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Hansard
- Start of Business
- MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS
- BILLS
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STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS
- Mogadishu: Attacks
- Gilmore Electorate: South Coast Youth Leadership Forum
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Page Electorate: Sport
- Goods and Services Tax
- Swan Electorate: Stronger Communities Program
- Broadband
- Petrie Electorate: Aspley Hornets Football Club
- Richards, Mr John, OAM
- Queensland Government
- Canberra Electorate: Broadband
- Freckle Farm
- Blue Mountains Business Awards
- Sport: Pennant Hills Demons Australian Football League Club
- Migration
- Cancer Council Border Relay for Life
- Broadband
- Queensland Rural Regional and Remote Women's Network
- Prime Minister
- Energy
- SHADOW MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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Australian Federal Police
(Shorten, Bill, MP, Keenan, Michael, MP) -
Energy
(Banks, Julia, MP, Turnbull, Malcolm, MP) -
Australian Federal Police
(Shorten, Bill, MP, Turnbull, Malcolm, MP) -
Energy
(Howarth, Luke, MP, Morrison, Scott, MP) -
Australian Federal Police
(Shorten, Bill, MP, Turnbull, Malcolm, MP) -
Crown Casino Melbourne
(Wilkie, Andrew, MP, Turnbull, Malcolm, MP) -
Energy
(Laming, Andrew, MP, Bishop, Julie, MP) -
Billson, Mr Bruce
(Burke, Tony, MP, Turnbull, Malcolm, MP) -
Energy
(Ramsey, Rowan, MP, Frydenberg, Josh, MP) -
Australian Federal Police
(Shorten, Bill, MP, Turnbull, Malcolm, MP, Keenan, Michael, MP) -
Energy
(O'Dowd, Ken, MP, Joyce, Barnaby, MP) -
Australian Federal Police
(Shorten, Bill, MP, Turnbull, Malcolm, MP) - Energy
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Australian Federal Police
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Trade Unions
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Australian Federal Police
(O'Neil, Clare, MP, Keenan, Michael, MP) -
Border Security
(Goodenough, Ian, MP, Dutton, Peter, MP) -
Australian Federal Police
(Shorten, Bill, MP, Turnbull, Malcolm, MP) -
Law Enforcement
(O'Brien, Ted, MP, Keenan, Michael, MP)
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Australian Federal Police
- MOTIONS
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
- DOCUMENTS
- PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS
- MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
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BILLS
- Fisheries Legislation Amendment (Representation) Bill 2017
- Regulatory Powers (Standardisation Reform) Bill 2016
- Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Bill 2017
- Medicare Levy Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Fringe Benefits Tax Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Income Tax Rates Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Superannuation (Excess Non-concessional Contributions Tax) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Superannuation (Excess Untaxed Roll-over Amounts Tax) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Income Tax (TFN Withholding Tax (ESS)) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Family Trust Distribution Tax (Primary Liability) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Taxation (Trustee Beneficiary Non-disclosure Tax) (No. 1) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Taxation (Trustee Beneficiary Non-disclosure Tax) (No. 2) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Treasury Laws Amendment (Untainting Tax) (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017, Nation-building Funds Repeal (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017
- Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2017
- ADJOURNMENT
- NOTICES
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Federation Chamber
- Start of Business
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CONSTITUENCY STATEMENTS
- National Disability Insurance Scheme
- Petitions: Impacts of Climate Change
- Climate Change
- Grayndler Electorate: Oktoberwest
- Peel Youth Medical Service Health Hub
- Petition: Climate Change
- Energy
- Climate Change
- Page Electorate
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
- St George Basketball Association
- BILLS
- GRIEVANCE DEBATE
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Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Page: 11837
Page: 11837
Ms BRODTMANN (Canberra) (16:25): Every five years, the census data gives us a snapshot of our communities right across Australia—the people that live in these communities, the success that they're having and the challenges that they're facing and that, as a result, we as policymakers face.
In the ACT we have faced many challenges since the last census. None were bigger than the sustained attack on our public service by the Turnbull government. In a city where the public service makes up nearly a third of our workforce, it's concerning to see that the census data revealed that the number of Canberrans working in this area dropped by nearly two percentage points, and the number of Australians working in the public service fell to a decade low. What a great achievement! The number of Australians working in the public service is now at a decade low.
In direct correlation with the cuts to the Public Service by the Abbott and Turnbull governments, we've seen a cut of 15,000 jobs in Canberra's public service—15,000. This reminds me of 1996, when the Howard government was in, and the Howard government got rid of 30,000 public servants right across the country and 15,000 here in the ACT. The 15,000 in this recent round of cuts are on top of significant cuts to our national institutions. They haven't been cutting into fat. They haven't been cutting into bone. What we're seeing is them cutting into the vital organs of our national institutions.
Nothing can better exemplify the sustained attacks on Canberra than the train wreck that is the forced relocation of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority to the Deputy Prime Minister's electorate. This is a blatant and shameless pork barrel. The APVMA website says that it has a clearly defined role as the regulator of agricultural and veterinary chemicals in Australia. But, as a result of this government's ridiculous cuts and this ridiculous relocation, the APVMA is still very far away from where it needs to be on that front. Close to half its work remains unfinished by agency deadlines and it's approving only a third of crop protection products within time frames ahead of the proposed relocation. This is having a significant impact on the agricultural industry. CropLife has said:
The APVMA's continuous failure to meet its statutory obligated timeframes is unacceptable and comes at a massive cost to the plant science industry and the nation's farming sector.
The House's Select Committee on Regional Development and Decentralisation is looking into the best-practice approaches to regional development, the decentralisation of government entities and supporting corporate decentralisation. The decentralisation of the APVMA is the perfect example of what not to do.