House debates
Wednesday, 21 June 2023
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 14 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on Monday 31 July 2023. The report will be...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Birdsville Big Red Bash (1 speech)
OUD (—) (): Running through the Simpson Desert may not sound like a good time to some, but, for the thousands set to descend on Birdsville next week, it's one of the highlights of the year....
- Longstaff, Dr Simon, AO (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to a mentor and a great Australian, Dr Simon Longstaff AO, who is the Executive Director of the Ethics Centre. He is an applied philosopher who began working in Groote...
- Page Electorate: King's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
I'd like to acknowledge and congratulate members of my community who were recognised in what was the first King's Birthday Honours list. An Australian Fire Service Medal was awarded to long-time...
- Ellsberg, Mr Daniel (1 speech)
Last week we marked the death of whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg. He was a person of extraordinary courage and conviction when it came to telling the truth about war. By releasing the Pentagon...
- Social Infrastructure (1 speech)
Last week I met with many local government representatives from all over Australia who were gathering in Canberra for their National General Assembly. The theme was 'Our Communities, Our Future'....
- Rohani, Mr Shafiq (1 speech)
Shafiq Rohani is a constituent in my electorate of Adelaide. He worked as a former interpreter for the Australian defence forces in Afghanistan from 2008 through to 2012. He was one of the lucky...
- Western Australia: Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act (1 speech)
Today I call on the Western Australian Labor government to delay the implementation of the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act. Rammed through parliament in 2021, these laws come into effect on 1...
- Australian Local Government Authority (1 speech)
Last week saw the Australian Local Government Authority National General Assembly come to the nation's capital. With more than 500 councils coming here, I thought there were some interesting...
- Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
The hubris of overreach in Labor's Voice referendum has driven the harmonious into the discordant with cacophonous effect. I believe a referendum on recognition would succeed. Instead, Labor has...
- Bennelong Electorate: Cork & Fork (1 speech)
On Sunday 21 May, my local community gathered to participate in one of the year's most anticipated events in Bennelong, Cork & Fork, run by the City of Ryde. Sadly, the event was cancelled...
- Refugee Week (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge and celebrate Refugee Week. For decades now Australia has offered a home to those who've lost theirs because of wars, because of disasters and because of atrocities. It is a...
- Australian Multiple Birth Association, Cost of Living (1 speech)
Today I was visited by Silje Andersen-Cooke, from the Australian Multiple Birth Association, and her adorable 18-month-old triplets Teddy, Eric and Ada. Silje's triplets are very active, so she...
- Capricornia Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
In September 2020 I was proud to secure $23 million for the Rockhampton stadium, located at the Rocky Sports Club. Following a few setbacks, I'm delighted to say this project is now all systems...
- Housing (1 speech)
The government has already committed substantial funds in housing since being elected—billions of dollars. There is $10 billion still to be committed, but the Greens say, 'No, not by the...
- Economy (1 speech)
When I'm at local sporting events, and visiting businesses and railway stations in my community there are three things I keep hearing about: No. 1, the economy, No. 2, the economy, and No. 3, the...
- Road Safety (1 speech)
Queenslanders with school-age children or grandchildren know that school holidays kick-off this Friday. The Sunshine State is a huge place and many families will be hitting the roads over the...
- Floods: New South Wales (1 speech)
I rise to ask those opposite a question: how would you feel if you had $1 million in the bank but you couldn't spend it? That's exactly the situation facing one of the rural councils in my...
- Briars Rugby Club (1 speech)
There is a saying at Briars rugby club: 'Once a Briar, always a Briar.' I saw the truth of that when I joined them for their 100th anniversary, when 250 members and supporters came together to...
- Motor Neurone Disease (1 speech)
Today is Global Motor Neurone Disease Awareness Day, a day which promotes the fight against MND and recognises the lives lost to the disease in the last year. I want to thank all the colleagues...
- Australian Greens (2 speeches)
It's pretty clear that we don't see eye to eye with the Greens political party on housing. You see, we've broken their business model by acting on climate. From controls on heavy emitters to fuel...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- 2023 Ashes (4 speeches)
Today in workplaces around Australia there will be a few yawns going on, I suspect, because overnight there was quite a remarkable result in one of the greatest test matches of all time. To our...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Voice (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians. Did the minister mislead the parliament when she said: 'I can tell you what the Voice will not be giving advice on … It won't be...
- Housing Australia Future Fund (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. What are people in the housing sector saying to the government about the Housing Australia Future Fund, and why has the bill failed to pass?
- Australian Greens (15 speeches)
DUTTON (—) (): My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Australian Labor Party accept Greens preferences at the next election?
- Housing (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness. How would the Albanese Labor government's Housing Australia Future Fund help tackle the country's housing challenges?...
- Coal Industry: Coal Quality Testing (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources. Documents I have with me contain evidence of coal quality fraud by three companies regarding Australian exports to South Korea. When I first raised...
- Albanese Government: Housing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. How is the Albanese Labor government getting on with the job of building the homes our people and our economy need, and what is blocking further progress?
- Australian Constitution (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians. Would the Voice have the power to advise the government to abolish Australia Day?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- MND Australia (1 speech)
I'm pleased to inform the House that present in the gallery today are representatives from MND Australia, who support people impacted by motor neurone disease. On behalf of the House and the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Endangered Species (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water. How is the Albanese Labor government protecting Australia's threatened species while also easing housing pressures at the same time?...
- Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Voice (18 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Indigenous Australians. Can the minister name an issue that affects non-Indigenous Australians that does not affect Indigenous Australians?
- Defence Strategic Review (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering on the Defence Strategic Review for northern Australia and cleaning up the mess of the last decade...
- Australian Constitution (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians. The Voice referendum working group member and Yes 23 director Thomas Mayo has stated: … we keep going, we maintain this momentum,...
- Industry and Science (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry and Science. How is the Albanese Labor government changing previous approaches to revitalise manufacturing, sharpen Australia's technology edge and...
- Universities: Fees (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. You and I, and many others in this place, benefited from free university before fees were introduced by the Hawke Labor government. Last night the University...
- Apprenticeships (2 speeches)
My question is to the minister for skills and training. How is the Albanese Labor government supporting apprentices and encouraging more women into trades?
- Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Voice (4 speeches)
My question is do the Minister for Indigenous Australians. Will the Voice have the power to provide advice to the government on any program within the budget?
- Housing (2 speeches)
PM, could you confirm that house prices in Brisbane and Sydney exceed $800,000? Since only a million people live outside the 70 kilometres of the East Coast, Perth and Victoria—who'd miss...
- Infrastructure (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. Twelve months ago Australia's infrastructure investments were a mess of waste, rorts and broken promises....
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (15 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians. Minister, where in the wording proposed to create a new chapter in the Constitution is the Voice restricted from offering advice to the...
- Telecommunications (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications. How is the Albanese Labor government's investment in communications infrastructure helping fix connectivity challenges for Australians in rural...
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (2 speeches)
I table an article by Max Chandler-Mather, published in the Jacobin magazine, in which he says: Consequently, if the Greens were to wave through the HAFF bill, it would foreclose on the...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Energy (23 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Wentworth proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The urgent need for the...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Days and Hours of Meeting (4 speeches)
on indulgence—I want to advise members of likely arrangements at the end of the session, given where we're at with the Senate. We had very good progress last week with the Senate for...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (1 speech)
The Speaker has received a message from the Senate informing the House of the appointment of senators to certain joint committees. As the list of appointments is a lengthy one, I do not propose...
- Human Rights Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present the following reports: Human rights scrutiny report: report 7 of 2023 and the annual report of 2022. Reports made...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
ONES (—) (): I move: That order of the day No. 3, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Western Australia: Live Animal Exports, Western Australia: Biosecurity Levy, Western Australia: Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act (1 speech)
As member for an electorate consisting of only regional, rural or remote areas I am greatly concerned over the Albanese Labor government's attack on our valued Western Australian farmers. It is...
- Parafield Airport (1 speech)
Parafield Airport, located 18 kilometres north of the Adelaide CBD and a major landmark in the Makin electorate, is the principal general aviation and pilot training airport in South Australia....
- Western Australia: Labor Government (1 speech)
This evening I call out the Labor Party's universal lack of attention to detail and how this is playing out both federally and in my home state of South Australia. The Prime Minister insists we...
- Trade: Investor-State Dispute Settlement (1 speech)
I've spoken in this place on numerous occasions about the risks to Australia posed by investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms. ISDS clauses in trade and investment agreements allow companies...
- Health Care: Advance Care Planning (1 speech)
As the co-convenor the Parliamentary Friends of Palliative Care and of Dementia I want to encourage every adult, no matter what age, to complete an advance care plan. Why? Because tomorrow is...
- Pearce Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
I rise to speak about a very welcome advancement in health care for my electorate of Pearce in Western Australia, which is one of the largest and fastest-growing areas in Australia. The member...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Health Care (1 speech)
Health services in our community continue to be under pressure, with long waiting times for patients at our local hospital regularly exceeding the government's benchmark. During my term in...
- Education (1 speech)
On education, Malcolm X once said, 'Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.' Truer words have rarely been said. I stand here as a product...
- Richardson, Mrs Wendy (1 speech)
I rise today with a very heavy heart to speak on the passing of Wendy Richardson, a much loved and devoted speech and language pathologist who has left a very indelible mark on our community. The...
- Seccombe, Mr Geoff (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute and give thanks for the career of a great man in our Hunter region: a person I consider a friend, a mentor and a true pillar of the Maitland and, more broadly, Hunter...
- Lyne Electorate: King's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
Congratulations go to Dr Paul Collett of Gloucester, who's been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the King's Birthday Honours. This award recognises his lifetime of service to the...
- Macquarie Electorate: Stronger Communities Program (1 speech)
As the member for Macquarie, I use every opportunity I can to help community groups in my electorate with small grant funding, and I want to give a shout-out to some of those it's been a pleasure...
- Mackellar Electorate: Telecommunications (1 speech)
For over 20 years, the Cottage Point community in Mackellar have pleaded for reliable mobile phone coverage and internet access, yet they are still waiting. This is despite the death of resident...
- Housing, Kingsford Smith Electorate: Good Morning Bangladesh (1 speech)
The Greens and the Liberals have shamefully teamed up to block 30,000 desperately needed homes. The Housing Australia Future Fund is a $10 billion investment in 30,000 new social and affordable...
- Groom Electorate: iLAuNCH Program, Toowoomba (1 speech)
I'm very sad that I can't attend the opening of the iLAuNCH program in Toowoomba; parliamentary duties call me away. However, this is one of the most important programs, one of the most important...
- Jagajaga Electorate: Child Care (2 speeches)
Well, 1 July is an exciting milestone for Australian families and for families in my electorate of Jagajaga as we make child care cheaper. As someone who has two small children myself, I know...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- WOODS, Constable Anthony (7 speeches)
Constable Anthony Woods was simply doing his job, trying to help keep our community safe, and what happened to him was an absolute tragedy. I'd like to offer my sincere condolences to Constable...
