House debates
Thursday, 4 April 2019
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Appropriations and Administration Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Appropriations and Administration, I present the committee's report No. 17, Budget estimates 2019-20. Report made a parliamentary paper in accordance with...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Valedictory (4 speeches)
I first stood in this chamber on Wednesday, 13 February 2002 to deliver my first speech. I was the 40th Member of Parliament under age 30 since Federation. Now, some 17 years, one month and 22...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Kimberly-Clark (1 speech)
A truly devastating decision was made yesterday by Kimberly-Clark, an American company, to close its Ingleburn mill. The site employs countless local Macarthur residents and this decision will...
- Page Electorate: Events (1 speech)
The northern beaches of Coffs Harbour are blessed in many ways, not least because of the significant Sikh population that lives there. Two significant events are happening soon. One is this...
- Employment (1 speech)
It's with great disappointment that I rise to join with the member for Macarthur to advise the House of the closure of the Ingleburn mill, as it is a dreadful loss for the manufacturing industry...
- Quirk, Mr Graham (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge and thank the outgoing Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Graham Quirk, for 34 years of great service to our city of Brisbane. Graham Quirk was one of the first elected representatives...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
I'm here with the member for Longman to talk about something that's not in either of our electorates—it's actually taking place in the electorate of Gippsland—and that's a strike that...
- Cairns Airport (1 speech)
I rise this afternoon to highlight a success story in my electorate. The Cairns Airport recently topped the on-time performance for all airports across Australia and New Zealand. They have also...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
I stand here against this antiworker government and their agenda. As the member for Moreton said previously, him and I sat with a couple members of the metalworkers' union recently and heard...
- Bush to Beach (1 speech)
Today I rise to inform the parliament of the inspirational program Bush to Beach, founded by Jack Cannon AM, president of Variety, the international children's charity. The Bush to Beach program...
- Budget (1 speech)
In my electorate of Richmond, locals know that Tuesday night's budget was a desperate act by a desperate government. Here we are just six weeks before an election, and the Liberals and Nationals...
- Boothby Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
The Morrison government is busting congestion in Boothby. This week the Treasurer announced another fantastic congestion-busting project for my community, with $85.5 million to fix Hove rail...
- Energy (1 speech)
The government has decided to put the money in to do the engineering work on the Hells Gate Dam. It will arguably be the biggest irrigation project in the nation's history by itself, but it is...
- Apprenticeships (1 speech)
I rise to record that 40 new memberships have commenced across the beautiful Lyne electorate, helped in part by the Australian apprenticeship wage subsidy trial across regional Australia. There...
- Northover, Lieutenant Cecil Ernest (1 speech)
On the day before Anzac Day at the Gardens Cemetery in Darwin we will dedicate the newly installed headstone of the grave of Territorian Cecil Ernest Northover MC. Cecil Northover served...
- Budget (2 speeches)
With the budget moving into surplus, our government is now paying down debt to secure the future of our next generation. The Morrison government is on track to eliminate net debt by 2029-30. Our...
- Federal Election (2 speeches)
We are here on the last sitting of the 45th Parliament and the people of Cowper will have an important decision to make at the next election. They can choose a very fine National Party candidate...
- Canning Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
This has been a fruitful 45th Parliament for the people of Canning. We have had many wins over the past three years. We have delivered funding of $25 million for Peel Health Campus. We have...
- Budget (1 speech)
If you look at this chamber, you could assume 57 is the average age of male politicians or the year that some of them were born. You might assume 57 is the number of times the Prime Minister...
- Petrie Electorate: Mental Health (2 speeches)
I want to talk about mental health. I rise to thank the locals and organisations in my electorate who selflessly support some of the most vulnerable people in our community. Last week I caught up...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Morrison Government (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Today is the last question time before the election. Given that the Prime Minister's budget still continues with $14 billion of cuts to public schools,...
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister advise the House how our government's plan for a stronger economy creates more opportunity for all Australians through more jobs,...
- Budget (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware that the deputy secretary of economics in his own department told Senate estimates he did not find out about the government's $80...
- Taxation (5 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer, who's securing the nation's prosperity with budget surpluses that actually happen. Will the Treasurer update the House on how families will benefit from lower...
- Budget (7 speeches)
My question is for the Prime Minister. This government has forecast an election surplus by starving the National Disability Insurance Scheme of money.
- 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 the benefits of a stronger...
- Budget (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is it a moral failure for the Prime Minister to pay for his forecast election surplus by starving the NDIS of money, leaving Australians with a disability...
- Communities Environment Program (9 speeches)
My question is to the environment minister. Senate estimates has revealed that the member for Dunkley announced tens of thousands of dollars' worth of grants in his seat under the Communities...
- Infrastructure (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Cities, Urban Infrastructure and Population. Will the minister update the House on the government's investment in congestion-busting projects, including fast...
- Communities Environment Program (6 speeches)
My question is to the environment minister. Given the minister just said the government has not awarded any money, how does the minister explain the member for Dunkley's public statement: 'I was...
- Health (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister update the House on how the government is delivering the essential services Australians rely on in health? Is the minister aware of...
- Communities Environment Program (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment. If no announcements under the program had been made, why does the minister appear with quotes in the media release and in videos with the...
- Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. Will the minister update the House on how the government is delivering essential services that Australians rely on in education? Is the minister...
- Communities Environment Program, Member for Dunkley (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment. Given that in the previous answer the Minister for the Environment said she was only seeking expressions of interest, how was she doing this...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families and Social Services. Will the minister update the House on how the government is providing additional support for carers and their families without...
- Environment (2 speeches)
The member for Dunkley has said that environmental grants were approved. The Minister for the Environment says that the grants were not approved. Prime Minister, your minister is saying one thing...
- Industry, Science and Technology (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology. Will the minister update the House on how the government is helping to grow our industry and science sectors through smart...
- Budget (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why didn't the Prime Minister use his budget to reverse his government's billion dollar cuts to hospitals, including the $1 million cut to Bega's South East...
- National Security (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Could the minister update the House on how a strong economy—
- Flinders Electorate: Natural Gas (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment. Minister, I refer to the proposed AGL project for a floating gas import terminal at Crib Point, Western Port Bay, and a 55-kilometre pipeline...
- Morrison Government (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, will you please advise the House how this government has delivered on its promises to the Australian people?
- 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.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Treaties Committee; Government Response (1 speech)
I table the Australian government response to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties' report No. 183, Aspects of the Peru-Australia Free Trade Agreement revisited. The document read as...
- Parliamentary Representation (0 speeches)
- Valedictory (5 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I seek your indulgence to take this opportunity to make a few remarks on my impending retirement.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Political Fundraising (2 speeches)
Under standing order 103, I have a question that relates to the administration of the House. On Tuesday, I understand that members of the coalition held events in Parliament House, the peoples'...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Budget (21 speeches)
I have received letters from the honourable the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the honourable member for Goldstein proposing that definite matters of public importance be submitted to the...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (4 speeches)
I seek leave to vary the order of business, to deal with the message from the Senate in relation to the Murray-Darling Basin at the conclusion of the member for Reid's valedictory.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Register of Members' Interests (0 speeches)
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I move: That the House require all Members to provide statements in relation to disqualification under sections 44 or 45 of the Constitution in the following terms: Members ' qualifications...
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Health, Aged Care and Sport Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport, I present the following reports, together with the minutes of proceedings: Bedtime reading: inquiry into sleep health awareness...
- Law Enforcement Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement, I present the following reports:Examination of the Australian Federal Police annual report 2016-17—Report, April 2019;...
- Petitions Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Petitions, I present the 35th report of the Petitions Committee for the 45th Parliament.
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Responses (1 speech)
Ministerial responses to petitions previously presented to the House have been received as follows:
- Statements (1 speech)
by leave—Today I present the 35th report of the Petitions Committee for the 45th Parliament, together with 25 petitions and 35 ministerial responses to petitions previously presented. It is...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Accounts and Audit Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, I present the following: Report 477, Commonwealth financial statements—second report, and foreign investment in real estate;...
- Parliamentary Representation (0 speeches)
- Valedictory (1 speech)
Well, it seems like only yesterday, although it was six years ago, that I stood right there and made my first speech in this place. Time flies when you're having fun—and when you're having...
- Resolutions of the Senate (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics Committee; Report (15 speeches)
I seek leave to table reports of the Standing Committee on Economics and to make a short address. Leave granted. On behalf of the Standing Committee on Economics, I present the following reports...
- Economics Committee; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
I move: That the order of the day be referred to the Federation Chamber for debate. Question agreed to.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Orders of the Day (1 speech)
I move: That business intervening before order of the day No. 12, government business, be postponed until the next sitting. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech, 1 comment)
Women and men of Australia, a budget should sketch the big picture, build for the long-term, write Australia large, be ambitious, be as bold as the Australian people. That's what a Labor...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Fremantle Electorate: Health and Hospitals, Fremantle Electorate: Education (1 speech)
The people I represent in Fremantle, East Fremantle and Cockburn know that the most important things are the public goods and services we create and share together: our schools, our parks and...
- La Trobe Electorate: Sporting Facilities (1 speech)
Today I wish to bring to the attention of the chamber the desperate need for major upgrades of sports facilities in Berwick—in particular the Berwick football and netball clubs—and...
- National Ride2School Day (1 speech)
A generation ago, 80 per cent of Australian kids used active transport to get to school every day—walking, cycling, scooting. Today, that figure is just 20 per cent. We really need to turn...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Before I call the member for Forrest, can I just acknowledge that we have members from Rotary Adventure in Citizenship visiting here today. Welcome.
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Bunbury Geographe Gift (1 speech)
Last month saw the Bunbury Geographe Gift celebrate its second year, which brings some of the best athletes not only from around Australia but also internationally to the city of Bunbury. It is...
- World Autism Month (1 speech)
April is World Autism Month. Autism effects one in 58 children. As a matter of fact, 85 per cent of Australians diagnosed with autism are under the age of 25. That's why it's important that, as a...
- Bennelong Electorate (1 speech)
Please excuse me, colleagues, but I am fortunate to represent the best electorate in Australia. Bennelong is the home of innovation, from wi-fi to the Granny Smith apple, and is the base of...
- New South Wales: Environment (1 speech)
New South Wales has now become the only state without an environment department. Having talked a lot about environment during the election campaign, one of the first acts of Premier Berejiklian...
- Menzies Electorate: Traffic Congestion (1 speech)
As members in this chamber and in the other place will know, on many occasions I've spoken about the No. 1 issue for my constituents; that is, congestion of roads in the electorate of Menzies....
- Kingsford Smith Electorate: Cruise Ship Terminal (2 speeches)
In the wake of the New South Wales election, it's full steam ahead with the Liberals' disastrous proposal for a massive cruise ship terminal in Yarra Bay. In the campaign for the state seat of...
- Lyne Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
As the 45th Parliament draws to a conclusion, I want to put on the record the record funding that has poured into the Lyne electorate over this 45th Parliament for roads and bridges; aged...
- Holt Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
When you drive south along Clyde Road to Tooradin or north towards Berwick, depending on which part of Clyde Road you're on, you see the new Casey Hospital. It's been renovated by the Andrews...
- Moore Electorate (1 speech)
My vision for Moore is to see the city of Joondalup continue to grow and prosper and become a safe, vibrant regional city which provides locals with employment opportunities close to home. Over...
- Calwell Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
At this time of the year in my community we're all out in force celebrating the many key cultural festival activities that have now become annual events in our areas, making the federal seat of...
- Valedictory (2 speeches)
Deputy Speaker Laundy, I start by acknowledging that this is your last day in the 45th parliament. Thank you for your friendship, support and wise counsel on all matters. I want to use my last...
- Budget (1 speech)
In the last few weeks we have seen the Prime Minister, the Treasurer and a number of ministers come down to Geelong to announce a $2 billion project to build a fast rail—a bullet...
- Calare Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
Our country communities are made up of some outstanding organisations and citizens, and Australia Day is a chance to recognise all of the wonderful things that they do and say thank you to them....
- Bendigo Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
Recently, Saint Francis of the Fields Primary School student Chelsea Breene wrote to me about her concerns on climate change, or the inaction of this place in relation to climate change. Saint...
- Murray Electorate (1 speech)
The Liberal-National coalition's strong and responsible economic management over the last five and a half years is delivering great results for rural and regional Australia and certainly in my...
- Morrison Government (1 speech)
Today is almost certainly the last sitting day of this 45th Parliament, and under the Liberals—under Prime Minister Turnbull and under Prime Minister Scott Morrison—these last three...
- Page Electorate: Mr Benny Muldoon, Page Electorate: Sporting Achievements (2 speeches)
Benny Muldoon is a very well known and loved identity in and around Lismore. Benny attended Wilson Park Special School during his primary years. After turning 18, he worked at Summerland House...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Budget, Selvakumaran, Ms Yasodai (1 speech)
So much promise was invested in the budget this week. This was the budget of the Morrison government, following on from the Turnbull and Abbott governments. This would be the clean break where we...
- Forde Electorate: Community Organisations (1 speech)
It's always great to rise in this place and speak about the terrific community groups that are in our various electorates, and even better when we can stand in this place and say that we have...
- Pauline Hanson's One Nation (1 speech)
Last week the Prime Minister made the right decision in directing all Liberal Party branches to place One Nation on the very bottom of their how-to-vote cards in the forthcoming election. I...
- Bonner Electorate (1 speech)
I'm proud to be part of a coalition government, a government that is making real progress and delivering for all Australians, including the constituents of my electorate of Bonner. I've been...
- Batman Electorate: Cooper Chronicles (1 speech)
Every week or so I do a little video for my constituents of Cooper that updates them on what I've been up to in the electorate and what has been keeping the people of the electorate activated. I...
- Budget (7 speeches)
This week we saw a great budget for Australia but an even better budget for the Sunshine Coast. Nationally, it delivers the first surplus in—how long?—12 years. Did you hear that?...
- Braddon Electorate (1 speech)
Almost three years ago I was extremely fortunate to be elected to this place by the good people of Braddon. It is remarkable that, over the last three years, the issues and challenges for my...
- Swan Electorate: Budget (3 speeches)
I'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate the Treasurer, the Prime Minister and the Minister for Finance for delivering a budget for all Australians on Tuesday night. For the first time...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
Very sadly, the most common source of complaint to my busy electorate office is the National Disability Insurance Scheme. People with disability, their carers, their families and their loved ones...
- Australian Labor Party (1 speech)
I appreciate this opportunity, my last opportunity to speak in this parliament. Upon reflection, we have been a good government. We have returned the budget to surplus. We inherited a budget deep...
- Budget (6 speeches)
As the 45th Parliament draws to a close, I'm reflecting on what the government has done for the people of Werriwa. The answer is not much, and not much for the NDIS in particular. This government...
