House debates
Wednesday, 16 October 2019
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 7 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on Monday, 21 October 2019. The report will be...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- 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 No. 5 2019. Report made a parliamentary paper in accordance with standing order 39(e). by...
- Membership (1 speech)
The Speaker has received messages from the Senate informing the House of the appointment to senators to certain joint committees. As the list of appointments is a lengthy one, I do not propose to...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- National Rural Women's Coalition (1 speech)
This week the National Rural Women's Coalition have been here for their Canberra Muster. It was a great honour to meet with them and hear firsthand about the remarkable work they're undertaking...
- Drought (1 speech)
In the House only a few weeks ago I made the point that we who live in the coastlands of this Great South Land have great empathy for those suffering through this drought in parts of Australia. I...
- Economy (1 speech)
Let's take a look at the facts of the Australian economy: economic growth is the slowest it has been since the global financial crisis; wages have stagnated; 1.9 million Australians are looking...
- Great Southern Business Awards (1 speech)
I had the pleasure of attending the Albany Chamber of Commerce and Industry's annual Great Southern Business Awards on Saturday night. The event was held at the Albany Entertainment Centre, and I...
- Economy (1 speech)
The International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook has slashed Australia's growth forecasts, and this makes a mockery of Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's claims that the Morrison government has...
- Wheelchair Rugby League Australia (1 speech)
Today I would like to speak about Wheelchair Rugby League Australia, a not-for-profit organisation founded in 2010 that facilitates the premier wheelchair rugby league competitions across...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
Last week, 90 NDIS participants and disability carers met in Corangamite to voice their serious concerns about the scheme. I and my electorate acknowledge the value of the NDIS. It is...
- Weatherstone, Ms Patricia (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to a special member of our community in the Ryan electorate: Patricia Weatherstone, a passionate golfer, a former staff member in my office and an all-round wonderful...
- Middle East (1 speech)
Last week, Turkey launched an unlawful attack on Kurdish held territory in north-east Syria. Since then, hundreds of thousands of civilians have been displaced from their homes and at least 30...
- Rare Voices Australia (1 speech)
I'm proud to announce that next month I will once again be embarking on a 100-kay walk around my electorate of Bennelong for charity. This year I'm partnering with Rare Voices Australia to raise...
- Morrison Government (1 speech)
We have 1.9 million Australians looking for a job or for more work on this government's watch. We have the worst wages growth on record. We have weak household consumption and retail spending and...
- Nicholls Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
Today I rise in support of three local government councils in my electorate of Nicholls, and local businesses as well. The City of Greater Shepparton, the Campaspe Shire and the Moira Shire are...
- Petition: Cambodia (2 speeches)
I hereby lodge this petition, subject to the approval of the Petitions Committee, of 1,400 Cambodian Australians pertaining to the grave human rights abuses that are being perpetrated on the...
- Menzies Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
The Doncaster Bowling Club in my electorate of Menzies will celebrate its 70th anniversary this year with a series of celebrations to mark this historic event. The club was founded in December...
- Economy (1 speech)
Of course we've all been looking with interest at the disturbing downgrading of the growth predictions by the IMF today, with the Australian growth forecast dropping from the modest 2.8 per cent...
- Osteoporosis (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about osteoporosis. World Osteoporosis Day, 20 October, is dedicated to raising global awareness of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis. We must reduce...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
One of the reasons that this country has a National Disability Insurance Scheme is the work of an excellent grassroots disability organisation called Every Australian Counts. Today Kirsten Dean...
- Moncrieff Electorate: Sea World (1 speech)
I rise to speak about a travel website's ban on ticket sales for Sea World in my electorate, which is shameful. Sea World CEO, Bikash Randhawa, has said it is 'activism gone mad'. Sea World has a...
- Economy (1 speech)
In the last 24 hours, the International Monetary Fund has just downgraded Australia's growth rate to 1.7 per cent. That is a downgrading which is four times larger than those of other advanced...
- Environment (4 speeches)
It's time the environmental debate was taken back from the extremists who sit on the other side of this chamber. The reality is that the coalition has a proud record of conserving and stewarding...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (25 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Why has the IMF slashed Australia's economic growth forecast to just 1.7 per cent this calendar year?
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on why it is important for the Morrison government to implement its plan to keep Australians safe and secure in an...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I'd just like to inform the House that we have present in the Speaker's gallery this afternoon, up there in the front row, a delegation of former members. On behalf of the House, I extend a very...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Why does the Treasurer pretend that global factors are the primary reason for our floundering economy, when the Reserve Bank, Deloitte Access Economics and others...
- Climate Change (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Bureau of Meteorology has said that the Murray-Darling Basin is in record drought and that the climate crisis is a significant factor. But your...
- Infrastructure (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. Will the Deputy Prime Minister outline to the House why it is important that the...
- Drought (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. The Treasurer a moment ago said that drought funding was the No. 1 call on the budget. That's not true, is it?
- Economy (9 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer explain why lower taxes are important to growing a stronger economy? And, Treasurer, what are the consequences of any higher taxing policy...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Australian Political Exchange Council's 23rd Delegation from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. On behalf of the House, I...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Small Business (6 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer explain to the House why it is important to grow and support our hardworking small business sector, and what are the consequences of...
- Economy (8 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Australia's growth forecasts are being repeatedly slashed. Why can't the Prime Minister give a straight answer and admit this basic fact? Why does...
- Infrastructure (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure. Will the minister outline to the House why it is important to have a balanced and disciplined economic plan and how...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Economy (10 speeches)
I seek leave to move: That the House: (1) notes that: (a) the International Monetary Fund has slashed its growth forecast for the Australian economy for this year by almost 20 per cent; (b) the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (12 speeches)
Could the PM explain the alternative policies to the government's stable and responsible approach to managing the nation's finances in the face of global economic uncertainty?
- 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.
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Peris, Ms Nova OAM: Official Portrait (1 speech)
Mr Speaker, earlier today you were present in the members' hall when we witnessed the unveiling of the quite magnificent portrait by Dr Jandamarra Cadd of Nova Peris, the first Indigenous woman...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Economy (25 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Rankin proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's lack of a...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Telecommunications (1 speech)
Mobile phone reception matters a lot in a bushfire. Messages and phone calls go flying back and forth as people make decisions about what to do, when to go and who else they need to make sure has...
- Braddon Electorate: Burnie Agricultural Show (1 speech)
Agricultural shows have always played an important role in my electorate of Braddon. For a few years now, the numbers attending some rural shows have been on the decline. The volunteers needed to...
- Kingsford Smith Electorate: Environment (1 speech)
On Monday evening, I attended a community meeting with hundreds of locals at the Matraville RSL club, regarding a proposal by Orora paper mills and SUEZ to build a new plant at their site at...
- Syria, Biosecurity (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the deeply concerning situation developing in Syria. The unilateral actions of the Erdogan regime in northern Syria are causing significant civilian suffering. Media reports...
- Parliament (1 speech)
I'm pleased to have this opportunity to raise issues that I hope are of importance to all of us here in this chamber—issues around how our democracy operates and the not-very-high esteem...
- Queensland: Water, Queensland: Energy (1 speech)
I rise today to express my concerns about the disturbing actions of my state government, the Queensland state government. The Queensland state government does not seem to understand the...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Bean Electorate: Canberra Raiders, White, Jim and Maria (1 speech)
It's not always easy being Green, but today I pay rise to pay tribute to the Canberra Raiders—the Green Machine—the broader Raiders community, their dedicated fans and our capital...
- FIRST Global Challenge (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate and wish a wad of luck to the robotics program team from St Peters Lutheran College in my electorate of Ryan. They're competing in October in an international robotics...
- NBN Co (1 speech)
Labor took a number of commitments on the NBN to the last election. One of them was an enforceable service guarantee, and this is why. One of my constituents had been keen to get the NBN and, on...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
To build a better world, a better Australia, we need to break down the barriers, cut the red tape and create connected and cohesive communities for people of all abilities. We must work to...
- Assange, Mr Julian (1 speech)
Australians are proud of the fact that our society is democratic, that we are committed to justice for all and that every citizen should be treated equally in the eyes of the law, but that's...
- Goldstein Electorate: Sailing Clubs (1 speech)
The month of October marks the official new season for boating on the shores of the great Port Phillip Bay. At the Royal Brighton Yacht Club, the 2019-20 sailing season is open and ready to...
- St Clare's Catholic High School, Chifley Electorate: Firefighters (2 speeches)
We recently celebrated a terrific milestone in our area: the 25th anniversary of St Clare's Catholic High School Hassall Grove. Founded in 1994, the school began with just 100 students but has...
- Cordingley, Ms Toyah (1 speech)
Next week marks the first anniversary of the brutal and horrific murder of 24-year-old Cairns woman Toyah Cordingley. Sadly, her killer or killers have not been caught, despite the biggest murder...
- Gorton Young Leaders Workshop (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the Gorton Young Leaders Workshop, a new initiative I established to help develop the young people of Gorton into the leaders of the future. I want to help young people from...
- Regional and Rural Health Care (2 speeches)
I want to speak about a subject that I am particularly passionate about: regional and rural health care. This subject impacts millions of people who live outside urban areas. In my electorate of...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Treaties Committee; Report (4 speeches)
I rise to speak about the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties's Report 186 on the Indonesia and Hong Kong free trade agreements. Labor welcomes progress made to safeguard Australian jobs and...
- Governor General's Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (5 speeches)
I have had the privilege of taking part in the Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program, visiting Middle East operations, including in Iraq. It was a profound experience. Like many MPs with...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Fischer, Hon. Timothy Andrew (Tim), AC (8 speeches)
I rise to pay tribute to the boy from Boree Creek today. I speak of course of Tim Fischer, a man who served his country in so many ways. He was born in the Riverina and hailed from Boree Creek,...
- Governor General's Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (16 speeches)
It was a great pleasure to listen to the Governor-General when he opened this parliament in July this year. I have been reflecting upon his speech, and of course he was talking about what...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the Federation Chamber do now adjourn. Federation Chamber adjourned at 19:24
