House debates
Monday, 9 September 2019
- Parliamentary Office Holders (0 speeches)
- Speaker's Panel (1 speech)
Pursuant to standing order 17, I lay on the table my warrant nominating the honourable members for O'Connor and Fisher to be members of the Speaker's panel to assist the chair when requested to...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Petitions Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the second report of the Petitions Committee for the 46th Parliament. I also present a corrigendum to report No. 1 of 29 July 2019.
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Responses (1 speech)
I present the following ministerial responses to petitions previously presented:
- Statements (1 speech)
I'm pleased to inform the House of enhancements to the e-petitioning system introduced at the end of August. The enhancements originate from recommendations of the previous Petitions Committee to...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (5 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges Australia is a major contributor to the Syria humanitarian response plan, designating approximately $220 million dollars to Syria and neighbouring...
- National Science Week (13 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises National Science Week took place from 10 to 18 August 2019; (2) acknowledges: (a) National Science Week is an opportunity to recognise the economic and...
- Prostate Cancer (7 speeches)
I rise to speak on this motion. As a doctor in this chamber, I feel it is important to constantly raise awareness of one of the more forgotten areas of health, and that is prostate cancer. There...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (2 speeches)
I have to report to the House that on 20 August 2019 the Speaker received advice from the Chief Government Whip nominating Mr Pitt to be a supplementary member of the Standing Committee on the...
- Register of Members' Interests (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
As requested by resolution of the House, I table a copy of the Register of Members' Interests, volumes 1 to 4, for the 46th Parliament.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Morrison Government (1 speech)
After weeks back in the electorates for the members of the House of Representatives we returned today to find that nothing in this place has changed. We still have a government without a plan. We...
- Grey Electorate: Medical Workforce (1 speech)
It will come as no surprise to people in this place that I have been concerned about the issue of rural doctors for some time, and have been advocating for a long time for postcode-specific...
- Northern Territory: Trade and Investment (2 speeches)
Today trade and investment opportunities in the Northern Territory are in the spotlight in our federal parliament, with a massive delegation of Territorians, business people and industry leaders...
- Wargo, Ms Suzanne (1 speech)
I rise to commend Ms Suzanne Wargo of Rushcutters Bay for her ongoing work with the United Nations World Food Program in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Last month, women aid workers across the world...
- Western Sydney Airport: Rail Link (1 speech)
Last Saturday I attended the Forum on Western Sydney Airport meeting held in my electorate of Macarthur, in the Campbelltown RSL Club. It was a very well-attended meeting. Every person at that...
- Ryan Electorate: Senior Australians (1 speech)
With our ageing population it is important that we have strong community institutions which support our older Australians. I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge and thank members of...
- Macquarie Electorate: Leura Garage (1 speech)
In the upper Blue Mountains, locals are showing us the role business can have in reducing food waste. They're not waiting for governments to solve their problem. Leura Garage is one of those...
- Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program (1 speech)
It's my privilege to report to the House on my participation last week in the Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program. It was my great honour to spend the week on HMAS Stuart, an Anzac...
- Merriwa Industries (1 speech)
Today I rise in the House to speak about an organisation in lndi that every day embodies its values of prosperity, responsibility, integrity, diversity and excellence. My work in health care has...
- World Mental Health Day (1 speech)
We will have a world record attempt in Townsville on World Mental Health Day, 10 October. I was extremely honoured last week to officially launch Townsville's attempt to set a new Guinness World...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
Recently, I received a letter from one of my constituents: nine-year-old Violet from Glenfern in the Derwent Valley. Violet writes: 'Dear Prime Minister,'—and I thank her for the...
- Forde Electorate: Logan House Fire Support Network (1 speech)
We all know that house fires can be particularly devastating on the families involved. It's the statistics behind these house fires that are equally so. In the first half of this year alone there...
- Dunkley Electorate: National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
As a newly elected member of parliament, I expected that a significant part of my time would be spent helping people with disabilities in my community and their carers to navigate the...
- Bonner Electorate: Australian Bravery Decorations (1 speech)
We have some amazing people in the community of Bonner who go above and beyond, but Wynnum local Kerry Lee Seymour is truly a hero, and her brave actions were recently commended during the...
- Moreton Electorate: St Brendan's Church Anniversary (1 speech)
I'm going to tell you about the local St Brendan's community. St Brendan's is my local church, the church where my mother and father were married and where my mother was buried, and St Brendan's...
- Fisher Electorate: Maleny Dairies Long Table Spring Showcase (1 speech)
On Saturday, I had the honour of opening the Maleny Dairies Long Table Spring Showcase—try saying that quickly! It is a creative new concept to show off the fantastic produce of the...
- Shortland Electorate: Boolaroo Action Group (1 speech)
I recently met with the Boolaroo Action Group regarding ongoing lead contamination issues in the suburbs surrounding the former Pasminco lead smelter, especially in Boolaroo, Speers Point and...
- Mallee Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
Health and wellbeing is not something that should be determined by your postcode. The people in Mallee, justifiably, want reliable access to healthcare services but they continue to find it a...
- Cybersecurity (1 speech)
Last week, the Morrison government's baddest MP and worst minister announced that Australia will be getting a new cybersecurity policy. The only problem is the Minister for Home Affairs. The...
- Central Coast Medical School and Medical Research Institute (2 speeches)
I've spoken many times in this place about a commitment I'm extremely proud of—the Central Coast Medical School and Medical Research Institute. This is something that started in 2013 with a...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I present a revised ministry list reflecting changed representative arrangements in the other chamber. The document read as follows— SECOND MORRISON MINISTRY 29 May 2019 Each box...
- Shadow Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
For the information of the House, I present a revised list of the shadow ministry. Senator Louise Pratt is now the shadow assistant minister for employment services in addition to her existing...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to his weekend boast that he would wedge Labor in this sitting period. But, as any golfer knows, while wedges are handy, drivers are what you need to...
- Bushfires (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister please update the House on how the government is supporting those Australians affected by bushfires in northern New South Wales,...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Can the Treasurer confirm that on his watch Australia is experiencing the slowest annual economic growth since the global financial crisis?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I would like to inform the House that we have present on the floor this afternoon His Excellency Mr Milad Raad, Ambassador of Lebanon. On behalf of the House, I extend a very warm welcome to you.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (15 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline to the House how the government is getting on with the job of providing stability and certainty for Australian people during...
- Climate Change (8 speeches)
To the Prime Minister: times are serious. Peak medical bodies last week declared a health climate emergency, recognising the severe effect climate change will have on human health, especially...
- Economy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on how the Morrison government's commitment to budget surpluses and paying down debt is providing stability and certainty for...
- Infrastructure (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why has the Prime Minister ignored seven calls from the Reserve Bank governor since the election to increase infrastructure spending?
- Economy (7 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. After more than six years of this government, when growth is the slowest it's been in a decade, wages are stagnant, consumption is weak, household...
- Monash Freeway (2 speeches)
I ask the Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure: could he update the House on how the government is delivering stability and reliability for motorists, particularly those who...
- Economy (11 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Can the Treasurer confirm that under this coalition government business investment has fallen 20 per cent to its lowest level since the 1990s recession?
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Australian Men's Cricket Team (2 speeches)
on indulgence—On behalf of, I'm sure, the chamber and all Australians, can I congratulate Tim Paine and Justin Langer on the tremendous result last night. There are a few bleary eyes around...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Commonwealth Ombudsman, Australian National Audit Office; Presentation (1 speech)
I present the Commonwealth Ombudsman's quarterly report under section 712F(6) of the Fair Work Act for the period 1 October to 31 December 2018. I also present the annual report of the Australian...
- 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.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, I present the committee's report Referrals made July 2019. Report made a parliamentary paper in accordance with standing order...
- Joint Select Committee on Road Safety; Appointment (1 speech)
Mr Speaker has received a message from the Senate informing the House that the Senate concurs with the resolution of appointment of the Joint Select Committee on Road Safety.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Household and Personal Debt (1 speech)
Afterpay, Zip Pay, Openpay, Humm and Newcomer Bundle are all a new form of financial product, so-called digital layby. But they are not actually layby. Layby used to mean that the store put the...
- Western Australia: Recovery and Restoration Centre (1 speech)
Last week I joined my colleague and fellow veteran the member for Canning at the official launch of the Recovery and Restoration Centre in Jarrahdale in the electorate of Canning in Western...
- Western Sydney: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Like many of us, I get media releases from Senator Mathias Cormann extolling what government work is being done and what's being financed. I have a few remarkable observations. I still can't...
- Religious Freedom (1 speech)
In the current debate on religious freedom it is important that we are respectful and tolerant of the religious beliefs of all Australians. The legislation, which is currently in the draft...
- Whitlam Electorate: Youth Leaders Roundtable (1 speech)
Nothing gives me more faith in the future of our country than spending time with the next generation of youth leaders. Last week, I held my annual Whitlam Youth Leaders Roundtable. It was...
- Nuclear Energy (1 speech)
I rise to bring to the attention of the House the inquiry that the House of Representatives Standing Committee on the Environment and Energy has begun into the prerequisites for nuclear energy in...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Whalan Public School, National Broadband Network (1 speech)
I recently had the pleasure of visiting Whalan Public School to see firsthand some work being done there by the Sydney Theatre Company with young students, showing them how to express their...
- Umina Surf Life Saving Club (1 speech)
There are 15 outstanding surf lifesaving clubs across the Central Coast. Today I want to pay tribute to one in particular: Umina Surf Life Saving Club, which was recently named New South Wales...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
I rise to speak up for Mrs Clarke of Endeavour Hills, after receiving a cry for help from her daughter and her family. Mrs Clarke is losing her memory and her mobility and she is desperately in...
- Goldstein Electorate: Community Organisations (1 speech)
Goldstein's rich social fabric is bound by the bonds that lie at the heart of many of our community organisations—organisations like Probus, which opens its doors to retired men and women...
- Nuclear Energy (1 speech)
I rise to condemn this government's dangerous plans to develop a nuclear power industry in Australia. We're seeing intensifying pressure from the Liberals and Nationals, at all levels of...
- Afghanistan: 100th Anniversary of Independence from Great Britain, Afghanistan: 50th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations with Australia (1 speech)
In the month of August I travelled to the Middle East as part of the Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program. I'll have much more to say about that trip in the coming days. But, whilst I...
- Gilmore Electorate: Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital Fundraiser (1 speech)
Last Saturday night I had the pleasure of attending the spring gala dinner at the Nowra golf club. This inaugural event was organised by the Shoalhaven Community Choir and the Greenwell Point...
- Exports (1 speech)
I rise today to update the House on an issue which impacts thousands of my constituents and has been come to be known colloquially in the media as the 'cash for cruelty scandal'. Just to remind...
- Fraser Electorate (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity, the first since I delivered my inaugural address in the House last month, to thank the people of Fraser for electing me as their representative in this...
- Ryan Electorate: Glenleighden School (2 speeches)
It's a great pleasure to inform the House about one of our great local institutions in the Ryan electorate, the Glenleighden School. On 30 August, just a little while ago, it was a pleasure to...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Sydney Metro West (14 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes: (a) that western Sydney is home to two million people, which is nearly 10 per cent of Australia's population and Australia's third largest economy;...
- World Ranger Day (11 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that 31 July 2019 is World Ranger Day; (2) acknowledges the significant contribution that Indigenous rangers make to our national parks, including environmental...
- Household and Personal Debt (8 speeches)
by leave—At the request of the member for Oxley, I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) it has been more than four years since the Government established the independent...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (8 speeches)
It's good to note that we're in an energy-saving mood here in the Federation Chamber today. It looks like we have about 14 of our lights out. I hope that's some technical problem and not an...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Nicholls Electorate: Agriculture Industry (1 speech)
Recently the Minister for Agriculture, Senator Bridget McKenzie, and I were hosted by Peter and Marian Vandegoor at their hydroponic tomato operation at Katunga, a small town about 30 kilometres...
- Education (1 speech)
In every Tasmanian classroom there are, on average, two or three gifted children, but we're letting them down. The result is that thousands of gifted kids are not being identified, not being...
- Bottle, Mr Patrick Joseph (1 speech)
I stand today to celebrate the remarkable life of Bass constituent the wonderful Patrick Joseph Bottle, who recently passed away at the age of 86. Pat was an absolute stalwart of the George Town...
- Solomon Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
There are two cities in my electorate of Solomon: of course, Darwin, the northern capital of Australia, and also Palmerston, which I'm very happy and honoured to share with the honourable member...
- Moncrieff Electorate: Surf Lifesaving Clubs (1 speech)
I rise to speak about surf lifesaving clubs, an enormous part of the lifestyle and culture on the Gold Coast and home to many of the beautiful beaches in the world, many of which make up the...
- Bounce Back, Discrimination (3 speeches)
I want to congratulate an organisation called Bounce Back for their great work with South Sudanese Australian youth and give a special shout-out to my friend Yong Deng who's been a driving force...
- Bonner Electorate: Environment (1 speech)
People in any electorate of Bonner are passionate about the environment and living by the mantra: reduce, reuse, recycle. I would like to take this opportunity to commend some of the local...
- Economy (1 speech)
Last week the national accounts figures were released, showing that the economy is growing at its slowest rate since 2009. We now have a situation where the population is growing faster than the...
- World Suicide Prevention Day (1 speech)
Tomorrow, 10 September 2019, is World Suicide Prevention Day. Yesterday, today and tomorrow eight Australians will take their own lives—on average, five men and three women, every single...
- Casey District Scout Association (1 speech)
I want to speak about an event I attended on Saturday afternoon—the Casey District Scout Association annual general meeting. I'd like to pay tribute to the people that were involved in the...
- Goldstein Electorate: Sandy Street Art Project (1 speech)
The Goldstein community is blessed with a wonderful natural environment. But we also have a built environment, and the built environment of Sandringham has come alive as the Sandy Street Art...
- Disability Services (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the heartless decision to defund CapTel handsets and provide incredible uncertainty for users of CapTel handsets across Australia. Some 4,000 Australians rely on CapTel...
- Robertson Electorate: Stronger Communities Program (1 speech)
There is a range of committee groups across my electorate of Robertson. Recently I had the privilege of going back to the small but very beautiful riverside town of Spencer. It was a fantastic...
- Mental Health (3 speeches)
I actually want to talk about something relatively serious, which relates to youth mental health—
- Queensland Government (1 speech)
I stand today to let everyone know of the circus that just came to Townsville. It's called the Queensland state parliament. They came to Townsville in force and it was an absolute rabble. I have...
- Euthanasia (1 speech)
Last month Kerry Robertson became the first Victorian to use the state's Voluntary Assisted Dying Act. After nine years of cancer slowly spreading through her body, she died peacefully,...
- Glyphosate (1 speech)
I rise in this chamber to speak on an important matter, following disturbing reports in the media last night about the chemical glyphosate. This chemical is the active ingredient found in...
- Brand Electorate: Hillman Primary School (1 speech)
I would like to congratulate Mr Aaron Young, the Principal of Hillman Primary School, within my electorate of Brand, for being chosen by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting...
- Mallee Electorate: Redcliffe Community Resource Centre (1 speech)
The people of Mallee continue to exemplify resilience, hard work and innovation. In addition, they are dedicated to their communities and support one another. Grassroots organisations have...
- Dementia Awareness Month (1 speech)
September is Dementia Awareness Month. On Sunday 22 September, I'll be holding the second annual Grant McBride Memory Walk and Jog at Long Jetty on the Central Coast. Last year, I lost my dad,...
- Bringing Renal Dialysis and Support Services Closer to Home (2 speeches)
Way back in April 2014, I was very pleased when our government announced more than $45 million for Bringing Renal Dialysis and Support Services Closer to Home project. There are increasing...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Age Pension (8 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) the OECD: (i) calculates that Australia's expenditure on age pensions is currently 4 per cent of public spending, and is projected to be 4...
- Defence Industry (11 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes the important role Australian small business has in the future of our national and economic security through its integral role in our defence industry; (2)...
- Citizenship Applications (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) as at 30 June 2019 there were 221,415 applications for Australian citizenship by conferral; (b) under this Government the...
- Infrastructure (15 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes with concern the growing congestion in our major cities, which makes it harder for workers to commute and takes time away from people to enjoy with their...
- Aged Care (3 speeches)
It is said that a nation can be judged by the way it treats its young and its elderly. By this sentiment, this government should really be ashamed. The latest government report indicates that...
