House debates
Monday, 25 November 2019
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Petitions Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the sixth report of the Petitions Committee for the 46th Parliament, together with 53petitions and 15 ministerial responses to petitions previously presented.
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- National Classification Code (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Petitions, and in accordance with standing order 207, I present the following petitions:
- Responses (1 speech)
I present the following 15 ministerial responses to petitions previously presented:
- Statements (1 speech)
It is of interest to note that all of the petitions presented this morning are e-petitions, confirming the growth and the growing interest in this method of petitioning the House. The subjects...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (2 speeches)
Pursuant to standing order 113, I fix the next sitting Monday as the day for presenting the Australian Banks (Government Audit) Bill 2019. I apologise to the House. There was a glitch in the...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Housing (12 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) access to adequate housing is a fundamental right under Article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights...
- Geneva Convention: 70th Anniversary (11 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises that 12 August 2019 marked the 70th anniversary of the opening for signature of the four Geneva Conventions in 1949; (2) notes that the Geneva Conventions...
- Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction (8 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That the House: (1) notes that (a) on the evening of 23 October 2019, The Guardian reported the minister for emissions reduction had used incorrect...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (1 speech)
I have received messages from the Senate acquainting the House of the appointment of senators to certain joint committees. I do not propose to read the messages to the House. Details of the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Economics, I present the committee's report entitled Review of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission annual report 2018, together with the...
- Economics Committee; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
I move: That the order of the day be referred to the Federation Chamber for debate. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Smith, Mr David (1 speech)
The Australian Services Union today is mourning the loss of one of its greatest servants and greatest leaders. Unexpectedly on Friday, following complications after a surgical procedure, National...
- Page Electorate: Koori Mail (1 speech)
I would like to recognise a very important organisation in my community. The Koori Mail is a fortnightly national newspaper that reports stories for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people....
- Cunningham Electorate: Family and Domestic Violence (1 speech)
Today begins 16 days of activism against gender based violence with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, culminating on 10 December with Human Rights Day. It is...
- Bridle, Major John, OAM, RFD (Retd) (1 speech)
Today I rise to pay tribute to Major John Bridle OAM RFD of Dee Why, a recent recipient of the Order of Australia Medal for service to the community through a range of organisations. Since 1999...
- International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (1 speech)
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. So far this year 49 women have been killed through violence, according to an advocacy group which keeps a 'Counting...
- Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program (1 speech)
Last week I spent three days at RAAF Base Edinburgh in South Australia on the Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program. I visited the Air Warfare Centre, the RAAF Institute of Aviation...
- Paterson Electorate: Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
Like in every community in Australia, the statistics around violence against women in my community are alarming. As today marks International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and...
- Lyne Electorate: Bushfires (1 speech)
It's been a devastating week for many across our region who have experienced the devastating bushfires. Many of these fires are still burning and, sadly, a number of lives have been lost. Many...
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
No-one was surprised; everyone was appalled. That was the universal response to the aged-care royal commission's interim report, titled simply Neglect. Its findings were nothing new. The...
- Domestic and Family Violence (2 speeches)
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. We as a parliament must agree to do more to tackle the ugly scourge of domestic violence in this country. Today marks...
- Canning Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
The past month has been a big month in my electorate of Canning. The Morrison government is delivering for the Peel region along a number of fronts. Firstly, there's transport. We are congestion...
- International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (1 speech)
Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. It's a timely reminder that women continue to be the victims of domestic and family violence, sexualised and gendered...
- Australian Bushfires (1 speech)
Fire is one of the more horrific elements of living in country areas. Over the recent break from parliament, I unfortunately had the experience of seeing one at my own parents' back door; in...
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
As we heard from the previous Labor member who spoke, when we think about violence against women, very often the conversation is about violence in the home. But it's not only in the home. I think...
- Hughes Electorate: Rural Fire Service (1 speech)
I would like to give a shout-out to the Rural Fire Service in the electorate of Hughes—the brigades from Bundeena, Maianbar, Grays Point, Engadine, Loftus, Waterfall, Menai, Illawong,...
- Domestic and Family Violence (2 speeches)
Domestic, family and sexual violence affect everyone. We know that women are disproportionately impacted. It is everyone's business. One woman a week is murdered in Australia. It is a national...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs will be absent from question time today and for the remainder of this sitting...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Before I call on questions, I'd just like to inform the House we have present in the gallery this afternoon a parliamentary delegation from the Czech Republic led by the Deputy Speaker of the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Agriculture (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Last week it was reported that an organisation had broken money laundering laws 23 million times. Was it a union or a bank?
- Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government is responding to the interim report of the royal commission into aged care,...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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I would like to inform the House we've just had join us on the floor of the chamber this afternoon members of an ASEAN parliamentary delegation who are visiting Australia. On behalf of the House,...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Aged Care (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. When 16,000 older Australians died in one year while waiting to receive the home care package for which they'd already been approved, why did the Prime...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on how the Morrison government's stable and certain economic plan is enabling Australians and their families to plan...
- Banking and Financial Services (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why does the Prime Minister say that the leadership of a bank is up to the board after it has broken the law 23 million times, while at the same time he...
- Climate Change (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, if exporting pollution were an Olympic sport, you'd be on the podium with a medal around your neck. We're not some 1.3 per cent minnow; we're...
- Infrastructure (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer explain to the House how the Morrison government's record investment in infrastructure is providing a stable and certain pathway to higher...
- Trade Unions (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How can 23 million breaches of the law be a matter for the board if you're a bank, but legislation before the parliament right now says that three breaches...
- Infrastructure (2 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...
- Pensions and Benefits (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Government Services. Given that the government has now suspended robodebt after three years of operation, is it because the coalition government, at the time of...
- Infrastructure (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government's stable and certain economic plan has allowed...
- Health (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Exactly a year ago today the Minister for Health promised that on 1 March 2019 the flash glucose monitor would be subsidised under the National Diabetes...
- Banking and Financial Services (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister outline to the House the stable and certain approach the Morrison government is taking to protect Australia's financial services...
- Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Energy Emissions Reduction. When parliament last sat, the minister said in relation to his letter to the Sydney Lord Mayor: The document was drawn directly from...
- Domestic and Family Violence (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Women. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government is taking strong and decisive action to combat violence...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Reports Nos 11 to 13 of 2019-20 (1 speech)
I present the following Auditor-General's performance audit reports for 2019-20: No. 11, Implementation of the Digital Continuity 2020 Policy: across entities; No. 12, Award of funding under the...
- 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.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Questions in Writing (2 speeches)
In accordance with standing order 105(b) I ask that you write to the Minister for Foreign Affairs to seek reasons for the delay in answering question 125, which was placed on the Notice Paper on...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Economy (1 speech)
I'm pleased tonight to have the opportunity to address the House and to give feedback from local residents and businesses that I consulted with during the recent break. As we head towards the end...
- Remembrance Day (1 speech)
I was honoured to address the Plympton Glenelg RSL Remembrance Day service on 11 November, and I want to thank Plympton Glenelg RSL's vice-president, Bill Hignett OAM; secretary, Tich Tyson OAM;...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
I rise to speak tonight about a very important matter for the people of my electorate of Bean, for the Labor members of this parliament and for thousands of workers across the country, and that...
- Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety (1 speech)
I rise to speak today about something which is very important in my electorate of Curtin and is actually really important across Australia. The interim report of the Royal Commission into Aged...
- Skin Cancer (1 speech)
Cancer is a terrifying word. We use it all the time in this place. We often use it to describe terrible things or sometimes terrible people. But what's really terrifying is when a doctor says it....
- Hinkler Electorate (1 speech)
Can I acknowledge the contribution of the member for Blaxland, which is incredibly important to all Australians. It is a fantastic message that I hope they all heed, and I wish him well in his...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Richmond Electorate: Centrelink (1 speech)
I rise today to outline more National Party lies, cuts and chaos. This time it's the issue of the closing of three Centrelink service centres in the Tweed area. The Morrison Liberal-National...
- Hughes Electorate: Aviation Industry (1 speech)
I would like to give a shout-out to those in my electorate that work in the aviation industry and at Sydney Airport—the pilots and the crews; the ground staff; the baggage handlers; the...
- Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
I rise today to condemn the Morrison government for the robo-debt scheme. It's an outrageous abuse of power from a callous and arrogant government. The more we learn about this venomous scheme,...
- Education (1 speech)
The State of early learning in Australia 2019 report was released about a half an hour ago in this building. It's an important overview for both sides of this chamber and for the general public...
- Oxley Electorate: Riverlife Church; Jindalee Scout Group (1 speech)
I'd like to recognise two groups of people from the Centenary suburbs in the Oxley electorate, the first being a team of 17 students from Riverlife Church in Jindalee, who set off a few short...
- Berowra Electorate: Churches (1 speech)
Yesterday I attended the opening and dedication of the new St Madeleine Sophie Barat Catholic church building at Kenthurst by Bishop Vincent Long. The church has been led by the much-loved Father...
- Shortland Electorate: Indigenous Health (1 speech)
I'd like to talk today about an organisation based on the Central Coast of New South Wales that is working hard to close the gap in health outcomes for Indigenous Australians. The Yerin Eleanor...
- Chisholm Electorate: Waverley Valley Aged Care (1 speech)
Earlier this month I had the privilege of visiting Waverley Valley Aged Care where I met with many happy residents. Since 2000 Waverley Valley has cared for senior Australians in a comfortable...
- Australian Bushfires (1 speech)
We're well and truly into the bushfire season, and I want to start by offering my condolences to those people who have lost family members, loved ones, friends, pets and possessions in the last...
- Reid Electorate: St Nectarios Greek Orthodox Church, Chinese Australian Services Society (2 speeches)
I'm incredibly fortunate to live in an electorate rich in cultural diversity, made up of people from different faiths. On Sunday 24 November I attended the official unveiling of St Nectarios...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Recycling (7 speeches)
It's wonderful to be able to speak on this motion moved by the member for Higgins, because it goes to the heart of the type of country we want to be. It goes to the heart of whether we're a...
- Incarceration Rates (8 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises that: (a) Australia's incarceration rate has now risen to 0.22 percent, the highest level since Federation; (b) rates of homicide, robbery, car theft and...
- Health Care (6 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises that precision medicine, enabled by advances in genomics, data analysis and artificial intelligence represents an exciting leap in healthcare that will...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
ANZ recently announced a statutory profit after tax for the year ended 30 September 2019 of $5.95 billion. Last Thursday ANZ announced that they're closing the Yankalilla branch in May. This is...
- Avalon Community Garden (1 speech)
An excellent community initiative is the Avalon Community Garden. It was established in 2010 on the grounds of Barrenjoey High School. The aim was to create a place to share skills and knowledge...
- Aged Care (3 speeches)
In recent weeks the government has made a call for Australians to work longer and is encouraging people to stay in the workforce until they are in their 60s and perhaps their 70s. I want to point...
- Hughes Electorate: Memorial (1 speech)
On Sunday 10 November, on the eve of Remembrance Day, I was pleased to unveil a new memorial in the Sutherland Shire that listed all the names of those who served in World War II. I did this with...
- Chile: Human Rights (1 speech)
The Chilean and Latin American communities have a long history in Australia. This first known Chilean to arrive in Australia was a former president of Chile, General Ramon Freire, who came in...
- Bennelong Electorate (1 speech)
It's a slightly scary thought, but Christmas is approaching at a rapid rate, which means it is time to start thinking about Christmas cards—not do anything; just think about it. This year I...
- Home Care Packages (1 speech)
I rise today to discuss the disgraceful wait times this government is inflicting on older Australians trying to access home care. There are almost 120,000 older Australians on the waitlist for...
- Higgins Medal (1 speech)
The Higgins Medal is awarded to students who exhibit leadership amongst their peers, demonstrate a degree of excellence in attitude and achievement in their school and community, and display a...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
It is completely unacceptable what is taking place in the aged-care sector. The royal commission has described this as nothing less than neglect, and the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison government has...
- Moore Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
The Reid Highway and Erindale Road intersection is one of the busiest and most-congested junctions in the northern suburbs of Perth. The Reid Highway is a major east-west traffic link between the...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
The stunning reality in this day and age is that there are 120,000 people waiting to get aged care in this country. They're on the waiting list. That 120,000 is a big number, and there will be a...
- Women's Legal Service Tasmania (1 speech)
I had the privilege last week to launch an initiative by Women's Legal Service Tasmania to assist women escaping domestic violence in Northern Tasmania. I'm committed to addressing and creating...
- Aged Care (3 speeches)
Australia's aged-care system is broken. There is not one part of the system that isn't impacted by crisis. The crisis has many numbers, but what we all need to remember is that they are people...
- Harper, Ms Jessica (1 speech)
I wish to highlight the achievements of a constituent of my electorate, soprano singer Jessica Harper of Paddington—where I live—for her success as a young opera singer who has made a...
- Chau, Mr Van Kham (1 speech)
Today members of Australia's Vietnamese community have come to Canberra to draw attention to the incarceration in Vietnam of Australian citizen Van Kham Chau, who, earlier this month, was...
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
One of the starkest examples of the seriousness of the insurance crisis in North Queensland is that of an aged-care home in my electorate that has recently been hit with a 1,000 per cent premium...
- Movember (1 speech)
Well, there's the trucker, there's the pencil, there's the horseshoe—all different types of moustaches. And why am I talking about moustaches? Because, since 2004, men such as me have been...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
We can test the values and standards that should be clearly visible in Australian life by looking at how we care for the most vulnerable members of our community, including many older...
- Infrastructure (1 speech)
Australia is often referred to as the lucky country, and indeed we live in the best country on earth. But, as the PM pointed out over the weekend, Australia's economic prosperity has...
- New South Wales Bushfires (1 speech)
On 12 November large parts of New South Wales faced catastrophic fire warnings for the first time since a new rating system was introduced. The New South Wales government declared a state of...
- Longman Electorate: Vocational Education and Training (1 speech)
Last week the Morrison government broadened the horizons of the people of Longman by providing more pathways into employment and, at the same time, has kept the art of welding alive and assisted...
- Calwell Electorate: Sikh Community (1 speech)
On Friday, 8 November I had the absolute pleasure of representing my local Sikh community at the 550th anniversary since the birth of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of Sikhism, at the...
- 2nd Adelaide Scout Group (1 speech)
This year, the 2nd Adelaide Scout Group celebrates its 110th birthday. Based in Mitcham, the group is the oldest continuously operating scouting group in South Australia. The group has four...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about aged care and the government's response to the aged-care royal commission's interim report. The government seemed to be dragged kicking and screaming to making a...
- Roxby Downs Carols Night (1 speech)
On Saturday night, I had the great pleasure of attending the Roxby Downs carols night. There were probably 250 or 300 people on the town oval. Well done to Theresa Bunyon, Ben Vandeleur and Alan...
- Cranbourne-Narre Relay for Life (1 speech)
I have taken this opportunity, unexpected though it might be, to talk about the Cranbourne-Narre Relay for Life event that was conducted at the Casey athletic fields on Saturday 16 November. The...
- Diamond Valley Railway (2 speeches)
I had the opportunity on Sunday to visit the Diamond Valley Railway in my electorate, in Eltham Lower Park, on Main Road. It's the largest tourist attraction in the Shire of Nillumbik and...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Digital Economy (7 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) according to a report released last month, Australia's Digital Opportunity, Australia is lagging behind global peers and failing to...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Medicare (7 speeches)
I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion today because it gives me the opportunity to outline once again why the coalition, particularly the Morrison government now, is the best friend...
- Sikh Community (6 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises that 2019 marks the 550th anniversary of the birth of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, with his birth being celebrated worldwide as Guru Nanak Gurpurab...
- Discrimination (6 speeches)
Last week, I think people would have been stunned to hear the release of the Global Terrorism Index for 2019. Some of its findings were pretty disturbing. In particular, the report found there...
- Telecommunications (8 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises the importance of reliable communications services for rural and regional Australia; (2) notes the launch of the Sky Muster satellites in 2015 and 2016 as...
