House debates
Tuesday, 23 March 2021
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (6 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: (1) That the House notes: (a) the Australian Human Rights Commission and the Law Council of Australia have identified that the Sex Discrimination Act...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Science Meets Parliament (1 speech)
Earlier today I had the pleasure of meeting some of Australia's extraordinary scientists as part of the Science Meets Parliament program. COVID-19 has reunited us with our respect for science. In...
- National Local Day (2 speeches)
We can reflect this week on where we were a year ago—the unease, the uncertainty and the feeling of knowing that the implications of the pandemic that had been somewhat in the background...
- COVID-19: National Local Day (1 speech)
It must be infectious, because I too rise today to raise my voice for the inaugural National Local Day. Today, 23 March, marks one year since what many would describe as the darkest day in...
- Members of Parliament: Staff (1 speech)
Today marks 10 years since Tony Abbott's stood on the lawns of this parliament and ridiculed our first female Prime Minister with signs instructing Australia to 'ditch the witch'. It was...
- Johnston, Mr Ivan (1 speech)
Today I rise to pay tribute to a dedicated servant of the north-west coast of Tasmania, Mr Ivan Johnston, who recently passed away aged 84. Ivan's legacy is one of service, achievement,...
- JobKeeper Payment (1 speech)
There are just five days until this government ends JobKeeper. I spoke last month on behalf of local businesses in my electorate of Wills that will have to shut down when JobKeeper ends. All this...
- Kadina Hockey Club (1 speech)
Last Sunday I had the great honour, along with Copper Coast Mayor Ros Talbot and the member for Narungga, Fraser Ellis, to open the new Kadina synthetic hockey pitch. It is testament to a great...
- Warringah Electorate: Economic Security (1 speech)
Shortly, business owners will be holding their breath as JobKeeper comes to an end and the current level of JobSeeker plummets, taking much needed funds out of local economies. While some...
- Natoli, Ms Rachael (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge an inspiring community leader in my own electorate, Rachael Natoli, who is the founder and CEO of the Lokahi Foundation, an organisation that is empowering women in the...
- Veterans (2 speeches)
The grey skies of Monday suited the mood as veterans from Jerrabomberra, Cooma, Bega and beyond gathered on the lawns in front of this place. Those women and men slept easier last night knowing...
- Members of Parliament: Staff (1 speech)
It feels like every time I've reached the point where my rage at this place is dying down, it dials up to white-hot anger once again. My privilege is that I have a voice in this chamber and I can...
- Defence Procurement (1 speech)
I would like to welcome the announcement this morning from Naval Group and the Commonwealth that there will be a minimum in the submarine contract of 60 per cent of contract value happen within...
- Gilmore Electorate: Comedy For A Cause (1 speech)
With everything that has been going on lately—bushfires, COVID, floods—it is wonderful to have a good excuse to laugh. Earlier in March, I had just that when I attended Comedy For A...
- Herbert Electorate: Law Enforcement (1 speech)
Townsville's crime problem has gone unaddressed for so long I am now receiving letters from children worried about their own safety. Recently, 12-year-old Ryley wrote to me and wanted me to share...
- Dunkley Electorate: JobKeeper Payment (1 speech)
In just a matter of days almost 10,000 workers in my electorate of Dunkley are going to have JobKeeper ripped away from them. These people are plumbers, cleaners, waitresses, chefs, electricians,...
- Prime Minister (2 speeches)
Like most people, I've had both good and bad leaders, firstly in the Australian Army and then in spending a decade and a half in business. Every leader knows that leadership brings a burden of...
- Floods, JobKeeper Payment (1 speech)
My parents lived through the 1955 floods in Maitland. My mother was pregnant; my father was deeply impacted, and he always told us, 'Don't buy on a flood plain. He said, 'The mud and the stench...
- Fisher Electorate: Rail Infrastructure (4 speeches)
The long-awaited proposal for faster rail on the Sunshine Coast has failed to make it onto Infrastructure Australia's priority list because of the total contempt shown for the project and for my...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- New South Wales: Floods (2 speeches)
I want to acknowledge the members of parliament who have to leave the parliament today. As the member for Paterson also just acknowledged, there are Labor members who are doing the same thing....
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Parliament House: Staff (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. If the Prime Minister were really listening to the concerns of women, why hasn't he started by listening to the concerns of Brittany Higgins and ask his own...
- Australian Floods (2 speeches)
My question is also to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister please outline to the House how the Morrison government continues to act in providing much-needed support to flood ravaged...
- Sexual Harassment (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Today the Prime Minister sought to use a confidential complaint about alleged workplace misconduct inside a media organisation to dismiss questions. Is it...
- Australian Floods (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. Will the Deputy Prime Minister please inform the House how the Morrison-McCormack...
- Members of Parliament: Staff (2 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. Why is it that the Prime Minister knew about a confidential complaint in a media organisation but claims for two years he didn't know about a reported...
- Sexual Harassment (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The nation is watching this parliament's response to the events of the past month and is crying out for action on the appalling treatment of women. Right now...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House how strong economic recovery is helping the Morrison government to provide support during unprecedented events like the...
- Members of Parliament: Staff (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Ten Network reported government staffers had allegedly brought in sex workers to Parliament House for government MPs, including a minister. What steps...
- Australian Floods (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management. Will the minister update the House as to how the Morrison government is supporting flood affected victims in New...
- Members of Parliament: Staff (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. It has been reported that for two years no-one talked to the security guard who discovered Brittany Higgins after her reported sexual assault in the defence...
- Australian Floods (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Defence. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government is providing critical ADF support to those...
- Members of Parliament: Staff (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why, nine days after Mr Gaetjens told the Prime Minister he was putting his inquiry on hold, did the Prime Minister tell the House about the inquiry 'Those...
- Australian Floods (2 speeches)
My question is for Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Minister for Government Services. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government is ensuring...
- Prime Minister (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why does the Prime Minister fail to take responsibility even when he himself misleads parliament? Why is someone else always to blame?
- Domestic and Family Violence (4 speeches)
My question is to minister representing the Minister for Women. Will the minister outline to the House how the next National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children is being...
- Members of Parliament: Staff (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why did the Department of Finance ask for the scheduled cleaning of the Defence Minister's office to be brought forward to a Saturday, the day Brittany...
- Manufacturing Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government is backing Australia's medical products manufacturers to...
- Members of Parliament: Staff (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I ask for the 12th time: is it true that the Prime Minister's staff sought to undermine Brittany Higgins's loved ones? Has the Prime Minister asked his...
- Telecommunications (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison-McCormack government is working to...
- JobMaker Hiring Credit (6 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. On budget night in October last year, the Treasurer announced his hiring credit for under 35s would 'support around 450,000 jobs for young people'. Can the...
- COVID-19: Papua New Guinea, COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Will the minister please update the House on how Australia is supporting our Pacific neighbours in the battle against COVID-19 as well as...
- JobKeeper Payment: Tourism Industry (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Liz, Lynne, Nicole, Matt, Jess and Kim work at a travel agency in Waurn Ponds. They're all worried that they will lose their jobs when JobKeeper is ripped...
- Australian Floods (2 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia. Will the minister outline to the House the work and research Geoscience Australia has been undertaking to support and...
- Energy (2 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. I refer to the minister's pre-election commitment to spend $4 million of taxpayers' money to deliver a feasibility study for a...
- Trade (2 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government is working to open up new trade opportunities for...
- Veterans: Suicide (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Now that both the House of Representatives and the Senate have called for the government to establish a royal commission into veterans' suicide, will he now...
- Kennedy Electorate: Hughenden Irrigation Scheme (2 speeches)
Prime Minister, is it 93 per cent of Australia's surface area that is populated by fewer than one million people? Your government's 20,000-hectare Hughenden irrigation scheme will create 200...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
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I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Energy (20 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for McMahon proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
In accordance with standing order 133, I shall now proceed to put the question on the motion moved earlier today by the member for Warringah on which a division was called for and deferred in...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
We all know that our best chance of getting to some sort of COVID normal is if the government gets the vaccination program right. Vaccine is the only way Australians will be able to safely and...
- Women (1 speech)
I rise to talk about 'boys to men'. We know that some boys grow up to be men who disrespect women and children of both sexes. It's not exclusively men, but, overwhelmingly, it is males who...
- Western Australia State Election (1 speech)
On Saturday 13 March West Australians went to the polls. From Kununurra in the north to Albany in the south the people of my vast home state cast their votes in a democratic exercise that saw 50...
- Women in Parliament (1 speech)
I am the member for Monash and I represent the Liberal Party in this House. Throughout my career, I have had the benefit of being surrounded by very strong women, from the traditions of Edith...
- Superannuation (1 speech)
I rise to call out the Liberal government's attacks on Australia's world-leading superannuation system. This is a system of which Australians should rightly be so proud. Right now we have $3...
- Myanmar (1 speech)
On Saturday, a demonstration was held in Mackay regarding the Myanmar military junta and the overthrow of the democratically elected government in Myanmar. That demonstration was organised by a...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Salisbury Electorate: Festa di San Giuseppe (1 speech)
On Sunday I attended the annual Festa di San Giuseppe, otherwise referred to as the Feast of St Joseph, in Salisbury. It is one of around 30 Italian religious and cultural festivals held in South...
- Allen, Mr Kenneth Craig, AM, AO (1 speech)
The greatest assets our nation has have never been our natural resources but are our people. The Australia Day Awards recognise the work and achievements of those who have served their community....
- Calwell Electorate: Indian Community Organisations (1 speech)
I have a very fast-growing Indian community in my electorate, and many of them have come to Australia as international students, skilled migrants and on partner and spouse visas. Their settlement...
- Bishop, Dr Lyn, OAM (1 speech)
After more than 25 years spent creating one of Queensland's most outstanding independent schools, Dr Lyn Bishop has announced her plan to step down this year from her role as Principal of Sheldon...
- Lilley Electorate: Stories of Service (1 speech)
In my electorate of Lilley, the mighty Aspley State School runs a fantastic program with the Geebung RSL subbranch. It's called Stories of Service, where grade 6 students are buddied up with...
- Maclean Show, Brailsford, Ms Paris (1 speech)
After having been cancelled last year, it's great to see many of our country shows bouncing back this year. The Maclean Show is one of the first on the calendar in my region. I'd like to...
- Papua New Guinea (1 speech)
I rise today to highlight the unfolding COVID-19 crisis in our nearest neighbour, Papua New Guinea. Australia and Papua New Guinea share a very tight bond. Indeed, the Commonwealth star on the...
- Space Industry (1 speech)
Australia must, within the next couple of years, have the capacity to construct and deliver a satellite into space. From the tip of the rocket to the propulsion mechanism, with sovereign...
- Women (3 speeches)
Women in the Fremantle community are adding their voices to the nationwide chorus of women expressing anger, indignation, pain, bewilderment and despair based on their experience of sexism and...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Joint Standing Committee on Migration; Report (9 speeches)
I've been part of many inquiries in this space; most have sought long-term solutions to long-term problems, bringing a bipartisan eye to fixing the issues which outlast the ebbs and flows of a...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Members of Parliament: Staff, Veteran Suicide, JobKeeper Payment, Child Care, Macedon Ranges Regional Sports Precinct (1 speech)
Talking about grievances at this point in time, I grieve for democracy and what we're seeing in the halls of parliament. It is embarrassing, it is disgusting and it belittles all of us. Each of...
- Mental Health (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about the importance of mental health in my community on the Central Coast. It's a deeply personal and important issue that affects all of us. We've all been impacted by...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
Australia is a country of drought and flooding rains and, sadly bushfire. As we speak in here, a natural disaster is unfolding. This is on the back of bushfires in many parts of the country that...
- Western Australia: Energy (1 speech)
I rise this afternoon to use this grievance debate to repudiate the energy policy that was proposed by the WA Liberal Party in the lead-up to the Western Australian state election. While I'll...
- Gudinski, Mr Michael Solomon, AM, Burrows, Mr Donald Vernon, AO MBE, Reddy, Ms Helen Maxine (1 speech)
Tomorrow there's a state memorial service in Victoria for a friend of mine, and I noticed, following the death of Michael Gudinski, that, so often, we're really good in the parliament at making...
- COVID-19: Young People (2 speeches)
I rise today to recognise the resilience of Australia's youth throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and to recognise some of the ongoing challenges, especially with regard to employment opportunities,...
