House debates
Tuesday, 11 February 2020
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Levi, Mr Joshua (1 speech)
Last Friday, in Sydney's Great Synagogue, we said farewell to a good man taken far too soon. I admired Joshua Levi very much and was proud to call him a friend. Josh was a fine journalist who...
- Road Safety (1 speech)
Everyone who knows me knows that I am passionate about road safety. My commitment to road safety stems from my work as a Queensland police officer, and I'm pleased to be able to continue some of...
- Emberson, Ms Jill (1 speech)
Australia lost one of our most active, passionate and inspiring ovarian cancer advocates with the passing of Newcastle ABC radio journalist Jill Emberson on 12 December 2019. Just 10 months...
- Queensland Health Department: Dairy Tender, Mount Cotton: Rural Fire Service (1 speech)
I congratulate you on your ascension, Deputy Speaker O'Brien. I have two issues. The first is the Queensland health department's tendering of dairy, turning to Lactalis instead of Maleny...
- Werriwa Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I congratulate you on your new role, Deputy Speaker O'Brien. Over the past weekend, significant flooding has hit parts of south-west Sydney, including the electorate of Werriwa. Three hundred...
- Robertson Electorate: Floods (1 speech)
I too extend my congratulations to you on your new role, Deputy Speaker O'Brien. I would also like to pay tribute to the hardworking emergency services people from the Central Coast, who have...
- Port Milang Historic Railway Museum (1 speech)
Recently I visited the Port Milang Historic Railway Museum, which is managed by a group of volunteers who are keen to share the rich history of Milang and promote tourism in the region. During my...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
The decision for a couple to have children is normally personal and private. However, last night, the national broadcaster put to air comments of a young lady who was saying that she was too...
- Dobell Electorate: Community Centres (1 speech)
Scott Morrison's $9 million a year cuts to emergency relief are a blow to my community. The Wyong Neighbourhood Centre will lose $140,089 each year. Dawn Hooper is a life member and retired...
- Road Safety (1 speech)
Tragically, over the first weekend of February four children were killed in Sydney in a horrific road accident. They were struck by an alleged drunk driver while on their way to get ice cream. It...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
Congratulations, Deputy Speaker O'Brien, on your ascension. Once again labour hire firms are in the news for all the wrong reasons. This week we learnt that 70 migrant workers have been illegally...
- Employment (1 speech)
Congratulations, Deputy Speaker O'Brien. I talk a lot about jobs and for very good reason: the 300,000 people commuting every single day out of Western Sydney deserve local jobs. In my electorate...
- Coalition Government (1 speech)
There's a question that many people on this side of the House would like to ask the Prime Minister, and it's whether he could update the House on how the...
- Taylor, Mr Roger James Ernest (1 speech)
Roger James Ernest Taylor passed away on 18 January after tragic complications resulting from a snake bite on his property just outside Toowoomba on 10 January. Roger was the husband of Carol,...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
I call on the government to commit to getting Australia to net zero emissions by 2050. The Prime Minister has said that he will not commit to that target if he can't tell the Australian people...
- Cairns Men's Shed (1 speech)
It gives me the utmost pleasure to rise and speak about the Cairns Men's Shed. During the election campaign, the Morrison government made a $1 million commitment to the members of the Cairns shed...
- Morrison Government (1 speech)
Thank you, Mr Speaker. As we arrive to the capital with the new year ahead, We prepared for condolences but the Nats made news instead. A minister down before the week had begun, A ghost from the...
- Bennelong Electorate: Eastwood Lunar New Year (1 speech)
Normally at this time of the year I stand up here and cheer on the great local new year festivities that take place in Bennelong every year. On a normal year I would talk about the food and the...
- Coronavirus (5 speeches)
Nothing is more important than keeping Australians safe. Labor welcomes the measures to protect the public health and safety of all Australians in response to the coronavirus outbreak. For those...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Morrison Government (19 speeches)
I thank the Prime Minister for that expression of bipartisanship on this issue. The fact is that the House is very much united in this. My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Does the...
- Economy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on how the Morrison government's economic plan is creating more jobs for Australians?
- Regional Australia (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...
- Economy (7 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Can the Treasurer confirm that, since the election, the government has downgraded its own forecasts for growth, the IMF and OECD have downgraded Australia's...
- Tasmania: Bushfires (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Hobart is the most bushfire vulnerable capital city in Australia, and there is still the possibility of dangerous bushfires this summer and autumn. Indeed,...
- Economy (13 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on how the Morrison government's responsible budget management is providing tax relief to families in my electorate of...
- Energy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government is lowering energy prices for hardworking Australians while...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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I would like to inform the House we have present this afternoon a parliamentary delegation from Cyprus led by Mr Demetris Syllouris, President of the House of Representatives of Cyprus. On behalf...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (3 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. It follows his earlier answer about public finances. Can the Treasurer confirm that net debt has just reached a new record high, and that most of that is Liberal...
- Agriculture (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management. Will the minister outline to the House the importance of agriculture to jobs and the economy, and how the...
- Macquarie Electorate: headspace (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Young Australians in my electorate have faced the stress and trauma of bushfires for weeks and weeks and weeks, yet the government's only promised one...
- Economy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government is creating a stronger economy by providing practical...
- Energy (9 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. I refer to his new resources minister's statement: We have got a real risk particularly with solar panels and lithium batteries that they could...
- Economy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government is securing the future of regional Australia by...
- Dairy Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister consider the implementation of a minimum farmgate milk price to help our desperately struggling dairy farmers?
- Defence Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government is building a stronger defence industry and creating more Australian jobs?
- Energy (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The proponents of the Collinsville coal power plant have said it will require a taxpayer indemnity from carbon risk, which the Australian Industry Group says...
- Trade (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, representing the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. Will the minister please update the House on what the Morrison government is doing to...
- 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)
- Aged Care (16 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Franklin proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government’s...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Treasury Laws Amendment (2019 Measures No. 3) Bill 2019; Second Reading (2 speeches)
In accordance with standing order 133, I shall now proceed to put the question on the motion moved earlier today by the honourable member for Whitlam on which a division was called for and...
- Treasury Laws Amendment (2019 Measures No. 3) Bill 2019; Consideration in Detail (5 speeches)
by leave—I move opposition amendments (1) and (2), as circulated in my name, together: (1) Clause 2, page 2 (at the end of the table), add: (2) Page 71 (after line 3), at the end of the...
- Treasury Laws Amendment (2019 Measures No. 3) Bill 2019; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read third time. Bill read a third time.
- Treasury Laws Amendment (Reuniting More Superannuation) Bill 2020; Second Reading (3 speeches)
My remarks on the Treasury Laws Amendment (Reuniting More Superannuation) Bill 2020 will not be brief, as some members may wish them to be, because this is an incredibly important piece of...
- Treasury Laws Amendment (Reuniting More Superannuation) Bill 2020; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Cross-boundary Greenhouse Gas Titles and Other Measures) Bill 2019, Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2019; Second Reading (7 speeches, 2 comments)
This is a highly technical bill but an important bill. The opposition will be supporting it, but I move: That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:...
- Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Cross-boundary Greenhouse Gas Titles and Other Measures) Bill 2019, Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2019; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2019; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Treasury Laws Amendment (Your Superannuation, Your Choice) Bill 2019; Second Reading (22 speeches)
I'm pleased to be speaking on this bill and also on the second reading amendment that has been circulated. I formally move that amendment now: That all words after "That" be omitted with a view...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Medicare (1 speech)
Medicare is one of the great legacies of Labor governments. It is so important and so critical. A universal healthcare system is really the bedrock of ensuring that it's your Medicare card, not...
- Great Barrier Reef (1 speech)
Recently, in my capacity as special envoy for the Great Barrier Reef, I presented my first report to the Minister for the Environment, Sussan Ley. I must say that it has been a privilege to be in...
- Melbourne Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
Chuc mung nam moi! Xin nian kuai le! Kung hei fat choy! Happy New Year to the Vietnamese and Chinese community in Melbourne and all over Australia. It has been a delight to spend time celebrating...
- Address by the President of the Republic of Indonesia (1 speech)
Let me associate myself with the comments from the member for Melbourne about the importance of us protecting and respecting the rights of all our citizens whilst we deal with public health...
- Bushfires, Community Sport Infrastructure Program (1 speech)
In politics we talk a lot about the pub test. What would the average bloke or woman in the pub think about what we do here? If you're fair dinkum you normally pass; if you're full of it, you'll...
- Boothby Electorate: Aged Care (1 speech)
The electorate of Boothby is home to a large and active group of retirees and seniors. In fact, our local community has one of the highest numbers of over 65s Australia-wide. These residents make...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Australian Capital Territory: Air Quality, Climate Change: Health (1 speech)
I want to talk today about the health impacts of climate change—in particular, the air quality crisis that we experienced in Canberra over this summer. While of course we didn't experience...
- Drought (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate the Liberal-National government for its continuing commitment to providing rural support for the communities across regional Australia. I'm proud to be a member of a...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
Last week, I hosted a forum on climate change with Labor's shadow minister assisting for climate change. I was surprised by the number of people who turned out on a Friday morning to hear what we...
- Petition: Horse Abattoirs, Phelps, Mr Gordon, New England Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
I present a petition from Ms Lynn Newberry. It has 1,051 signatures, and it's about upgrades and reforms to horse abattoirs. I know that she will get a great sense of satisfaction that it's being...
- Parramatta Electorate: Maronite Community (1 speech)
Yesterday I attended a funeral in my electorate for a family and a community suffering extraordinary distress from a terrible accident that took place in my electorate a little while ago. There...
- Energy (1 speech)
I read with interest an article in The New York Times earlier this week that talked about Japan building 22 new coal-fired power stations in 17 locations over the next five years. I also read an...
- Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (1 speech)
I also rise to make a contribution regarding science. It's with great pleasure today that I rise to talk to the parliament about an event that I was able to attend in January in my electorate....
- Australian Bushfires (1 speech)
Every season, I enjoy going on a road trip around my electorate of Fairfax. Only a few weeks ago my summer road trip was all about the bushfires, for obvious reasons. On the Sunshine Coast,...
- International Day of Women and Girls in Science (1 speech)
Amid all the ephemeral sludge that inhabits social media, it's good to find some nuggets, some really interesting things, that are there. I invite members to look at the #WomenScienceDay hashtag....
- Brisbane Electorate: Australia Day Honours (2 speeches)
The Australia Day honours give us an opportunity to reflect on some of the great achievements and contributions made by some extraordinary Australians. That includes some amazing people in our...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Australian Bushfires (9 speeches)
On behalf of my constituents, last week when we were talking in this place about the impact of the recent Australian bushfires, I talked briefly about the impact on my community, which had bad...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (1 speech)
Like most Australians, I've been tremendously disappointed by the recent revelations regarding the Community Sport Infrastructure grants scheme—or, sadly, as most now know it, 'sports...
- Safer Internet Day (1 speech)
Today is world Safer Internet Day. Sadly, it's a desperately needed initiative. Social media can be used for a lot of good things, but unfortunately, over 15 years, we've seen a rising tide of...
- Holt Electorate: Hampton Park Secondary College (1 speech)
On Thursday 30 January, I visited a local secondary school within my electorate: Hampton Park Secondary College. The school is home to kids who come from over 70 different nationalities. While...
- Townsville: Floods (3 speeches)
This month marks 12 months since the devastating floods which hit Townsville, in my electorate—a whole year of pain, heartache and loss for many residents, and of resilience and recovery...
- Indigenous Australians (1 speech)
'Talk with us, not to us.' That's been the request of the First Australians in dealing with government concerning social policy, reconciliation and constitutional recognition for many years....
- Mallee Electorate: Seasonal Workers (2 speeches)
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. Congratulations on your election to this role. I rise today to discuss a critical issue facing the horticultural sector in my electorate of Mallee. Since being...
