House debates
Tuesday, 26 November 2019
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Human Rights Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present the committee's report, incorporating a dissenting report, on the Quality of Care Amendment (Minimising the Use of...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Burns, Ms Thelma (1 speech)
I rise to talk about Thelma Burns, who was a wife and mother who was loved by her family. Earlier this year, Thelma was invoiced $25 for in-home assistance under a home care package. The invoice...
- O'Connor Electorate (1 speech)
As we approach the end of 2019, it's timely to reflect on the year that was. Prime Minister Scott Morrison performed a miracle by securing the coalition a third term in government. My...
- Gilmore Electorate: Road Infrastructure (1 speech)
Our community campaign to fix the Princes Highway faster has made some incredible progress, with more money to be spent sooner to 'fix it faster'. Since being elected, I have been calling on the...
- Box Hill North Scout Group, Local Sporting Champions (1 speech)
Recently I visited the Box Hill North Scout Group and spoke to the cubs about the parliament and the important work we do in this place. Scouts help cubs improve their self-confidence and teach...
- Dunkley Electorate: Frankston High School, Petition: Climate Change (2 speeches)
Students at schools across Dunkley are showing genuine leadership by taking steps to make their schools more sustainable, and they are calling on the government to take real action on climate...
- Melbourne Electorate: Yarra Primary School (1 speech)
It's not often that you get to talk about the power of poo in Parliament House, but thanks to the students at Yarra Primary School that's exactly what I'm going to do. In September this year I...
- Spring into Armadale Festival (1 speech)
Spring really is one of the best times of the year in the electorate of Burt, with the Spring into Armadale Festival underway. The wildflowers are blooming, and, back in the middle of October, we...
- Indigenous Advancement Strategy (1 speech)
Getting local students into the jobs of the future means providing the best possible education today. For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in my electorate of Lindsay, we are...
- Little Bay Coast Centre for Seniors: 25th Anniversary (1 speech)
I wish to congratulate all of the staff and volunteers of the Little Bay Coast Centre for Seniors, which celebrated its 25th anniversary last week. The centre is a meeting point for a strong and...
- A Bloody Great Night Out! (1 speech)
My electorate is home to a world-leading haematology clinical research unit located at Concord Hospital. Recently I attended and contributed to a significant fundraising initiative within...
- Solomon Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
We saw some signs of life from those opposite on the weekend in relation to some infrastructure funding that was dragged out of the never-never into the forward estimates. I guess something is...
- Groom Electorate: 2020 Groom Electorate Calendar Photo Competition (1 speech)
I announce the winners of the 2020 Groom electorate calendar photo competition. They were Annabelle Waugh, whose photo 'Waiting for rain' on a central Darling Downs property captured the essence...
- Chile: Human Rights (1 speech)
I rise in solidarity with Chilean Australians and their brothers and sisters in Chile over the decision over a month ago to call in the riot police and national army in a violent and repressive...
- Indigenous Australians: Yuendumu (1 speech)
Two weeks ago Constable Zachary Rolfe went to the Aboriginal community of Yuendumu to arrest 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker. What followed was a shooting, which is a tragedy for Central Australia...
- Sikh Community (1 speech)
The 12th of November marked the 550th birth anniversary of the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak Dev ji. This has been much celebrated in my community. A revolutionary philosopher of his time, Guru...
- Generation Innovation (1 speech)
No generation has exclusive rights to good ideas. No particular age bracket owns entrepreneurship or innovation. Young Australians have great ideas but the challenge they have is commercialising...
- Defence Facilities: Chemical Contamination (1 speech)
Last week I started a petition on behalf of the people of Williamtown—the residents in my community who, for the last five years, have been impacted by PFAS. In 2015, residents in...
- Building Better Regions Fund (1 speech)
The Building Better Regions Fund focuses on creating jobs, driving economic growth and building stronger and more resilient regional communities into the future. Nationally, through the first...
- Sikh Community (2 speeches)
Waheguru ji ka khalsa waheguru ji ki fateh. I am delighted to follow the member for Lalor in extending my heartfelt congratulations to the Sikh community on the occasion of the 550th anniversary...
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Abel, Mr John (1 speech)
I inform the House of the death, on 19 November 2019, of John Arthur Abel, a member of this House for the division of Evans from 1975 until 1977. As a mark of respect to the memory of John Abel,...
- Governor-General's Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (1 speech)
For the information of honourable members, I have ascertained that His Excellency the Governor-General will be pleased to receive the address-in-reply at Government House at 5 pm on Wednesday 4...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction (5 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Moments ago it was revealed that the New South Wales Police have formed Strike Force Garrad to investigate possible criminal behaviour connected to...
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is for the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline to the House how the Morrison government's stable and certain economic management is enabling Australians to plan their...
- Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction (18 speeches)
My question is again addressed to the Prime Minister. The ministerial code makes it the personal responsibility of the Prime Minister to decide whether to stand aside a minister in the exact...
- Infrastructure (3 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...
- Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction (8 speeches)
My question is again addressed to the Prime Minister. What actions is he taking, given the Strike Force Garrad investigation into the minister for emissions reduction and given his Statement of...
- Mental Health (2 speeches)
This question is to the Minister for Health. Minister, before the election, you announced $14.5 million funding for Albury Wodonga Health, comprising $12 million for a 20-bed mental health...
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer explain to the House how the Morrison government's stable and certain financial management, particularly paying down Labor's debt, is ensuring...
- Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction (3 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. It goes to events under a different coalition Prime Minister, when Arthur Sinodinos had the integrity to stand aside from the ministry even though a...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs: Will the minister outline to the House the stable and certain approach that the Morrison government is taking to protect Australia and its...
- Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction (16 speeches)
My question is again addressed to the Prime Minister, and I refer to his previous answers, where he said that he will contact the New South Wales Police about Strike Force Garrad, regarding the...
- Employment (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business. Will the minister outline to the House how the stable and certain approach of the...
- Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction (10 speeches)
My question is again addressed to the Prime Minister. I refer to his previous answers where he said he will contact New South Wales police about Strike Force Garrad into the Minister for Energy...
- Building and Construction Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General and the Minister for Industrial Relations. Will the Attorney outline to the House the Morrison government's stable and certain approach to ensuring the...
- Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. Why did the minister block access under freedom of information to more than 200 documents about his use of false figures in...
- Drought (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Water Resources, Drought, Rural Finance, Natural Disaster and Emergency Management. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison-McCormack...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Waste Management and Recycling (6 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 dealing with Australia's waste?
- Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. The minister's department blocked access under freedom of information to two sets of emails sent to his office on the very day...
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister outline to the house how a stable and certain economy enables the Morrison government to make life-changing medicines available on 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.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Dairy Industry (33 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Hunter proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The government's failure to...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction (24 speeches)
I am coming back to the House. In question time today I undertook to make contact with the New South Wales police to inform myself on matters that were the subject of questions raised by the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- People with Disability (1 speech)
Today I add my voice to those calling for urgent action to prevent younger people with disability from living in aged care, and, certainly, for much stronger action than that announced by the...
- Myall River Pastoral Company Pty Ltd, Drought (1 speech)
On Monday last week I had the honour of attending the opening of the Myall River Pastoral Company in Bulahdelah on the banks of the Myall River, the opening of the first North Coast robotic...
- Richmond Electorate: Centrelink, Tweed Valley Hospital (1 speech)
I rise tonight to update the House on the latest instalment of lies, cuts and chaos by the Liberal and National parties on the New South Wales North Coast in my electorate of Richmond. First,...
- Page Electorate (4 speeches)
I would like to use my final adjournment speech—
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Baptcare Sanctuary (1 speech)
I was recently very pleased to be invited to have lunch with residents at an organisation called Baptcare Sanctuary. The sanctuary do incredible work in assisting people seeking asylum to access...
- Armenia (5 speeches)
I want to give a report back on my recent visit to Armenia as a guest of the Armenian National Committee of Australia. Along with the members for North Sydney and Bennelong, I visited Yerevan...
- Dementia (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about two locals in my electorate, Mark and Anne-Louise Underwood from Redcliffe. This couple deserve huge congratulations for their innovative idea and creation of an app...
- Drought (3 speeches)
Aussie farmers are amongst the best in the world. A strong agricultural sector means strong rural communities and a stronger national economy. The federal government's drought relief package is...
- Governor General's Speech (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
When I'm out talking to people in my community on an ordinary day—not a day when they come to my office, when they're filled with passion or it's the worst day of their life, but an...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Economy (2 speeches)
I do have a grievance, concerned with the current management of the economy in the first instance. After six years of the Liberal government, in the third term of the Liberal government, the...
- Extradition Law (3 speeches)
I rise tonight to talk on an issue that I don't believe is going to get me many friends, but it's incredibly important. The issue is that we have to believe in our sovereignty as a nation. We...
