House debates
Thursday, 3 September 2020
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Photography of Parliamentary Proceedings (1 speech)
As the Leader of the House knows, and as members would all know from question time, we have allowed the photographers to shoot from the ceremonial doors. That will continue again today. That will...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Covid-19 (8 speeches)
I seek leave of the House to move the following motion: That the House: (1) notes that: (a) the Member for Hughes and the Member for Dawson continue to claim that hydroxychloroquine...
- Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020; Second Reading (1 speech)
(): I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Today, I am introducing Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Bill 2020. The Commonwealth government has many...
- Higher Education (12 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That the House: (1) notes that: (a) Australia is in its worst recession in nearly a century; (b) more than one million...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Aged Care (12 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That the House: (1) notes that: (a) reports in this morning's News Corp newspapers that up to 100 older Australians are being assaulted in...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Economy (12 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That the House: (1) notes that: (a) this week, Australia has plunged into the worst recession in nearly a century; (b) there are...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: International Travel (1 speech)
[by video link] I have too many of my constituents stranded overseas. They want to come home, but the Morrison government won't let them. In fact, there are nearly 100,000 Aussies who want to...
- Wide Bay Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
The Deputy Prime Minister, Queensland minister for road safety Mark Bailey and the state member for Maryborough have a plan to build a Tiaro bypass that puts road users in danger and lacks vision...
- Blair Electorate: JobKeeper Payment (1 speech)
[by video link] There are over 1,700 meatworkers and their families with an uncertain future in Ipswich. They face a real prospect of permanently losing their jobs. They work at the JBS meatworks...
- Beirut: Explosion (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the disaster that occurred in Beirut on 4 August this year, which was a great tragedy, with over 160 people killed and over 6,000 people injured. The enormity of this...
- Werriwa Electorate: Volunteers (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge and praise all the volunteers in the electorate of Werriwa. As in previous years, I planned to hold a thankyou morning tea during National Volunteer Week in May. Due to...
- Braddon Electorate: paper on skin Exhibition (1 speech)
The Morrison government is committed to helping artists promote their local stories to local audiences in regional and rural areas right across the north-west, the west coast and King Island in...
- Partner Visas (1 speech)
When it comes to partner visas you can't get more mean-spirited than this government. Can I say to this government: would you just get out of the way and let people who love each other get on...
- Grey Electorate: headspace (1 speech)
Next Thursday will mark the official opening of the Port Lincoln headspace. It actually opened its doors on 1 July, so we've been a bit slow, but on Thursday we'll be recognising the fact that...
- SmartBar Walk for a Veteran with PTSD, Mayo Electorate: Cycling and Walking Trails (1 speech)
I recently joined hundreds of walkers for the annual SmartBar Walk for a Veteran with PTSD. This event raises awareness, and it raised around $60,000 for veterans and emergency services...
- Leifer, Ms Malka (1 speech)
I am very pleased to inform the House that there's been a significant development in the extradition case of Ms Malka Leifer. Members may recall that Ms Leifer was the principal of the Adass...
- Hunter Region: Manufacturing (1 speech)
The Newcastle Herald headline today screams, '4,000 lost jobs—how the Hunter's manufacturing industry is shrinking.' And that's on the watch of this government. For seven long years they...
- Ryan Electorate: National Commissioner for Defence and Veteran Suicide Prevention (1 speech)
The Morrison government is delivering on its commitment to address the unacceptably high rates of suicide amongst Australian Defence Force members and veterans. This is an issue that is...
- Morrison Government (1 speech)
The Prime Minister turns his back on Western Australia. His WA Liberal team were happy to choose Clive Palmer over the people of WA, and now the Prime Minister and the Attorney-General are doing...
- Sturt Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I must say one of the silver linings of the coronavirus challenges we've all had has been the engagement of so many people again in the great outdoors. In my electorate of Sturt in particular,...
- Higher Education (1 speech)
I was fortunate to study law at the University of Western Australia, and more recently I've worked in a number of roles at UWA for more than a decade. I'm not from a wealthy family, I didn't...
- Forde Electorate: Sewing for Charity Australia (1 speech)
Throughout this pandemic, we've seen Australians go above and beyond to assist their fellow Australians in a spirit of community and mateship—Australians like Cass Gell from Waterford, who...
- Higher Education (1 speech)
Like the member for Brand, I was the first in my family to enrol to go to university. I wasn't the first to graduate. My mother beat me by six months. She was a little bit more academic than I...
- Bonner Electorate: Seton College (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to show parliament a petition from the Save Our Seton action group, or SOS. Last week I spoke in the House about the impending closure of Seton College,...
- Higher Education (5 speeches)
Our country is in the deepest recession in our nation's history, and this government is making it harder and more expensive for people to go to university, when we should be making it easier to...
- COVID-19: Mental Health (2 speeches)
For some people, 2020 has been the most stressful year of their lives. Thousands have lost their jobs or their businesses. Many of us have faced hard decisions and anxiety about the future. I...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister: Today the Senate censured the minister for aged care, with the support of every crossbencher. Prime Minister, we've heard horror stories of neglect in aged...
- Covid-19 (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline to the House how, in the midst of the global pandemic and COVID-19 recession, the Morrison government is acting to restore...
- COVID 19: Economy (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Australia is in the worst recession in almost a century. Does the Prime Minister take any responsibility for making the recession deeper and longer than it...
- COVID-19: Regional Australia (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. Will the Deputy Prime Minister outline to the House the Morrison-McCormack...
- JobKeeper Payment (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Thousands of businesses are only surviving because of JobKeeper. Why is the Prime Minister cutting support to struggling businesses all over Australia this month?
- Economy: Regional Tourism (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Yesterday's national accounts are seismic. This is the deepest economic downturn since 1945. In the first half of 2020, Indi lost 1.6 million local tourism...
- COVID-19: Economy (7 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House how yesterday's national account figures show the resilience of the Australian economy during this global COVID-19 recession?
- COVID-19: Health Care (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is supporting Australians by continuing to guarantee the provision of essential health...
- JobKeeper Payment (4 speeches)
[by video link] My question is to the Prime Minister. Lisa is a part-time tutor with two kids. What is the Prime Minister's response to Lisa, who says, 'We don't have any savings, and my partner...
- Education: Funding (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government is continuing to guarantee education funding throughout the COVID pandemic?
- JobKeeper Payment (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Pauline is a part-time retail worker and a mum to three kids. Pauline says about JobKeeper: 'The $1,500 is enough for me to survive on, just, including rent...
- COVID-19: Disability Services (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Minister for Government Services. Can the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is guaranteeing...
- COVID-19: Disability (10 speeches)
[by video link] My question is to the Prime Minister. How many Australians with a disability have been infected with COVID-19?
- COVID-19: Cybersafety (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister update the House on the Morrison government's commitment to keeping Australians safe during the COVID-19 pandemic and recession,...
- Eden-Monaro Electorate: Natural Disasters (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. My community has been hit hard by drought, by bushfire, by floods and now by COVID. Why did the Prime Minister fail to spend a single cent from an annual...
- COVID-19: National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. Will the Attorney please update the House on the Morrison government's continued commitment during the COVID-19 pandemic and recession to ensuring...
- Prime Minister (2 speeches)
My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister's failure on aged care is costing lives. His failure on the economy is costing jobs. When will the Prime Minister take...
- Defence Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry. Will the minister outline to the House how, despite the COVID-19 recession, the Morrison government is continuing to deliver on its commitment...
- Economy (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Australia is in the worst recession in almost a century. This week, the Prime Minister cut JobKeeper, cut JobSeeker and cut wages. This hurts families,...
- COVID-19: Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister inform the House how the Morrison government's plans in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and recession are working to suppress the...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Documents are tabled in accordance with the list circulated to honourable members earlier today, and full details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (2 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.
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 5 of 2020-21 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's performance audit report No. 5 of 2020-21, entitled Regulation of the National Energy Market: Australian Energy Regulator. Document made a parliamentary paper in...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Coalition Government (25 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable the Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Speeches by Members; Presentation (1 speech)
Before I give the call to the Manager of Opposition Business, I present three speeches for the member for Adelaide—and the member for Lalor. That doesn't require a seconder. We've had a...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Morrison Government (5 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Manager of Opposition Business from moving the following motion immediately: That the House: (1) notes that: (a)...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
It now being past 4.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Prime Minister (17 speeches)
I move: That so much of standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Manager of Opposition Business from moving the following motion immediately—That the House: (1) notes that:...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (4 speeches)
I move: That the House do now adjourn.
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Economy (2 speeches)
I'll never forget the day that my dad came home and told us that he'd lost his job. I remember the fear in his face. I remember the reaction from my mum. I remember the conversations in the...
- Palmer, Mr Clive (2 speeches)
Clive Palmer announced this week that he's suing Mark McGowan for defamation. Clive is not wrong that he's become 'the subject of ridicule and contempt' and suffered 'damage' to his reputation in...
- COVID-19: State and Territory Border Closures (1 speech)
This will be my fifth speech this fortnight on the excessive border closures that are devastating individuals, businesses and communities in the electorate of Mallee. I have heard many sad...
- Australian Labor Party: Trade Unions (1 speech)
I believe that most Australians have known for years that the Labor Party have no interest in what matters to the ordinary worker. Gone are the days when the Labor Party benches in this place and...
- Srebrenica Massacre: 25th Anniversary (1 speech)
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Bosnian genocide in which 8,732 men, women and children were mercilessly killed in Srebrenica on or around 11 July 1995. Described by the UN...
- Bonner Electorate: Legacy Week (1 speech)
During Legacy Week I would like to take this opportunity to commend local organisations in my electorate of Bonner who are supporting our veteran community. In the span of a couple of weeks, we...
- Aged Care, Parliamentary Friends of Pain Management Group (4 speeches)
Last night I participated in a Health Services Union facilitated link-up with aged-care workers from community and residential care— (Quorum formed) Last night, I participated in a Health...
- Robertson Electorate: Energy (1 speech)
Energy bills are one of the largest overheads for volunteer and community organisations, so the Morrison government is committed to easing some of these financial pressures through the Energy...
- Coalition Government: COVID-19, Superannuation (1 speech)
During this pandemic, my office has worked with many people, from constituents, large manufacturers and one of Australia's largest chemical manufacturers to small business, and there has been a...
- NRL Indigenous Round: Uncle Joe Walker, Page Electorate: Community Awards (1 speech)
I would like to recognise the work of Joseph Walker, Uncle Joe, a local Indigenous artist from Yamba. Uncle Joe's artwork was used by the South Sydney Rabbitohs for their jersey for the NRL...
- COVID-19: International Travel (1 speech)
Like members around Australia, I have been hearing from and trying to assist dozens of people every week who are simply trying to get home from overseas or in some cases hoping to travel in order...
- Agricultural Field Days (1 speech)
Just a few weeks ago, I'd say about five or six weeks ago, the federal government announced support for country rural shows to compensate for the fact that virtually all of them have been...
- COVID-19: Employment (1 speech)
2020 has been a year like no other. First there was the summer bushfires, then the floods and now the virus. Yesterday we had confirmed what so many Australians already knew: Australia is in the...
- Beirut: Explosion, Abdullah, Antony, Abdullah, Angelina, Abdullah, Sienna, Sakr, Veronique (1 speech)
As the House knows, on 4 August two large blasts reverberated through the port area of Beirut in Lebanon. These blasts caused extensive damage across the city with 6,000 injured and almost 200...
- Economy (1 speech)
Yesterday, the great lie of Australian politics was exposed, stripped bare, laid naked, and that great lie is that the Liberals are better economic managers. The party of 'jobs and growth', the...
- Calare Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
Today I rise to pay tribute to those wonderful Australians who live in Calare who were recognised in the Queen's Birthday honours list. We're very proud of them. Well done to the following...
- COVID-19: International Travel, Chifley Electorate: Pay Parking (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on behalf of constituents of mine who are currently stuck overseas and are trying to get back to Australia, but they are finding difficulties on a range of fronts to do so....
- Petition: Falun Gong (1 speech)
I present a petition drawing attention to the organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners in China. The petition read as follows— This petition of certain citizens of Australia draws to...
- Economy (1 speech)
Yesterday was the darkest day in the Australian economy in decades. One million Australians don't have a job and 400,000 Australians are joining them by Christmas. Yet the Morrison government...
- Bradfield Electorate: World War II Veterans (2 speeches)
On 15 August this year, we marked 75 years since the end of World War II. For many, this was the end of many years of pain, hardship and sacrifices. It is important that we recognise the valuable...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Employment (1 speech)
I received an email this week that highlights the jobs crisis facing Australian workers. Rebecca, who is well-credentialed with four degrees, emailed me to say: As the shadow Minister for...
- COVID-19: Vaccines (1 speech)
You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity. Throughout history humankind has made discoveries in the most adversarial of circumstances. The internet, microwaves, zips, the...
- COVID-19: Employment (1 speech)
In the southern suburbs of Adelaide, we have some of the best local businesses in the country. They are the backbone of our local economy and they provide amazing goods and services to our...
- Victory in the Pacific Day (1 speech)
On 15 August this year, we commemorated the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the Pacific. On this day, the Empire of Japan accepted the allies' demand for an unconditional surrender. For...
- Centrelink (1 speech)
Today, I'd like to raise a very troubling issue. It was brought to my attention by Newcastle based Kelso Lawyers, who specialise in compensation for victims of institutional child sexual abuse....
- Moore Electorate: Economy (1 speech)
I am pleased to contribute to this adjournment debate as parliament rises before the next sitting, scheduled in October, when the federal budget will be delivered, in 33 days time, by setting out...
- Milosevic, Lance Corporal Stjepan ('Rick'), Martin, Sapper James, Poate, Private Robert (1 speech)
Eight years ago, almost to the day, Australian soldiers Lance Corporal Rick Milosevic, Sapper James Martin and Private Robert Poate were on deployment in Afghanistan at Patrol Base Wahab in...
- Brinkworth, Mr Tom (1 speech)
Today I rise to say goodbye to Tom Brinkworth. He died at his home in Kingston on 20 August this year, aged 83. Tom was an important member of the community in the south-east. He was a successful...
