Ms Ley (Farrer) (13:06): I rise today to speak on the Paid Parental Leave and Other Legislation Amendment (Dad and Partner Pay and Other Measures) Bill 2012 and to very much support the amendments that the coalition will be moving in this place after this second reading debate. This bill exte... (11-May)
Ms Ley (Farrer) (12:06) I am delighted to speak on this motion moved by my friend and colleague the member for Murray. Globally, agricultural commodity prices are expected to continue to remain strong. Rural exports increased 4.7 per cent in the December 2011 quarter. The gross value of ... (20-Mar)
Ms Ley (Farrer) (18:07): I rise today to speak on the Higher Education Support Amendment (VET FEE-HELP and Other Measures) Bill 2011.
The coalition is committed to ensuring that Australian education is world class. Be it our university sector or our vocational education sector, we are determ... (29-Feb)
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)