House debates
Monday, 10 February 2020
- Address by the President of the Republic of Indonesia (0 speeches)
- (4 speeches)
On behalf of the House I welcome as guests the President of the Senate and honourable senators to this sitting of the House of Representatives to hear an address by His Excellency Mr Joko Widodo,...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I present a revised ministry list, reflecting recent changes to the ministry and a change of representative arrangements in the other chamber. The document read as follows— I also inform...
- Shadow Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
For the information of members, I present a revised list of the shadow ministry. The list reflects changes that have had to be made to representative arrangements in the Senate due to changes...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Morrison Government (5 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. How can the Prime Minister claim to lead a stable government when, on the day set aside to pay respect to victims of the bushfires, the Nationals...
- Coronavirus (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister, for his outstanding performance. Will the Prime Minister update the House on how the Morrison government is acting to keep Australians safe from and to build...
- Nuclear Energy (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources and Water. Does the minister support the development of a domestic nuclear power industry fuelled by Australian resources and cooled by our scarce...
- Coronavirus (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health—noting his outstanding leadership. Will the minister update the House on the actions the Morrison government is taking to protect the health of...
- Australian Bushfires (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the government agree to Labor's proposal to extend Medicare rural incentives to bushfire affected areas and work with states to provide counselling for...
- Climate Change (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Australia's in record drought. Catastrophic megafires have burnt our country. Our capital cities have ranked amongst the world's most polluted, and now we're...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline to the House what steps this government is taking to secure Australia's economic future in the Indo-Pacific, in...
- Australian Bushfires (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. It's also about business because, last Friday, while on the South Coast of New South Wales, I was told about businesses which did not burn down but had taken...
- Trade with Indonesia (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...
- Australian Bushfires (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Last Thursday night, while visiting bushfire affected communities on the South Coast of New South Wales, I met a truck driver in Nelligen who is...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House the importance of the strong economic relationship that exists between Australia and Indonesia, and will the Treasurer...
- Infrastructure (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Communities on the South Coast have had to deal with water restrictions from the drought at the same time as the bushfire crisis. Local and state governments...
- Trade with Indonesia (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. Will the minister please update the House on how the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement will benefit Australia's...
- Tourism (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Last Friday on the south coast of New South Wales I was told about the collapse in tourism income over the peak earning period for small businesses. Has the...
- Trade with Indonesia (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management. Will the minister outline to the House the benefits to Australian farmers of the Indonesia-Australia...
- Australian Bushfires (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. A local business in my electorate, Robs Bait n Tackle, in Burrill Lake, has lost 80 per cent of its income for the year as a direct result of the fires. This...
- Global Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government is working with our regional partners, including our Indonesian friends, to...
- Energy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister support providing $300 million of taxpayer funds to keep the Liddell power station open for just three more years even though a...
- Environment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is working with Indonesia to provide regional leadership in tackling waste...
- Immigration (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister plan to proceed with the privatisation of Australia's visa system, in light of revelations that his mate Scott Briggs spent last year...
- Australian Natural Disasters (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Minister for Government Services. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is providing...
- Immigration (4 speeches)
My question is addressed to the acting minister for immigration. It goes to his last answer, where he ignored the $165,000 donation from a private company which seeks to 'build and operate the...
- Veterans (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Defence Personnel. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government is delivering better support for our veterans?
- Parliamentary Office Holders (0 speeches)
- Deputy Speaker (29 speeches)
Members will recall that on Thursday I informed them of the impending resignation of the Deputy Speaker due to his elevation to the ministry. I inform the House that, as foreshadowed, the...
- 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 entitled Human rights scrutiny: report 1 of 2020. Report made a parliamentary paper in accordance...
- Petitions Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the eighth report of the Petitions Committee for the 46th Parliament.
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Responses (1 speech)
I present the following ministerial responses to petitions previously presented to the House:
- Statements (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to make a statement. Although only seven of the 58 petitions presented today are paper, you can see they're responsible for a large number of signatures,...
- 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 Securities and Investments Commission annual report 2018 together with the...
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Australian Natural Disasters (1 speech)
My electorate received some very welcome news over the weekend. The Currowan bushfire, which raged for 74 days, burnt through 499,000 hectares and destroyed 312 homes, was out. The Comberton fire...
- Newnham, Professor John, AM, Fogarty, Mrs Annie, AM (1 speech)
I rise today to reflect upon the achievements of two inspiring individuals who live in my seat of Curtin: Professor John Newnham AM and Mrs Annie Fogarty AM. On Australia Day this year Professor...
- Welfare (1 speech)
For many years, along with my colleagues, I have raised in this place our concerns over the debt notices many in my community received from Centrelink. This became the infamous robodebt saga....
- Canning Electorate: Infrastructure (3 speeches)
Tonight, very simply, I'm going to talk about roads in Canning. We all know how important roads are to people for business, daily life and commuting to and from school or work. People in Canning...
- Coalition Government (5 speeches)
I love music and have a soft spot for a top 40 list. So here's my top 40 coalition countdown of incompetence. No. 40: the NBN rollout—a lesson in incompetence. Our internet speed has gone...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
Tonight I would like to speak on the important work done by this government to improve the Quality and Safeguarding Framework of the National Disability Insurance Scheme. I congratulate the...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Francis, Ms Sally, OAM (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate an outstanding local resident by the name of Sally Francis who resides in my electorate and who was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2019 Queen's...
- Australian Bushfires: Fodder Donations (1 speech)
I spoke in this place last week about recent bushfires, and, in that speech, I mentioned how proud I was to represent such a resilient and generous community. Today, continuing on that theme, I...
- Petition: Mr Julian Assange (1 speech)
On Saturday, I'll fly out for London, at my own expense, to visit Julian Assange in Belmarsh Prison. My aim is to check on his welfare and to assure him that a great many people, especially here...
- Bonner Electorate: Public Transport (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to share with the House some great news regarding progress of the Brisbane Metro in my electorate of Bonner. The Morrison government delivered $300 million...
- International Greek Language Day (1 speech)
Yesterday, 9 February, was International Greek Language Day. The commemoration honours the importance of the Greek language as the mother of all Western languages, spoken for 40 centuries without...
- Fisher Electorate: Listening Posts (1 speech)
I believe it's vital as a parliamentarian to begin every year listening to local residents, and I've started 2020 doing just that with another nine Listening Posts across my electorate of Fisher....
- Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (1 speech)
Sports clubs in my electorate are asking why the neighbouring Liberal-held electorate of Robertson received $1.09 million from the Community Sport Infrastructure grant program but Dobell received...
- Horsham Regional Livestock Exchange (1 speech)
Sale days at livestock exchanges are fabulous occasions for regional farming communities. They aren't just opportunities to buy and sell stock, they are a chance for people to come together, to...
- Parliament (2 speeches)
This parliament is the cauldron of Australia's democratic national conversation, and those of us privileged to be elected to sit here are its custodians. I'm proud to be a parliamentarian, and...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Syria (9 speeches)
I move: That the House: (1) notes with great concern: (a) Turkey's military operation targeting Kurds in northern Syria; (b) Turkey's actions which are causing further...
- Cybersafety (13 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises: (a) that society is more connected online than ever before in history; and (b) the importance of keeping Australians safe online;...
- Captioned Telephone Handsets (13 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) the captioned telephone handset, CapTel, is a popular service amongst the Australian deaf and hard of hearing community; (b) according to the...
- Leifer, Ms Malka (8 speeches)
I move: (1) notes that Malka Leifer, the former Principal of the Adass Israel Girls School in Melbourne, fled Australia in 2008 as child sexual abuse allegations against her surfaced; (2)...
