WATCH on YouTube Mr HOWARTH (Petrie) (21:24): I rise to commend the government’s new Work for the Dole arrangements and to share the successes and benefits the program is bringing to my electorate of Petrie. In the Petrie electorate we are facing a high level of unemployment, particularly youth unemployment, and we have been for…
DetailsMr HOWARTH (Petrie) (13:40): I would like to acknowledge a local theatre in my electorate, the Mousetrap Theatre, for the sense of community it brings to the Redcliffe Peninsula. The theatre encourages locals of all ages to join in plays and pantomimes, providing its audiences with entertainment and its volunteer actors with a chance to…
DetailsWATCH HERE Mr HOWARTH (Petrie) (10:46): I rise to commend the Prime Minister for his passionate statement to the House on Iraq and Syria. I also praised the crucial work the Australian Defence Force is doing, along with other nations, to take a stand against the evil so-called ‘Islamic State’. Australia is working…
DetailsMr HOWARTH (Petrie) (16:29): Last month a petition was handed to the Brisbane City Council calling for improvements to the corner of the Lacey Road and Beams Road intersection in Carseldine. The peak hour traffic heading in both directions on Beams Road is heavy and cars on Lacey Road wanting to turn right into Beams…
DetailsWATCH on YouTube Mr HOWARTH (Petrie) (15:58): I rise today to talk on this MPI. We know that this budget is about a number of things—one of which is about tackling Labor’s debt and deficit problem which they left Australians. It is about ensuring the welfare, in this country, is sustainable for the long term,…
DetailsMr HOWARTH (Petrie) (18:05): I rise today to support the coalition’s Paid Parental Leave Amendment Bill 2014. This bill amends the Paid Parental Leave Act 2010. It specifically and vitally removes the administration requirement for employers to make payments to employees under the national Paid Parental Leave scheme from 1 July this year. The bill…
DetailsMr HOWARTH (Petrie) (16:20): A few days ago a constituent in my electorate of Petrie, Mr Chris Doyle, shared with me a story of local heroism. On the morning of 23 April, Mr Doyle’s wife Kae was playing her weekly game of tennis at the Redcliffe Tennis Centre. Without warning, and despite being fit and…
DetailsMr HOWARTH (Petrie) (17:25): In speaking on this matter of public importance, I say to the member for Fowler, quickly, before he leaves the chamber, that last week I was out in my electorate every day talking to people, doing a mobile office. I was out every night of the week explaining our position and…
DetailsMr HOWARTH (Petrie) (09:33): Last night’s federal budget locked in funding for the delivery of key election commitments in Petrie. The coalition government has delivered a budget that tackles debt and deficit but also, importantly, builds for the future. Building for the future includes the biggest infrastructure investment our nation has ever seen, with $13.4…
DetailsMr HOWARTH (Petrie) (18:32): I rise today to support the coalition’s Social Security Legislation Amendment (Green Army Programme) Bill 2014. The coalition’s Green Army policy will bring together the largest standing environmental workforce in the nation’s history. It is a policy that will deliver real environmental and community benefits to the Petrie electorate. I am…
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