Speeches

  • Thursday, 11 February 2016

    Mr TAYLOR (Hume) (10:58): It is a great pleasure to rise on the TPP today and a particular pleasure as the chairman of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties. I want to open with an acknowledgement of the enormous contribution to Australia's growth in international trade we have seen from Minister Andrew Robb as well as from the current Deputy Prime Minister and former Howard government trade...

  • Wednesday, 10 February 2016

    Mr TAYLOR (Hume) (12:25): I rise to speak in support of the Tax Laws Amendment (New Tax System for Managed Investment Trusts) Bill 2015 and associated bills. As we have heard, these bills introduce a new tax system for managed investment trusts following the important recommendations that were made by the Board of Taxation in its report on the review of the tax arrangements applying to MITs, as...

  • Monday, 08 February 2016

    Mr TAYLOR (Hume) (21:15): 2016 will be a tremendous year for telecommunications in Hume, and I am urging residents to keep up the pressure so that we can use programs already in train to improve internet and mobile coverage. In my hometown of Goulburn, close to 10,000 premises will have access to NBN optic fibre to the node. Technicians from Transfield are preparing to install cable, and they w...

  • Thursday, 04 February 2016

    Mr TAYLOR (Hume) (13:47): I would like to echo the Prime Minister's comments in the House this week, extending sympathy to those impacted by natural disasters this summer and thanking volunteers who have helped. In Hume, several fires have destroyed stock and property. Thankfully, no-one has been injured.

    At Gunning, in my electorate, a fast-moving fire burnt 700 hectares just a couple o...

  • Thursday, 03 December 2015

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