House debates
Tuesday, 8 February 2022
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Parliamentary Proceedings; Presentation (1 speech)
I present the following agreement for members to contribute remotely to parliamentary proceedings. The document read as follows— This agreement is made pursuant to the Resolution adopted...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (2 speeches)
I have to report to the House that on 6, 8 and 17 December 2021 I received advice from the Chief Government Whip nominating changes in the membership of certain committees. In accordance with...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Religious Discrimination Bill 2021; Second Reading (8 speeches)
Before the debate is resumed on this bill, I remind the House that it has been agreed that a general debate be allowed covering this bill, the Religious Discrimination (Consequential Amendments)...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Members of Parliament: Staff (5 speeches)
Nearly one year since the day Ms Brittany Higgins came forward with a horrific story about alleged crimes perpetrated on her in this building Australian women are still demanding answers from the...
- Parkes Electorate: Business (1 speech)
Last Friday night I attended the business awards in Dubbo, aptly named the Rhino Awards as a tribute to the stars at the Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo. What was particularly exciting about...
- Covid-19 (1 speech)
This summer a member of my community wrote to me in despair and said: My husband and I are older people and parents of two disabled adults. We've been made to feel expendable by the Morrison...
- Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
Over 2.2 million people live across the most productive agricultural region in Australia, and that is the Murray-Darling Basin. Those 2.2 million people are in extreme fear of a Labor government...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
Today I had the privilege of meeting Shirley, Ashka and Katie, who between them have worked more than 30 years in aged care. They came to Canberra to implore this parliament to address the...
- Leichhardt Electorate: Citizens of the Year (1 speech)
I rise this afternoon to place on the record and pay tribute to those in my community who were recently named as Citizens of the Year at recent local government Australia Day Awards ceremonies in...
- Commonwealth Scholarships Program for Young Australians (1 speech)
Everyone, wherever they live, deserves access to the best education and training Australia has to offer. But this government is deliberately making it harder for young people in my community to...
- Glenhaven Carols by Candlelight (1 speech)
It's rare that one event can bring the whole community together, but, for over 20 years, the Glenhaven Christmas carols is an event that can and does. Each year Glenhaven Oval fills with...
- Petition: Climate Change (1 speech)
There are 114 new coal and gas projects in the approvals pipeline, and right now both the government and the opposition want to see them developed. This would create 2½ times as much...
- Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
Today I would like to congratulate the recipients of awards in the 2022 Australia Day honours within my electorate of Boothby. I'm honoured to be able to congratulate this year's recipients and...
- Loadsman, Mrs Tascha (1 speech)
With sadness, I rise today to say farewell to an incredible member of the Queanbeyan community. After a long battle with motor neurone disease, Queanbeyan mother of five Tascha Loadsman passed...
- BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha (1 speech)
On Australia Day, I was privileged to attend the ceremony to commemorate the 20th anniversary of BAPS Perth at the temple in Wangara. BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha is a worldwide sociospiritual...
- Shortland Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
The Liberal government hates Medicare. That's why there's a GP crisis in Shortland right now. Shortland is the sixth oldest electorate in the country. We have a higher than average Indigenous...
- Groom Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
Health care is an economic mainstay of the Toowoomba region, contributing around $1.6 billion to our regional economy and accounting for one in five jobs in our fair city. That's why I was...
- Dunkley Electorate (1 speech)
Last week the Prime Minister came to my electorate and my community, and what did he do? He washed a young woman's hair! It's such a shame that he didn't tell me he was coming, because I would...
- Riverina Electorate: Wagga Wagga (3 speeches)
Here's a bit of a fun fact: there are around 11,000 beaches in Australia, which means that someone could go to a new beach every day for the next 30 years and not go to the same beach twice....
- Cox, Ms Wendy (1 speech)
Today, I'm making a big shout-out to Wendy Cox, who runs the Graceville Fine Foods & Deli, and her team. Everyone in Graceville knows Wendy. Last year, she received a Moreton Volunteers Award...
- Schools (1 speech)
As a career supporter of choice and faith based education and values, many of us in Brisbane were shocked by the actions of Citipointe Christian College last week. Brian Mulheran's notion of...
- Western Sydney: Health Care (2 speeches)
Now more than ever, Western Sydney deserves better health infrastructure. The population of the north-west is forecast to soar, and its needs cannot be absorbed by Blacktown and Westmead...
- Speaker (2 speeches)
Thank you, Mr Speaker. I think you're looking quite wonderful today, and can I say the entire chamber would agree with me on that point. Thank you.
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Ministry (0 speeches)
- Temporary Arrangements (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Defence Industry is unavailable today because of the border arrangements in Western Australia. She will be represented by the Minister for Defence.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Since the beginning of the year, at least 622 aged-care residents have died of COVID, more than double the number of deaths in the whole of last year. It's...
- Economy (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In an uncertain global environment it's crucial that decisions for our country's future are grounded in clear and consistent values and principles. Will the...
- Aged Care (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. On 2 February, when more than 500 people had already died of COVID in aged care this year and residents were being left without food and water, the minister...
- COVID-19: International Travel (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. This week the Morrison-Joyce government announced the reopening of our international borders. Will the Deputy Prime Minister please update the House...
- COVID-19: Prime Minister (9 speeches)
Yesterday the Prime Minister announced the defence forces would be operating in aged care, after repeatedly ruling it out—on 13 January, 19 January, 4 February and at other times. Why does...
- Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Isn't it the case that, if your Religious Discrimination Bill is passed, even with your amendments, a school can sack an unmarried teacher because she's...
- Economy (21 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer remind the House how the Morrison government's strong and principled economic management is driving unemployment to its lowest level in 13...
- Prime Minister, Aged Care (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister agree that it is the job of governments to look after the most vulnerable in our society, and that under this Prime Minister at least...
- Economy (19 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. How is the Morrison government's long history of cutting taxes helping Australian families and businesses keep more of what they earn? How are our values of...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Aged Care (34 speeches)
I seek leave to move: That the House: (1) notes: (a) in the third year of the pandemic, aged care remains in crisis, with almost 12,000 aged care residents and workers infected with COVID in more...
- 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.
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (2 speeches)
I move: That leave of absence until 29 March 2022 be given to the Honourable Member for Hindmarsh for parental leave purposes. If I may briefly speak to my motion, could I congratulate Mark and...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report Nos 12 to 15 of 2021-22 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's reports Nos 12 to 15 of 2021-22. Details of the reports will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings. Documents made parliamentary papers in accordance with the...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Coalition Government (17 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable the Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's...
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Council of the National Library of Australia (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the National Library Act 1960 , this House elect Mr Stevens to be a member of the Council of the National Library of Australia...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Trade and Investment Growth Joint Committee, Privileges and Members' Interests Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
The Speaker has received advice from the Chief Government Whip nominating changes in the membership of certain committees.
- Industry, Innovation, Science and Resources Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Industry, Innovation, Science and Resources, I present a corrigendum to the committee's report entitled The now frontier: developing Australia's space industry.
- Human Rights Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present the following reports: Human rights scrutiny report: report 15 of 2021 and the inquiry report into the Religious...
- Law Enforcement Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement, I present the committee's report entitled Criminal Code Amendment (Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material) Act 2019. Report made...
- Northern Australia Joint Committee; Report (5 speeches)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia, I present the committee's report, incorporating a dissenting report, entitled The engagement of traditional owners in the economic...
- Northern Australia Joint Committee; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
I move: That the order of the day be referred to the Federation Chamber for debate. Question agreed to.
- Treaties Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, I present the committee's report, incorporating a dissenting report, entitled Report 199:agreement for the exchange of naval nuclear...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Vaccination, Lilley Electorate: Budget Submission (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, as of today, over 90 per cent of the eligible Queensland population are fully vaccinated, a fact I'm sure you will celebrate as much as I do. Unfortunately I cannot be in my...
- Groom Electorate: Oakey Army Aviation Centre (1 speech)
I share the previous speaker's surprise at my speaking at this time. The town of Oakey in my electorate of Groom is a very proud garrison town. If you drive down the main street in the morning,...
- Health Care (1 speech)
Just over two years ago, on 25 January 2020, the first case of COVID-19 was detected in Australia. While our initial response was strong and we took advantage of our isolation on an island,...
- New South Wales: Infrastructure (1 speech)
When it comes to infrastructure, the Left cannot be trusted, whether they call themselves Labor, Greens, Climate 200, fake Independents. Some people are coming up with preposterous names, like...
- Macquarie Electorate: Equine Studies, Macquarie Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
The New South Wales government plans to cut equine courses from Richmond TAFE are ringing alarm bells in the Hawkesbury. The government plans to cut three racing industry courses. Certificate III...
- Grey Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
I've got some good news to share with you. Today, the heavy work began on the duplication of the Augusta Highway beginning at Port Wakefield, with the first two sections to go through to Lochiel....
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Secret Harbour Surf Life Saving Club, Secret Harbour Dockers Cricket Club (1 speech)
I want to congratulate the Secret Harbour Surf Life Saving Club on celebrating its 40th anniversary. With Perth sweating through one of its hottest summers on record, I, alongside many others in...
- Boosting Female Founders Initiative, Reid Electorate: Sporting Facilities (1 speech)
The government is busy delivering in my electorate of Reid. Over the past months I have been in the community seeing positive impacts of our plan. We have been helping local female business...
- Cooper Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
I rise to inform the House about some of the experiences of my constituents over the past months and weeks. There are some 25 million Australians—25 million people who go to school, work...
- Fairfax Electorate: Homelessness (1 speech)
It was a Monday morning, 9 September 2019. He was found dead at the back of the Maroochy Neighbourhood Centre in Maroochydore. He had been sleeping in his sleeping bag. He was attacked and...
- Solomon Electorate: Travel Industry (1 speech)
COVID has been a complex challenge not just here in Australia but around the world, leaving few aspects of our lives untouched. Small and medium-sized businesses continue to be impacted,...
- Parkes Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
I'd like to speak about the air of optimism that's across the Parkes electorate at the moment. That's obvious, following the good seasons and the fact that the Darling River is now in...
- Western Australia: Bushfires (1 speech)
Summer brings out the best in Australia and the best of Australians. We enjoy our beaches and the protection that surf lifesavers provide us. In my electorate of Perth, the fringe festival makes...
- Katie Rose Cottage Hospice, Sunshine Butterflies (1 speech)
If the measure of a community is how it treats its sick, its disabled and those at end of life then Noosa should be commended. It has two unique places that are treasured safe havens for those...
- Lunar New Year, Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 (1 speech)
Many hundreds of thousands of Australians have just celebrated the Lunar New Year. It is celebrated by many, of course, as Chinese New Year and by many Vietnamese Australians as Tet. They've...
- Page Electorate: Surf Lifesaving, Irwin, Ms Janet, Page Electorate: Australia Day Awards (2 speeches)
I would like to acknowledge five young men who became heroes on Christmas Eve. Fifteen-year-old Charlie Ticknor, 14-year-olds Oliver Arragon and Sol Novak, 12-year-old Max McGillivray and...
- Mead, Sister Janet (1 speech)
On 26 January, the electorate of Adelaide and, indeed, our nation lost a true legend and an angel: Sister Janet Mead passed away, leaving an impressive legacy. She was born in Adelaide in 1938...
- Riverina Electorate: Bland Shire Council (1 speech)
Bland, Dull and Boring—I'm not passing reflections on anybody in this chamber; I'm talking about three local government areas. Bland Shire is in my electorate and its centrepiece is West...
- Kingston Electorate: Hincks, Ms Louise (1 speech)
While most of South Australia was dealing with a summer plagued with COVID-19, it was business as usual on many fronts when it came to natural disasters in South Australia, and volunteer...
- South Australia: Floods (1 speech)
I'm very mindful of the member for Kingston's comments there about the loss of the life of a wonderful volunteer. It just reminds us of what an amazing place Australia is, because in another part...
- COVID-19: Aged Care (1 speech)
If there were any doubt about the dismissive and supercilious attitude of the Morrison government to the crisis in aged care, it was on full display in question time today—dismissive of...
- Higgins Electorate: Percy Treyvaud Memorial Park (1 speech)
If the pandemic has taught us one thing, it's that we are using and appreciating facilities in our local neighbourhoods more now than ever before. With that, we as a government are cognisant of...
- McEwen Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Consistency is important in government, and this government has been very consistent—consistent in misleading the people of our communities. Over nine long years of this deceit-filled,...
- Gippsland Lakes (1 speech)
I rise to raise my concerns in relation to the management of the iconic Gippsland Lakes, which are a jewel in the Gippsland tourism crown. The Gippsland Lakes are a complex coastal lagoon system...
- Lilley Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
I rise today to fight for an important health funding issue that is impacting Northsiders and the hospitals in my electorate of Lilley. In March 2022 the Morrison government is set to begin...
- Housing Affordability (2 speeches)
All of us know the importance of housing, but a lot of us take it for granted. If there's one thing I've made a commitment of in my career, it's to make sure that housing is as affordable and...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Federal Election (1 speech)
Australians are hard workers, and they deserve to be rewarded for their hard work. But, for nearly a decade now, the Liberals have put the needs of Australian families and workers way back on the...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (3 speeches)
It's a pleasure to rise in this grievance debate. There are plenty of grievances that people have. One that many people know that I have is with the vaccine mandates that have been rolled out...
- Eden-Monaro Electorate: Black Summer Bushfires, Eden-Monaro Electorate: Volunteers (1 speech)
I rise today to implore the government to get a move on and immediately roll out funding under the Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grants Program. It's been two years since the Black Summer...
- Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 (1 speech)
The Religious Discrimination Bill closes a gap in our Commonwealth legal framework that currently leaves many Australians who have faith vulnerable to discrimination. It is the remaining piece of...
- COVID-19: Aged Care (1 speech)
There can be no doubt whatsoever that the aged-care sector is in crisis. Tonight I give a voice to people in Gilmore telling me about the crisis in aged care—family members and aged-care...
- Western Australian Government (2 speeches)
RICK WILSON () (): I rise today to raise several grievances my electorate of O'Connor has with the WA state Labor government. This is a state government whose Premier and Treasurer boasts about a...
