House debates
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 10 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on Monday 10 February 2020 and the...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: (1) the House invite His Excellency Mr Joko Widodo, President of the Republic of Indonesia, to attend and address the House on Monday, 10 February 2020, at 11.30 am; (2) unless otherwise...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (12 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That the House calls on the government to fund all projects recommended by Sport Australia under the Community Sport Infrastructure program but not...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Veterans: Suicide (1 speech)
Last week I rang Julie-Ann Finney. I rang her on the day after the anniversary of her son's tragic death from suicide. He was a veteran who took his own life. I rang her just to ask how she was...
- Curdie, Mr John, OAM (1 speech)
Australia Day is a day when we recognise the locals who give back to our community, work hard for causes that matter and make our suburbs a better place to live. In that vein, I'm absolutely...
- Chinese Australians (1 speech)
In recent days, I have attended many events marking Chinese new year and I take this opportunity in this place to wish everyone all the prosperity, wisdom and good health that the Year of the Rat...
- Higgins Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
I rise to honour the Australia Day honours recipients for 2020. In my wonderful electorate of Higgins there are many very worthy recipients. I'm pleased to say that a number of women have been...
- Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (1 speech)
'The minister’s office used the spreadsheets provided to it by Sport Australia to undertake a parallel assessment process as a basis for the minister deciding which projects should be...
- Menzies Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
I'd like to recognise those residents from Menzies who were recipients of Australia Day honours for 2020. Professor Roy Robins-Browne, from Templestowe, was awarded an Officer of the Order of...
- Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (1 speech)
Downer Oval, the home of the Williamstown Football Club Seagulls, is famous for its exposure to the gale-force winds of Port Phillip Bay. When the southerly blows, it feels like it's coming...
- Australian Bushfires (2 speeches)
It has been very heartening to see communities across Australia band together to help those devastated by the recent bushfires. Fortunately northern Tasmania has so far had few fire events this...
- Gold Coast: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
Some of the Central Gold Coast's most inspirational residents were honoured at the recent Gold Coast Australia Day Awards. I'd like to highlight the Gold Coast Citizen of the Year, Professor Mark...
- Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (2 speeches)
When the Prime Minister pretends there's nothing wrong with a sports rorts fiasco, he is treating Australians like idiots. Every member of the government who parrots the line that all clubs who...
- Australian Bushfires (1 speech)
On 30 December last year I received a phone call from a friend to say that the Far Saracen was being diverted to Mallacoota. Solstad Offshore and Esso had immediately diverted one of their ships...
- Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (1 speech)
This is a government with no standards and no shame. They've engaged in maladministration. They've engaged in rorting, and it's all with the express purpose of electing people to this place who...
- Assange, Mr Julian (1 speech)
In less than two weeks time the member for Clark and I will travel at our own expense to meet with Australian citizen and journalist-publisher Julian Assange, who is being detained in Belmarsh...
- Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (1 speech)
I am really angry on behalf of volunteers and sporting organisations across the country who went into a competition that they thought had rules and would be played fairly, not knowing that this...
- Veterans: Mental Health (1 speech)
This Prime Minister and this government are absolutely committed to raising the bar on the support that is provided to our veterans, supporting those who have served our nation. That is why this...
- Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (1 speech)
Last year, the Kyneton District Soccer Club applied for a community sports infrastructure grant. An independent assessment by Sports Australia gave the club a score of 87 out of 100. With 74 the...
- New South Wales Young Farmer of the Year (1 speech)
I had the pleasure of meeting the New South Wales Young Farmer of the Year last week. At just 29 years old, Renae Connell cares for 160 head of dairy cattle with her husband Scott at Megan, near...
- Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (2 speeches)
It is time the Prime Minister apologised to the Australian people for his sports rorts scandal. The Prime Minister said that the purpose of this sports rorts scheme was: … ensuring young...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Tchen, Mr Tsebin (1 speech)
I inform the House of the death on 25 November 2019 of Tsebin Tchen, a former senator. Tsebin Tchen represented the state of Victoria from 1999 until 2005. As a mark of respect to the memory of...
- Party Office Holders (0 speeches)
- National Party of Australia (1 speech)
I'm pleased to advise the House that the honourable member for Maranoa has been elected as the Deputy Leader of the Nationals.
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I present a revised ministry list reflecting acting arrangements for the ministry and changes to representative arrangements in the other chamber. The document read as follows SECOND MORRISON...
- Party Office Holders (0 speeches)
- Australian Greens (1 speech)
I wish to inform the House that I've been elected as the parliamentary leader of the Australian Greens.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Australian Bushfires (17 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to my November letter to him calling for eight measures on bushfires, including a coordinated national approach endorsed by COAG, appropriate...
- Veterans: Suicide (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline to the House the action the Morrison government has taken to establish a national and permanent rolling commission into...
- Australian Bushfires (4 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister, and I refer to his previous answer, where he suggested that it was necessary to have a Liberal Party authorisation on his ad which had a Liberal Party...
- Climate Change (6 speeches)
To the Prime Minister: In a time of crisis, the Australian people have rallied and been united in their response. They are looking to us now in this place for unity and leadership to be safe in...
- Australian Bushfires (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 government is...
- Prime Minister (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why does the Prime Minister claim he always acted on the advice of fire commissioners when he ignored, for two years, their advice to provide a permanent...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer explain to the House how the Morrison government's responsible budget management provides the financial resilience necessary to respond to...
- Prime Minister (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister explain how his entire office found time to attend a marketing seminar run by ad man Russel Howcroft on a catastrophic fire day in...
- Coronavirus (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Can the minister please update the House on the steps the Morrison government is taking to protect Australians from the spread of coronavirus?
- National Party of Australia (8 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Why is it that yesterday, when the rest of the parliament was focused only on memorialising bushfire victims, National Party ministers and members...
- 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 government...
- Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (7 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister fund all projects recommended by Sport Australia under the community sport infrastructure scheme but not funded by his...
- Coronavirus (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government is strengthening our nation's borders to protect Australians and build our...
- Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Were the projects that received money under the community sports infrastructure scheme the ones that had the most merit?
- Australian Bushfires (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment. Will the minister update the House on the steps the Morrison government has taken to help our native wildlife and landscapes recover from the...
- Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (20 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In his previous answer the Prime Minister failed to endorse decisions made by his own government to reject projects that had been assessed as above 90 out of...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, representing the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. Will the minister outline to the House the steps the Morrison government is taking in...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Prime Minister (11 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That the House: (1) notes the Prime Minister: (a) has repeatedly refused to admit his failings in handling the ongoing bushfire crisis; (b) has tried to...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Veterans: Suicide (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government is supporting our veterans and, specifically, how we're...
- 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.
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Reports Nos 17 to 24 of 2019-20 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's Audit reports Nos 17 to 24 for 2019-20. Details of the reports will be included in the Votes and Proceedings. Ordered that the reports be made parliamentary papers.
- Privilege (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
On 5 December last year the honourable member for Watson, the Manager of Opposition Business, raised as a matter of privilege whether in statements made to the House the honourable member for...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Morrison Government (23 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable the Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The failure of...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
Mr Deputy Speaker, I seek to make a personal explanation.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf on the Standing Committee on Economics I present the committee's report entitled Review of the Reserve Bank of Australia annual report 2018, second report, together with the minutes of...
- Environment and Energy Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on the Environment and Energy, I present the committee's report, incorporating dissenting reports, entitled, Not without your approval: a way forward for...
- Environment and Energy 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.
- Intelligence and Security Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, I present the following reports: Review of administration and expenditure No. 17 (2017-2018)—Australian...
- Human Rights Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, and as deputy chair, I present the committee's report incorporating a dissenting report. It's entitled Human rights scrutiny...
- Electoral Matters Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, I present the committee's advisory report, incorporating a dissenting report, on the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Real Time...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Minister for Health (7 speeches)
I seek leave to move: That the House: (1) notes that the Health Minister: (a) has attempted to influence independent Therapeutic Goods Administration processes to secure the review of a ban of a...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent: (1) the Federation Chamber meeting for the following times tomorrow, 6 February: from 9.45 am until 1.30...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Werriwa Electorate: Commuter Parking, Werriwa Electorate: Cost of Living (1 speech)
Over the past few months I have had the distinct privilege of listening to many speeches in this chamber, particularly by members on this side of the House. On reflection, I've noticed a...
- Drought, Smart, Mr Leigh (1 speech)
Australia is going through some of the toughest times on record: fire, flood, ash clouds, hailstorms and, underlying it all, a deep and crippling drought. People across Australia are doing it...
- Australian Bushfires (2 speeches)
While we are still in the midst of fighting these fires, we really need to aggressively address the recovery issues now, and so there are a number of ideas that I've been gleaning from the...
- Morrison Government (2 speeches)
At its best, politics is a vehicle for enlarging opportunities and expanding our national imagination. At its best, politics carries a national conversation about who we are, who we want to be...
- Menzies Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
It was my great honour to present 46 local community champions and two organisations with Menzies Community Australia Day Awards on Sunday 26 January 2020. These awards are nominated by local...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Australian Bushfires (40 speeches)
My community, like many around the nation, unfortunately, has been very badly impacted by the fires that have been burning, in some cases for many months. To give you a quick snapshot: in my...
