House debates
Wednesday, 11 September 2019
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report no. 4 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of the committee and delegation business, and private members' business on Monday 6 September 2019. The report will...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That business intervening before order of the day No. 10, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Inder, Mr Brian (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to a larger-than-life Tasmanian who unfortunately died on 21 August, Brian Inder. Brian was born on 12 December 1930 in Manly, New South...
- Veterans: Employment (1 speech)
Our ADF veterans have many skills and qualities to offer in the civilian workplace. As a result of their training and experience, veterans are extremely resilient and are creative problem...
- Western Australia: Broadband (1 speech)
NBN infrastructure is crucial for families and businesses in WA and across Australia. It's crucial for sustaining the jobs of the future and for essential services in education and health....
- Ward, Levi (1 speech)
Some may say there's a fair bit of bull in this place, but not as much as in the recent Youth Bull Riders World Finals, which were held in the United States in late August. I'd like to...
- Vocational Education and Training (1 speech)
As both the federal member for Burt and shadow minister for WA resources, I'm happy to celebrate the introduction of Australia's first nationally recognised qualifications in automation in my...
- Mackay Aquatic and Recreation Complex (1 speech)
In March this year, I was proud to be with the Deputy Prime Minister and with my friend the member for Capricornia to open the new Mackay Aquatic and Recreation Complex. This new $24-million...
- Yates, Mr Jeffrey Wayne (1 speech)
Last Wednesday, 4 September, I attended the formal presentation at the Tea Tree Gully RSL sub-branch of the RSL Anzac of the Year 2019 award to Jeffrey Yates OAM. The citation in support of his...
- Nicholls Electorate: Workplace Relations (1 speech)
Recently, I met with Jim Mehmet, the owner-operator of Southern Cross Orchards. Southern Cross Orchards is a stone fruit growing business, which encompasses 500 acres of stone fruit across 10...
- Mayo Electorate: Encounter Lutheran College (1 speech)
Good things happen in Mayo! I recently met with a group of students at Encounter Lutheran College in Victor Harbor. Those students give up their lunchtime to make their school and our world a...
- Leichhardt Electorate: Cairns Amateurs Carnival (1 speech)
This weekend Cannon Park Racecourse will host what is arguably our city's biggest social event of the year, the Cairns Amateurs Carnival. Through the vision of its founder, Sir Sydney Williams,...
- Immigration Detention (1 speech)
Those opposite like to say that they are good economic managers, but good economic managers don't waste $185 million on a political stunt. I'm sure on this side of the House we could find lots of...
- Allen, Mr Kenneth (Ken), AM (1 speech)
Ken Allen is an outstanding Australian citizen and member of the Mackellar community. Ken Allen, a resident of Whale Beach, is a remarkable community member who is focused on bringing people...
- Prostate Cancer (1 speech)
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in Australia, with 20,000 men diagnosed and 3,500 deaths each year. Prostate Cancer Awareness Month is this month, September, and the Prostate Cancer...
- New York: September 11 Attack (1 speech)
Every year on September 11, I reflect on the terrible events of that day. I think about the Australians lost and how our world changed. I try not to think too much about what would have happened...
- Dunkley Electorate: Women in Sport (1 speech)
Frankston is proud to be the home of the Peninsula Waves Victorian Netball League club—one of 10 elite netball clubs in Victoria. Our motto, 'We all value excellence in sport,' says it all....
- Taree Universities Campus Steering Committee (1 speech)
Last Wednesday, with all the key educational stakeholders, I was present in Taree for the establishment of a steering committee to establish and advise in delivering a larger university presence...
- Holland Park Mosque (1 speech)
There are many people in the electorates of Bonner, Griffith and Moreton who attend the much-loved Holland Park Mosque. The Holland Park Mosque was featured in that delightful SBS documentary...
- North Sydney Electorate: Seniors Expo (1 speech)
I'm very excited to be hosting the 4th annual North Sydney Seniors Expo on 10 October this year. This is a wonderful opportunity for seniors in my electorate to come together to learn more about...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
I recently met with and heard from several Jagajaga residents about their deep concern over the way climate change and the environment are being managed by this government. One resident of...
- Curtin Electorate: Local Schools Community Fund (2 speeches)
In my electorate of Curtin there are 54 schools with close to 30,000 children enrolled in them. They are wonderful schools, all seeking to provide the best educational environment for the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that wages have grown more slowly than in the government's past 38 consecutive forecasts?
- Natural Disasters (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on how the Morrison government has been providing assistance to communities in North Queensland dealing with the...
- Vocational Education and Training (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The number of Australians doing an apprenticeship or a traineeship is lower than it was a decade ago, so why has this government cut $3 billion from TAFE and...
- Regional Australia (13 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison National Party government...
- Vocational Education and Training, Apprenticeships (3 speeches)
I am the oil on troubled waters, Mr Speaker. My question is to the Prime Minister. The Australian Industry Group warns our nation has a skills crisis, with 75 per cent of businesses struggling to...
- Climate Change (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. We're a barely a week out of winter and Australia a burning, but as millions of people join the worldwide climate strike on 20 September your drought...
- Taxation (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer please update the House on how the Morrison government is providing stability and certainty by delivering tax relief for millions of...
- Member for Chisholm (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. What steps did the Prime Minister take to ensure that the member for Chisholm is a fit and proper person to sit in the Australian parliament?
- Taxation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer inform the House how the Morrison government is ensuring stability and certainty by combating the threat of the black economy, and is the...
- Member for Chisholm (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. When Sam Dastyari failed to support the bipartisan position on the South China Sea, the Prime Minister said, 'Sam Dastyari has been caught betraying his...
- National Security (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister update the House on the success of Australia's certain and stable border protection measures, and is the minister aware of any...
- Member for Chisholm (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's previous answer, where he said the test was whether money changed hands. I refer to the government's responsibility for the...
- Trade Unions (2 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General and Minister for Industrial Relations: Will the Attorney-General update the House on how the Morrison government is providing stability and certainty to...
- Prime Minister (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to his comments in the House yesterday and today and to the front page headline of TheDaily Telegraph today, which reads: 'Libs take banned cash.'...
- National Security (19 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the Minister inform the House about how the Morrison government has implemented stable and certain policies on our borders? Are there any...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Just before I call on the next question, I'd like to inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Australian Political Exchange Council's 7th Delegation from the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Donations to Political Parties (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister explain why it was proper for the Liberal-National Party to accept a donation from the CEO of Brisbane based company Canstruct during...
- Child Sexual Abuse (5 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General and Minister for Industrial Relations. Will the Attorney update the House on how the Morrison government is delivering stability and certainty by keeping...
- Minister for Home Affairs (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Did the actions of the Minister for Home Affairs meet the high standards expected of ministers under the ministerial standards, given an ABC report that the...
- Waste Management and Recycling (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment. Will the minister update the House on the Morrison government's stable and certain approach to reducing Australia's waste and increasing our...
- Commonwealth Integrity Commission (11 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. When will the Prime Minister introduce legislation into this parliament to establish the Commonwealth Integrity Commission that he promised last year?
- Household and Personal Debt (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. It's been four years since the government commissioned a review of the small amount credit contract laws and 2½ years since the government accepted its...
- Australian Bushfires (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Water Resources, Drought, Rural Finance, Natural Disaster and Emergency Management. Will the minister update the House on what actions the Morrison government...
- Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Did the Prime Minister ask the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction about his role on the New South Wales Liberal Party finance committee before he...
- Mental Health (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel. Will the minister update the House on the action that the Morrison government is taking to support the mental health and...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Lewis, Major General Duncan, AO, DSC, CSC (2 speeches)
Mr Duncan Lewis AO DSC CSC will conclude his term as Director-General of Security this Sunday 15 September. This concludes a very distinguished period of service to our nation, spanning some 47...
- 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.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (14 speeches)
I'm going to call on the matter of public importance— Mr Katter interjecting— No, the member for Kennedy will resume his seat. To move a matter of public importance, it's very clear...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Defence Personnel (1 speech)
As the new shadow minister for defence industry, I'm thoroughly enjoying learning about Australia's defence capability and the potential for businesses around the country to increase our defence...
- Cowper Electorate: Youth Employment (1 speech)
One of my declared objectives in representing the federal seat of Cowper is to address the national average rates of youth unemployment in the electorate. Over a number of years of youth...
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
Hundreds of people in my electorate of Wills have met with me, written to me and called me about the Tamil family—Priya, Nadesalingam and their two Australian-born children, Kopika and...
- Nicholls Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
For many months now it's been apparent that in places like the Goulburn Valley, that I represent, there is a real difference when it comes to our labour force and ability to get appropriate...
- Prostate Cancer, Frawley, Mr Danny (1 speech)
This year over 19,000 Australian men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. Twenty-five per cent of all men who receive a dreaded cancer diagnosis from their doctor will have prostate cancer....
- Peel-Harvey Estuary (1 speech)
When I rose to speak for the first time, in October 2015, I said that I believed in an unwritten contract between the dead, the living and the unborn. We are the product of those who have come...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Frawley, Mr Daniel Patrick (Danny) (1 speech)
I rise to mourn the passing of St Kilda legend and AFL champion Danny Frawley. As a St Kilda fan, a long-suffering St Kilda fan, but one that's still loyal to my team, Danny Frawley was a great...
- Armenia (1 speech)
Bennelong has the highest number of Armenians of any electorate in the country. This diaspora is very active in our community, and it has a lot of concerns about the issues facing their homeland...
- Caffeine Toxicity, Bushfires (2 speeches)
On New Year's Day this year, after a night out with friends in Katoomba, 21-year-old Lachlan Foote headed home to Blackheath, gave his mum a great big hug and wished her a Happy New Year. He then...
- Food Allergies (1 speech)
In my professional life as a medical researcher and paediatrician I have witnessed firsthand the dramatic increase in food allergies. My research team found that Australia has one of the world's...
- Jones, Mr Alan (1 speech)
Enough is enough. It's time for Alan Jones to hang up his headphones and get off our airwaves. A man who will use his public platform to spread violent, misogynistic and racist views has...
- Menzies Electorate: Community Services (1 speech)
Today I want to highlight the work of two local councils in my electorate of Menzies—namely, Nillumbik and Manningham—that work towards preventing domestic violence, promoting gender...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
My office is regularly contacted by constituents about the appalling aged-care and home care crisis that is unfolding in Australia. This is particularly important in my electorate of Shortland,...
- Davis, Mrs Faye, Davis, Mr Vince (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate a wonderful couple in my electorate of Bass who recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Faye and Vince Davis were married on 29 August 1959 in the St John...
- Petition: Huon Valley Centrelink Services (1 speech)
I stand here today on behalf of constituents of mine in the Huon Valley. The Huon Valley, of course, was affected very badly by bushfires earlier this year, but they've also been fighting another...
- Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct (2 speeches)
I'm proud to say that the Gold Coast is making leaps and bounds in the health and knowledge space. Our health and knowledge precinct currently employs around 10,000 people, expected to grow to...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2019-2020, Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2019-2020, Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2019-2020; Second Reading (9 speeches)
I'm pleased to support these appropriation bills, which make provision for the moneys required to be appropriated from the Consolidated Revenue Fund, as part of the 2019-20 federal budget, to...
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2019-2020, Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2019-2020, Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2019-2020; Consideration in Detail (36 speeches)
In accordance with standing order 149, the Federation Chamber will first consider the schedule of the bill. I would like to remind all members of the purpose of the consideration in detail stage...
- Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business Portfolio; Consideration in Detail (54 speeches)
The Morrison government really does have a great story to tell on the environment. For nearly 20 years we've had a rigorous and transparent regulatory framework for protecting nationally...
