not be able to block the introduction of this bill into this House. Last year I stood in this place with my colleagues and sought to restore an... - Minerals Resource Rent Tax Amendment (Protecting Revenue) Bill 2013; First Reading (2 speeches)
The purpose of this bill is to protect the revenue generated from the Minerals Resource Rent Tax, or the mining tax, from being eroded when state governments increase royalties. Labor's mining... - Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Moratorium on Aquifer Drilling Connected with Coal Seam Gas Extraction) Bill 2013; First Reading (2 speeches)
There are some 8,000 wells that have already been agreed to by the government. We are informed there are some 13,000 applications that almost certainly will be agreed to. I emphasise 'we are... - Aviation Laws Amendment (Australian Ownership and Operation) Bill 2013; First Reading (2 speeches)
I take a personal and upfront interest in Qantas. My granddaddy was amongst the early investors in Qantas, and we lost a lot of money. When they refloated the company we put a lot of money in... - Fair Work Amendment (Arbitration) Bill 2013; First Reading (2 speeches)
I was briefly a union representative in my younger days and I was brought up deeply steeped in the traditions of unionism and what it had done for this country. It amazes me that people are so... - Dairy Industry (Drinking Milk) Bill 2013; First Reading (4 speeches)
I was listening to Prof. Ted Kolsen, Dean of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Queensland—the most distinguished economics faculty in Australia, with many contenders for Nobel...