Speeches, Workplace Relations
Mr ROBB (Goldstein) (10.00 a.m.)—I stand to support the passing of the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Bill 2005 and to oppose the amendments put by the opposition. The legislation will be fundamentally good for Australia for years to come—for decades to come. What has happened in the l... (07-Dec)
Speeches, Community
Mr ROBB (Goldstein) (9.13 p.m.)—I rise tonight to pay tribute to—to acknowledge—a truly wonderful organisation that is active in my electorate and in many other parts of Australia. I refer to an organisation called Riding for the Disabled.
Riding for the Disabled is an organisation for people wit... (06-Dec)
Speeches, Workplace Relations
Mr ROBB (Goldstein) (11.59 a.m.)—This legislation is based on the premise that people who can work should work. This is fair and it is very important for two reasons, in particular in response to the member for Lingiari who asked what this legislation will do for his constituents. Firstly, it is bes... (01-Dec)
Speeches, Workplace Relations
Mr ROBB (Goldstein) (5.40 p.m.)—I rise to add my support to the Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work and Other Measures) Bill 2005. I do so in a very positive and constructive way. This is a very important piece of legislation and I am very proud to be associated... (30-Nov)
Speeches, Community
Mr ROBB (3.12 p.m.)—My question is addressed to the Minister for Human Services. Would the minister update the House on how the government is ensuring people receive their correct entitlements?
Interjection
Ms Gillard—Mr Speaker, I rise on a point of order. The Minister for Foreign Affairs made ... (09-Nov)
Speeches, Workplace Relations
Mr ROBB (Goldstein) (9.43 a.m.)—I rise to speak in very strong support of the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Bill 2005. This is a hugely important body of legislation for Australia. By putting faith in greater choice and flexibility in the workplace rather than in choking regulation, t... (03-Nov)
Speeches, Workplace Relations
Address by Andrew Robb AO MP to the ODCO Forum
Introduction
Good evening, and thank you for the opportunity to discuss the Government’s reforms which seek to deliver on its election commitments – to keep interest rates low, inflation low, unemployment low and incomes high.
Kevin Andrews has... (21-Oct)
Speeches, Workplace Relations
Address by Andrew Robb AO MP to the Roberts Rofe & Associates Seminar
I greatly appreciate the invitation to address this conference.
The role all of you play is so important to Australia’s future that I was very keen for you to consider the opportunities presented by our proposed changes... (19-Oct)
Speeches, Workplace Relations
GREG TURNBULL: Well Liberal MP Andrew Robb is a former federal director of the Liberal Party and now Chairman of the Government’s industrial relations taskforce, and he’s our guest this morning. Mr Robb, welcome to the program.
ANDREW ROBB: Yeah, good morning Greg.
TURNBULL: Well first to the ... (16-Oct)
Speeches, Workplace Relations
Mr ROBB (Goldstein) (3.49 p.m.)—The deliberate campaign of dishonesty, misinformation, scaremongering and misrepresentation by the Labor Party and the ACTU—we have seen it since May, we have heard it in spade loads here today and we have seen it all week—must be seen for what it is: a political camp... (13-Oct)