House debates
Thursday, 10 August 2023
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Nuclear Waste Management (2 speeches)
by leave—I rise today to make a statement on court proceedings challenging the Commonwealth's proposed National Radioactive Waste Facility and related matters. In 2012, the Gillard...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme (27 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) accepts the findings of the report of the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme regarding the former ministers involved in the design and implementation of the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- National Student Wellbeing Program (1 speech)
Our chaplains contribute so much to students, staff and parents in our schools right across the country. I am pleased to highlight the fantastic work of the chaplains in Forde at a recent...
- Bowel Cancer (1 speech)
Bowel cancer is the fourth most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australia, with the majority of cases presenting in Australians over 50. But the rate of bowel cancers in those under 50 is increasing...
- Nuclear Waste Management: Submarines (1 speech)
It is disappointing and concerning to see the government walk away from the proposal to build a low-level nuclear waste repository in my home state of South Australia. Regrettably, this seems to...
- Mayo, Mr Thomas (1 speech)
Thomas Mayo has demonstrated enormous conviction, energy and stamina in his commitment to the vital cause of reconciliation. He has devoted himself to making the case for constitutional...
- Wentworth Electorate: Charitable Organisations, Mikolot Public Speaking Competition (1 speech)
I want to draw attention to the work of two amazing community organisations in Wentworth: Caretakers Cottage and Bondi Beach Cottage. When I visited Caretakers Cottage, I was truly moved by the...
- Dunnet, Mr John, OAM (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate Mr John Dunnet OAM, who was recognised as part of the King's Birthday 2023 Honours List, being awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia. This award was fitting...
- Goldstein Youth Forum (1 speech)
I recently led a group of year 6 students from 13 different schools from within my electorate as they participated in our inaugural Goldstein Youth Forum, organised by my office. The students...
- Great Eastern Wine Week, Tasmanian Whisky Week (1 speech)
Great Eastern Wine Week runs from 8 to 17 September, so book your tickets to Tasmania today. Great Eastern Wine Week showcases some of Tasmania's finest wines along the beautiful 221-kilometre...
- Nuclear Waste Management (1 speech)
In September I will have been in this place for a decade. In that time I've seen a lot of things, but I don't think I've ever seen a worse or poorer decision than the one taken by the Labor Party...
- Pearce Electorate: Surf Lifesaving (1 speech)
Congratulations go to the Quinns Mindarie Surf Life Saving Club, President Nathanial Lee and team, for their remarkable achievement in winning the Woodside Nippers Club of the Year award. The...
- Australian Diamonds Netball Team (1 speech)
I rose today to extend my heartfelt reservations to the Diamonds on the outstanding achievement of their 12th Netball World Cup crown on Monday. Their win put on display, extraordinary talent,...
- World Scout Jamboree (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge the 23 Scouts and seven leaders from the Central Coast who have taken part in this year's 25th World Scout Jamboree in South Korea. The World Scout Jamboree takes place...
- Cotchin, Mr Trent (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge a Richmond Football Club immortal who announced their retirement today: triple-premiership captain Trent Cotchin. He has been an absolute inspiration to the Richmond...
- Landcare Week (1 speech)
This week is Landcare Week, a week when we celebrate the fantastic work of Landcare groups around the nation. Landcare are a volunteer powered movement who play a vital role in environmental...
- Townsville Toy Library (1 speech)
There isn't a child in this country that doesn't love a new toy. The feeling of discovery and adventure as children play with their toys can lead to some of the most formative memories of...
- Furlong Park School for Deaf Children (1 speech)
I recently visited Furlong Park School for Deaf Children, which was awarded a $25,000 grant by our government to upgrade its ICT equipment. Furlong Park runs an early education program for three-...
- Education (1 speech)
I'm excited to update the House on the progress of my motion to make financial literacy a compulsory part of the national curriculum. Since I introduced this motion, I have had an incredible...
- Trade (1 speech)
I rise to welcome the news that China has removed the 80.5 per cent tariff on Australian barley. This outcome paves the way for industry to re-enter the Chinese market, which is a win-win for...
- Nuclear Waste (1 speech)
I can only describe the decision of the government today to withdraw support for the Kimba facility, the national radioactive waste management facility, as weak, cowardly and, indeed,...
- Homelessness (2 speeches)
There are a group who are doing worse than renters, except you can't doorknock them because they don't have a door. They live among us, unable to participate fully because they don't have the...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Ministry (0 speeches)
- Temporary Arrangements (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Leader of the Opposition will be absent from question time today, for personal reasons. I will be representing the Leader in question time.
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister has been a member of this House for almost 30 years and now lives a privileged life in the Lodge and Kirribilli House. He has never dealt...
- Aged-Care Workforce (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Aged Care. How is the Albanese Labor government addressing the challenges it inherited to put nurses back into nursing homes and improve care for older Australians?
- Health Care (12 speeches)
LLACE () (): My question is to the Prime Minister. On 31 July, the Montville Pharmacy in my electorate of Fisher was forced to close as a direct result of the increased costs of doing business...
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Why is it so important that the Albanese Labor government delivers cost-of-living relief for millions of Australians through cheaper medicines? What...
- Climate Change (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Your government has approved three new coal projects and supports new gas. However, the International Energy Agency has been clear...
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
OU () (): My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the Albanese Labor government working to restore dignity to the aged-care sector?
- Economy (7 speeches)
Prime Minister, since Labor came to government, interest rates have gone up 11 times, core inflation is amongst the highest of advanced economies, real wages have fallen off a cliff, consumer...
- Aged-Care Workforce (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. What policy approaches has the Albanese Labor government changed to better support our aged-care workforce?
- New South Wales: Floods, Resilient Homes Program (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's answer to my question in June where he committed to working with the New South Wales government on the flood recovery of...
- Cost of Living (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. How is the Albanese Labor government helping to ease cost-of-living pressures on Australian families and small businesses, and what barriers are there to that...
- Nuclear Waste Management (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. For eight years, the Kimba community in my electorate pursued an invitation to host the national radioactive waste management facility. As with Israel and...
- Regional Australia (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories. Minister, how is the Albanese Labor government delivering for our regional communities?
- Oil And Gas Exploration: Tiwi Islands Traditional Owners (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources. Last year traditional owners on the Tiwi Islands won a landmark case in the Federal Court. The victory guaranteed Aboriginal and Torres Strait...
- Albanese Government: Telecommunications, Albanese Government: Broadband (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to boost connectivity for regional communities, and why is this investment needed in these areas?
- Central Australia (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians. In January the Prime Minister promised a $250 million package for Central Australia, which the government claimed would improve...
- Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
My question is to Minister for Government Services. What does the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme say about the treatment of vulnerable people in the social security system and what...
- Donations to Political Parties (2 speeches)
This is a question for the Prime Minister. Will your government ban political donations from government contractors?
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (3 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. How will recognition through a Voice improve outcomes for First Nations Australians, including in the Attorney-General's portfolio?
- Uluru Statement from the Heart: Treaty (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians. One of the elements of the Uluru statement is a 'makarrata commission' for 'agreement-making' and that 'Labor will take steps to...
- Australian Constitution: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (3 speeches)
My question is to the Leader of the House. What role has the House of Representatives played in the process that has led to this year's referendum?
- Privilege (0 speeches)
- Member for Cook (1 speech)
On Tuesday this week, the member for Brisbane raised as a matter of privilege whether statements made by the member for Cook, in 2020 when he was Prime Minister and also last week, constitute a...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
I move: That leave of absence be granted to every Member of the House of Representatives from the determination of this sitting of the House to the date of its next sitting. Question agreed to.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
This document is tabled in accordance with the list circulated to honourable members earlier today. Full details of the document will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Infrastructure: Regional Australia (19 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Gippsland proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The government's failure...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Taxation (1 speech)
One in three corporations in Australia pay no tax. That stat isn't just pulled out of thin air; it comes from the Australian Taxation Office itself. The ATO publishes a corporate tax transparency...
- Bushfire Preparedness (1 speech)
No-one cannot have been impacted by the 2019-20 bushfires. There were tragic losses of lives, and hundreds of homes were destroyed and/or damaged, along with outbuildings, stock animals and...
- Nuclear Waste Management (1 speech)
I'm sad to report that I'm in no better mood about the government's decision to cancel the Napandee project in Kimba, to be the host of the National Radioactive Waste Management Facility, than I...
- Housing and Homelessness (1 speech)
This week is Homelessness Week, a week where homelessness services and community groups educate our broader community and advocate for change. This year, the theme for Homelessness Week is 'It's...
- Climate Change: Safeguard Mechanism (1 speech)
The safeguard mechanism represents one of the world's most punitive carbon taxes, and it will only see prices soar even further for struggling families. This is a hard cap on economic growth, a...
- Housing Australia Future Fund (1 speech)
The Housing Australia Future Fund was a signature policy of the Australian Labor Party going into the 2022 federal election. Australians overwhelmingly supported that policy, and from the...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Cost of Living (1 speech)
I was elected in 2016, and in the last seven years I cannot recall a time when so many people in my community have contacted me to describe the hardship they're experiencing, and what started as...
- Barley Industry (1 speech)
Sometimes I like to have a beer. Beer is made through a process of brewing a starch source, usually a premium Western Australian barley, into a sugary liquid which is then fermented with yeast....
- La Trobe Electorate: Officer Football Club (1 speech)
I'm delighted to speak on behalf of local residents in Officer and thank the Officer Football Club, otherwise known as ROC. I was at the opening of their new facility—actually, not the...
- Fraud (1 speech)
One afternoon, I found myself listening to Ben Fordham's podcast on 2GB and I heard the story of Paul Trefry. Paul was contacted via text message by ANZ. They told him his business account had...
- Veterans (1 speech)
Firstly, I'd like to identify wholeheartedly with the member for Bennelong's remarks. South Gippsland Legacy Group is marking the centenary of the wider Legacy movement with a commemoration at...
- Housing Affordability (1 speech)
Here in the ACT and across the country, housing affordability has become a major challenge. Under the former government, home ownership rates in Australia fell to a 50-year low. Many Australians...
- Gold Coast: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I've spoken in this place before about the need to ensure that planning is advanced for the extension of the heavy rail from Varsity Lakes to Coolangatta airport. This is the public transport...
- Refugee and Humanitarian Program (1 speech)
I want to acknowledge the extraordinary effort of three men from south-east Melbourne who walked from Dandenong to Canberra over the last few weeks—yes, they walked. I hosted them in...
- Meikle, Kuba (1 speech)
A great joy in being an elected member is the opportunity to meet and engage with members of the Northern Tasmanian community of all ages and backgrounds. Getting out to schools and meeting young...
- Gilmore Electorate: SAHSSI 30 Walk (2 speeches)
In between sitting weeks here in parliament, I made the dash home to the New South Wales South Coast and was able to take part in one of my favourite activities. Bright and early on Saturday...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That order of the day No. 1, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Universities: Physical and Sexual Harassment and Violence (3 speeches)
Yesterday Minister Clare made a very important statement regarding student safety and sexual assault on university campuses in Australia, announcing that he had appointed Ms Patty Kinnersly, the...
- Homelessness (2 speeches)
I rise to speak on the ministerial statement on homelessness, and I thank the shadow minister for homelessness, the honourable member for Deakin, for the informed contribution he made yesterday....
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Animal Welfare (1 speech)
It's no secret that the greyhound racing industry results in animal suffering and unbearable cruelty, which is I've long campaigned to ban greyhound racing within Australia—and I'm not...
- Cost of Living (2 speeches)
We all know that the rising cost of food, petrol, energy and rent is having a real impact on so many across our community. With this knowledge, we need to recognise that we as a government, as a...
- Veterans (1 speech)
As the Federation Chamber now prepares to adjourn for the final time for this sitting fortnight, I can't help but reflect on this place as an institution. Our parliament, if it were to be...
- National Radioactive Waste Management Facility (1 speech)
Around an hour ago, the Minister for Resources announced that the government was abandoning the plans to site the National Radioactive Waste Management Facility at Napandee in the Kimba district....
- Health Care (1 speech)
by leave—You may not be aware that the Liberals and Nationals have teamed up with One Nation and Senator Van to introduce a motion to disallow 60-day prescriptions in the Senate, moving to...
