House debates
Thursday, 6 February 2020
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction (18 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That the House: (1) notes: (a) New South Wales Police detectives formed Strike Force Garrad in November 2019 to investigate the creation of a fraudulent...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Road Safety Joint Select Committee; Membership (1 speech)
I have received a message from the Senate informing the House that Senator Gallacher has been discharged from the Joint Select Committee on Road Safety and that Senator Sterle has been appointed...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (1 speech)
The people of Wills have been advocating for urgent action on climate change for decades. They're dedicated, passionate and want only a better Australia, a better world for future generations....
- Breckenridge, Mrs Judith Ann (Aunty Jude) (1 speech)
Aunty Jude Breckenridge was born in Maclean on 26 January 1947 to be a blessed part of the strong Yaegl and Gumbaynggirr family. Aunty Jude was the second daughter, a dearly loved sister to...
- Prime Minister (1 speech)
This summer has been a disaster for this Prime Minister, and we have watched in horror as he dials up the smugness to belie that reality. Seeing the actions of the Prime Minister over summer, I...
- Coronavirus (1 speech)
Last Friday, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the coronavirus a global health emergency. The Morrison government has responded swiftly and decisively in taking precautionary...
- Dunkley electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
At this year's Australia Day Order of Australia awards, locals from Dunkley were well represented. I'd like to stand today on behalf of the people of Dunkley to congratulate Dr Christopher John...
- Boothby Electorate: Youth Opportunities (1 speech)
I recently had the pleasure of visiting Youth Opportunities to meet with CEO Erin Faehrmann about their life-changing work. Based in Somerton Park, Youth Opportunities was founded in 1997 by...
- Morrison Government (1 speech)
In Australia, we generally enjoy ourselves in summer and go out and have a good time. But what we found over this summer was a Prime Minister who has left this country wanting. The Prime Minister...
- Lyne Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate two deserving men who have been honoured in the Australia Day Awards 2020. Dr Geoff Irvine received a Medal of the Order of Australia for his services to the...
- Petition: Petroleum Exploration Permit 11 (1 speech, 1 comment)
I rise to table a document, subject to the approval of the Standing Committee on Petitions, signed by more than 60,000 concerned residents who are united in their opposition to offshore seismic...
- Moore Electorate: Water (1 speech)
Expanding our water supply to include non-rainfall-dependent sources to provide water security to Perth's northern corridor is one of my main priorities for our community. In the environmental...
- Tuxworth, Hon. Ian (1 speech)
Sadly, the Northern Territory's second Chief Minister, Ian Tuxworth, passed away on 21 January. A state funeral was held yesterday at St Mary's Star of the Sea Cathedral in Darwin. As NT Chief...
- Curtin Electorate: Schools (2 speeches)
Back-to-school season is upon us already. To the children in my electorate who have returned to school over the last week: I wish you all the best for the coming year. To the teachers in the...
- Morrison Government: Climate Change (1 speech)
The Prime Minister continues to fail this country on climate policy. He continues to be misleading about meeting their inadequate Paris targets and the Kyoto target. This year our emissions will...
- Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
Every Australia Day we celebrate our great country, our democratic values, our freedoms, our beautiful landscape, our oceans and our national character of resilience forged over many years. I'm...
- Coalition Government (5 speeches)
There's a lot wrong with this government, but here are my top 10. No. 10: they reckon they're great economic managers. Yeah, right! Last year economic growth was less here than it was in Greece....
- Leichhardt Electorate: Kapani Warrior Program (1 speech)
I rise this afternoon to highlight the amazing work of Dr Tim White, one of the founders of the highly successful Kapani Warrior program. The Kapani Warrior program, composed mainly of veterans,...
- Morrison Government (1 speech)
If there is one thing that Australians cannot tolerate it is people in positions of authority doing things that ordinary Australians can't do and which, if they did do them they would have the...
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
We don't deny climate change, but what we absolutely deny is that the Labor Party can change it back—that a policy from this chamber has the capacity to change the climate back to something...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I've been advised by the Deputy Prime Minister that I am to be appointed to the ministry following the rising of the House today. As a consequence, I will be resigning from the Deputy Speaker...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Pensions and Benefits (7 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister regret administering an illegal robodebt scheme, a fact that was revealed in an answer to a question on notice in the...
- Coronavirus (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on how the Morrison government is responding to the important issue of the coronavirus outbreak?
- McKenzie, Senator Bridget (13 speeches)
My question is again addressed to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware that the Deputy Prime Minister foreshadowed yet another reshuffle when he told Kieran Gilbert on Sky News...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. How is the Morrison government's responsible fiscal management building the resilience of our economy and protecting Australians from threats like the...
- Australian Bushfires (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Longstocking Brewery in Pambula, in my community, would be paying 24 to 30 casual shifts a week at this time of year. Because of the bushfires, they're...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Australian Bushfires (1 speech)
Adding to an answer I gave today to a question from the member for Eden-Monaro, and in the same vein as the previous question, I'm sure the member for Eden-Monaro would like to know that the New...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer representing the Minister for Finance. Will the Treasurer outline to the House how the Morrison government is taking action to extend the application of the...
- Australian Bushfires (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why is the Prime Minister forcing my community, which has been burning for months, to wait until the middle of this year before their blocks are cleared of...
- Coronavirus (4 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development and the Acting Minister for Agriculture: Will the Deputy Prime Minister inform the...
- Prime Minister (9 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister regret saying that volunteer firefighters don't need economic compensation for lost income because they 'want to be out there'?
- Coronavirus (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister update the House on what actions the Morrison government is taking to protect Australians from the outbreak of the coronavirus?
- Australian Bushfires (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister regret saying, 'I don't hold a hose, mate,' when Australians were looking to him for national leadership?
- Coronavirus (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Can the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government is building the resilience of our nation's borders in response to the outbreak...
- Prime Minister (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister regret saying he had a conversation with the bushfire survivor who lost her home in Cobargo, when video clearly shows there wasn't a...
- Commonwealth Grants (11 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer, representing the Minister for Finance. Will the Treasurer outline to the House how the Morrison government is responding to recommendations from the...
- Australian Bushfires (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister regret telling communities devastated by the bushfires 'the economic impact of that could well prove to be positive'?
- Prime Minister (2 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why does the Prime Minister refuse to express any regret for saying the national bushfire crisis was a matter for the states, forcing a handshake on a...
- Australian Bushfires (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government is providing practical support and assistance to help small...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Prime Minister (11 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That the House: (1) notes the Prime Minister: (a) is incapable of expressing regret and admitting when he is wrong; (b ) blames...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction (3 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General and the Minister for Industrial Relations. On 3 December last year the Attorney-General outlined to this House the situation regarding a New South Wales...
- 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.
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (4 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I seek to make a personal explanation.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Parliament House: Security (2 speeches)
I have a question for you, Mr Speaker. I refer to recent comments made by the former Minister for Defence, Christopher Pine, in conversation with the former secretary of the Department of the...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
I move: That leave of absence for the remainder of the current period of sittings be given to Mr Coleman, for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Morrison Government (23 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Corio proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government’s...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Leader of the Opposition has indicated to me that he wishes to make a personal explanation.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Mona Foma 2020 (1 speech)
If you were embarking on a flight out of Launceston on January 17 this year, you may have been perplexed to watch a sea of passengers—160 in fact—disembark from a Qantas plan in a sea...
- Blair Electorate: Health (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak on a trifecta of issues in the health portfolio where the Morrison government, without a plan, is inflicting poorer health outcomes for my electorate. Official data...
- Moncrieff Electorate: Tourism (1 speech)
Bushfires have dominated the headlines throughout summer and continue to be top mind for all Australians. The widespread global media coverage of the bushfires and misleading maps implying the...
- Abdallah, Antony, Abdallah, Angelina, Abdallah, Sienna, Sakr, Veronique (2 speeches)
The universe of an untold number of people were forever changed on 1 February, none so more than the families of four innocent children—Antony, Angelina and Sienna Abdallah and Veronique...
- Science (1 speech)
I want to take a moment to shine a light on very interesting studies which have been undertaken over a period of three years by a group of international scientists from four different countries....
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Australian Bushfires (36 speeches)
I'm pleased to have the opportunity to support the condolence motion moved by the Prime Minister. My electorate of North Sydney has been distant from harm's way during the horrific bushfire...
