House debates
Tuesday, 5 September 2023
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023; Reference to Committee (9 speeches)
Under standing order 143, I move: That the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023 be referred to the Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training for...
- Higher Education Support Amendment (Response to the Australian Universities Accord Interim Report) Bill 2023, Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2023, Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Australia's Engagement in the Pacific) Bill 2023; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
I declare that, unless otherwise ordered, the Higher Education Support Amendment (Response to the Australian Universities Accord Interim Report) Bill 2023, the Social Security and Other...
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2023; Second Reading (3 speeches)
I raise a point of order, and I'm trying to be helpful here. The speaker listed to speak on this bill is the Manager of Opposition Business, who was here and has left. There may be a good reason....
- Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Australia's Engagement in the Pacific) Bill 2023; Second Reading (3 speeches)
The coalition supports the measures contained in the Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Australia's Engagement in the Pacific) Bill 2023 to provide assistance for family members of...
- Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023; Second Reading (4 speeches)
I rise to speak on the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023, and I move: That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words: "the...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Income Tax (1 speech)
I've had a number of Longman constituents contact me in despair when they completed their tax returns recently. The despair comes from the fact that they found then that the tax offset that gave...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
Today is the fifth annual Thank You for Working in Aged Care Day, run by the mighty Health Services Union. I am a proud member of the HSU, and today I would like to give my thanks to the tens of...
- World Dragon Boat Racing Championships (1 speech)
I'd like to acknowledge the impressive efforts of five of my constituents—Sam Fowler, Kevin Buhler, Liz Harrison and husband-and-wife duo Ken and Lorrae Fitzgerald—who recently took...
- Woodward, Mr Karl (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge Karl Woodward, a veteran in my community on the Central Coast who will compete in this year's Invictus Games in Germany. Mr Woodward joined the Royal Australian Airforce and...
- Victorian High Country Huts Association (1 speech)
The people of Indi truly value the unique alpine environment of the Victorian high country. The catastrophic loss of 29 historic huts in the 2003 alpine fires galvanised a community response that...
- Men's Shed Week (1 speech)
This week we celebrate Men's Shed Week, an annual event that aims to raise community awareness and knowledge of and interest in men's sheds. It is also the 30th anniversary of Men's Shed Week,...
- Aged Care: Workforce (1 speech)
I rise to thank all those working in the aged-care sector and to express my deepest thanks on behalf of the people of Warringah. We have over 760 workers in aged care, employed in residential...
- Spence Electorate: Community Services (1 speech)
Recently I represented the Minister for Social Services to open a new toy library located within my electorate of Spence. The toy library is located at the St Augustine's Parish School in...
- Tatchell, Mr Will (1 speech)
I'm pleased to stand here today and share that, for a second year in a row, a northern Tasmanian has been named the male AFL Community Coach of the Year. It's well known that our island state...
- Pearce Electorate: Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
I recently spent a fantastic Saturday afternoon at the Standing Together against family violence round with the wonderful Quinns Districts Amateur Football Club. It was a great pleasure to attend...
- Hunter Boyle Children's Swim Program (1 speech)
I rise to talk about the Hunter Boyle Children's Swim Program. This fantastic initiative, in partnership with Kidsafe, was started by Ash Napolitano and Matt Boyle in 2021. Sadly, like a number...
- Hasluck: Governor Stirling Senior High School (1 speech)
Last Tuesday, I was delighted to accompany the Minister for Foreign Affairs on a visit to Governor Stirling Senior High School in Woodbridge in Hasluck. The foreign minister was well received by...
- Flynn: Rosella Park School (1 speech)
I was pleased to recently stop by the Rosella Park School in Gladstone to meet a talented artist, Jack, and some of the school's transition students. Jack created a picture of a local pale-faced...
- Ryde Dragon Boat Club (1 speech)
I'm very proud to be able to stand today and talk about the Ryde Dragon Boat Club, a local club based in my electorate of Bennelong. Ryde Dragon Boat Club was established in October 2021. They...
- Cost Of Living (1 speech)
On Saturday morning, I was attending the tyre service to get a puncture repaired. The owner recognised my face, which surprised me, and decided to let me know in no uncertain terms what he...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
CARENHAS () (): Australia is critical in the world's pathway to decarbonisation. Our critical minerals are the building blocks of the clean energy economy. It's Minerals Week this week. Not only...
- Australian Men's Shed Association (1 speech)
I rise today to highlight the significance of the 30th anniversary of the Men's Shed Association, which plays a vital role in facilitating connection, community and camaraderie in the electorate...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
I rise today a proud member of the Albanese Labor government, a government that is working for Australia, a government that hasn't wasted a minute since we were elected, a government that's...
- Child Care (1 speech)
The last time Labor was in government, out-of-pocket childcare costs skyrocketed by 53 per cent. In the last nine months alone, they've already increased by a whopping eight per cent. The Prime...
- Health Care (2 speeches)
Friday 1 September was a great day. It was the day that cheaper medicines began, with 60-day dispensing for eligible patients with a chronic condition. I am delighted for the around 50,000 people...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Voice (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, over half of our population, including one in three Labor voters, is telling you that they don't want the Voice in the Constitution. It is...
- Health Care (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. How is the Albanese Labor government supporting working Australians by delivering cheaper medicines? What obstacles have stood in the way...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program (3 speeches)
I am pleased to inform the House that present in the gallery today are participants in the 2023 Australian Defence Force parliamentary exchange program, which I understand many of our fellow...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Uluru Statement from the Heart (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The authorised, official history of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, written by co-chairs Megan Davis and Pat Anderson, was published six days ago. The...
- Workplace Relations (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Why is it important to close the loopholes that undercut wages and conditions? What has been the response from those who...
- Energy (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Minister, you're aware that Liddell, Eraring, Torrens, Vales Point, Callide B and Yallourn will all close by 2029, taking 9,000...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- International Relations: Australia and South-East Asia (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Tonight the Prime Minister will travel to Jakarta. How is the Albanese Labor government working with countries in our region to promote prosperity and...
- Interest Rates (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. We've seen 11 interest rate increases on this government's watch. New Roy Morgan research shows that 1.43 million Australians are at risk of mortgage stress....
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. What does the Reserve Bank's decision on interest rates today mean for Australia's economic outlook?
- Aviation Industry (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Did the Prime Minister have a conversation of any nature with Mr Alan Joyce prior to the government's decision concerning Qatar Airways?
- Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Voice: Education (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. How will recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through a voice work to get better education results for First Nations Australians?
- Aviation Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Did the Prime Minister have any conversations with the CEO or any senior executive of Virgin Australia regarding the Qatar application before the decision...
- Broadband (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications. How is the Albanese Labor government addressing cost-of-living challenges by helping families with school-age children connect to the internet?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Symon, Councillor Mike (1 speech)
I'd like to recognise Mike Symon, the former member for Deakin, and councillor for the Maroondah City Council, in the gallery today. Honourable members: Hear, hear!
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Roads: Macquarie River Crossing at Dixons Long Point (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Since the days of the gold rush, our communities have been fighting for a crossing over the Macquarie River at Dixons Long Point between Mudgee and Orange....
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Aged Care. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering on its commitment to put registered nurses back into nursing homes and lift the standard of aged care...
- Aviation Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Did the Prime Minister have any conversations with the outgoing Qantas CEO or any other senior executive of Qantas regarding the Qatar application before the...
- Cost of Living (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. What actions are the Albanese Labor government taking to address cost-of-living pressures for vulnerable families?
- Whistleblower Protection (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, the first person on trial for the alleged Afghanistan war crimes is whistleblower David McBride, and the only person before a court for the...
- Local Government (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering on its commitments for local government?
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Conduct (1 speech)
Before we move to the MPI, I've got a short statement to make. As members would be aware, there was some very serious and concerning behaviour in the public galleries during question time...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 5 of 2023-24 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's performance audit report No. 5 of 2023-24 entitled Trade measurement compliance activities: Department of Industry, Science and Resources. Document made a...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
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.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Aviation Industry (15 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Riverina proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: This Government's chaotic...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Aviation Industry (1 speech)
I rise to add to an answer I gave earlier today. I spoke to the Virgin CEO on 13 July 2023 by phone from Perth while in transit to Canberra from the NATO summit and bilateral visit to Germany,...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Aviation Industry (8 speeches)
Again, what we saw was those opposite driving down wages and conditions, wanting to remove Australian jobs and look after their mates, ensuring their mates' companies from Singapore were getting...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Antarctica (1 speech)
I'm proud to reflect on the fact that my home, Hobart, is the gateway to the Antarctic, serving as it does as the nerve centre for international scientific research and conservation efforts in...
- Project Independence, St Mary MacKillop College (1 speech)
TH (—) (): Last week I had the privilege of attending the opening of Project Independence's newest complex in Phillip. The work Project Independence is doing in Canberra represents a new...
- Albanese Government: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I'd like to begin my speech today with a direct quote from Prime Minister Albanese when he was in opposition, back in 2018. As the shadow minister for infrastructure at the time, he said: This is...
- Chisholm Electorate: Monash Precinct Network (1 speech)
I recently had the opportunity to attend the Monash Precinct Network industry roundtable, where I had the great privilege to spend the afternoon with representatives of some outstanding...
- Cybersafety (1 speech)
I want to talk today about an issue which I think is one of the defining issues of our era, and that is the issue of child safety online. For a number of years, we've seen really disturbing...
- Calwell Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
This Saturday, 9 September, the inaugural Pacific Island Women's Health Equity Day will be held in my electorate. The event will be a day aligned with the United Nations sustainable development...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Renewable Energy (1 speech)
Regional Australia has the best renewable resources in the world. There are already many large-scale, mostly foreign owned, renewable projects happening across the country. There is no question...
- Eden-Monaro Electorate: Community Events, Dummett, Ms Alanna (1 speech)
Across Eden-Monaro, it is finals footy time. It's been great to get to so many games across the place. I want to give a shout-out to the Queanbeyan Whites Rugby Club for their annual family...
- Nicholls Electorate: Agriculture (1 speech)
Thank you for the opportunity for a constituency statement. I want to talk about the most important thing to the economic activity in my electorate of Nicholls, which is irrigation. Back in the...
- Morley, Ms Olivia, Invictus Games (1 speech)
Today I'd like to share the story of an impressive young woman from Frankston, Olivia Morley. Olivia is just 17-years-old and she recently competed with the Australian Dragon Boat Team, called...
- Fadden Electorate: Paradise Point Parkrun (1 speech)
Mr Robert: Next month Paradise Point parkrun will celebrate its eighth birthday. I'm honoured today to recognise this wonderful community group and its volunteers for their hard work in...
- Blair Electorate: Ipswich Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (1 speech)
Last week the Ipswich Medicare Urgent Care Clinic was opened at the Riverlink Medical and Dental Centre at North Ipswich in my electorate. In launching the new centre, I was joined by...
- Neighbourhood Houses (1 speech)
I rise to recognise the critical role that our Neighbourhood Houses play right across Victoria in our communities. There are several Neighbourhood Houses across Gippsland, and they all offer...
- Gorton Young Leaders Awards (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate the talented and hardworking recipients of this year's Gorton Young Leaders Awards. Since 2009 I've been acknowledging selected year 12 students from the electorate of...
- Ladybird Care Foundation (1 speech)
Last Saturday I had the privilege of attending the third annual Ladybird Care Foundation gala dinner. Some 550 guests packed into the grand ballroom at Brisbane City Hall to celebrate and to...
- Health Care (2 speeches)
Women's health is an issue that I'm incredibly passionate about. A couple of months ago I wrote to every single woman who lives in my electorate asking them to participate in a women's health...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Crean, Hon. Simon Findlay (3 speeches)
It's really appropriate that I'm called to speak on this—I think I'm the last of the speakers—immediately following a contribution from the member for Hotham. When I was first...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Economy (1 speech)
I represent an electorate which is generally perceived as well-off. It's an electorate with a mean income of $106,000 a year, an electorate in which unemployment is only 2.2 per cent. Even in...
- Cost of Living (1 speech)
Inflation is a challenge around the world. In the UK it's at 6.8 per cent, in Germany it's at 6.1 per cent, and in the US it's at 3.2 per cent—and spare a thought for Sweden, where it's...
- Australian Constitution: Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
On 14 October this country will go to a referendum, and it will be the most important referendum this country will have faced. This will be an opportunity where fair-minded Australians will have...
- Western Sydney Airport, Music Education (1 speech)
Just over two months ago the preliminary flight paths for Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport were released. It's fair to say that they have not brought much joy to many of...
- Roads (1 speech)
It's apt that this is a grievance debate because I rise to speak on behalf of my electorate, the electorate of Wannon, about the state of our roads and the need for the federal government to...
- Infrastructure (1 speech)
The English architect Christopher Wren was responsible for some of London's most iconic and enduring buildings. No doubt his magnum opus is the magnificent St Paul's Cathedral. Having seen it for...
