House debates
Tuesday, 8 December 2020
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (7 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the member for Melbourne from moving the following motion immediately—That the House: (1) notes: (a) the Prime...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Regional Australia Select Committee; Appointment (1 speech)
On behalf of the Deputy Prime Minister, I move: That the resolution of appointment of the House Select Committee on Regional Australia be amended to replace 'final report no later than 31 March...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That order of the day No. 1, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Lalor Electorate: Lalor Heroes Awards (1 speech)
I rise in this place to share the stories of our Lalor Heroes for 2020. We're extending the nomination process for our Lalor Heroes this year beyond our sports, community organisations and...
- Stirling Electorate: Lotterywest Program (1 speech)
In June I visited an amazing not-for-profit in Perth which was delivering 70 tonnes of food a week to thousands of people. Many were already food recipients, but many more became needy because of...
- COVID-19: Benefits and Payments (1 speech)
Last week, Tesco announced that it will repay half a billion pounds of taxpayer support. The British retailer had been under fire since paying shareholders a 315 million pound dividend in...
- Cowper Electorate: Coffs Harbour Men's Resource Centre (1 speech)
I am constantly amazed by the volunteers and organisations in my electorate. One of those is the Coffs Harbour Men's Resource Centre run by Bridging the Gap Community Services, which is operated...
- Petroleum Export Permit 11 (1 speech)
I've been surfing at Maroubra and along the Sydney coast since I was about eight years old, and I'm passionate about marine conservation and preserving the magnificent coastline and its complex...
- Leichhardt Electorate: Star of the Sea Elders Village (1 speech)
There are many things that I enjoy doing in my role as a local member of parliament but none more than my annual Christmas lunch with the residents of the Star of the Sea Elders Village on...
- COVID-19: Australians Overseas (1 speech)
With deep apologies to Tim Minchin: I really like Christmas! It's sentimental, I know, but I just really like it. And I've heard the prime ministerial promises, but I don't believe that every...
- North Sydney Electorate: 2020 (1 speech)
So many Australians are looking forward to Christmas this year like never before. As we come together as families and friends, we will be celebrating the importance of those bonds that are the...
- La Trobe University: Nexus Program (1 speech)
Today I rise to highlight the Nexus program offered by La Trobe University as part of the federal government's High Achieving Teachers Program. Nexus offers a revolutionary new pathway into...
- Boothby Electorate: Fullarton Road-Cross Road Intersection (1 speech)
My electorate of Boothby contains a wonderful range of local state and national parks, native flora and fauna and significant heritage buildings. These features are some of the main reasons so...
- COVID-19: Australians Overseas (1 speech)
Over recent weeks, my office and I have been working with many Australian citizens and Fraser residents who, through no fault of their own, have been stranded overseas. They've engaged in good...
- BlazeAid (1 speech)
I rise to say thank you to the Wingham BlazeAid team, who, last week, closed camp. I need to give special mention to the camp coordinators, John and Christine Male and Ian Hoy, who've been there...
- Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (1 speech)
Nuclear weapons are the most destructive, inhumane and indiscriminate weapons ever created, both in the scale of devastation they cause and in their uniquely persistent spreading of genetically...
- COVID-19, Moore Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
As a very challenging year draws to a close, I would like to acknowledge the work of our essential frontline workers, emergency services personnel and community volunteers who make our community...
- Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Terrorist Attack on Christchurch Masjidain on 15 March 2019 (1 speech)
A short time ago, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern released the findings of the royal commission into terrorist attacks on Christchurch's mosques. Prime Minister Ardern delivered an...
- Moncrieff Electorate (1 speech)
Through this very challenging year, dedicated community leaders in Moncrieff have been serving our Gold Coast community to address its immediate and future needs. Thank you to the members of the...
- COVID-19: International Travel (1 speech)
All that almost 40,000 Australians want for Christmas is to be able to come back home. All that hundreds of thousands of Australians want for Christmas is for their loved ones to be able to come...
- Western Australia: Bushfires, Telecommunications (1 speech)
In January 2016 my community in WA was devastated by the Yarloop and Waroona bushfires. Across the region over 60,000 hectares of land was burnt, over 160 homes were destroyed and two lives...
- National Integrity Commission (1 speech)
This Sunday marks two years since the Prime Minister and his Attorney-General belatedly, grudgingly announced to Australians they would establish a National Integrity Commission. But, two years...
- Economy (2 speeches)
I would say that the portents for 2021 in the global political synoptic chart do not tend well. There are so many things on the horizon that could make next year one of the most dangerous years...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Australians Overseas (14 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why did the Prime Minister try to deflect attention from the thousands of Australians stranded overseas by misleading this House when he wrongly asserted...
- COVID 19: Economy (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on how the Morrison government's economic recovery plan focuses on getting more Australians into jobs and keeping...
- Workplace Relations (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How can Australians trust this government's claim that his industrial relations changes will boost wages when this government, in its eighth year, has only...
- Infrastructure (4 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...
- Superannuation (4 speeches)
My question is for the Prime Minister. This government has cut penalty rates, presided over record low wages growth and is now coming after Australians' superannuation. Why is the Prime Minister...
- Qantas, Foreign Investment (4 speeches)
I think both sides will cheer on this one, Mr Speaker! Attorney-General, surely the two Cs—COVID and China's bullying, intimidation and degradation—now make self-reliance a national...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on how the Morrison government's decisive economic management is ensuring that the Australian economy's comeback from the...
- Superannuation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Did average wages growth get better or worse in the six years since the Liberal government last froze the superannuation guarantee?
- Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General and Minister for Industrial Relations. Would the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is working to ensure our industrial relations...
- Aged Care (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Thirty thousand Australians have died while waiting for a home-care package for which they have been approved. How many letters has the government sent to...
- Space Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology. I'm very pleased indeed to ask her to inform the House how the Morrison government is growing the Australian space sector to...
- COVID-19: Aged Care (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. This year, 685 aged-care residents have, tragically, died from COVID. We've heard reports of ants crawling out of wounds and residents being left, literally,...
- COVID-19: Trade (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government's approach to diversifying...
- Pensions and Benefits (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Deanna Amato from Melbourne was issued with a robodebt and penalties of $3,215.18. The Federal Court declared that the robodebt notice was not lawfully...
- Cybersecurity (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister update the House on the work the Morrison government is doing to safeguard Australia's economic growth and comeback from the...
- Pensions and Benefits (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will he confirm as a matter of record that his government has agreed in court to the following about his 2015 robodebt scheme: (1) raising robodebt solely by...
- Arts (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government's recovery plan will support the comeback of...
- Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. When will the Prime Minister finally take responsibility for the robodebt disaster and admit he was the social services minister who announced the illegal...
- COVID-19: Defence Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry. Will the minister outline for the House how the Morrison government's investment in defence industry is creating more Australian jobs as part...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the member for Monash right to say the Prime Minister's plan for the NDIS would see participants subject to the whim of: … an unelected,...
- Western Sydney Airport (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure. Will the minister update the House on the progress of Western Sydney international airport, including its positive...
- Pensions and Benefits (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister said in answer to an earlier question that the government stopped the robodebt scheme when it was found not to be 'sufficiently legal', I...
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Regional Health, Regional Communications and Local Government. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison-McCormack government is delivering on its...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Aged Care (1 speech)
To add further to the answer in relation to home care packages, they will increase from 60,308 under Labor in 2012-13 to an estimated 185,597 at 30 June 2021. All those waiting for a higher level...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Superannuation (21 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 Government's attack on...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
In accordance with standing order 133, I shall now proceed to put the question on the motion moved earlier today by the honourable member for Melbourne on which a division was called for and...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Corporations Amendment (Corporate Insolvency Reforms) Bill 2020; Second Reading (3 speeches)
The original question was that this bill be now read a second time. To this, the honourable member for Whitlam has moved, as an amendment, that all words after 'That' be omitted with a view to...
- Corporations Amendment (Corporate Insolvency Reforms) Bill 2020; Consideration in Detail (2 speeches)
by leave—I move opposition amendments (1) and (2) together: (1) Clause 2, page 2 (at the end of the table), add: (2) Page 104 (after line 16), at the end of the Bill, add: Schedule...
- Corporations Amendment (Corporate Insolvency Reforms) Bill 2020; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Treasury Laws Amendment (2020 Measures No. 6) Bill 2020; Second Reading (12 speeches)
As with most Treasury laws amendment bills, Treasury Laws Amendment (2020 Measures No. 6) Bill 2020 contains a number of unrelated schedules. I'll confine my brief remarks today to schedules 1...
- Treasury Laws Amendment (2020 Measures No. 6) Bill 2020; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Civil Aviation (Unmanned Aircraft Levy) Bill 2020, Civil Aviation Amendment (Unmanned Aircraft Levy Collection and Payment) Bill 2020; Second Reading (8 speeches)
In rising to speak on the Civil Aviation (Unmanned Aircraft Levy) Bill 2020 and the Civil Aviation Amendment (Unmanned Aircraft Levy Collection and Payment) Bill 2020, I signal that the...
- Civil Aviation (Unmanned Aircraft Levy) Bill 2020, Civil Aviation Amendment (Unmanned Aircraft Levy Collection and Payment) Bill 2020; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Civil Aviation Amendment (Unmanned Aircraft Levy Collection and Payment) Bill 2020; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Treaties Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, I present the committee's report, incorporating a dissenting report, entitled Report 192: Military Training—Singapore; Digital Economy...
- Communications and the Arts Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
The Speaker has received advice from the Opposition Whip that she has nominated Mr Burns to be a member of the Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts in the place of Mr Husic.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Northern Australia Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
The Speaker has received a message from the Senate informing the House that the Senate has agreed to the resolution: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Joint Standing...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Aged Care Amendment (Aged Care Recipient Classification) Bill 2020; Second Reading (8 speeches)
I want to say, at the outset, that Labor will be supporting this bill. As outlined by the minister in the explanatory memorandum, this bill enables a new procedure to do a shadow classification...
- Aged Care Amendment (Aged Care Recipient Classification) Bill 2020; Consideration in Detail (1 speech)
by leave—I move government amendments (1) and (2), as circulated, together: (1) Schedule 1, page 11 (after line 12), after item 6, insert: 6A Section 86-4 Before "A person", insert "(1)"....
- Aged Care Amendment (Aged Care Recipient Classification) Bill 2020; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Export Market Development Grants Legislation Amendment Bill 2020; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Territories Legislation Amendment Bill 2020; Second Reading (5 speeches)
Labor will be supporting the Territories Legislation Amendment Bill 2020. I note the presence of the minister in the chamber, and I'd like to thank her and her office for their engagement and...
- Territories Legislation Amendment Bill 2020; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Bankruptcy (Estate Charges) Amendment (Norfolk Island) Bill 2020; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance Administration) Bill 2020; Second Reading (3 speeches)
I'll be exceedingly brief, and indeed the House may well facilitate this through before the adjournment. I speak on the Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance Administration) Bill 2020 and say...
- Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance Administration) Bill 2020; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Transport Security Amendment (Testing and Training) Bill 2020; Second Reading (1 speech)
I present the revised explanatory memorandum to this bill and move: That this bill be now read a second time. Australia's transport sector is one the safest and most secure in the world. However,...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Aviation (1 speech)
For 2,000 aviation workers, 2020 just got a whole lot harder. Less than a month out from Christmas, these workers were told by recorded message that they were being made redundant. The decision...
- People with Disability (1 speech)
On 3 December we recognised International Day of People with Disability. This is a day dedicated to promoting and acknowledging the achievements and contributions of those living with a...
- Indi Electorate: 2020 (1 speech)
For my last speech of 2020, I will highlight the outstanding work of my constituents on what matters to them in this most difficult year. Not for one second have I forgotten the honour of...
- Wardang Island Indigenous Protected Area (1 speech)
In August 1998 the Nantawarrina Indigenous Protected Area was declared. It was the first one in Australia. It's in the Gammon Ranges, or near that, in the northern Flinders Ranges, near...
- Covid-19 (1 speech)
From the disastrous bushfires to the outbreak of COVID-19, 2020 has been a hell of a year. In the lockdowns we have endured, we've all been pushed to our absolute limits. This really has been...
- Human Rights (1 speech)
I rise to commend the Human Rights Subcommittee's recent report into the Magnitsky Act, entitled Criminality, corruption and impunity: should Australia join the global Magnitsky movement?, which...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Party Membership (1 speech)
I had a Zoom on weekend with my wonderful Labor Party branch members in my electorate. They're good people who share common values and they come together month after month, year after...
- Herbert Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Earlier this year I was given the incredible, unique and unexpected opportunity when the Queensland state Labor government rejected the $195 million allocated for stage 2 of the Haughton...
- Powell, Professor Alan (1 speech)
For the past 40 years, Professor Alan Powell recorded the Northern Territory's history in a series of books, articles, biographical entries and reviews. Professor Powell was one of the Northern...
- Child Sexual Abuse (1 speech)
Today I attended a briefing from the Australian Federal Police, the AFP, kindly organised by a colleague, the member for Ryan. That briefing was disturbing and confronting. Candidly, it was...
- Bodhi Day, Australian Labor Party: Multicultural Statement (1 speech)
For me, a Buddhist, today, 8 December, is Bodhi Day. Bodhi Day marks the day that Siddhartha Gautama became the Buddha. It's a special time when more than half a million Buddhist Australians...
- Ryan Electorate: Young Community Leader Award (1 speech)
I rise to speak again about some more incredible young achievers in the electorate of Ryan. Each year, I run a young leadership award where local schools put forward students who have gone above...
- Tourism Industry (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge and bring to the House the issue of the dire financial situation facing our travel agents and the tourism industry in general, as a result of Australia's health and economic...
- Fisher Community Awards, Sunshine Coast Stadium (2 speeches)
Among the many events cancelled in 2020 because of COVID-19, my Fisher Community Awards were, sadly, another late scratching. All the finalists had been nominated by my community, the winners had...
- Valedictory (2 speeches)
We arrive once more at the end of another year. It's been a tumultuous year, obviously. We had the bushfires at the start. We seem to have got through to the end of the drought, which is good. At...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Morrison Government (1 speech)
Throughout the world and here in Australia, 2020 has been an extraordinary year. Notwithstanding the struggles and heartaches encountered everywhere there are few, if any, other countries in the...
- Wide Bay Electorate: Local Projects (1 speech)
It's an understatement to say that, with COVID-19, this year may not have been the year we'd hoped for. But in Wide Bay we've achieved a great deal, and there's a lot to look forward to in the...
- Vietnamese Australians, Oxley Electorate: Riverlife Baptist Church, Oxley Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
Over the weekend I was proud and honoured to join with local members of my community and the Vietnamese Community in Australia Queensland Chapter to celebrate their 45th anniversary of...
- Environment Restoration Fund: Threatened Species, Telecommunications: Scam Calls (1 speech)
The federal government's decision to invest into the Environment Restoration Fund demonstrates an understanding of how significant and time-sensitive the protection of our threatened species is....
- Australia-China Relationship (1 speech)
That's an interesting act to follow! Tonight I want to make some remarks regarding Australia's relationship with the government of the People's Republic of China. I would start my address by...
- Moore Electorate: Infrastructure (2 speeches)
In contributing to this grievance debate, I wish to draw the attention to the parliament to three priorities projects within the Moore electorate which would benefit from federal funding in...
