House debates
Thursday, 12 August 2021
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Morrison Government (1 speech)
[by video link] I want to start with a shout-out, a shout-out on climate change and the IPCC special report. Our world's climate scientists are spot on; we are at a pivotal moment to save our...
- COVID-19: Chisholm Electorate (1 speech)
Yesterday Melburnians heard the unwelcome news that the latest lockdown would be extended beyond this week. Unfortunately the fact that the delta variant of the COVID-19 virus is so infectious...
- Cooper Electorate: JobKeeper Payment (1 speech)
[by video link] Today, just as lockdown spread to the ACT because of the Morrison government's failures, my office received a call from our local Centrelink. They called to let us know that...
- Health Care (1 speech)
I'm proud to rise in this House to promote a special facility coming to my electorate of Higgins: a residential eating disorder treatment centre in Armidale. This government committed $13 million...
- COVID-19: Lockdowns (1 speech)
[by video link] I ask the parliament to stop for a minute and think about the parents, the kids and the teachers who are struggling in lockdown. This is an email I received from Amber: 'I sit in...
- Volunteering (1 speech)
Let's spare a thought for those people who are doing it particularly tough at the moment in the midst of the pandemic—the sick, the frail, the lonely. We in our nation's parliament rightly...
- Aged Care, Disability Services (1 speech)
Since the Morrison government came to office, there are 3,000 fewer people studying to become aged and disability carers. The knock-on effect is not enough workers on the floor of our aged-care...
- Gidarjil Development Corporation (1 speech)
As part of the Morrison government's long-term funding commitment for the Indigenous ranger program, I was pleased to call Dr Kerry Blackman from the Gidarjil rangers to inform him that they had...
- Homelessness (1 speech)
It's a sad fact that in our nation there's an estimated shortfall of 650,000 affordable homes and there were some 116,000 Australians who didn't have a roof over their head during last week's...
- Child Care (1 speech)
Australian families deserve access to quality child care regardless of where they live. Access to child care is good for families, it's good for communities and, ultimately, it's good for local...
- COVID-19: Testing and Detection (1 speech)
The Hunter is in crisis, with the latest COVID outbreak prompting a regionwide lockdown that has now been extended. I want the Prime Minister, the health minister and the New South Wales Premier...
- Covid-19 (1 speech)
[by video link] COVID-19 is a terrible and devastating virus, as my community knows too well. This week I've been checking in on families of those affected by last year's coronavirus outbreak in...
- New South Wales: Education (1 speech)
Across New South Wales, our year 12 students are feeling overwhelmed and exhausted. They are still gearing up to complete their HSC, but most students have not had any face-to-face teaching for...
- McSweyn, Mr Stewart (1 speech)
Congratulations to Stewart McSweyn, the 'King of King Island' and Tasmanian Olympic hero. McSweyn took on the best of the best in the final of the men's 1,500 metres in Tokyo last week. He...
- New South Wales: COVID-19 (1 speech)
There's COVID on the Central Coast and in the Hunter because this government failed with the national quarantine system for the 27th time. There's COVID in the Hunter and on the Central Coast...
- Covid-19 (1 speech)
We've all been dealing with the effects of the COVID outbreak back in our electorates, helping where we can. Some electorates are affected more than others. In South Australia at the moment we're...
- COVID-19: Tourism Industry (1 speech)
Tasmanians really feel for all Australians who are subject to lockdown and stay-at-home orders at the moment to combat COVID-19. They're in our thoughts. We hope to see an improvement in case...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
[by video link] Earlier this week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC, released the first part of its sixth assessment report. The report makes for very stark and sobering...
- Ibrahim, Mr Hachem, Ibrahim, Mrs Kaoukab (1 speech)
Earlier today I spoke to Khalil Ibrahim, a friend of 30 years; someone who, in the Arabic way, calls me 'brother'. He lost his mother, Kaoukab, and father, Hachem—his mother last Tuesday;...
- Defence Industry (2 speeches)
I'd like to commend the Morrison government on our recent announcement regarding the establishment of sovereign missile manufacturing capability in this country, which is vital for the national...
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Australian Capital Territory (1 speech)
As members would be aware, the ACT government has announced a positive COVID case and a seven-day lockdown. I and the President of the Senate have already sent out to the building a list of the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Prime Minister (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to Niki Savva's column today, titled 'Prime Minister Scott Morrison a cranky man in need of a plan', in which one of his own cabinet ministers says...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
[by video link] My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline to the House how those on the front line delivering COVID-19 vaccines and doing the essential work of...
- Member for Dawson (20 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Today the Deputy Prime Minister said, about the Prime Minister's refusal to act against the member for Dawson: If you start prodding the bear, you're gonna...
- COVID-19: Business (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on how the Morrison government is working with the business community to support our economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic?
- COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that 11 residents and three staff at an aged-care facility in Newcastle have been infected with COVID? The facility's chief...
- Forest Industry (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia. Minister, in 2018, the government released its billion trees for jobs and growth plan. Will the minister please advise the...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (4 speeches)
My question is to Minister for Health and Aged Care. Can the minister update the House on the real heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic, who are testing and vaccinating a record number of Australians...
- Environment (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's statement in question time on Tuesday: Australia is the only country, to the best of our knowledge, that reports quarterly on...
- Regional Australia: Infrastructure (2 speeches)
[by video link] My question is for the Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia. Will the minister please outline to the House how the Morrison-Joyce government's significant investment in...
- Covid-19 (2 speeches)
My question is for the Prime Minister. Effective public health communication in a pandemic is essential. Can the Prime Minister confirm that translations of vital Commonwealth government COVID...
- COVID-19: Operation COVID-19 Assist (3 speeches)
I ask the Minister for Defence Industry if she would update the House on how the men and women of the Australian Defence Force continue to offer vital support to the Morrison government's...
- COVID-19: Morrison Government (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. People in my electorate of Werriwa are in their seventh week of home schooling their children while trying to do their own full-time jobs, and they have no...
- COVID-19: Education (2 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Education and Youth. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is supporting young Australians through COVID-19, particularly those...
- Covid-19 (2 speeches)
My question is for the Prime Minister. People in my electorate of Fowler who have been attending churches, mosques and temples every week for most of their lives have not been able to go for at...
- COVID-19: National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister please update the House on how our law enforcement and Border Force staff are working on our front line to keep our borders...
- COVID-19: Prime Minister (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Small businesses in my electorate of Macquarie are struggling to keep their doors open, this time without any JobKeeper. They don't know how much longer they...
- Covid-19 (2 speeches)
[by video link] My question is to the Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government is supporting...
- Prime Minister (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to reports of the Prime Minister's verbal spat with the New South Wales Treasurer over his inadequate financial support for the people of New South...
- Regional Services: Health Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Regional Health. Will the minister please update the House on the action the Morrison-Joyce government is taking to ensure that millions of Australians living...
- Urban Congestion Fund (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Auditor-General's office found that a top-20 marginal seat list was used to identify projects to be funded under the commuter car park program and, 'Some...
- COVID-19: Indigenous Australians (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government is supporting the COVID-19 vaccination rollout in Indigenous...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Covid-19 (3 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to add to an answer from question time today.
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- 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.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Morrison Government (25 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable the Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The impact of the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Member for Clark; Presentation (1 speech)
by leave—Pursuant to the agreement between myself and the Leader of the House where crossbench members have wanted a pathway to indicate which way they would have voted, I table a statement...
- Member for Warringah; Presentation (1 speech)
by leave—I table a statement of voting intention for the week of 9 to 12 August 2021, had she been able to attend, from the member for Warringah.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Arrangements (2 speeches)
I respect, Mr Speaker, that this is not the ordinary time that questions to the Speaker are asked. I understand that the Leader of the House is aware that I'm raising this as well. Given the...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
[by video link] In June this year we saw another round of exceptional Australians recognised for their outstanding achievement and service to their local community through the Queen's Birthday...
- Covid-19 (1 speech)
It is not just Australians in Australia struggling with the global pandemic; it is also Australians living overseas, separated from their families and missing the arrival of grandchildren or...
- Gilmore Electorate: Telecommunications (1 speech)
[by video link] Fixing the mobile phone blackspots on the New South Wales South Coast is a critical issue for people in the Gilmore electorate. I am inundated by people contacting my office about...
- Exercise Talisman Sabre (1 speech)
Securing a free and open Indo-Pacific of strong independent sovereign states, not a region dominated by hegemonic power with vassals, depends on parliamentarians understanding our alliances,...
- Brand Electorate: Volunteers, COVID-19: Vaccination, Local Government (1 speech)
My speech tonight on the adjournment is all about giving thanks. I would like to offer my thanks, on behalf of the community and on my own behalf, to the individuals and groups that help us out...
- Australian Labor Party (1 speech)
Almost exactly one month ago, I formally wrote to the Leader of the Opposition regarding the dangerous and abusive behaviour of Jordan Shanks, known as Friendlyjordies. In my letter, I drew the...
