House debates
Tuesday, 27 October 2020
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Manufacturing (2 speeches)
by leave—The world has changed in unthinkable ways this year. Industries that are normally sure bets for Australia, like tourism, have been amongst the hardest hit by COVID-19. The road...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
On behalf of the , I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the private Members' business notice relating to the disallowance of the Industry Research and...
- Regulations and Determinations (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Aged Care (1 speech)
[by video link] I want to start by congratulating Victorians on what is an incredible day, with two numbers of zero in terms of COVID infections and deaths in Victoria. I am particularly pleased...
- Moore Electorate: Joondalup (1 speech)
I wish to inform the House of the economic development initiatives being undertaken by the City of Joondalup within my electorate in promoting the economic recovery of our community post...
- National Integrity Commission (1 speech)
[by video link] Time's up, Prime Minister. Australians want a national anticorruption commission. There's been the sports rorts scandal, the $30 million that this government paid for airport land...
- COVID-19: State and Territory Border Closures (3 speeches)
The Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister and Cabinet, the member for Tangney, wrote an excellent opinion piece in the Perth Sunday Times. He argued that state borders have their place in...
- Higher Education (1 speech)
We tell our children that the most important thing for your future is education: 'Get an education. Get training.' And this year has been the year from hell for most of the students in my state...
- Tasmania: Carp (1 speech)
Fishing is one of the north-west, west coast and King Island's most popular pastimes and one of Tasmania's biggest tourist drawcards. So today I'm pleased to report to the House that, after 25...
- Horticulture Industry (1 speech)
Hear, hear! I'll echo those sentiments of the member for Braddon. The COVID-19 pandemic and international travel restrictions have highlighted the overreliance of Australian horticulture on...
- COVID 19: Hydroxychloroquine (1 speech)
I rise to update the House on the latest medical research into hydroxychloroquine. Firstly, a peer-reviewed paper published in the International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents concluded:...
- Indi Electorate: Tidy Towns Awards 2020 (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about the Keep Australia Beautiful Tidy Towns Awards held online on 14 October this year. It is my pleasure to confirm that Beechworth, a picturesque former goldmining town...
- Alhadeff, Mr Vic (1 speech)
Vic Alhadeff, CEO of the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies, is stepping down after 16 years at the helm. Vic is one of the great men of multiculturalism in Australia and one of our most...
- Defence Industry (1 speech)
The government has made a huge song and dance about its investment into defence shipbuilding. The announcements have been champagne affairs. The reality has been a cup of cold, weak tea and a...
- COVID-19: Victoria (1 speech)
This week has been a great one for Victoria. Together, we have had a major victory, and our community can now re-open. I'm especially proud of the Chisholm community for achieving zero cases....
- Year 12 Students (1 speech)
No politics from me today—just some words to all the year 12 students sitting their final exams. To say it's been an unusual year for this group is an understatement, especially for...
- Reid Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
Many people in Reid have been waiting close to 20 years to see an upgrade to Homebush Bay Drive. The Morrison government has committed $50 million to the project, which is being delivered in...
- Victoria: COVID-19 (1 speech)
I would like to thank the people of Victoria. Last week in this place, my friend and colleague the member for Gellibrand, Mr Tim Watts, explained, 'It's been hard to be a Victorian in the last...
- Veterans' Health Week (1 speech)
This week is Veterans' Health Week. It's an opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of the health and wellbeing of veterans, current serving personnel and their families. In a year that...
- Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, Australia Post (1 speech)
It's known that the rot starts at the top, and that's exactly what we're seeing unravel when it comes to Australia Post under this government and this embattled Minister for Communications, Cyber...
- COVID-19: Manufacturing (1 speech)
To build a more modern, resilient and competitive economy, the Morrison government is investing $13 billion in advanced manufacturing for the 21st century, including in the critical field of...
- COVID-19: Education (1 speech)
With the last Victorian students returning to the classroom this week, I'm sure we're all celebrating and acknowledging the huge effort they've made—the principals, the teachers, their...
- Queensland State Election (2 speeches)
This Saturday is the Queensland state election, an important election for the Queensland economic recovery for the next four years. We want a government with a plan to boost the economy and...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Victoria (15 speeches)
by leave, I move: That the House: (1) commends the people of Victoria for the sacrifices they have made in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic; (2) congratulates the people of Victoria for their...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- National Integrity Commission (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. This country is heading towards $1 trillion of Liberal debt. The most recent budget contained more than 30 buckets of money with more than $5.7 billion of...
- COVID-19: Morrison Government (4 speeches)
As a proud Victorian, my question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline to the House how the Morrison government has provided crucial support to states and territories to lead...
- COVID-19: Employment (5 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Treasury has confirmed the government's $4 billion Hiring Credit program is only expected to deliver 45,000 new jobs—just 10 per cent of the 450,000 jobs...
- Infrastructure (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: Aviation (6 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Can the Deputy Prime Minister confirm that $715 million meant to help the domestic airline industry during the COVID-19 crisis was extended to owners...
- JobSeeker Payment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, on 31 December unemployment benefits are scheduled to return to $40 a day. To many people this will be a devastating start for the new year,...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer remind the House how the extensive range of economic support, including tax cuts, in the Morrison government's economic recovery plan is...
- Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development (5 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. Can the Deputy Prime Minister confirm that the government has subsidised the use...
- COVID 19: Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer inform the House how the Morrison government has been supporting all states and territories to drive Australia's economic recovery through our...
- Budget: Health (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health: The Minister has announced that the budget includes a landmark guarantee for the funding of new medicines. But, yesterday in estimates, his officials...
- Covid-19 (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government's plan to build capacity in our hospital system through the COVID-19 pandemic has...
- Budget (2 speeches)
[by video link] My question is to the Treasurer. Is the Treasurer aware that, when asked about the government's announcement that its technology roadmap would deliver 130,000 jobs, Treasury...
- Manufacturing (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology. Following on from the minister's statement to the House today on industry and manufacturing, will the minister outline how the...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Australia Post (1 speech)
Yesterday in question time a matter was raised with me concerning LNP promotional material in relation to the candidate for Southport appearing in a licensed post office at Main Beach on the Gold...
- 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)
- Environment (11 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Clark proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government’s...
- Regulations and Determinations (0 speeches)
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
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I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (1 speech)
The EPBC Act exists to protect the Australian environment from harm and to ensure that the incredible living diversity of our continent and our oceans is maintained. It's in the name, after all:...
- Button Batteries (1 speech)
Tonight I rise in the House to speak about the danger button batteries pose to our kids—unfortunately, not for the first and probably not for the last time. My heart goes out to the Conway...
- National Integrity Commission (1 speech)
Another week in parliament and another call from the crossbench for a federal integrity commission, with the member for Indi doing what the major parties won't: placing a bill before the...
- Manufacturing (1 speech)
It was a great pleasure to listen to Minister Karen Andrews give an address to this chamber at lunchtime today talking about the government's priorities to reinvigorate manufacturing in this...
- Warragamba Dam, Cook, Mr David (1 speech)
I get that people love a simple solution. Liberal politicians especially seem to love a quick fix, even if the science doesn't add up. When it comes to the flooding in the Nepean-Hawkesbury...
- Lindsay Electorate: Budget (1 speech)
I have the best job in the world because I get to represent my community of Lindsay and deliver the projects and policies that make a difference to our community. This budget is our plan for...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Broadband (1 speech)
():I was elected in 2007, and I, like many of my constituents, understood then that the internet was appalling. It was a shemozzle in my electorate, as it was around most of the country. One of...
- Mental Health (1 speech)
It's a sobering statistic that almost half of the Australian population will be affected by a mental disorder at some stage in their lifetime. The government, in conjunction with the community,...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
On this government's watch, many of our coalmining companies have dramatically increased their use of labour hire companies. I support our coalmining companies. They pay lots of tax, which we, of...
- Ryan Electorate: Kenmore Bears Junior Australian Football Club (1 speech)
It wasn't just the Richmond Tigers who had a great season this year; so too did the mighty Kenmore Bears in the Ryan electorate. I rise to congratulate the Kenmore Bears Junior Australian...
- Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
We live in difficult economic times. For the first time, more than one million Australians are out of work and the government expects this figure to rise by Christmas. More people are dependent...
- Nicholls Electorate: Rail Infrastructure (1 speech)
I would like to say how proud I am to be the member for Nicholls, under this Nationals government, and to be given this opportunity to deliver $320 million, for the people of Nicholls, for stage...
- Richmond Electorate: Australian Red Cross (1 speech)
The Australian Red Cross is a remarkable organisation that has served this nation with distinction for more than 100 years. I'd like to acknowledge and congratulate the outstanding work of my...
- COVID-19: Year 12 Students (1 speech)
Last Friday it was my pleasure to speak at the year 12 prize-giving ceremony at my alma mater, St Peter's College. In fact, it turned out there was a book I hadn't returned from 2001 that was...
- Travel Industry (1 speech)
2020 has been a phenomenally difficult year for the travel and tourism industry. Labor has been spending many of the last few months highlighting the plight of people who work in this industry,...
- Herbert Electorate: Veterans (2 speeches)
Reaching 100 years of age is an incredible milestone. In our roles as members of parliament, we often have the pleasure of meeting amazing people throughout our communities who have reached or...
- Bills (0 speeches)
