House debates
Monday, 24 May 2021
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Petitions Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the 26th report of the Petitions Committee for the 46th parliament together with 46 petitions and 18 ministerial responses to the petitions previously presented. HOUSE OF...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Responses (1 speech)
I present the following ministerial responses to petitions previously presented:
- Statements (1 speech)
The petitions I present today focus on a broad range of issues important to the Australian public. These include, of course, COVID-19, alongside other longstanding and important issues such as...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Liability for Climate Change Damage (Make the Polluters Pay) Bill 2021; Second Reading (4 speeches)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. They knew. The big coal, oil and gas corporations knew, in some cases as far back as the 1970s, that their product was causing damage and could...
- Independent Office of Animal Welfare Bill 2021; Second Reading (4 speeches)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill establishes an independent Commonwealth statutory authority, called the Office of Animal Welfare, that is responsible for protecting...
- Budget (15 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises the important work being carried out in Australian businesses to research and commercialise new ideas; (2) acknowledges that the Government has supported...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- New South Wales Floods (12 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes the devastating effects of extreme rainfall that caused extensive flooding across areas of New South Wales in March 2021, resulting in disaster declarations in...
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Parliamentary Procedure (1 speech)
I wish to draw the attention of members to the current arrangements in this chamber and the Federation Chamber and for committee rooms. Any changes are of course in line with the current...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Member for Bowman (10 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the member for Griffith from moving the following motion immediately: That the House: (1) notes that: (a) the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Sherwood Respite Service Inc (1 speech)
I'm deeply saddened by the pressure mounting on the Sherwood Respite Service, a wonderful organisation in Moreton started by good hearted locals three decades ago. Back then, the local Meals on...
- Herbert Electorate: Crime (1 speech)
Townsville's crime crisis is spiralling out of control, and the inaction from the state Labor government is becoming more increasingly obvious. We have stolen cars, carjackings and home...
- COVID-19: International Travel, COVID-19: International Development Assistance (1 speech)
Never before in our Federation has it been illegal for Australians to come home, but a few weeks ago this government made it so for Australians stuck in India. It wasn't just wrong; it was...
- Forde Electorate: YFS (1 speech)
One of the great organisations in Logan is YFS. They help many families in Logan struggling to overcome adversity and to thrive. I am delighted to report to the House that the government shares...
- Energy (1 speech)
Deputy Speaker, I rise today to tell you a joke. It begins: the Morrison government will invest $600 million to build a new gas-fired power station in the Hunter Valley. The punchline: taxpayer...
- Covid-19 (1 speech)
I would like to touch on this complex area of arrival, biochemistry and COVID. A Sunday Telegraph article by James Campbell yesterday pointed out that rapid antigen testing would reduce from 13...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
Today we had another two likely cases of coronavirus in Melbourne. First of all, we thank them for all of their efforts in order to get their interviews and to isolate and to work with all of the...
- Narrows Escape Rainforest Retreat, Fisher Electorate: Domestic Violence (1 speech)
Today I want to talk about something that isn't talked about in this House very much, and that's a little bit of romance. Just in the last week, Tripadvisor have announced the world's most...
- Women in the Workforce (1 speech)
Ella Iaria is a 19-year-old country woman from Myrtleford in my electorate of Indi. She was one of this year's winner of the ABC's Heywire program. Heywire amplifies the voice of a new...
- COVID-19: Employment (1 speech)
Last week I was very pleased to welcome the Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business, the Honourable Stuart Robert, to my electorate of Robertson. We visited a number...
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
I rise to recognise the very powerful women from frontline domestic and family violence services in Newcastle who drove all the way to Canberra to make their voices heard by this government about...
- JDRF Type 1 Challenge (1 speech)
A strong nation doesn't leave vulnerable Australians behind. JDRF Australia is working tirelessly to improve the lives of people with type 1 diabetes and to discover a cure. It was inspiring to...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
Last Thursday, I received my first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine. The sore arm has gone, four days later, and I can report no side effects. I say this in this place because I want a message to...
- Blair Farms (1 speech)
A couple of weeks ago, I travelled to Horsham to meet with an innovative young farmer, Thomas Blair. Tom is a third-generation farmer and runs Blair Farms with his father and grandfather. Tom was...
- GTNT Group Awards (1 speech)
I want to acknowledge our Territory trainees and apprentices and the host businesses that they work in. I want to acknowledge all finalists and, of course, the category winners from the GTNT...
- National Anzac Centre (1 speech)
The National Anzac Centre, in my home town of Albany, is an essential memorial to our Anzac heritage. Opened in 2014 by Prime Minister Abbott and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, the centre...
- de Mel, Dr Leela (1 speech)
Yesterday Dr Leela de Mel, known to those who loved and knew her simply as Leela, passed away peacefully at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, after a long and brave struggle. Many of the people here...
- Bribie Island Butterfly House (1 speech)
Today I would like to talk about a local charity in my electorate of Longman that literally gives you butterflies. I remember vividly the first time I stepped into the Bribie Island Butterfly...
- Middle East (2 speeches)
Ido Avigal, aged five; Nadine Awad, aged 16; Ahmad Tanani, aged two; nine-month-old Mohammad Dayyeh; Hoor al-Zamli, aged two; six-month-old Ibrahim al-Rantisi; nine-month-old Mohammad al-Attar;...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Tame, Ms Grace (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to an interview in which Australian of the Year Grace Tame has said that, after her powerful acceptance speech at the award ceremony, the Prime...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister please outline to the House how the Morrison government's plan for economic recovery is working, especially for regional communities...
- Employment (8 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Can the Treasurer confirm that more than 30,000 Australians lost their jobs in April, that 64,000 people gave up looking for work altogether and that, for those...
- Budget (12 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia. Will the Deputy Prime Minister inform the House about the McCormack-Morrison government plans for economic recovery...
- Members of Parliament: Staff (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. This morning Senate estimates was told that, more than two years after the reported sexual assault of Brittany Higgins in this building, there have been no...
- COVID 19: Vaccination (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Widespread COVID-19 vaccination is crucial to keeping Australians safe. I represent a border community that suffered enormously from the New South Wales and...
- Budget (5 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer remind the House how the Morrison government's economic plan continues to generate more jobs for all Australians, especially young people and...
- Taxation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer remind the House how the Morrison government keeps delivering on its promises to cut taxes for hardworking Australians and their families to...
- Budget (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The government's own budget papers forecast a cut to real wages over the next four years. For a worker in education and training, that amounts to a cut in...
- Defence Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government's plan for our defence industry works by creating more jobs and backing...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that, as well as cutting real wages over the next four years, his government has also refused to back an increase to the...
- Manufacturing Industry (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology. Would the minister informed the House how the Morrison government's manufacturing plan is working to back regional...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister give a straight answer on when Australians will be fully vaccinated against COVID-19?
- Housing (2 speeches)
My question is the . Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison-McCormick government's plan to help Australians achieve their goal of owning their own home and create more jobs is...
- COVID 19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Commonwealth is receiving 1.4 million doses of COVID vaccine each week. How is it that the government is only putting 500,000 doses per week into...
- Budget (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia. Will the minister outline how the Morrison government's plan for economic recovery is backing our minerals industry and...
- Australian Defence Force (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence. Will the minister inform the House how the Morrison government's significant investment in defence is working in our regions to secure jobs and keep...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (15 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Why did the health minister last week give Australians over 50 a wink and a nod that it was okay to wait for an mRNA vaccine later in the...
- Mental Health (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is securing Australia's future by investing in the mental health and...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
In an earlier answer to a question from the member for Watson, I made reference to a previous government submission. In 2009, the Labor government made a submission on labour and the minimum...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- 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.
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 38 of 2020-21 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's Performance Audit report No. 38 of 2020-21 entitled Defence's implementation of cultural reform: Department of Defence. Document made a parliamentary paper in...
- Privilege (0 speeches)
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On Thursday 13 May, the Member for Hughes raised as a matter of privilege whether his banning by Facebook from its social media platforms constitutes an improper interference with the free...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (1 speech)
I have received a message from the Senate informing the House of the appointment of senators to certain joint committees. As the list of appointments is a lengthy one, I do not propose to read...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2021-2022, Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2021-2022, Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2021-2022; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
I declare that, unless otherwise ordered, at the adjournment of debate on the motion for the second reading of the Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2021-22, the following bills stand referred to the...
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2021-2022, Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2021-2022, Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2021-2022; Second Reading (33 speeches)
As we have heard said by many journalists and other contributors to this debate, the Morrison government's 2021-22 budget, presented to parliament just two weeks ago, was clearly an election...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Middle East (1 speech)
I have been horrified by the last few weeks of escalating violence that has left hundreds dead and thousands injured, particularly in Gaza. Recently, Queenslanders joined in commemorating the...
- Reid Electorate: Powering Communities Program, Climate Change, Italian National Day and Republic Day (1 speech)
The long arms of government bureaucracy do not create a community spirit. A community spirit is formed when people and organisations come together with a shared purpose and provide help and...
- Housing Affordability (1 speech)
I rise to speak in this place tonight about an all too common and growing problem in my electorate on the New South Wales South Coast. Tonight, as we go home, hundreds of people—the...
- Swan Electorate: Epichem, Swan Electorate: Pawsey Supercomputing Centre (1 speech)
I rise tonight to add to the adjournment debate. I must admit, having been here for 13 years, eight years of which have been in government, I don't feel tired at all. The government is forging...
- Ramadan, Middle East (1 speech)
The month of Ramadan came to an end earlier this month. For many it was a joyous time, following the health restrictions of last year's Ramadan and COVID lockdown. Families, friends and...
- Sport (1 speech)
Tardiness is next to godlessness, but what's more important than that is making sure that, with the Olympics coming up, we have the capacity to ensure that we have a fair competition, the...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Dunkley Electorate: Community Services (1 speech)
While the Morrison government goes around the country spruiking its budget and talking up and self-congratulating themselves over the so-called economic recovery, there are significant parts of...
- Wentworth Electorate: Sport (3 speeches)
I rise to acknowledge and congratulate the local sporting champions in my electorate of Wentworth—12 young, high-achieving sports champions who have risen in their chosen sport to compete...
- Fraser Electorate: Australian Vietnamese Arts, Fraser Electorate: Volunteer West (1 speech)
This weekend I was delighted to join with many members of Fraser's Vietnamese community to celebrate the 10th birthday of Australian Vietnamese Arts. The AVA is actually 11 years old but its 10th...
- Ryan Electorate: Brookfield Show (1 speech)
There is nothing like attending your local regional show and the recent Brookfield Show in my electorate of Ryan did not disappoint. The show has been a two-day event since 1910 and at that point...
- Housing Affordability (1 speech)
My electorate has some of the most beautiful spa country in the state with the towns of Daylesford and Hepburn Springs amongst the most popular. During the lockdowns of 2020, many Melburnians...
- Sturt Electorate: Budget (1 speech)
It was a great pleasure to welcome the Treasurer to my electorate of Sturt last week, on Monday. Obviously, he is travelling the length and breadth of the country talking about the budget and...
- Abalone Industry (1 speech)
I'd like to take this opportunity to share the concerns of a local worker in my electorate. A few weeks back, I spoke with an abalone diver who told me he was struggling, and he told me it was...
- Budget (1 speech)
I want to give a snapshot of the budget and what it means for Townsville and to talk about some of the numbers. Sixty-eight thousand of the 108,000 people in the electorate of Herbert will be...
- Housing Affordability (1 speech)
This government has had eight years to fix the problem of housing affordability on the coast, which is just getting worse. It's harder to rent than ever before and it's harder to buy than ever...
- Calare Electorate: Youth (2 speeches)
Today I rise to pay tribute to the youth who live, study and work in the Calare electorate. Their infectious enthusiasm and the amazing things these achievers are doing in the community offer an...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Euthanasia (10 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) the Euthanasia Laws Act 1997 (known as the Andrews Bill) amended the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 and the Northern...
- Energy (14 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges that under the Government, we have seen: (a) a record eight consecutive quarters of year-on-year consumer price index reductions in retail electricity...
- Housing (14 speeches)
I thank the member for Macnamara for moving this very important motion and for the opportunity to add my voice to this pressing issue. Is it really too much to ask that every Australian have a...
- Defence Industry (8 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) the Government's $270 billion investment in Australia's defence capability is creating thousands of jobs and opportunities for small businesses across...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
So much for being at the front of the vaccination queue. Some of the most vulnerable Australians—people with disabilities who live in residential care in my electorate—are still...
- Arrow, Ms Gloria Jean (1 speech)
A valuable link to Mackay's pioneering past was lost this month with the sad passing of Gloria Arrow, a faithful and steadfast protector and promoter of a bygone era through her 60 year tenure...
- Migration (1 speech)
Recently I was lucky enough to visit with Kayaan Katyal and his parents, Varun and Priyanka, in my electorate. I spent time with Varun and Priyanka talking about how our community could stop...
- Victorian Government: Suppliers (1 speech)
I've been shocked this afternoon to learn that the Victorian government has set up a new method whereby they are going to send their contracts out, or another group of state purchasing contracts,...
- Somalia: Operation Solace (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the lack of official recognition of those deployed to Somalia on Operation Solace in 1993. This was a peace enforcement deployment based around the 1st Battalion of the...
- Cowper Electorate: Rapid Relief Team (1 speech)
The farmers in my electorate are certainly the backbone of our economy, and it would be an understatement to say that the last few years have been extremely tough for them. A long drought,...
- Middle East (1 speech)
It is with relief that I rise today to commend Israel and Palestine for agreeing to a ceasefire, as well as Egypt for mediating the truce. The violence and loss of life that we have seen in...
- Stirling Electorate: Infrastructure, Western Australia: Economy, COVID-19: Testing and Detection (1 speech)
It was wonderful to be joined in Stirling last week by my colleague the Minister for Finance. We West Aussies love to show off everything that our great state has to offer to our interstate...
- Cancer (1 speech)
Last month I met with a Forest Lake mum of three, Susan Riley. Last year, at the age of 45, she was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer, five years after she started getting regular...
- The Agile Project (1 speech)
I recently attended a special event in my electorate to mark the start of the relocation of hundreds of agile wallabies to a safer habitat. It will be Australia's largest ever macropod...
- Kabul: Attacks (1 speech)
On 9 May, Sayed ul-Shuhada High School in Kabul, Afghanistan was bombed, killing at least 85 people, mostly Hazara schoolgirls, and injuring another 147. The attack happened in the afternoon,...
- Fighting Chance (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge the extraordinary work done by Fighting Chance, a remarkable not-for-profit group on the Northern Beaches. Fighting Chance, which opened its doors in 2011, designs and...
- McEwen Electorate: Health Services (1 speech)
Every week I'm inundated by calls from my constituents: the scared parents of young children; families and partners of those struggling with chronic illness; and healthcare workers who are...
- Swift, Dr Rachel (1 speech)
I would like to congratulate Dr Rachel Swift who has been preselected by the Liberal Party members in Boothby to be the Liberal candidate for Boothby at the next election. Boothby is where Dr...
- Australian Vietnamese Women's Association (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge the important role that the Australian Vietnamese Women's Association plays in the Fraser community. The Australian Vietnamese Women's Association assists with the...
- New South Wales: Upper Hunter By-Election (1 speech)
The people of the New South Wales seat of Upper Hunter have spoken. They're good, practical people and they are full of common sense. On Saturday night, I was delighted to congratulate the New...
- Dunkley Electorate: Mental Health (1 speech)
The importance of community and connectivity to good mental health has been pointed out to us over the past 18 months perhaps more than ever. Today I want to congratulate the people who ran two...
- Red Shield Appeal (1 speech)
This coming weekend, thousands of volunteers across Australia will be joining the Salvos in knocking on doors for the annual Red Shield Appeal. The Salvation Army does such incredible work for...
- COVID-19: Young Women (1 speech)
We know that young Australians have borne the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic, but a recent report, led by young South Australian women and supported by the Working Women's Centre, demonstrated...
- TradeMutt (1 speech)
TradeMutt is a clothing company, and this is part of their story, from Dan: Towards the end of 2016, everything for me came to a grinding halt. I was floored by the news that one of my best mates...
- Middle East (1 speech)
The violence in the Israeli and the Palestinian territories that occurred over the past fortnight was awful and barbaric. It's a mercy there is now a ceasefire in place. Those who have suffered,...
- Palaszczuk Government (1 speech)
The Queensland Premier has been caught out in a lie. It gives me no pleasure to report that her supposedly detailed proposal for a quarantine facility at Wellcamp airport was revealed in the...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
Max Good is 84. He contacted my office a few weeks ago, explaining that he had to make a round trip of more than 110 kilometres—past, literally, dozens and dozens of GP offices—to get...
- Curtin Electorate: Memory Cafes (1 speech)
Forget-me-not cafes are a great initiative where people can come together to support others with dementia and their carers. They provide a safe place for people to visit, socialise and interact...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
Last Friday I was very proud to support thousands of heroes who gathered in my electorate of Melbourne for the School Strike 4 Climate. There were of course the witty signs—'I've seen...
- Member for Shortland (8 speeches)
I want to quote what a union official from the Hunter Valley said to me: 'The miners have lost faith in the Labor Party, mate, but the Nats and One Nation did some damage with the IR legislation...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
Older Australians deserve better than this government. They deserve a government that's committed to fixing our broken aged-care system. Instead they've got a government that is still failing to...
- Bowman Electorate: Redland Hospital (1 speech)
After Logan Hospital, Redland Hospital has the worst ramping in Queensland. Back in 2019 37 per cent of all admissions were being ramped, 500 hours of ambulance time was being spent just sitting...
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
This morning a number of frontline domestic and family violence workers from the Hunter held the dresses of sorrow protest at the front of building. It was an incredibly powerful event...
- Berowra Electorate: Floating Oyster Wine Bar (2 speeches)
Recently, I attended the grand opening of a fantastic new business in my electorate, the Floating Oyster Wine Bar, located on the beautiful Hawkesbury River. This charming new floating restaurant...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Aged Care (9 speeches)
I move: That: (1) a joint select committee, to be known as the Joint Select Committee on Oversight of the Implementation of Recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Indigenous Tourism (10 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) Indigenous tourism plays a vital role in supporting businesses, creating jobs and driving economic empowerment of Indigenous Australians; (b) the...
- Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Memorial Bursary (8 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges the launch of the Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Bursary on 18 March 2021 at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra; (2) notes that the bursary is: (a) a...
- Higher Education (26 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that the Government is: (a) supporting universities through the COVID-19 pandemic and creating more opportunities for young people to study; and (b) investing...
- Bills (0 speeches)
