House debates
Wednesday, 3 February 2021
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 25 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on Monday 15 February 2021. The report will be...
- Law Enforcement Committee, Treaties Committee; Membership (1 speech)
I have received messages from the Senate informing the House that Senator Thorpe has been appointed a member of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement, and that Senator Steele-John...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Tariff Proposals (0 speeches)
- Customs Tariff Proposal (No. 1) 2021 (1 speech)
I move: Customs Tariff Proposal (No. 1) 2021. Today I table Customs Tariff Proposal (No. 1) 2021. This proposal continues the concessional tariff treatment for essential medical and hygiene goods...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Freeman, Mr Desmond Allan (1 speech)
In December last year, Ipswich lost one of its greatest leaders. Former mayor Des Freeman passed away at the age of 95. He lived with his wife Colleen in East Ipswich for many decades. Des was a...
- Headspace Gympie (1 speech)
With up to one in four young people suffering from mental ill health, the headspace Gympie service makes a very positive difference in the lives of hundreds of young people, providing services...
- Corangamite Electorate: Local Government (1 speech)
Like many people who sit in this House, I spend a lot of time out in my local community talking to people about what matters to them. It's one of the best parts of my job. Time after time, the...
- Leichhardt Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
I rise this afternoon to place on the record those in my community that were recently recognised at the Cairns Regional Council Australia Day Awards. These awards are always one of the highlights...
- New South Wales Government: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on the failures of the New South Wales government and the New South Wales Premier in providing infrastructure in my rapidly-growing community. Governments like the...
- Mackellar Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
Over the Christmas new year period, my community was locked down, and I want to thank them for their sacrifice. Because of them, Australians were not locked down and Sydney was not locked down....
- Sheean, Ordinary Seaman Edward (Teddy) (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about a true Australian hero, Teddy Sheean VC. It was an absolute honour recently to unveil a commemorative tribute to Teddy at the Ballina Naval and Maritime Museum in my...
- Boothby Electorate: Citizen of the Year Awards (1 speech)
I would like to congratulate and thank all the citizens of the year in the seat of Boothby. Our local community is immensely proud that the City of Unley citizen of the year is Craig Scott, and...
- Donations to Political Parties (1 speech)
The poker machine industry bankrolled the Tasmanian Liberal Party's most-recent state election win. Now it's in line for a thumping $350 million windfall in virtually gifted poker machine...
- Lyne Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge and congratulate Port Macquarie-Hastings Senior Citizen of the Year, Phyllis Hollis, who has a long history of volunteering within our area. She's put her time into...
- COVID 19: Australians Overseas (1 speech)
I want to share with the House some of the words of one of the many Australians that are stuck overseas. This particular person is a constituent of mine, aged 31, who lives in Castlemaine. She's...
- Goldstein Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
This year's Bayside Australia Day awards have highlighted the incredible work of our local Goldstein community, which is doing an amazing job to build a stronger community as the foundation for...
- Eden-Monaro Electorate: Water Quality (1 speech)
Some MPs might be surprised to hear that many regional communities struggle with reliable supply of quality drinking water. Yes, in 2021 the colour of tap water in a number of the towns I serve...
- Western Australia: COVID-19, Western Australia: Bushfires (1 speech)
This week, hundreds of school students in WA were set to return to school for a new and exciting year, including about 30,000 in my electorate and two in my house. Backpacks that had been left...
- COVID 19: Australian Universities (1 speech)
() (): Australian universities saw over 17,300 jobs lost last year. Yet the Morrison government stood by, choosing to exclude universities from JobKeeper. Now there are more losses expected to...
- Swan Electorate: Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program, Swan Electorate: Australia Day (1 speech)
On 22 May 2020, the Morrison government announced the $500 million Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program. In the 2021 budget, the Morrison government announced a $1 billion extension...
- Women's Economic Security (1 speech)
The past 12 months have been extremely difficult for everyone, but they have been so much more difficult for women. Gender Equity Victoria's submission to the Victorian government's budget,...
- Jeitz, Ms Denise (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about those who help our party and help this political process. Denise Jeitz, a lady from Dalby who joined the National Party in 1985, was instrumental in so many careers,...
- Moore, Captain Sir Thomas (2 speeches)
When Captain Sir Tom Moore started doing laps of his garden to raise money for Britain's National Health Service, he thought he might just crack a thousand pounds. Armed with his walking frame,...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Jeffery, Major General Hon. Philip Michael, AC, AO (Mil), CVO, MC (Retd); Report from Federation Chamber (1 speech)
The question is that the motion moved by the Prime Minister be agreed to, and I ask that we signify our approval by standing in our places. Question agreed to, honourable members standing in...
- Anthony, Rt Hon. John Douglas (Doug), AC, CH; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the order of the day be referred to the Federation Chamber for debate. Question agreed to.
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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I would like to formally welcome former member and former Minister for Community Services and Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, the Hon. Larry Anthony, here today. He has already been...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Western Australia: Bushfires (2 speeches)
As we gather today, hundreds of firefighters are responding to the fires in Perth's north-east. Thoughts of all those in this House, I know, are with the people of Western Australia, and...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Wages growth is the lowest in decades after eight long years of this government. Why is the Prime Minister making it worse and allowing cuts to wages through...
- COVID 19: Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on how the Morrison government's plans to continue our recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will focus on building...
- Workplace Relations (18 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Under the Prime Minister's industrial relations changes, a part-time disability care employee working a Friday to Sunday shift could lose more than $14,000 a...
- COVID-19: Regional Infrastructure (6 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...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Under the Prime Minister's industrial relations changes, a part-time car parking attendant working only three days a week, including Saturdays and Sundays,...
- Aged Care (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Louisa is 95 and receives a level 4 care package. Her provider charges over $1,100 every month in management fees. This is 25 per cent of...
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer remind the House how the Morrison government's focus on creating jobs and supporting livelihoods is helping to ensure a stronger Australia in...
- Manufacturing: Employment (2 speeches)
My question is for the Prime Minister. Almost 90,000 jobs in manufacturing have been lost under this eight-year government. Prime Minister, why has the government failed to protect jobs in...
- COVID-19: Vaccines (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Would the minister update the House on Australia's world-leading vaccination rates and how they can assure us of a strong uptake of the...
- Member for Hughes (2 speeches)
My question is for the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's previous answer in relation to the inappropriate purchase of watches by Christine Holgate: 'I was appalled', 'it's...
- Agriculture Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Drought, and Emergency Management. Will the minister outline to the House how new technologies are supporting the Morrison-McCormack government's...
- Law Enforcement Committee (11 speeches)
My question is to the member for Hughes in his capacity as Chair of the Joint Committee on Law Enforcement. I refer to the committee's current inquiry into criminal activity in law enforcement...
- Manufacturing (2 speeches)
My question goes to the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology. Will the minister please outline how the Morrison government is backing our manufacturers to create jobs as part of our plan...
- Member for Hughes (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How can the Prime Minister maintain the member for Hughes is doing a good job when, as chair of this parliament's Joint Committee on Law Enforcement, he...
- Mining Industry (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia. Will the minister update the House on the resilience of the resource sector and highlight how the Morrison government...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Covid-19 (3 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I respect the rulings that you've made in relation to matters that have been raised today by the opposition. But, on indulgence, I'll just say the following about matters that have...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Documents are tabled in accordance with the list circulated to honourable members earlier today. Full details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (16 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Watson proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's industrial...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That order of the day No. 3, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Gilmore Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
In regional communities in my electorate on the New South Wales South Coast our roads are very important to us. They are certainly very important to me. Since being elected as the member for...
- Uluru Statement from the Heart (1 speech)
The heart of this nation is good, but it needs healing. For us to move forward and be the best that we can be, its foundations have to be put right. The custodians of this land for over 60,000...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
Last year was a very tough year for many Australians. I have seen and continue to see people in my community under pressure. Some businesses have been forced to close for periods due to the...
- Australia Day, Migration (1 speech)
As another Australia Day has come and gone, it again provided an opportunity to reflect on and embrace the diversity of our community. The lead-up to 26 January and the day itself can be painful...
- COVID-19: Travel Industry (1 speech)
Tonight I wish to talk about travel agents and the tourism industry. COVID-19 has impacted many people, and it's been tremendously tough for so many Australians. But we're not out of the woods...
- Renewable Energy (1 speech)
There was exciting news this week for those that follow the energy transition that's underway in Australia. The Clean Energy Regulator estimates that in the year 2020 a record seven gigawatts of...
- Democracy (1 speech)
As the opportunity arises tonight, just a few minutes before the adjournment, I thought I might take the opportunity to say a few words about recent events in Washington DC and the violence we...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Rankin Electorate: Local Legends Awards (1 speech)
I want to speak today about the celebration of selflessness that we conduct each year in my community in the southern suburbs of Brisbane, the northern half of Logan City. The Local Legends...
- Robertson Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
I want to congratulate some outstanding Central Coast residents who were recently recognised as part of the 2021 Australia Day honours list. Pearl Beach resident Dr Denise Fleming was appointed a...
- Barton Electorate: Australia Day, St George District Cricket Club (1 speech)
On 26 January, which is a very fraught day in our Australian story, I attended a number of ceremonies. Firstly, I went to the WugulOra ceremony at Barangaroo, a cleansing ceremony and part of the...
- Horticulture Industry (1 speech)
I've sung the national anthem a few times in the last week, and I increasingly love these words: 'We've golden soil and wealth for toil, our home is girt by sea, our land abounds in nature's...
- Queensland: Tourism Industry (1 speech)
Ten years ago we had Cyclone Yasi. It was a very bad cyclone, but it was nothing compared to Cyclone Larry, which came before it. It was a disastrous cyclone 10 years ago. In the 10 years since,...
- COVID-19: Employment (1 speech)
The past 12 months have been an incredibly difficult time for a great many Australian workers. More than a million lost their jobs or had their hours reduced to zero thanks to the economic...
- Watson Electorate: Lunar New Year, Cheng, Maria, Canterbury Hospital (1 speech)
In my electorate in my part of Sydney not only the Chinese community but the Vietnamese and Korean communities always celebrate lunar new year, and the rest of the community celebrates it along...
- Brisbane Metro (1 speech)
I am pleased to share with the chamber that we will be seeing some boots on the ground soon as the Brisbane Metro project kicks up a gear in 2021. The Brisbane Metro is being delivered by the...
- Banks Electorate: Lions Club of Lugarno, All Starz Performing Arts Studio, East Hills Junior Rugby League Club (2 speeches)
I'm pleased to be able to speak today about Lugarno Lions and the incredible work they do in our community in Banks. Since 1974, Lugarno Lions have raised more than $3 million for community...
- Western Sydney: Environment (2 speeches)
It's not the first time I've spoken in parliament about the outrageous proposal to build two incinerators in my community, but, unfortunately, I have to do so again because these proposals remain...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Jeffery, Major General Hon. Philip Michael, AC, AO (Mil), CVO, MC (Retd) (6 speeches)
General Michael Jeffery was a soldier, a governor, a governor-general, a patriot, a statesman—somebody who was deeply concerned with and interested in Australia, its history, its...
