House debates
Thursday, 11 June 2020
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Pairing Arrangements (1 speech)
I'd just like to acknowledge that yesterday there was an error in some pairing arrangements that we have with the opposition. I apologise to the House and the opposition for that and thank the...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (8 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That the House: (1) notes that: (a) the Senate passed the National Integrity Commission Bill 2018 (No. 2) on 9 September 2019 and the bill was sent to...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Regional Australia Select Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
I have received advice from the Chief Opposition Whip that he has nominated Ms LM Chesters to be a member of the Select Committee on Regional Australia in place of Mr Zappia.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Southam, Ms Doreen (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to a longtime friend, local WA Labor icon and Neighbourhood Watch stalwart, Doreen Southam, who passed away over the weekend. Doreen was around as long I can remember,...
- Lawler, Mr Jordy (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge the incredible talent and endless ambition demonstrated by Narrabeen local Jordy Lawler. Mr Lawler is a professional surfer who continues to represent Australia within...
- Findlay, Ms Moira, Mason, Ms Julie, Price, Ms Maureen, Monahan, Ms Marlene (1 speech)
I rise today to bring to the attention of the House the retirement of four fabulous women in my electorate who have given a lifetime of service to schools education. In 2020, Moira Findlay...
- Grey Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I rise to welcome the announcement from GFG Alliance and Sanjeev Gupta of an investment timeline for the Whyalla Steelworks. Just yesterday, he announced that work on their solar farm will...
- Cybersecurity (1 speech)
The Commonwealth government's 2016 cybersecurity strategy reached the end of its life more than seven weeks ago. The Minister for Home affairs, Mr Dutton, has been working on a new strategy for...
- Taree Universities Campus (1 speech)
I'd like to give a big shout-out to the volunteer members of the Taree Universities Campus bid, who were successful in the latest Regional University Centres funding round. I congratulate the...
- HomeBuilder (1 speech)
() (): I'm trying to fathom the logic of the government's recently announced renovation grants. In principle, it sounds really great—$25,000 to carry out renovations on a home. But I'm just...
- Moore Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
Linking Whitfords Avenue with the realigned Gnangara Road will improve access for local commuters to employment and services in the Wangara industrial and commercial area. This critical east-west...
- Indi Electorate: Small Business (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about the long-awaited extension of the $10,000 small business bushfire recovery grant. My electorate of Indi, like many this summer, suffered through devastating bushfires....
- Push-Up Challenge (1 speech)
I rise today to recognise the Push-up Challenge, an event which ran for three weeks in May this year. This challenge aims to increase awareness of lives lost to suicide in Australia and encourage...
- HomeBuilder (1 speech)
From the party that brought us knighthoods, robodebt and the right to bigotry, we shouldn't expect much. But, even by their standards, HomeBuilder is a home blunder. It's a policy that worsens...
- Leichhardt Electorate: FNQ Spirits (1 speech)
I rise this afternoon to highlight one of the many fantastic businesses in my electorate who stepped up to the plate during the recent health crisis. FNQ Spirits is a small craft distillery...
- JobKeeper Payment (1 speech)
It is lucky that the PM's focus group didn't decide to call it 'promise keeper' rather than JobKeeper. If they had, they would be in a real pickle now, because all we are seeing is broken...
- Australia's First Airmail Flight: 100th Anniversary (1 speech)
Lismore is a site of an important moment in our postal service history. This month marks 100 years since Australia's first official airmail flight sanctioned by the Postmaster-General. The flight...
- Callaghan, William (1 speech)
At 2 pm on Monday, a family's worst fears were realised. Whilst walking to the summit of Mount Disappointment, their 14-year-old boy raced ahead of his family and became separated from them,...
- Northern Territory: Parliamentary Representation (1 speech)
It's interesting coming and standing back here, because you feel almost disassociated from the process of the parliament. Where you find even more of a sense of disassociation from the parliament...
- Australia Post (1 speech)
I don't know about you, but when the post comes at my place it's usually bills, and a lot of them have been going up under this government. Sometimes, during COVID, it's been a lovely note or a...
- COVID-19: Economy (1 speech)
The latest ABS numbers record that, as a result of the coronavirus restrictions, employment has decreased by 594,300 people and monthly working hours have fallen by 10 per cent. We are borrowing...
- COVID-19: Higher Education (2 speeches)
On behalf of the thousands of workers at the University of New South Wales and other Australian universities, I ask the Prime Minister: why has your government abandoned universities during the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- JobKeeper Payment (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Why is the Prime Minister committed to the hard snapback of JobKeeper in September, despite warnings from the OECD about withdrawal of support?
- Covid-19 (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline to the House how the Morrison government's actions to address the coronavirus pandemic have helped Australia avoid the worst...
- JobKeeper Payment (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, the government has been all over the place on how long workers who rely on JobKeeper have guaranteed support or whether they'll be left...
- COVID-19: Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the
- Pensions and Benefits (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister listen to 81 per cent of company directors, who want a cautious phasing-out of fiscal supports such as JobKeeper rather than the...
- Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. There have been 437 Aboriginal deaths in custody since the royal commission delivered its final report. Prime Minister, if you don't want Black Lives Matters...
- COVID-19: Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer inform the House how Australia's economic recovery from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic compares to that of other countries, and will the...
- Australian Constitution (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Minister for Indigenous Australians said yesterday: We're confident that the Australian people will be able to have their say on an Indigenous voice this...
- COVID-19: Foreign Investment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House the importance of foreign investment to Australia's economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and how the Morrison...
- COVID-19: Social Housing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The OECD has specifically called for extra government investment in social housing to protect the economy from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Why is...
- Covid-19 (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister please update the House on the Morrison government's effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 and outline the importance of avoiding a...
- Sheean, Ordinary Seaman Edward (Teddy) (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why has the Prime Minister commissioned a review of the review of the review of the review of the failure to award a Victoria Cross to Tasmania's Teddy...
- COVID-19: Economy (3 speeches)
Thank you, Mr Speaker. My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business. Will the minister please outline to the House how the Morrison...
- Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister accept responsibility for the illegal robodebt scheme that he created and announced?
- Rail Infrastructure (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government's Sydney Metro-Western Sydney Airport rail...
- Pensions and Benefits (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's illegal robodebt scheme. Cancer-suffering grandfather Raymond had to sell his house and move into a shed to afford medical...
- Agriculture (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture. Drought and Emergency Management. Will the minister outline the importance of agriculture in leading Australia's recovery from the impacts of...
- Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the government aware of how many Australians suffered severe psychological trauma or attempted to take their own life or, indeed, sadly, did take their...
- Child Abuse (2 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. Will the Attorney update the House on the important steps the Morrison government is taking to protect Australian children from exploitation and abuse?
- Morrison Government (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the government agree that it owes all Australians, including Centrelink recipients, a duty of care to behave lawfully?
- Child Abuse (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister update the House on the actions that the Morrison government is taking to protect Australian children from online predators? Is...
- Small and Medium Enterprises Export Hubs (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Ninety-seven per cent of funding in the first round of the Small and Medium Enterprises Export Hubs grants scheme was awarded to coalition electorates just...
- Australian Bushfires (5 speeches)
My question today is to the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management. The question to the minister is: will he outline how the Morrison government is supporting individuals and...
- 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.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 16 of the Selection Committee, relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on Monday, 15 June 2020 and the consideration...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 40 of 2019-20 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General’s Audit report No. 40 of 2019-20 entitled Advances to the Finance Minister for the period 25 April 2020 to 29 May 2020: Department of Finance. Document made a...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Pensions and Benefits (22 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Maribyrnong proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The damage caused by...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
I have received advice from the Chief Government Whip nominating members to be supplementary members of the Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs for the purpose of the...
- Implementation of the National Redress Scheme; Report (1 speech)
I table a correction to a title to a report that I tabled in the chamber recently. The title of the report should read First interim report of the Joint Select Committee on Implementation of the...
- Electoral Matters Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, I present the following reports: Interim report on all aspects of the conduct of the 2019 federal election and matters related...
- Electoral Matters Committee; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
I move: That the orders of the day be referred to the Federation Chamber for debate. Question agreed to.
- Human Rights Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present the committee's report entitled Human rights scrutiny report: Report 6 of 2020. Report made a parliamentary paper in...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Lalor Electorate (1 speech)
I'm going to bring the tone in here down a little. Usually, you come in for an adjournment speech and, while the place is really feisty at question time, by about this time of night people are...
- COVID-19: Arts (1 speech)
The arts, entertainment and creative sectors play a central role in our society and reflect who we are as individuals and as a nation. I am passionate about the role of the arts and am inspired...
- Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
Today, as in quite a lot of days in parliament, one of the debates which has been argued in our nation's forum is the issue of the robodebt scheme. Robodebt, translated into plain English, was...
- Robertson Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I rise to update the House on the coalition government's plan for the hardworking commuters in my electorate of Robertson. Central Coast commuters know all too well the very real impacts on their...
- Indigenous Australians (1 speech)
We have seen over recent weeks, as a result of the murder of George Floyd in the United States, rallies and demonstrations around the world. We saw them here in Australia last weekend, where...
- Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
The enormous challenges faced by Australia in the last 12 months—in fact, few years—are unprecedented, from extensive drought to terrifying bushfires and a global pandemic. The...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
Australian honours to be celebrated by members of community are something that this House often takes note of, and I am pleased to pay tribute today to Brother Nicholas Harsas, who was awarded an...
- Lyne Electorate: Taree Universities Campus (1 speech)
The Taree Universities Campus will now become a reality with the recent announcement that federal funding towards the new multimillion-dollar campus has been secured. This is a fantastic win for...
- Corangamite Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
This morning I rise to congratulate five constituents in Corangamite who received Queen's Birthday honours this week. They were: Rosemary and Bill Brown, from Queenscliff, for services to their...
- Leichhardt Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
Tourism is the single-most important economic driver in my electorate, and to say that we've been doing it tough is an absolute understatement. We were the first region to be hit and we'll be one...
- Newcastle Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
With unemployment rates at record highs and so many businesses operating at reduced capacity, there can be no more urgent priorities for this nation than creating jobs and stimulating local...
- Curtin Electorate: Children's Leukaemia & Cancer Research Foundation (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge the 40th birthday of the Children's Leukaemia & Cancer Research Foundation in the electorate of Curtin. The idea was inspired by nine-year-old Jennifer Harper, who...
- Blaxland Electorate: Canterbury-Bankstown Torch (1 speech)
A 100th birthday is a pretty special thing, and tomorrow there is a very special 100th birthday in my local community: the Bankstown Torch newspaper is turning 100. While other newspapers across...
- Chisholm Electorate: Surrey Park Swimming (1 speech)
No doubt the recent months have been tough, but thanks to the JobKeeper program many Australian workers and businesses have been spared the worst economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis. Recently...
- Perth City Deal (1 speech)
My electorate has a very simple question for this government: where is the Perth City Deal? It was promised by this government in 2017, it was promised in 2018, it was promised in 2019 and it was...
- Bonner Electorate: Centenarians (2 speeches)
There must be something in the water, because in my electorate of Bonner we've recently celebrated several milestone centenary birthdays. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Covid-19 (9 speeches)
I rise—not with any happiness, that's for sure—to talk about this statement that has been made on the Wuhan coronavirus, COVID-19. There are seven million-plus people infected around...
- Committees (0 speeches)
