MARK DREYFUS MP

This bill introduces provisions that are going to assist in the processing of that very large number of visa applications.

The program will continue to deliver benefits to children throughout my electorate by providing them with skills for life.

his bill will provide the much-needed national leadership to lift organ donation rates in Australia. This is particularly important given the lack of national leadership on organ donation, an ageing population and the projections of a rise in chronic diseases. Transplanted organs and body tissues can, and do, save lives.

With this bill, we take one more step forward towards equality

This bill will establish Safe Work Australia as a new and independent statutory body to improve occupational health and safety outcomes for working Australians.

Far from it being the theft of water, this is about increasing available water. It is about using that increased available water to send water to stressed river systems, to irrigators and also to the people of Melbourne.

We need to live in the land in a way that will leave it improved on our passing and not depleted. It can only sustain us short term if we sustain it long term, for our children and our children's children.

Nations which compete with Australia are well aware of the need to invest in human capital. Those countries have been acting on that awareness. In stark contrast, Australia has not been acting on that awareness.

Given the historical links between the United Kingdom and Australia, and the ongoing close ties between our two nations, it is vital that a new agreement be negotiated.

The amendment makes clear what could only have been parliament's original intention that the holders of permanent and temporary transitional visas would be subject to the same character cancellation provisions as any other visa holder.