House debates
Thursday, 5 March 2020
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Community Television (1 speech)
I bring to the attention of the House the very important issue of community television in Australia, which is under threat of being booted off the air on 30 June this year unless the minister...
- Coronavirus (1 speech)
Our priority is to keep Australians safe. Thanks to the early actions taken by the Morrison government to prepare Australia and get ahead, we're in the best possible position to limit the spread...
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
It's been almost two years since Priya, Nades, Kopika and Tharunicaa were removed from their home in Biloela, almost two years of locking up two defenceless little girls. This family was dragged...
- Groom Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Yesterday the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, along with the Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure, wrote to state...
- University of Canberra Capitals (1 speech)
We need to talk about sport. The event to be at yesterday in Canberra wasn't estimates. It wasn't question time—is it ever? It was the Palace last night to watch the University of Canberra...
- Patricia Giles Centre (1 speech)
I refer to the Prime Minister 's statement on domestic and family violence last week in response to recent tragic events. I take this opportunity to advocate for additional resources and funding...
- WOMADelaide (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about a wonderful event that's taking place within the federal electorate of Hindmarsh. It is Adelaide's spectacular annual four-day festival of music, arts and dance that...
- Queensland: Roads (1 speech)
Never before has the Sunshine Coast been the recipient of so much federal government funding. This year alone we will see the completion of the six-laning of the Bruce Highway between the...
- Mansfield Musical and Dramatic Society (1 speech)
Today I rise in the House to speak about a community-run, not-for-profit group close to my heart and right in the heart of Indi. The Mansfield Musical and Dramatic Society, or MMuDS as it's...
- Queensland: Infrastructure (1 speech)
We're being hamstrung by our Queensland state government. They're dragging their feet when it comes to getting infrastructure projects off the ground. The federal government has stepped up with...
- International Cricket Council Women's T20 World Cup (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the wonderful women's cricket team, who are in the T20 World Cup semi-final tonight. Of course we hope our team makes the final this Sunday at the MCG in Melbourne, where...
- Male Bag Foundation, Prostate Cancer (1 speech)
The Male Bag Foundation raises funds to purchase equipment for public rural and regional hospitals to improve prostate cancer diagnoses and treatment. The Male Bag Foundation was established in...
- Dobell Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
The Central Coast is being left behind by the Liberals. The coast is earmarked for growth with 88,000 new residents living in 40,000 new homes by 2040, and what are the state and federal Liberal...
- Braddon Electorate: Vocational Education and Training (1 speech)
Great news for North West Tasmania this week, with the Morrison government delivering on yet another commitment and announcing that around 40 young people in my electorate of Braddon will be...
- Economy (1 speech)
It's like what Warren Buffett said: it's only once the tide really goes out that you can actually see who has been swimming around naked. As much as the visual pains me and pains me to share it...
- Isolated Children's Parents' Association (1 speech)
I'm pleased to announce that on Friday the 13th—a lucky day of course—the South Australian chapter of the ICPA, the Isolated Children's Parents' Association, will be meeting in Port...
- Assistant Minister for Customs, Community Safety and Multicultural Affairs (1 speech)
Racism is on the rise in Australia at the moment. It is having a particular effect on Chinese Australians and, indeed, the wider Asian Australian community in the context of the coronavirus. Now...
- Lifesavers With Pride (1 speech)
Members of the House will be pleased to learn that last Saturday at the annual Mardi Gras Lifesavers with Pride had the honour of being the principal float in the parade and the excitement of...
- Prime Minister (1 speech)
The Prime Minister is now just the great national disappointment. People thought they were going to get the next John Howard. It turns out that all they've got is the , wow sales guy from Danoz...
- Morrison Government (2 speeches)
Leadership is important in good times, but it is vital in tough times. As a nation we are facing some very significant challenges. We face drought; we had a significant bushfire season; and we...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Treasury has told Senate estimates today that no climate impact modelling has been done in the entire seven years of this government. Now the Prime Minister...
- Coronavirus (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on how the Morrison government is continuing to take action in response to coronavirus? How is the government...
- Inland Rail (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management. Is the minister concerned about the impact of the government's Inland Rail route on agricultural businesses on...
- Coronavirus (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister update the House on global and domestic developments relating to the coronavirus and the actions the Morrison government is taking to...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister guarantee that Australians will not suffer a recession under his government?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Interest rate cuts are hurting Australia's pensioners. Why doesn't the government automatically pass on changes in the RBA cash rate to the pensioner deeming...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on the impact of coronavirus on the economy both here in Australia and around the world?
- Business Investment (6 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. The Treasurer flagged in September that the government would introduce tax breaks for business investment. It's now March, and still nothing has happened. Does...
- Economy, Environment (2 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. Will the Deputy Prime Minister of the...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How can we trust that the government's promised stimulus package will be effective when it has already bungled the bushfire recovery, not spent a cent of its...
- Coronavirus (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is working with the education sector to ensure that the education sector is well...
- Urban Congestion Fund (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm the Urban Congestion Fund was announced in the 2018 budget? Can he also confirm that, despite spending $17 million on an...
- Coronavirus (2 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General as acting Minister for Home Affairs. Will the Attorney outline to the House the measures the Morrison government is taking to protect Australians from the...
- Australian Bushfires: Government Advertising (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday, General Campbell, the chief of the Defence Force, and the Prime Minister were asked the same question: did they speak about the Prime Minister's...
- Biosecurity (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management. Will the minister outline to the House the quarantine and biosecurity measures that the Morrison government has...
- Government Advertising (12 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Why is it that the Prime Minister ran an advertising campaign for the Urban Congestion Fund a year ago but still hasn't spent any money reducing...
- Coronavirus (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and the Minister for Government Services. Will the minister outline to the House what actions the Morrison government...
- Government Advertising (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Has the government started work on an advertising campaign for a stimulus package?
- Coronavirus (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for International Development and the Pacific. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government is supporting our Pacific friends and our...
- Australian Bushfires (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. On the bushfires, the Deputy Prime Minister has said: It really annoys me that I think states have been let off the hook largely this summer. When people in...
- Trade (6 speeches)
My question is to Minister Assisting the Minister for Trade and Investment and the Minister for Decentralisation and Regional Education. Will the minister outline to the House how the...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Prime Minister (10 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That the House: (1) notes that: (a) the Prime Minister promised $2 billion of immediate support for bushfire affected communities but months later he's...
- International Women's Day (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment representing the Minister for Women. Noting that this Sunday is International Women's Day, will the minister update the House on the Morrison...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
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Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- 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)
- Multiculturalism (20 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Scullin proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The failure of the...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Morrison Government (1 speech)
'That the House do now adjourn.' There are no relevance rules in the adjournment debate, so we can talk about whatever we want. Let's talk about that for a moment. The House may as well adjourn....
- Climate Change (1 speech)
Out of the tragic loss of life, property, flora and fauna over this past summer we are seeing a renewed resolve for blunt realism about the challenges we face around a changing climate. Despite...
- Queensland Elections (1 speech)
On Saturday 28 March, Queenslanders will head to vote in their local government elections. On the same day, the state electorate of Bundamba will have their by-election. The electorate of...
- Melbourne Airport Rail Link (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the Melbourne Airport Rail Link project in Victoria. This project has been in the design phase. We've been talking about this project for over 50 years. Victoria is at a very...
- Hogan, Ms Rebecca (Bec) (1 speech)
In our role as MPs we're very fortunate to meet so many inspirational people. Today I'm going to speak about one of them from my electorate, a truly amazing and inspirational woman. Her name is...
- Coronavirus (1 speech)
I was going to give this speech last week, but it got pushed to today. The speech I was going to give is now unusable, as in the last few days coronavirus has appeared in a number of places in...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Human Rights (1 speech)
Today I raise two human rights matters. The first relates to the ongoing persecution of people of the Bahai faith in Iran, where an estimated 300,000 Bahai followers form the largest of the...
- Page Electorate: Dairy Industry, Reid, Mr Ray (1 speech)
I want to wish Norco, my local dairy processor, a happy 125th birthday. That is right—Norco is celebrating 125 years this year. They have been part of my Northern Rivers wider community...
- Broadband (1 speech)
It is depressing to say that high-quality broadband remains just as hard to obtain as it is necessary for the people of Fremantle and Western Australia. I am sure there are people all over...
- Higgins Electorate: Climate Solutions Technical Expo (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about an exciting and innovative expo that I am hosting for the first time in my seat of Higgins, on 17 April: the Climate Solutions Technical Expo. I am delighted that the...
- Lilley Electorate: School Leaders (1 speech)
With parliament sitting across the first four weeks of the school year in 2020 it has been a great pity that I have had to miss many school leadership ceremonies and inductions across the north...
- Political Communication (3 speeches)
I thank the member for Lilley for her, as usual, excellent contribution to this chamber.
- Coronavirus (1 speech)
I know that many people in my community would be feeling concerned about the spread of coronavirus. That's only natural. This week we saw the first domestic infections of the virus in Australia...
- Bennelong Cup (1 speech)
I have previously informed the House about the Bennelong Cup, an initiative I started almost a decade ago to provide all students in the community, irrespective of their cultural background, a...
- Petition: Rare Cancer Treatment (1 speech)
I'd like to draw the attention of the House to a petition that was submitted to the Petitions Committee by one of my constituents as the principal petitioner, Jelena Magic, whose three-year-old...
- Petrie Electorate: Autism (2 speeches)
I rise today to discuss an investment in Bald Hills that will help children with autism for decades to come. Tomorrow, I will be joining members of the AEIOU to open a new autism hub in Attunga...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Hunter Electorate: Nuclear Energy (1 speech, 1 comment)
The front page of the Newcastle Herald this morning screamed 'bombshell'. The headline was a reference to the plan by the Deputy Premier of New South Wales, John Barilaro, and the Upper Hunter...
- Road Safety (1 speech)
Last year 1,188 people were killed on our roads nationally. Over 60 per cent of those were children, pedestrians or cyclists. Just think about that figure for a moment—almost 1,200 people....
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1 speech)
I want to take the opportunity today to centre my contribution to the adjournment debate on Australia's national broadcaster. From the outset, I feel it's necessary to note the crucial role...
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
One of the defining challenges of our times is the requirement to materially reduce global emissions. I'm the father of three beautiful children and, of course, I want to give them the benefits...
