House debates
Wednesday, 26 May 2021
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Member for Bowman (8 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the member for Dunkley from moving the following motion immediately: That the House: (1) notes that: (a) the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I now present report No. 32 of the Selection Committee, relating to the consideration of committee and delegation reports and private members' business on Wednesday 2 June 2021. The report will...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Tariff Proposals (0 speeches)
- Customs Tariff Proposal (No. 3) 2021 (1 speech)
I move: Customs Tariff Proposal (No. 3) 2021. Today I table Customs Tariff Proposal (No. 3) 2021. This proposal provides for a tariff concession for prescribed goods for use in the testing,...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Jakamarra, Mr Nelson (1 speech)
On Monday I had the honour, along with Senator Patrick Dodson, of attending the funeral of a compelling and outstanding Warlpiri leader, Jakamarra Nelson, a person whom I had the privilege to...
- Rural and Regional Australia: Media (1 speech)
This week we learnt that WIN News will axe its weeknight bulletin in Shepparton. Also, Ballarat, Bendigo and Gippsland will lose their nightly news in favour of a statewide bulletin. Even in...
- Uluru Statement from the Heart (1 speech)
It's been four years since Indigenous Australians came together to deliver the Uluru Statement from the Heart—four whole years. So today in this place, in respect, it is not my words but...
- Rotary Far North Queensland Field Day (1 speech)
It's fantastic to be in a position to see a major event like the Rotary Far North Queensland Field Day going ahead as planned. The past year has been like no other. We have faced many challenges...
- National Sorry Day (1 speech)
It's been four years since the Uluru Statement from the Heart was drafted and delivered, and what we've seen from this government, from those opposite, is nothing. It's been four years of...
- Pittwater Natural Heritage Association (1 speech)
Marita Macrae is the President of the Pittwater Natural Heritage Association, which strives to protect and preserve Pittwater's natural heritage. In my electorate of Mackellar we are extremely...
- National Sorry Day (1 speech)
Today is National Sorry Day and the beginning of Reconciliation Week. It's also the fourth anniversary of the Uluru Statement from the Heart. Four years ago, over 250 Aboriginal and Torres Strait...
- Member for Boothby (1 speech)
When I announced that I would retire from federal parliament at the next election, I could never have anticipated the response my decision attracted. I have been humbled and somewhat overwhelmed...
- Mayo Electorate: Business (1 speech)
The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly brought its challenges, and it is so important to note when it also presents opportunity and to pay homage to those who seize it. Producer and songwriter...
- Moore Electorate: Sorrento Bowling Club (1 speech)
Sorrento Bowling Club is one of the largest bowling clubs in Western Australia, with a membership base of 750 members. The club is located at Percy Doyle Reserve at Duncraig and currently...
- National Sorry Day (1 speech)
Today is National Sorry Day, marking 24 years since the Bringing them home report. We reflect on and grieve the profound harm done to stolen generations and their families. Saying sorry is...
- Budget (1 speech)
In this year's budget it was announced that, from July this year, brewers and distillers in Australia will be able to claim a refund of 60 per cent of the excise they pay, up to an annual cap of...
- National Sorry Day (1 speech)
Today is National Sorry Day and also marks four years since the Uluru Statement from the Heart. The statement represents the coming together of First Nations people from all around the country....
- Edwards, Hon. Sir Llewellyn Roy (Llew), AC (1 speech)
I speak on the passing of Sir Llew Edwards. Sir Llew was an inspiration to so many young kids who grew up in Ipswich in the 1980s—kids like me. A Liberal MP holding the usually strong Labor...
- Australian Constitution, Uluru Statement from the Heart (1 speech)
Tomorrow, it will be 54 years since Australians were asked to right wrongs. They did. Over 90 per cent of Australians voted yes in the 1967 referendum to amend the Constitution to allow the...
- Breast Cancer, Endersby, Ms Frances (1 speech)
Earlier this month, I joined 80 women and men at the North Cottesloe Surf Life Saving Club to listen to three incredible women speak and raise awareness about breast health. It was also an...
- Australian Constitution (1 speech)
The Uluru Statement from the Heart is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for Australia to put right one of our greatest wrongs, the lack of proper recognition in our Constitution of our original...
- Perth Football Club (1 speech)
The Perth Football Club, in my electorate of Swan, announced a new partnership with Hungry Jacks, with the full funding of a new community engagement manager. The club has several community...
- Australian Constitution (1 speech)
It has been 13 years since the apology to the stolen generations in this very chamber. Today is 26 May. It is Sorry Day, and it is four years—four long years—since the Uluru delegates...
- Beachside Country Festival (2 speeches)
The last 15 months has been very tough for many industries. One that has been hardest hit is the arts and entertainment industry, but it's coming back, and it's coming back through this...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Covid-19 (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The current Melbourne COVID outbreak has been linked to a man who caught the virus while in hotel quarantine in South Australia. If the Prime Minister had...
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister please update the House on how the Morrison government's economic planning is delivering lower taxes and more reliable and affordable...
- COVID 19: Vaccination (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, how many of the Victorians infected in the latest COVID-19 outbreak were vaccinated?
- Regional Australia (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Will the Deputy Prime Minister inform the House how the Morrison-McCormack government's economic recovery plan is creating jobs and driving growth in...
- Covid-19 (18 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How many more outbreaks does there have to be until the Prime Minister understands that he needs to do his job and deliver a safe, national, purpose-built...
- Disability Services (2 speeches)
My question is the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Briony has incomplete quadriplegia following an accident two years ago that broke her neck. Briony receives limited funding to help with...
- Economy (8 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer remind the House how Australian families and businesses, like those in my electorate of Reid, are benefiting from the Morrison government's...
- COVID-19: Quarantine (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister, and I'll refer to his previous answer in relation to quarantine. Back in March, the Prime Minister announced that the capacity of the only national...
- Energy (7 speeches)
My question as to the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. Can the minister inform the House how the Morrison government is investing in technology to create jobs, support Australian...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister again. According to the front page of today's Herald Sun, the Prime Minister's COVID vaccine rollout is so slow that Australia is ranked 113th in the world....
- Waste and Recycling Industry (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is boosting the circular economy and the thousands of Australian jobs that go...
- Members of Parliament: Staff (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that, when he tabled his chief of staff's excuse for a report yesterday, no-one had told Ms Higgins it was coming, no-one had...
- Defence Industry (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry. Will the minister inform the House on how the Morrison government's record investment in Australia's defence industry is creating jobs and...
- Parliament House: Staff (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why did the report prepared by the Prime Minister's chief of staff blame journalists for smearing Brittany Higgins loved ones? Does he seriously expect this...
- Taxation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government's research and development tax incentives are helping...
- Superannuation (12 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. The Treasurer has introduced a law which allows government to take control of Australian superannuation investments and cancel those investments that it does not...
- Energy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia. Will the minister outline how the Morrison government's gas-fired recovery through the Beetaloo Basin is supporting the...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. These two payslips are from two train drivers at Pacific National's coalmine in the Bowen Basin, who do the same job. One is employed by Pacific National and...
- Youth Employment (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education and Youth. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is supporting young Australians to enter the workforce as we emerge from...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. These pay slips are from two men who work at the same abattoir and do the same job, for the same hours, on the same shift, in the same room. One works for...
- Trade (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. Will the minister please update the House on the Morrison government's progress in backing Australian jobs and supporting...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister give a straight answer to this simple question: should labour hire workers be paid less than the workers beside them who are doing the...
- Home Ownership (7 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer, Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness, Social and Community Housing. Will the minister inform the House how the Morrison government is...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Edwards, Sir Llewellyn Roy (Llew), AC (2 speeches)
I extend my condolences to Lady Jane Edwards and the entire Edwards family following the passing of Sir Llew Edwards, former Queensland Liberal leader, Treasurer in the Bjelke-Petersen...
- 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)
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I have received a letter from the honourable the Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The impact of the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Lalor Electorate: Child Care, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, COVID-19: International Travel (1 speech)
I have the privilege in this parliament to represent an electorate with the highest numbers of young families. The 2016 census tells us that 23,000-plus families with children under the age of 15...
- World Ovarian Cancer Day (1 speech)
I wear a white shirt. I rise today to bring awareness to the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation and the White Shirt Campaign, which took place on 8 May, World Ovarian Cancer Day. One woman dies...
- Travelling Shows (1 speech)
I address my remarks tonight to the travelling show men and women who spend their lives travelling around Australia bringing fun and entertainment to our rural and regional towns and, of course,...
- Budget (1 speech)
The people in my electorate of Lindsay want to know what the budget means for them. This is one of the most significant budgets in our country's history, one that charts our course to emerge from...
- National Sorry Day, Penhaligon, Major Sidney Norman, MBE (1 speech)
Today is National Sorry Day. It's a day that, sadly, recognises that Australia's past policies continue to have detrimental effects on our First Nations peoples. The first National Sorry Day was...
- Medicinal Cannabis (1 speech)
As a former police officer, I know only too well the devastation that driving while impaired by drugs can have on people, their families, first responders and communities. It can be devastating....
- Bills (0 speeches)
