Over the weekend within the electorate of Wright there was a special presentation of the Australian Scout Medallion to two young members of the Greenbank scout movement. Gemma Wallace and Sarah Hall were the two deserving recipients of the highly sought after award, which is the highest award that can be achieved by scouts here…
It is an honour to follow the member for Forrest from Western Australia, who we heard is possibly the only dairy farmer in the parliament. She brings to this place enormous insight into the industry. I have had the privilege of going to Western Australia and visiting the member's office. Not only is she an…
I rise also to associate myself with the comments of previous speakers. I rise to honour a brave Australian who paid the ultimate sacrifice for the freedom of our country. Recently Corporal Cameron Baird was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross; he was the 100th recipient of the medal, the highest award presented for bravery. Corporal…
Since the election there has been an abundance of credible claims by none other than senior union officials claiming unlawful activity, corruption, organised crime, and involvement in stand-over tactics, kickbacks and so on. As a result of the government's recent announcement, we will be recommending to Her Excellency an appointment of a royal commission into…
The Emmaus College Jimboomba Trade Skills Centre will have improved facilities as part of the Federal Governments push to strengthen vocational education and industry linkages in schools. Emmaus College received close to $603, 000 of federal funding to construct new buildings and expand existing infrastructure in order to facilitate the delivery of qualifications including agriculture,…
One of Queenslands highest priority road infrastructure projects has been secured for the state, with the Federal and Queensland governments announcing they will deliver the vital Toowoomba Second Range Crossing (TRSC). Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss today called for the private sector to register interest in building the…
Member for Wright, Scott Buchholz, today announced that Government, Catholic and Independent schools throughout Wright will have the funding certainty they need as a result of the Coalition Government investing an additional $2.8 billion over the next four years. Labor left school funding in a mess. Not only is Labors model unfair and confusing, it…
Mr BUCHHOLZ : My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline the impact of Labor's constant opposition to repealing the carbon tax, repealing the mining tax and cleaning up Labor's debt on the Australian economy, particularly for the good people of my electorate of Wright? Mr HOCKEY : They are good people in…
I rise to speak on the Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2013, and just from listening to the previous speaker, I am glad that I am. About the comment that the resources belong to all Australians: I think there are a couple of little imaginary lines drawn on the map of…
I am cognisant of the time as we will be adjourning this debate soon, but in the time allowed for me I want to speak on the Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 and related bills. Our government was elected with a mandate to scrap the carbon tax, and we are a government…