House debates
Tuesday, 14 November 2023
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review Scheme No. 2) Bill 2023, Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Supporting the Transition to Work) Bill 2023, Treasury Laws Amendment (Support for Small Business and Charities and Other Measures) Bill 2023, Crown References Amendment Bill 2023, Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Bill 2023, Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Bill 2023, Primary Industries (Services) Levies Bill 2023, Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Bill 2023, Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Bill 2023, Primary Industries (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023 (1 speech)
I have a riveting speech to deliver here! I declare that, unless otherwise ordered, the following bills stand referred to the Federation Chamber for further consideration: (1) the Health...
- 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. 8 of 2023: National Capital Authority—Scrivener Dam Dissipator Strengthening Project...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- World Diabetes Day (2 speeches)
Today is World Diabetes Day, and I'm co-chair of the parliamentary 'enemies of diabetes' group with my friend the member for Moreton, Graham Perrett, who we'll be hearing from in a moment. In...
- Capricornia Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
On 1 November I was honoured to attend the official opening of the new Alliance Airlines heavy maintenance facility in Rockhampton. When I was first elected as the federal member for Capricornia...
- Youth Voice In Parliament Week (2 speeches)
This week we are participating in the Youth Voice in Parliament campaign, championed by Ash, Gemma and the team at Raise Our Voice. Today's speech is from Yasmin Matar, a 14-year-old constituent...
- Robertson Electorate: Munen Muso Martial Arts Studio (1 speech)
The 2023 International Sport Karate Association World Cup in Sydney saw 1,400 competitors, covering 201 teams from 11 countries, converge at the Whitlam Leisure Centre in Liverpool for three days...
- Youth Voice in Parliament Week (1 speech)
I would like to share a speech from a young Brisbane resident, Araminta Crocombe: In a country as advanced as Australia it is important that we acknowledge that not all students start from the...
- Bateman Winthrop Scout Group (1 speech)
I recently visited the Bateman Winthrop Scout Group to catch up with the local scouts and see the benefit that came through from the round 8 Stronger Communities Program. Being a scout is a...
- Western Sydney Airport (1 speech)
It's an achievement of the last coalition government that it decided to proceed with a new Western Sydney airport at Badgerys Creek. For 50 years, it had been on the drawing board and political...
- Western Australia Seniors Week (1 speech)
This week marks the celebration of Seniors Week in Western Australia. I extend a shout-out to all the wonderful seniors within my electorate of Pearce. Seniors Week stands as a significant...
- Deakin Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
Labor keeps cutting vital road projects in my electorate of Deakin. Since they entered government 18 months ago, Labor has made savage cuts to infrastructure projects throughout Melbourne's east,...
- Watts, Mr Graham, Duggan, Mr Timothy, OAM, Bolton, Mr Daniel (1 speech)
I want to talk about three incredible Territorians who I've spent time with in the last three days. On Sunday I was privileged to attend a kiap reunion. As honourable members may remember, these...
- Western Australia: Energy (1 speech)
Western Australian households, business and industry are facing the harsh reality that federal and state Labor governments are responsible for the energy crisis in our state. WA is dealing with...
- Spence Electorate: Toy Libraries (1 speech)
A few months ago I reported to the House excellent news from my electorate of Spence: that the opening of Saint Augustine's parish toy library in Salisbury in mid-August was a fantastic event,...
- Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
Tomorrow evening at six o'clock in the Senate courtyard, we are welcoming some very special members of the Australian community, and I would implore everyone to join us and to celebrate with...
- Medicare (1 speech)
Affordable access to health care is critical, so I've been thrilled to see the really positive steps being put in place by the Albanese government and Minister Mark Butler after a decade of cuts...
- Flinders Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the Albanese government's now 198-day infrastructure review and its potentially devastating impact on my electorate of Flinders. Over recent weeks we've heard the...
- Youth Voice in Parliament Week (1 speech)
Today I'll be reading a speech written by a young member of my community of Bennelong, Krishaang Gowda, who is 16 years old. It is a speech submitted through the Raise Our Voice initiative, and...
- Lindsay Electorate: Volunteer Rural Fire Fighters (1 speech)
Over the weekend, in Lindsay, we celebrated and honoured the service and bravery of our local rural fire service volunteers who protect our community and our country. I thank every volunteer...
- Youth Voice in Parliament Week (2 speeches)
Today I will read a speech written as part of Youth Voice in Parliament Week by Somaya Qasimi, a year 11 student living in the suburb of Hampden Park in my electorate. Somaya writes: 'I raise my...
- Ministry (0 speeches)
- Temporary Arrangements (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Treasurer will be absent from question time today. I will answer questions on his behalf.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Immigration Detention (19 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. I refer to the Albanese government's release of hardcore criminals from detention into the community. The...
- Migration: Community Safety (19 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. The Albanese Labor government has released 80 hardcore criminals from detention into the community. This...
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. How is the Albanese Labor government making it more affordable for Australians to access essential medicines through the PBS? Has the...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Immigration Detention (10 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. Has no-one explained to the High Court the separation of powers? Calling yourself a refugee, rightly or wrongly, doesn't override national sovereignty,...
- Cost of Living (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the government's responsible budget management helping take the pressure off households and enabling the government to invest in cost-of-living relief?
- Migration: Community Safety (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. Are any of the 81 hardcore criminals receiving taxpayer funded accommodation, now they have been released...
- Defence (3 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. What action is the Albanese Labor government taking to ensure Defence is appropriately resourced, and why is this required after a wasted decade?
- Immigration Detention (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. The Albanese Labor government has, following a High Court decision, released 80 hard-core criminals into the...
- Workplace Relations (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. How is the Albanese Labor government closing the loophole that allows gig workers to be underpaid and to have no minimum...
- Immigration Detention (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. When did the minister seek advice about a legislative fix to the High Court decision?
- Infrastructure (12 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. How is the Albanese Labor government ensuring the Commonwealth's investment in infrastructure will deliver...
- Climate Change (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Today I met with the youth climate delegation in parliament, who are calling on the government to adopt a duty of care act, such as that proposed by Senator...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Sullivan, Mayor Trent, Pugh, Mr Clive, Johnston, Mr Michael, Marti, Mayor Rod, Local Government Association of Queensland (1 speech)
I'm pleased to inform the House that present in the gallery today are Mayor Trent Sullivan, the mayor of the City of Greater Geelong; Clive Pugh, the chair of the Committee for Geelong; and...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Housing and Homelessness (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing and Homelessness. How is the Albanese Labor government working to deliver more homes for more Australians as part of its plans to help with...
- Immigration Detention (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. Can the minister confirm the Albanese Labor government is now paying welfare payments to the 81 hardcore...
- Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Government Services. In light of yesterday's release of the government's response to the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme, what is the Albanese...
- Forensic Science (2 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. Given the catastrophic failings with DNA testing in Queensland and other alarming forensic failures, like with Mr Keogh in South Australia, Mr Eastman in...
- Broadband (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications. How is the Albanese Labor government working for Australia to help families meet cost-of-living pressures and access broadband services?
- Infrastructure (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. What has the Albanese government funded and actually built in the last 18 months?
- Energy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. How is the Albanese Labor government helping to ease pressure on families by working to deliver cleaner, cheaper energy? What...
- Migration: Community Safety (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. With 175,000 Australians on a housing waiting list, can the minister confirm how many hardcore criminals...
- Early Childhood Education (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Early Childhood Education. How is the Albanese Labor government's cheaper childcare policy delivering cost-of-living relief for families?
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Carr, Mrs Helena (3 speeches)
by leave—I rise to pay tribute to Helena Carr, who passed away suddenly while travelling in Europe with her beloved husband and life partner, Bob. Helena did not hold public office, but she...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- 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)
- Living Standards (16 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: Under this Government,...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That business intervening before notice No. 1, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (10 speeches)
I won't speak long on this. I appreciate that any debate management motion is controversial in the House. I had planned at the start of the week that we weren't going to have manage this debate....
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (1 speech)
I get more correspondence from constituents in my Curtin electorate about the need for stronger climate action than on any other issue. Recently I've been contacted by many people concerned about...
- Aston Electorate: Boronia Cricket Club, Tormore Reserve (1 speech)
I rise to speak on a very special anniversary for one of the local sporting clubs in my electorate of Aston. One hundred years is a long time in anyone's life, but it is an especially long time...
- Infrastructure (1 speech)
I rise on a matter of serious concern to people in my electorate: the lack of road funding flowing to regional and rural Victoria, particularly to regional and rural western Victoria. We've heard...
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
Each year, I rise in this parliament to honour the lives of women who have died in the past year through acts of violence, often committed by someone known to them. Tonight, I stand to honour and...
- Renewable Energy (1 speech)
Labor's reckless indifference towards regional communities is jeopardising their target of 82 per cent renewables by 2030 and up to 100 per cent thereafter. To be clear, the coalition has never...
- Chisholm Electorate (1 speech)
I want to take the opportunity this evening to update the House on what has been happening in my electorate of Chisholm and surrounds over the last few weeks. I recently had the great joy of...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Youth Voice in Parliament Week (1 speech)
I am honoured today to read a speech by 11-year-old Emerson who attends Littlehampton Primary School in my electorate. Emerson took part in the 2023 Raise Our Voice competition, which encourages...
- Gorton Electorate (1 speech)
Today I wish to share with the chamber my experiences and insights from recent visits to the vibrant religious temples in my electorate of Gorton. Last week, I had the privilege of visiting the...
- Nicholls Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
One of the really good things about the previous coalition government was that it funded and built infrastructure. In my electorate, this included stage 3 of the Shepparton rail line upgrade,...
- Eden-Monaro Electorate: Community Events, Eden-Monaro Electorate: Volunteers (1 speech)
I rise today to say a big thankyou to the Philipzen family, a name that many families in the Bega Valley will be familiar with. It's synonymous with the Bega War Memorial Swimming Pool. The...
- Environment (1 speech)
I acknowledge the minister in the room because I am sure she will be as concerned as I am about the issue I am about to raise. I have in front of me here a letter that one of my constituents...
- Sydney Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
Before I go on to my own comments, I want to respond very briefly to those comments. We know that farmers are some of the best land managers around, and one of the things that our government...
- Health Care (1 speech)
Jane Gentle is a caring person—you could almost say by name and by nature. But she says what she thinks, she means what she says and she says what she means. She's been a pharmacist for 23...
- Robertson Electorate: Ocean Beach Surf Life Saving Club (1 speech)
I would like to acknowledge two phenomenal Central Coast men who have been recently recognised as life members of the Ocean Beach Surf Life Saving Club. Alan Moffitt and Kevin Manning, two highly...
- Lockyer Valley: Hailstorm (1 speech)
I rise to inform the House, yet again, of another disaster that has bestowed itself upon the Lockyer Valley. I was first elected in 2010, and it just feels like groundhog day, having to come into...
- Hawke Electorate: Community Radio, Medicare (2 speeches)
Last month I visited 97.9 FM, Melton's own community radio station. Students from Staughton College hosted the Homework Club. Started eight years ago, the Homework Club is on the air every...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Fraud (1 speech)
Some of the most heartbreaking constituent cases that come through the office are scam complaints—people who believe they've participated in genuine banking and finance transactions only to...
- Middle East, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Meeting (6 speeches)
I rise today to talk about the situation in Israel and Gaza. Since I spoke about this issue in the previous sitting week, the violence has escalated dramatically. We have rightfully condemned the...
- Cost of Living (2 speeches)
When Labor came into government last year, we knew Australia was facing a period of economic uncertainty and global uncertainty. We know Australians are doing it tough and that's why we have been...
- Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program (2 speeches)
For three days, the week before last, I was honoured to attend the Australian Defence Force Parachuting School in my electorate of Gilmore as part of the ADF parliamentary exchange. Defence plays...
