House debates
Tuesday, 1 December 2020
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Coles Group: Workplace Relations (1 speech)
In the past fortnight, the Coles Group has made the aggressive decision to lock workers out of its Smeaton Grange distribution centre in my electorate of Macarthur. This decision has resulted in...
- Beef Australia 2021 (1 speech)
In 151 days, Central Queensland will host Beef Australia 2021 at Rockhampton Showgrounds from 2 May to 8 May. Starting back in 1988 and happening every three years, this will be the 11th event....
- India: Workplace Relations (1 speech)
I've been contacted by many people in our community concerned with the growing escalation of tensions between Punjabi farmers and the Indian government in recent days. Thousands of small-scale...
- Carrick Hill (1 speech)
I am delighted that Carrick Hill, a historic house and garden in my electorate of Boothby, has reopened to visitors with an exciting new addition and art exhibition space. Thanks to the...
- JobKeeper Program (1 speech)
Company profits are rising and so is unemployment. The share market is booming, yet households are battling. The government is right to say that workers would have been worse off without...
- Dose, Mr Brock, Viesis, Mr Archie (1 speech)
I rise today to commend the heroic bravery of two young constituents within the Mackellar electorate. These two 16-year-old boys have displayed great strides of selflessness and courage...
- COVID-19: Visa Processing (1 speech)
I thought it must be April Fools' Day when I heard today that Minister Tudge actually declared that the parents of Australians are not their immediate family members. It would be funny if it...
- Germon, Mrs Lucy Kathleen, OAM (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to the late Lucy Kathleen Germon. Lucy was a well-known personality in Gloucester and received the Order of Australia medal on the Queen's Birthday honours list in...
- Mayo Electorate (1 speech)
Much has been said in this place about how we're doing business differently as members of parliament and how we're using various media and online platforms to connect with our constituents and...
- Road Safety (1 speech)
Residents of the Hepburn Heights estate are concerned about road safety for the busy intersection of Walter Padbury Boulevard and Hepburn Avenue in Padbury, in particular for vehicles making...
- Superannuation (1 speech)
After reading the government's retirement income review I think the Treasurer needs to do himself a favour and go and watch the Australian classic, The Castle. Maybe then he'd understand the...
- Curtin Electorate: Christmas (1 speech)
Christmas is just around the corner, and I want to take the opportunity to acknowledge the talent and creativity of the over 300 primary school children across my Curtin community who...
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
Over 16 days of global activism, more than 6,000 organisations in 187 countries are leading the call for the elimination of all forms of gender based violence. Here in Australia, it's to our...
- Canning Electorate: Local Sport (1 speech)
Local sport is vital for a healthy community and a strong country. It encourages pride in our community, it instils service through volunteering, and it teaches our young people to strive for...
- Sexual Harassment (1 speech)
My dear friend Angela Buckingham just published her first book, Powerful Princesses, with stories about women from history who, as she puts it, 'took action because they had a sense of...
- Australia Post (1 speech)
John Maynard Keynes said: 'When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?' Well, I tell you what: I'm going to change my mind on my previous statements about Christine Holgate. I...
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
I'm really proud to be part of a Labor team that will introduce a private member's bill into this place to provide for 10 days paid family violence leave. At the moment, five days unpaid leave is...
- Sandy Point Rural Fire Brigade, Menai Rural Fire Brigade (1 speech)
The Sutherland shire and areas around Wattle Grove have a long history of bushfire, with a major bushfire occurring every few years over the past century. Hopefully, with the cooler weather...
- Domestic and Family Violence (2 speeches)
Labor will introduce into the parliament a private member's bill to provide 10 days paid domestic violence leave as a universal workplace right in the national employment standards. There must be...
- Berowra Electorate: Roads (2 speeches)
New Line Road is a major bottleneck in my electorate. It causes headaches for people getting to and from work and for families getting their children to and from school. It's one of the major...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Why has the Treasurer been congratulating himself on the economy when there are still 2.4 million unemployed or underemployed Australians and the jobless queues...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I'd like to welcome to the gallery, welcome back, former Treasurer and former Ambassador to the United States Joe Hockey. It's good to see you. Honourable members: Hear, hear!
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Why is the Treasurer congratulating himself on the economy when in the eighth year of this Liberal government wages growth has never been weaker?
- Infrastructure (6 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and the Morrison-McCormack government's delivery of infrastructure is boosting regional communities and supporting our comeback from the COVID-19 recession?
- Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Treasurer, why are you congratulating yourself on the economy when your budget shows that unemployment won't return to pre-COVID levels for more than four years?
- Wine Exports (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, . South Australia produces half of the nation's wine and 80 per cent of the wine that's exported. Wine export to China is worth $1.2 billion...
- COVID-19: Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on how the Morrison government's strong budget measures and programs are helping to ensure that our economic comeback from the...
- COVID-19: National Disability Insurance Scheme (8 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I join with you in giving a shout-out to Joe Hockey, who was part of the class of '96, and also to the refinery delegates who are here talking about their jobs. My question is...
- Tourism (2 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-McCormack government is providing...
- Aged Care and Disability Services (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Why does the Morrison government keep leaving vulnerable Australians behind? Isn't that what the aged-care royal...
- Manufacturing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology. Will the minister inform the House how the Morrison government's commitment to the manufacturing sector is helping create jobs...
- Pensions and Benefits, Madgwick, Mr Jarrad (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Government Services. I refer to his answer yesterday concerning the tragic suicide of robodebt victim Jarrad Madgwick. I spoke to Kath, his mum, last night, and...
- Covid-19 (2 speeches)
My question as to the Minister representing the Minister for Defence. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is working with international partners during our comeback...
- Pensions and Benefits (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Government Services. Yesterday in this House, the minister promised parliament that he would deliver to me data relating to the reports the government received...
- Agriculture (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison-McCormack government is driving our economic comeback...
- Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Government Services. Can the minister confirm the Administrative Appeals Tribunal first determined that robodebt was illegal in March 2017, and on at least 75...
- Mining Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General and Minister for Industrial Relations. Will the minister, please, outline to the House how the Morrison government's industrial relations reforms play a...
- Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. In January 2017 the Attorney-General described Labor's call to stop the illegal robodebt scheme as 'one of the dumber things I've heard'. Given the...
- HomeBuilder (2 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Housing. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government's HomeBuilder grant is helping Australians build a...
- Pensions and Benefits (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Government Services. Why did the government persist with its robodebt scheme when it knew the debt notices were inaccurate, and it kept sending them; it knew...
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. Will the minister update the House on the Morrison government's progress on reaching Australia's emissions reduction targets?
- Pensions and Benefits (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Government Services. The minister said in question time today that its robodebt scheme is neither unlawful nor that any documents exist that prove that the...
- Koalas (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is protecting and preserving the natural environment and our native species,...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Days and Hours of Meeting (1 speech)
I present a chart showing the program of sittings for 2021. Copies of the program have been placed on the table. I ask leave of the House to move that the program be agreed to. Leave granted. I...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Documents are tabled today in accordance with the list circulated to honourable members earlier today. Full details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Pensions and Benefits; Presentation (2 speeches)
I seek to re-table Kath Madgwick's handwritten letter to parliament. During question time the government was tabling a plethora of documents. Kath Madgwick, I think, has earned the right to at...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 20 of 2020-21 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's performance audit report No. 20 of 2020-2021, entitled Management of the Australian Public Service's workforce response to COVID-19: Australian Public Service...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: International Travel (12 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable Deputy Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Extension of Coronavirus Support) Bill 2020; Second Reading (3 speeches)
This bill effectively returns the unemployment payments to the old Newstart rate after the 31 March 2021 by removing the minister's power to make a regulation to pay the coronavirus supplement...
- Exports (1 speech)
Australia's exports have performed remarkably well, despite the challenges of the global coronavirus pandemic. Australian Bureau of Statistics figures for October 2020 indicate that exports of...
- Dairy Industry (1 speech)
The dairy industry is one of Australia's most important agricultural sectors. Each year 5,700 dairy farms produce 8.8 billion litres of milk, employing 46,200 people and generating around $3.2...
- Energy (1 speech)
Creating and sustaining local jobs is the key to our economic recovery plan. Businesses are the job creators of our economy. As we emerge from the coronavirus pandemic we are putting in place the...
- Valedictory (1 speech)
I think everybody in this place would agree that it's been one hell of a year. We are very much looking forward to Christmas. I stopped by Harris Farm fruit markets on Friday. I saw the first...
- Energy (1 speech)
I was thinking about giving the member for Sydney an extension of time so she'd get to thanking me, but that's fine. I thank her for the job she's done, and I concur with her remarks about all...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Sydney Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
Madam Deputy Speaker Wicks, it's been a tough year for most Australians but it's been a tough year, too, for people in my electorate. It's been a very testing time for our community. COVID-19 has...
- Lindsay Electorate: School Visits (1 speech)
Happiness by helping—isn't that a fantastic motto for a school to have? That's the motto of Emu Heights Public School that the Prime Minister Zoomed into last week when I visited the...
- Blair Electorate: Inland Rail (1 speech)
I'm concerned that the Inland Rail will have a high impact on and a low benefit for my community. I'm concerned that the Morrison government is bulldozing ahead with this particular project,...
- COVID-19: Queensland (3 speeches)
On a somewhat sombre note, with Queensland announcing $130 billion debt today, it's of some concern that we live in a state that not only didn't pull its weight with COVID, but failed to increase...
- Leaford, Mr John (1 speech)
Many people in our communities reinforce what an honour it is to be able to represent them in this place. Today, I wish to acknowledge Whittlesea's John Leaford. John is someone who epitomises...
- Brisbane Electorate: Christmas Card Design Competition, Brisbane Business District (1 speech)
Each year, I have the distinct pleasure of running and judging a Christmas card design competition in my electorate of Brisbane. The entrants are local primary school students, and the...
- Hotham Electorate: Travel Agencies (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on behalf of the many travel agency operators and their employees and their families who live in my electorate of Hotham. I was lucky, a few weeks ago that a group of people...
- Deaf People (2 speeches)
I wish to take the time today to raise awareness for deaf people in Chisholm and all over Australia. I will use Auslan to deliver my speech today. As many of you will know, we celebrated the...
- Lacey, Mr Graham, Worrall, Mr Graham Stewart (1 speech)
That was a very good effort. I rise to mourn the passing of Graham Lacey. Graham was a true believer, a trade unionist, and always on the side of the battler, the underdog. He was a grassroots...
- Capricornia Electorate: Developing Northern Australia Conference (2 speeches)
I wish to take this opportunity to speak about an important event: the annual Developing Northern Australia Conference, which was held in my electorate of Capricornia last week. As a proud...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Joint Standing Committee on Migration; Report (4 speeches)
The report is a good bit of work as far as it goes, and at the outset I want to thank the chair for the way in which he conducted the enquiry. He is a decent man, a little bit too politically...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (1 speech)
I have to confess I'm a little envious of many members opposite—people like the member for Dawson, the member for Hinkler and the member for Hughes—who are untroubled by one of the...
- Science (1 speech)
I hoped the previous member would stay for this debate, because he has been talking about how important science is, and that is actually the topic of my contribution this evening. I am very...
- Parramatta Electorate: Parramatta Light Rail (1 speech)
Anybody who has been in the Parramatta CBD lately will really relate to this story. I went to my office a couple of weeks ago. I walked on the footpath and I was going to go in my front door, but...
- National Housing and Homelessness Agreement (1 speech)
Perhaps it is common ground that we both agree we have grievances with our respective state governments. Certainly that is a position on which we agree. In my maiden speech, I talked about...
- Cowan Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
I rise on this grievance motion tonight to take the opportunity to talk about some of the cases in my electorate of families that have been separated because of the pandemic this year and who...
- Rural and Regional Australia: Housing (2 speeches)
All of us as MPs, particularly regional and rural MPs, want to see our regions grow and prosper. The Liberal-National government since 2013 has had a decentralisation agenda to support our...
