House debates
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 20 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on Monday 27 November 2023. The report will be...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Orders of the Day (2 speeches)
I declare that Federation Chamber order of the day No. 10, government business, Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Supporting the Transition to Work) Bill 2023, is returned to the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Joint Committee; Approval of Work (1 speech)
I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, it is expedient to carry out the following proposed work which was referred to the Parliamentary Standing...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Forde Electorate: Christmas Card Competition (1 speech)
Every year, I send out a Christmas card to the wonderful people of my electorate of Forde, wishing them a safe and enjoyable break over the Christmas and New Year period. My annual Christmas card...
- Bean Electorate: Tuggeranong Arts Centre (1 speech)
For over a quarter of a century, the Tuggeranong Arts Centre, located just behind my electorate office, has been a place where people come together and celebrate creativity. Some come to learn,...
- South-East Queensland: Rail (1 speech)
Labor's 90-day infrastructure review has just hit the 200-day mark. Amidst all of this dithering and delay, and amidst a hyperinflationary environment, the minister now says, 'I think it all...
- Youth Voice in Parliament Week (2 speeches)
I rise to present a Raise Our Voice speech on behalf of a constituent. It reads: My name is Alexis Pallister. I am 22 years old and currently live in Western Australia. Respect for women, this is...
- Podolski, Mr Ralph (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge the amazing life of Ralph Podolski, aged 96, who lives in Killcare Heights in my electorate of Robertson. Ralph is a highly accomplished artist whose paintings have been...
- Curtin Electorate: Housing (1 speech)
Last week, more than a hundred constituents joined our Curtin Housing Forum to discuss what it will take to achieve our agreed housing goals in Curtin: secure, long-term housing for all;...
- Tangney Electorate: Sikh Community (1 speech)
I want to take this opportunity to draw attention to and thank the Sikh community in Australia on the occasion of the 554th birthday celebration of Guru Nanak. Guru Nanak laid the foundation of...
- Cherbourg State School (1 speech)
Cherbourg is an Aboriginal community in Wide Bay that faces its challenges but is also having some wins. In a recent meeting I had with Mayor Elvie Sandow, she told me one such story around...
- Hunter Electorate: Local Government (1 speech)
I know I say it a lot but the Hunter really is the best place on earth, and the awards just keep backing up my claims. On Sunday, Singleton Council was awarded as the best council in regional New...
- Barker Electorate: Food Producers (1 speech)
The Murray-Darling Basin is home to 2.3 million Australians who provide economic output worth $2 billion each year. We colloquially know the basin as 'Australia's food bowl', producing a...
- Sumner, Mr Jack (1 speech)
I'd like to take this opportunity to share a few words about a former Parramatta constituent and local Labor champion, Jack Sumner, who passed away on 9 October at the age of 82. Jack grew up in...
- Bowman Electorate: Fathers (1 speech)
One of the most important tasks in our country is that performed by our dads. The research says one of the biggest predictors of individual success in life is the presence of good fathering. Of...
- Youth Voice in Parliament (1 speech)
Today I'm going to read a speech from young Daniel Mills, an eight-year-old who goes to Nailsworth Primary School in my electorate of Adelaide. Daniel says: What change would make Australia a...
- Hinkler Electorate: Bundaberg Brewed Drinks (1 speech)
I rise to thank Prime Minister Albanese. The Prime Minister came to my patch a couple of weeks ago to open the Bundaberg Brewed Drinks super brewery. The Prime Minister did a good job. He wielded...
- Holt Electorate: Karva Chauth (1 speech)
I rise to share about the enriching experience I had attending Karva Chauth celebrations at the recently established Hindu temple Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Cranbourne South. The Hindu festival...
- Australian Youth Barometer (1 speech)
The 2023 Monash University Youth Barometer survey highlights the difficulties that our youth are facing. Nine in 10 surveyed experienced financial difficulty over the past 12 months, and 61 per...
- Middle East (1 speech)
Recently, Gazi Mahajna, a student from Homebush Boys High School, spent his work experience week with me. I asked him to write his first speech as if he were to become a member of parliament....
- Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
I rise today to invite all members of the House to an event I'm proudly co-hosting in the Senate courtyard this evening, along with my colleague MPs from the Murray-Darling Basin. I suspect your...
- Youth Voice in Parliament Week (2 speeches)
This week is Youth Voice in Parliament Week. Matthew Khwaja, a year 11 vocational student at John Fawkner College, in my electorate of Wills, wrote about what change would make a place for future...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Immigration Detention (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. Can the minister advise the House whether any of the 81 hardcore criminals released into the community...
- Cost of Living (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How have the government's actions to relieve cost-of-living pressures helped Australians doing it tough? What opposition has the government faced in...
- Immigration Detention (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. Can the minister advise the House whether any of the 81 hardcore criminals released into the community...
- Economy (15 speeches)
FERNANDO () (): My question is to the Treasurer. How is the Albanese Labor government helping ease the cost-of-living pressures and get wages moving again? What other approaches have been rejected?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. Most high school students can't vote, yet the decision of your government to push more coal and gas is harming their future. That is a big reason why...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Following today's release of the Australian Signals Directorate's annual cyberthreat report for 2022-23, what action is the Albanese Labor government...
- Immigration Detention (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. The ABC has just reported that, following the High Court decision, the government released some of the 80...
- Infrastructure (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. How is the Albanese Labor government getting on with the job of delivering critical...
- Immigration Detention (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. How many hardcore criminals released from detention got a letter from the Department of Home Affairs which...
- Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. How are Medicare Urgent Care Clinics helping Australians to get urgent health care when they need it, and helping to ease pressure on...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- National Security (41 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That the House: (1) expresses its grave concern at the vicious rise of antisemitic vilification in our country, and the breakdown in social cohesion...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Immigration Detention (17 speeches)
I've received a letter from the honourable Manager of Opposition Business proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The failure of...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Bill 2023; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Bill 2023; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Primary Industries (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Bill 2023; Report from Federation Chamber (1 speech)
The question is that the amendments moved by the member for Maranoa be agreed to.
- Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Bill 2023; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Bill 2023; Report from Federation Chamber (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, before you report the next message, I understand that, in the Federation Chamber, divisions were called on the next two second reading amendments. It may well be the case, as I'm...
- Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Bill 2023; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Primary Industries (Services) Levies Bill 2023; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023; Second Reading (59 speeches)
Frequently, in any business environment, being able to scale up and down as required can literally make or break your business, and, for this, flexibility is key. Why then make employment of...
- Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee Bill 2023; Second Reading (1 speech)
We will be opposing the Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee Bill 2023. The Australian people watching at this late hour were not promised before the election by the then opposition leader, now...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Labor Government (1 speech)
I rise this evening to speak to the great, growing divide between what this Labor government preaches it will deliver for Australian families and the reality of the hardship those families are...
- Medicare, Wages, Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
In my adjournment speech tonight I want to focus on some positive things that are happening: reforms from our government and the real difference that they are making to the people in my...
- Casey Electorate: Remembrance Day (1 speech)
Like many across our country and in this House, on Saturday I had the opportunity to attend multiple Remembrance Day events in my community. These were on Saturday and also in the week leading up...
- Vocational Education and Training (1 speech)
Today, I would like to address the chamber on the Albanese Labor government's commitment to strengthen and transform our vocational education and training—the VET sector. Particularly, I...
- Forde Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
Frequently, over the last little while, we've heard an awful lot about the crisis of youth crime, not just in my state of Queensland but, as I have seen, in other parts of the country. One of the...
- Australian National Internships Program (2 speeches)
I'm a big believer in education and in empowering the youth of today to become the leaders of tomorrow. I've really enjoyed my time in politics, and one of the reasons I've enjoyed my time in...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
Last year Australians lost over $3 billion to scams—an increase of 80 per cent on 2021. In other words, scams are impacting a lot of people and they are increasingly devastating. For...
- Vocational Education and Training (1 speech)
Today I want to talk about the real importance of vocational education as part of our training system. I know that many young people, as we approach the high school graduation season, are...
- Remembrance Day (1 speech)
Remembrance Day is a very important and a very significant day for our nation. It continues to represent a time when Australians can stand together alongside our veterans, our service personnel...
- Lalor Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
It's been a busy time in the electorate of Lalor, and I'd like to thank the community, our Indian diaspora, for some fabulous events celebrating Diwali that have happened across the last two...
- Infrastructure (1 speech)
I rise to talk about infrastructure and road funding, and, inevitably, when you raise these subjects, you're talking about numbers. Before I start, I want to make a simple point. We have a...
- Hunter Electorate: Sport (1 speech)
The Hunter is a breeding ground for young athletes. We have young people who are gifted and skilled in all kinds of sports, and it's an honour to be able to help a few who compete at an elite...
- Banks Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
On 15 October I attended be feast day at St Luke's parish in Revesby. It was a wonderful day. It started with a mass, and there were broader celebrations in the school grounds afterwards. About a...
- Australia: Bushfires (1 speech)
We are fast approaching our summer months with elevated temperatures predicted along with the very real possibility of an extended bushfire season. Sadly, communities around the country have...
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
Sadly, in October five women were murdered at the hands of their partners in the space of 10 days, and I know that the thoughts and prayers of everyone in this place go out to the families and...
- Breast Cancer (2 speeches)
Like many Australians, breast cancer awareness is a cause close to my heart. It's the most commonly diagnosed cancer amongst women, with around 57 Australians diagnosed every day. Concerningly,...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- 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; Second Reading (7 speeches)
The agricultural levy system is a longstanding partnership between industry and government to invest in industry priorities that could not be funded by primary producers on their own. This is the...
- 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; Consideration in Detail (3 speeches)
by leave—I move: (1) Clause 4, page 3 (after line 12), after the definition of animal, insert: Animal Health Australia has the same meaning as in the Primary Industries Levies and Charges...
- Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Bill 2023; Consideration in Detail (3 speeches)
by leave—I move amendments (1) to (5) as circulated in my name together: (1) Clause 4, page 3 (after line 12), after the definition of animal, insert: Animal Health Australia has the same...
- Primary Industries (Services) Levies Bill 2023; Consideration in Detail (3 speeches)
by leave—I move amendments (1) to (4) as circulated in my name together: (1) Clause 4, page 3 (after line 12), after the definition of animal, insert: Animal Health Australia has the same...
- Treasury Laws Amendment (Support for Small Business and Charities and Other Measures) Bill 2023; Second Reading (34 speeches)
The Albanese government is delivering a better deal for small businesses, easing current cost pressures and helping them to improve their long-term resilience. This bill delivers on two key...
- Crown References Amendment Bill 2023; Second Reading (30 speeches)
I rise to support the bill moved by the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister and Assistant Minister for the Public Service for the purposes that it is needed—to update our Australian...
