House debates
Thursday, 10 December 2020
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (15 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Leader of the Opposition from moving the following motion immediately: That the House: (1) notes the industrial...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Government Response (1 speech)
For the information of honourable members, I present a schedule of the status of government responses to committee reports as at 9 December 2020. The schedule will be incorporated in Hansard....
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Bill 2020; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The first priority of the Morrison government is the safety and security of Australians. Millions of Australians use power, water, banking and...
- Migration and Citizenship Legislation Amendment (Strengthening Information Provisions) Bill 2020; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Migration and Citizenship Legislation Amendment (Strengthening Information Provisions) Bill 2020 enhances the government's ability to uphold...
- Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill 2020; Second Reading (18 speeches)
Labor supports the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill 2020. We welcome the long-overdue repeal of the questioning and detention warrant power, a power which has never...
- Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill 2020; Consideration in Detail (5 speeches)
by leave—I move amendments (1) to (30) as circulated in my name together: (1) Schedule 1, item 10, page 7 (after line 26), after the definition of imminent, insert: issuing authority means:...
- Australian Security Intelligence Organisation 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.
- Aviation Legislation Amendment (Liability and Insurance) Bill 2020; Second Reading (4 speeches)
Firstly, I'll frame the context for the Aviation Legislation Amendment (Liability and Insurance) Bill 2020. The Australian government is examining options to further support and strengthen the...
- Aviation Legislation Amendment (Liability and Insurance) 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.
- Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Continuation of Cashless Welfare) Bill 2020; Consideration of Senate Message (6 speeches)
I move: That the amendments be agreed to.
- Transport Security Amendment (Testing and Training) Bill 2020; Second Reading (9 speeches)
I rise to speak on the Transport Security Amendment (Testing and Training) Bill 2020. This bill would amend the Aviation Transport Security Act 2004 and the Maritime Transport and Offshore...
- Transport Security Amendment (Testing and Training) 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.
- Sport Integrity Australia Amendment (World Anti-Doping Code Review) Bill 2020; Second Reading (1 speech)
I present the explanatory memorandum to the bill, and I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Australian government is a strong advocate for clean and fair sport, as demonstrated by...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Natural Disaster Risk Reduction Framework (2 speeches)
by leave—Today I would like to update the House about the critical work that the government has done to reduce natural disaster risks and increase Australia's resilience. In February this...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Environment (1 speech)
In 2020, raw sewage should not be pumped into one of Sydney's major waterways, but that's exactly what's occurring at Botany Bay during heavy rain. Sydney Water has been regularly discharging...
- Curious Minds Program (1 speech)
Congratulations to Tallirah Gale from Ulverstone Secondary College, who has been invited to participate in this year's Curious Minds program. Funded by the federal government, this program brings...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
Yesterday the government introduced legislation that would cut workers' pay. Twenty-four hours later, from reading the media, it looks like the Minister for Industrial Relations is under pressure...
- National Farmers Federation: Regional Digital Tech Hub (1 speech)
An Albanese federal Labor government is a bit like a mirage in the desert. I don't think it's coming any time soon, but, anyway, there you go. There is a percentage of people who still think that...
- Coalition Government (1 speech)
I am looking forward for 2021. It has been a difficult year. I know many Australians have had a very rough time. People have lost their jobs, people have been managing chronic ill health or...
- Valedictory (1 speech)
I'm just trying to keep a straight face here. As we come to the end of a long and difficult year I'd like to extend my gratitude to the community of Wentworth for keeping New South Wales COVID...
- Nurses (1 speech)
I would like to read from a letter that Cecilia Webster recently wrote to me on behalf of all nurses: 'As everyone knows 2020 is the World Health Organization's Year of the Nurse and the Midwife....
- Child Abuse (1 speech)
There is no more important responsibility for this House than protecting our vulnerable kids in Australia. Child sexual abuse is a very real threat. It is a scourge. We must not shy away from it...
- Environment (1 speech)
Single-use plastics are one of the biggest environmental threats of our time. On average, Australians use 130 kilograms of plastic per person each year and only nine per cent of that is recycled....
- Sturt Electorate: Landcare Australia (1 speech)
I'm very lucky to have an electorate that is beautifully nestled between the Adelaide foothills and the River Torrens. So it's no surprise—that being the catchment for the upper...
- McEwen Electorate (3 speeches)
It is the last day of parliament for the year, hopefully, and I want to put on record my thanks to my family for this year. It has been a tough year for everyone. It has been a tough year for all...
- Herbert Electorate (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to the people of Townsville for everything they have done and been through the last few years. Their resilience and sense of community has...
- Bendigo Electorate: Karen Community (1 speech)
Many in our Bendigo Karen community are facing long delays when it comes to applying for and receiving Australian citizenship. It is one of the most significant issues that has been identified as...
- COVID-19: Australia (1 speech)
The year 2020 is coming to an end. Thank God for that! Hallelujah! As years go, this one has been an absolute shocker. A global pandemic hit. Lives were lost and livelihoods were shattered. It...
- Morrison Government (1 speech)
I present to the House 'The Scandals of Christmas': On the first day of Christmas the PM sent to thee, thirty million for a piece of land that was only worth three. On the second day of Christmas...
- Bonner Electorate: Christmas Appeal (1 speech)
I'd like to finish the year on a positive note. The 2020 Ross Vasta Christmas Appeal has only one week to go, and I would like to thank everyone who has donated so far. This year I partnered with...
- Australia Post (1 speech)
The pandemic shone a spotlight on essential workers who are too often overlooked and I would like to shout out to our beloved posties. Like so many workers who got us through the pandemic,...
- Trade Unions (1 speech)
For years I have been a fierce critic of Australia's most lawless organisation, the muscle faction of the ALP, the CFMEU. Recently, I've picked up an unlikely new ally: the members of the CFMEU....
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
First it was snapback, then it was comeback and now it's cutback—cutting back wages and conditions and presiding over the worst growth in wages that this country has ever seen. Under this...
- Chambers, Dr Kevin, OAM (2 speeches)
Forty-three years ago my husband and I moved to Mildura for his internship at the Mildura Base Public Hospital. One of the first specialists we met was a man called Kevin Chambers, a general...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Morrison Government (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How can Australians trust what this PM says about wages when he has a history of making misleading statements, including, denying the $1.7 billion cut from...
- Economy (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I ask: will the Prime Minister back down on the cut to take-home pay that he claims he hasn't made?
- COVID-19: Business (4 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 how the Morrison-McCormack...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the former finance minister's statement that low wages are a deliberate design feature of our economic architecture. Will the Prime Minister admit...
- Climate Change (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The 2020 UN Production gap report has reported that the world is heading for a temperature rise in excess of three degrees on current emission reduction...
- COVID-19: Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House how the Morrison government's economic support continues to help Australian families and businesses and how grateful this...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industrial Relations. Yesterday the minister denied that a personal carer in aged care could lose up to $11,000 a year from their take-home pay under the...
- COVID-19: Healthcare Workers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister update the House on our national health response to COVID-19 and in particular how the Morrison government recognises and gives thanks...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that, under his new workplace laws, workers who stack supermarket shelves five nights a week from 6 pm to 10 pm could lose up...
- COVID-19: Manufacturing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology. Will the minister please outline to the House how the Morrison-McCormack government recognises and thanks Australia's...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industrial Relations. Under the government's legislation, a cleaner working part-time could lose $6,600 a year from their take-home pay. Why is the Prime...
- Australian Defence Force (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Defence. Would the minister outline to the house how the Morrison government recognises and thanks the incredible work of Australia's...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Under the Prime Minister's new workplace laws, a pharmacy assistant working a 38-hour week could lose $6,000 a year. Why is the government's Christmas...
- Australian Natural Disasters (2 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management. Will the minister inform the House how the Morrison-McCormack government recognises and thanks Australians and,...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industrial Relations. Under the Prime Minister's workplace laws, a cook working from 6 am to 2 pm for five days a week, including weekends, could lose more than...
- Australia: 2020, National Disability Insurance Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Families and Social Services. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government recognises and thanks the incredible...
- Workplace Relations (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industrial Relations. I refer to the report in the Fin Review, 'Porter retreats in union brawl', saying that the provision to cut take-home pay was included at...
- COVID-19: Education (4 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Education. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government recognises and thanks the remarkable efforts of Australia's childcare...
- Budget (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why do the Prime Minister and the government constantly make big announcements without delivering them, including spending $6.8 billion less on...
- COVID-19: Trade (2 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-McCormack government recognises and thanks...
- Morrison Government (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister agree that his eight-year-old government is riddled with waste and scandal, including spending $30 million on airport land that was...
- COVID-19: Pacific Islands (5 speeches)
My question goes to— Ms Murphy interjecting—
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Member for Lingiari (11 speeches)
Last night we saw a very successful collaboration across the parliament to ensure two seats for the Northern Territory into the future. I want to thank the Prime Minister and the government for...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Audit Reports of 2020-21, Reports Nos 22 to 23 (1 speech)
I present Auditor-General's audit reports of 2020-21 and report Nos. 22 to 23. Details of the reports will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings. Documents made parliamentary papers in...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
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.
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Valedictory (1 speech)
It comes to this hour on this last day of the parliament sitting to offer some thanks to members of this place, to all of those who look after us and to the many Australians around the country....
- Business (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That standing order 31 (automatic adjournment of the House) and standing order 33 (limit on business after normal time of adjournment) be suspended for this sitting....
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Valedictory (1 speech)
Last year I started with the observation that it had been a very eventful year, and it was, but it had nothing on 2020, it's fair to say. The phrase 'year from hell' comes to mind: drought...
- Regulations and Determinations (0 speeches)
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Automated External Defibrillators (1 speech)
To correct the record, in a speech earlier today in the Federation Chamber about automated external defibrillators, I mentioned that there was one in the staffroom behind the Federation Chamber,...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Morrison Government (21 speeches)
The Speaker has received a letter from 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)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Eden-Monaro Electorate: 2020 (1 speech)
The summer holidays are almost here for the people who I serve in the mighty Eden-Monaro, and after the year that we've all had this important break takes on new significance. I think it's fair...
- Ryan Electorate: COVID-19, Child Safety (1 speech)
As the year draws to its inevitable close, I rise in this House to thank very much the residents of Ryan for all of their hard work during this year. There are so many people to thank: the...
- Dobell Electorate (1 speech)
This year has been tough on the coast. We faced the threat of bushfires, floods and the virus. I'm proud of the way our community has pulled together. In my last speech in this place for the...
- Electoral Matters Committee (1 speech)
I've just tabled the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters' report. In the interests of facilitating the progress of the House I didn't seek leave to make a few comments, but in this...
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
I had planned for this speech, the second last that this House will hear for the year, to be full of Christmas cheer and bonhomie, but a number would not leave my head. That number is 64—64...
- Fraser Island: Bushfires (2 speeches)
Representing just a dozen in this place are MPs who are custodians of mangroves, mudflats and great sand islands—the member for Petrie is among them. I'm really shocked by how we have...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the House do now adjourn. House adjourned at 19:26 The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mr Falinski) took the chair at 10:00.
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Australia Post (1 speech)
At the start of my contribution I'd like to say Merry Christmas to everyone. I updated the House at the end of October on the changes to Australia Post's delivery model and the impact this was...
- Sepsis (1 speech)
In 2017 four-year-old Mia Wilkinson was a happy, active and healthy young girl who loved swimming and gymnastics. In October that year, Mia suddenly became critically ill and ended up in an...
- Department of Home Affairs (1 speech)
I want to share the story of Stephanie, an epidemiologist from Newcastle, and her partner Tommy from the Solomon Islands. They fell in love in the Solomon Islands last year, in May they got...
- North Sydney Electorate: Arts (1 speech)
Australia is home to such a wonderful and vibrant art, culture and entertainment scene. From the ancient traditions of our Indigenous peoples to the modern, from the great works of our opera...
- COVID-19: Repatriation Flights (1 speech)
There are about 37,000 Australians stranded overseas during a deadly pandemic who are desperate to come home, and Christmas is in two weeks and one day. On 18 September, the Prime Minister said...
- Lithgow Workies Club (1 speech)
Nobody who was in Lithgow or its surrounding districts on Saturday 21 December 2019 will ever forget that day. It was on that day, during the long, exhausting Black Summer, that the hills around...
- Blaxland Electorate: Disaster Response (1 speech)
Merry Christmas, everybody. This is my last speech in this place for this year, so I want to use the opportunity to thank everybody in my local community who has done so much to help us get...
- Armenia (1 speech)
I would like to speak today about the situation in Artsakh, a matter of deep concern for thousands of Armenians who call Bennelong home. I had hoped to be delivering this speech in a motion...
- Bendigo Electorate: Aged Care (1 speech)
I rise today to outline to the chamber a report that we have prepared in my electorate that is based on the experiences of Bendigo and Bendigo residents with the aged-care sector. It is no secret...
- Page Electorate: Dunoon United Football Club (1 speech)
I'd like to acknowledge the incredible success of the Dunoon United Football Club. Dunoon is a great little village in my community. It's home to around 1,000 people in the village and surrounds....
- Greenway Electorate: Vineyard Public School Breakfast Club (2 speeches)
We take so many things for granted, and having regular meals is one of them. But it's estimated that up to one in five Australian children could be missing out on meals, for many different...
- COVID-19: Tourism (2 speeches)
The Queensland border has finally come down, and the visitors are pouring in. But we're still being subjected to some baffling decisions by the Queensland Labor government. Cairns is home to the...
- Automated External Defibrillators (1 speech)
Thanks, Deputy Speaker! I stand with the former Yellow Wiggle, Greg Page, in his mission to save 25,000 Australian lives in Australia every year. I recently caught up with Greg, and he told me...
- Mitchell Electorate: Fire (1 speech)
Today I rise to speak about and thank those who assisted at a major fire which occurred recently within my electorate of Mitchell. On Sunday 29 November, during a weekend of sweltering heatwave...
- India (1 speech)
I recently met with Harry Gill and other community leaders from the WA Punjabi CLUB, who raised concerns with me about the farmers protests occurring in India at the moment. As some members may...
- Petrie Electorate (1 speech)
I really want to wish the people of Petrie a merry Christmas. As you would know, Queenslanders from the Sunshine State are a happy bunch. I think it's all the vitamin D we get up there! But we're...
- Queensland: Olympic Games (5 speeches)
I stand here as a proud Queenslander and a big fan of all things sport. When you think of Queensland, you think of our great sporting prowess. This week the Queensland government and Premier...
- Road Safety (1 speech)
What would you do if you were told you had a couple of weeks left to live? You'd get your affairs in order. You'd go and say your goodbyes. You'd go and kiss your loved ones. Some people didn't...
- COVID-19: Employment, COVID-19: Income Support Payments (1 speech)
As we've heard from others, 2020 has been a very tough year for so many in Australia, including in my home state of Tasmania and particularly for those working Tasmanians and those that have been...
- Cowper Electorate: Community Events (2 speeches)
I'd like to recognise the great work and the opportunities provided through All Abilities Futsal at Port Macquarie Sports Stadium. I recently met with Chris Whitfield and Cheree Risson, who run...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That business intervening before order of the day No. 5, committee and delegation business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Accounts and Audit Committee; Report (1 speech)
Hello again, Deputy Speaker Freelander. I want to make a few remarks on this report. Many would say cyber-resilience is not the most sexy of topics, but it's incredibly important. I've been on...
- Northern Australia Committee; Report (1 speech)
I rise to make some brief comments on the recently tabled interim report of the Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia, Never again: Inquiry into the destruction of 46,000 year old caves...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Fraser Electorate: Vietnamese Australians (1 speech)
Fraser is a community with remarkable diversity. Over 30,000 Vietnamese Australians call Fraser home. Vietnamese Australians have made an extraordinary and enriching contribution to our nation....
- Forde Electorate: Logan and Albert Rivers (1 speech)
Stretching over 286 kilometres, the Logan and Albert rivers have sustained the people of Forde for generations past and will do for generations to come. Over tens of thousands of years, the...
- Housing (1 speech)
The rental affordability index released last week shows Hobart is still the most unaffordable city to rent in Australia. Indeed, despite amendments to residential tenancy laws during COVID-19...
- Fisher Electorate: 2021 (1 speech)
This year has been an incredibly difficult time on the Sunshine Coast and right across Australia. However, there are important signs that our economic comeback is well underway. The road ahead...
- Blair Electorate: Coalmining (1 speech)
Coalmining has had a long and proud history in the Ipswich region. In fact, Ipswich was the home to the first coalmine in Queensland, although we were still part of the colony of New South Wales...
- Cashless Debit Card (1 speech)
I welcome the fact that the cashless debit card trials have been extended for two years in Australia. But, at the same time, I must say I'm really disappointed that they haven't become permanent...
- Australia: 2020 (1 speech)
As we near the end of one of the most extraordinary years that many of us have ever experienced, I'd like to reflect on some of the highs and lows of 2020—which will surely be a year to...
- Trade with China (1 speech)
Australia learnt this week that yet another Australian business has been banned from exporting their product to China. On Monday, Chinese customs authorities announced that abattoir and beef...
- Superannuation, Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
The Liberals never liked superannuation. Tony Abbott called it a con job. Bronwyn Bishop said it was designed to penalise business. Paul Keating got universal superannuation going. John Howard...
- Energy (1 speech)
Renewable technologies are creating opportunities to decentralise Australia's energy grid and cut our emissions—and we got data about that in only the past 24 hours—while also...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
The expression 'never waste a crisis' has never been used so many times in so many contexts this year. Of course, the Liberals and Nationals have truly taken this to heart. Yesterday, the...
- Bennelong Electorate (1 speech)
As we seek to adjourn this chamber for the final time in 2020, it's an opportune time to reflect on the year that has just been, one unlike any we have seen before and, hopefully, unlike any we...
