House debates
Thursday, 26 August 2021
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Approval of Work (1 speech)
On behalf of the Assistant Minister to the Minister for the Public Service, I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, it is expedient to carry out...
- Public Works Committee; Reference (1 speech)
On behalf of the Assistant Minister to the Minister for the Public Service, I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, the following proposed work be...
- Law Enforcement Committee; Report (4 speeches)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement, I present the following reports: Examination of the Australian Federal Police annual report 2019-20, and Vaccine related fraud...
- Law Enforcement Committee; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
I move: That the orders of the day be referred to the Federation Chamber for debate. Question agreed to.
- Treaties Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, I present the committee's report, incorporating dissenting reports, entitled Report 193: Strengthening the trade agreement and treaty-making...
- Human Rights Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present the committee's report entitled Human rights scrutiny report: Report 10 of 2021. Report made a parliamentary paper in...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That order of the day No. 4, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Afghanistan (12 speeches)
I call the member for Berowra in continuation.
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Rifi, Dr Jamal (1 speech)
Dr Jamal Rifi is well known to most members of parliament. He is a national figure and a local hero. He has led the push in my part of Sydney for information about COVID-19 in community...
- Patterson, Ms Lakeisha (Lucky) (1 speech)
I want to give a big shout-out today to our wonderful young Australian, 23-year-old Lakeisha 'Lucky' Patterson, who won gold in the S9 400 metres freestyle last night in Tokyo. When Lucky was...
- Member for Dawson (1 speech)
Recently, the member for Dawson stood in this House and like so many of his ilk sought to co-opt the meaning of the Eureka Stockade for his own political purposes. The member sought to use the...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
[by video link] As of yesterday, we have delivered 18 million doses of the vaccine across the country, including over 6.16 million in the last 28 days. This means that more than 55 per cent of...
- COVID-19: Young People (1 speech)
[by video link] Our first big night out with friends; that first camping trip; that first overseas trip; that first day of uni, or of TAFE or of starting your first job; those rites of passage...
- Central Coast (1 speech)
[by video link] I want to update the House on our fight to have the Central Coast declared as a standalone region, with Gosford as our capital city. That's because while the Central Coast has...
- Eden-Monaro Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
[by video link] Today, those in regional communities across New South Wales would have heard the news that we have to remain in lockdown until 10 September, on the back of over a thousand cases...
- Fabian, Mr Garry (1 speech)
It takes an extraordinary individual to turn tragedy into teaching. That is why we celebrate the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Verdienstorden, being awarded to South...
- Greenway Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
[by video link] Western Sydney, including my electorate of Greenway, is struggling as a direct result of the Morrison government's failure to plan for and manage the COVID-19 pandemic. They...
- Afghanistan (1 speech)
[by video link] Three hands united together with a texta tick on the back of each was the photo in my text messages this morning. These were the hands of a mother and her two young children at...
- Indi Electorate: Tourism Infrastructure (1 speech)
Today I raise a glass to the people championing a vision for north-east Victoria, to put the Prosecco Road redevelopment on the map. Yesterday, the plans were tabled at the Rural City of...
- Tokyo Paralympic Games, Taylor, Ms Tyan (1 speech)
[by video link] Much like the majority of this country, I'm currently in an area affected by lockdowns. We can only go out for an hour. We can't see our friends and family. We're all restricted...
- Shortland Electorate: COVID-19 Vaccination (1 speech)
[by video link] The suburb of Windale is 10 minutes from my electorate office. It's a special place. I had a street stall there just a few weeks ago. It is also one of the most disadvantaged...
- Higgins Electorate: Level Crossings (1 speech)
The Glenferrie Road level crossing in my seat of Higgins is dangerous and congested. I know because I lived along the railway line when my family was young. With railroad, trams and pedestrians...
- COVID-19: Quarantine (1 speech)
The people of Australia have called on this government to act on their constitutional responsibility to deliver effective quarantine. I, along with the federal Labor leader, have called on the...
- Menzies Electorate: Broadband (1 speech)
I rise to relay some good news for some 2,345 businesses in the Menzies electorate which will benefit from cheaper and faster broadband with the NBN Co announcing the establishment of a business...
- NT Working Women's Centre (1 speech)
A petition has launched today calling for the federal government to commit to stable, ongoing funding for the NT Working Women's Centre, which I'm very pleased to support. Those opposite cut the...
- Afghanistan (1 speech)
Last night I spoke in this place about the situation in Afghanistan and the impact on the Afghan community in northern Tasmania. As always, my words in this place reflect the views my community...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
On Tuesday in question time the Minister for Health and Aged Care announced a new disability vaccination hub would be opening in my electorate of Newcastle next Monday. This was welcome news...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Prime Minister (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the delta strain which emerged in India in October and was wreaking havoc by April, so deadly that the Prime Minister told returning Australians...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Australians, including my electorate of Higgins, are coming forward to be vaccinated in record numbers. They want to see the implementation of the national...
- COVID-19: Morrison Government (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Last year the Prime Minister said Australians needed to come out from under the doona. Now he says to Queenslanders and Western Australians we need to come...
- COVID-19: Regional Australia (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Will the Deputy Prime Minister update the House on how rural and regional communities are playing a significant role in the Morrison-Joyce...
- COVID-19: Quarantine (2 speeches)
Today, the Queensland Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, has announced that construction has begun on a fit-for-purpose quarantine facility at Wellcamp Airport in Toowoomba, one that will be up and...
- COVID-19: Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Minister, in three weeks time, on 17 September, residential aged-care workers cannot work unless they've had a vaccination. In my...
- COVID-19: Economic Recovery (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. With over $311 billion in direct economic and health support already committed and a rapid vaccination rollout underway, will the Treasurer remind the House how...
- COVID-19: Hospitals (3 speeches)
[by video link] My question is to the Prime Minister. How many hospitals in New South Wales are unable to accept ambulances carrying COVID patients because they are stretched beyond capacity? How...
- Afghanistan (3 speeches)
[by video link] My question is to the Minister for Defence. Will the minister please outline to the House how Australian Defence Force personnel are continuing to bring Australians and Australian...
- COVID-19: Hospitals (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why are ambulances being forced to wait with COVID patients for hours on end, parked outside Sydney hospitals, because these hospitals are being overwhelmed?...
- Afghanistan (6 speeches)
[by video link] My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister please update the House on the Morrison government's continuing assistance to help resettle Afghan nationals,...
- COVID-19: Quarantine (2 speeches)
[by video link] My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that, a week after announcing an MOU with the Western Australian government to build a quarantine facility at...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (7 speeches)
[by video link] My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Will the minister please update the House on how GPs and pharmacies across the country are contributing to the record...
- Energy (2 speeches)
[by video link] My question is to the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. Securing our energy supply will provide certainty for businesses and households across Australia, including in...
- COVID-19: COVIDSafe App (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. The health minister said the Morrison-Joyce government's COVIDSafe app has not been used to identify a single contact during the Sydney...
- Defence Industry: Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry. Australia's defence industry is a significant and important contributor to our economy. It helps create thousands of jobs across the country,...
- Covid-19 (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. On 24 June, the minister told the House that having no Australian in ICU due to COVID was a real measure of the government's success. Today there are...
- COVID-19: Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts. Will the minister inform the House how the Morrison government is sticking to the national plan and...
- Covid-19 (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister act on the constructive proposal Labor outlined in the 2020 budget reply and establish an Australian centre for disease control so...
- COVID-19: Regional Australia (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Regional Health. Will the minister update the House on the progress the Morrison-Joyce government is making in rolling out the COVID-19 vaccines to regional,...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Just 18 per cent of First Nations Australians are fully vaccinated; just half of aged-care workers are fully vaccinated; just 28 per cent of NDIS...
- COVID-19: Indigenous Australians (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians. Would the minister please update the House on the progress of the COVID-19 vaccination rollout in remote Indigenous communities and the...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Australian National Audit Office; Presentation (1 speech)
I present the annual report of the Australian National Audit Office for 2020-21. Document made parliamentary paper in accordance with the resolution agreed to on 28 March 2018.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Morrison Government (16 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The impact of the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Member for Clark; Presentation (1 speech)
by leave—Pursuant to the agreement with the government, where for crossbench members where currently there's no pairing arrangement the issue has been raised that they want to have how they...
- Member for Melbourne; Presentation (1 speech)
by leave—I table a voting intention document from the member for Melbourne.
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Afghanistan (1 speech)
I rise to begin some comments, given the time of the day, on this very significant motion moved by the Prime Minister, and to indicate to the House my support for the motion. I do so as one of...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Paterson Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
[by video link] Today we've seen a new low for my home state of New South Wales, with more than 1,000 people being detected as positive with COVID-19. It is now time for the state government to...
- Tasmania: Renewable Energy (1 speech)
Good news from the great state of Tasmania today—and, in mentioning Tasmania, I'd like to point out to the House that Tasmania makes up just one per cent of Australia's landmass. We receive...
- COVID-19: Dementia (1 speech)
[by video link] Dementia targets us all. There are more than 470,000 Australians living with dementia and over 1.6 million Australians involved in their care. In the electorate I represent on the...
- Internet Content (1 speech)
[by video link] Nobody who ever walks into the ACCCE leaves unchanged. The ACCCE is the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation, and to walk into that centre and see the work that the AFP...
- Health Care (1 speech)
[by video link] Timely access to high-quality, affordable health care should be available to all Australians. This is an issue that has been plaguing my community for some time, because many...
- Afghanistan (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the very volatile and dangerous situation that has been evolving every day in Afghanistan recently. The situation stands as one of the most unpredictable foreign affairs issues...
