House debates
Tuesday, 11 September 2018
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (1 speech)
I have received messages from the Senate informing the House of the appointment of senators to certain committees. As the list of appointments is a lengthy one, I do not propose to read the list...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Braddon Electorate: Aged Care (1 speech)
During the Braddon by-election, I challenged the Prime Minister, then Malcolm Turnbull, to come to Burnie and walk in the shoes of an aged-care worker after his despicable comments in question...
- Moran, Mr Digby (1 speech)
Digby Moran is one of our most celebrated artists on the Northern Rivers, and he has a new exhibition showing at the Lismore Regional Gallery. The exhibition focuses on his childhood growing up...
- Australian Republic Movement (1 speech)
A couple of weeks ago, five MPs returned to this House as a result of by-elections, and they swore allegiance to Queen Elizabeth, her heirs and successors. There was no mention of the Australian...
- Fairfax Electorate: Telecommunications (1 speech)
There's no more entrepreneurial region in Australia than the Sunshine Coast, and so it should come as no surprise to learn that the Sunshine Coast will soon have Australia's fastest data link to...
- Canberra Electorate: Project Wing (1 speech)
For the past month I've been inundated with concerns from people living in the suburb of Bonython, which is in my electorate, about a drone delivery service trial called Project Wing. Normally...
- National Suicide Prevention Week (1 speech)
This week is Suicide Prevention Week, which reminds us of the need to look after our mental health and the wellbeing of those around us. It's a national tragedy that about 3,000 people die by...
- Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
Yesterday government members who had previously expressed outrage about the cruelty of live sheep exports voted on five occasions to shut down debate on legislation that could have ended the...
- Leader of the Opposition (1 speech)
I rise to speak about bills. The people in my electorate are struggling with their power bill, they are struggling with their gas bill, they are struggling with their rates bill and they are...
- Liberal Party (1 speech)
We've heard a bit of noise this week from those opposite about their own internals. We've heard a lot of noise from those opposite, thankfully—and not before time—about female...
- Woolard, Mrs Doreen (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to long-time Indooroopilly resident and long-time contributor to the local area Mrs Doreen Woolard, who passed away recently just shy of her 96th birthday. Doreen was a...
- Juvenile Diabetes (1 speech)
Last sitting, I was visited by 11-year-old Charlotte from Littlehampton, in Mayo, and eight-year-old Chloe from Adelaide. They are articulate advocates for research into type 1 juvenile diabetes,...
- National Rural Women's Coalition (1 speech)
Established in 2002, the national rural women's council seeks to ensure better social and economic outcomes for women in our rural townships and farms. The council works to support and grow...
- Blue Mountains Softball Club (1 speech)
The Blue Mountains Softball Club have just been recognised as one of the premier Australian softball clubs in two separate awards. The Blue Mountains Softball Club were announced as the 2018 Club...
- Grey Electorate (1 speech)
The recent South Australian redistribution has added an extra 5,000 square kilometres or 18,000 voters to the electorate of Grey. While increasing my workload, I'm looking forward to the...
- Father's Day, Prostate Cancer (1 speech)
Father's Day was 2 September, and I want to thank my daughter, Sally, my son, Frank, and my wonderful wife, Kate, for the wonderful Father's Day presents they made me. I also want to thank my...
- Dairy Industry (1 speech)
For some time, my concern for local dairy farmers has been a priority. Collectively, we need to change the public idea that a dollar per litre of milk is somehow acceptable when we pay double...
- Morrison Government (1 speech)
For his first two weeks in the job the Prime Minister has spent half his time as Oscar the Grouch and the rest of the time as Fozzie Bear. Meanwhile, power bills have gone up and wages have gone...
- East West Link (1 speech)
As another year continues, we see the traffic in Melbourne getting worse and worse by the week. In fact, most reports now say that traffic in Melbourne is even worse than in Sydney. That is...
- Parliament: Representation of Women (1 speech)
A quarter of the women in the Prime Minister's party room have blown the whistle on the toxic culture of bullying and intimidation in the Liberal Party. Others have spoken out about the lack of...
- Davies, Mr Leslie Roy (2 speeches)
I would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to Leslie Roy Davies, known to his family as Les. Les was born in Gympie, Queensland, on 13 December 1923 as the sixth of nine children to a...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Liberal Party Leadership (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to his answers in question time yesterday. When asked last night if she had any idea at all why the government got rid of Malcolm Turnbull, the...
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline— Mr Husic interjecting—
- Liberal Party Leadership (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday, when asked why Malcolm Turnbull wasn't the Prime Minister of Australia, the new Prime Minister said how he had got the job and he spent the rest...
- Economy (3 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on how the government's strong economic security agenda is leading to strong growth, lower taxes and better budget management,...
- Morrison Government (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware that, when asked whether conservatives would 'strike again at the leadership of the government', Liberal senator...
- Tasmania: Bureau of Meteorology (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, the Bureau of Meteorology is centralising Tasmanian forecasting on the mainland. One project, well advanced, bases aviation forecasting in...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. Will the Deputy Prime Minister update the House on how the government's strong...
- Energy (2 speeches)
My question is for the Treasurer. On Sunday the Treasurer said about the government abandoning his National Energy Guarantee: No-one is more disappointed than I am about that, because a lot of...
- National Security (8 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Defence. Today is the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York. Will the minister update the House on how the Australian Defence Force is...
- Minister for Home Affairs (20 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Home Affairs. In question time on 27 March, when asked whether he could categorically rule out any personal connection between himself and the intended...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister update the House on how the government is keeping Australian families safe and secure at home? Are there any risks to the...
- Minister for Home Affairs (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Can the minister confirm that the intended employer of the Italian au pair emailed the minister's public email address at 4.02 pm on a Wednesday...
- Domestic and Family Violence (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Jobs, Industrial Relations and Women. Will the minister update the House on how the government is helping to combat the scourge of family and domestic violence...
- Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. It's reported that the minister played a role in getting a job at Border Force for his former police colleague and friend, and the same former...
- Online Safety (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families and Social Services, representing the Minister for Communications and the Arts. Will the minister update the House on how the government is working to...
- Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs.
- Veterans' Affairs (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs. Will the minister update the House on how the government's strong economic plan is delivering essential services and programs to support...
- Members of Parliament: Conduct (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday during question time, the Prime Minister said the government whip would handle complaints about bullying within his government. But today Senator...
- Senior Australians (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care. Minister, will you update the House on the action the government is taking to protect the dignity of senior Australians to...
- Members of Parliament: Conduct (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday during question time, the Prime Minister said the government whip would handle complaints about bullying within his government. But today in an...
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health on an issue that affects Australians. Will the minister outline to the House how the government's record in delivering a stronger economy enables the...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (1 speech)
I wish to briefly add to an answer that I provided in question time. I made reference to an officer who is with the ADF who is working in my office. He's actually there as an adviser, not as a...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
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Mr Speaker, I seek to make a personal explanation.
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 6 of 2018-19 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's performance audit report No. 6 of 2018-19 entitled Army's protected mobility vehiclelight. Ordered that the report be made a parliamentary paper.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
A 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)
- Energy (19 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Port Adelaide proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The chaos of the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Human Rights Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present the committee's report entitled Human rights scrutiny report: report 9 of 2018. Report made a parliamentary paper in...
- Membership (2 speeches)
I have received advice from the Chief Government Whip nominating members to be members of certain committees.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
I have received advice from the Chief Government Whip nominating Mr O'Dowd to be a member of the Selection Committee in place of Mr LS O'Brien.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- NSW Cruise Development Plan (1 speech)
The New South Wales Liberals are planning to build a massive international passenger cruise ship terminal on the shores of Botany Bay. I've seen some crazy proposals in my time, but this one...
- Leichhardt Electorate: Tropical Arts Association (1 speech)
It gives me great pleasure to rise this evening to talk about one of Cairns's best kept secrets: the Tropical Arts Association. Tropical Arts is a not-for-profit community theatre group based in...
- Mayo Electorate: Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
In regional areas there are certain facilities that are anchors in a community: the school, the footy club, the post office and the banks. So it was with a sense of indignation that I recently...
- Bennelong Electorate: Local Sporting Champions Program, Tran, Ms Joanne (1 speech)
Australians have remarkable affection for their sport, an affection which has endured for many years as a nation of good sports. Our passion for sport has led us to many successes, whether on the...
- Fremantle Electorate: Tourism (1 speech)
I represent an electorate and community with a live and vibrant tradition of welcoming visitors from near and far. Fremantle, or Walyalup, has been a meeting place for thousands of years. More...
- Menzies Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I rise tonight to mention a matter which I've discussed on a number of occasions in this place, the North East Link. It's a matter which is of particular concern to constituents in my electorate...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Holt Electorate: Tooradin (3 speeches)
I recently had the pleasure of attending the Tooradin Business Association's monthly meeting at the Tooradin & District Sports Club to hear more about the interests of the 1,568 people now...
- Hinkler Electorate: Aged Care (1 speech)
I rise to speak about aged care in my electorate of Hinkler. The Hinkler electorate has one of the highest percentages of elderly people of any electorate in Australia. In fact, I often compete...
- Berinson, The Hon. Joseph Max 'Joe', QC, McKiernan, James Philip 'Jim' (1 speech)
Today I pay tribute to two great Western Australians who passed away in recent months: the Hon. Joe Berinson and former senator Jim McKiernan. In their political careers they left the Labor...
- Ageing (1 speech)
The ageing of the population, which is happening relatively rapidly at the present time, is one of the most significant demographic changes that have occurred historically. It's a significant...
- Port Adelaide Electorate: Port River Dolphins (1 speech)
Last week, the South Australian Marshall government watched on unmoved as the last of an entire family of wild dolphins living in the Port River dolphin sanctuary died a slow, painful death. The...
- Chisholm Electorate: Chisholm Volunte (1 speech)
Only a few weeks ago the then Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Julie Bishop, lauded as the best foreign minister in the world and an amazing role model to Australian girls and women, joined...
- Jewish, Coptic and Islamic New Year (1 speech)
Most of us recognise new year on 1 January, but there's a coincidence at the moment that at this exact time of year there are a number of different communities all celebrating new year on...
- Dunkley Electorate: Local Sporting Champions Grants, Australian Welsh Male Choir (1 speech)
I wish to continue to congratulate local sporting champions in my electorate, as I was discussing yesterday in the Federation Chamber: Fern Edwards, of Mount Eliza, for competing in the...
- Centrelink (1 speech)
The unfortunate reality, when it comes to Centrelink jobs, is that the only thing the coalition values about those jobs is the ability to cut those jobs. In just the last week we've found out...
- Inverloch Men's Shed (2 speeches)
I identify with the member for Chifley's words with regard to the pension and Centrelink. At a time when it has never been more important for our communities to be connected and resilient, it is...
- Anning, Senator Fraser (1 speech)
Recently I had the pleasure of attending the Racism: It Stops With Me event hosted by Faten El Dana OAM, the President of the Muslim Women's Welfare of Australia. The event brought together...
- Disability Services (1 speech)
This week is Queensland Disability Action Week. It's a time to raise awareness of issues surrounding disability and empower those living with one. But, above all, this week is a time to celebrate...
- Diabetes (1 speech)
I recently met with a young lady named Taryn Gaskin, a local resident who's been living with type 1 diabetes since she was 11 years old. Taryn is currently working as a childcare educator. She...
- Om Shanti Foundation (1 speech)
It is a great honour to have received an invitation to launch a charitable foundation by Mr Shanti Sivaraj, a local businessman, who has an inspirational story of arriving in Australia as a...
- Mount Roland Cable Car (1 speech)
Cable cars are a touchy subject in Tasmania. Long-stalled plans for a cable car up the side of kunanyi/Mount Wellington have split the Hobart community, but I'd like to talk today about a cable...
- Australian National Flag Day (1 speech)
Australian National Flag Day was held on 3 September, and it was a day to celebrate the contribution of our flag to our national civic life and as a symbol of this great nation. It was a day to...
- Werriwa Electorate: Stronger Communities Program (1 speech)
It is my pleasure to bring to the House's attention the Stronger Communities Program recipients for the Werriwa electorate last year. I was pleased to recommend funding for the CNA-Italian...
- Sunshine Sugar, Chatsworth Island Public School: 100th Anniversary (1 speech)
Sunshine Sugar, which has mills in both Broadwater and Harwood in my community, will be the first in the world to install technology that can produce a low-GI sugar. According to the World Health...
- Lindsay Electorate: Sports Foundation Awards (1 speech)
Last Friday I had the pleasure of attending the 2018 annual Sports Foundation awards dinner, hosted by the Penrith Valley Sports Foundation. It was a fantastic celebration of local athletes that...
- Brisbane Electorate: Youngcare, Brisbane Electorate: Seniors Expo (1 speech)
I was delighted last week to welcome the Prime Minister to my electorate to visit Wooloowin House, run by Youngcare in the heart of my electorate of Brisbane. Youngcare is an amazing community...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- McCain III, Senator John Sidney (12 speeches)
Before calling the member for , I add my condolences to the family and friends of the late Senator John McCain. I met John McCain on a number of occasions, particularly when I was the defence...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Coalition Government (1 speech)
This government is divided, unstable and illegitimate. They seem very much focused on fighting amongst themselves, and they're a chaos and a rabble, but they seem to agree on one thing and one...
- Goods and Services Tax (4 speeches)
Our job is to deliver for all Australians. In five years, the Liberal-Nationals team have made a lot of progress to deliver a strong economy and a more secure future. This government is...
- Dairy Industry, Wide Bay Electorate: Mental Health, Brainstorm (1 speech)
It was very disappointing when the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chose not to take action against Coles and Woolworths in relation to their abuse of market power over the dollar...
- Wills Electorate: Migration (3 speeches)
I would like to use this opportunity to speak to the migrants in my electorate of Wills. There are so many migrants that have settled in my part of the world, in the northern suburbs of...
- Economy (2 speeches)
Under this coalition government, the Australian economy has taken off like a rocket. The June quarter national accounts released last week show that over the year the Australian economy grew at a...
