House debates
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Member for Bowman (6 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Lalor from moving the following motion immediately: That the House (1) notes (a) it has now been two...
- Mouse Plague (12 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That the House: (1) notes (a) the devastating mouse plague is ravaging farms across four Australian states; (b) the Federal Government has no national...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Victoria (1 speech)
[by video link] My thoughts are with the residents and families of the BlueCross Western Gardens aged-care facility in Sunshine. It is disgraceful that vulnerable residents of Victoria's...
- Fitzgerald, Mrs Joyce (1 speech)
It's with a heavy heart that today I pay tribute to Joyce Fitzgerald of Taree, who passed away last week aged 94 years. Joyce joined the Country Party back in 1949, when her husband, Jack, did....
- Reconciliation Week (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to the traditional custodians of the lands and waters of this place, the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples. I recognise their continuing connection to the lands, waters...
- World Haemochromatosis Week (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge World Haemochromatosis Week. Haemochromatosis is a common, inherited disorder which causes too much iron to be absorbed and stored in the body. It is often underdiagnosed,...
- Kingsford Smith Electorate: Castellorizian Association (1 speech)
The Cazzie Club is back in Kingsford. On 15 May, I was proud to attend the official opening of the new cultural centre, the Castellorizian. The Governor of New South Wales, Margaret Beazley,...
- Centenary of Rotary Australia (1 speech)
This year is an important year for Rotary as it celebrates its centenary in Australia. It was in 1921, 16 years after Paul Harris established the first Rotary club in Chicago, that Rotary reached...
- COVID-19: Quarantine (1 speech)
The Marshall and Morrison governments' proposal to use the aviation student accommodation village at Parafield Airport as a quarantine facility for around 160 international university students at...
- Community Bank Epping (1 speech)
I would like to acknowledge a wonderful asset in my community of Bennelong. A few weeks ago Community Bank Epping, which is a full-service branch of Bendigo Bank, held the official grand opening...
- Modern Australia (1 speech)
There are no public liability insurers left in Australia that will underwrite show rides. The insatiable greed of the university law schools, producing unconscionable numbers of undergraduates,...
- Westminster School (1 speech)
Westminster School recently celebrated the official opening of its new Inquiry and Innovation Hub, named the Carter Wing, and I was delighted to be in attendance. Westminster School is located in...
- Corangamite Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
A group calling themselves Reignite Democracy Australia has dropped an irresponsible and dangerous pamphlet across the Bellarine Peninsula and the Surf Coast spruiking that people can say no to...
- Goldstein Electorate: Manufacturing (1 speech)
Australia's economic comeback will continue to be built on the future of competitive private enterprise and what it can do for employing Australians to be able to get a secure job on a...
- Gilmore Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
Last night New South Wales Health issued a COVID public health alert for Jervis Bay, Hyams Beach and Vincentia. A confirmed case of COVID-19 from Melbourne was in the area on 23 and 24 May while...
- 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment: 50th Anniversary, Betts, Pilot Officer Ronald William (Ron) (1 speech)
This weekend veterans and their families will attend the Australian War Memorial to mark the 50th anniversary of the 3rd Battalion, RAR. For Judith and Harley Stanton from Youngtown in northern...
- Member for Bowman, Employment, Education and Training Committee (1 speech)
The member for Bendigo, the member for Lalor and I have today written to the Prime Minister to request that he removes the member for Bowman as the Chair of the Standing Committee on Employment,...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
I want to take this opportunity to address the rubbish that's coming out of Labor state governments over the last couple of days around vaccination rollout. Let's be clear: on 22 April, the...
- COVID-19: Victoria (2 speeches)
I rise today as a proud Victorian and a proud Australian to say thank you to the tens of thousands of Victorians who are getting tested every day during this lockdown and to the tens of thousands...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
COVID has killed 685 residents of aged-care homes, including 17 in just one home in my electorate. Twelve months on, COVID still threatens aged-care residents, and we have a federal government...
- National Security (2 speeches)
Australia must reclaim the Port of Darwin. In February this year, I delivered the Pivot report from the Joint Standing Committee for Trade and Investment Growth which recommended the government...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Vaccination (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Marion from Carrum Downs called my office furious when she heard the Prime Minister say that the vaccination rollout was not a race. For Marion it's a race....
- COVID-19: Economy (2 speeches)
Will the Prime Minister inform the House how the Morrison government is setting the foundation for our continued economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic by creating a safer and more secure...
- COVID19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. At an aged-care home in my electorate, five residents missed out on their first dose of COVID vaccine because federal government contractors arrived without...
- COVID-19: Economy (3 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer inform the House about how the Morrison government's plan to secure our economic recovery is ensuring Australia leads the global recovery from...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
[by video link] My question is to the Prime Minister. At an aged-care facility in my electorate, staff were notified they would be given vaccinations this week by a government contractor, but,...
- Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility: CopperString Project (13 speeches)
Minister, NAIF: in six years—
- COVID-19: Economic Recovery (5 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Will the Deputy Prime Minister inform the House how the Morrison-McCormack government is setting the foundations for our continued economic recovery...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Rory is a 42-year-old with autism. He's non-verbal and has complex mental health issues. He lives in disability group accommodation in my electorate. Rory...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer inform the House how the Morrison government's investment incentives and tax cuts are backing Australian businesses to drive our continued...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister: The government promised that all disability-care residents would be vaccinated by last Easter yet, yesterday, health department officials told Senate...
- Covid-19 (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Will the minister please outline to the House the global status of the coronavirus pandemic and how Australia's response is helping...
- COVID-19: Quarantine (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister, who has had the Halton report since October last year. That's eight long months in the life of this eight-year-old government. Today Jane Halton said the...
- Defence (17 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence. Will the minister please outline to the House how the Morrison government's defence cooperation with allies and partners is setting the foundation for...
- COVID-19: Quarantine (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware that the Business Council of Australia chief said on the weekend, 'Victorians are being plunged into despair and disbelief again...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister update the House about how the Morrison government's actions to strengthen our border protection are setting the foundation for...
- COVID-19: Victoria (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister understand that today Victorians are dealing with the impacts of an extended lockdown, including the closure of schools, disruption...
- Energy (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. Will the minister outline to the House how the decisive action the Morrison government is taking to boost our fuel security is...
- COVID-19: Victoria (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister, and I ask: does the Prime Minister take any responsibility for the ongoing lockdown in Victoria?
- Mining Industry: Minerals (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia. Will the minister inform the House about how the Morrison-McCormack government's actions in securing our strong mineral...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Prime Minister (12 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That the House: (1) notes: (a) the Australian Government is responsible for the funding and regulation of aged care; (b) more than one third of aged...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
I am very pleased to add to an earlier answer. I have been advised very recently by the Vaccine Operations Centre that they have upgraded by 5,000 the number of Australians vaccinated in the last...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 40 of 2020-21 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's financial statements Audit report No. 40 of 2020-21 entitled Interim report on key financial controls of major entities. Document made a parliamentary paper in...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Health Care (12 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Indi proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The urgent need to respond to...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Department of Defence (7 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That the House: (1) notes that: (a) the Government recently extended a contract for the Department of Defence, for the storage and management of data,...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Diaspora Communities in Australia, COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
[by video link] Last Wednesday, I attended the Australia-Nepal Friendship Society charity gala dinner at the Canberra clubhouse, organised in association with the Australasian Nepalese Medical...
- Herbert Electorate: Australian Labor Party (1 speech)
I rise in the House tonight on a matter of great importance. I've spent some time contemplating whether or not to make the statement I'm about to make. I have a firm belief that people should...
- COVID-19: Vaccination, Queensland Day, State of Origin (1 speech)
Roughly, 3,549 healthcare workers are employed at the Prince Charles Hospital—and if I could personally thank each and every one of them for their work over the past 18 months I would do...
- South Australia: Energy (1 speech)
I'd like to take this opportunity to welcome an exciting decision this week, which was the Australian Energy Regulator's decision to approve the RIT-T, the regulated investment test transmission,...
- Cybersecurity (1 speech)
This week ransomware became a literal barbeque stopper when JBS Foods, Australia's largest meat processor, was paralysed by a ransomware attack mounted by Russian cybercriminals. All beef and...
- Budget (1 speech)
A couple of weeks ago, in the week post the budget, I had the pleasure and the privilege of travelling around the electorate of Forde, hosting my annual budget roadshow. One of the questions that...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Volunteering (1 speech)
Today I wish to acknowledge the many volunteers in my electorate of Hindmarsh, in the western suburbs of Adelaide. As members know, National Volunteer Week is held in May of each year, and on the...
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (1 speech)
I'm pleased that I'm the first coalition speaker today because I have some wonderful news to report to parliament. Yesterday saw the listing of a drug called Oripro. Oripro is to prevent the...
- National Volunteer Week (1 speech)
Like the member for Hindmarsh before me, I'd like to pay tribute today to the volunteers in my local community. The mayor of Logan, Darren Power, said at the quite remarkable award ceremony that...
- COVID-19: Regional Victoria (1 speech)
As Victoria grapples with the prospect of an extended fourth lockdown, there is a very stark choice that the Victorian government has to make today—that is, if it is going to extend this...
- Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
Yet another report has been released, this time by the ANU, which explains again how raising the rate of Centrelink pensions and payments would be the most efficient way to reduce financial...
- Daintree Microgrid (1 speech)
I'm absolutely rapt to see the $19.3 million allocated in this year's federal budget to stage 1 construction of the Daintree microgrid project. This is a project that's very close to my heart and...
- Shortland Electorate: COVID-19 Vaccination (1 speech)
Today I provide an update on the Commonwealth's rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine in the Shortland electorate—or, I should say, rather, the lack of a rollout, as my office continues to be...
- Daddo, Mr Cameron Peter (1 speech)
I wish to bring to your attention today the contribution of Cameron Daddo not only to the screen but to music and arts in general. Many Australians, especially those from the northern beaches,...
- Stronger Communities Program (1 speech)
We all know, as members of parliament, just how much a little bit of money can do in local communities, particularly when it goes to organisations that rely very heavily on volunteers, so I want...
- Banks Electorate: St George Little Athletics (2 speeches)
It's fantastic to have this opportunity to congratulate St George Little Athletics on all the great work that they do. Founded in 1971, the organisation moved to Olds Park in 1979 where they...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Middle East (11 speeches)
by leave—at the request of the member for Calwell, I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) recent violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories has resulted in the deaths of at...
- Diabetes (8 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) 2021 marks 100 years since the discovery of insulin by Canadian surgeon Frederick Banting; (b) Frederick Banting along with his colleagues Professor...
- Volunteer Organisations (11 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges the almost 6 million Australian volunteers who contribute 600 million hours each year to help others through secular and faith-based volunteering...
- Rotary Australia and New Zealand (8 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges that Rotary Australia and New Zealand celebrates its centenary anniversary and first 100 years of service in 2021; (2) recognises over 100 years, the...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Chisholm Electorate: Stronger Communities Program (1 speech)
I want to talk about the Morrison government continuing to deliver for the people of Chisholm. Recently, I had the pleasure of ensuring that hardworking community oriented organisations received...
- Mouse Plague (1 speech)
This morning in the House, I tried to move a suspension of standing orders so that the government could talk about the mouse plague across four Australian states. What we're hearing from farmers,...
- South Korea (1 speech)
2021 marks 60 years of Australia-Korea diplomatic relations. Australia is home to approximately 170,000 Koreans, and our two countries are strong economic, political and strategic partners. I...
- Lyons Electorate: Bicentenary Celebrations (1 speech)
This year is of special significance to many towns in my electorate. Perth in Tasmania might be a little smaller than WA's, but our terrific town, along with several others throughout the...
- Lindsay Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Right now, thousands of people are completing Lindsay's biggest survey. Of those people, so many have already told me how important it is for them to see Dunheved Road upgraded. I've got some...
- Housing Affordability (1 speech)
Housing affordability for young Australians is at crisis point. The data shows that a person under the age of 25 on a median income is unlikely to be able to either rent or purchase a home on...
- Telecommunications (1 speech)
I was very pleased that in the budget the Treasurer awarded another $84.8 million towards the Regional Connectivity Program. The program has already distributed $4½ million in the Grey...
- Veterans (1 speech)
I rise to talk about the treatment of veterans and in particular about the wellbeing centre for Darwin. There was no money in the budget for it. The DVA office in Darwin remains shut. One of the...
- Sunshine Coast Agricultural Show (1 speech)
The show is go. I'm referring of course to the Sunshine Coast Agricultural Show, which is all go this year. From Friday 11 to Sunday 13 June the Sunshine Coast Agricultural Show is back and it...
- Oxley Electorate: Hospitals (1 speech)
Our community has received some terrific news—that the Queensland Palaszczuk government has announced that it will deliver a new 174-bed public hospital in Springfield to cater for the...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on the national vaccine rollout and the recent increase in doses available to constituents in Barker. The national COVID-19 program is continuing to roll out, and I, like...
- COVID-19: Nepal (1 speech)
I rise to give voice to the Nepalese community in my electorate. In recent months we have watched in horror at the unfolding COVID-19 crisis in India, but this virus is running rampant across the...
- Braddon Electorate: Men's Shed (1 speech)
Every man needs a shed. In fact, every shed probably needs a man. Who knows? But our local men's sheds are becoming essential meeting places for blokes in our community right across the...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
The vaccine rollout has been a shambles. Despite more than a year to prepare, despite favourable health circumstances that have not put our health system under the kind of pressure experienced in...
- Surf Life Saving New South Wales: Sydney Branch Awards of Excellence (1 speech)
Last Saturday night the Sydney branch of Surf Life Saving New South Wales held their annual 'Branch Awards of Excellence'. These awards recognise outstanding service and exceptional achievement...
- Advent Energy: PEP 11 Licence (1 speech)
Does anyone know where the Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia is? He's completely missing in action when it comes to Advent Energy's PEP 11 licence. PEP 11 allows oil and gas...
- World Environment Day (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about World Environment Day, which is happening this Saturday. The Ryan electorate is home to a wonderful local environment that I am fighting to preserve and protect....
- Indigenous Australians (1 speech)
I want to thank all the members and senators who joined the Reconciliation Run this morning, co-organised by Rob de Castella's Indigenous Marathon Foundation and the Parliamentary Friends of...
- Economy (1 speech)
Today, of course, we had the release of the national accounts, and it's absolutely unbelievable that, just 12 months after the economy in this country had to effectively be brought to a grinding...
- COVID-19: Victoria (1 speech)
Today we have seen the lockdown in Victoria extended by another seven days. Victoria is in lockdown because of this Prime Minister's failure to take responsibility for the two things that were...
- Haemochromatosis (1 speech)
Haemochromatosis is the most common genetic disorder in Australia. In fact, one in 200 people are affected by it. This disorder causes your body to absorb too much iron from your daily diet....
- Ballina Women's and Children's Refuge (1 speech)
I rise to highlight the urgent need for funding for the Ballina Women's and Children's Refuge. As a former police officer, I have seen firsthand how vital women's refuges are in providing crisis...
- Brand, Mr Damien (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the work of an incredible volunteer in my electorate of Bonner. Earlier this week, I had the privilege of meeting Damien, who is the founder of Little Warrior Shields. Damien...
- Corangamite Electorate: Pool (1 speech)
Today I call on the City of Greater Geelong to hold off on building an outdoor pool in the North Bellarine. It will surely become a white elephant for ratepayers, and there is an alternative: an...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
Last Friday, I had my first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at a GP clinic in Buddina in my electorate of Fisher. I want to thank Kayleigh and Lisa at the clinic for giving me such great...
- Moreton Electorate: Africa Day Festival (2 speeches)
I had the great pleasure of attending Brisbane's Africa Day Festival in Acacia Ridge last weekend, and can I just say upfront how great it is for this festival to be held in Moreton, where it...
- Mallee Electorate: Exchange Hotel (1 speech)
While in Horsham recently I had the pleasure of visiting the Horsham Exchange Hotel to let the owners, Nick and Mel Murray, know that they had been successful in a federal government grant for...
- Hall, Mr Brian Edward (1 speech)
Today in Ipswich, at his funeral service, our community paid tribute to Brian Hall. Brian was the best mayor Ipswich never had. My sincere condolences to his wife, Glenda, and family. Brian was a...
- Renewable Energy (1 speech)
Politics is obviously sprinkled with vexed issues from time to time. They come into your offices, I'm sure you're all well aware, and it works something like this: 'If you vote for this, if you...
- Macquarie Electorate: A Butterflys Embrace (2 speeches)
The loss of a baby, either in pregnancy or as an infant is a heartbreaking experience for a family. Naomi Smith went through that experience when she lost Lucas at 18 days. She has set up a...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Mental Health (10 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes with dismay that suicide is the leading cause of death among Australians aged 15 to 24 years; (2) recognises that young people's decision to access mental...
- COVID-19: Travel Cancellation (12 speeches)
by leave—On behalf of the member for Menzies, I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) the COVID-19 crisis has caused the cancellation or delay of flights and other travel for many...
- Economy: Wages Growth (7 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognise that under this Government, Australia has experienced near stagnant wage growth; (2) notes that: (a) low wages are a deliberate design feature of this...
- Defence Industry (9 speeches)
At the outset I want to thank the member for Stirling very much for raising this motion. It speaks to two important commitments of the Morrison government that we on this side of the House are...
- COVID-19: International Travel (6 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes: (a) Australia's borders have been closed for over a year to both inbound and outbound travel as an emergency measure; (b) the Government has not disclosed or...
