House debates
Wednesday, 16 February 2022
- Parliamentary Representation (0 speeches)
- Valedictory (5 speeches)
FLINT (—) (): on indulgence—I thank you, Mr Speaker, and the chamber for their indulgence. Good morning, Prime Minister. I wrote two versions of this speech. Thank you, Member for...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Electoral Legislation Amendment (Foreign Influences and Offences) Bill 2022, Electoral Legislation Amendment (Authorisations) Bill 2022, Electoral Legislation Amendment (COVID Enfranchisement) Bill 2022; Second Reading (27 speeches)
Before the House this morning are three bills: the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Foreign Influences and Offences) Bill 2022, the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Authorisations) Bill 2022 and...
- Electoral Legislation Amendment (Foreign Influences and Offences) Bill 2022, Electoral Legislation Amendment (Authorisations) Bill 2022, Electoral Legislation Amendment (COVID Enfranchisement) Bill 2022; Consideration in Detail (5 speeches)
I move the amendment circulated in my name: (1) Schedule 1, page 12 (after line 14), at the end of the Schedule, add: Part 3 — Freedom of parliamentary proceedings Commonwealth Electoral...
- Electoral Legislation Amendment (Foreign Influences and Offences) Bill 2022, Electoral Legislation Amendment (Authorisations) Bill 2022, Electoral Legislation Amendment (COVID Enfranchisement) Bill 2022; Third Reading (1 speech)
FLETCHER (—) (): by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Electoral Legislation Amendment (Authorisations) Bill 2022; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Electoral Legislation Amendment (COVID Enfranchisement) Bill 2022; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure Protection) Bill 2022; Second Reading (10 speeches)
I rise to speak to this bill, the Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure Protection) Bill 2022, and in doing so I move: That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Australian Bushfires (1 speech)
Thirty-nine years ago today, on 16 February 1983, the Ash Wednesday bushfires devastated numerous communities across Victoria and South Australia. The fires took the lives of 75 people. Fourteen...
- Chisholm Electorate: Huntingtower School (1 speech)
Chisholm is such a fantastic to live and raise a family, and a big reason for this is our great local schools. Last week, I had the pleasure of stopping by Huntingtower School in Mount Waverley...
- Lyons Electorate: Medical Workforce (1 speech)
As most in this chamber would know, there is a crisis in regional areas when it comes to accessing GPs. I'm just beside myself, because for the last couple of months I've been trying to get a GP...
- Reid Electorate: Sport (1 speech)
Sport is central to the Australian way of life. That couldn't be truer than in my electorate of Reid, which is home to Olympic Park and other world-class sporting venues. Reid is a sporting...
- World War II: Bombing of Darwin (1 speech)
Almost 80 years ago, on 19 February 1942, the Second World War came to Australia's shores when Darwin was bombed for the first time. It was a chaotic day of suffering but also acts of heroism....
- Women's Equality (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the importance of International Women's Day on 8 March and the work the Morrison government has been doing to improve the lives of women. We still have a lot of work to do but...
- Hunter Lawrence, Ms Sue (1 speech)
Many people in our Greenway community know exactly who Sue Hunter Lawrence is—whether it is through her role as the head of the Riverstone Schofields Chamber of Commerce, or through her...
- Housing Affordability (1 speech)
I was perusing the Sydney Morning Herald yesterday, as I do on a daily basis, and I came across this article which talked about Sydney's median house prices and the deposit now costing around...
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
Mehdi Ali was 15 years old when he was put in detention. Now he is 24. He came to Australia seeking a better life and he committed no crime. But he spent his 16th birthday, his 18th birthday and...
- China (3 speeches)
Our nation's greatest challenge is to resolve the China question. I am deeply concerned about reports that Chinese operatives have sought to infiltrate the Australian Labor Party ahead of this...
- Macarthur Electorate: Koalas (1 speech)
Many times I've risen in this House to offer the government a path forward to protect Macarthur's unique koala colony. Tragically, the koala has been declared endangered across much of eastern...
- Barker Electorate: Mental Health (1 speech)
I've spent a lot of time in this chamber in recent months—indeed, years—speaking about the need to improve mental health services in the regions. Today I take that cause up again,...
- Logan, Ms Zoe (1 speech)
I rise today to show some appreciation to ANU student Zoe Logan, who undertook an internship in my office last year. Unfortunately, the pandemic and restrictions meant that Zoe, like many...
- Tasmania: Economy (1 speech)
Our government is committed to lowering taxes. Forty thousand taxpayers across the north-west, the west coast and King Island in the great state of Tasmania are getting tax relief as a result of...
- Koalas (1 speech)
BUTLER () (): The 2020 bushfires were really damaging for Australia's koala populations on the east coast. We know that to be the case. Yet, it wasn't until two years after those fires started...
- Flint, Ms Nicolle (1 speech)
This morning the House witnessed a valedictory from a highly talented, progressive young woman, my friend and fellow Whip, member for Boothby, Nicolle Flint. Nicolle will be remembered for the...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
NDIS participants are having the money that's meant to provide them with dignity and choice slashed by this government. In a tricky and sneaky move, participants are looking at their new plans,...
- National Security (1 speech)
NDS () (): It's very clear to me that the biggest threat to Australia's security and the safety of Australians is the Leader of the Opposition and his very good mate the member for Melbourne....
- Dunkley Electorate: Langwarrin Community Centre (1 speech)
This is how the Morrison government treats community centres in my electorate. The Langwarrin Community Centre, literally the heart of the Langwarrin community, do their work on the smell of an...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Bangka Island Massacre: 80th Anniversary (2 speeches)
Today marks the 80th anniversary of the Bangka Island Massacre. Earlier today I visited the Australian Service Nurses National Memorial on Anzac Parade. Eighty years ago this week, the SS Vyner...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In Senate estimates today the minister for aged-care services said, 'I don't accept that deaths in the community or deaths in aged care is an indicator' of...
- Ukraine (2 speeches)
My question goes to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister please outline to the House why it is important not to appease or be intimidated from calling out those countries that seek to...
- Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. This year alone, 743 residents have died of COVID in aged care. Tens of thousands are not getting the care they need. This comes two years after the release...
- Agriculture (5 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Will the Deputy Prime Minister outline to the House how the Morrison-Joyce government is supporting Australian agriculture and future-proofing our...
- Aged Care (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Nine days ago, the Prime Minister announced 1,700 Defence personnel would be deployed into aged-care homes. The Department of Health has admitted that, of...
- Climate Change (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. This week in estimates, government officials confirmed that projections for emissions from the enormous Beetaloo methane gas basin have increased by a...
- Taxation (10 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer remind the House why the Morrison government's proven record of keeping taxes low will always be a priority for the members of this side of the...
- Donations to Political Parties (33 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Yesterday the Treasurer told the House that he was concerned that political donations weren't being disclosed. Can the Treasurer confirm his Kooyong 200 Club...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on how the Morrison government's tax cuts and tax incentives are generating jobs in my electorate of Robertson and around...
- Minister For Education And Youth (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I ask: does the Prime Minister have confidence in his education minister?
- National Security (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence. Will the minister update the House on steps the Morrison government is taking to safeguard Australia amid a deteriorating global security environment...
- Minister For Education And Youth (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that the minister for education's name has been taken off his door? Did this happen before or after there was a discussion in...
- Trade (3 speeches)
I have an important question for the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is defending Australia's trade interests in the...
- Morrison Government (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Last night 10 news revealed the Prime Minister plans to sack the education minister after parliament rises this week. Can the Prime Minister confirm his...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is the outstanding Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government's Operation Sovereign Borders is continuing to keep our borders secure...
- Commonwealth Integrity Commission (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Last week the Prime Minister said the national anticorruption commission he promised in December 2018 could be legislated before the election. Now the...
- Law Enforcement (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs. Will the Minister update the House on the Morrison government's plan to strengthen...
- Morrison Government (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Three years after the Morrison-Joyce government promised $660 million for 47 commuter car parks, only six are operational. An Auditor-General's report found...
- Fuel (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister of Resources and Water. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison-Joyce government is ensuring a secure supply of affordable gas supplies for...
- Trade (30 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister agree with the Australian's editor-at-large, Paul Kelly, who wrote today: Pivotal to Australia’s success in its pushback...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- National Security (1 speech)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent: (1) the Prime Minister making a statement of no longer than 10 minutes in...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Energy (2 speeches)
I thank the member for Lindsay for her question and for her passionate advocacy for manufacturing in her electorate. Her electorate has a strong network of manufacturers that rely on affordable,...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Commonwealth Integrity Commission (14 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Isaacs proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's broken...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Petitions Committee; Report (1 speech)
by leave—On behalf of the Standing Committee on Petitions, I present a corrigendum to Report 35: Petitions and ministerial responses dated 14 February 2022.
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Western Australia (1 speech)
Western Australians are absolutely sick and tired of this Liberal government. You see, Western Australians are not silly. They know that this Prime Minister's double pike backflip with a twist in...
- Bushfire Recovery Grants (1 speech)
It is only in the last couple of days that I have received news that a round of the Australian Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grants have gone into my electorate. There were two councils affected...
- Activism (1 speech)
I rise to address the House about the importance of young activists and how our next generation of Australians are stepping up and making noise. I'm quoting the 2021 Australian of the year, Grace...
- Boosting Female Founders Initiative (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate four innovative female-founded and led startups within my own electorate: Kinephonics, In2thewild, Grow Your Mind and Pioneera. All four organisations recently...
- Commonwealth Integrity Commission (10 speeches)
I rise to call out the Morrison government's failure to introduce a national anticorruption commission. This is without a doubt the most corrupt, rotten and wasteful government in the history of...
- Member for Boothby, Ryan Electorate: University of Queensland (1 speech)
I just want to comment on the issue of the day in the time I have remaining. It was an absolute privilege today to watch the valedictory speech of my colleague the member for Boothby, Nicolle...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Rankin Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
CHALMERS () (): Mr Deputy Speaker, thanks for the opportunity to speak about critical infrastructure in my community, around Queensland and around Australia. On the eve of the last election, in...
- Herbert Electorate: Emerging Leaders Incentive Scheme (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to highlight a fantastic program being run in the electorate of Herbert. It's Catholic Education's Emerging Leaders Incentive Scheme. The Emerging Leaders...
- COVID-19: Healthcare Workers (1 speech)
While this hasn't been the summer that any Australian wanted to have, we all had hopes that the worst of the pandemic was behind us and that we could get on with a much-needed break over the...
- Health Care (1 speech)
Australia has been termed the allergy capital of the world. One in 10 infants and one in 20 adults have food allergies. Each of these Australians lives with the ever-present risk of...
- Mayo Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
Health is the issue in my electorate that my community want me to fight for the most. I know this because when I was first elected I sent a survey to every household and, every time a new family...
- Box Hill Rugby Union Football Club (1 speech)
Late last year it was absolutely fantastic to get down to Sparks Reserve in Box Hill, home of the mighty Box Hill Rugby Union Football Club. Thanks in part to the Morrison government contributing...
- Jagajaga Electorate: Community and Sporting Facilities (1 speech)
I have been visiting local community and sporting groups in my community that do such important work to provide spaces where we can all come together. I have seen at these clubs the need for more...
- Bass Electorate: Australia Day Awards (4 speeches)
The social, cultural and economic value that volunteers bring to the local community needs to be heard and celebrated. In Tasmania alone, there are more than 300,000 volunteers—
- India, Calwell Electorate: Indian Community (1 speech)
I was delighted to meet India's Minister of External Affairs, the Hon. Dr S Jaishankar, when he was hosted last week by the University of Melbourne's Australia India Institute. The minister was...
- Banks Electorate: Sport, Microbiome Research Centre (2 speeches)
The Connells Point Netball Club is one of the strongest netball clubs anywhere in southern Sydney, established more than 60 years ago. Already for the upcoming season more than 250 players have...
- Bills (0 speeches)
