House debates
Thursday, 24 June 2021
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Federation Chamber to meet at 10 am this sitting and consider the following business: (1) Members'...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Member for Bowman (6 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the member for Griffith from moving the following motion immediately: That the House:...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Petitions Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Petitions, I present the committee's Report on the inquiry into aspects of petitioning security and accessibility, together with the minutes of the...
- Electoral Matters Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, I present the committee's report, incorporating a dissenting report, entitled Report of the inquiry on the future conduct of...
- Electoral Matters 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.
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee; Report (4 speeches)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee of Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, I present the committee's report, incorporating dissenting reports, entitled Australia's response to the coup in...
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint 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.
- Intelligence and Security Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, I present a corrigendum to the committee's report entitled Report on the review of the re-listing of Hizballah's...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Dissent from Ruling (20 speeches)
On that basis, I move: That the ruling be dissented from. I make clear to the House that in doing this very unusually—I think you were the first since the first Speaker to be nominated by...
- Senate Debate (11 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Kingston from moving the following motion immediately— That the House suspend to take note of the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Bryant, Mrs Margaret (1 speech)
I rise to place on record in the Australian parliament the very sad news of the passing of Mrs Margaret Bryant, a pillar of our local community and someone much respected right across the...
- Wide Bay Electorate: Tiaro Bypass (1 speech)
At long last, the Queensland government has confirmed its support for a four-lane Tiaro bypass. It's a welcome step up. I'm alarmed though, because the Queensland government says the design won't...
- Tasmania: Prisons (1 speech)
I stand because the Tasmanian government is about to start drilling the Westbury prison site, and there are great concerns in the community about this. We've just had heavy rain in Tasmania;...
- Mallee Electorate (1 speech)
The coalition government is supporting drought affected communities in my electorate of Mallee. I am delighted to be working with 12 local governments, including the Buloke Shire, to invest in...
- Canberra Electorate: Carers (1 speech)
Tomorrow I'm going to be holding a carers forum with the member for Dobell, Emma McBride, our shadow assistant minister for carers. We're holding this forum because we are inspired by the many...
- Queen Street and West Woollahra Association (1 speech)
Recently I had the pleasure of attending the Queen Street and West Woollahra Association's annual general meeting and social drinks. A record turnout of 120 residents and guests gathered at the...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
This virus is everywhere, and the Prime Minister of Australia is nowhere. He's isolating by himself after he went on a family trip through the UK. And now we in Victoria are the latest victims of...
- Goldstein Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
It's with a mild degree of distress that I report to the House that only in the past couple of minutes it's come to my attention that there has been an outbreak with at least one case of COVID-19...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
It's disgraceful that so many members in this place are focused on little power plays while the pandemic still profoundly impacts communities. We have now had closed international borders for 15...
- Smith, Mr (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge the recent passing of one of O'Connor's most respected Indigenous elders. In consideration of his family's deep cultural beliefs, I won't use his first name. Mr Smith,...
- Medicare (1 speech)
One of my constituents, Barbara, who is 89, recently came to my mobile office at Taigum. She wanted to talk to me about moving into the area, into Regis at Brighton, and how she had found the...
- Scott, Mr Darryl (1 speech)
Today I'd like to recognise another very hardworking local volunteer in my electorate of Longman: Darryl Scott, the President of Narangba Dynamos Netball Club. Recently I awarded Darryl a 2021...
- Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
Earlier today the chaos within the coalition government was on full display. There is disunity not just within the National Party but also between the two coalition partners. The attempts by...
- Hong Kong (1 speech)
I rise to raise the very serious issues facing the people of Hong Kong which have manifested themselves in the last several weeks. I, like many other Australians, have visited Hong Kong and have...
- Murray-Darling Basin Water Plan (1 speech)
What a shambles, what a debacle and what a mess we witnessed today in this chamber and last night in the Senate! What we saw was disunity and distrust between the Nationals and the Liberals,...
- Motor Neurone Disease (1 speech)
On Monday you may have seen many MPs wearing a blue cornflower like the one I am wearing now. The cornflower is a hardy plant, resilient and strong. As such, it is the perfect plant to represent...
- Murray-Darling Basin Plan (1 speech)
What we've seen from the National Party today is that they have no intention of backing this plan. They have no intention of wanting the river to be restored to health. I have to say that the...
- Future Fuels Package (1 speech)
The people of Higgins care deeply about protecting the future of our planet. That's why I'm proud that the Future Fuels Package, announced last September, is a $1.9 billion investment package in...
- Workplace Safety (1 speech)
Occasionally in this place, more so than others, you have a great privilege. I had that earlier today, in meeting Craig, Kevin and Joanna, who are with us in the gallery now. They have all...
- Middle East (2 speeches)
I was delighted this week, as the chair of the Australia-UAE Parliamentary Friendship Group, along with the chair of the Australia-Israel Parliamentary Friendship Group, Senator Abetz, to attend...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Deputy Prime Minister (5 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I was advised as I came into the chamber that the Deputy Prime Minister is a possible close contact from a function and is getting medical advice as we speak, so we'll make...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Covid-19 (6 speeches)
On that basis, a different question perhaps. My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. The New South Wales COVID outbreak has grown to nearly 40 cases. There is community transition of...
- Morrison Government (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister please update the House on how the Morrison government is supporting Australians in uncertain times by delivering on our economic...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. A driver of international aircrew who was reportedly unvaccinated and unmasked is at the centre of the New South Wales outbreak. The government's hand-picked...
- Regional Australia (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Will the Deputy Prime Minister update the House on the work the Morrison-Joyce government is undertaking to protect the lives and livelihoods of...
- COVID-19: Quarantine (6 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. The arrival of international air crews into Australia and quarantine is clearly the Commonwealth's responsibility. The Prime Minister ignored Jane...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The advice I have received is that the most effective way to stop the spread of the virus is to vaccinate, first, the most vulnerable and, second, the most...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer remind the House why the Morrison government's recent budget was so important in protecting Australian jobs and livelihoods during this ongoing...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Deputy Prime Minister (1 speech)
On indulgence, shortly before question time I was alerted that I may have been in contact with a person who was a close contact of a case. I immediately sought further information and advice from...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Vaccination (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday the government tabled a new vaccine rollout document that does not include a single target and instead refers to 'horizons'. The government has not...
- Covid-19 (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government is continuing to protect Australians from the global COVID-19 pandemic?
- COVID-19: Vaccination (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Australians in aged care and disability care were meant to be vaccinated by Easter so they would be protected by the start of winter. But according to the...
- Great Barrier Reef (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minster for the Environment. Will the minister update the House on the Morrison government's steadfast commitment to the Great Barrier Reef—the best-managed reef in...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The department of industry has said mRNA vaccines might not be produced in Australia until four years from now. Premiers have said the vaccine rollout is...
- Climate Change (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. Will the minister update the House on the Morrison government's technology, not taxes, approach to reducing emissions, and is...
- COVID-19: Quarantine (11 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Yesterday the Queensland Premier confirmed the 25th COVID outbreak from hotel quarantine and called on the Morrison-Joyce government to establish a...
- Mining (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia. Will the minister update the House on the Morrison-Joyce government's plans to cut red tape and green tape in the...
- Deputy Prime Minister (4 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. I refer to the Deputy Prime Minister's previous answers this week about his capacity to work with women in regional Australia. Two state National...
- Economy, Employment (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 economic recovery plan is working to support Australia's...
- Murray-Darling Basin (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. This week, members of the government, in both the Senate and the House, moved amendments to a bill which directly contradict a decision of cabinet on the...
- Veterans (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Minister for Defence Personnel. I note the $11.8 billion committed to Australian veterans and their families in this year's budget. Can...
- Murray-Darling Basin (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia. When did the minister first become aware of the National Party's plot to shred the Murray-Darling Basin Plan?
- Olympic and Paralympic Games (4 speeches)
My question goes to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister please update the House on Brisbane's bid to host the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games and how the Morrison government has...
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- 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.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
I move: That leave of absence be given to every Member of the House of Representatives from the determination of this sitting of the House to the date of its next sitting. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Government Response (1 speech)
For the information of honourable members, I present a schedule of the status of government responses to committee reports as at 23 June 2021. The schedule will be incorporated in Hansard. The...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 34 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of bills. The report will be printed in the Hansard for today. Copies of the report have been placed on the table....
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Covid-19 (27 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The failure of the...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Covid-19 (1 speech)
Shortly before question time, I was alerted that I had been in contact with someone that may have been in contact with a case. I immediately sought medical advice, and, as I am not a close...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Silicosis (1 speech)
If there is one lesson that we all should have learnt from the years of dealing with asbestos, it's that delay doesn't help and that parliament and governments need to act as soon as they know...
- Gold Coast (1 speech)
I invite Australians to book a holiday on the Gold Coast now. Whether it's driving from Brisbane or Ipswich this weekend, or if you're coming from interstate, say, Victoria—or New South...
- Coalition Government (1 speech)
We've had eight years of this government and three Prime Ministers and we've sworn in four Deputy Prime Ministers. Under this government, the flipping and the flopping just doesn't stop. They...
- University of Newcastle (1 speech)
Earlier this month I, and many of my colleagues on both sides of this chamber who represent the Hunter region, welcomed the appointment of the Hon. Mark Vaile AO as the new Chancellor of the...
- Housing Affordability: Frontline Workers (1 speech)
Not all heroes wear their undies on the outside. The last 12 months have reminded us who the real heroes in our local communities are. In Sydney, as the prospect of a potential lockdown creeps...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
Two years ago the idea that people could be discriminated against based on their private medical history would have disgusted the majority in this country. However, over the last 18 months we've...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Young Australians (1 speech)
Today I met with Brian and Hawa, two youth ambassadors from UNICEF Australia. They presented me with the 2021 UNICEF Australia Young Ambassadors report, entitled Children's voices in a changing...
- Ryan Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
I rise to remark on a couple of milestones in our local community of the Ryan electorate. Last week I visited Fran Alt at the Bellbowrie Bakery to thank her for her 29 years of trade. My local...
- Parramatta Electorate: Conservation (1 speech)
In Parramatta we have some amazing people who have been fighting for decades to protect the heritage that we see every day in Parramatta. It's an extraordinary place with an amazing sense of...
- Blueline Laundry (1 speech)
Blueline Laundry has been operating for close to 130 years and it has never wavered from its commitment to creating meaningful employment. It was originally founded by the sisters of the Good...
- Palmer, Mr Clive (3 speeches)
Yesterday my office received a call from a constituent who lives in Marangaroo. Lyn called my office because the residential village where she lives is home to several elderly residents and they...
- Bradfield Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
I'm very pleased to acknowledge the extensive list of my constituents in Bradfield who were honoured in this year's Queen's Birthday honours list. As always, we've seen contributions across a...
- Pensions and Benefits, COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
Pensioners in my electorate of Lilley are sick of being disrespected and treated like a burden by the Morrison government. Over the last eight years, we've seen this government try to cut the...
- Townsville: Crime (1 speech)
One of the claimed hallmarks of the state Labor government's attempt to fix crime in Townsville is the option for magistrates to require 16- and 17-year-olds to wear a GPS tracker or ankle...
- Palmer, Mr Clive, COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
Today I rise to condemn the flyers of Clive Palmer. He is spreading anti-vexer lies and nonsense across my electorate. My electorate is already feeling vulnerable and anxious about the vaccine...
- Page Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours, New South Wales Rural Fire Service Awards (1 speech)
The 2021 Queen's Birthday honours list was recently announced. Scott Monaghan, from the Clarence Valley, was made a Member of the Order of Australia for his significant service to Indigenous...
- Myanmar (1 speech)
The government have been woeful in their response to the Tatmadaw, the military junta, the perpetrators of Myanmar's coup on 1 February. Australia is one of the world's oldest democracies and a...
- Sturt Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
I'm very excited to inform the House of the public school building boom that's going on in my electorate of Sturt as we speak. In particular, I congratulate my good friend the Hon. John Gardner,...
- Cox, Mrs Helen Joanne (Jo) (1 speech)
It was the most shocking day in British politics this century just five years ago, on 16 June 2016, a week before the Brexit vote, when brooding tensions came to a head in one horrific act of...
- Joondalup Learning Precinct (1 speech)
I am actively working to attract more technologically advanced industries to the City of Joondalup to collaborate with the institutions within the Joondalup Learning Precinct and provide more...
- National Refugee Week (1 speech)
This week was National Refugee Week, and the theme this year was 'unity'. The past year during the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted now more than ever the importance of working together to...
- Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games (1 speech)
The Olympic and Paralympic Games are almost upon us once again. In the swimming powerhouse that is the Sunshine Coast excitement is mounting for the many local athletes who will be pulling on the...
- Langker, Mr Kristo (10 speeches)
I'm going to choose my words very carefully to avoid any issues of sub judice. Earlier this month, the fixated persons unit of the New South Wales police counterterrorism unit violently arrested...
- Mallee Electorate: Energy (1 speech)
I am committed to ensuring that the people of my electorate of Mallee can access affordable, reliable and sustainable energy. Locals want to know that they can pay their energy bills, that their...
- Roberson, Mrs Ivy Rose, McMillan, Mr Brett, NAIDOC Week (1 speech)
There comes a time when you have to say goodbye to friends and you lose them, and some of these times are harder than others. Ivy Roberson was one of those people. I remember getting a text...
- Lyne Electorate: Health Services (1 speech)
The Nationals and Liberals in government are boosting investment in cancer care by appointing Cancer Care Associates to develop cancer services in the Manning-Great Lakes region. Access to...
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
Earlier this week the member for Cunningham and I had an important meeting with representatives of the Prime Minister's office and representatives of Minister Ruston. I want to thank the Prime...
- Bowman Electorate: RedFest (1 speech)
It's an honour in this chamber to tell the RedFest story, on behalf of Redland City, which is probably Australia's closest agricultural heartland to any CBD capital, at just 20 kilometres from...
- Shipping Industry (1 speech)
For all of my working life, from the time I started training as a young nurse many years ago, I have been a member of my union. The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, or the ANF, as it...
- Budget (1 speech)
Despite the immense challenges of the past 16 months, Australia is roaring back to life. I'm so proud of our achievements. We have stuck together, looked out for each other and followed the...
- Health Care (1 speech)
Access to medical care is so important to people living in outer metropolitan areas and regional areas. It's one of the fundamental rights we should have as an Australian to be able to see a...
- National Radioactive Waste Management Facility (1 speech)
Yesterday I made a 90-second statement in the main chamber congratulating those involved in passing the national radioactive waste management bill through the Senate on Monday night, but I was...
- Leonard, Dr Victor (Ray), Eaton, Ms Val, Draper, Dr Anthony, Francis, Dr Joshua (1 speech)
I would like to pay tribute to some outstanding Australians with connections to the Territory, or Territorians. First, Ray Leonard, the last survivor of HMAS Armidale, has passed on. I believe...
- Calare Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (2 speeches)
Today I rise to pay tribute to the citizens of Calare whose contributions to community and country were recognised in the Queen's Birthday honours. Kaye Chapman received an Order of Australia...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Pegg, Mr Duncan (4 speeches)
on indulgence—It's with great pride and much sadness that I stand to speak on the condolence motion for Duncan Pegg. I know that the last fortnight has been hard for many people on the...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Child Care, Medicare, Aged Care (1 speech)
From the cradle to the twilight years, and in sickness or in health, Labor is on your side. We know that families are under pressure in their early years of being a family with young children....
- Children's Online Safety (1 speech)
When we take our kids to the playground or to the supermarket or walk them to school we are constantly supervising them. Of course we are. Our job as parents is to keep them away from home. We...
- Rotary Australia and New Zealand: 100 Years of Service (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate Rotary for 100 years of service to the people of Australia. In this centenary year, Rotary has 30,000 members across more than 1,000 local clubs. I'm very proud of...
- Euthanasia (1 speech)
I rise to speak on a matter that causes me great concern, and indeed distress, as it does for many. The South Australian parliament's lower house has passed a bill to legalise euthanasia. This...
- National Integrity Commission (1 speech)
One of the most important issues of faith that a government has with the Australian people is to spend taxpayers' funds responsibly. But this government, the Morrison government, has abused that...
- Working Holiday Maker Program (1 speech)
I was very pleased when Minister Hawke announced on Tuesday some variation to the Working Holiday Maker program and some additions to the Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List. The shortage...
- Greensill Capital (1 speech)
We recently saw the collapse of a billion-dollar supply-chain financing company. The collapse happened so fast that it sent shockwaves around the world. There were huge implications for...
- Ovarian Cancer (1 speech)
Last fortnight, I had the pleasure of visiting the University of New South Wales, and in particular the Gynaecological Cancer Research Group there. I was hosted by Associate Professor Caroline...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
I want to start by thanking the frontline health staff who have been doing so much throughout the Illawarra, the Southern Highlands and the South Coast, against all the odds, to vaccinate...
