House debates
Wednesday, 12 May 2021
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 31 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business for Monday 24 May 2021. The report will be...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Committee; Reference (1 speech)
) ( ): On behalf of the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister and Cabinet, I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, the following proposed work...
- National Broadband Network - Joint Standing; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on the National Broadband Network, I present a progress report of the committee. Report made a parliamentary paper in accordance with standing order 39(e).
- Petitions Committee; Report (1 speech)
by leave—I present a report from the Petitions Committee together with petitions and ministerial responses. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PETITIONS COMMITTEE REPORT No. 25 Petitions and...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Responses (1 speech)
I present the following ministerial responses to petitions previously presented:
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee; Report (4 speeches)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs, I present the committee's report, incorporating a dissenting report, entitled Inquiry into family, domestic and sexual...
- Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
I move: That the order of the day be referred to the Federation Chamber for debate. Question agreed to.
- Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, I present the committee's report, entitled Inquiry into Australia's defence relationships with Pacific island...
- Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Select Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Select Committee on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, I present the committee's interim report together with the minutes of proceedings. Report made a parliamentary paper in...
- Law Enforcement Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Committee on Law Enforcement, I present the committee's report entitled Public communications campaigns targeting drug and substance abuse. Report made a parliamentary...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Ramadan, Jerusalem: Al-Aqsa Mosque (1 speech)
I want to send my best wishes to everybody at the end at the holy month of Ramadan for Eid Mubarak, for Eid early tomorrow morning, which we won't be able to be at because parliament is sitting....
- Mallee Electorate (1 speech)
On my travels around the electorate of Mallee I have the privilege of meeting some outstanding humans. I was recently in St Arnaud, a picturesque town with a great community. While I was there I...
- Ramadan (1 speech)
Eid al-Fitr, the festival of breaking the fast, marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, and will be marked from early tomorrow morning. I extend all my best wishes to everyone for whom this...
- Economy (1 speech)
It has been great to be amongst the good people of Groom over the last five to six weeks, being out meeting with them on feedlots, in boardrooms, in classrooms and on factory floors. I would...
- Sri Lanka: Human Rights (1 speech)
Next week, on 18 May, is the anniversary of the terrible last day of a very long civil war in Sri Lanka, a war of almost 30 years that tore a country apart, leaving the country and its diaspora...
- Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand Fund (1 speech)
I recently had the opportunity to visit FORM, an innovative not-for-profit arts organisation in my electorate, with the minister for arts, the Hon. Paul Fletcher, to see how the government's...
- Freedom and Heritage Flag of Vietnam (1 speech)
The red and yellow striped flag has not been the official flag of Vietnam since 1975, but it is a flag which is still deeply honoured and respected in Australia. It is a flag which for many...
- Swan Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Last Friday, with WA Premier Mark McGowan, I visited a site for the METRONET Forrestfield Airport Link, which is a $490 million investment from the Morrison government. Tracklaying for the...
- Middle East (1 speech)
The loss of lives this week—currently, 32 Palestinians and three Israelis—is horrific. I condemn the attacks by both Israeli and Palestinian militants and call on them to exercise...
- China (1 speech)
The biggest challenge before our nation is not climate. Over the long term, it's not COVID. The biggest challenge to our nation is the advent of China as the superpower in our region. It's not a...
- Budget (1 speech)
The people of Lalor today will be quite confused by the budget delivered last night, and they will be so for many reasons. Firstly, they will be confused as to why there was no announcement about...
- COVID-19: Quarantine (1 speech)
For at least nine months now, I've been calling for an industrialisation of quarantine arrangements, making it possible for Australian citizens to return home but more importantly for...
- Budget (1 speech)
In 2019 the Prime Minister said his election was about every single Australian who depends on their government to put them first. The sad truth is there are clear winners and losers in this...
- Beijerinck, Mr Reinoud (1 speech)
I want to acknowledge the service of Reinoud Beijerinck to the State Emergency Service unit at Hornsby. Reinoud has served as unit commander for the last five years and as a volunteer for the New...
- COVID-19: Biosecurity (1 speech)
The Prime Minister had two jobs this year: the vaccine rollout and national quarantine. He has completely and utterly failed at both, and now the one thing that we thought was certain in this...
- Burdett, Mr Brian, Collins, Mr Peter (1 speech)
Today I would like to acknowledge two men who have gone above and beyond for our Chisholm community and this country. Last week I had the privilege of meeting with locals Brian Burdett and Peter...
- Macquarie Electorate: Budget (1 speech)
Well, you wouldn't want to be a tourism operator in the Blue Mountains or a travel agent in the Hawkesbury holding out for some extra support from this week's budget, because it wasn't there....
- Tasmanian State Election (1 speech)
Yesterday, after a long, 10-day wait, we finally saw a result in the Tasmanian upper house election for the seat of Windermere, where I live. I'd first like to acknowledge retiring member Ivan...
- Budget (4 speeches)
One thing is clear from the government's budget: they've never spoken to a worker in their lives. I spent this morning with aged-care workers and nurses and—do you know what?—they...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (21 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister has repeatedly announced that wages will go up, but page 37 of Budget Paper No. 1 confirms that real wages will be cut. How is it possible...
- Hobart City Deal (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, yesterday's federal budget listed 10 city and regional deals, including—surprise, surprise!—the Launceston City Deal for the...
- Budget (46 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. Will the Deputy Prime Minister inform the House how the Morrison-McCormack...
- COVID 19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Page 40 of Budget Paper No. 1 states that 'slower vaccine rollouts will weigh on recoveries'. Will the Prime Minister now admit that his slow, bungled...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government's budget is securing our recovery by driving industry...
- Members of Parliament: Staff (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Seven weeks ago, after repeated questioning, the Prime Minister told the House that his chief of staff would begin a process to respond to the formal...
- Budget (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government's Ag2030 plan will ensure our agricultural...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
A document is tabled in accordance with the list circulated to honourable members earlier today. Full details of the document will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 37 of 2020-21 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's Audit report No. 37 of 2020-21 entitled Monitoring the impact of government school funding—follow-up: Department of Education, Skills and Employment....
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Budget (19 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Rankin proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The failure of the...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Member for Bowman (12 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Griffith from moving the following motion immediately. That this House: (1) notes: (a) the...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Women's Budget Statement 2021-22 (2 speeches)
by leave—Today, in my capacity as acting Minister for Women, I am pleased to speak to the Women's Budget Statement 2021-22, a $3.4 billion landmark investment in sustained and practical...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That order of the day No. 3, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Budget (1 speech)
One in three big corporations in this country pays no tax, and billionaires increased their wealth by a third during the pandemic, but this budget fails to make billionaires and big corporations...
- Lyne Electorate: Budget (1 speech)
This year's budget is delivering a really significant investment in local roads and community infrastructure both in my electorate and across the nation. The budget announced a further tranche of...
- Blair Electorate: Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
This time last week, I stood with members of my community to remember those who are no longer with us. At the Ipswich Domestic and Family Violence Remembrance Day event, we remembered the...
- Budget (2 speeches)
The federal budget delivered by the Treasurer last night was carefully formulated to promote Australia's economic recovery, create jobs, provide families with the support services they need and...
- Inland Rail (1 speech)
There is no doubt that Inland Rail is the next big thing in my electorate. This nation-building project will connect our rich agricultural region to interstate and global markets, delivering...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: International Travel (1 speech)
I've been privileged to preside over many citizenship ceremonies in Moreton, including for new citizens from the local Indian community. Becoming an Australian is a wonderful celebration, and the...
- Budget (1 speech)
Around 48,500 taxpayers in the Lyne electorate will benefit from tax relief of up to $2,745 this year. We have extended the low and middle income tax offset, which means people receiving that...
- Kingston Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
Despite the government standing up last night and bragging about infrastructure spending that we may never see, I was very disappointed after I went through the budget papers to see that not a...
- Lindsay Electorate: Floods (1 speech)
I will take the opportunity later today to talk about our budget and the measures that will be impacting our community in Lindsay and the benefits to people in my community. But, before that, I...
- Asylum Seekers, COVID-19: Income Support Payments (1 speech)
Since November 2019, refugees have been detained cruelly and indefinitely in Melbourne, first at the Mantra hotel in Preston and now at the Park Hotel in Carlton, right in the heart of my...
- Wide Bay Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
The future of Wide Bay is all about jobs in manufacturing—not in the old-school mass-production of labour-intensive goods but in the manufacturing of high-quality innovative products that...
- Gilmore Electorate: Bushfires (1 speech)
What I've known since coming to this parliament is that the Morrison government is big on announcements but poor on delivery. And we can see that nowhere more than on the bushfire ravaged New...
- Petrie Electorate: Budget (1 speech)
As the local federal member for Petrie, I see the effort every day that goes into our comeback. Australia's greatest asset in securing our future prosperity is people, of course—the people...
- Ballarat Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Right now one of the issues across my electorate is the proposal to build new transmission lines that will stretch about 120 kilometres, from Bulgana to north of Creswick right through to...
- Hyde, Mr Cameron Rodney (Cammo), Page Electorate: Sport (2 speeches)
I would like to acknowledge today a very emotional win for the South Lismore Celtic Football Club, who recently won the Football Far North Coast ANZAC Day Cup this year. It was an emotional win...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Housing (19 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises that every Australian should have access to safe and secure housing; (a) the rate of home ownership continues to decline due to this Government's inaction...
- Child Care (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) the Government's childcare support during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in Victoria, ensured childcare was available to families...
- Economic and Social Measures (9 speeches)
The Morrison government's headline-seeking optimism about Australia's social, economic and budgetary forecast stands in stark contrast to what it feels like on the ground as we recover from the...
- Energy (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) welcomes that: (a) Australia strengthened its position as a renewable energy powerhouse in 2020; and (b) the Clean Energy Regulator estimates that a record 7.0...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Justham, Mr Leif Indigo (1 speech)
We recently lost a compassionate and much-loved young man from our Adelaide Hills community: Leif Indigo Justham. Leif believed we each have the power to change the world for the better. He...
- Forde Electorate: Beenleigh Artisan Distillery, Forde Electorate: Frosty Boy (1 speech)
Adversity can be the mother of innovation, and Beenleigh rum distillery, just down the road from my office, the oldest operating rum distillery in the country, has recently won gold medals at the...
- Tasmania: Infrastructure (1 speech)
What is in this budget for my home state of Tasmania? We saw all last week the headlines about the $320 million in extra infrastructure, but of course the truth is that there is just $4 million...
- Goldstein Electorate: Brighton Grammar (1 speech)
Sport inspires future leaders by instilling an appreciation of commitment, teamwork, and reward for effort. In proud news for Goldstein, the Fairbairn Cup has returned to the community after...
- Budget (2 speeches)
After watching the Treasurer deliver the budget last night, I cannot help but think this government has perfected the art of announcements—announcing policies and infrastructure projects...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
The Morrison government is running an unacceptable scare campaign designed to allow them to rip apart the NDIS. It's disgraceful behaviour, targeting people with a disability and their families...
- Moncrieff Electorate: Tourism (1 speech)
Good solutions in a time of crisis start with leadership—leadership that listens to stakeholders, crafts efficient and effective policies and then executes well. The minister for tourism...
- Gellibrand Electorate: Anzac Day (1 speech)
I recently had the privilege of attending a series of Anzac Day services in my electorate. These are important events in the community, and I know how much people have missed them during COVID-19...
- Robertson Electorate: University Campus Extension (1 speech)
Two years ago, in April 2019, the Morrison government made an $18 million commitment towards a multicampus university in the heart of the Gosford CBD. This investment represented the start of...
- Budget (1 speech)
Historically, education has been at the heart of nation-building. After World War II it was key reforms initiated by Labor governments that saw education levels rise and the creation of the...
- Western Australia: Railways (1 speech)
I rise to welcome a budget initiative for the Goldfields region of my electorate. Located in the outback 600 kilometres east of Perth, Kalgoorlie-Boulder has seen many engineering breakthroughs...
- Middle East (1 speech)
I want to speak about the very distressing events occurring in Israel and the Palestinian territories over the past few days. I'm sure I speak for all Australians when I say that any loss of...
- Siege of Tobruk: 80th Anniversary (1 speech)
The 80th anniversary of the Siege of Tobruk was marked on 10 April this year. Of the 14,000 men who became our Rats of Tobruk, 1,400 were from Tasmania, a significant number of men from a small...
- Budget (1 speech)
This budget is nothing more than marketing, mismanagement and missed opportunities. It's just a shameless political fix. Despite racking up a record trillion dollars in debt, there's no plan to...
- Longman Electorate: Redcliffe Dolphins (1 speech)
The Redcliffe Dolphins, or the 'Moreton Bay Dolphins', which is what I'm hoping they will be called in the future, are on a quest to become the second Brisbane NRL team, and I'm backing them all...
- COVID-19: International Travel, COVID-19: India (1 speech)
There are 9,500 Australians currently stranded in India who are registered with DFAT to return home, including 900 vulnerable Australians and 173 unaccompanied children. Instead of immediately...
- Bonner Electorate: Wynnum Fringe Festival (1 speech)
I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the government for its continued investment into our communities following the disruptions caused by COVID-19. I'm especially pleased to see the...
- COVID-19: International Travel, COVID-19: India (2 speeches)
I rise to give voice to many of my constituents who are aghast at the truly heartbreaking images coming from India. Hundreds of thousands of families are grappling with the profound sense of...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Regional Australia (14 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that the: (a) report, Regions at the Ready: Investing in Australia's Future, by the House of Representatives Select Committee on Regional Development and...
- Ocean Management (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that as an island nation, Australians have a deep affinity to our oceans and waterways and that the ocean shapes our climate and weather, provides us with...
- Health Care (12 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) under this Government, out-of-pocket expense for patients accessing healthcare have soared; (b) out of hospital, out-of-pocket costs for patients...
- Technology Investment Roadmap (10 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges that Australia's Technology Investment Roadmap: (a) is a comprehensive plan to invest in the technologies we need to bring emissions down, here and...
