House debates
Thursday, 25 March 2021
- Register of Members' Interests (0 speeches)
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I wish to inform the House that in accordance with the resolution of the House of Representatives relating to the registration of Members' Interests, had appointed Mr Peter Banson, Deputy Clerk...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Approval of Work (1 speech)
On behalf of the Assistant Minister to the Minister for the Public Service, I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, it is expedient to carry out...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Treasury Laws Amendment (2020 Measures No. 4) Bill 2020; Consideration in Detail (2 speeches)
I present a supplementary explanatory memorandum to the bill. I move government amendments (1) to (3) as circulated together: (1) Schedule 3, item 1, page 6 (lines 6 and 7), omit the item,...
- Treasury Laws Amendment (2020 Measures No. 4) 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.
- Mutual Recognition Amendment Bill 2021; Second Reading (9 speeches)
I'm pleased to speak in support of the Mutual Recognition Amendment Bill 2021. With all respect to my fellow Western Australian, the member for Tangney, who is also the assistant minister who...
- Mutual Recognition Amendment Bill 2021; Consideration in Detail (2 speeches)
by leave—I move opposition amendments (1) and (2) together, as circulated in my name: (1) Schedule 1, item 87, page 17 (line 30), omit "This Part", substitute "Subject to subsection (4),...
- Mutual Recognition Amendment Bill 2021; 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.
- Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Bill 2021; Second Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I wish to correct the record in relation to the Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Bill 2021, introduced in the House this morning. When introducing the bill...
- Biosecurity Amendment (Clarifying Conditionally Non-prohibited Goods) Bill 2021; Second Reading (6 speeches)
I present the explanatory memorandum to this bill and move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill is about ensuring the integrity of Australia's biosecurity framework, to protect...
- Biosecurity Amendment (Clarifying Conditionally Non-prohibited Goods) Bill 2021; 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.
- Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment (Extension and Other Measures) Bill 2021; Second Reading (26 speeches)
I rise to speak on the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment (Extension and Other Measures) Bill 2021. When the Our north, our future: white paper on developing northern Australia...
- Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment (Extension and Other Measures) Bill 2021; Consideration in Detail (3 speeches)
by leave—I move amendments (1) to (5) together: (1) Schedule 1, item 7, page 4 (line 24), omit the definition of Secretary. (2) Schedule 1, page 7 (after line 23), after item 15, insert:...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Ramadan (1 speech)
On behalf of the Australian Labor Party, I rise to wish the Muslim community a happy and prosperous Ramadan. Ramadan will begin on 12 April, when we're all away from this place. Families across...
- Mental Health (1 speech)
We need to do more to recognise the real mental health impacts of the very dangerous and taxing work performed by our first responders. I believe that we have a responsibility in this place to...
- Greek Independence Day (1 speech)
Eleftheria i thanatos, freedom or death, was the war cry heard on 23 March 1821, heralding the beginning of the Greek revolution for independence, freeing the people from 400 years of Ottoman...
- Cancer Council Queensland (1 speech)
Efcharisto! Earlier this month I had the privilege of celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Cancer Council Queensland with staff and volunteers. They are dedicated to improving quality of life...
- Greek Independence Day (1 speech)
I want to pay a special tribute to the sacrifices, the courage and the struggle of all the women who participated in the Greek revolution of 1821: heroines from Mesollonghi—where...
- Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon (1 speech)
In times such as these we need to remember why. 'The country has great and imperative obligations to the weak, the sick, the unfortunate. We look forward to social and unemployment insurances, to...
- Neighbour Day (1 speech)
It has been a difficult and isolating year for many of our people. So it has been heartening to hear stories of neighbours looking out for each other and looking after each other. This Sunday is...
- Ramsamy, Ms Nolia (1 speech)
Today I honour the life and contribution of Nolia Ramsamy, great matriarch, a much loved member of the Mackay community, who died on Monday at the age of 103. Nolia, better known as Nanna...
- Parsons, Mrs Barbara (1 speech)
I rise to honour a formidable and impressive member of my community. Today, Barbara Parsons of Ocean Grove has reached a very significant milestone: she turns 100. In 1944, Barbara met pilot Boz...
- Stirling Electorate (1 speech)
Due to population changes in my home state of Western Australia, the Australian Electoral Commission has been charged to conduct a redistribution which will see the number of divisions go from 16...
- Holdsworth, Mr Colin, Holdsworth, Mrs Daphne (1 speech)
I would like to share a truly exceptional lifetime achievement by two people in my electorate. Any wedding anniversary is worth celebrating, but Colin and Daphne Holdsworth of Redbank Plains have...
- Moore Electorate: Stronger Communities Program (1 speech)
Fourteen worthy service organisations in my electorate shared $150,000 worth of federal funding grants under the latest round of the Stronger Communities Program to assist in their development. A...
- Macarthur Electorate: National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
The NDIS should give participants and their families control and respect in dealing with their disability. The private assessors who are employed at the NDIS do not necessarily have the expertise...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1 speech)
One of the true privileges of our role as members of parliament is getting to meet and speak with our local residents and our local communities. We get to meet the most incredible people,...
- National Security (1 speech)
In the last month the world has seen one of the most significant cybersecurity incidents in history. But, engulfed in scandal, the Morrison government has been paralysed in the face of this very...
- Nicholls Electorate: Industry Training Hub, Employment (1 speech)
Secondary school students in my electorate of Nicholls are set to benefit from a Commonwealth industry training hub. Based in Shepparton, the hub is going to be one of 10 that will be trialled...
- La Perouse United Mens Aboriginal Corporation (1 speech)
I welcome to the House today members of the La Perouse United Mens Aboriginal Corporation, including their chairperson, Paul Brown. These are proud Bidgigal men. Their ancestors stood on the...
- Bicentennial of Greek Independence (1 speech)
Two and a half thousand years ago, the ancient Greeks built the foundation of our modern democratic traditions. Democracy, translated from the Greek for 'people power', even in its earliest...
- Victorian Mosque Open Day (2 speeches)
Last fortnight I attended the Islamic Council of Victoria in West Melbourne for Victorian Mosque Open Day, when 15 mosques across Victoria opened their doors to the public and Victorian Muslims...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Greek Independence Day: 200th Anniversary (2 speeches)
Today, together with the Leader of the Opposition, I acknowledge it's a special day for people of Greek heritage, including in this House but also right across the country and, indeed, in the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Emergency Response Fund (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that not a single dollar of the government's $4 billion Emergency Response Fund has been spent? Can he confirm that this is a...
- Australian Floods (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister please inform the House of the continued assistance the Morrison government is providing to flood affected areas of Australia,...
- JobKeeper Payment (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister will rip away JobKeeper from more than a million Australians in just three days time. Treasury has warned that up to 150,000 Australians...
- Australian Floods (2 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 government is...
- JobKeeper Payment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. When only about 10 per cent of the vaccines he announced for the end of March have been delivered, when zero per cent of the disaster mitigation fund has...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Minister, I have several pensioners in my electorate who have been charged up to $70 in out-of-pocket fees by doctors who are authorised to give the...
- Employment (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on how the Morrison government's decisive economic leadership is helping more and more Australians find jobs to support their...
- Members of Parliament: Staff (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the formal complaint from Brittany Higgins to the Prime Minister's chief of staff that asks him to examine if the Prime Minister's office...
- Women's Safety, COVID-19: Women (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Women. Will the minister please update the House on the Morrison government's commitment to keeping women safe online and outline the...
- Morrison Government (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister: isn't it true that, no matter what reshuffle the Prime Minister announces, after eight long years his ministers are beset by scandals, including: Senator...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government's commitment to our primary care sector is supporting Australia's COVID-19...
- Morrison Government (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister intend to keep the Attorney-General in cabinet, without holding an independent inquiry into the serious sexual assault allegations...
- Australian Floods (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management. Will the minister please outline how the Morrison government's previous successes leading the recovery efforts...
- Members of Parliament: Staff (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister: I refer to comments made by Peta Credlin regarding unacceptable behaviour at parliament by government staff. She said: The other three that Peter Van Onselen...
- Defence Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison-McCormack government's record defence investment is providing opportunities for...
- Prime Minister (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday, the Prime Minister told Ray Hadley that unacceptable behaviour at parliament by government staff didn't happen when he was Prime Minister but...
- COVID-19: Arts and Entertainment Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is backing our arts sector so they...
- Abetz, Hon. Senator Eric (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's comments in this House yesterday concerning statements attributed to Senator Abetz. The Tasmanian premier has now confirmed...
- Maeve's Law, Mackenzie's Mission (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Will the minister please outline to the House how the Morrison government is continuing to provide hope and support to Australian families...
- Prime Minister (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In recent weeks the Prime Minister has not read the allegations of serious sexual assault against the Attorney-General but declared him innocent anyway, has...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government is ensuring the COVID-19 vaccine rollout meets the needs of...
- 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.
- 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.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 30 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of bills. The report will be printed in the Hansard for today. Copies of the report have been placed on the table....
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Australian Interests (14 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The failure of this...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That business intervening before order of the day No. 6, Government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I require the question be put immediately without debate. I move: That the question be now put. Question negatived.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Waste Management and Recycling (1 speech)
We've reached a point where the world is drowning in waste. Despite enormous efforts to implement kerb-side recycling—and I know most people put enormous effort into sorting their rubbish...
- Goldstein Electorate (1 speech)
Goldstein continues to lead our state and our great nation. As you know, Mr Deputy Speaker Wallace, the Heads of the River rowing regatta is one of the greatest events on the annual APS sporting...
- Tasmania: Housing Affordability (1 speech)
Tasmania is in the midst of a full-blown housing affordability and access crisis. We know what the problem is: a chronic lack of supply. Under Liberal governments in Tasmania, and here in...
- Member for Bowman (1 speech)
Today I was informed of the significant distress experienced by two of my constituents in my electorate as a result of my online commentary with them. They are both highly regarded individuals...
- Health Care (2 speeches)
It's often said that we have a universal healthcare system in Australia, but we don't. The further you live outside a big city, the worse your access to health care is likely to be. In some rural...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Nelson, Mr Tjakamarra (1 speech)
It is with great sadness that I speak today about the loss of a remarkable leader, a remarkable Territorian, in Mr Tjakamarra Nelson, who passed away, sadly, in November last year. He has been...
- New South Wales: Floods (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about the impact of the recent heavy rain and flooding that has occurred in parts of north-west Sydney, affecting my electorate of Mitchell and adjoining...
- Science meets Parliament (1 speech)
Last Thursday, I had the privilege of meeting with some brilliant scientists and engineers through the Science meets Parliament program, hosted by Science & Technology Australia. Science...
- Boothby Electorate: Waite Gatehouse (1 speech)
Last week our local community secured a significant win for environmental and heritage protection with the decision by the state government to save the historic Waite Gatehouse. The Waite...
- Greenway Electorate: Pearce Reserve Cricket Community, Bangladesh Independence: 50th Anniversary, COVID-19: School Students, Greenway Electorate: Afghan Community Support Association (1 speech)
I rise to update the House on the grand opening of first-class amenities in my electorate of Greenway: the Pearce Reserve cricket pavilion in Kings Langley. An upgraded pavilion has long been a...
- Women (1 speech)
I want to take a moment to respond to the passionate pleas across Australia that we've heard over the last few weeks. It's impossible for me as a man to fully understand and appreciate what women...
- Bangladesh, Easter, COVID-19: Education (1 speech)
A heartfelt thank you to my colleague opposite for those words. Tomorrow will be such a wonderful celebration for the vibrant Bangladeshi communities in the electorate of Lalor and right across...
- Western Australia: Forest Products and Timber Industry, Leschenault Hoo Hoo Club (1 speech)
I want to acknowledge some of those involved in a critical industry in my part of the world—the South West timber industry. Ian Telfer is with WA Plantation Resources. WAPRES have a large...
- Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal (1 speech)
I want to talk about an email I received from Mr Richard Barry OAM of Narrabri. He's drawn my attention to a matter which involves some 3,000 ex national servicemen of the over 15,000 who served...
- Page Electorate: Australian Bravery Decorations, Bonalbo Show (2 speeches)
I'd like to recognise three people from my community who have received Australian Bravery Decorations honours from the Governor-General recently. Bill Rathbone from Goonellabah has been awarded a...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Western Sydney Airport: Landholders (5 speeches)
Unfortunately, I have to rise in the House again to condemn the Berejiklian Liberal government's treatment of my constituents. My constituents in Horsley Park and Cecil Park are having their...
- COVID-19: Healthcare Workers (1 speech)
I cannot be as entertaining as the previous speaker, but I will do my best to recognise the hardworking nurses and medical staff of the Northern Beaches Hospital because, during our lockdown over...
- Child Care (1 speech)
After the mortgage, child care is often the biggest cost to family finances. If you don't have extended family to help with the care, you tend to have two choices: either one family member delays...
- Kuranda (1 speech)
Kuranda is a small community of around 4½ thousand people located about 30 kilometres directly west of Cairns via the Kuranda Range. The Kuranda economy is heavily reliant on domestic and...
- Women (1 speech)
Much has been said in the media recently about women in this house, in workplaces around the country and in society generally. In particular, women have quite rightly spoken up following...
- Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
The farmers in the communities of the southern-connected system of the Murray-Darling Basin over the last 12 months have enjoyed a relatively good season. We've had crops that have recorded...
