House debates
Tuesday, 15 June 2021
- Privilege (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I wish to raise a matter of privilege under standing order 51. The matter concerns an interlocutory judgement made on 1 June 2021 by Justice Yates of the Federal Court of Australia in the case of...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Pensions and Benefits (8 speeches)
I move: That the House: (1) notes: (a) the Morrison Government recently settled the Robodebt class action in the Federal Court of Australia for $1.9 billion; (b) the Court judgement declared...
- Member for Bowman (8 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) the Member for...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Eden-Monaro Electorate: Eden Canoes Initiative (1 speech)
I rise today to discuss a wonderful initiative by Eden Marine High School, the same school I attended and graduated from. Local Aboriginal students have been building traditional canoes as part...
- Wide Bay Electorate: Bruce Highway Tiaro Bypass (1 speech)
Turning a dangerous stretch of the Bruce Highway into a safe four-lane Tiaro bypass is one of the projects where we must put aside political differences, and I call on the state and federal...
- El-Kadomi, Mr Neil, OAM (1 speech)
Parramatta is mourning the passing of Neil El-Kadomi OAM. Quite frankly, it's hard to imagine Parramatta without him. He has made a very real difference. He has left an extraordinary legacy of...
- Immigration Detention (1 speech)
Tharnicaa and Kopika Murugappan will obviously go down in Australian history. They are an extension of an issue that has been with us for a while, and that is the identification of where your...
- Mascot Junior Rugby League Football Club (1 speech)
In the great game of rugby league it's not often that you see the scoreboard hit 110, but that rare feat has been achieved by the Mascot Junior Rugby League Football Club, which celebrated its...
- COVID-19: Travel Restrictions (1 speech)
Congratulations to both our Prime Minister and Prime Minister Lee of Singapore for advancing the bubble between our two countries. We already have a successful pilot with New Zealand. It is time...
- Covid-19 (1 speech)
I rise today to outline this government's failure—failure to build the for-purpose quarantine facilities that have been needed for at least 12 months; failure to secure enough vaccine or...
- Rathie, Ms Katrina (1 speech)
I want to pay tribute today to an outstanding lawyer who's been a positive influence on my life and on the lives of many lawyers and clerks. Katrina Rathie is a great businesswoman, a great...
- Petition: COVID-19 (1 speech)
Today I rise on behalf of more than 70,000 Australian citizens and permanent residents, some of whom are in the House now, calling on this government to show greater compassion on travel...
- Men's Health Week, Chisholm Electorate: Men's Sheds (1 speech)
This week is significant. This week is Men's Health Week. It's a time for us to remember the difficulties men go through in life. It's a haunting reminder of the fragility of health and life when...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
Last Thursday night, restrictions were eased in Melbourne. It has been a tough couple of weeks for Victorian families, workers and businesses, and I want to thank each and every single Victorian...
- Reid Electorate: CO.AS.IT (1 speech)
Reid is home to a very proud Italian community, with over 16,860 people living in Reid with Italian heritage. On Wednesday 9 July I visited CO.AS.IT, a well-established Italian association that...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
The Prime Minister promised Australians we were at the front of the queue for vaccines, but today Victorians wanting to get their first Pfizer jab are being turned away because there are no...
- Critical Minerals (1 speech)
As the name suggests, critical minerals, including rare earths, are essential to economic wellbeing, with widespread use in mobile phones, widescreen televisions, wind turbines, electric cars and...
- Macquarie Electorate: North Richmond Bridge (1 speech)
The devil is in the detail of the Morrison government's offer of additional funding to duplicate North Richmond Bridge. In 2010, I stood on that bridge with opposition leader Anthony Albanese,...
- Medicare (1 speech)
The Morrison government has increased funding for Medicare by $6 billion in this year's federal budget. In fact, we've increased funding to Medicare from $19 billion under Labor to $30 billion...
- Prime Minister (1 speech)
Credibility, like integrity, is something that you build over time through actions, not words. That's a problem for this Prime Minister, particularly when it comes to fringe conspiracy theories...
- Fairfax Electorate: Queen's Birthday Awards (1 speech)
It may not surprise you to learn that in my electorate of Fairfax there are many men and women who are far better human beings than I. I rise today to pay credit to a few who have been...
- Prime Minister (1 speech)
QAnon is a dangerous conspiracy-driven cult which has no role in the public life of Australians. Let us be clear what this is not about. Who the Prime Minister is friends with is entirely a...
- Flynn Electorate: Agricultural Shows (2 speeches)
In 1822 the first show was held in Hobart. It is the most continuous event in post-colonial history. Queensland has 127 shows, 25 of which are in Flynn. The point I want to make is that the...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Victoria: Floods (2 speeches)
I wish to update the House on the storms that have wreaked havoc on regional Victoria over the past week. The storms have turned roads into rivers, paddocks into lakes and plunged entire...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Prime Minister will be absent from question time today and for the remainder of the week, as he is in the United Kingdom for the G7-plus summit. I will answer...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Immigration Detention (7 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. The government has kept four-year-old Tharnicaa in detention most of her young life. The Biloela community, I know, has made it clear that they want...
- COVID-19: Regional Australia (4 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. Will the Acting Prime Minister inform the House how the Morrison-McCormack government's economic recovery plan is helping to build resilience in...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (13 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. The government first announced that it was 'looking at manufacturing facilities' for mRNA vaccines in August—10 months ago. Why has the...
- Taxation (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer remind the House of how the Morrison-McCormack government's steadfast commitment to reducing taxes is creating more jobs for Australians and...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (5 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. Can the Acting Prime Minister confirm advice from the industry department to Senate estimates that it may be up to four years before mRNA...
- International Travel (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will you commit to broadening the definition of immediate family for travel exemptions to include parents and also prospective marriage visa...
- Medicare (13 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 supporting access to new medicines and treatments under Medicare?
- Trade (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade. Will the minister update the House on the benefits of securing a free trade agreement with the United Kingdom for Australian industry and jobs?
- Medicare (9 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. According to the Sunday Herald Sun, patients could be forced to pay a $1,200 gap fee for a common hip surgery thanks to this government's changes to...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison and McCormack government is keeping Australians safe by taking positive action to combat...
- COVID-19: Quarantine (11 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. I refer to comments by the New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian in relation to quarantine, when she said, 'In the future, you can't have a hotel...
- Defence (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison-McCormack government is working with regional partners to keep Australia safe?
- Cybersafety (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's Online Safety...
- COVID-19: Quarantine (8 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. Can the Acting Prime Minister confirm evidence from Senate estimates that the Department of Health has not even been asked to provide advice about a...
- Agriculture Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management. Will the minister please outline how the Morrison-McCormack government's Ag2030 plan is supporting the...
- Government Advertising (2 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. The government has continued to spend taxpayer money on advertising its so-called comeback, even as it has failed to meet its vaccine rollout targets....
- Climate Change (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison-McCormack government is working with our international partners to...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Pegg, Mr Duncan; Reference to Federation Chamber (3 speeches)
I move: That further statements on indulgence in relation to the death of Duncan Pegg be permitted in the Federation Chamber. I want to acknowledge the initiation of the Acting Prime Minister, in...
- 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.
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I present the following Auditor-General's performance audit reports of 2020-2021: No. 42—Responding to non-compliance with biosecurity requirements: Department of Agriculture, Water and the...
- Privilege (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
Under the provisions of standing order 51, I rise on a matter of privilege arising out of recent conduct by YouTube, a subsidiary of Google, which I believe is in contempt of parliament. I will...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Health Care (24 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Hindmarsh proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's failures...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
In accordance with standing order 133, I shall now proceed to put the question on the motion to suspend standing orders moved earlier today by the honourable member for Maribyrnong on which a...
- Member for Bowman (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 Lalor on which a division was called for and deferred in...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (2 speeches)
I move: That business intervening before notice No. 1, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Regulations and Determinations (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Immigration Detention (1 speech)
Late this afternoon, a flight left Christmas Island to take Tharnicaa's father and sister, Nades and Kopika, to Perth. After nine long days of waiting, they'll be reunited in hospital, as...
- Bonner Electorate: Australian Made Products (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak on the importance of buying Australian made. We just recently celebrated Australian Made Week, which is a reminder for Aussie shoppers to embrace the incredible quality of...
- Victoria: COVID-19 (1 speech)
I rise this evening to acknowledge the fact that this pandemic has been a long and hard time for Australians, especially for Victorians. Victoria is my home state. I want to start my remarks by...
- Queensland Government (1 speech)
Today in Queensland is state government budget day. I just thought it would be interesting to compare and contrast what the state government has done for the good people of Queensland as opposed...
- Crawford, Professor James Richard, AC (1 speech)
A little over a fortnight ago, Australia lost our greatest ever international lawyer, James Crawford AC. James was arguably one of the world's most influential international legal scholars,...
- Mallee Electorate: Renewable Energy (1 speech)
With abundant solar resources in the north and wind in the south, Mallee is well placed to be a national leader in renewable energy generation. I've been campaigning for a recognition of our...
- Compton, Mr Everald Ernest, AO (1 speech)
I want to congratulate distinguished Queenslander Everald Compton, who has friends on both sides of the House. Everald was recently honoured with an award in the Order of Australia. This is his...
- Bills (0 speeches)
