STATEMENT Fairfax Telecommunications
The Sunshine Coast will soon have Australia's fastest data link to Asia and second-fastest data link to the United States due to an international optic cable coming ashore by 2020, connecting here to Guam, Japan…
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Customs Amendment Bill / Customs Tariff Amendment Bill
The bill to which we refer today builds upon one of the most important networks of strategic and economic relationships that Australia has: our relationships with our closest neighbours, the nations and people of the…
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Statement from Ted O’Brien MP, 24 August 2018
A statement from Ted O'Brien MP on the Morrison - Frydenberg Federal Government.
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Energy
If the Queensland state government were to write down its network assets, or even half of them, it would have a material impact on electricity prices. But, when I raised the prospect last Friday, the…
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Income tax
The Turnbull government takes very seriously the role that a balanced and properly weighted tax system plays in sustaining not only fairness and justice but also a strong economy that not only underpins jobs but…
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Vietnam Veterans Day
While the Battle of Long Tan recedes into an increasingly distant past, I'm confident that its memory will continue to stir the hearts of generations of Australians to come. To those who have served and…
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Matters of Public Importance – Energy Prices in Queensland
Energy prices in Queensland are too high. The Queensland Government has been more than happy to see poles and wires charged to consumers at ridiculous, inflated prices. They've been more than happy to see the…
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Constituency Statement Political Correctness
One year ago, I rose to add my voice to a growing chorus of voices warning of a slippery slope of political correctness and socialist virtue signalling. We are one year on from my first…
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Customs Amendment Illicit Tobaco Bill
The ATO and the Department of Home Affairs estimate that almost $600 million in tobacco duty was forgone in the 2015-16 financial year due to Australia's illicit tobacco trade. This bill involves giving Australian Border…
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Employment
The Coalition government believes in creating jobs. The Labor Party believes in taxing people. Labor's plan isn't to create jobs but to actually make people poorer.
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Congratulations Sunshine Coast Lightning!
The Sunshine Coast Lightning did us proud by advancing to the Preliminary-finals of the National Netball League with their 1 point win over the Brisbane Firebirds! They now play the Sydney Giants at 1pm on…
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Fairfax 2017/18 Annual Report
I am pleased to present you with my 2017/18 Annual Report for Fairfax. To download a copy of the report, please click on the DOWNLOAD TRANSCRIPT button.
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Treasury Laws Amendment (Protecting Your Superannuation) Bill
This bill is part of a wider suite of targeted reforms under this government—reforms that safeguard and sustain Australia's huge $2.6 trillion superannuation sector. The reforms introduced into this parliament will improve the governance, transparency…
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CONSTITUENCY STATEMENT WESTERN VALUES
What we see with the Australian National University's rejection of a new course on Western civilisation is symptomatic of a lack of leadership through other institutions when it comes to fostering those key values of…
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STATEMENT THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY
In Longman, the Labor Party are running an unashamed untruth. On the one hand they're saying, 'Look over here; there's a problem with hospital funding.' Meanwhile, what are they doing with the other hand? They're…
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BILL Appropriation
I've had the privilege, together with my Team Queensland LNP colleagues, of coming to understand the Land 400 project in great detail, because Team Queensland put its shoulder to the wheel in support of a…
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MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE – INCOME TAX
The Liberal-National Party believes in free enterprise. We believe in empowering the individual to realise their full potential. The Australian Labor Party believes in big government and ensuring that the average Australian worker is kept…
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TREASURY LAWS AMENDMENT ACCELERATED DEPRECIATION FOR SMALL BUSINESS
I constantly hear two things from small businesses in my electorate. No. 1 is that they want to keep creating jobs for Australians. No. 2 is that they want to see government continue to support…
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Treasury Laws Amendment Bill Superannuation Measures
An essential part of that planning is to ensure all Australians have adequate retirement savings courtesy of our superannuation system, a fair superannuation system with reliable measures and enforcement regimes to protect the hard-earned savings…
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APPROPRIATION BILL
Looking at the track record of this government, as somebody who has worked in trade most of his life, I cannot tell you how proud I am to be part of a government that has…
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PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BILL AGED CARE
The coalition government respects the dignity and is responding to the needs of older Australians. There is not a crisis. Older Australians need not be suffering anxiety from the fear that the Labor Party is…
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VETERANS AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL
The debt Australia owes our military past, present and future is immeasurable. It is a debt we owe for our basic freedoms and our way of life. As capable and increasingly well-equipped as our Defence…
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STATEMENT – Arts and Culture on the Sunshine Coast.
The arts and cultural sectors are alive and well here on the Sunshine Coast. I took the opportunity to remind my colleagues in Canberra last week. . . #QCCC #SunshineCoastTheatreCo
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STATEMENT – Australian Culture
"There is an enemy of freedom, and that enemy is political correctness. I am becoming increasingly concerned by the overreach of political correctness in our country. It's an overreach which is an enemy of the…
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STATEMENT – Longman Electorate
"There's a vacant seat in this chamber on which two words are written. Do you know what those two words are? Those two words are 'Trevor Ruthenberg'— A government member: Big Trev."
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MOTION Infrastructure
When it comes to ensuring that our cities have the vital infrastructure they need, it isn't just about 'show us the money'. Even though, yes, we have spent more and invested more than Labor. That…
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MOTION Indonesia
"Indonesia is a country of first-order importance to Australia, and that was confirmed in our foreign affairs white paper. It has a vibrant economy and a vibrant democracy of now over 250 million people. It's…
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STATEMENT BY MEMBERS Budget
"The importance of Queensland as a state was affirmed in this year's federal budget, where we saw so much money dedicated to infrastructure—well over $5 billion—on new projects. One of those projects, the upgrade of…
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Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill
"Let's look at this budget, firstly from where we have come—and we've come a long way. We've come, of course, from the back of that disastrous Rudd-Gillard-Rudd era. It almost sends a shiver down the…
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Treasury Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax) Bill
"In my region of the Sunshine Coast alone, over 126,000 low- and middle-income earners are set to receive income tax relief next financial year thanks to this bill."
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