House debates
Wednesday, 3 April 2019
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 37 of the Selection Committee relating to consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business for Monday, 15 April 2019. The report will be...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Budget (10 speeches, 1 comment)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That the House: (1)notes that: (a)after six years of cuts and chaos under this Liberal Government, Australians are doing it tough; (b)in last night's...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Speaker has received a message from the Senate acquainting the House of changes in membership of certain joint committees.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works 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)
- Parliamentary Representation (0 speeches)
- Valedictory (2 speeches)
How do you judge the contribution that you have made in this place? It is not by numerical standards, such as the number of speeches, or by the rank you attain or, indeed, whether you table the...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That business intervening before order of the day No. 8, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Budget (1 speech)
Well, here I am again, back to the future. I stand here today to fight this out-of-touch LNP government's budget, as I have done for the last two LNP budgets. Not one new cent for Townsville, but...
- O'Connor Electorate: Welfare Reform (1 speech)
I would like to update the House on the cashless debit card trial outcomes that we're seeing in the Goldfields region of my electorate of O'Connor. I'm very pleased that yesterday this House...
- Dobell Electorate: Wyong Hospital (1 speech)
In 2016, I stood with our community to stop the New South Wales Liberal government from selling off Wyong Hospital. Before being elected, I worked at Wyong Hospital for 10 years. Our community...
- La Trobe Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I've had the great satisfaction of having Prime Minister Morrison in my electorate, in the great suburb of Pakenham, which I've now had in my electorate for less than 12 months under the...
- Budget (1 speech)
After six years of cuts and chaos, last night's budget has confirmed that Braddon will be better off under Labor. For all of the key priorities for our region, Labor has a better plan: health,...
- Dunne, Mrs Daphne (1 speech)
This week we lost a wonderful Australian, Daphne Dunne, who passed away on Monday at the grand age of 99. Daphne captured the hearts of many of us—in my community, across our nation and,...
- Budget (1 speech)
What a disappointment last night was. It was another Liberal budget where Longman has been left behind by the same Liberal cuts. After six years of Liberal cuts and chaos, what we saw was Prime...
- World's Greatest Shave (1 speech)
Mr Deputy Speaker, you may have noticed that I have shorter hair than I did last time we were in parliament. This is not from a desire to feel the crisp Canberra weather—although I can...
- Telecommunications (1 speech)
There is a never-ending battle for more mobile phone service in the country. There are many remaining blackspots in Indi, and today I table a component of a petition by the Violet Town community,...
- Menzies Electorate: Sport (1 speech)
I've been delighted in recent times to announce a number of significant grants to sporting organisations in my electorate of Menzies. Last Saturday morning I was delighted to attend the...
- Budget (1 speech)
Unfortunately, the coalition government has shown once again with last night's budget that they have forgotten about Darwin and Palmerston, the capital of the north. We have had, in the Northern...
- Fogel, Mr Jack, Intolerance (1 speech)
Last Sunday, whilst seeking inspiration for my final week in the parliament, I visited the Jewish Holocaust Centre in Melbourne. There an elderly gentleman, short in stature and hard of hearing,...
- Budget (1 speech)
What a resounding flop this government's budget is. It's a budget for a party who refused to address two of the most critical issues facing our future: climate change and the scourge of insecure...
- Victoria: Bushfires (1 speech)
We have had an horrific fire centred around the Bunyip State Park forest. To say that it was not tested that we would lose life in that fire is a lie. It was dangerous. We did lose 29 homes, and...
- Special Olympics World Games, Budget (1 speech)
I'd like to congratulate the 2019 Australian Special Olympics team who recently returned home from competing in Abu Dhabi. There were 105 athletes with intellectual disabilities from across...
- Budget, Dawson Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
The budget last night showed that the Morrison Liberal-National government has turned around the economic shambles left by Labor and has put us back in the black by focusing on what is important,...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
I'm absolutely outraged to see the Prime Minister and the Treasurer spruik their $1.6 billion underspend at the expense of people with disabilities in the NDIS. This is an absolute disgrace. It...
- Volunteers (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about and recognise the tireless work dedicated volunteers provide in my electorate of Dunkley. Volunteers play a critical role in helping to shape Australia and build...
- Budget (1 speech)
If the 2014 budget didn't prove it, this budget proves that this is the most unfair government in Australia's history. Just think about it for a second. Workers on $40,000 are left behind, but if...
- Dairy Industry (2 speeches)
The dairy industry in northern Victoria was one of the most productive in Australia, and it is now on its knees. On a daily basis I have been contacted by dairy farmers who cannot afford to buy...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Coleman, Mr William Peter, AO (1 speech)
I inform the House of the death on 31 March 2019 of William Peter Coleman AO, a member of this House for the division of Wentworth from 1981 until 1987. As a mark of respect to the memory of...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Before we proceed to questions without notice today, I'd like to inform the House that we have joining us on the floor this afternoon His Excellency Mr Arthur B Culvahouse Jr, the ambassador of...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is it a moral failure to build an election surplus of starving the National Disability Insurance Scheme of money, leaving Australians with a disability...
- Economy (5 speeches)
My question is the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline to the House how the government's plan for a stronger economy will secure a better future for all Australians, delivering more...
- Budget (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. This morning, less than 24 hours after delivering the budget, the government caved in to Labor pressure and backflipped on energy payments for thousands of...
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House how the government's strong economic plan has repaired the budget and allowed us to pay down Labor's debt. Is the...
- Budget (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Can the Treasurer confirm that last night, just hours after the budget was delivered, the Prime Minister, the Treasurer and the Minister for Finance and the...
- Climate Change (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Wentworth by-election sent a clear message that people in my electorate want urgent action on climate change and the environment. We have just...
- Budget (16 speeches)
My question is for the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on how the government's strong economic management is lowering taxes and allowing hardworking Australians to keep more of...
- Infrastructure (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. Would the Deputy Prime Minister update the House on how the government's record...
- Budget (7 speeches)
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- Health (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister update the House on how a stronger economy enables the government to invest in new life-saving treatments for patients living with cancer?
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister has already performed one humiliating budget backflip on the energy payment, but his budget still gives more than two million workers a...
- Mental Health (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health, in relation to mental health. Will the minister please outline to the House how a stronger economy enables the government to invest in the single...
- Racism (6 speeches)
Before I ask my question, I'd like to associate the opposition with the remarks about the importance of mental health. There's plenty we disagree on but not the importance of tackling mental...
- Infrastructure: Rail (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Cities, Urban Infrastructure and Population. Will the minister update the House on how the government's investment in fast rail will bust congestion and support...
- Environment (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment. Can the minister confirm that the government first gifted almost half a billion dollars to a small private foundation in a closed door meeting...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Women and Minister for Jobs and Industrial Relations. Will the minister update the House on how the government's strong economic plan and investment in skills...
- Budget (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment. Can the minister confirm that only a few weeks ago the government promised $2 billion for the Emissions Reduction Fund over 10 years, but that...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. My community, at recent NDIS forums in Wangaratta, Wodonga and Benalla, raised concerns of ongoing delays in access to services and equipment and about the...
- Law Enforcement (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister update the House on how a stronger economy supports our law enforcement agencies to keep Australians safe? How might different...
- 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.
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Environment (3 speeches)
This refers to the question that I took on notice. Our government is very proud to be funding the Murdoch University's Harry Butler Environmental Education Centre for $25 million over four years....
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Budget (16 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for McMahon proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The failure of the...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Representation (0 speeches)
- Valedictory (2 speeches)
Mr Deputy Speaker, on indulgence, I am humbled and more than a little surprised to stand here to make my final speech after 15 years in this place, because in 2004, when I was elected, it would...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Australian Parliamentary Delegation to Romania (1 speech)
I present the report of the Australian Parliamentary Delegation's bilateral visit to Romania from 8 to 13 October 2018 and its attendance at the 139th assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Select Committee on Oversight of the Implementation of Redress Relating to Recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, I...
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, I present the committee's second interim report of the inquiry into the status of the human right to freedom of...
- Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, I present the committee's report of the inquiry into transition from the Australian Defence Force. Report made a...
- Intelligence and Security Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, I present the following reports: Advisory report on the Counter-Terrorism (Temporary Exclusion Orders) Bill 2019,...
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, I present the committee's first report of the inquiry into Australia's aid program in the Indo-Pacific. Report...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Townsville: Floods (1 speech)
I stand here today to fight for and demand Townsville's fair share. After the most devastating floods it appears Townsville has been left to hang out and dry by this LNP budget—not one new...
- North Sydney Electorate: Speech Writing Competition (1 speech)
I'm continuously inspired by young people in my community who so often demonstrate such passion and foresight about the future of our nation. I make this observation in response to the hundreds...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
For over a century, Australians have understood that we have a social compact. It's a deal made between the people and the government. It goes like this. Australians work, and they work hard....
- Newman, Mr Neville Jamil (1 speech)
I rise tonight to pay my respects to a dear friend who sadly passed away recently. Neville Jamil Newman was born on 18 May 1945 at the Royal Brisbane Hospital. Prior to Neville's birth, his...
- Budget (3 speeches)
I might take this opportunity to express my best wishes to all of those people who work at the parliament who are retiring at the end of this term. I know of course, Mr Speaker, you will have...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- World Autism Awareness Day (1 speech)
I want to take the opportunity today to talk about a very important issue in my local area. Yesterday, as many of my colleagues would know, was World Autism Awareness Day. It's a day when,...
- Bonner Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
Today I rise to speak of great news for the electorate of Bonner. As thousands of my constituents on the Bayside would know, I've been fighting to fix the Lindum low-level crossing since 2017....
- Petition: Epilepsy (1 speech)
I rise to present petition EN0849 to the House. It has been considered by the Standing Committee on Petitions and found to be in order. In commemoration of Purple Day, an awareness day for...
- Robertson Electorate: Budget (1 speech)
This budget is fantastic news for my electorate of Robertson on the Central Coast because, for the first time in more than a decade, we are back in the black. The budget is back in surplus. After...
- Budget (1 speech)
Well, it was pleasing to hear yesterday that Mayo roads were in the budget; however, I am concerned about the time frames, particularly for Victor Harbor Road. Sadly, Mayo roads are...
- endED Butterfly House (1 speech)
Mark and Gayle Forbes are an inspiration to anyone who is fortunate enough to know them. Rather than let their family's experience with eating disorders dictate their futures, Mark and his family...
- Globe Wilkins Preschool, Marrickville Golf Course (1 speech)
I rise to raise two issues of great concern to my local community in the inner west of Sydney. One concerns Globe Wilkins, one of our nation's finest preschools. Operated by the Inner West...
- Roads (1 speech)
If I were in Sydney on the weekend, I'd be there too, to support the Marrickville Golf Club. Maintaining our vast road network across Australia has always been important to the Morrison...
- Environment (2 speeches)
Our planet is increasingly being harmed by human activity, which is directly contributing to: climate change; earth, air and ocean pollution; overuse and depletion of natural resources; the loss...
- Goldstein Electorate: Health and Infrastructure (1 speech)
This budget, which has finally brought the budget back into black and started to repair the damage of Labor's debt and deficit legacy, has direct benefits for the people of Goldstein. We're...
- Solomon Electorate (1 speech)
I rise to confirm the commitments of a Shorten federal Labor government to my electorate of Solomon. A Shorten federal Labor government will deliver for Darwin and Palmerston. Already we've seen...
- Queensland: Health Care (1 speech)
It's with great pleasure that I rise in this place today to speak about the terrific work that is done by Radio Lollipop at the Logan Hospital. Last week I had the pleasure of presenting the team...
- Macquarie Electorate: Infrastructure, Budget (1 speech)
For the thousands of people who drive across the Hawkesbury River at North Richmond, the trip is tough and unreliable. I'm proud that a Shorten Labor government will deliver $200 million to...
- Hasluck Electorate: Environment (1 speech)
People in my electorate of Hasluck care deeply for the environment, and so it should be no surprise to anyone that, when they chose me to represent them, they chose one who has a deep respect for...
- Budget (1 speech)
It's been six years, three Prime Ministers and three Treasurers—let's face it; the Nationals, with only two leaders, make the Liberals look stable. Six weeks before an election, we got the...
- United Nations General Assembly: Interns (1 speech)
I've been asked what I learnt while attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York. One aspect, in particular, was exceptional. DFAT sponsors eight interns during the United Nations...
- Budget (1 speech)
This is another budget without anything for traffic congestion in my electorate of Griffith on the south side of Brisbane. You would have thought that this would be the budget where the coalition...
- Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
The northern Victoria food bowl of the Goulburn-Murray irrigation district produces dairy products, fruit, meat and grains for pubs, restaurants, supermarkets and cafes and for all the families...
- Cook, The Hon. Adrian George Hingston, QC, Budget (1 speech)
It is an honour to be able to stand here today in my final days as a parliamentarian to remember the extraordinary life of Adrian George Hingston Cook QC. Adrian's intelligence was far beyond...
- Petrie Electorate: Budget (2 speeches)
I take my job as the member for Petrie very seriously. I love to represent the people in my electorate, and I get out and listen to as many people as I can about their priorities for our...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Christchurch: Attacks (16 speeches)
On behalf of the community that I'm privileged to represent in this place, can I extend my condolences to the families of the victims of the terrorist attack in Christchurch 19 days ago, to the...
- Herron, Hon. Dr John Joseph, AO (4 speeches)
I rise to honour the life of former senator John Herron, who yesterday in the House of Representatives chamber was generously eulogised, in particular by the Prime Minister. I want to make three...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Intergenerational Welfare Dependence; Report (3 speeches)
It was a privilege to be part of this committee. I thank: the member for McMillan, as chair; the hardworking secretariat; those who made submissions and appeared before the committee; and of...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Christchurch: Attacks (17 speeches)
Al-Salaam Alaikum. I join my colleagues from both sides of this parliament in mourning the tragic and senseless murder of 50 people—mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, sons and...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Electoral Matters Committee; Report (1 speech)
If you are 16 or 17, you can work full time, you can pay taxes, you can have superannuation paid on your behalf and you can own a car and drive that car, but you can't vote. If you're 16 or 17...
- Infrastructure, Transport and Cities Committee; Report (3 speeches)
I rise to speak on the release of the report Innovating transport across Australia produced by the House Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport and Cities. I commend the chairman of the...
