address to parliament – PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS – Workplace Relations
I’ll take the member for Lalor up on a few of the points that she made. The member for Lalor actually belled the cat when she talked about team leaders calling teachers at 9.30 at night. Team leaders aren’t the employers. Team leaders are not the principals. If, in fact, it does become illegal for […]
address to parliament – PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS – Cost of Living
It’s a bit like the arsonist calling the fire brigade: start the fire and then expect help when the fire is out of control. Mr Brian Mitchell interjecting— Mr McCORMACK: You’re out of your seat, so you can’t actually say anything, Member for Lyons. Before the members for Hasluck and Spence start, I’ll give them […]
address to parliament – BILLS – Paid Parental Leave Amendment (More Support for Working Families) Bill 2023 – Second Reading
Of course I support the member for Deakin and his amendment to the Paid Parental Leave Amendment (More Support for Working Families) Bill 2023. Certainly I know the coalition has thought long and hard about this, as we do about every bill. That is why the member for Deakin’s amendment needs to be adopted. I […]
address to parliament – BILLS – Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposals) Bill (No. 2) 2023 – Second Reading
There are several elements to this bill, and I appreciate the fact that the Deputy Manager of Opposition Business, the member for Page, who is also shadow minister for trade and tourism, has spoken on this legislation and the fact that the coalition is supportive, for any number of reasons, which I will outline and […]
address to parliament – STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS – Cost of Living
This is the Macquarie Concise Dictionary, Australia’s national dictionary. It’s well worth reading. The next edition of this dictionary is going to have a new term in it, and the new term is ‘cozzie livs’. Do we know what ‘cozzie livs’ is colloquial for? Cost of living. That term was not in that dictionary when […]
address to parliament – BILLS – Nature Repair Market (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023 – Consideration of Senate Message
This amendment put forward by the leader of the Nationals, the member for Maranoa, merely aligns the approvals required for industry activities for both gas extraction and carbon sequestration to the same standards, ensuring that, where there is the potential for a significant impact on water resources, the injection and permanent storage of carbon dioxide […]
CONDOLENCES – Murphy, Ms Peta Jan
Wagga Wagga in the 1980s and 1990s was a colossus of sporting greats and greatness. It remains so. The eighties and nineties were particularly special when it comes to sporting success. Kooringal High in that era became Wagga Wagga’s largest school. Kooringal High bristled with sporting talent. The names on the school’s honour board are […]
Address to Parliament – BILLS – Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Accountability and Fairness) Bill 2023
The member for Morton talks about good, sensible government, stable and strong. What a shame we don’t have one. An honourable member: Hear, hear! Mr McCORMACK: Hear, hear, he says! I’ll take that interjection. I was having a crack and he’s actually agreed with me. At least we’ve attracted one more to our side, to […]
Address to Parliament – MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE Regional Australia Infrastructure
This matter of public importance debate today is about infrastructure. It is about regional industries. There are a few familiar faces trawling the halls of parliament today, and we welcome them. The Speaker welcomed some of them in question time at 2.15. He referred to the Deputy Premier of Queensland, Steven Miles. He referred to […]
Address to Parliament – CONSTITUENCY STATEMENTS
Coolamon, in the Riverina area of south-west New South Wales, is a place of history. Indeed, the town boasts a nationally significant part in First World War folklore, with a famous patriotic quote by the soon to be prime minister being made in the town. It was 5 August 1914 when the soon to be […]