House debates

Wednesday, 13 May 2020

  • Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
    • Communications and the Arts Committee (1 speech)
      I won't speak for the full five minutes, but I do think that this report, in terms of the rollout of 5G in this country, is considered an important issue. I want to, at the outset, thank you for...
  • Bills (0 speeches)
  • Tariff Proposals (0 speeches)
    • Customs Tariff Proposal (No. 1) 2020 (1 speech)
      I move: Customs Tariff Proposal (No. 1) 2020. The Australian government is committed to ensuring that our community has access to medical and hygiene equipment needed to treat, diagnose and...
  • Committees (0 speeches)
    • Petitions Committee; Report (1 speech)
      by leave—On behalf of the member for Flynn I present report No. 12 of the Standing Committee on Petitions. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PETITIONS COMMITTEE REPORT No. 12 13 May 2020 M embers of...
    • Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights; Report (2 speeches)
      On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present the following reports: Human rights scrutiny report 4 of 2020, incorporating a dissenting report, and Human rights...
  • Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
  • Bills (0 speeches)
  • Statements by Members (0 speeches)
    • COVID-19: Regional Australia (1 speech)
      ABS data shows that in my seat of Corangamite job losses due to COVID have reached almost 10 per cent, ranging from 8.6 per cent in Torquay, 11.8 per cent in Lorne-Anglesea to 13.33 per cent in...
    • Moore Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
      The Joondalup and Wanneroo communities have displayed remarkable resilience through the coronavirus crisis, adapting, improving and showing ingenuity in the face of a dire situation without...
    • Macarthur Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
      I rise to speak on the need for investment in essential infrastructure projects to kickstart our economy in the wake of the COVID-19 global pandemic. This is by far the greatest health crisis...
    • Covid-19 (1 speech)
      I rise today to acknowledge and thank the community in my electorate of Curtin for their response to COVID-19. Over the last couple of months we've all had to make some quite extraordinary...
    • Cowan Electorate (1 speech)
      I'd like to stand up here today and lend my voice, along with the member for Moore, who's my neighbour in Western Australia, in showing appreciation for the communities of Wanneroo and Joondalup...
    • National Security (1 speech)
      Those who serve in this House and the other place all have a high view of this country. We've all taken an oath to serve the Australian people and we want the best for Australia—an...
    • COVID-19: Employment (2 speeches)
      Labor supported the introduction of JobKeeper not because it was perfect but because it was absolutely crucial. We all witnessed the queues snaking around our communities. I'm next to a...
    • Middle East (1 speech)
      I want to acknowledge that last month people around the world celebrated Yom Ha'atzmaut, the creation of the state of Israel; however, this week Palestinians and their friends commemorate the...
    • Schools (1 speech)
      As a great friend of teachers and, like all of us, great friends of the state government, I've been somewhat disappointed by the evidence-free policy solo flights that we've seen in...
    • COVID-19: Employment (1 speech)
      Today I rise to congratulate the government on the work to date on the COVID-19 pandemic, and I particularly congratulate them on the increase to jobseeker and the introduction of JobKeeper. Both...
    • COVID-19: Cybersafety (1 speech)
      The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown up numerous challenges, but none as insidious as the rise of cyberbullying and online image based abuse. Our eSafety Commissioner is reporting a 40 per cent...
    • COVID-19: Employment (1 speech)
      When Frankston's PARC closed its doors in March because of social-distancing requirements, 300 employees were left facing months without income. Now, because the government refuses to include...
    • Mother's Day, Chisholm Electorate: Sports Clubs (1 speech)
      I would like to speak on a topic that is lighter, happier and relevant to all of us. On Sunday, like so many lucky mums around Australia, I received phone calls from my children wishing me a...
    • Covid-19 (1 speech)
      On behalf of the people of Kingsford Smith, I wish to thank and pay tribute to all of our communities' essential workers that have continued to go to work during this difficult period and are...
    • Reid Electorate: Community Groups (1 speech)
      I rise today to acknowledge those who are being impacted on the frontline of the pandemic—the healthcare workers, the aged-care workers, the teachers, the parents, the students and, of...
    • Queensland: Arts Sector (1 speech)
      When people think of the arts sector they often think of celebrities. But, of course, 92,000 Queenslanders are directly or indirectly employed in the creative workforce. Data released last week...
    • Lindsay Electorate: COVID-19 (2 speeches)
      The last few weeks have been challenging for all of us, but my community has been hit particularly hard by coronavirus. But we're taking the initiative, keeping connected and working together....
    • Disability Services (1 speech)
      I rise today to briefly speak about the disability workforce and their contribution during the pandemic. I acknowledge that Australians with disability, their carers and loved ones, and the...
    • McCarthy, Mr M, OAM (2 speeches)
      During my maiden speech in this parliament I referred to a Darling Downs community leader, a great friend and an Indigenous elder, Uncle Darby McCarthy. Sadly, he passed away last week. He was a...
  • Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
    • (1 speech)
      I inform the House that the Minister for Defence Industry will be absent from question time today; the Minister for Home Affairs will answer any questions on her behalf. The Minister for...
  • Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
    • COVID-19: Mental Health (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Health. The Australian Psychological Society, headspace and other experts say many Australians will need more than 10 mental health consultations to cope with...
    • COVID-19: Morrison Government (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Prime Minister. We've all seen that Australians are stepping up to meet the health and economic challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. Would the Prime Minister outline to...
    • Economy (2 speeches)
      My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister stand by his claim that businesses, the economy and his budget will snap back?
    • COVID-19: Relief and Recovery Fund (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...
    • Beef Industry, Grains Industry (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Prime Minister. What is the government doing to assist barley growers and red meat producers affected by recent trade restrictions announced by China and to protect the...
    • Economy (6 speeches)
      Treasurer, cannot the Clean Energy Finance Corporation and a development bank fund ready-to-go industry and infrastructure for Australia to build its way out of the COVID...
    • Prime Minister (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Prime Minister. How can the Australian people trust the Prime Minister with the COVID recovery when he was complacent in the lead-up to the bushfires, despite the clear...
    • COVID-19: Mental Health (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government is supporting the mental health of Australians during the pandemic?
    • COVID-19: JobKeeper (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Treasurer. Can the Treasurer explain why a university student working a $100 shift per week receives the full $1,500 JobKeeper wage subsidy, but their full-time university...
    • COVID-19: Aged Care (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister provide an update on the government's support for aged-care providers and residents in response to the coronavirus pandemic?
    • COVID-19: JobKeeper (2 speeches)
      Can the Treasurer explain why an 18-year-old living at home who's been working a shift a week at a McDonald's franchise receives the full $1,500 JobKeeper wage subsidy, but a full-time Australian...
    • COVID-19: Health Care (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology. Will the minister please update the House on the extraordinary efforts of Australia manufacturers in producing critical...
    • Employment (4 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Housing. Will the government develop a housing construction industry stimulus plan to keep Australia's almost one million bricklayers, carpenters, electricians...
    • COVID-19: Employment (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Attorney-General and Minister for Industrial Relations. Would the Attorney outline to the House how the Morrison government is working to assist businesses and their...
    • Economy (5 speeches)
      My question is to the Treasurer. Figures released today show annual wages growth slowed to a two-year low in the first quarter of this year, before the worst of the coronavirus outbreak. Is this...
    • Covid-19 (2 speeches)
      My question is to the acting Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is keeping...
    • Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Prime Minister. Why did the Prime Minister tell the House on 27 February that in relation to sports rorts 'authority for these decisions was the Minister for Sport' when in...
    • Covid-19 (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and the Minister for Government Services. Will the minister update the House on what the Morrison government has done...
    • Child Care (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Prime Minister. How many workers are missing out on childcare places because the government is spending $500 million less on child care than they budgeted for?
    • JobKeeper Payment (4 speeches)
      My question is to the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Housing. Will the minister outline for the House how the Morrison government's JobKeeper payment is helping Australian businesses stay...
    • COVID-19: National Broadband Network (3 speeches)
      My question is for the Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government's work to fix the NBN has enabled Australians to work and learn from home during the coronavirus pandemic.
  • Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
    • Prime Minister (1 speech)
      If I may, I want to clarify an answer that I gave earlier today in response to the Leader of the Opposition, in relation to the statistics. There has been $170 million in $10,000 small business...
  • 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)
    • (5 speeches)
      Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
  • Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
    • Child Care (18 speeches)
      I have received a letter from the honourable member for Kingston proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The failure of the...
  • Business (0 speeches)
    • Rearrangement (2 speeches)
      I move: That business intervening before notice No. 13, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day.
  • Committees (0 speeches)
  • Bills (0 speeches)
  • Adjournment (0 speeches)
    • JobKeeper Payment, COVID-19: Health Care (1 speech)
      Thousands of aviation jobs around Australia have already been lost or are under threat. Many of those are in my electorate. Melbourne Airport directly abuts the electorate of Fraser, and many...
    • COVID-19: Newmarch House (1 speech)
      In my first year as a member of parliament representing my community of Lindsay, I have not been more honoured to be in this position than over the last few weeks where we have also experienced...
    • JobKeeper Payment (1 speech)
      Recently I heard from a woman in my electorate who changed employers in November last year. Her new employer told her she'd start off as a casual and then transition to permanency. Today, she...
    • COVID-19: Central Coast (1 speech)
      Today I want to rise to put on record my appreciation and thanks for the way that our Central Coast community has really banded together during the coronavirus pandemic. Right across the Central...
    • COVID-19: Arts and Recreation (1 speech)
      More than one-quarter of all arts and recreation employees have lost their jobs since March, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, and many more people have seen their incomes...
    • Mallee Electorate: Health Services (1 speech)
      The outbreak of COVID-19 has challenged every Australian. All of us have been affected, and everyone has had to make changes to the way they live their lives. While it has been a difficult time,...
  • Statements (0 speeches)
    • Federation Chamber (1 speech)
      Good morning. I'm just going to read a quick statement before we kick off with statements by members. I draw your attention to the special arrangements in the Federation Chamber. The most obvious...
  • Statements by Members (0 speeches)
    • JobKeeper Payment (1 speech)
      It has been a challenging time, particularly for workers and businesses. Since the government's rollout of the JobKeeper payment and other measures, I decided to start a survey of how the...
    • Forde Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
      This year we've seen our lives change and change forever, no more so than in our local schools. Across Australia and in my electorate of Forde teachers and schools have been working hard each and...
    • Brand Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
      I would like to put on the record of the Parliament of Australia my sincere thanks to the community of Western Australia and, in particular, my constituents in the electorate of Brand. They have...
    • Covid-19 (1 speech)
      The current coronavirus crisis has shown Australians at their very best. Yet, disgustingly, there some out there, both from here and abroad, who are seeking to make financial gain off those who...
    • Petition: Beechworth Principles (1 speech)
      I present certified petition No. EN1412. The petition read as follows— Establish a Federal Integrity Commission that upholds the Beechworth Principles This petition of certain citizens of...
    • Mallee Electorate: Regional Agricultural Show Development Grants Program (1 speech)
      The COVID-19 pandemic has had some unexpected outcomes in my electorate. Many people in Mallee have made the most of social distancing restrictions by refurbishing gardens, sheds, homes and...
    • International Nurses Day (1 speech)
      Yesterday we commemorated International Nurses Day, and it's appropriate we take time to show our appreciation and our gratitude for the extraordinary contribution nursing makes in our community...
    • Bennelong Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
      The COVID-19 pandemic has hit all our communities in different ways, and today I would like to take some time to discuss the experience in my community in Bennelong. I think it is very important...
    • Wills Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
      I think I can speak for my electorate of Wills, the people of Wills, and probably for most Australians to say that things have been very tough for all of us. Our daily lives have been turned...
    • Covid-19 (2 speeches)
      I rise to commend all Australians on their outstanding work in following the evidence based recommendations that the Prime Minister of Australia and the national cabinet have executed on behalf...
    • Wentworth Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
      The past few months have created unprecedented challenges for our country, and as we begin to take the first tentative steps back towards normal life we should be thankful for the strength shown...
    • Perth Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
      Our country has a new-found appreciation for essential workers, but I think we also have a new-found appreciation for the fact that every Australian is essential. In that regard, I welcome the...
    • World Health Organization (1 speech)
      I rise this morning to urge the reform of the World Health Organization. The Germany magazine Der Spiegel has reported that the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, personally asked the WHO to delay the...
    • JobKeeper Payment (1 speech)
      I am so relieved to be back here in the parliament, the Morrison government having relented and allowed parliament to sit before its planned sitting schedule of August in order to allow us to do...
    • Ryan Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
      The impact of COVID restrictions on businesses has been profound, but so too has been their resilience and adaptability. Particularly in my electorate of Ryan, small and medium businesses that...
    • Covid-19 (1 speech)
      I rise today to thank our frontline workers and the local residents in my constituency for their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This pandemic has changed our lives completely. It has been a...
    • Murray-Darling Basin: Water (1 speech)
      Yesterday in the House of Representatives I called for the Murray-Darling Basin Authority to be broken up in order to create a more transparent and accountable regime when it comes to how we...
    • COVID-19: Economy (1 speech)
      The communities in Lalor and communities like them across Australia have responded in extraordinary fashion to the pandemic and what we've had to do to prevent our hospitals being swamped, our...
    • Barker, Ms Kirby, Page Electorate: Aboriginal Cultural Heritage (2 speeches)
      I'd like to recognise Kirby Barker from Evans Head. She is a finalist in the New South Wales Department of Education's Early Childhood Educator Awards. Kirby is an educator and cultural adviser...
  • Committees (0 speeches)
    • Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee; Report (2 speeches)
      While I'm not a member of the social policy committee, I have some interest in the subject of this inquiry and I'm pleased to have an opportunity to speak on it here today. I've been following...
  • Adjournment (0 speeches)
    • Causley, Hon. Ian Raymond (2 speeches)
      I rise in the adjournment debate to speak of Ian Causley. He was a colleague of mine, and he got beaten by two votes for the deputy premiership of New South Wales. Ian started his adult life...
    • Covid-19 (2 speeches)
      Life in my community has been rattled by the coronavirus pandemic. I know that's been the case around Australia and also very sharply in other parts of the world. As a local member, I've heard...
    • Whitlam Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
      I'm lucky and privileged to represent the wonderful people of the Illawarra and Southern Highlands in this parliament. I want to start by thanking them for their community spirit and their...
    • Causley, Hon. Ian Raymond, More, Dr Amarjit Singh, COVID-19: Economy (1 speech)
      I'd like to acknowledge the passing of the Hon. Ian Causley. Ian was the state member for Clarence from 1984 to 1996 and was indeed a distinguished minister in the state parliament. He then...
    • Covid-19 (1 speech)
      I rise this afternoon to speak about the small businesses of Reid. The coronavirus pandemic has triggered a dual crisis—both a health crisis and a financial crisis—which has presented...
    • Jagajaga Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
      This is an opportunity for me to say thank you to the Jagajaga community. This has been a time of anxiety, uncertainty and, for too many, great hardship. Like many of us in this place during this...
    • Goldstein Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
      I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the wonderful people in the Goldstein electorate, who, like all other Australians, have endured the difficulties of the COVID-19 pandemic. I...
    • COVID-19: Morrison Government (3 speeches)
      Thank you, Deputy Speaker. It's good to be here with you and with that champion of free speech over there, the member for Goldstein. Of course, the government didn't want this sitting, did they....
    • Covid-19 (2 speeches)
      A number of years ago, because one of my sons was studying it at school, I read Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden. It's a story which is set in Australia and it's about a teenager,...
    • Building and Construction Industry (1 speech)
      We're all stuck in them, most of us can't wait to get out of them, and we need a hell of a lot more of them. I'm talking about housing. One of the many things we have learnt over the last few...
    • Child and Maternal Health Services (1 speech)
      I rise to speak on an issue that many constituents in my electorate of Higgins have raised concerns about with me—that is, the early years. I rise to speak on it because I have many mothers...

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