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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   petitions
    • Jensen, Dennis, MP
    • mobile phone services
    • climate change
    • mount gambier: magnetic resonance imaging
  •   petitions
    • responses
      • Jensen, Dennis, MP
    • age pension
    • legalisation of cannabis
  •   petitions
    • statements
      • Jensen, Dennis, MP
  •   committees
    • social policy and legal affairs committee
      • Christensen, George, MP
  •   bills
    • parliamentary joint committee on the australia fund bill 2014
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Palmer, Clive, MP
        • Katter, Bob, MP
  •   private members' business
    • naval shipbuilding industry
      • Conroy, Pat, MP
      • Jensen, Dennis, MP
      • Butler, Mark, MP
      • Williams, Matt, MP
      • Watts, Tim, MP
      • Coleman, David, MP
    • ukraine
      • Gambaro, Teresa, MP
      • Plibersek, Tanya, MP
      • Ruddock, Philip, MP
      • Champion, Nick, MP
      • Hawke, Alex, MP
    • australian aid to pacific nations
      • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
      • Gambaro, Teresa, MP
      • Plibersek, Tanya, MP
      • Prentice, Jane, MP
      • Ferguson, Laurie, MP
      • Nikolic, Andrew, MP
  •   bills
    • national health amendment (simplified price disclosure) bill 2013, governor-general amendment (salary) bill 2014
      • assent
  •   governor-general's speech
    • address-in-reply
      • Laming, Andrew, MP
      • Ciobo, Steven, MP
      • Baldwin, Bob, MP
      • Wilkie, Andrew, MP
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   bills
    • social security legislation amendment (increased employment participation) bill 2014
      • Collins, Julie, MP
  •   statements by members
    • lymphoedema
      • Gambaro, Teresa, MP
    • leukaemia
      • Butler, Terri, MP
    • great eastern highway
      • Wilson, Rick, MP
    • st patrick's day
      • MacTiernan, Alannah, MP
    • international women's day: meroogal awards
      • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
    • macauley, mrs christine (kris)
      • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
    • longford
      • Hutchinson, Eric, MP
    • international women's day: the deli women & children’s centre
      • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
    • talarico, mrs margaret elizabeth
      • McNamara, Karen, MP
    • holi
      • Rowland, Michelle, MP
    • o'keeffe, mr robert
      • Prentice, Jane, MP
    • youth connections
      • Chesters, Lisa, MP
    • bethania: german heritage celebration
      • Van Manen, Bert, MP
    • makin electorate: para hills tennis club
      • Zappia, Tony, MP
    • hasluck electorate: walk to end women's cancers
      • Wyatt, Ken, MP
    • hunter electorate: infrastructure
      • Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP
    • hinkler electorate: health
      • Pitt, Keith, MP
    • sydney gay and lesbian mardi gras
      • Plibersek, Tanya, MP
    • tasmania state election
      • Nikolic, Andrew, MP
    • rankin electorate: education
      • Chalmers, Jim, MP
    • capricornia electorate: industry
      • Landry, Michelle, MP
  •   condolences
    • parer, hon. warwick raymond, am
      • Abbott, Tony, MP
      • Shorten, Bill, MP
      • Bishop, Bronwyn, MP
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   statements on indulgence
    • malaysia: missing aircraft
      • Abbott, Tony, MP
      • Shorten, Bill, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • national commission of audit (MacTiernan, Alannah, MP)
    • road infrastructure (Wicks, Lucy, MP)
    • road infrastructure (Albanese, Anthony, MP)
    • mining (Irons, Steve, MP)
    • western australia senate election (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • international development assistance (McGowan, Cathy, MP)
    • carbon pricing (Porter, Christian, MP)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Bishop, Bronwyn, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • national commission of audit (Feeney, David, MP)
    • budget (Smith, Tony, MP)
    • national commission of audit (Burke, Tony, MP)
    • asylum seekers (Scott, Fiona, MP)
    • national commission of audit (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • malaysia: missing aircraft (Alexander, John, MP)
    • veterans (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • military superannuation (Hendy, Peter, MP)
    • veterans (Plibersek, Tanya, MP)
    • small business (Prentice, Jane, MP)
    • veterans (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • education (Sukkar, Michael, MP)
    • veterans (Plibersek, Tanya, MP)
    • health (Wyatt, Ken, MP)
  •   governor-general's speech
    • address-in-reply
      • Bishop, Bronwyn, MP
  •   documents
    • presentation
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • Bishop, Bronwyn, MP
  •   bills
    • social security legislation amendment (increased employment participation) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Collins, Julie, MP
  •   governor-general's speech
    • address-in-reply
      • Bishop, Bronwyn, MP
  •   bills
    • social security legislation amendment (increased employment participation) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Stone, Dr Sharman, MP
        • Macklin, Jenny, MP
        • Roy, Wyatt, MP
        • Giles, Andrew, MP
        • Pitt, Keith, MP
        • Chalmers, Jim, MP
        • Whiteley, Brett, MP
        • Butler, Terri, MP
        • Simpkins, Luke, MP
        • Thomson, Kelvin, MP
        • McNamara, Karen, MP
        • Jones, Stephen, MP
        • Tudge, Alan, MP
        • Claydon, Sharon, MP
        • Henderson, Sarah, MP
  •   adjournment
    • Scott, Bruce (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
    • domestic violence
      • Hayes, Chris, MP
    • families
      • Broadbent, Russell, MP
    • education funding
      • Ellis, Kate, MP
    • defence
      • Jensen, Dennis, MP
    • climate change
      • Zappia, Tony, MP
    • dobell electorate: trainees and apprenticeships
      • McNamara, Karen, MP
  • notices
  •   federation chamber
    • start of business
    • constituency statements
      • franklin electorate: taste of the huon
        • Collins, Julie, MP
      • macquarie electorate: pink belt dojo
        • Markus, Louise, MP
      • bendigo spirit women's national basketball team
        • Chesters, Lisa, MP
      • dobell electorate: luka chocolates
        • McNamara, Karen, MP
      • employment, isaacs electorate: chobani
        • Dreyfus, Mark, MP
      • lyne electorate: investment in gloucester
        • Gillespie, David, MP
      • parramatta district men's shed
        • Owens, Julie, MP
      • northern territory: australian football
        • Griggs, Natasha, MP
      • sunbury sunfest, sunbury police and citizens youth club
        • Mitchell, Rob, MP
      • school of st jude, tanzania
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
    • private members' business
      • bruce highway
        • Jones, Ewen, MP
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
        • Christensen, George, MP
        • MacTiernan, Alannah, MP
        • Brough, Mal, MP
        • Neumann, Shayne, MP
        • Entsch, Warren, MP
        • Ripoll, Bernie, MP
        • Pitt, Keith, MP
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
      • dental services
        • Rishworth, Amanda, MP
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
        • Hall, Jill, MP
        • Jones, Ewen, MP
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
      • netball
        • Andrews, Karen, MP
        • Ryan, Joanne, MP
        • Tehan, Dan, MP
        • Ripoll, Bernie, MP
        • Nikolic, Andrew, MP
        • Husic, Ed, MP
      • regional development australia fund
        • Ryan, Joanne, MP
        • McCormack, Michael, MP
        • McGowan, Cathy, MP
        • Christensen, George, MP
        • Hall, Jill, MP
        • Henderson, Sarah, MP
    • statements by members
      • lalor electorate: thomas carr college
        • Ryan, Joanne, MP
      • moore electorate: youthcare
        • Goodenough, Ian, MP
      • australian american leadership dialogue
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
      • lyons electorate: evandale village fair
        • Hutchinson, Eric, MP
      • canberra electorate: defence materiel organisation
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
      • solomon electorate: city of darwin
        • Griggs, Natasha, MP
      • financial counselling services
        • Griffin, Alan, MP
      • higgins electorate: schools
        • O'Dwyer, Kelly, MP
      • esan, mr vissa
        • Rowland, Michelle, MP
      • foetal alcohol spectrum disorder
        • Stone, Dr Sharman, MP
      • scullin electorate: multiculturalism
        • Giles, Andrew, MP
      • ryan electorate: mitchie day club
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
      • shortland electorate: windale men's shed
        • Hall, Jill, MP
      • banks electorate: lugarno progress association
        • Coleman, David, MP
      • bourke, mr mitch
        • Chesters, Lisa, MP
      • la trobe electorate: casey cardinia relay for life
        • Wood, Jason, MP
      • grace lutheran college: world's greatest shave
        • Howarth, Luke, MP
      • calare electorate: needles dam
        • Cobb, John, MP
      • dawson electorate: fly in, fly out workforce
        • Christensen, George, MP
      • logan city community cadet unit
        • Buchholz, Scott, MP
      • griefline
        • O'Neil, Clare, MP
      • vandenberg, chief petty officer kane, graywood medal
        • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
      • reid electorate: harmony day
        • Laundy, Craig, MP
      • qantas
        • Scott, Bruce, MP
      • davey, dr michael
        • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
      • lalor electorate: st patrick's day
        • Ryan, Joanne, MP
      • petrie electorate: redcliffe police citizens youth club
        • Howarth, Luke, MP
      • reid electorate: turkish community
        • Laundy, Craig, MP
      • solomon electorate: darwin
        • Griggs, Natasha, MP
    • grievance debate
      • climate change
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
      • carbon tax
        • Griggs, Natasha, MP
      • western australian shark cull
        • MacTiernan, Alannah, MP
      • health: rare disease day
        • Gambaro, Teresa, MP
      • health insurance, maori kapa haka performing arts festival, alcohol and other drugs council of australia, national drugs sector information service
        • Ferguson, Laurie, MP
      • belmont community group
        • Irons, Steve, MP
  •   questions in writing
    • real estate: foreign investors (question no. 6) (Thomson, Kelvin, MP)
    • real estate: foreign investors (question no. 7) (Thomson, Kelvin, MP)
    • health (question no. 16) (Rishworth, Amanda, MP)
    • gst: import threshold (question no. 24) (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • graincorp (question no. 25) (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • foreign investment review board (question no. 26) (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • foreign investment review board (question no. 27) (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • foreign investment review board (question no. 28) (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • foreign investment in rural land (question no. 29) (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • foreign investment review board (question no. 30) (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • foreign investment review board (question no. 31) (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • qantas (question no. 32) (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • reserve bank (question no. 33) (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • reserve bank of australia: governor (question no. 34) (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • medium-term fiscal strategy (question no. 35) (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • board of taxation (question no. 36) (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • future of financial advice reform package (question no. 37) (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • treasury: staffing (question no. 38) (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • north west queensland drought: financial support (question no. 39) (Katter, Bob, MP)
    • productivity commission (question no. 40) (Leigh, Andrew, MP)
    • health: wind farms (question no. 46) (Bowen, Chris, MP)

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