House debates
Monday, 19 October 2020
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Petitions Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the 16th report of the Petitions Committee for the 46th Parliament, comprising 119 petitions and 46 ministerial responses to petitions previously presented. The past week has seen an...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Responses (1 speech)
I present the following ministerial responses to petitions previously presented:
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Marine Environment (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises the Government's commitment to protecting Australia's marine environment including the Great Barrier Reef through the: (a) Reef 2050 Long-Term...
- Arts Industry (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that Australia's arts sector is an essential part of our economy, our community and our identity; (2) recognises that the impacts of coronavirus COVID-19 has...
- International Pregnancy And Infant Loss Remembrance Day (6 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) 15 October 2020 is International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day; (b) on this day, parents, families, friends and healthcare workers will...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (1 speech)
The Speaker has received messages from the Senate informing the House of the appointment of senators to certain joint committees. As the list of the appointments is a lengthy one, I do not...
- National Broadband Network - Joint Standing; Reporting Date (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the reporting date for the Joint Standing Committee on the National Broadband Network be extended to 31 March 2021 and a message be sent to the Senate requesting its...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Calwell Electorate (1 speech)
[by video link] During this difficult COVID-19 lockdown period in Melbourne, when people have lost their jobs and are facing the loss of their businesses, our Calwell community has been blessed...
- Education (1 speech)
As I visit many of the wonderful communities in Longman, I get to see firsthand the amazing work our principals, teachers and other educators are doing to prepare our kids for the future. Kids...
- Coalition Government (1 speech)
[by video link] We are about two weeks on from the federal government's budget, and I have to say I don't think I've ever seen budget expectations pumped so high. We were even told by the Prime...
- Crockford, Ms Emily (2 speeches)
'Bold', 'assured' and 'sensual' are all words that describe the work of Emily Crockford, who has been placed as a finalist in the 2020 Archibald Prize for her piece Self-Portrait with Daddy in...
- Workplace Safety (1 speech)
Fifty years ago, at 10 minutes to 12 on 15 October 1970, workers on the West Gate Bridge heard a thunderous crack, and anyone living within 20 kilometres heard the same roar. Steel buckled, bolts...
- Bennelong Electorate: Multiculturalism (1 speech)
I rise to inform the House of a recent community event I attended in my electorate of Bennelong. Last Friday I joined leaders and teachers from many different communities who have been successful...
- Veterans (1 speech)
Along with a number of my colleagues on this side of the House, I cannot for the life of me understand why, with the growing epidemic of veteran suicide, this government completely fails to act....
- Alcidion (1 speech)
Healthcare services globally are moving to integrated and digitalised models of care to address the challenges faced by traditional paper-based systems. Patients want their information accessible...
- Arts (1 speech)
Much has been said in this place about the dire state of affairs of the arts and entertainment sector. Like many of my parliamentary colleagues, I've been advocating on behalf of local...
- Bower, Mr Marcus (1 speech)
Today I want to pay tribute to a stalwart of northern Tasmania's theatre scene, Marcus Bower, who recently passed away after a long illness. Marcus was loved and appreciated for his support for...
- Macarthur Electorate: Coalition Government (3 speeches)
I rise today to speak about the Liberal and National parties' consistent and blatant refusal to support my community in spite of a massive population increase forced upon us by them. They...
- Queensland Government (1 speech)
The good people of Moncrieff are working hard to build a better future for their families. They know that the Morrison government has their back. The federal budget delivers just that. There is,...
- Household and Personal Debt (1 speech)
Chilling fact: in July alone, over 300,000 young people took out a consumer lease or payday loan. This is a form of lending with few or no guardrails, exorbitant interest rates and outrageous...
- Macleay Landcare Network Inc., Raeburn, Mr Bruce (1 speech)
I'd like to highlight the efforts of the Macleay Valley Landcare group and, in particular, one Landcare member's goal to rehydrate the landscape. Bruce Raeburn owns about 800 acres of cattle...
- COVID-19: Victoria (1 speech)
I rise today to say thank you to Victorians. It's been hard to be a Victorian these past few months, and, frankly, if you weren't there, you wouldn't know what it's like—the dozens of...
- Budget (1 speech)
The Morrison government's 2020-21 budget and our emergency measures over the last year have been an economic lifeline to the nation. Just under 10,000 Stirling residents have received the...
- Broadband (1 speech)
This government has created a disaster with the NBN in Kent Street, Bullaburra. For one resident, Angelo, the NBN node is 300 metres from his home, but that isn't the node that he or his...
- Education: Work Experience, Thyrd, Harrison (1 speech)
Last week, I had the pleasure of hosting a work experience student from St Andrew's Catholic College in Cairns, young Harrison Thyrd. He's in year 10 and is an aspiring politician. Harrison...
- Multiculturalism, Abetz, Senator Eric (2 speeches)
Australia is a vibrant multicultural society. Our diversity is our greatest strength. And we live in a democracy in which every citizen is equal. This is fundamental to who we are. However, last...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs will be absent from question time today and for the remainder of the week. The...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Child Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Under the childcare scheme the Prime Minister personally designed, the childcare subsidy is capped for families with a combined income of more than $189,000....
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister: Will the Prime Minister outline to the House how the Morrison government's plan for economic recovery is delivering support for Australian business,...
- Child Care (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that for many Australian families if the second income earner goes to work for the fourth or fifth day in the week they lose...
- Infrastructure (5 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. Will the Deputy Prime Minister please inform the House how the Morrison-McCormack...
- Child Care (15 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Since this government came to power in 2013, childcare costs have increased, on average, by $4,200 a year for Australian families, while wages have...
- Defence Procurement (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I have repeatedly called for the RAAF to use roll-on roll-off firefighting tank systems. For example, the US MAFFS system for C-130 Hercules aircraft is...
- COVID-19: Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer please outline how the Morrison government's economic recovery plan is lowering taxes and providing jobs to help families through the...
- Child Care (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Under the Prime Minister's current childcare scheme, a family with a police officer working full time and a retail worker on three days a week with two...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House how the Morrison government's plan for jobs is helping business to get back on its feet, particularly in my electorate of...
- COVID-19: Economy, Child Care (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Bec from Perth is a solicitor and mum of two who works three days a week because she says working four days a week left her worse off under the Prime...
- COVID-19: Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government is creating the...
- Child Care (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Cecilia is a mum of four who works as a personal carer in an aged-care facility in Mount Eliza. Cecilia says she can't afford to put her youngest daughter in...
- Gas Industry (5 speeches)
My question is the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government's plan for jobs includes a gas led recovery that will deliver...
- Child Care (6 speeches)
[by video link] My question is to the Prime Minister. Liz from Reservoir works as a software professional. She and her partner together earn $200,000 and are paying $25,000 a year out of pocket...
- Vocational Education and Training (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business. Will the minister outline how the Morrison government's plan for jobs is supporting a...
- Child Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Dominique from Port Melbourne works in the higher education sector. She says that half of her pay after tax goes straight to child care for her two children,...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government is guaranteeing the essential services that Australians rely on through the...
- Child Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Lauren is a nurse from Bendigo and a mum of two who says she can only work two shifts per week because the cost of extra childcare is too high for her and...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. Will the Attorney update the House on how the Morrison government's budget is providing additional support for Australia's legal system to help people,...
- Child Care (6 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Isn't child care a productivity measure which boosts economic growth?
- Employment (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management. Will the minister outline how the Morrison-McCormack government's plan for jobs is supporting the Australian...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Reports Nos 12 and 13 of 2020-2021 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's Audit reports Nos 12 and 13 for 2020-2021. Details of the reports will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings. Documents made parliamentary papers in accordance...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
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I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (17 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Economic Recovery Package (JobMaker Hiring Credit) Amendment Bill 2020 being called on immediately and being given...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Morrison Government (13 speeches)
[by video link] Under the Morrison government, Australia is becoming a nation in which corruption is tolerated at the highest levels of the federal government. The Prime Minister is fond of...
- Endometriosis (1 speech)
Earlier this year I was diagnosed with stage 4 endometriosis. Endo might be a little known disease but it affects at least 1 in 10 Australian women, often causing pain, infertility and other...
- Western Sydney Airport (1 speech)
Before I start my contribution, I commend the previous member on bringing that adjournment speech on endometriosis to the House. It was an excellent contribution, and it's incredibly important...
- COVID 19: Western Australia (1 speech)
Anyone travelling down Stirling Highway through Cottesloe in my electorate will come across a footbridge overpass which currently has hundreds of yellow ribbons flying from it. At first you might...
- Blair Electorate: Community Services (1 speech)
Bushfires, the drought, COVID-19, the worst recession in a century—it's been a tough year for individuals, families and businesses across Ipswich, the Somerset region and the Karana Downs...
- Canning Electorate: Point Grey (1 speech)
I'm a big believer in the principle of sovereignty. I've talked a lot about Australian sovereignty over the past year. It's simply the right and power of our country to govern itself free from...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Maribyrnong Electorate: Arts (1 speech)
Under normal circumstances, my electorate of Maribyrnong plays host to some world-class events. But COVID-19 has changed all of this. It remains to be seen what sorts of crowds, if any, will be...
- Moncrieff Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
I do enjoy visiting the schools in Moncrieff, because it's very impressive to see the dedication of the teachers and the parents, the tangible benefits of funding to students and to families, and...
- Greenway Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
One of the most prevalent themes that comes out of north-west Sydney is a lack of foresight and a lack of delivery when it comes to essential infrastructure. This is a particularly pronounced...
- Stirling Electorate: Veterans (1 speech)
As we approach Veterans' Health Week next week, I would like to commend the Morrison government for the ongoing investment that this budget makes to veterans and their families. The 2021 budget...
- Gilmore Electorate: Bushfires (1 speech)
Our community on the New South Wales South Coast has had one of our toughest years. The bushfires that ravaged our towns and villages, starting in November and continuing all through summer are...
- Recycling (1 speech)
We know that plastic waste is a blight on our natural environment. Not only is it found littered across the world's beaches but also atop the highest points of Mount Everest and the depths of the...
- Beirut: Explosion (1 speech)
(): By not engaging with the roots of dispossession and conflicts, international powers promote short-term versions of resilience, stability and humanitarian protection. This papers over...
- Boothby Electorate: Volunteers, Boothby Electorate: Girl Guides (1 speech)
Supporting hardworking volunteers in my community is one of the most important things I do in my role as the member for Boothby. I'm delighted that a number of projects in the Belair area have...
- Morrison Government (1 speech)
Liberal Party members love to talk on occasion of the forgotten people, echoing Menzies's famous phrase. I want to record a few words on who I think are the real forgotten people—the nearly...
- Brown, Ms Helen, Murphy, Mr John ('Spud') (2 speeches)
I'd like to recognise Helen Brown of Yamba, an Indigenous woman doing wonderful work in our community. Helen won the Senior Volunteer of the Year as well as the overall Volunteer of the Year at...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Aviation Industry (11 speeches)
by leave––I'll speak on this motion. A number of us on this side of the chamber have been deeply concerned about the fact that while some decisions had to be made through this...
- Diabetes (11 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises that 120,000 Australians live with type 1 diabetes, and the: (a) cause of the disease is unknown; and (b) majority of people with the condition are...
- Young Australians (12 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises that young Australians have disproportionately felt the economic and social pain that the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and recession have brought; (2)...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Tasmania: Greyhound Racing (1 speech)
The head of Tasmania's Greyhound Adoption Program has been found guilty of racing a drugged dog and is currently suspended. I would have thought it to be a reasonable community expectation that...
- Leichhardt Electorate: Cape Gateway Motel (1 speech)
On 28 September I had the pleasure of officially opening the brand-new Cape Gateway Motel in Mareeba. An esteemed long-term friend of mine and Weipa resident, Mr Greg Williams, had a vision many,...
- Gellibrand Electorate: Electorate Name (1 speech)
The names of our federal electorates are intended to recognise the outstanding contributions of Australians to our nation, yet the contributions of women who have helped make Australia the...
- Higgins Electorate: Murrumbeena Community Hub (1 speech)
The federal government is getting on with the job of delivering new local infrastructure projects like the brand-new Murrumbeena Community Hub in my electorate of Higgins. The Murrumbeena...
- Gilmore Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
I rise today to thank the Currarong community and particularly the Currarong Community Association for their years of hard work advocating for improvements to Currarong Road. This notorious road...
- COVID-19: Economy (1 speech)
According to the IMF, the global economy dropped by 0.1 per cent during the GFC. During COVID-19 they expect it to drop by 4.9 per cent—0.1 per cent, GFC; 4.9 per cent drop,...
- Morrison Government (1 speech)
Under the Morrison government we've had sports rorts, 'Watergate', Jam Land and Paladin. We've had the 'big stack' with over 60 former Liberal staffers, ministers, candidates and donors appointed...
- Manufacturing (1 speech)
When most Australians think of the Gold Coast they think of tourism. Gold Coasters are acutely aware of the role played by our $5 billion tourism industry but are also aware of the role played by...
- COVID-19: Arts (1 speech)
In my home state we have amazing arts festivals. Indeed, South Australia is often known as the festival state. Our city is alive with festivals—Fringe, the arts, cabaret, the Feast...
- Stirling Electorate: Surfing WA (1 speech)
As a very amateur surfer and a father to three surf crazy kids, last week was a really exciting milestone for the future of surfing in Western Australia. Surfing WA successfully obtained a ground...
- Jordan, Mr Ray (1 speech)
. Today I want to acknowledge Ray Jordan, true champion of our area. He and his wife Claire married in 1957. They built their home together in Mount Druitt, raised four kids and welcomed six...
- Robertson Electorate: Gosford Men's Shed (1 speech)
Gosford Men's Shed do some fantastic work in our community. Recently I visited them to see the nesting boxes they have built to donate to Australian wildlife rescue organisations. With so much of...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
The NDIS was designed to support people living with disability and improve their quality of life. But just last week I have learned of the latest way it is letting people down. The so-called...
- Bennelong Electorate: Epping Scouts Boatshed (1 speech)
I know that everybody in this chamber has been waiting with bated breath on the progress of the Epping Scouts' Meadowbank boatshed. I'm delighted to announce the keys have been handed over and...
- Moreton Electorate: Coopers Plains Railway Crossing (1 speech)
The previous member for Morton, the Hon. Gary Hardgrave, called for funding from his coalition government to remove the Coopers Plains rail crossing throughout this time in office. I too have...
- North Sydney Electorate: Burns, Mr Bruce (1 speech)
I represent an electorate which is bordered by our beautiful Sydney Harbour. It is an international icon for good reason, but so often it has been threatened by inappropriate development and...
- McLaughlin, Mr John (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge the recent passing of John McLaughlin, one of my community's stalwarts. John was a wonderful gentleman, who was encouraging and supporting of me during my time in the party....
- Bribie Island Tigers Football Club, Walking Football (1 speech)
I love my sport, but as time goes by, it's becoming harder to get out onto a football pitch and kick a ball around. Last Friday I spent time with one of the fantastic local sporting clubs in my...
- Cambodia: Human Rights (1 speech)
This week, 23 October, marks the 29th anniversary of the Paris peace accords in Cambodia. Australia, of course, played a key leadership role in bringing the accords together. The world made a...
- Queensland State Election (1 speech)
Early voting begins this week in Queensland, and I commend to the community of The Gap, Ashgrove and Bardon the LNP candidate Trent Wiseman. Already he is getting things done, having secured...
- Western Sydney Airport (1 speech)
There's been a lot of talk recently about land in and around Badgerys Creek airport, as there should be. But one piece of land we should focus on is Horsley Park and Cecil Park. The rights of...
- Roads (1 speech)
The Morrison government understands the importance of road networks and we demonstrated our commitment to boosting roads safety and regional jobs in the Goldfields region of O'Connor. The...
- Budget (1 speech)
The recession that Australia is going through presents not only significant challenges for families, communities and businesses but a once-in-a-generation opportunity for governments, communities...
- Zeeman, Mr Pieter Rudolph (Rudy) (1 speech)
Pieter Rudolph Zeeman, known to most as 'Rudy', has led a remarkable life—one that is worth noting here today. Born in Holland on 10 November 1919, Rudy was just shy of 21 when Germany...
- Victoria: COVID-19 (1 speech)
I rise in this place to say thank you to the people of the Scullin electorate, the people of Melbourne and the people of regional Victoria for the extraordinary work they have done through what...
- Mallee Electorate: Horticulture (1 speech)
Recent rainfall has lifted the spirits of many farmers and growers in my electorate of Mallee and will lead to bumper crops for upcoming harvests. But, despite low case numbers and easing...
- Women in Parliament (1 speech)
Jacinta Allan, Maree Edwards and Mary-Anne Thomas are the three women state representatives who cover my electorate of Bendigo—and there is myself as the federal member. At a local...
- Fisher Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
Eighteen months ago I cycled around my electorate on my first 'Tour de Fisher' and I saw again how dangerous the Steve Irwin Way between Beerburrum and Palmview can be for motorists and...
- COVID-19: Northern Territory Centre for National Resilience (1 speech)
When Australians needed us, Territorians put up our hand to help. At the start of the coronavirus crisis, we got Aussies out of Wuhan and we brought Aussies home from Japan from the Diamond...
- Budget (2 speeches)
Since the Treasurer handed down the 2020 budget, I've been inundated with some tremendous feedback from my electorate of Bonner. I've been out in the community, visiting local businesses and...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Climate Change and the Economy (15 speeches, 1 comment)
I move: That this House: (1) notes: (a) as a result of the 2019-20 bushfires more than 400 people died of smoke inhalation and over 4,000 people were hospitalised; (b) the Australian Medical...
- Burrows, Mr Donald Vernon, AO MBE (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises the passing of Don Burrows AO MBE on 12 March 2020, especially noting his: (a) lifetime contribution to the Australian music industry; and (b) contribution...
- Marine Environment (4 speeches)
The beaches and the ocean environment of the Central Coast and Lake Macquarie are renowned for their natural beauty and abundant sea life. It's one of the reasons so many of us choose to live...
- Liquefied Natural Gas Sniffing (8 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises that: (a) Patrick Ryan, aged 16 years, from Port Lincoln South Australia died in February 2020 at a party with friends as a result of inhaling Liquefied...
