House debates
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
- 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...
- Public Works Committee; Reference (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, the following proposed work be...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Quarantine Facility in Victoria; Approval of Work (9 speeches)
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, and by reason of the urgent...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Intelligence and Security Joint Committee; Report (3 speeches)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, I present the committee's report entitled Report on the review of the relisting of Hizballah's External Security...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Sport (1 speech)
Deputy Speaker, can you feel it? The excitement is building. Today marks Olympic Day. It is exactly one month until the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics Games. The AOC has launch a new ad...
- Mount Larcom Show (1 speech)
In September 2020 the coalition government launched a Supporting Agricultural Shows and Field Days program to provide operational support for agricultural shows. All these shows were affected by...
- Speech Pathology Services (1 speech)
Speech pathology is crucial to helping people communicate more effectively, particularly those with speech impairments or swallowing difficulties. But, unfortunately, in the Northern Territory...
- Harry, Mr Richard (1 speech)
I rise to offer my congratulations to Richard Harry for being awarded the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia's prestigious Max Gardner Award for Distinguished Service. Richard is a humble...
- XLH Awareness Day (1 speech)
Today is XLH Awareness Day. I'd like to acknowledge the work of XLH Australia and, in particular, its president, Ms Sandy Bevc, who's in the gallery with us today—hi, Sandy. Sandy is a...
- Insurance (1 speech)
It was only a couple of months ago that I stood up in this place and talked about Townsville's market failure of an essential service. That essential service is insurance. You have to have...
- Deputy Prime Minister (5 speeches)
Just when you thought this government couldn't get any more shambolic, it's back to Barnaby. The member for New England is the new old Deputy Prime Minister, gifted to us by the Nats....
- National Radioactive Waste Management Facility (1 speech)
It is six years ago, plus a month or so, since I first raised the possibility of my home town, even my home paddock, hosting the National Radioactive Waste Management Facility. On Monday night in...
- Federal Integrity Commission (1 speech)
When former High Court Justice Mary Gaudron and Tony Fitzgerald put their names to something, you would be a fool to ignore it. Yet that's what this government is doing: ignoring 59 eminent...
- Wentworth Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
People here would be aware that there were 13 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases reported overnight in New South Wales, which takes us to 31 cases now linked to the so-called Bondi cluster. As a...
- Rotary Australia (1 speech)
This year marks the 100th anniversary of Rotary in Australia, and in Kingsford Smith I'm proud of the contributions made over many years by our two local Rotary clubs, at Maroubra and Botany...
- Working with Children Check (1 speech)
As you know I rise in this place often to talk about protecting our kids, particularly from predators online and in our community. And, as chair of the Law Enforcement Committee, I know one of...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
The Morrison government's failure to roll out the COVID vaccine has just kicked the Blue Mountains and Hawkesbury tourism sector in the teeth. Already they've had a week of cancellations from...
- Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
I rise to condemn in the strongest possible terms any attempt currently afoot in the Senate to undermine the Murray-Darling Basin agreement. I make it very clear that it is unambiguously the...
- M1 Pacific Motorway, Morrison Government: COVID-19 (4 speeches)
So you're back from outer space—at least, that was the inquiry—and I look to see you there with that sad look upon your face. I should have changed that stupid lock. I should have...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
I'll resist the temptation to do my Gloria Gaynor impersonation for the benefit of the House, but I will use an advertising slogan, which is, 'Down, down, emissions are down' under the Morrison...
- Parliament House: Sport (1 speech)
This morning, I saw the most important sporting fixture on the parliamentary calendar: the parliamentary state-of-origin touch game! New South Wales faced huge odds—we faced a Queensland...
- Shanks-Markovina, Mr Jordan (1 speech)
There is nothing friendly about the behaviour of Jordan Shanks-Markovina, otherwise known as friendlyjordies. Friendlyjordies depicted Leigh Sales as a rat, Lisa Wilkinson as a monkey, Gina...
- Covid-19 (2 speeches)
There are 5.5 million people in New South Wales who are very keen to hear from this Prime Minister about why the vaccine rollout in New South Wales is not a race. The virus is on the move and his...
- Olympic Day (2 speeches)
And the winner is Sydney! In fact, it is Penrith, my home town, the Olympic city for the canoeing and rowing events in the Sydney Olympic Games, the city of champions. This is worth celebrating...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Vaccination (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The New South Wales COVID outbreak is worsening and borders are closing around the country as we head into school holidays. The Prime Minister says 'it's not...
- COVID-19: Economy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister please inform the House how the Morrison government is working to secure Australia's economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic,...
- COVID-19: Vaccination, COVID-19: Quarantine (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Premiers and chief ministers around the country have done the heavy lifting fighting the COVID virus. Labor and Liberal premiers are giving the Prime...
- Employment (4 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Will the Deputy Prime Minister update the House on the Morrison-Joyce government plans to strengthen regional Australia and create jobs? Is the Deputy...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Covid-19 (9 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That the House: (1) notes: (a) there is a global pandemic; (b) there have been at least 25 COVID outbreaks from hotel quarantine; (c) fewer than three...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer please remind the House of the Morrison government's ongoing success in securing our economic recovery to ensure that Australian families can...
- Morrison Government (17 speeches)
My question is to the Leader of the House. This parliament has been used for 120 years to debate the issues of the day. If, on the day, as new cases are coming out and borders are closing, the...
- Commonwealth Integrity Commission (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, on 30 December 2018, you promised Australia a robust federal integrity commission. On 8 September, it will be 1,000 days since you made that...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Will the Minister please update the House on how the government is helping to keep Australians safe from COVID-19?
- Murray-Darling Basin (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. National Party amendments before the Senate right now block the additional 450 billion litres allocated for the health of the Murray-Darling Basin....
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government is focused on technology, not taxes, to reduce emissions? Is...
- Women: Employment (8 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Is the government planning any policy changes to increase female workforce participation in regional Australia? Or does the Deputy Prime Minister...
- Resources Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia. Will the minister update the House on the strength of the resource sector and the plan the Morrison government is...
- Deputy Prime Minister (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. This week Steph Ryan, the Deputy Leader of the Nationals in Victoria, has said, 'I've never made any secret of the fact that I think Barnaby Joyce's...
- Great Barrier Reef (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment. Will the minister update the House on the world-leading approach that the Morrison government is taking with the management of our Great...
- Deputy Prime Minister (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. I refer to his answer yesterday regarding comments by the Western Australian...
- Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education and Youth. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is working to ensure that the proposed Australian Curriculum will achieve...
- Electric Vehicles (9 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. The New South Wales government has committed to substantial subsidies for electric...
- Regional Australia (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Regional Health, Regional Communications and Local Government. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison-Joyce government is improving the lives of...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Commonwealth Ombudsman; Presentation (1 speech)
I present the Commonwealth Ombudsman's quarterly reports under section 712F(6) of the Fair Work Act 2009 for the period 1 October to 31 December 2020, and 1 January to 31 March 2021.
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 45 of 2020-21 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's Performance Audit Report No. 45 of 2020-21 entitled Management of Commonwealth fisheries: Australian Fisheries Management Authority. Documents made parliamentary...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Covid-19 (13 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 Government’s...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (5 speeches)
Deputy Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Human Rights Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present the committee's report entitled Human rights scrutiny report: Report 8 of 2021—Report, 23 June 2021. Report made a...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Mutual Recognition Amendment Bill 2021; Consideration of Senate Message (1 speech)
I move: That the amendments be agreed to. The passing of the Mutual Recognition Amendment Bill 2021 today is a significant economic reform that will benefit businesses, workers and consumers...
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Standards and Assurance) Bill 2021; Second Reading (15 speeches)
I am in continuation and I want to conclude with some comments about the desperate state of one of the seven wonders of the world, the amazing Great Barrier Reef. This government commissioned the...
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Standards and Assurance) Bill 2021; Consideration in Detail (5 speeches)
by leave—I move amendments (1) to (8) as circulated in my name together. (1) Schedule 1, item 6, page 5 (line 6), omit "may", substitute "must". (2) Schedule 1, item 6, page 5 (line 13),...
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Standards and Assurance) 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.
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (International Production Orders) Bill 2020; Second Reading (5 speeches)
Unfortunately the government has left it very late in the day and the week to bring this important bill on for debate in the House, which means I will have to be brief in my remarks. I'm very...
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (International Production Orders) Bill 2020; Consideration in Detail (1 speech)
I present a replacement explanatory memorandum and a supplementary explanatory memorandum to the bill, and I ask leave of the House to move government amendments (1) to (502) as circulated...
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (International Production Orders) 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.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move: That the House do now adjourn. Question agreed to. House adjourned at 20 : 13
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Medicare (1 speech)
Access to affordable health care for all is one of the founding principles of Medicare. The promise that that green Medicare card would give all Australians access to health care when they need...
- Wide Bay Electorate: Stronger Communities Program (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate Gympie Medical Transport, the Noosa Dolphins rugby club and the Maryborough Sporting Car Club on their successful applications to the Stronger Communities Program. As...
- Fowler Electorate: Multiculturalism (1 speech)
Earlier this month I had the privilege of attending the opening of the People's Globe in my electorate, a fantastic initiative by the Fairfield City Council led by Mayor Frank Carbone. The...
- Capricornia Electorate: Health Care, Capricornia Electorate: Yeppoon Aquatic Centre (1 speech)
I take this opportunity to talk about an important project in my electorate of Capricornia which will deliver a much-needed hospice service in Central Queensland. I visited Fitzroy Community...
- Petition: Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (1 speech)
When the Australian National Audit Office released its pretty damning report into the community sports grants program 18 months ago, finding evidence of distribution bias by the federal...
- Wentworth Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge and recognise the exceptional individuals within my own community of Wentworth whose meaningful service to others and Australia was recognised in the Queen's Birthday...
- Perth Electorate (1 speech)
The electorate of Perth will soon change. Following a redistribution we are going to welcome some other great Western Australian suburbs and Western Australian residents to the Perth electorate....
- Banks Electorate: Community Groups (1 speech)
On 5 June I attended the Mortdale Heights Cricket Club presentation at Moore Reserve in Hurstville Grove. Mortdale Heights Cricket Club is one of the very strongest cricket clubs anywhere in the...
- Moreton Electorate: Moorooka Sports and Community Club (1 speech)
The Moorooka bowls club is a well-known facility in my electorate. In May 2019, after half a century of entertaining fans, providing a social hub for the community and training elite players, the...
- Brisbane Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (2 speeches)
In times like these, it's especially important that we pause to acknowledge some of the amazing people who have helped make our local community the very best it can be. The following Brisbane...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (8 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) refugees transferred to Australia from Nauru and Papua New Guinea for medical treatment are still being held in immigration detention centres and...
- His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh (8 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes the death of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; (2) remembers his extraordinary life of service and sacrifice on behalf of the...
- Nuclear Weapons (7 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges that July 2021 marks the 30th anniversary of South Africa's dismantling of its nuclear arsenal in early July 1991; (2) notes that: (a) this represents...
- In Vitro Fertilisation (7 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges that 1 in 6 Australian families face difficulty when trying to start a family and for many this is not straightforward; (2) notes that this is a very...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Renewable Energy (1 speech)
You can get a lot done when you work together, and that is what the Senate has done this week. When we shared power last time, the Greens secured the Australian Renewable Energy Agency. We did it...
- Member for Riverina (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge and thank the former Deputy Prime Minister for his service not only to our country during its most trying time but to my electorate of Moncrieff and the Gold Coast more...
- Fraser Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
The 27th National General Assembly of the Australian Local Government Association is concluding in Canberra today. It has been a pleasure to meet with the leaders of the two local government...
- Medicines Australia, XLH Awareness Day (1 speech)
If there is a hero in 2021, it is medicine. If we can open one day, it will be thanks to vaccines. Those who, unfortunately, get COVID have a better chance of survival than last year thanks to...
- Macarthur Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
Macarthur is home to some really remarkable individuals who contribute greatly to our society. Some of these wonderful members of our community were recently recognised in the Queen's Birthday...
- Lyne Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Gloucester, Stroud and the small villages surrounding them are benefiting from our government's investment. Bucketts Way, which is the spine of these towns and villages, already has $21 million...
- Richmond Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
I rise to update the House on the appalling decision by the New South Wales Liberal-National government to close four public schools in Murwillumbah and amalgamate them into one mega school. This...
- Child Exploitation (1 speech)
Today the Parliamentary Friends of Combatting Child Exploitation, along with the Minister for Home Affairs, Karen Andrews, and along with the Commissioner of the AFP, Reece Kershaw, launched in...
- Sickle Cell Disease (1 speech)
World Sickle Cell Day was on 19 June, with this year's focus on the need to include newborn screening for sickle cell disease in Australia's healthcare system. I'd like to acknowledge the work of...
- Western Australia: Business Regulation (1 speech)
Mr Deputy Speaker Zimmerman, as you know, Swan is in Western Australia, and Western Australia is a parochial state, but Western Australians are no fools. Legislation that's before the House at...
- Child Care (1 speech)
In 2021, it is almost unbelievable that I have to stand here to condemn members of the Morrison government for judging and shaming Australian families for trying to balance work and family...
- Refugee Week (1 speech)
It's Refugee Week, and my region is a very welcoming place. No matter your background, if you come to live with us you'll find a community, and more—you'll find a home. There is no better...
- National Security (1 speech)
Last week, the prosecution of Witness K came to an end. Mercifully, it resulted in a non-custodial sentence. Witness K was charged with conspiring to reveal classified information in relation to...
- SheSheds (1 speech)
We all know of the wonderful work of Men's Sheds and the positive impacts they have had on communities across the country. With Men's Sheds growing in popularity, one local woman in Northern...
- Child Care (1 speech)
It was shocking today to hear that members of this government were concerned about affordable child care potentially leading women to 'outsource parenting'. What year are we in? It is the year...
- Great Barrier Reef (1 speech)
The claim about outsourcing parenting is false, as the other chamber has heard. Earlier this week UNESCO's China-chaired World Heritage Committee proposed listing Australia's Great Barrier Reef...
- NAIDOC Week (1 speech)
In Macquarie we see NAIDOC week as an opportunity to heal, and there is much healing to be done. Author of People of the River, Grace Karskens, describes the first recorded massacre of Aboriginal...
- Queensland: Olympic and Paralympic Games (1 speech)
The adventure sports facility for Redlands Coast could be an incredible piece in the Olympics 2032 puzzle. I'm delighted that my city is leading the way with this canoe slalom proposal, including...
- Lyons Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
I rise to commend and congratulate two members of my electorate named in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. First, I'd like to congratulate Mr Noel Beven AM of Campania. Noel was recognised for...
- Longman Volunteer Recognition Awards (1 speech)
Volunteers are the unsung heroes in every community, and my electorate of Longman is no different. They give up their time, much of it on weekends or during the night hours. They turn up...
- Anderson, Mr Tom (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the outgoing chair of the Weston Creek Community Council, Mr Tom Anderson, for his outstanding community service. He has served on the council's...
- Motor Neurone Disease (1 speech)
I would like to take this time to speak about a sobering yet important issue, motor neurone disease. Motor neurone disease is an extraordinarily horrific disease that slowly debilitates its...
- Dobell Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
There are many people in the electorate I represent who make the coast a special place, but today I want to recognise a couple of standouts, locals who have been recognised in the Queen's...
- Reid Electorate: Tamil Study Centre (2 speeches)
Today I rise to commend the Tamil Study Centre in Homebush. The centre was first established in 1987 and represents the deep roots of our Tamil-speaking community in Reid. The Tamil Study Centre...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Education (7 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges the bicentenary of Catholic education in Australia; (2) notes that: (a) the first official Catholic school was founded by Fr John Therry in Parramatta in...
- Veterans: Veteran Wellbeing Centres (8 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises the service and sacrifice of those who have served in the Australian Defence Force, along with that of their families; (2) notes: (a) the Government's 2019...
- Port of Darwin (16 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) in 2015, the Northern Territory Government foolishly awarded a 99-year lease of the Port of Darwin to Shandong Landbridge Group, a privately held...
- Space Industry (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that the Government has recognised the value of Australia's growing space sector by including space as one of the six national priority manufacturing sectors in...
- Member for Bowman (6 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes: (a) it has now been more than two months since the Member for Bowman said he would step down from all of his parliamentary positions; (b) the Member for Bowman...
