Mr HUSIC (Chifley) (15:31): Labor welcomes the opportunity to make a contribution to this debate on the Tax Laws Amendment (Tax Incentives for Innovation) Bill 2016. It is an important contribution. Both sides of politics recognise that changes in this area are required and need to be made for a number of very important reasons. We

Mr HUSIC (Chifley) (13:04): Why are we here? The most important feature of the parliamentary calendar occurs this week. It is the week when we see the budget being delivered—an outline of what the government is intending to do to help manage the economy, to manage finances and to meet community expectations. It is supposed to

Mr HUSIC (Chifley) (13:00): I do enjoy hearing contributions like that. The prospect fills my heart with joy that, if we have reform to this system, a coalition government would plough the savings back into social security. If only that were believable. I have constituents—20,000 or so—who, as a result of your family tax payment changes,

Mr HUSIC (Chifley) (12:06): In my part of Western Sydney, where families have to travel considerable distances for employment and need to balance family responsibilities with work and the cost of raising a family, there are obviously a number of things that are top-of-mind for me. Not the least of them is the cost of child

Mr HUSIC (Chifley) (10:58): Thank you. I rise to deliver some good news. Common sense has prevailed in our part of Western Sydney, having seen off one of the most bizarre propositions that had been put forward and has now been roundly panned. And I refer, of course, to the proposition that was advanced late last

Mr HUSIC (Chifley) (15:55): If there is one thing that is clear it is this: the member for Lilley got us through the GFC. You could not even get a Treasurer through one term of parliament. That man over there saved the jobs of Australians, and you got rid of the job of the member for

Mr HUSIC (Chifley) (13:48): Cyclone Winston was one of the most severe cyclones to ever hit Fiji and was one of the worst storms to ever make landfall in the Southern Hemisphere. Over the last few weeks, as the level of devastation across the country has become apparent, emergency response teams from Australia and elsewhere have

Mr HUSIC (Chifley) (21:22): Before I begin my comments, I want to echo the sentiments expressed by the member for Leichhardt and the member for Kingsford Smith. I proudly signed up to the Barcelona Declaration. I think that the words expressed by both members of parliament are crucial in putting a spotlight on this issue, and I thank

Mr HUSIC (Chifley) (10:38): I take up the minister’s invitation to address certain elements of the bill and the amendments. Through this debate we have constantly raised our concern about the prospect that universal wholesale pricing will be watered down and that this will lead to an exacerbation of what we are already concerned about—a digital

Mr HUSIC (Chifley) (10:59): When you think about the level of seriousness that has been attached to the Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2016 Measures No. 1) Bill 2016, it is really a sad joke. This is a bill that has sought, in many respects, to be a fig leaf. In the whole debate about multinational