House debates
Wednesday, 11 August 2021
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 36 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on Monday 23 August 2021. The report will be...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Intelligence and Security Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, I present the committee's report entitled Report by statement: a review of regulations re-listing Jama'at Mujahideen Bangladesh...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Cabaero, Ms Lina, Stewart, Mrs Jean (1 speech)
I pay tribute to Lina Cabaero from Asian Women at Work, who recently died. Lina dedicated her professional life to protecting women from being exploited at work. She was based in Campsie and,...
- Mental Health (1 speech)
We know that poor mental health does not discriminate. The past couple of years have been made all the more difficult with drought, fires, floods and a pandemic that has seen society's fabric...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
[by video link] At this morning's interview with the Deputy Prime Minister, the petulance that was on display by the person who holds the second-highest office in this country—demanding...
- Parkes Electorate: Renewable Energy (1 speech)
Right on cue, following the member for Macnamara! I've been listening to the contributions of those opposite, led by the member for Melbourne, the member for Warringah and others, about climate...
- COVID-19: Quarantine (1 speech)
[by video link] This morning the residents of Fraser received the news that the current lockdown will be extended by seven days. Just before giving this speech, while at the shops next to my...
- Riverina Electorate: World War I (1 speech)
There's a dedicated group of volunteers in my home town of Wagga Wagga committed to the cause of erecting a statue to honour the service and sacrifice of our Light Horsemen. On Sunday they helped...
- Tasmania: Aviation (1 speech)
Thirty-eight aviation workers have been stood down without pay at Launceston and Hobart airports because flights have collapsed due to the lockdowns on the mainland—lockdowns that are a...
- Cairns Show (1 speech)
Fortunately, this year's Cairns Show went ahead as planned, following last year's cancellation, in what was a major boost to our city and wider region. It's one event I certainly look forward to...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
[by video link] Sadly, today, a 30-year-old man from Belrose died, unvaccinated, at Northern Beaches Hospital, from COVID. People in New South Wales aged between 20 and 39 are still not able to...
- Triple J Unearthed (1 speech)
[by video link] INXS, Midnight Oil, Angus and Julia Stone, Flume and Ocean Alley are just a few of the great bands and artists from the northern beaches. We are Australia's mecca for...
- Mills, Mr Patrick Sammie (Patty) (1 speech)
Patty Mills—what can I say? Our first Indigenous flag bearer, an NBA champion and a proud Canberran who grew up on Ngunawal-Ngambri land in the Bean electorate. He started his basketball...
- Rix, Ms Pat (1 speech)
Everyone in this place knows local heroes who go above and beyond for our communities, and in the electorate of Boothby, and in fact across South Australia, Pat Rix is one of our leading...
- International Development Assistance (2 speeches)
Last month I met with Melanie Marshall, Belinda Groves and Elizabeth Stone from the Micah women's leadership network. Micah Australia is a coalition of churches and Christian non-profits who...
- Moore Electorate: Climate Change (1 speech)
The renewable energy research laboratory based at the School of Engineering, at the Joondalup Campus of Edith Cowan University, conducts cutting-edge research locally into renewable sources of...
- COVID-19: Victoria (1 speech)
[by video link] I'm making this statement from Caroline Springs in my electorate, the hotspot for the most recent COVID outbreak in Melbourne. As I had unwittingly visited a tier 2 site last...
- Nicholls Electorate: Water (1 speech)
Today the Liberal-National coalition announced 40 water infrastructure projects nationwide which will share in over $108 million of federal funding under the National Water Grid Connections...
- Welfare Reform (1 speech)
This government lie continuously to 2.6 million Australian pensioners. They told pensioners there would be no cuts to the ABC, no cuts to Medicare and they told them that robodebt was entirely...
- Curtin Electorate: Clinipath Pathology (1 speech)
Whether it's getting our blood or body tissue tested, pathology is a service which we have all no doubt relied on for the most important thing in our lives—which is our health. I was...
- Afghanistan (1 speech)
Today I rise to give voice to veterans from across Australia who are appalled by the failure of the Morrison government to act urgently to protect the Afghan interpreters who served alongside our...
- Tilley, Mr James Edward (Jim), OAM (2 speeches)
[by video link] Jim Tilley, who passed away recently, was a warrior for a just cause, the leading light in the British Pensions in Australia organisation, who fought hard for the right for...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday the Prime Minister described the vaccination program like this: 'It doesn't matter how you start the race, it is how you finish the race. It is how...
- Covid-19 (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister please inform the House how the Morrison government is continuing to deliver on its plan to secure Australia's path forward to a...
- COVID-19: International Travel (5 speeches)
[by video link] My question is also to the Prime Minister. Last September the Prime Minister announced that stranded Australians overseas would be home by Christmas, and then last October the...
- COVID-19: Economy (3 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer please remind the House of the Morrison government's enduring commitment to delivering more jobs and a stronger economy so that all Australians...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Last week the Prime Minister told the House he supports the premiers in all the work they do to save lives and livelihoods. Does the Prime Minister support...
- COVID-19: Small Business (2 speeches)
[by video link] My question is to the Treasurer. Despite what has been said, small businesses in Sydney and Warringah are struggling desperately. One local business owner has said to me that the...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (4 speeches)
[by video link] My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Will the minister please update the House on how the Q3 ramp-up of the vaccine rollout is helping to protect lives across...
- COVID-19: Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia. Will the minister update the house on how the Morrison government's significant investment in the agricultural sector and...
- COVID-19: QAnon (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to today's report in the Daily Telegraphtitled 'How QAnon became a killer covid conspiracy cult in Oz: Families torn apart by lies'. Prime Minister,...
- Climate Change (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is working with our international partners to advance the next...
- Waste Management and Recycling (2 speeches)
[by video link] My question is to the Minister for the Environment. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is transforming Australia's waste and recycling industry,...
- Climate Change (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. This morning on ABC Radio, the Deputy Prime Minister said about net zero emissions, 'We don't actually come up with the plan.' Is the Deputy Prime Minister right?
- Resources Sector (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources and Water. Will the minister update the House on the strength of the resources sector and the plan that Morrison-Joyce government is implementing to...
- JobKeeper Payment (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Jan, from Frankston, is an age pensioner who works part time as a teacher. She received JobKeeper, and Centrelink is now demanding she repay more than...
- COVID-19: Economic Recovery (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government's plan to chart Australia out of the COVID-19 pandemic is...
- Urban Congestion Fund (8 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Ten per cent of the total funds that he committed as Treasurer for commuter car parks at the last election were allocated to his own electorate. After more than...
- Defence Industry (2 speeches)
[by video link] My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government's plan for a stronger defence industry is creating jobs and...
- Urban Congestion Fund (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Can the Treasurer confirm that: 10 per cent of the total funds he committed as Treasurer for commuter car parks at the last election were allocated to his own...
- Census (5 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer, Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness, Social and Community Housing. Will the minister please update the House on the progress of the 2021...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Covid-19 (1 speech)
I will add to an answer when I referred to the more than a quarter of a million Australians who received a dose yesterday. I'm advised that that is equivalent, on a per capita basis, to the...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
A document is tabled in accordance with the list circulated to honourable members earlier today. Full details of the document will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Deputy Prime Minister (2 speeches)
I have a question to you. I refer to page 548 of Practice, 'Rostering of ministers', where it says: Although there is no rule to this effect, it has been traditionally expected that all Ministers...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
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Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- National Anti-corruption Commission (17 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Isaacs proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The government's failure to...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Closing the Gap (8 speeches)
[by video link] In continuation, when I first spoke on this issue, I mentioned to the House that First Nations people are still far more likely to be jailed, die by suicide or have their children...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Closing the Gap (2 speeches)
Last week, the Prime Minister presented the most recent Closing the gap report to this parliament. I want to begin by acknowledging, at the outset of my comments, the traditional owners, the...
- Tokyo Olympic Games (1 speech)
Mr Deputy Speaker, it's in celebration of the Australian team's magnificent efforts in the Olympics. On Sunday we celebrated the closure of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. I think the Olympics is...
- Eden-Monaro Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
I stand here today a little sad, angry and frustrated, like many Australians across the country. I'm sad I won't get to celebrate my niece's 18th birthday with her. Like many families who are...
- Covid-19 (1 speech)
Like, I suspect, many people in this place, over the last 18 months I have received countless emails from members of my electorate needing help—and the member for Eden-Monaro has just...
- Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games (1 speech)
Tonight I join my co-chair of the parliamentary friends of the Olympics, the member for Forde, in saying a big thank you to the Olympians. I do so with my wonderful Olympic tie and also with the...
- Chisholm Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
It gives me great pleasure to speak about the continuous delivery of safer and better roads and infrastructure in my electorate of Chisholm. Nation-building extensive infrastructure projects have...
