House debates
Thursday, 18 June 2020
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Automotive Industry (9 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That the House: (1) notes that: (a) on the 17th February 2020 General Motors announced the retirement of the Holden Brand in Australia; and (b) the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Government Response (1 speech)
For the information of honourable members, I present a schedule of the status of government responses to committee reports as at 17 June 2020. The schedule will be incorporated in Hansard. The...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (2 speeches)
I move: That business intervening before order of the day No. 1, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Road Safety Joint Select Committee; Membership (1 speech)
The Speaker has received a message from the Senate informing the House that Senator Sterle as a member and Senator Gallagher as a participating member have been discharged from the Joint Select...
- Resolutions of the Senate (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (13 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent Member for Grayndler moving the disallowance motion on Australia Post which appears on the Notice Paper as private...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Approval of Work (1 speech)
) ( ): On behalf of the Assistant Treasurer I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, it is expedient to carry out the following proposed work which...
- Migration Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of Joint Standing Committee on Migration, I present the committee's report entitled Report of the inquiry into migration in regional Australia. Ordered that the report be made a...
- Migration Joint Committee; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
I move: That the order 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 7of 2020 Ordered that the report be made a...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
The Queen's birthday honours recognised outstanding members of the electorate of Macquarie. Christine Killinger received an OAM for her work with Cancer Wellness Support, Slow Food Blue Mountains...
- Chisholm Electorate: Box Hill City Oval (1 speech)
Community facilities such as Box Hill City Oval are incredibly important for local communities. Box Hill City Oval stages eight state and local sporting leagues, with 2,300 players and coaches...
- Coalition Government (1 speech)
The Liberals have been played for fools, wasting taxpayers' money privatising work to expensive consulting firms. I have a transcript of a secret recording reported in the Financial Review...
- COVID-19: McCrindle Research Survey (1 speech)
Mark McCrindle, an entrepreneur in my electorate, founded McCrindle Research, a small business invested in helping organisations understand social and demographic trends and respond to the...
- COVID-19: Northern Territory (1 speech)
I have been extremely proud of the Territory and Territorians throughout this COVID-19 crisis and now into the economic recovery. The NT has, once again, carried a large burden of this latest...
- Bell, Flight Lieutenant John Napier (Dinger) (1 speech)
Today marks the 80th anniversary of the tragic wartime accident that took the life of John Napier (Dinger) Bell. John was born on 25 April 1916, son of a local storekeeper and raised at Farina,...
- COVID-19: Arts (1 speech)
Art is a central part of how we express and define ourselves as a society. It is how we tell our stories, it's an important vehicle for political commentary and it's where we turn for...
- Lindsay Electorate: J Sinclair Engineering (1 speech)
Western Sydney is full of aspirational people. We know this because over 300,000 people commute out of Western Sydney every day for work. Lindsay is home to people who are working hard in their...
- COVID-19: Manufacturing (1 speech)
We called in members of parliament in North Queensland to a briefing by one of the two or three biggest major hospitals in northern Australia. They went through whether they had the weapons to...
- Hindu Council of Australia (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge the excellent work of the Hindu Council of Australia. The Hindu Council of Australia's headquarters is based in my electorate of Reid—in Homebush, very close to...
- Richmond Electorate: Newspapers (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge and pay tribute to the local print media on the New South Wales North Coast. It's deeply concerning that several of our local newspaper will soon become digital-only. It was...
- Heritage Bank (1 speech)
All members of this parliament, I'm sure, are rightly interested in the performance of Australian banks. Indeed, it's a topic of discussions, debates, committee hearings and even a royal...
- Gilmore Electorate: Australia Post (1 speech)
In areas like my electorate the local posties are more than just someone who delivers letters. They are friends and neighbours. They are part of our community. The electorate of Gilmore has one...
- Sunshine Coast Airport (1 speech)
Deputy Speaker, the first step in any growth strategy is to protect your core. It is to do more with your strengths. One of the great strengths of the Sunshine Coast is our airport, and it's not...
- COVID-19: Employment (1 speech)
The latest job figures have just been released, and they are horrendous: 230,000 people have lost their jobs in the last month alone. Women and young people are the hardest hit. These are real...
- Braddon Electorate: Rapid Relief Team (1 speech)
Across the north-west, the west coast and King Island, our dedicated charitable and not-for-profit organisations are at the forefront of our local support network, and they're there in good times...
- Employment (1 speech)
Sadly, this government is leaving Australians behind. Today, we saw unemployment figures at 7.1 per cent, with nearly 200,000 jobs going in the month of May. But we know, sadly, that this doesn't...
- Central Queensland Rural Health (1 speech)
Central Queensland Rural Health has been operating for over 25 years, providing quality health services to the residents of Central Queensland. They represent GPs, allied health professionals,...
- Sheean, Ordinary Seaman Edward (Teddy) (1 speech)
The point of having an independent Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal is to ensure that the only considerations are the evidence and merit. The tribunal unanimously supported Tasmanian...
- South Australia: Tourism (2 speeches)
This week, the Premier of Victoria said: I don't want to be offensive to South Australians, but why would you want to go there? Premier, I get it. You've had a bad week! You've had a really bad...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- JobKeeper Payment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why won't the Prime Minister admit that this recession is harsher and unemployment queues are longer because he designed JobKeeper that way? Why has the...
- JobMaker (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline to the House how today's unemployment figures underline the importance of the Morrison government's JobMaker plan to drive...
- JobKeeper Program (24 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Under this Prime Minister, Australia has entered its first recession in three decades. Australia now has an effective unemployment rate of 11.3 per cent. How...
- 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...
- Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Under this Prime Minister, Australia has entered its first recession in three decades. Some 835,000 Australians have lost their jobs since March. How many...
- Agriculture Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management. To meet biosecurity requirements in international markets, SA growers must freight to irradiation facilities in...
- Employment (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer remind the House of the Morrison government's strong record in creating jobs? How will the Morrison government's JobMaker plan ensure more jobs...
- Australia Post (2 speeches)
My question is to the Leader of the Opposition under standing order 99, and it relates to the motion standing in his name with respect to the disallowance of the Australia Post regulations. I...
- COVID-19: Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister please update the House on what measures the Morrison government is taking to protect Australian jobs by working to avoid a second...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Under this Prime Minister, Australia has entered its first recession in three decades. Can the Prime Minister confirm that women and younger workers have...
- JobMaker (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government's JobMaker plan will help Australian industry by ensuring...
- Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Financial Review reports today: The Morrison government believes moving people from JobKeeper to JobSeeker beyond the end of September will maximise...
- Coalition Government (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister outline to the House why the Morrison government's sound and consistent decision-making process is so important to keep...
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Under this Prime Minister, Australia has entered its first recession in three decades. How many Australians will lose their jobs? And how many businesses...
- COVID-19: JobMaker (2 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General and Minister for Industrial Relations. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government's JobMaker plan includes consideration of...
- JobKeeper Payment (8 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to reports in today's The West Australian that the Treasurer is holding dinners with backbenchers to decide which workers will be kicked off JobKeeper...
- HomeBuilder (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is helping Australians into their first home and at the same time supporting jobs in...
- Vocational Education and Training (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. On 2 July last year, the government promised 80,000 new apprenticeships, but, even before coronavirus, 140,000 apprenticeships and traineeships had been lost...
- Defence Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government is creating jobs in the defence industry to support our economic recovery...
- Higher Education (4 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. It's reported today that the number of applications for university has doubled this year, but thousands of young people will miss out on a place if the...
- Australian Natural Disasters (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management. Will minister outline to the House the support provided by the Morrison-McCormack government to help communities...
- Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal told the government at least as early as March 2017 that robodebt was illegal. Why did it take until November...
- COVID-19: Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline to the House how the Morrison government is squarely focused on driving Australia's economic recovery from the coronavirus...
- 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.
- Business (0 speeches)
- 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.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Parliament (1 speech)
Yesterday I was asked a question by the member for McMahon about a procedure of the House allowing persons to apply to have a response published in Hansard to comments made about them by a member...
- Questions in Writing (2 speeches)
Under standing order 105(b), may I request that you write to the Minister for Foreign Affairs to seek the reason for the delay in answering questions in writing Nos 153 and 292, the former of...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Tertiary Education (20 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Sydney, proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: How this Government is...
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I have a short statement before we go back to government business. It's on the electronic access control system and a code of practice for the building. As members would be well aware, the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Assange, Mr Julian (1 speech)
Julian Assange is an Australian citizen and was born in Townsville in 1971. He is the founder of WikiLeaks and an award-winning journalist. For the last decade, he has been in confinement or in...
- Inland Rail (1 speech)
The nation has welcomed the announcement by the Prime Minister that, as part of our economy's post COVID-19 economic recovery, the federal and state governments have agreed on the process of...
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (1 speech)
South Australians were, justifiably, horrified when they heard of Anne Marie Smith's cruel, tragic and unnecessary death in the cane chair which had become her bed and her toilet. Anne Marie was...
- Lindsay Electorate: Dunheved Road Upgrade (1 speech)
On the night of the 2019 election I promised my community of Lindsay that I wouldn't let them down. I'm here to tell you today that I am working really hard to deliver on that promise, and I'm...
- Global MND Awareness Day, Cunningham Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
I'm wearing this blue flower as Sunday is Global MND Awareness Day. Motor neurone disease affects more than 350,000 people across the world, and 2,100 Australians are currently living with it....
- Child Abuse (2 speeches)
I want to address the House this afternoon on the disturbing spike in child exploitation and sexual abuse that has occurred during the coronavirus pandemic. Due to social distancing and...
- East West Link (2 speeches)
It is now critically important to start building the East West Link, a road connecting two major highways in Melbourne so traffic in the city can be reduced. This project has been stalled by the...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
People in any electorate and around the country have been aghast watching the latest episode in the disaster-riddled live sheep export trade circus. It's hard to believe that sheep will again be...
- Herbert Electorate: Defence Infrastructure (1 speech)
Townsville is Australia's largest garrison city. We are fortunate to be the home of Lavarack Barracks, RAAF Base Townsville—there are five aviation regiments there—the Ross Island...
- Bowden, Mr Michael John, OAM (1 speech)
Two years ago tonight, members of my local branch of the ALP gathered in Alice Springs to farewell Mike and Judy Bowden, who were leaving Alice Springs to live and be supported by family in...
- Cowper Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate Mr Eric Claussen of Port Macquarie, who was recently awarded the Public Service Medal for outstanding public service to the New South Wales National Parks and...
- Kingsford Smith Electorate: Little Bay Cove Development (1 speech)
Our community in Little Bay continues to fight the big developer, Meriton, and its disgraceful plans for overdevelopment. The Meriton Group proposal to impose high-rise towers on Little Bay Cove...
- Bonner Electorate: Lindum Crossing Upgrade (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to provide the chamber with an update on the much-needed upgrade to the notorious Lindum crossing at Lytton. Just last week I received an email from one of...
- Vinnies CEO Sleepout (1 speech)
After the parliament rises tonight, I'll be taking part in my sixth St Vincent de Paul CEO sleepout with my three children. My parliamentary colleagues Libby Coker, Tony Sheldon, Jason Clare and...
- HomeBuilder, Fisher Electorate: Ready, Set, Go! Program (1 speech)
Mr Deputy Speaker, as you know, before I came into this place I used to be a barrister and, prior to that, I used to be a builder. I worked closely with the Assistant Treasurer to develop the...
- Australia Post (1 speech)
Unbelievably, this week the government has voted to slash postal deliveries at least 19 times. The Morrison government is determined to change daily postal delivery to two days a week and reduce...
- Brisbane Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (2 speeches)
The Queen's Birthday honours list gives us an opportunity to acknowledge the extraordinary achievements and the community service of our fellow Australians. So it's with much pride that I...
- Gilmore Electorate: Manyana Matters Environmental Association (1 speech)
The Manyana community has had a harrowing year this year. The bushfires that ravaged so much of our coast burned the majority of the bushland in this beautiful coastal village. The bushland is...
- Hazlett, Seaman Brock (1 speech)
On occasions, sadly, we receive sad and disappointing correspondence to our offices. Of late, I received a letter from Mr Brad Hazlett, who's very involved with the Air Force Cadets. He's a...
- Motor Neurone Disease (1 speech)
I acknowledge the member for Forde's fine testimony and pass on my condolences to the Hazlett family. This Sunday is the motor neurone disease Blue Cornflower Day, and I'm wearing a blue...
- Page Electorate: Clunes Cricket Club, Hayman, Mr Allan, PSM (1 speech)
Clunes Cricket Club this year are celebrating their 100th birthday, and there is going to be a celebration later this year. In September 1920, the Clunes Cricket Club was formed. Clunes junior...
- Graphene Manufacturing Group (1 speech)
I'm really pleased to see that businesses are moving forward and adapting new ways as they change their business models as a result of COVID-19. Small businesses and manufacturing businesses of...
- Moncrieff Electorate: Volunteers (1 speech)
Volunteers have a strong presence throughout the Moncrieff electorate. Whether it's helping out with local sporting teams, responding to natural disasters and emergencies, or helping local...
- Business (3 speeches)
Supporting businesses is one of the most important things that the government has done during this coronavirus pandemic. But we need to make sure that the support that's been rolled out to...
- Petrie Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
I'm honoured today to speak about the six very special constituents in the electorate of Petrie who were honoured in the recent Queen's Birthday Honours list. On 8 June, the Governor-General...
- Illawarra Hawks (3 speeches)
This morning, residents of the Illawarra woke to this screaming headline from our local paper. Mr Zimmerman interjecting—
- Police and Emergency Services (2 speeches)
I've thanked many people from my south-west for what they've done to help keep the community safe during the COVID crisis. Today I want to mention the St John Ambulance people and our fire and...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Racism (1 speech)
Four years ago this week the British Labour MP Jo Cox was murdered. She was murdered doing her job, which is of course our job—representing people in parliament—by an extremist...
- Melbourne Airport Rail Link (1 speech)
The Melbourne Airport rail link project, which is currently on the books and currently has $5 billion worth of federal government money, has the potential to become a fantastic generational...
- Global Security (1 speech)
I draw to the attention of this House that, in the last 24 hours, the Ukrainian secret service has undertaken raids on a neo-Nazi group, or a cell, that operates in that country, discovering...
- COVID-19: Economy (4 speeches)
This government is a jobs government. It's always been our focus, and it's taken on even greater importance since the efforts to suppress COVID-19. Prior to COVID-19, more than 1.5 million jobs...
- Sydney Harbour Federation Trust (1 speech)
Today's an important day for all those who care about the preservation and conservation of the Sydney Harbour foreshore, including in my own electorate of Wentworth. Today, the Minister for the...
- HomeBuilder (1 speech)
I want to use my time today to talk about the government's HomeBuilder scheme. I appreciate the sentiment of this HomeBuilder scheme. We really do need to intervene in order to create jobs,...
- Child Sexual Abuse (1 speech)
No group in our community is more deserving of our protection than our children. I have spoken before in the House about my own history, and as a parent with five children of my own I feel very...
- Racism (1 speech)
It seems like last drinks for a West Aussie small business. This isn't the first time I've spoken about beer in this place, and I sincerely hope it won't be the last, but this time it is much...
- Moore Electorate: Economy (1 speech)
As we enter the recovery phase following the coronavirus crisis, my vision for greater Joondalup is to see our community, located in the northern suburbs of Perth, grow into a more vibrant...
- Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
Australian workers and people living in this country should be very proud of what Australia puts forward as our social safety net. It is a safety net borne out of a Labor legacy, through the...
- Media Freedom (1 speech)
Freedom of speech, academic freedom, and a free media are the most important pillars of our democracy. In the time permitted today, I would like to set out what is actually a...
