House debates
Monday, 21 October 2019
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Parliament House; Presentation (1 speech)
I present the Presiding Officer's statement regarding the condition of Parliament House. I'd also like to inform members that the installation of the turnstile on the stairs from Parliament Drive...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Petitions Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the fifth report of the Petitions Committee for the 46th Parliament together with seven petitions, 37 ministerial responses, and two petitions previously presented. I previously...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (13 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) climate change is a significant threat to our economy, natural environment, farming communities and national security; (b) Australia’s annual...
- Education (12 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises that after more than twelve years at school, year 12 students will soon complete their final examinations and transition to the next phase of their...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That business intervening before the order of the day No. 11, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Gilmore Electorate: Prosperity in the Park (1 speech)
Last week was Anti-Poverty Week. I want to take the opportunity to tell the House about a wonderful local antipoverty event in the Shoalhaven. Prosperity in the Park is held every year at...
- Carroll, Mr Dave (1 speech)
For many of us, 'Staying Alive' by the Bee Gees is a song from the eighties, but this tune recently saved a man's life in my community. Dave Carroll works at the Northern Co-operative Meat...
- Lyons Electorate: Prison (1 speech)
I rise to discuss the Westbury prison, which has been foist upon the people of Westbury by the Tasmanian state Liberal government. The people of Westbury, a beautiful little town in the...
- Berowra Electorate: The Children's Bookshop (1 speech)
The Children's Bookshop in Beecroft is soon to close its doors, after almost 50 years of serving the Berowra community. It's the oldest specialist children's bookshop in New South Wales. The...
- Media (1 speech)
In a 21st-century globally connected world, a free press is a national security imperative. The internet has brought the world onto our handsets and into our living rooms, but it has also brought...
- My First Speech Competition (1 speech)
I rise today to recognise a tremendous young person in my electorate, Lucy Lonnqvist, this year's winner of the My First Speech competition. Lucy presented her winning speech in Parliament House...
- Bruce Electorate: Sikh Community (1 speech)
Waheguru ji ka khalsa, waheguru ji ki fateh. Guru Nanak Dev Ji was the founder of Sikhism and the first of the 10 Sikh gurus, and on the weekend I attended a celebration in my electorate of Guru...
- Drought (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about the ongoing drought. Have a look at Tamworth: Tuesday, sunny; Wednesday, sunny; Thursday, sunny; Friday, sunny; Saturday, blowing; Sunday, sunny; Monday, sunny;...
- FCJ College Benalla, Sacred Heart College Yarrawonga (1 speech)
Colleagues, today I welcome to parliament the future captains, vice-captains and student leaders of FCJ College Benalla and Sacred Heart College Yarrawonga. I'm pleased that they've joined us...
- Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
With International Credit Union Day last Friday, I ask the House today to note the ongoing unlevel playing field with the four major banks and the non-major banks, credit unions and mutuals, who...
- Parramatta Electorate (1 speech)
I'd like to congratulate The Bower repair and reuse centre for yet another wonderful ParraPickers second-hand market on Friday night. I spent a couple of hours there. It is wonderful to see so...
- Canning Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I rise today to talk again about the Lakelands train station. Building this train station is a priority for the people of northern Mandurah. Many locals have waited over 10 years for this train...
- Chifley Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
When it comes to Western Sydney, the things we need seem to be a struggle to get and the stuff we never asked us for gets thrust upon us quickly. This is certainly the case for a proposal by...
- Chisholm Electorate: Headland Machinery (1 speech)
Last Friday, I was delighted to attend Headland machinery's 70th anniversary in my electorate of Chisholm. I was thoroughly impressed with Headland's story of success in Australia. Businesses...
- Goods and Services Tax (1 speech)
The Liberal Party are again trying to increase the goods and services tax—the 'never ever' tax that the Liberal Party imposed on the Australian people some 20 years ago. Today in The...
- Aged Care, Fleming, Mr Tom (1 speech)
Last week, Tom Fleming, a student of Rosebank College in Five Dock, joined my electoral office for his year 10 work experience. Tom was particularly concerned about the quality of Australia's...
- Bendigo Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
During the May election, I was highly critical of the Liberal National parties, their candidates and government because they committed zero dollars towards the Bendigo electorate. They committed...
- Lindsay Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
Today 300,000 people commute out of Western Sydney daily for work. I did this commute for over 10 years. I want our kids to be educated and trained in the jobs of the future that are coming to...
- Macquarie Electorate: Energy Efficient Communities Program (1 speech)
Community groups are being left in the dark on the details of the government's promised Energy Efficient Communities Program. It's designed to deliver grants to community groups, with a separate...
- Groom Electorate: Oakey Health and Wellbeing Expo (2 speeches)
Yesterday I had the great pleasure of opening the third annual Oakey Health and Wellbeing Expo in a community on the Darling Downs which has, like regional Australia elsewhere, dealt with its own...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology will be absent from question time today as she is in the United States attending the 70th International Astronautical...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Drought (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister convene a cross-party drought cabinet to ensure that representatives from across the parliament work together constructively to...
- Morrison Government (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline to the House how the Morrison government's stable and certain plan is addressing the challenges facing our nation? Is the...
- Media (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the front page of every major newspaper today.
- Infrastructure (4 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. Will the Deputy Prime Minister inform the House how the Morrison-McCormack...
- Foodbank (3 speeches)
My question is for the Prime Minister. Foodbank is the largest provider of vital food and groceries to food relief charities around Australia. These charities provide relief to over 815,000...
- Economy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on his recent attendance at the annual meetings of the World Bank and the IMF and the G20 finance ministers meeting? Will the...
- Roads (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why did the government spend nearly $17 million on taxpayer funded congestion-busting advertising in the lead-up to this year's election but not spend a...
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Following his meeting with the G20 finance ministers, will the Treasurer outline to the House how the Morrison government's strong economic plan is providing...
- Roads (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that none of the eight Victorian projects listed under the Roads of Strategic Importance fund have even reached the planning stage?
- Energy (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. Minister, can you outline to the House how the Morrison government's stable and certain approach to emissions reduction is...
- Queensland: Roads (14 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that for every $100 of the Roads of Strategic Importance fund, only 50c will be spent in Queensland this year?
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General and Minister for Industrial Relations. Will the Attorney outline to the House why it is important for the Morrison government to provide a stable and...
- Infrastructure (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Since coming to office, the government has spent a total of $5 billion less on infrastructure than it promised, including $123 million less than it promised...
- Defence Industry (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry. Will the minister outline to the House why it is important for the Morrison government to provide a stable and certain approach to our defence...
- Infrastructure (2 speeches)
(—) (): My question is addressed to the minister for infrastructure. Can he confirm that the gap between what the government promised on budget night and what they've actually spent on...
- Drought (2 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 the impact of the drought across...
- Kakadu National Park (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I ask the Prime Minister: how does the government expect to unlock the full potential of Kakadu National Park when it's pushed back the start date for...
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government's stable and certain economic management enables life-saving medicines to be...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Kakadu National Park (1 speech)
I have an additional answer to a question by the member for Lingiari. On 13 September this year I can confirm that the tender was awarded to the Australian company Aurecon, an engineering design...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- (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.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Customs Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019, Customs Tariff Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019; Second Reading (30 speeches)
Before the debate is resumed on this bill I remind the House that it's been agreed that a general debate be allowed covering this bill and the Customs Tariff Amendment (Growing Australian Export...
- Customs Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019, Customs Tariff Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019; Consideration in Detail (21 speeches)
by leave—I move amendment (1) as circulated in my name: (1) Clause 2, pages 2 and 3, table items 2 to 4, omit the table items, substitute: (2) Clause 2, pages 2 and 3, table items 2 to 4,...
- Customs Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019, Customs Tariff Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Customs Tariff Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Australian Veterans' Recognition (Putting Veterans and Their Families First) Bill 2019; Second Reading (5 speeches)
I present a revised explanatory memorandum to this bill, and I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I am pleased to introduce the Australian Veterans' Recognition (Putting Veterans and...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Waste Management and Recycling (1 speech)
There is a waste crisis in Australia that has been brought into focus by the decision taken by China and other countries to stop receiving our plastic rubbish. The import ban has been driven by...
- Liberal Party of Australia, Lindsay Electorate, Morrison Government (1 speech)
Menzies, Howard, Morrison. Last week, the Liberal Party celebrated our 75th anniversary. In my maiden speech I mentioned that Lindsay is in so many ways a microcosm of the Australian community....
- Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
For over two decades, Murray-Darling Basin communities have struggled with uncertainty constantly hanging over them. A combination of prolonged droughts, restricted water supplies, volatile water...
- Reid Electorate: Sports Infrastructure (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to update the House on a number of major projects in Reid, some of which the Morrison government committed to in the recent federal election. I consider...
- Cowan Electorate: Constituents (1 speech)
I'd hazard a guess that most members here think that their electorate is the bee's knees. I certainly think that Cowan is one of the best electorates in Australia, and I want to use the...
- Chisholm Electorate: Diwali Festival (1 speech)
I stand proudly here today to share with the House the importance of Diwali to the Indian communities in my electorate of Chisholm. Diwali symbolises the spiritual victory of good over evil,...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Collins, Mr Bert, Quilts of Valour Australia (1 speech)
I'd like to tell the chamber about my mate Bert Collins. Bert is the sort of bloke who deserves to have his name and his story etched into the record of this place. Bert was born almost 104 years...
- City of Mandurah RSL Sub-branch (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate the City of Mandurah RSL sub-branch on the opening of their new premises in Greenfields, Mandurah. I visited the club while it was under construction and enjoyed its...
- Media (3 speeches)
This is what the front page of today's Canberra Times looks like. This is what the front page of today's Sydney Morning Herald looks like. This is what the front page of today's Australian looks...
- New, Associate Professor Elizabeth (1 speech)
Bennelong is the capital of innovation. We have groups, from students to corporations, fighting to understand or change the world to make it a better place every day. I could talk about many...
- Stirling Electorate: Transport (1 speech)
We hear a lot in this place about the Morrison government's commitment to busting congestion, so let me take a moment to explain why this is so important. It's because time spent sitting in...
- Ballarat International Foto Biennale (1 speech)
Over the last two months in Ballarat, it's really come alive with art as the Ballarat International Foto Biennale has brought world-class photography to our regional community, including from...
- Northern Tasmania: Tourism (1 speech)
Tourism in Northern Tasmania is booming. For the year to March, over 700,000 people were reported to have visited the north, up two per cent on the previous year. I may be biased, but, really,...
- Dobell Electorate: Aged Care (1 speech)
The closure of a 14-bed dementia care unit in Lisarow and a 110-bed aged-care facility in Wyoming is distressing news for families in my New South Wales Central Coast electorate of Dobell. The...
- Robertson Electorate: JDRF One Walk (2 speeches)
The JDRF One Walk is an annual event held in cities and regional centres right across Australia to help raise awareness and funds for research into type 1 diabetes. I was pleased to be able to...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Discrimination (11 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises that: (a) social harmony is vital to the continuation of a successful Australian democracy; (b) all Australians should be able to go about their lives free...
- Peacekeeping Operations (6 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1)notes: (a)14 September 2019 marks National Peacekeeper and Peacemaker Day; and (b)20 September 2019 marks the 20th anniversary of the deployment of the International...
- Aged Care (10 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) the latest Government report indicates around 120,000 older Australians are waiting for their approved home care package; and (b) more than 72,000...
- World Suicide Prevention Day (7 speeches)
Each October in our community we eagerly await the Strathalbyn country show. It is a traditional country show with a fierce fruitcake competition and rows of prize sheep and cattle. But, amongst...
- National Relay Service (1 speech)
Recently, I met with James Fletcher, a resident of Warringah, who is very concerned about the government's move to replace the CapTel handset service. James is one of 4,000 hearing impaired...
- Workplace Safety (1 speech)
I'd like to make some comments today regarding workplace health and safety, Australian standards and coal-mining standards. Jack Gerdes, a 27-year-old constituent of mine who came from Mount...
- Marek Edelman Centenary Lecture (1 speech)
In 2017, the Uluru Statement from the Heart outlined a pathway towards reconciliation and towards constitutional recognition of our First People. I am very pleased to say that, on Thursday 7...
- Tasmanian Senior Australian of the Year (1 speech)
Congratulations to Dr Graeme Stevenson, who was named the 2020 Tasmanian Senior Australian of the Year on Friday. Hailing from Somerset on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Graeme affectionately...
- Independence Day of Cambodia (1 speech)
The international community and thousands of Cambodian Australians will be watching Cambodia very closely on 9 November, the Independence Day of Cambodia. This comes after a lengthy period of...
- Hinkler Electorate: Bundaberg Christian College (1 speech)
I just want to give a shout-out to the Bundaberg Christian College and their year 9 groups, 20 of which came through my office on 11 October. This is part of a year-long unique right-of-passage...
- Griffith Electorate: Stones Corner Post Office (1 speech)
The Stones Corner post office is being shut down, and the Liberals and Nationals are just doing nothing to stop it. The Morrison government is abandoning Stones Corner, leaving businesses in the...
- Clean Seas Seafood (1 speech)
Last week at Clean Seas Seafood won the South Australian Exporter of the Year award at the Business SA 2019 Export Awards. They also won the Adelaide Airport Agribusiness, Food and Beverages...
- Holt Electorate: Local Sporting Champions (1 speech)
On Wednesday 9 October I hosted the 2019 Holt Local Sporting Champions grant presentation at the Arthur Wren Hall at Hampton Park. I was very proud to present 12 young sporting champions with an...
- Crisman, Dr Robin (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate Dr Robin Crisman of the Somersby Animal Hospital for receiving a Practitioner of the Year award at the Australian Veterinary Society's ASAV conference earlier this...
- Fraser Electorate: We Are Brimbank Awards 2019 (1 speech)
This weekend in my electorate of Fraser we recognise the exceptional contributions, hard work and determination of remarkable residents and community organisations through Brimbank City Council's...
- Australian Army: 7th Brigade (1 speech)
I rise to thank and congratulate the service men and women and the families of the 7th Brigade from the Gallipoli Barracks in my electorate of Ryan as they mark the end of their ready period. For...
- Health Care: Diabetes (1 speech)
Kat Jeffress and her family used to have a dog called Banting, named after Frederick Banting, inventor of insulin. One night, Banting jumped up on Kat's bed, waking her up. Kat realised one of...
- St Peter's Girls School: 125th Anniversary (1 speech)
I rise to reflect on and pay tribute to a school in my electorate, St Peter's Girls School, which celebrated it's 125th anniversary at a remarkably well attended dinner on Saturday night. I was...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
After 170 days, the government has finally appointed a CEO for the NDIA—thanks to political pressure from people with disabilities, their advocates and Labor. The jury's out on new CEO;...
- Queensland Government (1 speech)
I stand today to talk about the worst state members we have ever seen in Townsville. Labor's Scott Stewart, Aaron Harper and Coralee O'Rourke are constantly missing in action. To be honest, I...
- Farrer Nature Play Space (1 speech)
Yesterday my family and I had the joy of being involved in the opening of a new Farrer nature play space and park in the electorate of Bean. Close to 1,000 locals came on the day to enjoy the new...
- Forde Electorate: Sikh Community (1 speech)
This month Sikhs in our local communities around the world are commemorating the 550th anniversary of the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak Dev Ji. I'd like to take this moment to thank the Brisbane...
- Strachan, Mr Peter (1 speech)
Today I want to pay tribute to a very good friend of mine and a really true believer who lies gravely ill in a palliative care unit at the Alice Springs Hospital. Peter Strachan—Strachy as...
- Boothby Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Everyone in my electorate of Boothby is sick and tired of the traffic and the delays at the Springbank, Goodwood and Daws Roads intersection, particularly during peak hour. That's why the...
- The Shepherd Centre (1 speech)
The Shepherd Centre provides a range of services to over 500 families across five centres in New South Wales and the ACT, as well as outreach support to Tasmania and rural and remote Australia....
- Fisher Electorate: Defence Industry (1 speech)
As part of my Fisher defence industry initiative, I recently organised for eight local businesses to tour Queensland defence contractor NIOA and the multinational Airbus and their maintenance...
- Paterson Electorate: Bringing the Bonnets Home (1 speech)
There were 25,566 women transported to Australia between 1788 and 1853, of whom 1,600 came to Newcastle and to the Hunter more broadly. For over 15 years, the Roses from the Heart project has...
- Mallee Electorate: Drought Communities Program (1 speech)
There are times in all our lives when the pressures of life can bear down uncomfortably and, over a prolonged period, can lead to mental health issues. In various areas of my electorate and,...
- Morrison Government (1 speech)
On the economy, investment and wages are down right across the nation, with our economic growth at its slowest since the global financial crisis, leaving more Macarthur households and businesses...
- Wentworth Electorate: Holy Cross Catholic Primary School (1 speech)
I wish to congratulate the students of Holy Cross Catholic Primary School at Bondi Junction in my electorate of Wentworth, who have worked together with SolarBuddy and Origin...
- Kingsford Smith Electorate: Little Bay Development (1 speech)
The community of Little Bay has a big fight on its hands. The Meriton Group is proposing one of the most outrageous cases of overdevelopment in this small community. The Meriton proposal will see...
- National Regional, Rural and Remote Tertiary Education Strategy (1 speech)
Our year 12 students are about to say farewell to their school days, with final exams currently underway. I want to start today by wishing all of our year 12s the best of luck now and in the...
- Fraser Electorate: Djerriwarrh Community and Education Services (1 speech)
I would like to acknowledge the winners of the We Are Brimbank Awards Employment & Enterprise Award, which recognises outstanding contributions to the prosperity of the communities in my...
- Oppenheim, Dr Jane (2 speeches)
I'd like to acknowledge the entrepreneurship of an outstanding Australian, Dr Jane Oppenheim. Jane was awarded the Clunies-Ross Entrepreneur of the Year award by the Australian Academy of...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- International Labour Organization: 100th Anniversary (10 speeches)
I move: (1) notes that 29 October 2019 is the 100th anniversary of the International Labour Organization (ILO); (2) acknowledges that the ILO: (a) was established following the first world war in...
- Black Spot Program (14 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes the important, practical contribution the Black Spot Program makes in addressing the nation's road toll under the National Road Safety Action Plan 2018-2020;...
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that the: (a) Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) has assisted generations of Australians to access affordable medicines since its inception by the Chifley...
- National Broadband Network (7 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1)notes that: (a)after six years of the previous Labor Government, just 51,000 users were connected to the National Broadband Network (NBN); (b)under the Liberal...
