House debates
Wednesday, 17 June 2020
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (20 speeches)
I seek leave of the House to move the following motion: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the government business notice No. 2 standing in the name of the Member...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Tobacco Plain Packaging (1 speech)
We should celebrate the fact that Australia has won the case at the World Trade Organization in relation to our plain-packaging tobacco reforms. Introduced by Julia Gillard in 2012, the reforms...
- Infrastructure, Telecommunications (1 speech)
I am pleased to report the progress on several local projects within my electorate, funded and backed by the Morrison government. First, we are one step closer to building a new train station in...
- Dental Health (1 speech)
I rise today as a son of a very good dentist and the brother of a very good dentist to decry the government's lack of a comprehensive and ongoing dental healthcare plan for all Australians. The...
- Davies, Dr Will (1 speech)
Dr Will Davies has published half a score of books and produced over 30 documentaries, most of which concern Australian military history. Will began working with Film Australia in 1972 following...
- Sheean, Ordinary Seaman Edward (Teddy) (1 speech)
Politics and political polling certainly should play no part in awarding of the Victoria Cross, and neither should bureaucracy. The only criteria that should apply are merit, conspicuous...
- Cooke, Dr David (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate Dr David Cooke of Port Macquarie for being awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for services to both medicine and aviation. Dr Cooke, a GP, practised in a number of...
- Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
Greenwood resident Michael Romalis was recently awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia as part of the Queen's Birthday Honours List. Mr Romalis is a retired Army colonel and has received...
- M1 Pacific Motorway (1 speech)
The final section in the suite of upgrades designed to deliver safer, better trips on the M1 Pacific Motorway is now complete, with the final stages of the upgrades between Tuggerah and Doyalson...
- Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
Now that it's confirmed robodebt was illegal, it's time for the government to take responsibility and to immediately repay all robodebts, tax free and in full. It's simply not good enough that...
- Kerr, Mr Laurie (1 speech)
It is with great sadness that I inform the House of the passing of Laurie Kerr over the weekend, on Saturday 13 June. Born on 12 May 1958, Laurie was a member of the Kingsley Football Club and a...
- Whitlam Government (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate Professor Jenny Hocking on her four-year campaign to make the 'palace letters' public and to help tell the true story of the 1975 dismissal of the Whitlam government. The...
- National Bowel Cancer Awareness Day (1 speech)
For those people born in 1970 and turning 50 this year, the best, if somewhat unusual, present you will receive is one from the Australian government. And the great news is that you'll receive it...
- Environment (1 speech)
I rise to condemn this government's failure to look after our environment. Australia is facing an extinction crisis, which has been compounded by the recent national bushfires. More than one...
- Cairns: Captain Cook Statue (1 speech)
I rise this afternoon to condemn the petition circulating in my community calling for the removal of the Captain James Cook statue on Sheridan Street. This is just another example of a noisy few...
- Australia Post (1 speech)
I rise to speak today on yet another industry where the government has completely forgotten essential workers—our trusted and crucial Aussie Post employees. The Morrison government has...
- China (1 speech)
Communist China is waging an economic war against Australia. Attacks on our beef and barley exports and tourism have brought this to light, but the problem is deeper. I have information regarding...
- Morrison Government (1 speech)
Tackling corruption is not a priority for the Morrison government. In fact, the truth is that fighting against corruption is, at best, a fringe issue for the Morrison government. You don't have...
- Road Safety (1 speech)
On Thursday 28 May, at approximately 4.40 pm, a Nissan Hatchback was travelling southbound on Alford's Point Road between the Alford's Point overpass and the lights at Menai. Following recent...
- Employment (2 speeches)
If you live in a place like Eden-Monaro, a fair go has become a pretty scarce commodity. Under this coalition government, underemployment in this part of Australia has soared. Too many people in...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Child Care (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. On 2 April the Prime Minister said: 'I don't want a parent to have to choose between feeding their kids and having their kids looked after.' But, according...
- COVID-19: Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the Morrison government's JobMaker plan to drive our recovery from the coronavirus pandemic? In particular, how...
- JobKeeper Payment (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How many more Australians are unemployed because of the way in which the Prime Minister designed JobKeeper?
- JobMaker (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...
- COVID-19: Employment (7 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. According to the Reserve Bank minutes released yesterday, the unemployment rate has been suppressed because an unusually high number of people have drop out of...
- Donations to Political Parties (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. State governments have led the way with prohibitions on industry donations and anti-corruption watchdogs. In contrast, at the federal level, we still have no...
- Trade (2 speeches, 1 comment)
My question is to the Treasurer: Will the Treasurer inform the House how Australia's record run of trade surpluses is helping to hasten our recovery by expanding new markets and opportunities,...
- Hospitals (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Women from Yass Valley are currently forced to travel an hour to Canberra or Goulburn to give birth. As a result, a number of women have been forced to give...
- Trade with the United Kingdom (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. Would the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government is progressing its jobs and...
- Eden-Monaro Electorate: Health (2 speeches)
My question is to the minister for regional health: According to the most recent public data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, one in eight people in the Eden-Monaro area skip...
- Agriculture Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Drought, and Emergency Management. Will the minister update the House on what action the Morrison-McCormack government is taking to expand trade...
- Rural and Regional Health Services (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Regional Health, . The Queanbeyan GP Super Clinic has had to increase fees, due, in part, 'to the removal of Queanbeyan from the rural and regional...
- National Security (14 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. Will the Attorney inform the House what Commonwealth laws exist in relation to surveillance devices? Are there any recent events that raise questions about...
- Donations to Political Parties (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to evidence to the Independent Commission Against Corruption that the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction was involved in laundering illegal...
- Child Abuse (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister update the House on recent steps the Morrison government has taken in the fight to protect Australian children from exploitation...
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In December 2017 there were more than 100,000 older Australians waiting for the home-care package for which they had been approved. Two years later, more...
- JobMaker (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government's JobMaker...
- Pensions and Benefits (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Given that many debts to the Commonwealth accrue interest, will his government apply the same principle and refund victims of the Prime Minister's illegal...
- COVID-19: Trade (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister assisting the Minister for Trade and Investment. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison-McCormack government has acted to ensure Australian export...
- Sheean, Ordinary Seaman Edward (Teddy) (6 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister, and I ask: does the Prime Minister agree that it is entirely inappropriate for polling to be done in Tasmania on whether Teddy Sheean should...
- JobMaker (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. Will the minister please outline to the House how the Morrison government's trade and energy strategy under the JobMaker plan is...
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Can the minister confirm that as at 31 December 2019 more than 1,130 older Australians were waiting for the approved home-care package in the region...
- JobMaker (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia. Will the minister please outline to the House how the Morrison government's JobMaker plan is supporting our resource...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
A document is 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 to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Parliament (9 speeches)
Mr Speaker, my question to you refers to the resolution of the House adopted on 27 August, 1997, relating to the right of persons who have been referred to in the House, where that person has had...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 41 of 2019-20 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's performance audit report No. 41 of 2019-2020 entitled Design and establishment of the Regional Investment Corporation across entities. Document made a...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (9 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Melbourne from moving the following motion—That the House: (1)...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Women (13 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Franklin proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Employment (1 speech)
ABS data shows that young people have experienced the highest job losses, both before and since the GFC. That really shouldn't come as a surprise, because roughly two in five people in their...
- Australian Made Campaign (1 speech)
I'm speaking tonight in support of the Australian Made Campaign. I'm here to encourage all Australians to join the Aussie Made Club. In recent weeks, my office—like those of others, I'm...
- Cybersecurity (1 speech)
It was 1989 and the world was experiencing the emergence of HIV/AIDS. Exploiting this moment an unstable biologist unleased the world's first ransomware attack, which is malware that holds IT...
- Queensland: Coal Industry (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about my concerns for the coal industry in Queensland. Coal is one of the most valuable exports that we have, and it keeps our prices on the domestic scene as low as...
- Child Care (1 speech)
There are three things we know about accessible and affordable high-quality early childhood education: it's essential for giving children the best and fairest start in life and for putting them...
- Fairfax Electorate (1 speech)
When I was elected to this parliament in 2016, I made a pledge that I would be the Sunshine Coast's man in Canberra, and not Canberra's man on the Sunshine Coast, as an expression of my...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Calwell Electorate: The Arts (1 speech)
Artists have always had to fight to be recognised and funded, and this is especially so during times of economic downturn. Artists were seen as No. 1 in the top-five non-essential jobs in a...
- Grey Electorate: Regional Airports Program (1 speech)
I'm very pleased to discuss the fact that the Grey electorate received seven separate grants under the recent Regional Airports Program. Two of them, Orroroo and Quorn, are for fencing and...
- COVID-19: International Travel (1 speech)
There's no denying that the government's swift and decisive action in closing our international border is one of the key reasons the COVID-19 health crisis was not more severe. I take this...
- Ryan Electorate: Men's Sheds (1 speech)
I rise in the chamber today to talk about a number of organisations in the electorate of Ryan who are doing great things to support the mental health of men in the electorate, and that is our...
- Jagajaga Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
On behalf of the Jagajaga community, I congratulate all our Queen's Birthday Honours recipients. My good friend David McKenzie has received his OAM for a lifetime of service to community health,...
- Canning Electorate: JobKeeper Payment (1 speech)
I rise to update this House on the success of the JobKeeper program in my electorate. New data from Treasury estimates that 3,300 businesses in Canning are benefitting from the program. I have...
- Australia Post, Australian Bushfires (1 speech)
What a disgrace we saw in parliament last night and today, when the government refused to allow debate on the changes to Australia Post that will see letter services slashed to maybe twice a week...
- Sturt Electorate: Creative Industries (1 speech)
I'd like to take the opportunity to talk about the creative industries, and particularly the screen sector, television and film. This is relevant as a constituency statement because, indeed, I'm...
- HomeBuilder (1 speech)
I want to make some remarks, indeed condemn, the government's absolute joke of a housing package: its $688 million renovation scheme. It's the kind of housing package you want when you don't...
- Bowel Cancer (1 speech)
I stand to support and raise awareness for Bowel Cancer Awareness Month. More importantly, today is Red Apple Day. This is about raising awareness about bowel cancer. We know that so many people...
- Refugees (1 speech)
This week is Refugee Week. Australia has welcomed over 900,000 refugees since 1947, and we should continue to welcome and provide safe haven to people who have escaped persecution and...
- Belmonte, Mr Jason (1 speech)
I've spoken to the House before about some of the high achievers who can be found in my electorate of Calare. Today I'd like to recognise one of Orange city's sporting icons, tenpin bowler Jason...
- Renewable Energy, Child Care (1 speech)
Over the last few weeks I have sought and received over 150 submissions from my constituents in Wills on the government's newly released 'Technology investment roadmap discussion paper'. All of...
- Bradfield Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
I'm very pleased to rise to acknowledge the distinguished list of my constituents in Bradfield who were honoured in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours list. I'm struck by the diversity of the...
- Democracy (1 speech)
I'm reminded this week of the importance of defending our fragile democracy in light of what has been going on in Victoria. Democracy is important at all levels, especially in our political...
- Atkins, Mr Darrin, Bruce, Chief Inspector Nicole, APM (1 speech)
I would like to recognise retained firefighter Darrin Atkins. 'Acko', as he is known, is celebrating 32 years of service at Woolgoolga Fire Station 507. He started on 15 June 1988, and has been...
- COVID-19: Private Health Insurance (1 speech)
Private health insurance premiums are up 30 per cent under the Liberal-National government, and, with record out-of-pocket costs, when care is needed hospital cover is at its lowest level since...
- Children's Tumour Foundation (1 speech)
The Children's Tumour Foundation, located in Five Dock, is a true success story for our electorate of Reid. It is an organisation that does incredible work for children living with...
- Werriwa Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
Right now, governments of all levels need to support local communities, especially small and family-owned businesses, to keep the Australian economy moving. They are the lifeblood of our economy,...
- Petition: Health Care (1 speech)
I rise to table a petition on behalf of the Lung Foundation. The petition read as follows— Additional funding for specialist lung cancer nurses. Recognising that the Federal Government...
