Lower taxes for hard-working Australians and small business

May 9, 2019 | Articles

2019-2020 Federal Budget information The 2019-2020 Budget delivered by the Morrison Government outlined how the government is building a better tax system that rewards hard-working Australians and empowers small and medium-sized businesses to invest, grow and create...

Statement by the President – Parliamentary Behaviour – 28 November 2018

Nov 28, 2018 | Homepage, Media, Media Releases, Senate

  STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT   Parliamentary Behaviour   28 November 2018   The PRESIDENT (09:31): Senators, when parliament resumed in August this year, we discussed certain events in June and committed to reflecting our better selves in this...

Statement by the President – 27 November 2018

Nov 27, 2018 | Homepage, Media Releases, Senate

  STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT   27 November 2018   The PRESIDENT (16:11): I’m going to make an observation before I call another senator. I had hoped I would never use that standing order. I can’t remember when it was last used. I think it...

Speech – Book Launch of ‘The Land of Dreams’ by David Kemp

Nov 27, 2018 | Homepage, Media, Speeches, Speeches

  Book Launch of ‘The Land of Dreams’ by David Kemp 27 November 2018   Check against delivery   Well thank you for that address, David. It is a great privilege for the Speaker and I to be here with our friend, and mentor to so many of us in the Victorian...

Transcript – Breakfast with Fran Kelly – ABC Radio National

Nov 26, 2018 | Homepage, Media, Transcripts

E&OE     FRAN KELLY: The Liberal Party’s election disaster in Victoria is reverberating in Canberra this morning.  The PM will hold emergency talks with Federal Victorian MPs after their State counterparts suffered a 5% swing and lost a clutch of...

Speech – Centenary of Armistice – Launch of Forecourt Poppy Display

Nov 9, 2018 | Homepage, Media, Speeches, Speeches

Mr Speaker, distinguished guests, Philip, Lynn, Margaret, Ted Baillieu, ladies and gentlemen. In 1919, as the first anniversary of the Armistice approached, an Australian journalist working in London at the time by the name of Edward Honey was one of the first to...