House debates
Tuesday, 16 June 2020
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Resolutions of the Senate (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Petition: Parramatta Female Factory Heritage Listing (3 speeches)
I table this petition on behalf of the federal member for Of the 13 female convict factories built in Australia, the Parramatta Female Factory is the earliest surviving and most intact, predating...
- Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance (1 speech)
Australia plays a vital and proud role in improving the health care available to millions of people across the Indo-Pacific region. This contribution was affirmed recently by our government's...
- Brand Electorate: Memorial (1 speech)
In Esplanade Park in Fremantle, there is a monument to early explorers, which reads: … this Terra Incognita, attacked at night by treacherous natives were murdered at Boola Boola near Le...
- Bennelong Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
The past few months have been chaotic and terrifying for most of us. Normal life has gone out the window, replaced by uncertainty. For the lucky, it has simply meant a change of scenery, more...
- Bean Electorate: 'Bloomsday' (1 speech)
'Bloomsday' is the celebration of the life if Irish writer James Joyce, observed on 16 June, the day his 1922 novel Ulysses takes place in 1904 and named after its protagonist, Leopold Bloom....
- Higgins Electorate: Student Services and Amenities Fee (1 speech)
Higher education students have been doing it tough during this pandemic. Many study in cities far from their families. Many work in hospitality, which is among the hardest hit industries. All of...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
It's been more than three years since the Australian Law Reform Commission first recommended establishing a serious incident response scheme. It's been almost two years since the Royal Commission...
- Menzies Electorate: Volunteers (1 speech)
Volunteers are the lifeblood of this country, and their work is instrumental in supporting and strengthening all of our local communities. Volunteering Australia estimates that over six million...
- Paterson Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
I'm desperately worried about the young people in my electorate of Paterson. The latest youth unemployment figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics do not bode well for young people in...
- Cha Cha for Charity (1 speech)
Winter is always a particularly difficult time of the year for the most vulnerable in our community, and perhaps more so this year as we negotiate COVID-19. Mental health support has never been...
- Perth (1 speech)
Perth is a big and beautiful city: it is our nation's western capital, and we need big ideas for the future. It's estimated that as soon as 2021, and likely by 2040, Perth will overtake Brisbane...
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
Ten years ago next week is the anniversary of the toppling of the democratically elected Kevin Rudd by Julia Gillard. Australia woke up to a new government. So long ago—ten years. Since...
- Racism (1 speech)
We've seen new lows from the government this week as the Queensland LNP continue their live auditions for the upcoming top-of-the-ticket Senate stoush in Queensland by competing to see who can...
- Stabilcorp (1 speech)
I'd like to congratulate Stabilcorp. It's a local business in Wauchope in the Hastings valley. They've received $90,000 from the Manufacturing Modernisation Fund. Stabilcorp designed and...
- Stoker, Senator Amanda (1 speech)
Last week, LNP senator from Queensland Amanda Stoker said that the Queensland Premier was 'the knee on the throat of businesses of Queensland, stopping them from breathing'. She subsequently gave...
- Child Abuse (3 speeches)
I rise to make an apology and to make a promise to a friend. Last week my good friend and former colleague Mark Maxham let me know, 'Vince, I'm starting a campaign to raise awareness of child...
- COVID-19: Live Music (1 speech)
Before COVID-19 hit, 112,000 Melburnians attended a live music gig every weekend at many of the local venues around the city. Melbourne is the live music capital of Australia. In fact, Melbourne...
- Melbourne Airport Rail Link (1 speech)
I've been very vocal recently, urging the Victorian government to build a designated tunnel from Southern Cross Station to West Footscray Station as an integral part of the Melbourne Airport Rail...
- Black Lives Matter Movement, Stoker, Senator Amanda (8 speeches)
Three weeks ago in America, a black American man, an African-American man, was killed at the hands—or the knee—of a Minneapolis police officer. His name was George Floyd. He was knelt...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- JobKeeper Payment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday in this House the Prime Minister admitted more Australians would lose their jobs because he's planning to withdraw their JobKeeper wage subsidy in...
- JobMaker (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline to the House how the Morrison government's JobMaker plan is guaranteeing the essential services Australians rely on?
- JobKeeper Program (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday, the Prime Minister said: 'The challenge of JobKeeper is that businesses will form views about those employees who they will be able to keep on...
- JobMaker (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. Will the Deputy Prime Minister inform the House how the Morrison-McCormack...
- Bushfire Recovery Fund (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I recently met Craig and Tamara, who are beef farmers in Cobargo, whose herd was devastated when bushfire tore through their property. They say they haven't...
- Higher Education (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. On Friday, the minister will address the Press Club on the crucial role of universities in producing job-ready graduates in the COVID-19 recovery....
- Senior Australians (5 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline for the House what the Morrison government is doing to assist older Australians and those planning for their retirement during this...
- Australian Bushfires (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I have in my hand an AusTender contract notice which reveals that during the bushfire crisis the government entered into a contract for: 'global sentiment...
- COVID-19: Women's Economic and Physical Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the minister representing the Minister for Women. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government's investment in essential services is supporting women's...
- Australian Bushfires (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The National Bushfire Recovery Agency admits that months and months after bushfires ripped through Snowy Monaro not one out of 119 bushfire affected...
- COVID-19: Mental Health (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government is investing in mental health support, particularly for our youth, during the...
- Australian Bushfires (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why are all the media and communications positions at the National Bushfire Recovery Agency filled, while the three local economic recovery positions are...
- Cybersafety (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is protecting children online during the COVID-19...
- JobKeeper Payment (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. When it comes to slashing mail deliveries, the Prime Minister says that pandemic measures will last until the middle of next year. So why is he kicking...
- Child Abuse (12 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister update the House on steps the Morrison government is taking to protect Australian children from exploitation and abuse? Is the...
- Pensions and Benefits (10 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Government Services. In March 2017, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal found there was no legal basis for the method used by the government to raise...
- Child Abuse (2 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. Will the Attorney update the House on how the Morrison government is working to ensure children are protected from the abhorrent crimes of child sexual...
- Employment (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. On 29 May the Prime Minister said the government has a jobs target. What is it?
- Education (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government is ensuring that Australian children get a quality education, including...
- COVID-19: Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How many businesses are trading insolvent and are expected to close when government support is suddenly withdrawn in September?
- Indigenous Australians (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government is supporting the wellbeing of Indigenous children and their families...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Bushfires (3 speeches)
I'd like to add to an answer.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Treaties Committee; Presentation (1 speech)
A document is tabled in accordance with the list circulated to honourable members earlier today. Full details of the document will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Live Animal Exports (9 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That the House: (1) Notes that: (a) the Federal Court has today ruled in favour of allowing the livestock carrier Al Kuwait to depart Fremantle for...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
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Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Economy (20 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Rankin proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (59 speeches)
I move: That business intervening before order of the day No. 3, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Bushfire Recovery Fund (2 speeches)
The Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management indicated to me quite a way back that he wished to add to an answer from question time today.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Pacific Island Nations (1 speech)
Australia and New Zealand have done remarkably well in weathering the coronavirus storm. Australia has had something in the order of 7,300 cases—including active and predominantly resolved...
- Uluru Statement from the Heart (1 speech)
I want to speak about the Uluru Statement from the Heart, because it is such an important document and an opportunity that we should not just let pass us by. Much of the conversation around the...
- Child Abuse (1 speech)
Tonight the parents of Australia and, in particular, the parents of the Ryan electorate are sleeping more soundly. Because of the three years worth of work of the Morrison coalition government,...
- Renewable Energy (1 speech)
In the 19th century, it was regional Australia that led the world in the transition from gas to electricity. When electric lighting first lit up our streets, it happened first in towns like...
- JobMaker (1 speech)
It was great news for the Braddon electorate yesterday. The Prime Minister announced the step up of the government's JobMaker program. Project Marinus is one of the 15 projects that will be...
- Western Sydney University (1 speech)
When Gough Whitlam was first elected as the member for Werriwa in 1952 there was not a single high school, let alone a university, in the electorate. University participation rates in the western...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Kerr, Mr Laurie (1 speech)
Members in this chamber may not know the name of Laurence 'Laurie' Kerr. Those who do know him or know of him might associate his name with the Kingsley Amateur Football Club, where, as chairman...
- Nambour (3 speeches)
I rise today to talk about one of the greatest regional towns in Australia.
- The Overland (1 speech)
The Overland train service that runs between Melbourne and Adelaide commenced in 1887 and until 1926 was known as the Adelaide Express. The history and significance of The Overland was recently...
- Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
Deputy Speaker Gillespie, I want to acknowledge how well you look in the chair and what a marvellous Deputy Speaker you're going to be. Today I would also like to acknowledge also Bede Burke and...
- Paterson Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Today I am calling on the Prime Minister to kick-start the Paterson economy. Regional communities like my electorate are the key to our recovery, Prime Minister. We have boundless plains to...
- Men's Health Week (1 speech)
Deputy Speaker Gillespie, I know you know that this week is Men's Health Week. Unfortunately, the health status of men in most countries, including Australia, is generally poorer than that of...
- Lilley Electorate (1 speech)
The last few months have been really tough for Australians, and sometimes good news has been few and far between, so it's my pleasure to share with you all today some good news stories from my...
- Braddon Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
There was good news from the great state of Tasmania this week, with Premier Peter Gutwein announcing that we have no active coronavirus cases. This is the milestone that we've all been working...
- Cybersecurity (1 speech)
Since 2016, the US government has invited the public to hack the Pentagon. It's true! Knowing that adversaries are constantly trying to breach their systems, the US Department of Defense...
- Rushcutters Bay Park and Yarranabbe Park (2 speeches)
I want to congratulate the New South Wales government for listing, on 12 June, Rushcutters Bay Park and Yarranabbe Park, in my electorate of Wentworth, on the New South Wales State Heritage...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Health, Aged Care and Sport Committee; Report (4 speeches)
It's not often that you come to this place and one of the first inquiries that you sit on regards the expertise in your former life. So it is with a great sense of pride that I support the report...
- Communications and the Arts Committee; Report (3 speeches)
It gives me great pleasure today to stand here in the Federation Chamber and talk about The next gen future: Inquiry into the deployment, adoption and application of 5G in Australia report. As a...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Morrison Government: COVID-19 (1 speech)
Today we can say, 'Mark your calendars,' because in less than three months the government are packing up shop on the Australian people. As far as the government are concerned now, it's every man,...
- Lindsay Electorate: Manufacturing (1 speech)
I was really pleased to receive some information from my local university in Lindsay, Western Sydney University, around our local manufacturing industry today, which says that Western Sydney is...
- Lalor Electorate (1 speech)
The electorate that I represent, the seat of Lalor, seems to be at the epicentre of any decision those opposite make. All too often the actions taken in Canberra by this government are...
- Manufacturing (1 speech)
I would like to make some remarks regarding the Morrison government's plan to regain consumer confidence, create jobs and put our economy on a path to recovery. We're building momentum in our...
- Perth Electorate: COVID-19 (2 speeches)
These are tough times, and for millions of Australians they continue to be tough times. We continue to see that while every single Australian has done their bit, be that staying home, avoiding...
