House debates
Tuesday, 13 June 2023
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Members of Parliament: Staff (1 speech)
I take statements made to this House extremely seriously—especially by ministers and, indeed, Prime Ministers—and am fully aware of the responsibility of members in this regard. I...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, I present the committee's report No. 4 of 2023: Airservices Australiaaviation rescue fire fighting facilities, navigation aids...
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Nambour (1 speech)
'I am Nambour.' That is the branding and the rallying call for the town of Nambour. The town of Nambour really is the gateway to the Hinterland for Australia's most important and most beautiful...
- Dress for Success (1 speech)
I also wish the Nambour show all the very best! Dress for Success is a registered charity that many in this place are familiar with. They play a vital role in my community by supporting women in...
- Australia's Biggest Morning Tea, Rural and Regional Health Services (1 speech)
This year marks 30 years of Australia's Biggest Morning Tea. I joined more than one hundred people at the Biggest Morning Tea hosted in Mount Gambier late last month, which was one of more than...
- Hunter Valley: Bus Crash (1 speech)
At 11.30 pm on Sunday night 37 people were aboard a bus, after a wedding on what was a magnificent Hunter day at Wandin Valley Estate in Lovedale. I can't stop thinking about those 37 happy...
- Mayo Electorate: Asbestos (1 speech)
Last Wednesday I attended a memorial service in Mount Compass to remember those who have died from asbestos related diseases. We know asbestos kills. While we banned, in this place, the...
- Kennedy, Ms Janette (Jan) Mary (1 speech)
I rise today to celebrate a life well lived and to honour the remarkable contributions of Janette Mary Kennedy—Jan—who passed away on 26 May. Jan made not only an exceptional...
- Cost of Living (1 speech)
We are in a cost-of-living crisis, but we can't tackle it unless we actually admit what's driving it: corporate greed lifting the prices of everything. Big corporations are making record profits....
- Words on the Waves Writers Festival (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate Words on the Waves Writers Festival on its third year of operating on the New South Wales Central Coast. This year's line-up enticed avid readers and literature lovers to a...
- Braddon Electorate: Leighland Christian School (1 speech)
It's with great pride that I inform the House today that the Leighland Christian School in the electorate of Braddon are international champions. The school's Lego robotics team, the Techno...
- ASHA Global Foundation (1 speech)
I had the pleasure of presenting certificates in recognition of the fantastic work done by ASHA Global Foundation and their community partners towards improving digital literacy among older...
- Medicare: Mental Health (1 speech)
I recently had a Year 12 student from Redlands College, Sarah Brittain, join my office for work experience. She has raised an important issue that I'd like to share with the House. Sarah writes:...
- Medicare (1 speech)
Growing up there were two quintessential Australian things that my parents treasured most: their Australian citizenship—they framed those certificates, such was the value they saw in them;...
- Energy (1 speech)
We heard it here, we heard it there, we heard it everywhere in the election campaign. I'm talking about the commitment from the now Prime Minister Albanese for a reduction in power prices of...
- Corangamite Electorate: Education (1 speech)
Education is the catalyst to a rewarding career and a life well lived. That's why the Albanese government is heavily investing in education in growing regions like mine. In the last two weeks I...
- Port Hedland, Durack Electorate: Hedland Well Women's Centre (2 speeches)
I rise to speak about a diverse and economically important town in my electorate, the town of Port Hedland. I would argue it is the economic capital of Australia. Port Hedland is home to...
- Canberra Electorate: Pink Hope (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about the important work of Pink Hope, an incredible national organisation based in my electorate that supports people with a high risk of hereditary breast, ovarian or...
- Grey Electorate: King's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
I'm pleased to report that, after a 72-year hiatus, the King's Birthday honours have returned to the electorate of Grey. There are no fewer than five wonderful residents who have given their...
- Woods, Constable Anthony (1 speech)
Today I stand before you, Madam Deputy Speaker, with a heavy heart, burdened by the tragic loss of a young police officer who gave his life in the line of duty, Constable Anthony Woods. Anthony,...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
Australians are poorer under Labor. The Prime Minister promised before the election that he would deliver a $275 reduction in power prices. What do we see, Mr Speaker? We see prices up by at...
- Health Care (2 speeches)
I've been in this place for a little time now, and since I've been here I've always been passionate in raising the issue of primary health care; in particular, Medicare and making sure that...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Hunter Valley: Bus Crash (4 speeches)
on indulgence—Today we pause as a parliament to mark a loss beyond words, a tragedy beyond comprehension and an unfairness beyond understanding. What happened at Greta in the Hunter Valley...
- Ministry (0 speeches)
- Temporary Arrangements (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Social Services will be absent from question time this week. The Minister for Education will answer questions on her behalf. I inform the House that the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Cost of Living, Energy (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, the cost-of-living crisis is the biggest issue facing Australians today. Doug lives on the Gold Coast and his electricity bill has increased...
- Community Health and Hospitals Program (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. What were the findings of the Australian National Audit Office report into the administration of the Community Health and Hospitals...
- Members of Parliament: Staff (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. When did the Prime Minister or the Prime Minister's office become aware of allegations concerning sexual assault as broadcast by The Project in 2021?
- Housing Australia Future Fund (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. How will the Housing Australia Future Fund help ease the housing shortage and strengthen the economy? What is the impact of delays?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Australian Local Government Association (1 speech)
As members would know, this week the meeting of the Australian Local Government Association will be gathering in Canberra. I am pleased to inform the House, as I will be doing each day, that...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Pharmacies (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. I support consumer access to cheaper medicines. However, many of my Mayo pharmacists are genuinely worried that 60-day dispensing without...
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. What are the Albanese Labor government's plans for economic growth and security, and to ensure that Australia is well placed to seize the opportunities in...
- Members of Parliament: Staff (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, has Senator Gallagher misled the Senate?
- Housing (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing and Homelessness. How will the Housing Australia Future Fund's guarantee funding stream complement the Albanese Labor government's ambitious housing...
- Members of Parliament: Staff (24 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment. I refer the minister to her recent interviews on Channel 7's Sunrise. Was the minister or her office aware, prior to 15 February 2021, of the...
- Commonwealth Procurement (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Government Services. In light of the serious findings of the Watt review, what information can the minister provide about procurement investigations and tainted...
- Members of Parliament: Staff (18 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water. In the last parliament, the member asked 16 questions in question time relating to the serious allegations aired on The Project. When...
- Homelessness (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs. What steps is the Albanese Labor government taking to combat veterans' homelessness?
- Personal Information and Privacy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. Media publication of leaked private material produced for a police investigation undermines trust and confidence in the criminal justice system for...
- Defence (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. How is the Albanese Labor government ensuring defence spending will be invested in the critical capabilities the ADF needs, and how does this compare...
- Regional Australia: Infrastructure (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. In the gallery today are Glenden Watts and Bill Baldwin, and many other farmers from Mallee who will be impacted by the government's...
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Aged Care. How has the Albanese Labor government addressed the crisis it inherited in aged care, and what is the government doing to build a more equitable and...
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Minister, you aver that your pharmaceutical initiative halves prescription costs. It also halves the incomes of pharmacists, destroying...
- Workplace Relations (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Minister, what is the labour hire loophole that the Albanese Labor government is acting to close?
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Reports Nos 31 to 36 of 2022-23 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's audit reports Nos 31 to 36 for 2022-23. Details of the reports will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings. Documents made parliamentary papers.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Economy (14 speeches)
I've received a letter from the honourable the Manager of Opposition Business proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: This...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- A Monument of One's Own (1 speech)
Last month a bronze statue of women's rights campaigner Zelda D'Aprano was unveiled in Melbourne. It was a big deal. It's not every day that a woman is immortalised in bronze. In fact, it rarely...
- Adelaide Electorate: Unley Community Childcare Centre (1 speech)
Last Monday, 5 June, I had the absolute pleasure to be invited to the Unley Community Childcare Centre, where I met with parents, committee members and some of the early childhood educators who...
- Capricornia Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I'd like to take the opportunity to update the House on a number of major projects in my electorate which are currently under construction or almost at completion. The $20 million Keppel Bay...
- Consumer Protection (1 speech)
The ACCC's annual Targeting scams report for 2022, which was released earlier this year, unveiled a startling reality: Australians lost over $3 billion to scams last year alone, marking an 80 per...
- Voluntary Assisted Dying (1 speech)
Tonight I rise on a matter of conscience—one that requires us to reflect on life and death, medicine and technology. As many know, I feel very passionately about the issue of suicide. I...
- International Relations (1 speech)
Two weeks ago I had the privilege of accompanying our Prime Minister to Singapore to attend the Shangri-La Dialogue, which is the Indo-Pacific's premier foreign affairs and defence forum. At the...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Gender and Sexual Orientation (1 speech)
The LGBTIQA+ community has always been subjected to hate, threats and extremism. But my community is strong. We persist and stay true to ourselves and build community and family in the face of...
- Blair Electorate: Mental Health (1 speech)
Ipswich is Queensland's fastest-growing region, with a population expected to more than double in the next 20 years, to 530,000 people. That's why I was pleased to secure a 2022 election...
- Bradfield Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
I rise to speak concerning the availability of Medicare funded licences for magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, in and serving my electorate of Bradfield. MRI is a non-invasive imaging technology...
- Philippines Independence: 125th Anniversary (1 speech)
On Monday, I attended an event for the 125th anniversary of the Philippines' independence, commemorating the declaration of independence from Spain in 1898. I would like to acknowledge the...
- Legacy (1 speech)
I rise today to honour the fine Australians who are part of Legacy. In the trenches of the Western Front during World War I, a soldier said to his dying mate: 'I'll look after the missus and...
- Central Coast Mariners Football Club, Dobell Electorate: Volunteer Grants (1 speech)
I rise to proudly congratulate the Central Coast Mariners on their remarkable achievement in winning the 2023 A-League Men Grand Final. Described as a David-versus-Goliath match, their 6-1...
- Mallee Electorate: Energy (1 speech)
Today in question time we saw scores of farmers from my electorate of Mallee—around 60 of them—in the chamber, and I congratulate them for downing tools, turning off the tractors and...
- Boothby Electorate: King's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
It gives me great pleasure to rise in this place to celebrate some wonderful Boothby constituents who were recognised yesterday in the King's Birthday honours. These honours are Australia's way...
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (1 speech)
I rise today to discuss concerns about the government's proposed changes to dispensing arrangements for pharmacists and the impact that these changes are likely to have in parts of regional and...
- Ballarat Electorate: King's Birthday Honours, Ballarat Electorate: Mental Health (2 speeches)
Before I start, I commend the King's Birthday Honours recipients in my electorate: the fabulous Karen Heap from Ballarat Aboriginal and District Cooperative; Anneke Deutsch for services to the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
