House debates
Tuesday, 16 February 2021
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Northern Australia Committee; Membership (1 speech)
I have received a message from the Senate informing the House that Senator Siewert is to be discharged from the Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia on 19 February 2021 and is to be...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Banking and Financial Services: Responsible Lending Laws (1 speech)
This government voted against the establishment of the Hayne royal commission 26 times. The Treasurer and the Prime Minister have now sat on Commissioner Hayne's report for two years and only...
- Robertson Electorate: James Browne Oval (1 speech)
It was fantastic to be part of the official opening recently of the women's changing rooms and facility upgrades at James Browne Oval at Woy Woy. These improvements are, in part, thanks to a...
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
It is time for the Morrison government to do the right thing and bring the saga of the Biloela family to an end. To be honest, the right time was almost three years ago, when this government took...
- Korrinup House (1 speech)
I rise to celebrate the legacy of a true gentleman and farmer from my electorate of O'Connor who continues to give back to his community, even after his passing. Last Friday I opened Korrinup...
- Members of Parliament: Staff, Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
Like the Prime Minister, I have a daughter, but that is completely irrelevant to understanding that violence against women is never acceptable, that rape is never acceptable. I'm honestly...
- COVID-19: Hotel Quarantine (1 speech)
The first weeks of 2021 have been a roller-coaster ride for those Australians who are overseas and seeking to return to our shores. We have seen caps reduced and then increased again, and the...
- Abduramanoski, Mr Eshtref (1 speech)
On 19 January this year, Cowan and the broader WA community lost a treasure and a long-time community advocate in Mr Eshtref Abduramanoski. Eshtref was born on 23 August 1938, and sadly passed...
- Agriculture Industry (1 speech)
Today I am putting out a plea for Aussies to step in where the Pacific Labour Scheme and Seasonal Worker Program is falling down because states continue to have restrictions on how many people...
- Film Industry (1 speech)
The independent cinemas of Australia need our help. Our local theatres—mine is the Orpheum in Cremorne—provide a cultural hub, a place of entertainment, community and engagement. It...
- Nicholls Electorate: Tongala (1 speech)
Fifty kilometres to the north-west of Shepparton is a little town called Tongala. With a population of around 2,000 people, it is a small town but it has always punched well above its weight....
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
Three years, more than 1,000 days—that's how long Priya, Nades and their two Australian-born daughters, Kopika, now five, and Tharunicaa, now three, have been in immigration detention....
- Parliament House: Work Health and Safety (1 speech)
All of us in this place understand that parliament is a high-stress, high-pressure and often unconventional workplace. Unfortunately, this results in behaviours no-one should tolerate or find...
- JobKeeper Payment (1 speech)
It's pretty obvious to all of us that we are not yet through this pandemic. Whilst it is still raging overseas, whilst we still have Australians returning to Australia infected with the virus, we...
- Menzies Electorate: Stronger Communities Program (1 speech)
I rise today to commend the Stronger Communities Program to the various voluntary, charitable, social, sporting, cultural and school organisations in my electorate of Menzies. This is a program...
- Burt Electorate (1 speech)
Unlike those opposite, the McGowan WA Labor government has kept WA safe and strong as they have maintained a hard WA border, when required, and now as they open up to the rest of the nation. This...
- Smith, Commander Brett (1 speech)
It's a pleasure to rise today to pay tribute to the most recognisable face in Northern Tasmania, Police Commander Brett Smith, who wrapped up almost 40 years of distinguished frontline service...
- Paterson Electorate: Chemical Contamination (1 speech)
The Prime Minister recently visited my electorate of Paterson but, sadly, he didn't make time to speak with some locals. I want to make it clear to the Prime Minister that I understand politics...
- Tourism (1 speech)
Last week, at my invitation, the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment visited Moncrieff to listen to stakeholders from the tourism and events industries. My colleagues the member for...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
I am updating the House on the government's continued attacks on the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Many members will be aware that the agency, the NDIA, has begun so-called independent...
- Vinall, Mr Jack, OAM (2 speeches)
Jack Vinall OAM was a born leader, a man for his time in a different time, a time not as complicated as the times we have today are. Three times mayor of Morwell, he was an exemplary sportsman in...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Members of Parliament: Staff (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister agree to establish an external review of the workplace culture at Parliament House conducted by an eminent Australian with...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline to the House how the Morrison government's rollout of safe, effective and free vaccines will aid our continued recovery from...
- Members of Parliament: Staff (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Brittany Higgins says that the Prime Minister's principal secretary was aware that she had been sexually assaulted in the defence minister's office soon...
- COVID-19: Regional Australia (4 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. Will the Deputy Prime Minister please inform the House how the...
- Members of Parliament: Staff (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister, in his previous answer, contradicted Brittany Higgins' recollection that the Prime Minister's principal private secretary knew about the...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon Mr John Haslem, a former member of this House for the electoral division of Canberra and the current national president of...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Inland Rail (4 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. On 30 November last year, I asked a question in the House calling for sufficient funding for rail precincts in the Indi towns affected by the Inland...
- COVID-19: Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. How is the Morrison government's strong and decisive economic leadership continuing to support jobs and livelihoods while ensuring the fundamentals of our economy...
- Minister for Defence (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Brittany Higgins was, reportedly, sexually assaulted in the defence minister's office almost two years ago. The Prime Minister said just here that his office...
- COVID-19: Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government is backing...
- Minister for Defence (2 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister, and I ask: does the Prime Minister have confidence in his defence minister?
- COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Can the minister please update the House on the latest developments in the COVID-19 vaccine TGA approval and how all Australians can be...
- Minister for Defence (2 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. How can the defence minister maintain the Prime Minister's confidence when the Prime Minister agrees that the defence minister was aware for two years...
- COVID-19: Regional Australia (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Regional Health, Regional Communication and Local Government. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison-McCormack government plans to...
- Workplace Relations (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to reports that the government has this morning ditched a section of its industrial relations legislation which allows for pay cuts, which the Prime...
- COVID-19: Vaccines (2 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister update the House on how the Australian Border Force and the Department of Home Affairs are providing logistical support in the...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister dump the other provisions of his industrial relations bill that also allow cuts to workers' pay?
- COVID-19: Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government is building export opportunities and creating jobs,...
- Workplace Relations (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that, under his industrial relations legislation, section 193 of the Fair Work Act is amended so that workers, instead of...
- Renewable Energy (2 speeches)
My question is to the. Will the minister update the House about how the Morrison government's gas-fired recovery will ensure Australians have access to the affordable and reliable energy we rely...
- Energy (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that, when his government made its fuel security announcement last September, there were four operational refineries in...
- Western Sydney Airport (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts. Will the minister please update the House on the progress of Western Sydney airport and how this...
- Safer Communities Fund (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why did the Prime Minister tell the House yesterday that the Safer Communities Fund guidelines had been followed when in fact the Minister for Home Affairs...
- Ovarian Cancer (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Women. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is providing greater care and support to Australian women...
- Safer Communities Fund (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why did the Prime Minister tell the House yesterday that 'the guidelines have been followed' for this program when the Minister for Home Affairs approved the...
- Services Australia (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the NDIS and Minister for Government Services. Can the minister update the House on how service delivery has improved under Services Australia during COVID-19...
- Foreign Investment (2 speeches)
Prime Minister, China's view of the Drew Pavlou incident revealed an insinuation into our teaching institutions. The revelation of strategic intrusion at Daru, Yam Island and Cape York's tip and...
- Bangka Island Massacre: 79th Anniversary, Veterans (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Personnel and Minister for Veterans' Affairs. Today marks the 79th anniversary of the Bangka Island massacre. Will the minister please outline to the...
- 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)
- Morrison Government, Community Safety (17 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Shortland proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The government's...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Law Enforcement Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement, I present the committee's report entitled An Australian Standard for the training and use of privately contracted security and...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Macquarie Electorate: JobKeeper (1 speech)
Independent cinemas aren't known for talking about themselves, and that's because they're often family-run businesses and they're too busy getting on with the business of sourcing movies, selling...
- Goldstein Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
A strong Australia is not handed down by big government in Canberra; it's built from individuals who form families as a foundation for community and a strong nation. Each Australia Day, we honour...
- South Australia: Bushfires (1 speech)
At around 4 pm on 24 January a series of fires broke out at Cherry Gardens, Scotts Bottom, Mount Bold and surrounding areas. Conditions were hot and windy, and the fires were burning in a heavily...
- Roads: Pacific Highway (1 speech)
Late in 2020, we saw a major milestone reached on the Pacific Highway upgrade. Motorists can now travel between Sydney and Brisbane on a four-lane divided highway. Since 1996, the Commonwealth...
- Kingsford Smith Electorate (1 speech)
In New South Wales, under the Berejiklian Liberal government, big developers can bypass local councils and have their massive projects approved, even if local residents object and the local...
- Swan Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
It was on 13 February last year that I rose to provide an update to the House on the Manning Road on-ramp project in my electorate of Swan, and I'm pleased to report that, after a decade of...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Murray, Mr Ian, OAM (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge Cowan constituent Mr Ian Murray, who lives in my suburb. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2021 Australia Day honours. It is an absolute...
- Infrasturcture: Transport (1 speech)
As our nation recovers from the global pandemic, spending on infrastructure is going to be key. That is why the Australian government has a $110 billion rolling plan for transport infrastructure...
- Bean Electorate: Haidari, Mr Zaki, Bean Electorate: Legal Aid Commission (1 speech)
Since September last year, Zaki Haidari has been running to raise money for refugees in need of legal support. To date he has run over 770 kilometres, and over $26,000 has been raised. Zaki knows...
- China (1 speech)
The biggest issue confronting our nation in the coming years will be our relationship to China and how it will work with a superpower that is not a democracy like the United States of America. As...
- Covid-19 (1 speech)
This government has been derelict in its No. 1 duty: keeping Australians safe. As Victorians today face their fourth day of their latest lockdown, it's clear the Prime Minister has provided...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
) ( ): Australia is facing increasing pressure from international counterparts to jump on the zero emission bandwagon. What does this really mean for the electorate of Flynn? According to a...
- Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge the residents and organisations honoured at this year's Blacktown City Council Australia Day awards. While 2020 was incredibly difficult for so many in our community,...
- COVID-19: Prime Minister (1 speech)
[via video link] Australia has a Prime Minister who is all smirk, all shirk and no work. The pandemic has taught us many lessons. It has redefined what we think of as essential work. It has...
- Mitochondrial Disease (1 speech)
I rise today to bring awareness to an issue that is close to my heart and which affects approximately one child born in Australia each week: mitochondrial disease. This genetic disorder passed...
- Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal, Mackay, Ultra Coral, Sarina, West Tigers Leagues Club, Walkerston (2 speeches)
Last week I travelled to the northern parts of my electorate, namely to Mackay, Sarina and Walkerston. In Mackay I visited the Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal, located at the port of Hay Point, 38...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Anthony, Rt Hon. John Douglas (Doug), AC, CH (7 speeches)
The last time I had merely started and have had to stay in abeyance until this point in time. In starting again, to Margot, to Dugald, to Jane and to Larry, and to Doug Anthony's grandchildren,...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Agriculture and Water Resources Committee; Report (3 speeches)
I rise today to speak in favour of and to endorse the report, Growing Australia: Inquiry into growing Australian agriculture to $100 billion by 2030. In doing so, I would also like to recognise...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Cambodia (1 speech)
Today, Australian citizens are being tried in a court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. These include a number of my constituents and two of my friends. They've been charged with fake, trumped-up charges,...
- Rural and Regional Services: Health (1 speech)
I raised an issue in the party room a couple of weeks ago about a doctor distribution problem that we have in Australia. We don't have a shortage of doctors, we have a doctor distribution...
- China (1 speech)
On this occasion of the lunar new year, the Chinese new year, it's worth reflecting a little bit on our relationship with China, which undoubtedly has become a more difficult one to manage over...
- Economy, Income Support Payments (1 speech)
In this grievance debate, where we get the opportunity to raise issues of ongoing frustration to our local constituents, I have a number of issues I'd like to put before the chamber tonight. The...
- Ryan Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
When I stood before the people of the Ryan electorate at the 2019 election, I promised them that I would help fix local roads and get them home to their families sooner and safer. I was very...
- Queensland: Infrastructure (4 speeches)
This is a grievance motion. My grievance is there's no action in the state of Queensland. The previous speaker talks about extra facilities and a better lifestyle. But we as a government—we...
