House debates
Wednesday, 10 June 2020
- Parliamentary Representation (0 speeches)
- Eden-Monaro Electorate; Issue of Writ (1 speech)
I inform the House that on Thursday 28 May 2020 I issued the writ for the election of a member to serve for the electoral division of Eden-Monaro in the state of New South Wales to fill the...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Days and Hours of Meeting (2 speeches)
I rise to move a motion to suspend standing orders and advise the House that, pursuant to standing order 47(c)(ii), the Manager of Opposition Business and I have agreed that an absolute majority...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 15 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business for this sitting. Copies of the report have...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Mental Health (11 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that the COVID-19 health emergency will have significant and ongoing mental health impacts for Australians; (2) recognises: (a) that financial hardship should...
- General Motors (7 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises the long-term business investment General Motors has made in Australia over 72 years and the impact its decision to withdraw from the Australian market...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (2 speeches)
The Speaker has received advice from the Chief Government Whip and the Chief Opposition Whip nominating members to be members and supplementary members of certain committees.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Arts (1 speech)
In recent days, we've heard comments from the Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts claiming that the government has been doing enough and—referring to the arts...
- COVID-19: Health Care (1 speech)
Bennelong is the innovation capital of Australia. The latest innovation is a brand-new concept: a mobile drive-through COVID-19 testing station. A coalition of organisations have come together to...
- Higher Education (1 speech)
This government is providing no assistance to Australian universities through this pandemic. Why are these jobs not worth keeping? Why are our students not worth supporting? Why are private...
- Very Special Kids (1 speech)
Very Special Kids has a very special place in my heart. Each year Very Special Kids cares for 900 children with life-threatening conditions by providing a children's hospice and professional...
- Aviation Industry (1 speech)
This government loves picking winners in the aviation sector. It's showered generous untied grants on some airlines but given no support at all to Virgin Australia. It's shown indifference to...
- Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
I stand today to acknowledge those constituents of mine who received awards in the Queen's Birthday honours just this past weekend. Jan Sardi from Eltham, a filmmaker, director and screenwriter...
- Racism (1 speech)
Generations of Indigenous Australians have been subjected to the immense pain of dispossession and discrimination, of destruction of culture and denial of existence. It is on us to reflect on the...
- Dell, Mr Vaughn (1 speech)
This year, 2020, has been a year of shocks, and in the midst of it all last month came another terrible shock for northern Tasmania with the sudden death of Vaughn Dell. Vaughn was a young,...
- Infrastructure (1 speech)
$540 million was given to the National Party to build dams in Australia. Every cent of that $540 million is gone, and we have not even got an engineering plan. To add insult to injury, they have...
- Moncrieff Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
Of course, the health and wellbeing of Gold Coast as is paramount, and the coast will bounce back from the effects of COVID-19. However, while tens of thousands of jobs are at risk, the...
- Education (1 speech)
I want to condemn the government's inexcusable failure to act to save tens of thousands of Australian jobs at our public universities. The only action they have been prepared to take is to try...
- Symonds, Mr Ian Ronald (1 speech)
Ian Ronald Symonds is a man I loved the first time I met him. He was the regional officer for region 8 for the CFA. He was liaison officer with the shire council's fire prevention committee. He...
- Infant Mental Health Awareness Week (1 speech)
This week we mark Infant Mental Health Awareness Week. The theme is '2020 vision: seeing the world through babies' eyes'. It encourages us to think about the experiences of babies and how these...
- COVID-19: Black Lives Matter Demonstrations (1 speech)
All lives matter, but, during a pandemic, mass protests breaching our public health laws could cause lives to be lost. Just days ago, tens of thousands of activists engaged in protests which...
- COVID-19: Child Care, COVID-19: Arts (1 speech)
The early childhood sector has learnt via the media, yet again, that things are going to change. It's not just that JobKeeper will end in July but also that fees will need to be paid by parents....
- Austal: R&R Veterans Transition Centre (1 speech)
I'm a passionate advocate for veterans, including their transition back into civilian life. Today I would like to highlight a really positive story about Austal Australia, who are based out of...
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (1 speech)
This month is migraine awareness month. Some 400,000 Australians suffer from chronic migraine, and many have at least 15 migraine and headache days a month. That means 400,000 Australians spend...
- Nicholls Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
Today I wish to congratulate the recipients of Queen's Birthday Honours from my electorate of Nicholls. Seven wonderful people have contributed to their communities, including Mr Robert Brown OAM...
- Child Care (2 speeches)
Last Wednesday, the Treasurer confirmed that Australia is in a recession for the first time in 29 years. Australians are doing it tough. Millions have lost their jobs or had their hours or income...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Reid, Hon. Nicholas Bruce (1 speech)
I inform the House of the death, on Sunday 24 May, of the Hon. Nicholas Bruce Reid, a member of this House for the division of Bendigo from 1990 until 1998. As a mark of respect to the memory of...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Decentralisation and Regional Education will be absent from question time today. The Minister for Education will answer questions on his behalf. The...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Morrison Government (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that, in just the three weeks since parliament last sat, the government admitted it overestimated coverage of the JobKeeper...
- Economy, COVID-19 (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline to the House how the Morrison government is working to bring Australians together to confront the economic and health crises...
- Pensions and Benefits (4 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister apologise to Australians targeted by the illegal robodebt scheme? Can he confirm that this is a scheme that he both created and...
- JobMaker (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...
- Pensions and Benefits (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. When did the government become aware that its robodebt scheme was illegal?
- South Australia: Community Television (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts. Minister, I understand that in just 20 days time Adelaide television broadcaster Channel 44, our community television...
- COVID-19: Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on how the Morrison government's economic support packages have been saving jobs and supporting livelihoods, including in my...
- Indigenous Australians (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians. When will the government include justice targets in the Closing the Gap framework?
- Small Business (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Would the Treasurer inform the House how changes to the Morrison government's instant asset write-off are helping businesses in commercial areas like Cleveland,...
- HomeBuilder (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to the HomeBuilder scheme. How many Australians does the government expect to spend more than $150,000 on a renovation before the end of this year?
- Covid-19 (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister please update the House on the Morrison government's success in flattening the coronavirus curve, which is assisting in more...
- JobKeeper Payment (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister said, on Friday: The six months provision of JobKeeper has been set out in legislation and people can count on that. Why did the Prime...
- Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business. Will the minister outline how the Morrison government's JobMaker plan will help...
- JobKeeper Payment (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister won't reveal the results of his JobKeeper review until the end of July despite receiving the review in June. Can the Prime Minister...
- JobMaker (2 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General and the Minister for Industrial Relations. Will the Attorney please update the House on how, as part of the JobMaker plan, the Morrison government is...
- JobKeeper Payment (4 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Today I have met with dnata workers who lost their jobs because the Prime Minister excluded them from JobKeeper. Why has the Prime Minister left...
- HomeBuilder (2 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Housing. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government's HomeBuilder grant will support the more than one million...
- COVID-19: Australia Post (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why have the Prime Minister and his government used the cover of a pandemic to increase Australia Post delivery times and put the jobs of postal workers at risk?
- COVID-19: Arts, COVID-19: Media (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government is providing support to our media and...
- Aviation (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Has the government received advice from Virgin's administrator that bidders for the airline are expected to pull out if the government keeps its hard...
- Child Safety (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister update the House on the steps that the Morrison government is taking to protect Australian children from exploitation and abuse?...
- Fuel (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's plan to purchase fuel reserves for Australia and keep them in Texas. Isn't this like living in Sydney and keeping a spare key...
- COVID-19: Indigenous Australians (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government is working to protect Indigenous communities during the COVID-19...
- 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.
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Covid-19 (1 speech)
Just to add to an answer: there were 32 of 43 cases in the last week, I'm advised, that were in hotel quarantine.
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Callaghan, William (4 speeches)
Mr Speaker, briefly, something I think everyone in the chamber and those listening outside the chamber will want to know—it's great news—is that 14-year-old autistic boy William...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Reports Nos 37 to 39 of 2019-20 (1 speech)
I present the following Auditor General's audit reports for 2019-20: No. 37, Performance audit: procurement of garrison support and welfare services: Department of Home Affairs; No. 38, Financial...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Morrison Government (16 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable the Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Building and Construction Industry (1 speech)
All of us want to stimulate and help the construction industry at the moment. We all want to see more homes built. We want to see more apprentices being taken on. We want to see more tradies...
- COVID-19: Economy (1 speech)
Each generation should have their own opportunity to pursue their life, their opportunity and their enterprise. Australia's social fabric rests on a generational contract—an unspoken...
- Petition: Racism (6 speeches)
I rise to bring to this parliament a statement in support of unity over fear—a petition signed by over 80,000 Australians—and to associate myself with its call to say no to racism...
- Illicit Drugs (1 speech)
Illegal drugs are a scourge on our community and drug addiction will tear families apart and shatter lives. Chances are we all know someone who is currently struggling with an addiction to drugs...
- COVID-19: Economy (1 speech)
Thanks to the efforts and sacrifices of Australians, our country has avoided a potentially devastating and widespread health crisis faced by so many other countries. However, we are now faced...
- Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
Tuesday 2 June was a day of great highs and great lows for Western Australian farmers, particularly those in my electorate and those across the member for Durack's electorate who rely on the live...
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Federation Chamber (1 speech)
Good morning. Before we commence this morning, I'll just remind members of my previous statements in relation to the procedures in the Federation Chamber in relation to social distancing and to...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Scullin Electorate: Whittlesea Food Collective (1 speech)
The past months have been a challenging time for all Australians, but I think we all in this place can acknowledge the extraordinary contribution that the community has demonstrated. I'd like to...
- Child Abuse (1 speech)
A close friend and a former colleague of mine, Mark Maxim, called me this week. He's let me know that he's launching a GoFundMe page, and he shared with me, for the first time, that when he was...
- Macarthur Electorate: Economy (1 speech)
It's time to kickstart the Macarthur economy. Over the coming weeks, Macarthur residents will receive correspondence from me regarding the state of our local economy. Macarthur's community has...
- Melbourne Airport Rail Link (1 speech)
It seems as though the Victorian state Labor government are close to announcing the model of their preferred Melbourne airport rail link project. This project was initially costed between $10...
- Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
Due to a lack of planes, I drove to parliament for this sitting. My road trip took me from the end of the River Murray in my electorate and I crisscrossed the river across the Hay Plains. The...
- Western Australia: Economy (1 speech)
As our community prepares for the economic recovery phase following the coronavirus crisis, we recognise the importance to our local economy of international trade in both goods and services. My...
- Covid-19 (1 speech)
During these unprecedented times, I want to take the opportunity to thank our health service workers, including our dedicated doctors, our nurses, cleaners, lab techs, medical waste handlers,...
- Brogden, Mrs Lucinda AM (1 speech)
I'd like to lend my support to the comments from the member for Fowler. Truly, the frontline healthcare workers, both in pharmacies and in hospitals, are the true heroes of this pandemic and...
- Bendigo Electorate: Jobseeker Payment (1 speech)
I just wanted to share with the House a few of the life-changing stories about what has happened to people in my community who are now receiving the jobseeker and supplement payment. I actually...
- Page Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (2 speeches)
I'd like to recognise Lyn Larsen, who was named on this year's Queen's Birthday Honours List. Lyn was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for her significant service to cricket as a...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Higher Education (10 speeches)
by leave—On behalf of the member for Sydney, I move: That this House acknowledges that: (1) during the COVID-19 crisis, Labor has been urging the Government to act to help universities and...
- Headspace (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges that Headspace was established by the Howard Government in 2006; (2) notes that: (a) there are currently 113 Headspace services operating nationally,...
- Charitable Organisations (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) charities are the most trusted sector in Australian public life; and (b) the Government's failure to act on fundraising reform is costing Australian...
- Country Women's Association (10 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises the importance of the Country Women's Association (CWA) in the lives of rural and regional towns across Australia; (2) notes that the mission statement of...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Holt Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
I rise today to start by thanking our frontline workers and local residents in my electorate for their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Locally, in the City of Casey, I think we've had about 70...
- Ryan Electorate: Local Government (1 speech)
I rise to express my local community's utter dismay and disappointment in the Labor state government and the local Greens MP regarding two issues in the suburb of Toowong. The first issue is the...
- Richmond Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about the economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis on my electorate. We've seen devastation right across our local economy—workers losing their jobs, our struggling...
- Robertson Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge the contribution of five outstanding individuals from my electorate of Robertson who were recognised in the 2020 Queen's Birthday honours list. The list includes...
- Isaacs Electorate: Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
The Morrison government's robodebt scheme is a cruel and cowardly extortion racket that intimidated innocent and vulnerable Australians into paying debts they did not owe. It's a scheme designed...
- Wentworth Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (3 speeches)
I wish today to pay tribute to 21 remarkable Australians, local residents from my electorate of Wentworth, whose contribution to our nation was recognised as part of the Queen's Birthday honours....
- Oxley Electorate: COVID-19 (3 speeches)
This afternoon, I wish to draw to parliament's attention yet another demographic who have been forgotten by the Morrison government during the COVID-19 pandemic: our international students and...
- South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (1 speech)
It's my pleasure today to update the Chamber on a great milestone in Australia but also in my home city of Adelaide. Today there was a sod-turning for the South Australian Health and Medical...
- COVID-19: Employment (1 speech)
Australians have done a remarkable job of listening to the experts and following the tough restrictions throughout the COVID-19 crisis. As a result, from a health perspective we are in a very...
- National Volunteer Week (2 speeches)
I'd like to take this opportunity to highlight Townsville's amazing volunteers. We in this place know that volunteers are the heart and soul of our communities, so from 18 to 24 May we celebrated...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Covid-19 (14 speeches)
We all, not only in this Chamber, this House, this building, the state of New South Wales, the country of Australia but, indeed, around the whole globe, are going to remember 2020. We have...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Centrelink, COVID-19, Bean Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
In this debate, I would like to raise a few matters that relate to my electorate of Bean. Most items are of much pride but one, unfortunately, is of deep disappointment to many in my electorate....
- COVID-19: Manufacturing (1 speech)
In the time that I have this evening, I would like to make some remarks about the need to grow our manufacturing sector in Australia. I believe that, as a nation, we have navigated the COVID-19...
- Indigenous Australians (1 speech)
I acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which I currently stand, the Ngunawal and Ngambri people, and I pay respect to their elders, past, present and emerging. I would also like...
- Infrastructure (1 speech)
In a conversation with the CEO of Stockland, Mark Steinert, some years ago, he made the observation that the principal reason for the high cost of major infrastructure projects in Australia was...
- Education (1 speech)
I want to remark upon the government's ongoing failure to save the international education sector. It's a stunning Australian success story of growth, post the global financial crisis. It's been...
- Indigenous Australians (1 speech)
The protests sparked by the events in America have sent reverberations around the world and expressed hurt, anger, and disappointment about the systemic challenges faced by our black and First...
