House debates
Thursday, 12 February 2015
- Budget (1 speech)
Earlier this week we had the extraordinary spectacle of the Prime Minister claiming that 'good government starts today'. What an acknowledgement of just how bad this government has been so far.... - Tourism (1 speech)
Seventy-five per cent of the Australian economy resides in the services sector—health, education, aged care, tourism, legal services and the like. Yet only 15 per cent of our nation's... - Budget (1 speech)
I rise today on behalf of the Australian families who are hurting hard as a result of the Abbott government's cuts, including over $1 billion that they have cut from existing childcare programs.... - Asylum Seekers (5 speeches)
The Australian public understand Labor's failures when it comes to border protection. But what they may not understand is that more than 8,000 children arrived by boat and that in 2013 the number... - Lu, Professor Max (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to Professor Max Lu from the University of Queensland for winning the inaugural Australia-China Achievement Award. Professor Lu, who is the Provost and Senior... - Schoolkids Bonus (1 speech)
Families and schools in Lalor are doing it tough. Lalor has the second highest number—behind Rankin—of families receiving childcare benefits. That is nearly 7,000 families in my... - Bass Electorate: Information Technology (1 speech)
I am pleased to report that the IT sector in Tasmania has recently had some wins on the international scene and is generating much-needed optimism at a time when the economy is struggling after... - Indi Electorate: Australia Day Events (1 speech)
Communities are at the heart of rural Australia. And, from my experience on the Australia Day, community pride is alive and well in Indi. Attendance was high at all events, and it was great to... - Boothby Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
After nine years of local campaigning, the residents of Boothby will finally see real action and real improvements to address traffic congestion on South Road. In the 2014 federal budget, an... - Abbott Government (3 speeches)
The Liberal Party used to take delight in lecturing us about family values, about those values of the 1950s that they hold so dear, but they have not been talking family values so much lately,... - Australia Day (1 speech)
On a lighter note, I enjoyed the tradition of Australia Day this year, on 26 January. That tradition may have first begun in the 19th century, but Australia Day has evolved since that time as a... - Abbott Government (1 speech)
Here we are, four days into the government's new era of so-called good government, four days which have been characterised by policy confusion, chaos, disunity and a stubborn insistence on... - Green Army Program (1 speech)
The Green Army is one of this government's great success stories. It is a success for the environment, a success for the young people that take part in the program and a success for local... - Abbott Government (1 speech)
More than nine months after the Abbott government handed down its unfair budget, it is still hanging over their heads. That is because it is fundamentally flawed. It cuts into our social fabric... - Child and Forced Marriage (1 speech, 1 comment)
Last week I had a meeting with the director of the Immigrant Women's Health Service in Western Sydney, Dr Eman Sharobeem. She raised with me the growing problem of forced child marriages, a most... - Abbott Government (1 speech)
I remember during the election campaign Tony Abbott saying that his government would start running on day one. On day one they would hit the ground running. And I saw day one come and go. Some 13... - Cunningham, Ms Nita (1 speech)
It is with deep regret that I advise the House of the passing of Nita Cunningham on the weekend, aged 75 and just short of her 76th birthday. Nita was a local councillor from 1988 until 1991. She... - Abbott Government (2 speeches)
This week Tony Abbott said that 'good government starts today'. I am sure most Australians said: 'Hang on a minute. Seriously? Does that mean the government is acknowledging that every day before...
