House debates
Thursday, 27 August 2020
- Motions (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Hydroxychloroquine (15 speeches, 1 comment)
I seek leave of the House to move the following motion: That the House: (1) notes that: (a) on 25 August 2020, the Member for Hughes gave a speech in the Federation Chamber supporting...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Civil Aviation (Unmanned Aircraft Levy) Bill 2020; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Australians have quickly embraced the development of emerging aviation technologies such as remotely piloted aircraft—otherwise known as...
- Civil Aviation Amendment (Unmanned Aircraft Levy Collection and Payment) Bill 2020; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. In my previous second reading speech, I introduced the Civil Aviation (Unmanned Aircraft Levy) Bill 2020, which established a legal mechanism to...
- National Commissioner for Defence and Veteran Suicide Prevention Bill 2020; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The government recognises the great sacrifices made by our serving and former Australian Defence Force (ADF) members and their families, on...
- National Commissioner for Defence and Veteran Suicide Prevention (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The National Commissioner for Defence and Veteran Suicide Prevention (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020 (the bill) operates in conjunction with...
- Radiocommunications Legislation Amendment (Reform and Modernisation) Bill 2020; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Radiofrequency spectrum is a vital resource which underpins many aspects of Australia's digital economy, such as the operation of fixed and...
- Radiocommunications (Receiver Licence Tax) Amendment Bill 2020; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. As part of the government's reform of spectrum management, today I am also introducing this bill, the Radiocommunications (Receiver Licence Tax)...
- Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Amendment Bill 2020; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I am pleased to be introducing this supporting bill, the Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Amendment Bill 2020, as part of the...
- Clean Energy Finance Corporation Amendment (Grid Reliability Fund) Bill 2020; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Today is the first legislative milestone in our 'technology, not taxes' approach to reducing emissions while we keep the economy strong and...
- Recycling and Waste Reduction Bill 2020; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. On behalf of the Morrison government, I'm incredibly proud to introduce this package of legislation, representing the first time ever a...
- Recycling and Waste Reduction (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2020; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Recycling and Waste Reduction (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2020 is a companion bill to the Recycling and Waste Reduction...
- Recycling and Waste Reduction Charges (General) Bill 2020; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The waste export ban will commence with the regulation of waste glass exports from 1 January 2021. This will be followed by mixed plastics from 1...
- Recycling and Waste Reduction Charges (Customs) Bill 2020; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Recycling and Waste Reduction Charges (Customs) Bill 2020 is the second of three bills being introduced to form the waste export ban charging...
- Recycling and Waste Reduction Charges (Excise) Bill 2020; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Recycling and Waste Reduction Charges (Excise) Bill 2020 is the final bill being introduced to form the waste export ban charging legislative...
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Streamlining Environmental Approvals) Bill 2020; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act is Australia's central piece of environmental law governing environmental approvals,...
- Tariff Proposals (0 speeches)
- Customs Tariff Proposal (No. 2) 2020 (1 speech)
I move: Customs Tariff Proposal (No. 2) 2020. In May, I tabled the customs tariff proposal that established concessional tariff treatment and simplified the import process for hundreds of...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Accounts and Audit Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
The Speaker has received advice from the Chief Opposition Whip that he has nominated Dr Leigh to be a member of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit in place of Ms Payne.
- Human Rights Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present the following reports: Human rights scrutiny report: report 8 of 2020; Human rights scrutiny report: report 9 of 2020,...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Assistant Treasurer, Prime Minister (1 speech)
On Sunday, 60 Minutes revealed allegations of branch stacking in Liberal Party branches in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, and the star of the show was the member for Deakin, the Assistant...
- Lingard, Ms Margie, Lingard, Mr Doug (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge two inspirational members of our northern beaches community who have dedicated their lives in hope of finding a cure for mitochondrial disease. Margie and Doug Lingard have,...
- Morrison Government: China (1 speech)
Managing our relationships with other countries has always been the federal government's job, and of course the federal government should always be determining what is in our national interest....
- Covid-19 (1 speech)
To protect the public against the COVID crisis, governments all around the world have enacted special powers. On 16 March the Australian government declared an emergency under the Biosecurity Act...
- Morrison Government: China (1 speech)
Everyone in this chamber and around the country agrees that our national interest must always come first. But this government's approach to our relationship with China must be scrutinised. Today...
- Lyne Electorate: Local Schools Community Fund (1 speech)
I wish to update the House on the results that the government's Local Schools Community Fund are delivering in my electorate. This fund builds on our investment in schools by allowing individual...
- Morrison Government: China (1 speech)
The Liberal Party always put their own political interest ahead of the national interest. They took Australia into two wars based on lies for political advantage—Vietnam and Iraq. And their...
- Moore Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I'm pleased to announce that the City of Joondalup has been allocated a financial assistance grant for the 2021 financial year of $5.63 million. This includes $2.26 million in local road funding...
- Grace, Mr Edward Laurence (Ted) (1 speech)
This week, sadly, I learnt of the passing of Ted Grace, the former federal member for Fowler and longstanding alderman on Fairfield City Council. Ted was a highly regarded parliamentarian who was...
- Curtin Electorate: Dogs' Refuge Home (1 speech)
I don't know if you're aware but yesterday was International Dog Day. Today I rise to recognise the Dogs' Refuge Home Western Australia, which is based in my electorate in the suburb of Shenton...
- Abbott, Hon. Anthony John (Tony), AC (1 speech)
There are reports today that Tony Abbott, former Prime Minister, is now on the payroll of the British government, promoting British interests ahead of Australian farmers, producers and exporters....
- New England Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
How predictable—the member for Melbourne doesn't like Tony Abbott, and the member for Shortland doesn't support coal workers. Well, there you go. What I'm here to talk about is something...
- Beirut: Explosion (1 speech)
On behalf of the people of Kingsford Smith, I offer my deepest sympathies to those affected by the horrific explosion in Beirut on 4 August. We offer condolences to the people of Lebanon who lost...
- COVID-19: Hydroxychloroquine (4 speeches)
Earlier today, by way of interjection, I was asked, 'What medical journals do you read?' This slur was because I have simply argued that we should take a second opinion on the dictate of state...
- Parkes, Ms Marguerite, Aged Care (1 speech)
I'm honoured to make my first contribution as shadow assistant minister for defence from this magnificent rosewood box that was gifted to us in 1927 by King George. It's made me reflect on the...
- Anderson, Mr Harry (1 speech)
I wish to pay tribute to Harry Anderson, who passed away on 17 June. With a brilliant Scottish brogue and a very warm personality, Harry served on the Hornsby RSL Club board for 15 years and was...
- Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians (1 speech)
When more than 350 aged-care residents have, tragically, lost their lives to COVID-19, today Australians saw the Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians literally demonstrate the Morrison...
- Special Air Service Regiment (1 speech)
Conceived during World War II in the deserts of North Africa, the SAS was established to operate and strike deep behind enemy lines. The Australian SAS was established in 1957 and remains at the...
- Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians (1 speech)
Tragically, 22 of the 23 recorded COVID-19 deaths in Victoria in the past 24 hours are related to aged care. Yet , earlier today in the Senate, this government's aged - care minister turned his...
- COVID-19: Year 12 Students (2 speeches)
In an ordinary year, being a y ear 12 student is a big deal , layered with many pressures . But this is no ordinary year , and a on ce- in - 100-year s pandemic is an extra layer no student would...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Grace, Mr Edward Laurence (Ted) (1 speech)
I inform the House of the death on 22 August of Edward Laurence 'Ted' Grace, a member of this House for the division of Fowler from 1984 until 1998. As a mark of respect to the memory of Ted...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Christchurch: Attacks (3 speeches)
Justice today was delivered in New Zealand to the terrorist and murderer for his cowardly and horrific crimes and attacks on a Christchurch mosque. The world must never see him or hear from him...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Today the aged-care royal commission released a statement that nine out of 10 aged-care facilities in Australia are failing to achieve the highest quality of...
- Covid-19 (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on how Australians are meeting the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic, including in my home state of Victoria, and...
- Aged Care (3 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Today the aged-care royal commission has released a statement that 96 per cent of private, for-profit aged-care facilities are failing to deliver...
- COVID-19: Regional Australia (7 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 regional Australia is...
- COVID-19: Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Under the Prime Minister's own emergency response document for COVID-19, his government is responsible for aged-care infection control guidelines....
- Renewable Energy (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Investments in clean technologies deliver more than twice the number of jobs as the same investment in coal or gas. With unemployment hitting record highs,...
- COVID-19: Small Business (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House how the incredible efforts of Australian businesses, and particularly small businesses, are ensuring our economy remains...
- COVID-19: Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The aged-care royal commission heard that it is well known that many aged-care workers are employed on a casual basis and work across multiple facilities,...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline to the House how the Morrison government is meeting its responsibilities to protect Australia's national interest and keep...
- COVID-19: Aged Care (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Are aged-care workers in Victoria still working across multiple facilities?
- Cybersafety (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government is working to protect Australian families, businesses and infrastructure from...
- COVID-19: Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The royal commission heard evidence that aged-care workers could only use two masks or one glove per shift. How can residents and staff be protected from the...
- Australian Bushfires (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management. Will the minister outline to the House what action the Morrison-McCormack government is taking to ensure...
- COVID-19: Aged Care (14 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. On 12 August, the royal commission heard that some aged-care workers in Victoria still cannot get masks, gloves or gowns. Why?
- Trade (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government is opening up new trading...
- COVID-19: Pandemic Leave Disaster Payment (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why did the Prime Minister wait until 3 August to announce a paid pandemic leave payment in Victoria, after more than a hundred aged-care residents had died?...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. Will the Attorney please update the House on how the Morrison government is protecting the national interest and, in particular, how the government is...
- Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians (7 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Today in the Senate the Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians, Senator Colbeck, turned his back and fled the chamber in order to avoid...
- Higher Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is protecting freedom of speech and academic freedom in our universities?
- COVID-19: Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Why does the Prime Minister downplay the human tragedy in aged care by boasting that 97 per cent of aged-care facilities do not have a COVID case...
- Pacific Step-up (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for International Development and the Pacific. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government's Pacific Step-up is supporting our Pacific...
- COVID-19: Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why did fewer than one in five aged-care workers complete the government's online training module about the use of protection equipment by June?
- Environment (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is supporting economic reform through major environmental initiatives in...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Pandemic Leave Disaster Payment, Aged Care (6 speeches)
In adding to some answers, I would love to be acknowledging the many other ministers I didn't get to acknowledge earlier. I acknowledge ministers in this place and in the other place. In relation...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Documents are presented as listed in the schedule circulated to honourable members. Full details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (5 speeches)
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.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- National Integrity Commission (57 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Whitlam, proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The need for a National...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- JBS Dinmore Meatworks (1 speech)
More than 1,700 workers at the JBS Dinmore meatworks in Ipswich, in my electorate, are struggling. They're struggling because they have been stood down with no pay, as the plant was shut down for...
- Australian Renewable Energy Agency (1 speech)
Earlier today I was able to speak to the newly appointed chair of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, ARENA, Mr Justin Punch, a constituent of mine in Wentworth, who brings to the role of...
- Richmond Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the effects of the COVID-19 crisis in my electorate of Richmond, on the New South Wales North Coast. It's been a very tough time across the country, but particularly hard in...
- Seton College (1 speech)
Recently I was very shocked and saddened to learn that Seton College, on the border of my electorate of Bonner, will permanently close in 2024. Seton College was purpose-built for personalised...
- Infrastructure (1 speech)
Tomorrow is The Daily Telegraph's second Bush Summit. It was held in Dubbo last year, and tomorrow we will be hosted by the wonderful community of Cooma. Last year, the focus was largely on the...
- Cyberabuse (1 speech)
Last week, I had the great displeasure of having my Instagram page impersonated on three occasions. Someone had set up a fake Instagram account under my name, and I was, naturally, very concerned...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Assange, Mr Julian (1 speech)
Eleven days from now, an Australian citizen will fight for his life in a London court as the United States government seeks his extradition. If this Australian is extradited and manages to escape...
- Vietnam Veterans' Day (1 speech)
Like many of us, I attended a Vietnam Veterans' Day memorial ceremony at the RSL club in Taree. The Vietnam War was Australia's longest military engagement in the 20th century and started with...
- Chifley Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
Nearly 70 days ago, I wrote to the minister for infrastructure seeking funding for, in particular, bottlenecks that exist in the Chifley electorate on the road network. In our part of north-west...
- Curtin Electorate: Swanbourne-Nedlands Surf Life Saving Club (1 speech)
Surf lifesaving clubs are an invaluable part of the Curtin community. We, of course, have the best beaches in the world on our side of the country, which are visited by thousands of people each...
- El Halabi, Mr Mohammed (1 speech)
'Every single day I try to do all I can to raise awareness for my son's cause. I want to hold him close and tell him how proud I am for all the work that he's done for Gaza and the Palestinian...
- Covid-19 (10 speeches)
About half an hour ago we heard the most extraordinary attack on the reputation of Professor Harvey Risch by the shadow health minister of this country—statements that were a disgrace. What...
- Solomon Electorate: Military and Veteran Heritage (1 speech)
I am very proud of our military and veteran heritage up in the north of Australia, the place that I represent—Darwin and the rest of the Northern Territory. I want to acknowledge the...
- Assange, Mr Julian (1 speech)
I commend the member for Solomon for his words, being a former member of the Army Reserve. I would also like to acknowledge the member for Bruce. I know that this is an issue where we're both...
- Lilley Electorate: Men's Shed (1 speech)
Next week is national Men's Shed Week, and I would like to recognise the important work of the local Men's Shed in my electorate of Lilley on the north side of Brisbane. Chatting with northsiders...
- Page Electorate: Clontarf Academy (2 speeches)
I'd like to highlight today the fantastic work being done by the Clontarf Academy at the South Grafton High School. The Clontarf Foundation exists to improve the education, discipline, life...
- JobKeeper Program (1 speech)
Let's be honest about the JobKeeper program: if you could have your time again, you'd redesign it. The program rollout has been clunky. Businesses have complained that it's been poorly...
- Cowper Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
Small and medium businesses are certainly the backbone of the Australian economy. Those businesses in my electorate have rolled with the punches over the last 12 months. We've had drought, fires...
- COVID-19: Queensland (1 speech)
I'm a proud Queenslander. During this pandemic I have been even prouder to see my fellow Queenslanders and local residents, in particular, lead the way with managing this pandemic in my home...
- Forde Electorate: Small Business (1 speech)
As all of us across this place know, small and family businesses are the lifeblood of our local economies. In the electorate of Forde that is no different, with over 17,000 such businesses...
- Vietnam Veterans' Day (1 speech)
Mr Deputy Speaker, 18 August was Vietnam Veterans' Day, otherwise referred to as 'Long Tan day'. As I have done every year, I attended the annual commemorative service at Henderson Square in the...
- Ryan Electorate: Veterans (1 speech)
On 15 August, I had the honour of attending the Toowong RSL's service to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. It was an opportunity to pause, reflect and acknowledge the...
- JobKeeper Payment (1 speech)
Yesterday the House passed the JobKeeper extension measure, which of course Labor supports, and now it's on its way to the Senate. I put out a JobKeeper survey to businesses in my electorate. One...
- Wentworth Electorate: Surf Life Saving Clubs (1 speech)
I like to think that my electorate has some of Australia's most beautiful beaches. From the surfers paradise of Bondi Beach to the gentle waves of Clovelly, Sydney's eastern beaches have...
- Newcastle and Hunter Region Vietnam Veterans, Newcastle Electorate: Australia Post (1 speech)
I'd like to draw the parliament's attention to the Morrison government's savage funding cuts to the Newcastle and Hunter Region Vietnam Veterans, one of the lead organisations looking after the...
- Grocery Prices (2 speeches)
Today I'm very pleased to hear the news that Minister Littleproud and Minister Frydenberg have announced an inquiry by the ACCC into the supply chain costs of fresh food, or perishable food, into...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Young Australians (1 speech)
I rise to speak for the last time before I have my baby. I've been thinking a lot about what it means to bring a new person into this world and what that world will be like. This baby will be...
- Mackellar Electorate: Community of Calm (1 speech)
I wish the member for Canberra all the best on what I hear is a very painful process but a joyous one at the end of it. I rise today to acknowledge the work done by the members of a local group...
- Arts Industry (1 speech)
COVID-19 and its impacts have caused many in our communities to contemplate what we as Australians value, how we describe a good life, a contributing life and a strong community. Australia is now...
- Lindsay Electorate: World War II (1 speech)
Earlier this month we commemorated the 75th anniversary of victory in the Pacific bringing an end to the Second World War. 15 August 1945 was marked with celebration as peace was secured. Almost...
- Lilley Electorate: Infrastructure, Lilley Electorate: Aircraft Noise (1 speech)
I'd like to congratulate Bart Mellish, the state member for Aspley, for the fantastic work that he's doing for his constituents in Aspley. In 2017 Bart committed to fix the local level crossing,...
- Media Freedom (1 speech)
We, as humans, must know how to disagree, debate and deliberate. Whilst we may not always like what the media say about us in this House, we must always fight for their right to say it. Civil...
