House debates
Wednesday, 8 February 2023
- Regulations and Determinations (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 8 of the Selection Committee, relating to the consideration of committee and delegation reports and private members' business on Monday 13 February 2023. The report will be...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Leadership Taskforce; Presentation (1 speech)
I present the 2022 annual report on the implementation of the recommendations from the Set the standard report. First, I want to acknowledge and reiterate the Set the standard report...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That order of the day No. 1, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to. I move: That notice No. 2, government business, be postponed until a later...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Petition: Migration (1 speech)
I'm pleased to present to the House petition EN4579. This is a petition of 804 Australians who are asking the House to make special provisions for Bangladeshi low-skilled workers to be recruited...
- Turkiye and Syria: Earthquake (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the devastating tragedy that has taken place in Turkiye and Syria. Amidst the devastation, the images coming through are absolutely heartbreaking. The latest death toll from...
- Page Electorate: Shine Awards (1 speech)
I'd like to acknowledge a wonderful woman in my community, Bianca Tarrant, who recently won a 2022 Shine award in the Belief category. The awards celebrate rural Australian women making a...
- Richardson, Mr Paul (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute and express my condolences on the death of Paul Richardson, who served as a director in the United Workers Union and as assistant national secretary of the National Union of...
- WorldPride (1 speech)
It's really exciting that in just 10 days time, Sydney will be the first city in the southern hemisphere to host WorldPride. This is an incredible opportunity to celebrate our amazing LGBTQ...
- Spence Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
I, like most members in this place, celebrated Australia Day with local communities in my electorate. For many of us, like me, this was our first Australia Day as a local member. I had the...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
The NDIS and its mind-boggling bureaucracy dominates the lives of many members of the Goldstein community. Reapplying for packages and finding the right care have combined to become a full-time...
- Pearce Electorate: Shree Kutchi Leva Patel Community (1 speech)
I rise to reflect on a generous and kind-hearted community organisation that is very active in the electorate of Pearce. The group is the Shree Kutchi Leva Patel Community, affectionately known...
- National Rugby League (1 speech)
Actor Kevin Costner famously said, 'Build it and they will come.' Here we are on the eve of what is set to be a great first season for our newest National Rugby League team, the Dolphins, backed...
- Haemochromatosis (1 speech)
Last night I met with Haemochromatosis Australia at the invitation of Boothby resident Matthew Howie, who I met while I was doorknocking last year. Haemochromatosis is an inherited disease which...
- Constitution (3 speeches)
I rise to say that if you're born in Tamworth in a hospital bed next to someone else, another child who has been born, then you would expect that both of you would have the same rights. You both...
- Rodwell, Mr Thomas, Rodwell, Mrs June (1 speech)
Today I'm going to tell you all a story about love. I rise to acknowledge two beautiful community members, Mr Thomas and Mrs June Rodwell of Niagara Park in my electorate of Robertson—a...
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (1 speech)
I recently met with little Mila, who has cystic fibrosis, and her parents, Jaimee and Mitchell, to discuss the urgent need for Trikafta to be added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. Every...
- Law Enforcement: Racially Motivated Violence (1 speech)
What makes us proud to call this country home is our continuous affirmation of a shared commitment towards respecting Australia, Australians, Australian institutions and Australian values...
- National Cultural Policy (1 speech)
As a great supporter of the arts and in the wake of the government's new National Cultural Policy, I want to speak about how regional arts are so often delivered. It's mostly done by locals and...
- Australian Capital Territory Bushfires: 20th Anniversary (1 speech)
Three weeks ago, the Canberra community observed the 20th anniversary of the devastating 2023 Canberra fires. Hundreds of homes were destroyed. Sadly, it claimed the lives of four Bean locals:...
- Gould, Mrs Patricia, OAM (1 speech)
I rise to honour the life of an extraordinary woman. Patricia Gould, from Albury, died aged 87 years 10 days ago. There are not many people who spend their final days living directly opposite a...
- Coalition Government (1 speech)
For almost a decade, under those opposite, life got tough for the people I represent in the fastest-growing community in this country. My community is characterised by people seeking affordable...
- Heart Disease (1 speech)
It's likely that today in my electorate around 4,000 people are directly impacted by an illness that's limiting the quality of their life could easily lead to their death within a few years. It's...
- Lunar New Year (2 speeches)
It was my pleasure recently to attend Lunar New Year celebrations at the Mingyue Lay Temple conducted by the Australian Chinese Buddhist Society. I was warmly welcomed by chairman James Chan and...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (3 speeches)
Before I call on questions, I'd like to inform the House that seated in the distinguished visitors gallery today are His Excellency General Taur Matan Ruak, the Prime Minister of the Democratic...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Turkiye: Earthquake (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister please update the House on the earthquake in Turkiye and Syria and what the Australian government is doing in response?
- Cost of Living (3 speeches)
Changing pace slightly, I'm sorry, my question is to the Prime Minister. Before the election, this Prime Minister promised that families will be better off under a Labor government, yet there is...
- Defence Procurement (3 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. How has the Albanese Labor government changed previous practices in order to prioritise delivering key procurements and projects with local industry...
- Interest Rates (14 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister, and I refer to his promise to always fess up and correct the record when he gets it wrong. Last year the RBA governor apologised to any Australian affected...
- Spence Electorate: Manufacturing (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry and Science. Manufacturers in my electorate have created secure, high-skill, high-wage jobs for decades and play an important role in underpinning the...
- National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. The National Redress Scheme was designed to provide financial compensation to victims of child sex abuse, as recommended by the royal...
- Economy (3 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. How will the National Reconstruction Fund help to address some of the challenges, opportunities and risks facing the Australian economy?
- Interest Rates (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. On Monday, the Prime Minister needed help from the Treasurer before he could tell the House that 800,000 households would be facing higher mortgage payments...
- Mining Industry: Critical Minerals Strategy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to accelerate the growth of Australia's critical minerals sector after a wasted decade?
- Taxation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The fuel tax credit scheme reduces costs on local businesses and keeps grocery bills lower for families. Will the Prime Minister rule out any change to the...
- Grants Funding (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister.
- Economy (14 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Already regional Australians with a $500,000 mortgage are paying more than $12,000 a year as a result of recent rate hikes. Why do Australians always pay...
- Economy, Climate Change (2 speeches)
To the Prime Minister: the government can act on inflation and reduce emissions. In the US, the government passed the Inflation Reduction Act. Over 80 per cent of the measures in that act went...
- Climate Change (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. How is the Albanese Labor government working with Australia's biggest emitters to ensure they contribute a fair share towards our...
- Donations to Political Parties (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister expelled CFMMEU boss John Setka from the Labor Party after Mr Setka was convicted for harassing his wife, saying, 'His values aren't the...
- Gender Pay Gap (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Women. What action is the Albanese Labor government taking to help close the gender pay gap?
- Housing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing. Housing is the most critical cry for help in my electorate. The previous government's public National Housing Infrastructure Facility spent only 20 per...
- Health Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to help Australians with the cost of health care, and why has health care become so expensive?
- Immigration Detention (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, when was your office made aware that the Minister for Home Affairs had allowed the designation of Nauru as a regional processing country to...
- Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Government Services. What has the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme uncovered about the inaccuracy of the unlawful robodebt system?
- Immigration Detention (3 speeches)
( ) ( ): My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, if the Minister for Home Affairs's office and your office were advised on 15 December last year that the designation of Nauru as a...
- Education (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. What challenges are facing Australia's education system as children go back to school, and what will the Albanese Labor government do to address them?
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Interest Rates (14 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Hume proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's inaction as...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Immigration Detention (2 speeches)
I seek to add to my answer given in question time today. I was asked by the shadow minister when the government was first informed that the instrument designating Nauru as a regional processing...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Treaties Joint Committee; Report (4 speeches)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, I present the following reports: report 204, Agreement between the government of Australia and the government of the United States of...
- Human Rights Joint 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 1 of 2023. Report made a parliamentary paper in...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
I've been communicating today with the Mayor of Junee Shire Council, Neil Smith, and the general manager, James Davis, about their ongoing concerns about the closure of that wonderful railway and...
- Venerable Master Hsing Yun (1 speech)
Today my thoughts and condolences with the Fo Guang Shan community as we mourn the loss of the Venerable Master Hsing Yun. Master Hsing Yun peacefully passed away at the age of 97 on Sunday,...
- Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
I would like to speak about the disconnect between corporate Australia and the people that they serve. I thank my good friend the member for Riverina for foreshadowing that in his contribution. I...
- Homelessness (1 speech)
Sadly, homelessness is a growing problem in Australia. In the last Census, 24,000 Victorians were listed as being without a home on any given night and 116,000 Australians were listed as being...
- Energy (1 speech)
I'd like to place on record my eternal thanks to a group of eminently trained engineers who travelled to parliament on 24 and 25 November last year at their own cost, totally pro bono, to put on...
- Capital Punishment (1 speech)
On 31 July 1922, Queensland became the first state in Australia to abolish the death penalty—banana benders leading the way, as I'm sure you, Speaker, would always support. A little over...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Fowler Electorate: Lunar New Year (1 speech)
While the majority of us welcome 1 January as the Western calendar new year, many people in my community have their unique cultural new year celebrations between January and April. We have just...
- Banks Electorate (1 speech)
On 2 February, it was great to go to Taste of Shunde restaurant in Hurstville to celebrate the lunar new year with CanRevive. CanRevive is an extraordinary organisation which started back in...
- Lingiari Electorate: Community Development Program (1 speech)
At the heart of the issues facing Lingiari—from Alice Springs to Bathurst Island, from Alpurrurulam to Kintore—is a neglect of the bush and of our remote communities. At the heart of...
- Bean Electorate: Cricket (1 speech)
There are some members of parliament who don't mind cricket and there are others, like me, who love it. I'm honoured to be the patron of the Tuggeranong Valley Cricket Club, the club that's had a...
- McPherson Electorate: Australia Day (1 speech)
Like many members in this place, I was very pleased to take part in a range of ceremonies and activities on Australia Day. Every year I have the absolute pleasure of being the presiding officer...
- Reid Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
Every year Australia Day gives us an opportunity to celebrate extraordinary Australians who help to make our community the wonderful place it is. I want to recognise some of their contributions...
- Flynn Electorate: Environment (1 speech)
I wish to declare that I am a landholder. I have agricultural businesses that rely on the Great Artesian Basin as their water source. I wish to bring to your urgent attention the fact that...
- Maribyrnong Electorate: Australia Day, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
I was lucky enough to spend the 26 January holiday with members of my wonderfully diverse local community in Maribyrnong. Around 40 per cent of my local residents were born overseas, so we...
- Forde Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
To follow in the theme of many of the contributions this morning, I too would like to reflect on the Australia Day activities across the electorate of Forde and across the City of Logan. Firstly,...
- Lalor Electorate: Schools (2 speeches)
Last week I had the pleasure of visiting Lollypop Creek Primary School in its first month of operation. It's a brand new school in my electorate. I want to thank Principal Joel Riddle for the...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Annual Climate Change Statement (4 speeches)
Well, we've come a long way in the three years since I entered politics on a climate change platform. There is still a long way to go, but there is some progress. I believe that we need to set...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Molan, Senator Andrew James (Jim), AO, DSC (9 speeches)
I rise today to offer my sincere condolences to the family of Senator Jim Molan AO DSC, retired major general, along with many other people in this House today and many who have expressed their...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Molan, Senator Andrew James (Jim), AO, DSC (14 speeches)
I rise to add just a few words of condolence in relation to the very sad passing of Major General Jim Molan. In doing so, I extend my sincere sympathies and condolences to Jim's family—to...
