House debates
Wednesday, 26 August 2020
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 18 of the Selection Committee, relating to the consideration of committee and delegation reports and private members' business on Monday 31 August 2020. The report will be...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That notices nos 2 and 3, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Disability Services (1 speech)
Today I speak to and on behalf of people with disability. I ask all Australians to think about what this pandemic is like for them. They've watched COVID-19 rip through aged-care homes,...
- Menzies Electorate: North Eastern Jewish War Memorial Centre, Alexander, Mr Benjamin, OAM (1 speech)
I'm delighted to be able to participate in this direct hybrid parliament. Today I want to acknowledge one of the many ethnic and multicultural communities here in my electorate of...
- Bean Electorate: Norfolk Island (1 speech)
While it only takes me 10 minutes to drive to Parliament House, the furthest corner of Bean is 1,800 kilometres away: Norfolk Island. As you can imagine, the pandemic challenges have provided an...
- Robertson Electorate: Men's Sheds (1 speech)
Men's Sheds build so much more than great woodwork; they build community, connection, mateship, engagement and belonging. To support the wellbeing of local men's sheds in Robertson, the federal...
- Nespolon, Dr Harry (1 speech)
It's appropriate that the House recognises the passing of Dr Harry Nespolon. He died recently after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. He had practices in the Sydney CBD and at Neutral Bay....
- Goldstein Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
Victorians need the support of their leaders now more than ever. While our Premier issues diktats without explanation, our Prime Minister is listening and engaging. Last Thursday the Prime...
- Defence Procurement (1 speech)
The uncertainty and confusion surrounding the future submarine build continues in South Australia. We still have no clarity about where the bulk of the work will be done, and now we find out not...
- Beirut: Explosion (1 speech)
I rise to extend my sympathies to those who have experienced the tragic loss of loved ones following the two large blasts in Beirut on 4 August. We've all seen the horrific vision and the...
- Airborne Research Australia (1 speech)
Last week I went to Parafield Airport to meet with two Adelaide Hills scientists and toured the facilities of their non-for-profit organisation Airborne Research Australia. Dr Andrew McGrath and...
- Polio, Rotary International (1 speech)
Amidst the gloom of the coronavirus pandemic, there has been some positive and, indeed, exciting news on the global health front. Today, health authorities have declared the entire African...
- Australia Post (1 speech)
I rise to object to the lies and the mistruths that have emerged out of Australia Post's senior management that have affected their workforce. People have been genuinely worried about their jobs...
- COVID-19: Meals on Wheels (1 speech)
Today marks National Meals on Wheels Day, and this year it recognises the dedicated volunteer workforce who stepped up to help protect the health and wellbeing of vulnerable Australians during...
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
It's been just over six months since this parliament came together, united in its grief over the tragic murder of Hannah Clarke and her beautiful children, to condemn the scourge of family and...
- Bass Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
Today I rise to express my special thanks to our healthcare workers. When COVID first found its way to Tasmania the response was very swift. A COVID-19 screening clinic was set up outside the...
- Defence Industry (1 speech)
The federal government is all smoke and mirrors on Australian defence industry—photo ops one day, cutting out Aussie businesses the next. Australian defence industry businesses need a fair...
- Moncrieff Electorate (1 speech)
The entrepreneurial spirit required to create future Gold Coast jobs was reignited last week at the Reimagine Gold Coast jobs, skills and industry forum organised by the City Heart Taskforce that...
- Indigenous Flag (1 speech)
This week is the 54th anniversary of the Wave Hill walk-off, which spurred the land rights movement. First Nations people are still fighting for possession of so many things that are important. I...
- Child Sexual Abuse (7 speeches)
I am passionate about ensuring our kids are safe in our community and online. The Morrison government can be rightly proud that it established Australia's first e-Safety Commissioner and passed...
- Liberal Party of Australia (2 speeches)
More sordid details have emerged today about the backdoor kingmakers of the Liberal Party, who apparently determine who sits in parliament. The Australian notes their strategy was 'based on skin...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Mason, Mr Colin Victor James (1 speech)
I inform the House of the death, on 18 July this year, of Colin Victor James Mason, a former senator. Colin Mason represented the state of New South Wales from 1978 until 1987. As a mark of...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Did the Prime Minister's decision to cut $1.7 billion from aged care leave aged-care homes better or worse prepared for the pandemic?
- COVID-19: Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on how the Morrison government's plan for economic recovery is backing Australians by helping create jobs and new...
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister seriously deny he cut $1.7 billion from aged care when page 172 of his 2015-16 MYEFO says about aged care funding, 'The government...
- COVID-19: Aviation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia and the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. Will the Deputy Prime Minister inform the...
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The aged care royal commission's Interim report: Neglect revealed that up to half of all older Australians in residential aged care are malnourished. They're...
- COVID-19: Aged Care (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Mercury newspaper reports that there have been no unannounced safety checks at Tasmanian residential aged-care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic....
- COVID-19: Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on the historic levels of support the Morrison government is providing to help workers stay connected to their employers and...
- Aged Care (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The aged care royal commission's interim report, titled Aged care in Australia: a shocking tale of neglect drew attention to aged-care residents sitting or...
- COVID-19: Vaccine (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister update the House on the Morrison government's investment in vaccine research and development, including the molecular clamp being...
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Productivity Commission revealed older Australians with high-care needs in New South Wales are waiting almost three years for a home-care package. Did...
- Vocational Education and Training (6 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 is supporting...
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. On Monday I asked about a 95-year-old resident at the Kalyna Care aged-care facility who had ants crawling from her open wounds. The royal commission report...
- COVID-19: Small Business (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 is providing...
- Northern Territory: Aged Care (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, sadly, the Productivity Commission has revealed that four out of five older Territorians are not having their care needs met. This rate's...
- 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...
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Productivity Commission has revealed that complaints about the quality of aged care rose by more than 50 per cent in the two years before the pandemic....
- Energy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. Will the minister update the House on how the gas-led recovery supports the Morrison government's plan to create jobs and secure...
- COVID-19: Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The government's report on the deadly COVID outbreak at Newmarch House said families reported weight loss, dehydration, pressure sores and increases in...
- Mining (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia—the place to be! Will the minister outline to the House how the McCormack-Morrison government is committed to the...
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. I refer to comments yesterday by the Liberal MP for Monash, Russell Broadbent, who said he'd sounded warnings about the aged-care sector for years...
- Environment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is streamlining environmental approvals to fast-track economic recovery while...
- COVID-19: Aged Care (13 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Why won't the Prime Minister take full responsibility for the consequences of his $1.7 billion cut to aged care, which made older Australians worse...
- Agriculture Industry (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management. Will the minister please outline to the House the Morrison government's commitment to supporting the agricultural...
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Parliament House (4 speeches)
While members are still here, I have a brief statement I'd like to make for members to hear, and it's with respect to the medical advice that I and the President of the Senate received about the...
- 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 (12 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for McMahon proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The shortcomings of the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Electoral Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2020; Report from Committee (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, I present the committee's advisory report, incorporating dissenting reports, on the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous...
- Electoral Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2020; 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.
- Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Jobkeeper Payments) Amendment Bill 2020; Second Reading (17 speeches)
We are now in the greatest economic downturn that Australia has seen since the Great Depression. Research from the Australian Treasury has revealed just how damaging this can be, particularly to...
- Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Jobkeeper Payments) Amendment Bill 2020; Consideration in Detail (8 speeches)
by leave—I move opposition amendments (1) to (11) together: (1) Schedule 2, items 2 to 8, page 7 (line 3) to page 8 (line 14), omit the items. (2) Schedule 2, item 9, page 8 (line 20), omit...
- Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Jobkeeper Payments) Amendment Bill 2020; Third Reading (3 speeches)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Sandakan Death Marches (1 speech)
Things are tough at the moment. This may just be the toughest year that many of us live through. But I caught up with two old mates recently to help put things in perspective. Reg, who's 97, and...
- Olympic Movement (1 speech)
Before I get into my contribution, I'd like to associate myself with the words from the member for Blaxland. He has walked the track with the Prime Minister, which would have been an...
- Petition: COVID-19: Arts and Entertainment Industry (1 speech)
In accordance with standing order 207, I present an e-petition that was organised by Ms Chloe Dallimore. It is the largest of the e-petitions for the year, having received some 36,141 signatures....
- Condon, Mr Dominic Joseph (1 speech)
While I have this opportunity tonight before the House, I wish to acknowledge the passing of a Brisbane identity and a terrific Australian—Dominic Condon. Dom, as he was known to his...
- Shortland Electorate: Telecommunications (1 speech)
Access to mobile phone reception in our homes is something most of us take for granted. It's an essential component of life in the 21st century. However, many of my constituents do not have...
- Adelaide City Deal (1 speech)
It was my great pleasure two weeks ago to represent the Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure at a milestone announcement as part of our city deal in my home state of South...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- JobKeeper Payment (1 speech)
Over the past six months the effects of COVID on businesses across Australia have been devastating. The hospitality and tourism sectors have been hard hit. This is especially true in my...
- Stirling Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Whilst it has been some time since we have met physically in this place, I'm pleased to report that the Morrison government has continued delivering full steam ahead for the people of Stirling....
- Charitable Organisations (1 speech)
The charity sector has a massive impact on our society and our economy. It is eight per cent of GDP, it has 1.3 million workers—about a tenth of the national workforce—and three...
- Women's Health (1 speech)
In 2018, there were 315,147 births in Australia. Having a baby is a beautiful, joyous occasion for many. Nothing is more beautiful than bringing new life into the world. I know this. I've...
- COVID-19: Western Australia, Brand Electorate (1 speech)
The last five months have been very difficult for the Australian community. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about so much loss—the loss of jobs and livelihoods, and the loss of some...
- Australian Space Agency (1 speech)
The Morrison and Marshall Liberal governments are taking my home state of South Australia to amazing new heights. When I say this I'm not just talking about our historic $90 billion naval...
- Child Care (1 speech)
The reintroduction of child-care fees across the country is holding back our nation's COVID recovery. A recent report from the NAB found that small and medium enterprises, SMEs, make up 99 per...
- Moore Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
I wish to draw the attention of parliament to the many Australian citizens, permanent residents and persons holding valid visas for entry who are excluded from returning to Australia due to the...
- Whitlam Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
Rachael Woods is a 24-year-old young Australian from my electorate. She has been living and working in the United Kingdom for 18 months. She's stranded there. When the pandemic broke, she thought...
- Harris-Gordon, Rev. Dorothy (Aunty Dorrie), COX, Mr Charles (2 speeches)
Dorothy Harris-Gordon, 'Aunty Dorrie', was an important Aboriginal leader in my community. Indeed, she was the first Aboriginal woman ordained in the Uniting Church in Australia. Sadly, she...
