House debates
Wednesday, 24 July 2019
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 1 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on Monday, 29 July 2019. The report will be...
- Privileges and Members' Interests Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
I have received advice from the Chief Government Whip nominating a member to be a member of the Committee of Privileges and Members' Interests.
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Pensions and Benefits (12 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That the House: (1) notes that: (a) the Member for Hughes has called for the family home to be included in the pension assets test, meaning...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That business intervening before order of the day No. 4, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Governor-General's Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (6 speeches)
I would like to acknowledge the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people whose land we meet on today, the elders past, present and emerging. May we work together to promote harmony and learning, and let us...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Monash Electorate: Australian Red Cross (1 speech)
The Warragul Red Cross celebrated its AGM and 90th birthday last week. Outgoing chair, Shirley Grove, new chair, Isabell Ough, new treasurer, Rose Atkins, and ongoing secretary, Helen Langres,...
- Thornbury Primary School (1 speech)
Today I rise to speak about one of the wonderful schools in my electorate, Thornbury Primary School. Thornbury is leading the way in nurturing the next generation of young leaders, particularly...
- Brighton Icebergers (1 speech)
Before the first rays of light break over Port Phillip, its stillness is interrupted by a group of courageous swimmers who brave the frosty winter mornings in a daily ritual. Of course, I speak...
- Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019 (1 speech)
It was my absolute pleasure and privilege to catch up with ADF members when they sailed into Darwin Harbour after three months away deployed on Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019. This is the ADF's...
- Nicholls Electorate: Country Women's Association of Australia (1 speech)
Last Friday I had the opportunity to go to the Dookie CWA meeting, where they had their 90th birthday. I was taken once again by the motto that the CWA ladies read before they have their...
- Macquarie Electorate: Broadband (1 speech)
If you're waiting for NBN in parts of the Blue Mountains and Hawkesbury, you'd be forgiven for thinking that time has stood still or at least gone to slow motion as we watch the glacial pace at...
- Leichhardt Electorate: Aged Care (1 speech)
It gives me great pleasure to inform the House that construction has finally started on the Mossman aged-care facility. After more than two decades and many false starts, work on the proposed...
- Western United Football Club (1 speech)
In July 2017, I met with representatives from what is now the Western United Football Club as they formed a bid team to get an A-League licence. I rise today to congratulate that team on winning...
- Adler, Mr Larry (1 speech)
Today I rise to pay tribute to Larry Adler and his remarkable successes in the business world. Larry is the owner and founder of Larry Adler Ski and Outdoor. Moving to Australia from South...
- Hells Gate Dam (1 speech)
I rise today to vehemently attack the Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation, SMEC. The parliament must understand that there is a parasitic consultancy service out there. While $540 million was...
- Boothby Electorate: Glenelg Baseball Club (1 speech)
I have so many amazing community groups and sports clubs in my electorate of Boothby, and the Glenelg Baseball Club is no exception. This year I've had the pleasure of visiting the club on a...
- Campbell, Ms Grace (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate and recognise the efforts of Grace Campbell, who will join Richmond's inaugural AFLW squad next year. Grace is a Bendigo girl and, after an outstanding career,...
- Moore Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I'm pleased to inform the House that construction works on the two grade-separated interchanges at the busy intersections of Joondalup Drive and Ocean Reef Road over Wanneroo Road are progressing...
- HMAS Newcastle (1 speech)
After more than 25 years of service in the Royal Australian Navy, HMAS Newcastle was decommissioned at Garden Island in Sydney on 30 June 2019. Since she was commissioned in 1993, HMAS Newcastle...
- Stroud Brickthrowing Competition, Lyne Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Rolling pins were tossed and bricks were thrown through the air at this year's 59th Stroud Brickthrowing Competition. It's an annual competition that started in 1960 when the brickmaking cities...
- Western Sydney Airport (1 speech)
Work on Western Sydney Airport, now named the Nancy-Bird Walton Airport, has commenced. The earthworks have commenced and are proceeding apace. It will be a wonderful thing for Western Sydney,...
- United Kingdom: General Election (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson. Boris is a good friend to Australia who I believe will bring our two nations even closer together. He lived...
- Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (1 speech)
If you cast your eye over the daily program today or, in fact, any day this week, you will not find the bold agenda of a freshly elected government. In fact, all you will find is a menu of...
- Olympic Games (1 speech)
I was pretty excited yesterday morning—I was—because I heard that the Queensland Labor Premier had committed $10 million to match the Prime Minister's commitment of $10 million in...
- Macnamara Electorate: Schools (2 speeches)
That is a hard act to follow! On this side of the House, we back public schools every day of the week. During the election campaign in Macnamara, there were others who liked to talk down public...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (16 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Which bill currently before the parliament deals with the urgent issue of wage theft at restaurants?
- Taxation (5 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House how hardworking families and small businesses in my electorate of Lindsay will benefit from the Morrison government's...
- Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (17 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General and Leader of the House. What bills are before the House that implement the recommendations—
- Infrastructure: Roads (4 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. Warringah has some of the most congested roads in Australia and it is a huge...
- Infrastructure (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 cost of building major...
- Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction (22 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. Why did the minister say in question time yesterday, that he has, 'No association with Jam Land Pty Limited', when ASIC...
- Workplace Relations (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industrial Relations. Will the minister please explain whether the government is concerned at reports of repeated and consistent breaches of workplace relations...
- Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. In his last answer, the minister said that his interest in Jam Land had been declared in accordance with the rules. Given the...
- Workplace Relations (4 speeches)
I ask the Minister for Industrial Relations if he'd advise the House whether there are concerns regarding the operation and regulation of worker entitlement funds set up and conducted by militant...
- Superannuation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. In the Senate this week, the Minister for Finance ruled out changing the timetable for legislated increases of the superannuation guarantee to 12 per cent. Will...
- National Security (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister update the House on the steps the government has taken to protect Australian workers from dangerous noncitizens, including...
- Lyons Electorate: Roads (14 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Deputy Prime Minister, when will work begin on the new Bridgewater Bridge?
- Workplace Relations (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology. Will the minister please advise the House about the value of the building and construction industry to the Australian economy?...
- South Geelong to Waurn Ponds Rail Upgrade (4 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Why won't work on the South Geelong to Waurn Ponds Rail Upgrade be commenced before July 2024?
- Workplace Relations (15 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business. Will the minister please update the House on what the government is doing to help...
- Road Infrastructure (8 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Why is only three per cent of the funding to extend the M1 to Raymond Terrace available in the next four years?
- Housing Affordability (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing. Will the minister outline what the government is doing to support workers to achieve their aspirations to own a home? Is the minister aware of any...
- Road Infrastructure (8 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister: Why will only 10 per cent of the funding for safety upgrades to the Princes Highway south of Nowra be available in the next four years?
- Infrastructure: Roads (22 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister: When will work start on removing the dangerous level crossing—
- National Security (3 speeches)
My question goes to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister update the House on the importance of a strong and consistent approach to national security policy, and is the minister aware...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- National Security (1 speech)
I wish to add to an answer I provided earlier in question time. I said that the CFMEU had donated $16 million to the ALP. That is, in fact, incorrect. The figure is $11 million. The $16 million...
- 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)
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
The member for Eden-Monaro has come and indicated to me he wishes to make a personal explanation. Does the member claim to have been misrepresented?
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Questions Without Notice: Additional Answers (2 speeches)
It's understandable that ministers would want to correct an answer, and that is the right and proper thing to do. But are they entitled to then stray into making another political point in the...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Morrison Government (18 speeches)
I have received a letter from the Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's failure to...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (1 speech)
The Speaker has received messages from the Senate informing the House of changes in membership of certain joint committees. Copies of the messages are on the chamber table and details will be...
- Governor-General's Speech (0 speeches)
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It's important I begin this speech by acknowledging Australia's first peoples. I pay my respects to the Ngunawal and Ngambri peoples, the traditional owners of the land on which we meet. I pay my...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Homelessness (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to talk about an issue that is close to my heart, and it is an issue that is very important to many in my electorate. Homelessness is a huge and complex issue that has been talked...
- Forde Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
It's always a pleasure to rise in this place and speak about the wonderful job that our local schools are doing. Our local schools are at the forefront of educating future generations, and it is...
- Republic of Cyprus (1 speech)
Forty-five years ago, on 20 July 1974, the island of Cyprus was invaded by the Turkish military, and over just four weeks and one day the northern reaches of the island were wrested from the...
- Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to a number of fantastic people in my electorate of Robertson on the Central Coast who were recognised on the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours list. These locals have...
- Senior Australians (1 speech)
I rise to talk about the seniors of Griffith. There are close to 9,000 pensioners in the electorate of Griffith, and many have been waiting more than 4½ years for a fair go. The Liberals and...
- Cross, Mr Matthew (1 speech)
All of us are here in this place because of a group of extraordinary volunteers who give up their time and give their labour for free. Chief among the volunteers in Berowra has been my conference...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Long, Mr Jack (1 speech)
Last week, we said goodbye in the Northern Territory to Mr Jack Long, who died at the Royal Darwin Hospital on 9 July, aged 84. Jack was born under a tree near Ti Tree in Anmatjere country in...
- Lyne Electorate: Community Services (1 speech)
Over the last few years I have been in many discussions with community groups in Tea Gardens, Hawks Nest and Karuah about a number of important local projects. The upgrade of Lionel Morten Park...
- China: Human Rights (1 speech)
I again speak on the ongoing mass and systemic human rights violations against the Uygur people of the Xinjiang province in China. More than a million people are detained simply by virtue of...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
The provision of quality aged care which is accessible to families is an important priority within my electorate as our population ages. How we care for our elderly is a reflection on our...
- Crown Melbourne (1 speech)
Since 18 October 2017, I have detailed in federal parliament whistleblower evidence of serious misconduct and criminality at Melbourne's Crown Casino and provided this evidence to Victoria's...
- Schools (1 speech)
Today I rise to speak on the Local Schools Community Fund, which is a $30 million initiative of the Morrison government announced in this year's budget. It's designed to assist local schools,...
- Maribyrnong Electorate: Moonee Valley City Council (1 speech)
My electorate, the electorate of Maribyrnong, is in the north-western suburbs of Melbourne. It's a fantastic area to live in and raise a family, and I want to thank the people there for choosing...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
During the recent election campaign, I came across several constituents making the assertion that climate change was causing more weather related damage from tropical storms, bushfires, floods...
- Burke, Mr Arthur Ronald, OAM (1 speech)
There are around 1,780 veterans who live in my electorate of Lilley on Brisbane's north side. Today, I rise to commemorate one local veteran from the Geebung RSL whose drive to serve the...
- Kennedy, Mr Ian John, OAM (2 speeches)
The late Ian Kennedy OAM was a true example of someone who selflessly gave of themselves to better the lives of others. Ian was a well-loved member of the Mackellar community, being a great...
- Mental Health (1 speech)
Mental health does not discriminate. It affects us all in ways that are, for some, often too difficult to express and for others too difficult to comprehend. The government and opposition both...
- Groom Electorate: Humanitarian Settlement Program (1 speech)
My home town of Toowoomba is a declared refugee welcome zone. Our schools, health services, churches and various support groups have stepped up to embrace newcomers who, in their own way, bring...
- Ballarat Electorate: Rail (1 speech)
The Ballarat rail yards, currently operated by Alstom, have been an important part of our community for over a century. At their peak, over 50 years ago, the rail yards employed over 600 people....
- Page Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
I'd like to congratulate Collins Creek Public School, which recently celebrated 100 years. Credit for the celebrations goes to the acting principal, Joy Muller; her centenary committee; the P...
- Australian Sickle Cell Advocacy Inc (1 speech)
In June this year a very important health advocacy group was launched by my constituent Agnes Nsofwa. As her local federal member I was absolutely honoured to be given the opportunity to...
- Lindsay Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
As the federal member for Lindsay, I welcome the Morrison government's infrastructure investment in Western Sydney. It will create many thousands of jobs for local people. As someone who commuted...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1 speech)
A year ago, I became the first member of parliament to receive the Defenders Badge from ABC Friends National. It was presented to me by Sue Pinnock, the ABC Friends South Australia spokesperson,...
- Grey Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Today the South Australian government has called for expressions of interest to tender for the building of the dual lanes through Port Wakefield and the overpass to the north and the second...
- Cunningham Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
Saturday, a week ago, there was a great event organised in Wollongong by one of our tremendous local organisations, Circus WOW. With Gabrielle Quigley and Libby Bloxham, Circus WOW organised...
- Takchi, Ms Larissa (2 speeches)
I rise to congratulate Berowra constituent Larissa Takchi, who was crowned the winner of MasterChef Australia last night. Larissa is just 23, making her the youngest winner in MasterChef history....
