David Coleman's recent appearances (OpenAustralia.org)
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date: 2025-09-07T23:05:13+00:00
items: Budget | Statements by Members | House debates
items: Banks Electorate: Community Services | Constituency Statements | House debates
items: Commonwealth Workplace Protection Orders Bill 2024; Second Reading | Bills | House debates
items: Criminal Code Amendment (Hate Crimes) Bill 2024; Second Reading | Bills | House debates
items: Middle East: Occupied Palestinian Territories | Statements by Members | House debates
items: Antisemitism | Motions | House debates
items: Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2024 | Statements by Members | House debates
items: Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024; Second Reading | Bills | House debates
items: Cybersafety | Questions without Notice | House debates
items: Cybersafety | Statements by Members | House debates
items: National Broadband Network Companies Amendment (Commitment to Public Ownership) Bill 2024; Consideration in Detail | Bills | House debates
items: Gambling | Questions without Notice | House debates
items: 36 Months | Statements by Members | House debates
items: Housing | Matters of Public Importance | House debates
items: Treasury Laws Amendment (Mergers and Acquisitions Reform) Bill 2024; Second Reading | Bills | House debates
items: Aged Care Legislation Amendment Bill 2024; Second Reading | Bills | House debates
items: Banks Electorate: Community Events | Constituency Statements | House debates
items: National Broadband Network Companies Amendment (Commitment to Public Ownership) Bill 2024; Second Reading | Bills | House debates

Budget | Statements by Members | House debates
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description: This Treasurer has delivered a disastrous, appalling, embarrassing budget. There are massive deficits as far as the eye can see. Here are the numbers: $28 billion deficit, $42 billion deficit,...
encoded: This Treasurer has delivered a disastrous, appalling, embarrassing budget. There are massive deficits as far as the eye can see. Here are the numbers: $28 billion deficit, $42 billion deficit, $36 billion deficit and $37 billion deficit. It goes not only for the four years but for the entire decade. The National Australia Bank said this morning, 'There seems to be no attempt to start to return to budget balance any time in the next decade.' That is an admission of defeat, and it is shameful. We also know about the collapse in living standards, which are the worst in the OECD. If you've got a mortgage, your family is $50,000 worse off under this Prime Minister and this Treasurer. We know that this Prime Minister said 97 times that electricity would come down by $275. What's actually happened is that it's gone up by up to $1,300 per family. It's not funny. It's actually a very big problem for Australian families. You won't say $275 after the election—you said it 97 times before. I'd also say that Labor has lost control of the immigration system, which was reflected again in last night's budget figures. Once again, the numbers have been revised up; 1.8 million people over five years. That puts pressure on infrastructure. It puts pressure on housing. Immigration is a very good thing, but it needs to be managed, and it is not being managed on that side. The final insult is the $5 tax cut, which is a small cup of coffee at best. It's a disgrace. (Time expired)
date: 2025-03-26T13:58:00+00:00

Banks Electorate: Community Services | Constituency Statements | House debates
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description: Milperra Lions Soccer Club was formed back in 1958, and, during that time, it has become an absolutely essential part of the Milperra community. It was great to meet at the clubhouse recently...
encoded: Milperra Lions Soccer Club was formed back in 1958, and, during that time, it has become an absolutely essential part of the Milperra community. It was great to meet at the clubhouse recently with their president, Brad Tonks; Billy Peters; Sean Barnes; Helen Lansley; and Daniela Morrison, amongst others, and really talk about the aspirations of the club. There are a couple of important issues. Gordon Parker Reserve has major problems with drainage where water pools on the field. It doesn't go away and that needs to be fixed. They also need waterproofing for the clubhouse itself. So there are a couple of really important issues that need to be addressed for the Milperra Lions Soccer Club, and I'm very determined to assist the club with those. I thank the club for taking the time for those meetings. Anne Farah Hill is the incredibly energetic CEO of Kingsgrove Community Aid Centre. She's been in the job for quite a while. She does a fantastic job, and right now there's a big issue at the Kingsgrove Community Aid Centre where the bocce court for the Italian seniors group, which was put there recently by the council, basically doesn't work for the game because it is overgrown. It is not a smooth surface, and it makes it very difficult to play bocce, which is the whole purpose of the court being put there in the first place. Georges River Council needs to actually step up and fix this. It's good that the council took action to put the bocce court there, but they now need to make sure it is actually playable. The council needs to step forward on that. Recently, St Mark's Anglican Church in South Hurstville merged with Blakehurst Anglican Church. They are both very proud and longstanding religious communities in my electorate. It was good to speak recently with the minister, Ross Ryan, to hear about his plans for the new merged church. St Mark's, which has always been in my electorate, has had a very active role in terms of the community groups that run from the church; th…
date: 2025-02-04T16:18:00+00:00

Commonwealth Workplace Protection Orders Bill 2024; Second Reading | Bills | House debates
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description: I rise to speak on the Commonwealth Workplace Protection Orders Bill 2024. This is the second bill to come before this parliament in the wake of the horrific attack on a Services Australia...
encoded: I rise to speak on the Commonwealth Workplace Protection Orders Bill 2024. This is the second bill to come before this parliament in the wake of the horrific attack on a Services Australia employee who was just doing her job. No Australian should be attacked at work. So, when former Victoria police chief Graham Ashton made recommendations following a review of security arrangements at Services Australia and indeed in all Commonwealth agencies, we took them very seriously. That is why we backed the amendments to the Criminal Code, which expanded the criminal offences for assaulting a Commonwealth frontline worker, and is why we are supporting this bill today, which implements a recommendation from the Ashton review. In essence, what this bill does is create a scheme for Commonwealth workplace protection orders. These orders are similar to the apprehended and personal violence order schemes that are commonplace in states and territories. These orders will apply in Commonwealth workplaces or to protect Commonwealth workers. This means the orders can apply to a workplace such as an electorate office or a Services Australia centre. It also means that the orders can cover Commonwealth workers so that they are protected in the car park, on the way home and at other times out of normal working hours. The term 'Commonwealth worker' is very broad and includes contractors, security guards, volunteers and persons employed under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act. This means the bill would apply to protect Services Australia employees, electorate office staff and Australian Federal Police among others. The scheme allows a court to direct a person not to attend a particular Commonwealth workplace, not to go near an affected workplace and to comply with other conditions as appropriate. Only a court can make such an order, and it must be cancelled if the grounds for the order cease to exist. Broadly, a court is able to make such an order if satisfied that a person has engaged in…
date: 2025-02-04T17:06:00+00:00

Criminal Code Amendment (Hate Crimes) Bill 2024; Second Reading | Bills | House debates
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description: I rise to speak on the Criminal Code Amendment (Hate Crimes) Bill 2024. This is a bill which sadly is necessary because of the repeated failures of the Albanese government to prevent the sadly...
encoded: I rise to speak on the Criminal Code Amendment (Hate Crimes) Bill 2024. This is a bill which sadly is necessary because of the repeated failures of the Albanese government to prevent the sadly predictable spread of antisemitism. Attacks on Jewish Australians are attacks on every Australian. To attack people because they profess the Jewish faith or have Jewish ancestry is to repudiate the Australian way of life. We are a country that prides itself on treating people equally whatever their faith or background. It's a core national value, and a stain of antisemitism is a direct rejection of that value. The initial spark for the antisemitic attacks that we are seeing across the country came, of course, with the October 7 terrorist attacks on Israel by the terrorist group Hamas. Make no mistake: the October 7 attack was the single greatest loss of Jewish lives on any day since the Holocaust. October 7 was a day of murder, torture, kidnapping and brutal sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas against Jews in Israel. The cruelty was deliberate. The horrors do not bear repeating in this chamber, but there is no doubt that they were designed with the purpose of maximising pain and sorrow amongst Jewish people. It is both desperately sad and utterly predictable that, on learning of those horrific attacks on Jewish people in their own homeland, malicious actors here in Australia would draw inspiration. Those bad actors here in Australia rejoiced in the day that was marked by the murder, torture, sexual assault and kidnapping of Israelis. In the words of one hate preacher, October 7 was 'a day of courage, a day of pride, a day of victory.' It was obvious that they would see those attacks as giving licence to spread the same, vile antisemitic hate here—to target Jewish Australians, to spread fear, to use our streets and university campuses to call for the destruction of the Jewish state, to spread old antisemitic tropes, often hiding behind the weak academic pretence that somehow w…
date: 2025-02-04T16:38:00+00:00

Middle East: Occupied Palestinian Territories | Statements by Members | House debates
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description: For tawdry domestic political reasons, the government has trashed two decades of bipartisanship on policy towards the recognition of a Palestinian state. This is shameful. For more than 20 years,...
encoded: For tawdry domestic political reasons, the government has trashed two decades of bipartisanship on policy towards the recognition of a Palestinian state. This is shameful. For more than 20 years, Australia has held the bipartisan position that recognition of a Palestinian state can only come as a consequence of negotiations to resolve the many complex issues involved—issues such as borders, rights of return and security guarantees. We have stood side by side with the United States on this issue across coalition and Labor governments and Democrat and Republican administrations, and we've done that because it is plainly the right thing to do. The United States maintained that longstanding position under former president Biden. But Labor has walked away from that and now says that recognition of a Palestinian state can come before any of the many unresolved issues are addressed. Why? It's simple. It's because Minister Wong is worried about the Labor vote against the Greens in electorates like Wills, Griffith and Brisbane. This isn't about human rights, diplomacy or high principles of international relations; it is about a sordid attempt to grab votes in a few key seats. That tells you everything you need to know about the Albanese government.
date: 2025-02-04T13:45:00+00:00

Antisemitism | Motions | House debates
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description: Antisemitism is the world's most ancient hatred, dating back thousands of years, and history is incredibly clear: if you allow antisemitism to gain even the smallest foothold in your society, you...
encoded: Antisemitism is the world's most ancient hatred, dating back thousands of years, and history is incredibly clear: if you allow antisemitism to gain even the smallest foothold in your society, you are no longer safe; your society is no longer safe. It is an evil that is always there below the surface and, at the first sign of it coming above the surface, it must be repressed. History could not be clearer on that point. We face a crisis today of antisemitism in Australia, and we have to think about how we got here and how we can ensure that the crisis is curtailed and that we never, ever get into this position again. On 9 October 2023, that night of infamy at the Sydney Opera House, we were all shocked by what we saw. We'd seen nothing like that in our lifetimes—the most despicable sentiments towards Australians of Jewish faith. What should have happened then is that we should have come together as a nation, led by our Prime Minister, and put in place a clear national strategy and plan to deal with antisemitism. But, unfortunately, that did not happen. It should have been the top of the Prime Minister's priority list after we saw that evil of 9 October. It didn't happen. In November of 2023, the next month, the Leader of the Opposition wrote to the Prime Minister and basically said, 'We need to significantly escalate our focus on stopping antisemitism in this country. We need to have a National Cabinet meeting, make this a national priority and really lead on this right now.' Again, the Prime Minister did not take up that offer and, in fact, did not even respond to the letter. It's really important that we talk about these things, because this is a democracy, and the way democracies can progress is by learning from their mistakes, and it is self-evident that, from the beginning of this antisemitism crisis up to this day, immense mistakes have been made. We need to learn from that. We need to learn from the ongoing failure to address antisemitic acts as they arose in o…
date: 2025-02-04T12:53:00+00:00

Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2024 | Statements by Members | House debates
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description: On Sunday a very sad and sorry 18-month saga came to an end with the government's formal abandonment of its shocking misinformation bill, the Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting...
encoded: On Sunday a very sad and sorry 18-month saga came to an end with the government's formal abandonment of its shocking misinformation bill, the Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2024. This was one of the worst bills ever put forward by any government of Australia. This was a shocking attack on free speech from a government that wanted to censor the honestly held opinions of Australians. This government wanted to exempt some people, like academics, from its misinformation bill, but not everyday Australians. The minister went all the way to Brussels to talk about how important this misinformation bill was, to give a speech to European Union bureaucrats. But what about the impact on ordinary Australians? The minister wanted to be able to—believe it or not—personally order misinformation investigations and personally order misinformation hearings here in one of the greatest democracies on earth—an absolute disgrace. The bill included politics and referendums expressly, and it united just about everyone against it, from the Human Rights Commission to civil liberties groups to the Catholic Bishops Conference to the Shia Muslim community to the Anglican Church to Victorian Bar to Professor Anne Twomey. An extraordinary group of people united against the bill, and they were united because it was a shocking attack on free speech. It was a humiliating backdown. This bill must never be brought back in any form by this government.
date: 2024-11-27T13:57:00+00:00

Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024; Second Reading | Bills | House debates
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description: The coalition will be supporting the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024. Back in June, the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, stood up in Sydney and committed the...
encoded: The coalition will be supporting the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024. Back in June, the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, stood up in Sydney and committed the coalition to implementing an age limit of 16 for social media in Australia within 100 days of the election of a future coalition government. He did that because he believes passionately in protecting Australian children from harm. He has done that all his career, whether as a police officer, as the Minister for Home Affairs or in so many other roles in this place. When you think about it, what is more important than protecting children from harm? It is one of our very highest responsibilities in this place. I'll come to the specifics of the bill in a moment, but first I want to note at the outset that the coalition has negotiated two significant improvements to this bill with the government. These have been agreed with the government and will be presented in the final version of the bill to be presented in the Senate. Firstly, the legislation will include a specific provision that nothing in the bill allows a social media company to compel the provision of digital ID or government issued identity documents such as passports or drivers licences. This is an important addition and further strengthens the privacy provisions in the legislation. Secondly, the government has agreed to a coalition request to provide the minister with a clear power to specify steps that are not required to be taken by social media companies to comply with the legislation. While the eSafety Commissioner will be responsible for formulating guidelines on what constitutes 'reasonable steps' under the bill, the minister may that direct that specific actions are not required in order for the platforms to satisfy that 'reasonable steps' test. This is also an important addition as it allows the minister to ensure enforcement of the legislation is always appropriate and proportionate. These are both significant, and …
date: 2024-11-26T12:17:00+00:00

Cybersafety | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: on indulgenceI rise in support of the remarks of the Minister for Communications. This issue of the safety of Australian children online on social media is one of the defining issues of our era....
encoded: on indulgenceI rise in support of the remarks of the Minister for Communications. This issue of the safety of Australian children online on social media is one of the defining issues of our era. It is of titanic significance to our community. What we have seen in recent years, in the impacts on the mental health of Australian children of social media, has been absolutely appalling. The social media companies for too long have abrogated their responsibility to care about Australian children. When we look at the data on the mental health of Australian children, especially girls, we see devastating impacts. We welcome this legislation being put forward. The Leader of the Opposition committed the coalition to a very similar policy back in June, and we look forward to working constructively on this legislation, with a view to seeing it pass through the parliament next week.
date: 2024-11-21T14:18:00+00:00

Cybersafety | Statements by Members | House debates
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description: The Leader of the Opposition committed the coalition to a social media age limit of 16 back in June. It should have happened then, but we're pleased it is finally happening now. This issue is...
encoded: The Leader of the Opposition committed the coalition to a social media age limit of 16 back in June. It should have happened then, but we're pleased it is finally happening now. This issue is urgent. As the Leader of the Opposition has said, we need to pass legislation by next week. The impact of social media on children is one of the defining issues of our era. Parents lie awake at night, worrying about what their kids are being exposed to on Snapchat or TikTok or Instagram. And they are right to worry. We've seen very disturbing mental health trends for Australian children, especially girls, over the past decade. Social media is playing a major role in that devastation. We welcome the fact that Snapchat is now included in the legislation. Snapchat has brought despair, and sometimes tragedy, to many Australian families. We'll work in good faith with the government to finalise this legislation. In particular, we want to ensure that very robust privacy protections are in place. We want to ensure that social media companies must start right now to implement these laws. There is no time to waste. In June, the Leader of the Opposition made a crucial commitment that sparked a national debate. Next week, we can conclude that debate by all standing together in this place to protect Australian children.
date: 2024-11-21T13:45:00+00:00

National Broadband Network Companies Amendment (Commitment to Public Ownership) Bill 2024; Consideration in Detail | Bills | House debates
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description: I want to speak about section 43A of this bill, which seeks to say that the NBN must always stay in public ownership. It is a completely farcical piece of legislation that this government is...
encoded: I want to speak about section 43A of this bill, which seeks to say that the NBN must always stay in public ownership. It is a completely farcical piece of legislation that this government is seeking to put before the parliament. It contrasts this section—and indeed the whole bill—with many, many statements by members of the Labor Party about the NBN over a period going back some 14 years, when the government introduced the legislation in relation to the ownership of the NBN. You know who actually introduced the legislation that this government is seeking to overturn? It was the member for Grayndler, the Prime Minister, who stood at the dispatch box over there and made a number of statements about the bill, which this section 43(a) seeks to overturn. He said the bill: … sets out arrangements for the eventual sale of the Commonwealth's stake in the company once the NBN rollout is complete, including provisions for independent and parliamentary reviews prior to any privatisation, and for the parliament to have the final say on the sale. What the Prime Minister—the member for Grayndler back then—said was that this legislation sets out processes in relation to NBN ownership. The minister for communications of the day put out a press release saying 'government committed to sale of NBN Co'. This section 43(a) seeks to overturn those arrangements. Frankly, section 43(a) of this bill needs to be called out for the pathetic and sad stunt that it is. What matters with the NBN is the fact that, under this government, it is crashing to earth in a very bad way for Australian taxpayers. We saw the minister say last year, when huge price rises were approved for the NBN, that this was 'great news for consumers'. There were price rises of up to 14 per cent from October of last year to June this year. That was across just eight or nine months and affected six million Australians. We have seen people leave the NBN—and why are they leaving the NBN? It is because, under this government, …
date: 2024-11-20T10:44:00+00:00

Cybersafety | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: My question is to the Minister for Communications. Australian parents were shocked to hear the Minister for Communications state, on 14 November, that Snapchat could be exempt from the...
encoded: My question is to the Minister for Communications. Australian parents were shocked to hear the Minister for Communications state, on 14 November, that Snapchat could be exempt from the government's social media age limit legislation. Snapchat has wreaked havoc on Australian families, often with devastating consequences. Will the Albanese government reversed course and guarantee that Snapchat will be included in the law?
date: 2024-11-18T14:58:00+00:00

Gambling | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: It's on relevance. The question was very clear. It was: when will the government make a decision on gambling reform? The minister should be asked to address that question.
encoded: It's on relevance. The question was very clear. It was: when will the government make a decision on gambling reform? The minister should be asked to address that question.
date: 2024-11-07T14:04:00+00:00

Gambling | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: My question is to the Minister for Communications. The government has been sitting on its hands for 498 days since the former member for Dunkley, the late Peta Murphy, handed down her report on...
encoded: My question is to the Minister for Communications. The government has been sitting on its hands for 498 days since the former member for Dunkley, the late Peta Murphy, handed down her report on the harm caused by online gambling. Around the time of her passing, the Prime Minister said of Ms Murphy that she 'led the charge on reducing the harm caused by online gambling'. When will this government make a decision in relation to online gambling reforms, a decision very much on the minds of the Australian people?
date: 2024-11-07T14:04:00+00:00

36 Months | Statements by Members | House debates
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description: Earlier today the Leader of the Opposition and I met with representatives of the 36 Months campaign, which is doing extraordinary work in advocating for the protection of children from social...
encoded: Earlier today the Leader of the Opposition and I met with representatives of the 36 Months campaign, which is doing extraordinary work in advocating for the protection of children from social media and have been advocating for a long time for the age of 16 to be imposed as a limit. We met with Matthew and Kelly O'Brien, the parents of Charlotte, who was tragically lost to suicide, and also with Robb Evans, the father of Liv, who was also tragically lost to suicide. The strength of these parents in the most unimaginable of circumstances is something that is extraordinary, and their advocacy is the definition of 'powerful'. I also want to acknowledge Rob Galluzzo and Michael 'Wippa' Wipfli, who have set the agenda through their 36 Months campaign in an incredibly impressive fashion and used their ability to reach the community in an extremely impressive way. In June the coalition committed to legislating for a minimum age of 16 for social media. We welcome the government taking on that position today. We don't want there to be exemptions in this legislation for companies like Instagram or TikTok or Snapchat—that must not happen—and we want to work to get this legislation not only introduced this year but passed this year to protect Australian families.
date: 2024-11-07T13:55:00+00:00

Housing | Matters of Public Importance | House debates
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description: Does anyone believe that, though?
encoded: Does anyone believe that, though?
date: 2024-11-05T15:13:00+00:00

Treasury Laws Amendment (Mergers and Acquisitions Reform) Bill 2024; Second Reading | Bills | House debates
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description: I second the amendment. Debate adjourned.
encoded: I second the amendment. Debate adjourned.
date: 2024-11-05T12:40:00+00:00

Aged Care Legislation Amendment Bill 2024; Second Reading | Bills | House debates
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description: I second the amendment. Debate adjourned.
encoded: I second the amendment. Debate adjourned.
date: 2024-11-05T12:32:00+00:00

Banks Electorate: Community Events | Constituency Statements | House debates
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description: On 27 September I attended the annual awards presentation of the St George Basketball Association. As always, it was a fantastic night. I really want to thank Ray Barbi, Val Stoddart, Anna...
encoded: On 27 September I attended the annual awards presentation of the St George Basketball Association. As always, it was a fantastic night. I really want to thank Ray Barbi, Val Stoddart, Anna Pazanin and everyone who makes St George Basketball Association such a fundamental part of our community. Ray Barbi works harder than anyone in our community for his organisation. He is deeply committed to the St George Basketball Association, and it's wonderful to see the association flourishing. They need more facilities, and they need better facilities. Ray and the association will continue to campaign for that. I want to congratulate all the people who were acknowledged on the night, the winners of the Banks outstanding sporting achievement awards and everyone else who was there. Thank you, St George Basketball Association, for everything you do. Nan Tien Temple in Berkeley near Wollongong is an extremely important part of our community. On 22 September, I attended its 30th anniversary celebrations. I was joined by other members of the parliament, including the Assistant Treasurer. I want to thank Venerable Abbess Manko and all of the other venerables who were there for everything that Nan Tien does for our community not only through its spiritual guidance but also through the Nan Tien Institute, which was opened about 10 years ago. It is a higher education institution of high reputation. Thank you, Nan Tien, and thank you to BLIA, Buddha's Light International Australia, for all the great work that you do in our community. Also on 22 September I attended the Connells Point market day. Thank you to Patrick Wedes who conceived of this idea for a market day last year. This year was the second year. The first year was great, and the second was even better. There were heaps of people there enjoying all the different activities. There were 37 stalls. The SES was there. You could learn to sail. There were lots of free events for children, and there were lots of local small businesses…
date: 2024-10-09T11:30:00+00:00

National Broadband Network Companies Amendment (Commitment to Public Ownership) Bill 2024; Second Reading | Bills | House debates
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description: Very happy to do that, Deputy Speaker. So this proposal, as I say, is the sort of thing you put forward when you're completely out of ideas. The government's proposal is to change the 2010 law...
encoded: Very happy to do that, Deputy Speaker. So this proposal, as I say, is the sort of thing you put forward when you're completely out of ideas. The government's proposal is to change the 2010 law related to the ownership of the NBN. Of course, that's law that came into place when Labor were in power, so this is Labor law that they are seeking to change. The Prime Minister back then, of course, was a cabinet minister—he was the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport—and Leader of the House, and it's his law that he's now seeking to change. He's now saying that he seeks urgently to change it, despite not acting on so many other areas of policy. We haven't been briefed on this law as yet, Deputy Speaker. That's going to happen, I believe, later today, so we'll respond in the usual way once we've reviewed the legislation. But what this is about is an attempt to distract from the catastrophic failures of this government relating to many things, including the NBN. When we look at the NBN we see we have the quite extraordinary situation whereby the government has cheered on price rises for the NBN that have absolutely smashed Australian consumers. We saw the extraordinary situation earlier this year whereby six million families were hit by this government with massive NBN price rises. They were hit first in November 2023 and again in July 2024. The government may welcome those price rises. In fact, they do welcome the price rises, because the Minister for Communications infamously described the decision that led to those price rises as 'great news for consumers'. It's in the press release, so it's very hard to unwind now. The minister described as 'great news for consumers' price rises of 14 per cent for people who use NBN products. Do you know what else, Deputy Speaker? The people who have suffered the greatest price rises under this government are the people who are on the lowest cost, most affordable plans, the people who can afford those price rises the least. What we …
date: 2024-10-09T09:11:00+00:00