House debates
Tuesday, 3 March 2020
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Treasurer (1 speech)
Australians of Hindu faith deserve our respect, not our mockery. The Liberal-National government and the Treasurer think it's funny to mock one of the great faiths of this world. I ask: would the...
- Moncrieff Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
Can I say I disagree with the member for Moreton and commend the work of the Brisbane City Council in the great city of Brisbane. I rise to speak about a 'cool commitment' the Liberal-National...
- Fabian, Mr Erwin (1 speech)
On 19 January this year, we lost an icon, an elder statesman of the Australian arts, veteran and Jewish communities, Erwin Fabian, who passed away at 104 years of age. What an innings! Erwin was...
- Coronavirus: Chinese Restaurants (1 speech)
I don't know how you're approaching the coronavirus yourselves, but I know that what I've done is to make sure that each Friday, when this parliament's not sitting, I've gone to a Chinese...
- International Women's Day, Central Coast Community and Business Women’s Network (1 speech)
This Sunday 8 March is International Women's Day. The day has been marked by the UN since 1975, and its origins can be traced back to 1909. The theme this year is: '#EachforEqual. An equal world...
- Peak Downs Highway Walkerston Bypass (1 speech)
One of the first people to come and see me following my election in 2010 was a man named Graeme Ransley. He represented the Mackay Road Accident Action Group. He wanted to highlight the shocking...
- Fraser Electorate: Multiculturalism (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to the Vietnamese community in the seat of Fraser. Australia has around 300,000 people from a Vietnamese background and roughly 10 per cent of that number live in...
- Stirling Electorate: Jambo Africa Festival (1 speech)
On Saturday, I had the great pleasure of participating in the Jambo Africa Festival in the heart of my electorate of Stirling. This festival is the largest African festival in Australia. On...
- Tasmania: Bulk-Billing (1 speech)
According to the Tasmanian Council of Social Service 'the median age of death in Tasmania's most disadvantaged neighbourhood is 66, compared to 84 in the state's most advantaged neighbourhood'....
- Environmental Conservation, National Plastics Summit (1 speech)
This week our government's efforts to better recycle plastic have been on show. Hundreds of people attended the Plastics Summit yesterday, bringing together experts to discuss how to reduce and...
- Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (1 speech)
Far bit for me to give advice to my political opponents, but I think they need to start any speech in this place with the following rhetorical flourish: 'Friends, rorters, countrymen: lend me...
- Nicholls Electorate: Water (1 speech)
Recently I had the opportunity to meet a couple of young farmers from around the Yarrawonga region. Obviously the main topic of conversation was that of water policy and the cost of water on the...
- Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (1 speech)
Parramatta needs a pool. It had one: a great pool. The state government ripped it out of the ground, and it's desperately in need of one. It's one of the fastest growing regions in Australia that...
- Bowman Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I'd like to make a personal appeal. With unemployment running at 5.3 per cent in my state of Queensland, where there's barely one crane on the Brisbane skyline, unemployment is nearly two points...
- Prime Minister (1 speech)
If only the member for Bowman knew that he was in the government, because this government stinks, and the fish rots from the head. This government is happy to write press releases but it's not...
- Environment, Samkova, Ms Gabby (1 speech)
Goldstein is an industrious community of residents seeking to build an environmentally sustainable future for Australia. Gabby Samkova, a 25-year-old resident of Brighton East, has channelled her...
- Local Schools Community Fund, Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (1 speech)
I love my local schools. My parents were both primary school teachers and, indeed, my dad was a school principal. I know that our schools spend every cent they get incredibly carefully. Ron...
- Lyne Electorate: Sporting Champions (1 speech)
I'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate some of the local sporting champions from my electorate. Fourteen-year-old Whitney Stace of Bolwarra Heights has been selected for the New South...
- Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (1 speech)
I pay tribute to the millions of passionate and hardworking volunteers of local sporting organisations who have been dudded by the Morrison government sports rorts. Countless projects that were...
- Organ and Tissue Donation (2 speeches)
Today I want to say thank you to everyone who is a registered organ donor. Thank you to the families who have made the heartbreaking decision to donate the organs of their loved ones to save the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that after Senator McKenzie wrote to him about sports rorts on 10 April, the day before the election was called, his office...
- Coronavirus (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister: Will the Prime Minister outline to the House how the Morrison government's economic plans and stable management are ensuring that we can protect Australians...
- Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (4 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. How can the Prime Minister claim he simply passed on information on the corrupt sports rorts scheme when the Audit Office told parliament last night...
- Coronavirus (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is taking action to protect Australians' health, particularly children's, from the...
- Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (4 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware that after the election was called Senator McKenzie's office sent not one but two emails to Sport Australia allocating...
- Rail Infrastructure (10 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. The North East rail line upgrade is due for completion in June next year....
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Can the Treasurer tell us how the Morrison government is ensuring that the budget is prepared to deal with any economic impacts from coronavirus? Is he aware of...
- Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (5 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that, contrary to his repeated statements that Senator McKenzie alone determined sports rorts funding on 4 April, at...
- Infrastructure (4 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. Will the Deputy Prime Minister inform the House how the Morrison-McCormack...
- Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (5 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister: Can the Prime Minister confirm that the list of sports rorts projects was changed more than four hours after the election was called and caretaker...
- Coronavirus (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government is in cooperation with the states and territories responding to the outbreak of the...
- Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (4 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. Last Friday, on ABC TV, he was asked to confirm that: … there was no direct involvement by any of your staff members in deciding where the money...
- Energy (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. Will the minister outline to the House the Morrison government's clear plan to reduce emissions whilst at the same time ensuring...
- Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (5 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. How can the Prime Minister possibly claim that his office was only passing on information when the Audit Office found that there were emails between...
- Recycling (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment. Will the minister update the House on what steps the Morrison government is taking to improve recycling rates and the processing of waste?
- Prime Minister (17 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. Why has the PM repeatedly told the parliament and the Australian people the decision on the sports rorts project was made on 4 April when the Audit...
- Child Safety (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister outline for the House how the Morrison government is ensuring that Australia leads the fight to combat child exploitation?
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Prime Minister (14 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That the House: (1) notes that: (a) at 12.21 pm on 10 April 2019, Senator McKenzie's office sent a letter from Senator McKenzie to the Prime Minister...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Interest Rates (3 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Can the Treasurer update the House on today's decision by the Reserve Bank and any responses to their decisions?
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Australian Associated Press (3 speeches)
It is a sad day today. I want to acknowledge the AAP journalist who was here. AAP will not be operating here anymore. Those journalists will be not employed in those positions. We extend to Paul...
- 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)
- Economy (39 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Brand proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The government's failure to...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Parramatta Electorate (2 speeches)
It being 7:30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- United Nations General Assembly, Defence Industry (1 speech)
Last year, I was very fortunate to be chosen as Australia's representative at the United Nations General Assembly, or UNGA, in New York. I would like to take this opportunity to share with the...
- Insurance (1 speech)
The front page of the Townsville Bulletin today is about insurance going through the roof. There has been another 30 per cent increase in insurance charges in North Queensland, specifically in...
- Tourism (1 speech)
This summer's bushfires and now the coronavirus outbreak are having a significant impact on businesses around Australia, especially on tourism. The Morrison government is stepping up with a $76...
- Newcastle Electorate: Newcastle Show, Vocational Education and Training, Ovarian Cancer (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to remind Novocastrians that the Newcastle Show is on this weekend and to encourage everyone to get along. The show has been a much-loved Newcastle...
- Mallee Electorate: Mineral Sands Mining (1 speech)
Today I rise to speak on an industry which is having, and will continue to have, tremendous benefits for my electorate of Mallee, and indeed the entire country. It will also impact on a number of...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Holt Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
I rise in this place this afternoon to talk about an exceptional group of people and organisations that I honoured on Australia Day as part of the 16th annual Holt Australia Day Awards 2020. On...
- Defence Procurement (1 speech)
I rise to inform the House of two very significant developments in the naval shipbuilding industry in my home state of South Australia that I was associated with last Friday. The first, of...
- Griffith Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
I'm here to talk about traffic congestion, because traffic congestion is one of the key issues in my electorate and on the south side of Brisbane generally. Everyone in this place knows, because...
- Bennelong Electorate: Road Safety (1 speech)
North Epping is the northernmost suburb of my electorate, framed on three sides by the upper reaches of the Lane Cove River and its tributary Devlins Creek. The lushness of the Lane Cove National...
- Defence Equipment (1 speech)
For months now, this government has sat on its hands while 700 workers—so 700 families, as well as nearly 800 businesses and their employees—have spent the entirety of summer not...
- Coronavirus (1 speech)
I rise to talk about the risks of the coronavirus, which I know is causing anxiety for all Australians, including many of my residents. That's perhaps understandable when we see some of the...
- Macnamara Electorate: Sporting Clubs (1 speech)
I recognise the important words of the member for North Sydney. We all need to work together to deal with this and support all members of our community, especially older Australians, and ensure...
- Local Sporting Champions Program (1 speech)
I would like to congratulate some of Bonner's up and coming sports stars who will be able to compete nationally and internationally thanks to the Morrison government's Local Sporting Champions...
- Barton Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
. On Sunday I attended a Clean Up Australia Day activity hosted by Advance Diversity Services at Hogben Park in Kogarah in the electorate of Barton. In recognising this day, I'd like to also...
- Brisbane Electorate: Clean Up Australia Day (2 speeches)
For 30 years on the first Sunday of March thousands of volunteers right across Australia have rolled up their sleeves and put some gloves on to join in with Clean Up Australia Day. It has become...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- National Disaster Risk Reduction Framework (5 speeches)
I welcome this opportunity to address the situation that has emerged in the context of these terrible disasters beyond the scale of anything we have ever seen and it is, I guess, a concession...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Macquarie Electorate: Australia Day awards, Western Sydney Airport (1 speech)
The electorate of Macquarie is full of hard workers who go above and beyond their paid jobs. The efforts during the recent fires and floods are proof that in the Hawkesbury in the Blue Mountains...
- Herbert Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
My local economy has been sluggish for the last few years, but, thanks to important and targeted investments in infrastructure in the electorate of Herbert and Townsville, we are definitely...
- Cunningham Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
I want to take the opportunity to recognise some amazing local people in this debate in this chamber today. Of course the Australia Day honours are always something that, as local members, we...
- Renewable Energy (1 speech)
I'd like to take this opportunity this evening to update the parliament on some of the excellent initiatives of the government around investing and supporting new technology for future energy...
- Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory: Parliamentary Representation (1 speech)
Kakadu National Park is one of the world's great and unique gifts; indeed, it is an incredible creation. Kakadu helps underpin the visitor economy and tourism sector across northern Australia....
- Business: New Car Retailing (2 speeches)
It's a pleasure to round out the day today on an issue that I am particularly passionate about. We've heard in the media previously, over a number of months and sometimes years, of some...
