House debates
Thursday, 14 May 2020
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Dairy Industry (10 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Kennedy from moving the following motion forthwith: That the House: (1) notes that: (a) on 6 May 2020 the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Kelly, Hon. Dr Michael Joseph, AM; Presentation (4 speeches)
As members are well aware, I received the resignation of the former member for Eden-Monaro and I have reported that to the House. The former member for Eden-Monaro didn't make a valedictory...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Australian Natural Disasters (2 speeches)
by leave—I rise to speak on the bushfire recovery and our response to the drought. Update on Bushfire Recovery and Drought Response We have gathered together this week, as the elected...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Child Care (1 speech)
On behalf of the parents hustling their work and their families on the north side, the early educators who are working their guts out in extremely difficult circumstances at the moment, and the...
- Nuclear Energy (1 speech)
Despite the almighty challenges that our nation faces, there also does lie an opportunity, an opportunity for us to rebuild an even stronger and more resilient economy than what we previously...
- Arts (1 speech)
I couldn't disagree more with the previous speaker, the member for Fairfax! Our creative industries are more than just entertainment. They are a massive industry that employs up to 600,000...
- Groom Electorate: Health (1 speech)
I was very pleased to join with the Darling Downs and West Moreton Primary Health Network CEO, Merrilyn Strohfeldt, and the Carbal Medical Services CEO, Brian Hewitt, in Toowoomba recently to...
- COVID-19: Northern Territory (1 speech)
I'm so proud of Territorians and the way our community has banded together in the face of this COVID-19 pandemic over the last couple of months. Once again, we've showed each other that we will...
- Braddon Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
You won't find a stronger, more tightly knit community than in the electorate of Braddon. The region has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, which has tested our resilience like never...
- Covid-19 (1 speech)
As restrictions are gradually eased, I am cautious that, in our sincere desire to return to normal, we may plant the seeds for the devastating second wave of COVID-19 infections. In every major...
- JobKeeper Payment (1 speech)
The government's JobKeeper package has provided a lifeline for thousands of businesses across Australia and, at the latest count, some six million Australians. JobKeeper is helping to maintain...
- COVID-19: Arts and Recreation (1 speech)
No sector is unscathed by the COVID-19 pandemic, but it is our precious arts and creative industries that must be among the hardest hit. Indeed, thousands of events and exhibitions have been...
- Berowra Electorate: Telecommunications (1 speech)
On one of the scariest days of summer when Sydney was on alert because of catastrophic fire danger, I checked in on the local fire control centre only to learn that they were without phone...
- Gilmore Electorate: Mental Health Services (1 speech)
With the triple hit of drought, bushfires and now coronavirus, mental health services in my community have never been more critical. That is why I find it astonishing during bushfire recovery...
- Sturt Electorate: Manufacturing (1 speech)
It's been my great pride and pleasure to be associated with the Morrison government and some of the great decisions that we've made, particularly since the last election. But probably, in my...
- Oxley Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
I've never been prouder to be the member representing the south-west Brisbane and Ipswich suburbs than I have seeing my local community rise to the challenge of the COVID-19 outbreak over the...
- Forde Electorate: Volunteers (1 speech)
Next Monday sparks the start of national volunteer week, and this year's theme is changing communities, changing lives. Every day across this country and across my electorate of Forde, countless...
- COVID-19: JobKeeper (1 speech)
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that there are those on the other side who are already calling to wind back the support offered through JobKeeper and jobseeker. I just have to wonder who are...
- Maleny Agricultural Show (1 speech)
The Maleny show in my electorate of Fisher is the best in Queensland. Actually, no, it's the best in Australia. The event brings thousands of visitors to Maleny every year and gives Sunshine...
- Higher Education (1 speech)
University jobs are worth saving and they are worth fighting for. I'm proud to be part of a Labor team that's working with university administration, unions and student activists to save these...
- Burnell, Mr Robert (Bob), Gowty, Mr Greville (1 speech)
Recently, the Goldstein community lost two of its community stalwarts: Robert 'Bob' Burnell and Greville Gowty. Together with their wives, they contributed over a hundred years of active service...
- JobKeeper Payment (1 speech)
At the beginning of this year, there were 5½ thousand workers in commercial kitchens at our airports around Australia, many of them members of the Transport Workers Union, who were making...
- COVID-19: Regional Australia (2 speeches)
We often talk about the resilience of regional communities. I know this firsthand when I hear from farmers who have not sown a crop for years due to drought. These farmers trade with stoicism and...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
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I inform the House that the Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure will be absent from question time today, and the Deputy Prime Minister will answer questions on his behalf....
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: JobKeeper (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The number of people employed in Australia fell by 600,000 in April. This followed the Prime Minister's decision to deny a wage subsidy for casual workers,...
- Covid-19 (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline to the House how the Morrison government continues to support Australians through the health and economic challenges of the...
- JobKeeper Payment (2 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister: How many of the 600,000 fewer Australians who were employed in April were excluded from the JobKeeper wage subsidy?
- Regional Australia (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. Will the Deputy Prime Minister inform the House how the Morrison-McCormack...
- JobKeeper Payment (6 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. How much shorter would unemployment queues be today if the government had implemented the JobKeeper wage subsidy earlier and included more groups, including casuals?
- National COVID-19 Coordination Commission (2 speeches)
To the Prime Minister: the terms of reference of the National COVID-19 Coordination Commission indicate that the commission will 'ensure the government receives the most comprehensive advice...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer explain to the House how the Morrison government's economic support packages have been saving jobs and supporting livelihoods, including in my...
- COVID-19: Aviation Industry (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister has said that the government will not provide assistance to Virgin airlines because the government would only take a sector-wide approach....
- Covid-19 (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government is investing in Australian research to find a vaccine or treatment for COVID-19?
- JobKeeper Payment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Can the Treasurer explain why a 20-year-old working one shift per week at a clothes store and living at home receives the full $1,500 JobKeeper wage subsidy but...
- COVID-19: Drought (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management. Will the minister please inform the House how the Morrison government continues to support farmers and...
- JobKeeper Payment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Here's a real-life story. Scott works in theatre and lives in my electorate. He was due to start a 3½ year, full-time contract in May on the stage production...
- COVID-19: National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister outline to the House border measures the Morrison government has put in place to protect Australians from the COVID-19 pandemic?...
- JobKeeper Payment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. The Peninsula Aquatic Recreation Centre in my electorate employs approximately 300 people. None of them are eligible for the JobKeeper wage subsidy. Why have they...
- Defence Procurement (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government is supporting Australian small business through the defence supply chain?
- Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Emissions Reduction and Energy. Last year, the House was assured that the minister would fully cooperate with the New South Wales Police Force's Strike Force...
- Mining (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia. Will the minister update the House on the resilience of the Australian resource sector in light of the current COVID-19...
- Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction (5 speeches)
My question is again to the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. On 24 October last year, in answer to a question, the minister told the House that a document with fake numbers was drawn...
- COVID-19: People with Disability (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 the measurers the Morrison government...
- Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why did the Prime Minister tell the House yesterday, about his sports rorts scheme, 'The only authority sought from the Prime Minister's office and for...
- COVID-19: Indigenous Australians (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is supporting Indigenous communities through the COVID-19 pandemic?
- Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (4 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's earlier answer, such as it was. Why did the Prime Minister's office want sports rorts grants sent to the coalition's...
- COVID-19: Anzac Day (7 speeches)
My question is to the . Will the minister update the House on how Australians commemorated our veterans and our servicemen and servicewomen this past Anzac Day?
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Covid-19 (2 speeches)
I have a question for you, Mr Speaker, concerning the administration of the house. I'm sure that all members would join me in wanting to express appreciation of the staff of the parliamentary...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Days and Hours of Meeting (1 speech)
Mr Speaker, that is a perfect segue into the revised program of sittings. I'd like to join issue and thank all of those who are making parliament possible during these very challenging times. I...
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
I move: That leave of absence be given to every Member of the House of Representatives from the determination of this sitting of the House to the date of its next sitting. Question agreed 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)
- COVID-19: Employment (12 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Gorton proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's ineffective...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Dobell Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
Today I want to talk about the social and economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic—a pandemic that the United Nations refers to as one that is attacking societies at their...
- COVID-19: Forde Electorate (1 speech)
The community of Forde has done a terrific job over the past couple of months, coming together and supporting each other during times of adversity as they have done many times in the past. Many...
- COVID-19: Manufacturing (1 speech)
There is no doubt COVID-19 has been challenging on many levels, including Australians' health, the economy and the community. However, Australians are a resilient bunch, and we know that often in...
- Covid-19 (1 speech)
Our lives are defined not by the challenges that come our way but by how we deal with them. Certainly on the Sunshine Coast these have been dark times for many. Ninety-four individuals have...
- Sheean, Mr Edward (Teddy), COVID-19 (1 speech)
Tasmanians learned yesterday with great shock that the government had decided not to posthumously award Teddy Sheean a Victoria Cross. It is no great surprise after the years, but what made...
- Bonner Electorate: JobKeeper Payment (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to talk about the Morrison government's historic $130 billion JobKeeper payment scheme and the impact that it's having on businesses in my electorate of...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Burt Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
The economic effects of COVID-19 have hit hard in the Perth's south-eastern suburbs, which make up the electorate of Burt that I represent. Whilst the good work of the McGowan government has seen...
- Bass Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
In a quiet suburb of Launceston sits Australia's oldest working textile mill. Established in 1874, Waverley Woollen Mills to this day still produces the highest quality wool products, that are...
- Whitlam Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
Various forecasts are estimating that unemployment is set to exceed 10 per cent of the workforce by June this year, and even the Reserve Bank of Australia estimates that it will remain...
- COVID-19: Tourism (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the plight of tourism operators, tourism workers and the entire Whitsundays. We came to the rescue somewhat for some of the businesses there with a JobKeeper program for...
- COVID-19: JobKeeper (1 speech)
To ensure the safety of the nation, the Morrison government acted correctly on the advice of the Chief Medical Officer to shut our borders. It was done to protect us from the spread of...
- Moncrieff Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
I'd like to acknowledge those who are currently suffering from the effects of COVID-19 on the central Gold Coast. In the first week of this crisis, I established the Moncrieff community cabinet...
- Ballarat Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
I too want to echo the words of the member for Chifley, and indeed I think possibly the member for Hughes, when he's calling on the government to fix the issue for the dnata workers to have...
- Cowper Electorate (1 speech)
Twelve months ago, this Monday, the electorate of Cowper gave me the honour of representing them in this place. I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for putting their trust in me...
- Kelly, Hon. Dr Michael Joseph, AM (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to a great Labor member, a great Australian and a great friend: Mike Kelly, the retiring member for Eden-Monaro. As members here know, just before we returned for this...
- Ocean Crusaders (2 speeches)
I would like to share with the House some of the outstanding work done by an environmental organisation in Bonner—Ocean Crusaders, who have removed more than 46 tonnes of marine debris this...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Covid-19 (13 speeches)
It's great to rise today and speak about Australia's health response to COVID-19. What we've seen over the last few months, not just here in Australia but around the world, has been...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Covid-19 (1 speech)
Coronavirus has presented Australia with less of an opportunity and more of an imperative to fundamentally change for the better. One significant change required is the development of a national...
- Gilmore Electorate: Sassafras (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about a small rural community in my electorate that you may not have heard of. The village of Sassafras is the most westerly point of the Shoalhaven local government area,...
- Leichhardt Electorate: Local Government Elections (1 speech)
The recent Queensland local government elections saw sweeping changes to those who will lead their local communities across my electorate for the next four years. The local government elections...
- JobKeeper Payment (1 speech)
I've heard from hundreds of people in my electorate of Melbourne about the JobKeeper payment. Whilst we cautiously welcome the introduction of this scheme after pressuring the government for...
- Covid-19 (1 speech)
I rise to speak briefly about the COVID-19 crisis and how Australia's handled it. I'm so pleased to be back in parliament representing the good people of Lyne, who'd like to say a big thankyou...
- Moreton Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
I welcomed in the start of 2020 with my family in Queensland. I wasn't in Hawaii. I knew at the time that 2020 was going to be a challenging year. I knew that because Australia was burning, and...
