Ms Ley (Farrer) (18:33): I am pleased to speak on the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (Transition to Fair Work) Bill 2011. I would like to make some preliminary remarks about the state of small business and the circumstances that they face in the context of the curre... (24-Nov)
Ms Ley (Farrer) (13:09): I rise to speak on the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Family Participation Measures) Bill 2011. This bill, as we have heard from the minister—and from others in the Senate two days ago—announces pilot programs in the area of social security and welfare which we... (24-Nov)
Ms (Farrer) (19:19): As we all recover from the bruising Qantas dispute and as the minister reassures us that the government's 'swift and decisive action' has put the planes 'back in the air', I wish to draw his attention to the very real risk that in the future we may not have enough p... (03-Nov)
Work Health and Safety Bill 2011 (Hansard 13/10/11)
I wish to make these amendments to the Work Health and Safety Bill 2011. Let me emphasise that we in the coalition do support the harmonisation of OH&S laws. In fact, it was a coalition government that initiated the process, in 2006, hence the... (14-Oct)
Please find Sussan's speech to Parliament and story in the Australian Financial Review
Ms Ley (22:08): In four days time the Palestinians will take their case for statehood to the United Nations Security Council in New York. Democracy is sweeping the Middle East, and our sympathy for the Tunis... (23-Sep)
Ms Ley (Farrer) (10:09): It is a delight to speak in parliament today on the government's Clean Energy Bill 2011 and the associated 18 individual pieces of legislation. As we know, carbon and global warming are global issues. I want to start with commentary from the global news agency Reut... (16-Sep)
Ms Ley (Farrer) (13:28): Today Australian families have been slugged with another cost impost, with the government and the Greens decreasing the childcare rebate. Senator Hanson-Young should hang her head in shame. In a media release the Greens issued recently, Senator Hanson-Young is quoted as sayi... (26-Aug)
Ms Ley (Farrer) (15:34): I am very pleased to speak on today's MPI, which is about the impact of a carbon tax on state and local governments. I would like to pick up on some remarks that the member for Newcastle made in her contribution. She started off by saying that the opposition denies t... (25-Aug)
Ms LEY» (Farrer) (12:06): I am very pleased to speak today on the Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Amendment Bill 2011 and the Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Registration Charges Consequentials) Bill 2011. I will say at the outset that the coalitio... (19-Aug)
Ms LEY (Farrer) (09:49): During the winter recess it was my pleasure to join my parliamentary colleagues the member for Wannon, the member for Higgins and the member for Aston in launching in Victoria a national petition calling on this government to reinstall the funding that it cut without warning... (18-Aug)