House debates
Monday, 6 February 2023
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Petitions Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the fourth report of the Petitions Committee for the 47th Parliament. The report read as follows HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PETITIONS COMMITTEE REPORT No. 4 Petitions and Ministerial...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
I present the following petitions:
- Responses (1 speech)
I present the following ministerial responses to petitions previously presented:
- Statements (1 speech)
I present the fourth report of the Petitions Committee for the 47th Parliament, together with 52 petitions and 31 ministerial responses to petitions previously presented. I am pleased to report...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Nuclear Energy (13 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) Australia has been at the forefront of nuclear science and technology since 1953 when the Australian Atomic Energy Commission was established and...
- Medicare (11 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) 1 February 2023 marks the 39th anniversary of the introduction of Medicare by the Government of Prime Minister Hawke; and (b) Australia's healthcare...
- Child Care (7 speeches)
I move: That this House (1) notes that the Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Cheaper Child Care) Bill 2022: (a) will increase demand on the early childhood education sector and does not...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Electoral Matters Joint Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
I wish to report to the House that on 22 December 2022, I received advice from the Chief Government Whip nominating members to be members of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters. In...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Governor-General's Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (5 speeches)
When I was speaking in this debate in December, I was reflecting on the contributions and speeches of the new members of the parliamentary Labor Party after the 2022 election, so I resume by...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Sri Lankan Independence Day (1 speech)
I attended the delightful Sri Lankan Independence Day celebrations organised by the consul general, Sandith Samarasinghe, in the suburb of Box Hill, in the division of Chisholm, over the weekend....
- Stroke Foundation StrokeSafe Speakers (1 speech)
In my home state of New South Wales, we are celebrating Seniors Festival. It was a privilege for me recently to facilitate the Stroke Foundation's StrokeSafe speakers event at the St Vincent's...
- Calma, Professor Thomas Edwin (Tom), AO, FAA, FASSA (1 speech)
DAVID SMITH (—) (): I'm pleased to rise to offer my congratulations to an outstanding Australian and resident of Bean. Professor Tom Calma, Chancellor of the University of Canberra, is the...
- Forde Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Last month marked the practical completion of the Mount Lindesay Highway upgrade from Stoney Camp Road to Chambers Flat Road. This is a vital legacy project of the previous coalition government's...
- Wicks, Jonte (1 speech)
I rise to speak about an amazing 15-year-old man in my electorate of Robertson, Jonte Wicks, who has suffered some challenging hurdles in his young life but has persevered through these obstacles...
- Australia Day (1 speech)
Like me, many people in my electorate of Fowler came to Australia looking for a safe haven, security and freedom, somewhere we could raise our children and provide them with a good education for...
- Medicare (1 speech)
The last time our parliament sat for a sitting fortnight, last year, I reported to the House that the largest provider of bulk-billing services, primary care services and GP services in my...
- Donations to Political Parties (1 speech)
We urgently need to reform the transparency of election funding. ANU's 2022 Australian Election Study shows that more than half of the country believes that government is run for a few big...
- Alice Springs: Crime (1 speech)
My home town of Mparntwe/Alice Springs has been in the national headlines for some time now, but I want to remind members of this place, particularly those opposite, is that behind those...
- Fuel (1 speech)
I'd like to speak today about the reports over the last few days suggesting that the fuel tax credits scheme should be scrapped, and I'd like to warn the government that it would be complete...
- Guide Dogs Australia (1 speech)
I would like to acknowledge the excellent and invaluable service to our community provided by guide dogs. In the gallery we have Iain Edwards, the interim CEO of Guide Dogs Victoria, and his...
- Flynn Electorate: Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
Last week customers of Westpac's Kin Kora bank branch in Gladstone were notified that their local branch was closing. This bank branch closure joins over 550 branches that have been closed by the...
- Werriwa Electorate: Australia Day (1 speech)
On 26 January I attended Liverpool's Australia Day citizenship ceremony. It's always a privilege to join with new citizens and witness their excitement on becoming part of the place they have...
- Leichhardt Electorate: Chinese New Year (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate the Cairns and District Chinese Association, known as CADCAI, for their vibrant Chinese New Year celebrations. The Cairns Festival was held over a 15-day period and...
- Bennelong Electorate: Lunar New Year (1 speech)
Much like the member for Leichhardt, I rise here today to pay tribute to our wonderful, diverse community in Bennelong, who have just ended two weeks of extraordinary celebrations of the Lunar...
- Molan, Senator Andrew James (Jim), AO, DSC (1 speech)
Given this is the first opportunity for me to get to my feet in this 48th parliament, it is with great sadness that I wish to offer my sincere condolences on the passing of Senator Jim Molan....
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
Well, here we all are, the first day of parliament in what the member for Barton has rightly described as 'the year of the Voice'. This is a year when Australians will finally have the...
- Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
CHESTER () (): The contempt of banking executives towards regional Australia is well known, with more than 1,600 branches closing in the past six years. In Gippsland, we've experienced dozens of...
- Marilyn Jetty Swim (1 speech)
Yesterday, if you happened to be enjoying a beautiful Adelaide summer down at Brighton, you would have been completely overwhelmed by a sea of blonde wigs, love hearts, sunglasses and white...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Ministry (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
For the information of honourable members, I present an updated list of the full ministry. The document read as follows— Each box represents a portfolio. Cabinet M inisters are shown in...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Cost Of Living (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. It's been 430 days since the Prime Minister first promised a $275 cut to power bills, a promise repeated on 97 occasions. This promise hasn't been delivered....
- Labor Government (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. What work has the government done since the parliament last met to deliver for the Australian people?
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Before the election, the Prime Minister promised he would deliver cheaper mortgages. Since the election, mortgage repayments have increased by around $1,400...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. How is the Albanese Labor government strengthening our national security with our key allies and partners?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Housing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. The government said it was committing to providing more social and affordable housing in the longer term. However, families in Fowler and...
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. What are some of the challenges facing the Australian economy in 2023, and how is the Albanese Labor government responding?
- Interest Rates (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How many Australian households are set to face higher mortgages this year when they move from fixed-rate loans to variable-rate loans?
- Early Childhood Education (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Early Childhood Education. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering on its election commitments to make early childhood education more affordable and...
- Energy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How many petajoules supply of gas risk being lost to the domestic market because of Labor's gas price cap impact on investment, including Senex Energy's...
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. How is the Albanese Labor government changing people's lives by delivering on its election commitment to make medicines cheaper for...
- Mental Health (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I recently spoke with a mum from Glenmore Park in my electorate of Lindsay who is scared that her daughter will not be able to access the full 20 Medicare...
- Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme (21 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Government Services. After the recent fortnight of public hearings at the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme, what have we learnt about who was...
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources. The UN Secretary-General, the world's scientists and the International Energy Agency all say that no new coal or gas projects can proceed if we are...
- Paid Parental Leave Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering on its budget commitment to provide a more modern, more flexible and more generous Paid...
- Alcohol Abuse (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In June 2022 the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation wrote to the government pleading for the Commonwealth to extend the NT alcohol...
- Vocational Education and Training (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Skills and Training. How is the Albanese Labor government working with states and territories, in particular Victoria, to roll out fee-free TAFE and VET and to...
- Environment (4 speeches)
Given the New South Wales EPA ordered Coles and Woolworths to dump more than 5,200 tonnes, or five billion pieces, of soft plastic into landfill from their failed REDcycle scheme and...
- Arts and Entertainment Sector (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Arts. How is the Albanese Labor government supporting the arts and entertainment sector in Australia after a wasted decade, and what's been the response to...
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Member For Cook (1 speech)
On 1 December last year in this chamber, the member for Melbourne raised as a matter of privilege whether the behaviour of the member for Cook, when he was Prime Minister, constituted a...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Commonwealth Ombudsman; Presentation (1 speech)
I present the Commonwealth Ombudsman's quarterly report under section 65(6) of the Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Act 2016 for the period 1 April to 30 June 2022....
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Reports Nos 10 and 11 of 2022-23 (1 speech)
e SPEAKER (): I present the Auditor-General's Audit report No. 10 of 2022-23 entitled Performance audit: Expansion of telehealth services: Department of Health and Aged Care and report No. 11 of...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Questions in Writing (2 speeches)
In accordance with standing order 105(b), I wish to draw your attention to the 10 questions in writing asked of the Minister for Small Business which remain unanswered. I ask you, Mr Speaker, to...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Many, many 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.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Governor-General's Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (18 speeches)
Of all the nonsense spouted at the last election, I think it's fair to say the biggest lie was that Labor had no agenda. They tried to label us as a small target, but the first six months of the...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Electric Vehicles (2 speeches)
I rise tonight because there was a very good article in The Australian today, on page 20: 'The electric vehicle narrative fails to tell the full story', by Chris Mitchell. I was drawn to one...
- Fuel Tax Credits (1 speech)
This morning, when I was going through the morning papers, I saw with a gasp an article in the Age headed 'Treasurer urged to reduce fuel tax credits'. At face value, most Australians wouldn't...
- RM Williams (1 speech)
Before the House adjourns today, I'd like to take this time to speak about a company that has withstood the test of time through many peaks and troughs. Their resilience is a testament to the...
- myGov (1 speech)
The delivery of service to citizens is of the first importance. Whether it involves accessing childcare subsidies, lodging a tax return or passport application, or identity verification,...
- Geraldton: Community Services (1 speech)
I recently travelled to Geraldton in Western Australia along with my state colleague the member for Geraldton, Lara Dalton, to announce one of the new Connected Beginnings sites at the Bundiyarra...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Mackellar Electorate: Arts and Culture (1 speech)
There must be something in the water in my electorate of Mackellar on the northern beaches of Sydney, because in this year's triple J Hottest 100 we were vastly overrepresented by incredible...
- Makin Electorate: Talk Out Loud (1 speech)
As is well known, mental health conditions affect every sector of society, every age group and every community. As has also been frequently highlighted through numerous surveys and research,...
- Mallee Electorate: Health (1 speech)
We welcome a new year but some things have not changed. The fact that Labor continues to ignore, at best, or rip out the heart of regional areas, at worst, surprises no-one who lives there. It's...
- Freemantle Electorate: World Wetlands Day (1 speech)
Last Thursday I was honoured to give the opening address at the second day of the WA wetland conference on World Wetlands Day in the Beeliar wetlands on Nyungar Whadjuk country. World Wetlands...
- Dawson Electorate: Crime (2 speeches)
I rise today to speak about the tsunami that is smashing my electorate and, in fact, all of Queensland, and that is youth crime. Right around our state, young juvenile delinquents are running...
- COLLINS, Angus Robert (1 speech)
I rise today to express my anguish and the anguish of my community and the broader Melbourne cycling family at the tragic death of young cyclist Angus Collins. Angus was just 22 years of age, and...
- Bass Electorate: Sport (1 speech)
The Tasmanian netball association has 1,550 members across 13 clubs and is growing. Launceston Basketball Association has more than 3,000 players from 500 teams, and that's with an increase in...
- Calwell Electorate: Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
Last Friday, I joined the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, the Hon. Andrew Giles, at the Brotherhood of St Laurence's Broadmeadows office in my electorate. We were...
- Lunar New Year (3 speeches)
Happy new year to you, Deputy Speaker, and all of the members, officers and staff who help me in this place, too.
- Jagajaga Electorate: Gender Equality (2 speeches)
One of the privileges of this job is receiving letters from people in our community letting us know what they care about and what's important to them. Over summer, I was very pleased to receive a...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- International Day of Women and Girls in Science (10 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises the importance of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 February 2023, and the amazing contribution of Australian women in Science,...
- Child Care (12 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) in May 2022 Australians voted for a plan for cheaper child care; and (b) on 23 November 2022, the Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Cheaper...
- Digital Economy (8 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) the previous Government made significant progress on supporting the growth and opportunities of the digital economy, including appointing the first...
- Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Australians (10 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges that November 2022 marks 15 years since the Government of Prime Minister Rudd made the National Apology to the Stolen Generations, a moment that forever...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Beecroft Rotary Club (1 speech)
The Rotary Club of Beecroft recently celebrated its 50th anniversary, and its 51st year is proving to be its best yet. The club's annual events for Australia Day and Anzac Day are a centrepiece...
- Dempsey, Ms Valmai (Val), First Aid (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to the contribution of a resident of Bean. Val Dempsey was the 2022 Senior Australian of the Year, an accolade she earned for decades of service as a St John Ambulance...
- Oil and Gas Exploration (2 speeches)
On Friday, my community was deeply concerned to hear that the door had been reopened on the PEP-11 offshore oil and gas project. Stretching from Manly to Newcastle, the PEP-11 exploration zone...
- Ryan Electorate: Education (1 speech)
My office recently ran a back-to-school grants program for parents in need of help to get supplies for their kids. We put the call out and within four hours we had more applications than we could...
- Shackleton, Mrs Shirley, Jolliffe, Ms Jill (1 speech)
I'm very saddened by the passing of Shirley Shackleton in Melbourne on 15 January at the age of 91. She was a lifelong campaigner for Timor-Leste's freedom. Shirley Vern married Channel 7's Greg...
- Really, Mr Aidan (1 speech)
I'd like to acknowledge an inspirational young man in my community. Twelve year old Aidan Really raises funds and donates the money as petrol vouchers to the Grafton Base Hospital oncology unit....
- Jenkins, Ms Wendy Elizabeth (1 speech)
I want to acknowledge the death of Fremantle poet, writer and editor Wendy Jenkins, who made a skilled and substantial and sharply felt contribution to Australian literature for decades. Wendy...
- Sri Guru Singh Sabah Gurdwara, Carlton South Public School (1 speech)
On Saturday 4 February I went down to the gurdwara in Revesby, and it was great see everyone in the Sikh community in the temple. One of the really good things about the event on Saturday was we...
- Dunkley Electorate: Community Support Frankston (1 speech)
One of the organisations in my community that we are immensely proud of is Community Support Frankston. We are proud of the work the organisation does, the people who work there and the amazing...
- Lyne Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
I'd like to congratulate Lyne constituents named in the recent Australia Day Awards. Many of my constituents have demonstrated outstanding service and exceptional achievement that benefit and...
- Gilmore Electorate: Community Services (1 speech)
Last week the New South Wales government once again proved that they only care about our community at election time. After leaving local homelessness shelter Safe Shelter Shoalhaven hanging four...
- Petrie Electorate: Australia Day (1 speech)
It's been a cracking start to 2023, and I'd like to speak about Australia Day, a day that holds significance and importance for the majority of Australians. Australia Day is the day when we...
- Domestic And Family Violence (1 speech)
This past Saturday I joined the Pay Our Respects vigil to remember Australian women murdered in 2022. We gathered on the steps of South Australia's Parliament House holding placards numbered one...
- Capricornia Electorate: Rockhampton Airport (1 speech)
Last week I attended the official opening of Rockhampton Airport's redevelopment and security upgrade. I am proud to state that I fought for and secured just under $45 million to make this...
- National Cultural Policy (1 speech)
Australia's arts community has been waiting a long time for a government that values its work. The Albanese government's new National Cultural Policy, Revive, begins to repair the damage caused...
- Adler, Ms Bianca (1 speech)
Last week I had the honour of presenting a young constituent with the Goldstein medal. The Goldstein medal recognises young leaders who demonstrate Vida Goldstein's values of leadership, of...
- Stevenson, Mr Ian (1 speech)
Deputy Captain Ian Stevenson from the Branxton Fire and Rescue station 237 joined the New South Wales Fire Brigade on 1 June 1984. Ian served as a volunteer and then a retained firefighter until...
- Western Australia: Bushfires (1 speech)
I want to thank once again our volunteer and professional fire and emergency response services, who have recently been battling fires in my electorate of Forrest. Two days of severe lightning...
- Macnamara Electorate: Arts Industry (3 speeches)
In my electorate of Macnamara, one in 10 people works in the creative sector. It is without doubt that Macnamara is the arts capital of Australia.
- O'Connell, Mr Garnet Thomas (Garry) (1 speech)
Osborne is a football and netball club 122 years young. It is a club without a town. And, for most of the years that Osborne has been in existence, it has had Garry O'Connell doing something for...
- Housing (1 speech)
Many of us have risen in this place to speak about the housing crisis that we are currently experiencing across Australia. And it is acute. There is hardly a sector of our community that hasn't...
- Lindsay Electorate: Health Care (3 speeches)
During the 2019 federal election and then the 2022 election, the Labor Party made promises. In particular, they made a big promise for an urgent care clinic in my community of Lindsay.
- Barfield, Ms Katy, OAM (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to Katy Barfield, awarded an Order of Australia recently for service to business and the environment, specifically for years tackling food waste. Katy's eureka moment came...
- Flinders Electorate: Australia Day (1 speech)
I rise to reflect on the great community celebration across the Mornington Peninsula on Australia Day this year. There were activities all across the peninsula, mounted through the tireless work...
- Robertson Electorate: St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School (1 speech)
St John the Baptist Catholic primary school in Woy Woy last year turned not 98 years old, not 99 years old, but 100 years old. I wish to congratulate the school community and the Catholic parish...
- Wide Bay Electorate: General Practitioners (1 speech)
The closure of GP medical practices in Imbil and Pomona by a Brisbane based company leaves these communities without access to a local doctor. One of the reasons cited for the closures is the...
- Iran: Human Rights (1 speech)
Iranian women have spent decades fighting for their rights. It is a feminist movement that stretches back to the early 1900s. When the modern constitution in Iran was enacted in 1906, it promised...
- Youth Voice in Parliament Week (1 speech)
The last week of parliament last year was Youth Voice in Parliament Week. The theme was 'What should Australia's new parliament accomplish?' A successful applicant for Casey is Caity Richards,...
- South Australian Government: Autism (2 speeches)
Next Monday 13 February, commencing at 6 pm, the South Australian Assistant Minister for Autism, the Hon. Emily Bourke MLC; the member for King, Rhiannon Pearce; and the member for Newland, Oliva...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Defence Recruitment (13 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) the Government has committed to the former Government's objective of growing the Australian Defence Force (ADF) by 18,500 people by 2040; (b) to meet...
- Tobacco Plain Packaging (8 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges: (a) that the Government introduced legislation ten years ago to allow Australia to become the first country in the world to implement tobacco plain...
- Fuel (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises that the: (a) fuel excise levied by the Commonwealth will raise $13.7 billion in 2022-23, and is expected to increase up to $15.8 billion in 2025-26; and...
- Manufacturing Industry (15 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes: (a) the importance of manufacturing for our nation, particularly our regional areas; and (b) that Australia has suffered nearly a decade of policy-drift...
- Mining Industry (4 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) Vanuatu's Minister of Climate Change, Ralph Regenvanu, would only back Australia's bid to host the 2026 COP if Australia does not commit to any new...
