House debates
Wednesday, 25 August 2021
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 37 of the Selection Committee, relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on Monday 30 August 2021. The report will be...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Electoral Legislation Amendment (Counting, Scrutiny and Operational Efficiencies) Bill 2021, Electoral Legislation Amendment (Party Registration Integrity) Bill 2021, Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Offences and Preventing Multiple Voting) Bill 2021; Second Reading (20 speeches)
I rise today to speak on this package of electoral bills proposed by the government: the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Counting, Scrutiny and Operational Efficiencies) Bill 2021, the Electoral...
- Electoral Legislation Amendment (Counting, Scrutiny and Operational Efficiencies) Bill 2021, Electoral Legislation Amendment (Party Registration Integrity) Bill 2021, Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Offences and Preventing Multiple Voting) 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.
- Electoral Legislation Amendment (Party Registration Integrity) Bill 2021; Consideration in Detail (3 speeches)
by leave—I move my amendments (1) to (6) together: (1) Schedule 1, item 1, page 3 (line 6), omit "1,500", substitute "1,000". (2) Schedule 1, item 2, page 3 (line 10), omit "1,500",...
- Electoral Legislation Amendment (Party Registration Integrity) 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.
- Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Offences and Preventing Multiple Voting) 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.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Covid-19 (1 speech)
[by video link] We must come out of lockdown, but we must do it safely, and the frustrating thing in the situation that we are presented with today is: had the Prime Minister stuck with the...
- Army Recruit Training Centre Kapooka (1 speech)
Almost all of the more than 39,000 Australian Defence Force personnel who served in Afghanistan marched out of Kapooka at Wagga Wagga in my Riverina electorate. On 12 July, an important and...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
[by video link] Locals in Kingsford Smith want to get vaccinated, and many in the Bayside Local Government Area now need to get their shot to go to work. The New South Wales government announced...
- Fairfax Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
COVID-19, Afghanistan, relations with China—Australia faces no shortage of challenges, but let me assure you that, despite our focus on some of these very big global issues, we are not...
- COVID-19: Morrison Government (1 speech)
() (): [by video link] I'm over it; Australians are over it. We're all sick of the divisive spin. Why can't the Prime Minister just get on with the job—all of them? He literally tore down a...
- COVID-19: Queensland (1 speech)
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is walking away from the national cabinet's plan to avoid snap lockdowns. The Premier boasts that the state remains open—that's a fact—with...
- COVID-19: Education (1 speech)
This year, 2021, has been an incredibly difficult year for Australians but particularly so for year 12 students, who have seen their final year of secondary education thrown into turmoil. Their...
- Mero, Axel: London Royal Ballet School (1 speech)
I rise in the House today to congratulate Axel Mero, from Mount Beauty, in my electorate of Indi. Axel has been accepted into the Royal Ballet School in London and will jet off in just two weeks...
- Barker Electorate: Exports (1 speech)
My electorate of Barker produces some of Australia's highest quality food and fibre and we have an international reputation for it. From the premium reds of the Barossa and Coonawarra to wagyu...
- Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research (1 speech)
The Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research has rapidly become an iconic organisation in south-west Sydney. I recently met with some board members, including CEO, Darryl Harkness; board...
- Braddon Electorate: Daffodil Day Appeal (1 speech)
This Friday, 27 August, is Daffodil Day. One in two Australians are diagnosed with cancer in their lifetimes and I'm just one of the millions across Australia who have been forever impacted by...
- Macquarie Electorate: Mental Health (1 speech)
It's been 12 months since Katoomba's headspace opened, for the first time providing easier access for young people in the upper mountains to ask for help. But its establishment has come at a time...
- White, Mr Samuel 'Sam' (1 speech)
In 2010, young Sam White was living with his parents, Jim and Andrea, in Whyalla. Jim was a senior manager at Arrium. Sadly, he has passed since. But Sam had a motorbike accident at Port Lowly,...
- JobKeeper Payment (3 speeches)
JobKeeper was the biggest one-off program in Australian history, costing the average Australian household $9,000. It wasn't Liberal Party money; it was taxpayer money, and taxpayers have a right...
- COVID-19: Arts (1 speech)
[by video link] Creative arts and the industries are a mainstay of my electorate of Wentworth. They are part of the local culture, they support careers and businesses, they nurture talent and...
- Tasmania: Aviation Industry (1 speech)
I want to talk about the aviation workers in my electorate. I did raise this issue in here just a week or so ago. The airport job cuts in Tasmania have now reached over 100—100 people who...
- Ryan Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
[by video link] I made an important commitment to the people of Ryan at the last election to fix local roads, and, with the help of the Brisbane City Council and Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner, we...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
The Prime Minister is treating us like mugs again. In a few moments, he's going to stand at that dispatch box and say that Australians have to make a choice between hope and holding him to...
- Sturt Electorate: Kensington Gardens Reserve (1 speech)
I rise to update the House on the imminent completion of an excellent project we've jointly funded in my electorate, that being the Kensington Gardens Reserve upgrade. The Morrison government has...
- Covid-19 (2 speeches)
We're living through difficult times, and no-one doubts that. There are, throughout all of our 151 electorates across this country, people who are suffering the effects of this pandemic,...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Afghanistan (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. According to a report, Afghans with valid Australian visas who protected the Australian embassy and their families, up to 1,200 people, were left to wait...
- COVID-19: Morrison Government (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister please inform the House how the national plan, backed by expert advice, will enable Australians to live with the virus and will help...
- COVID-19: Quarantine (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. On the day that Queensland's hotel quarantine system reaches capacity, the Morrison government asked the parliament to agree to the construction of dedicated...
- COVID-19: Economic Recovery (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Will the Deputy Prime Minister inform the House how the Morrison-Joyce government support for sticking to the national plan will support the aviation...
- COVID-19: Aged Care (6 speeches)
[by video link] My question is for the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Nearly 600 aged-care centres across Australia, less than half the workforce, have had their first vaccine dose. Given the...
- Superannuation (4 speeches)
[by video link] Slithering suits out of Sydney universities contaminate trade unions and now invest all superannuation moneys, with 51 per cent of super going into the stock market—what...
- COVID-19: Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer inform the House of what the Morrison government is doing to support our economic recovery and why every Australian state and territory needs...
- COVID-19: New South Wales (14 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Eight days into the Sydney outbreak the Prime Minister congratulated the New South Wales Premier for not locking down. Two months later, the whole of New...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (6 speeches)
[by video link] My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Will the minister please update the House on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and how sticking to the national plan will...
- COVID-19: New South Wales (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Sydney's health system is under real pressure. At Westmead Hospital in Sydney, two-thirds of intensive care beds are occupied by COVID-positive patients, and...
- Afghanistan (2 speeches)
Can the defence minister outline to the House how the men and women of the Australian Defence Force are continuing to bring back Australians and Australian visa holders from Afghanistan?
- COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
[by video link] My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, Mount Druitt, at heart of the Chifley electorate, has been smashed by COVID. Nearly two weeks ago, Labor wrote to the Prime...
- Afghanistan (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government continues to resettle Afghan nationals in response to the serious...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Lakemba Respiratory Clinic is run by the federal government. It's one of the sites the minister referred to in his last answer. The manager of the...
- COVID-19: Small Business (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business, who is my new neighbour up here. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is...
- COVID-19: Vaccine Manufacturing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology. I refer to the report in The Australian that the Morrison-Joyce government told CSL it would support mRNA manufacturing...
- COVID-19: National Plan (2 speeches)
[by video link] My question is to the Minister for Education and Youth. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government is sticking to the national plan and supporting...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The New South Wales Chief Health Officer says that during this outbreak we've seen more children infected and more childcare centre outbreaks and children...
- COVID-19: Tourism Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. Will the minister please update the House on how sticking to the national plan will support Australia's tourism sector and ready...
- Afghanistan (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister and it refers to the first question asked in question time today, by the member for Solomon, when the Prime Minister failed to verify whether a report was...
- Regional Australia: Employment (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources and Water. Minister, will you update the House on how the Morrison-Joyce government is creating jobs in regional communities by undertaking reforms to...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Tokyo Paralympic Games (2 speeches)
I can pleasingly announce that Australia has got their first gold medal at the Paralympics—Paige Greco in the women's C1-3 3,000 metre individual pursuit. That was quickly followed by a...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
In relation to a question from the member for Watson, I sought advice from the Vaccine Operations Centre with regard to the Lakemba Respiratory Clinic. The advice from the Vaccine Operations...
- 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.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Agriculture Industry (15 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Franklin proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The government's failure...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Intelligence and Security Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, I present the committee's Advisory report on the Foreign Intelligence Legislation Amendment Bill 2021. Report made a...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Improving Supports for At Risk Participants) Bill 2021; Second Reading (21 speeches)
I'm one of the last speakers, and much has been said in a very bipartisan way about the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Improving Supports for At Risk Participants) Bill 2021, but...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Improving Supports for At Risk Participants) 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.
- Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 6) Bill 2021; Second Reading (19 speeches)
It is my unenviable task to excite the House, at 5.20 pm on a Wednesday afternoon, about the subject matter of the Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 6) Bill 2021. It's a herculean task,...
- Foreign Intelligence Legislation Amendment Bill 2021; Second Reading (2 speeches)
I rise to speak to the Foreign Intelligence Legislation Amendment Bill 2021. The Foreign Intelligence Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 amends the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act...
- Foreign Intelligence Legislation Amendment Bill 2021; Consideration in Detail (1 speech)
I present a supplementary explanatory memorandum to the bill. I ask leave of the House to move government amendments (1) and (2), as circulated, together. Leave granted. I move government...
- Foreign Intelligence Legislation Amendment 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.
- Foreign Intelligence Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 (1 speech)
on indulgence—I just want to make a brief comment on the bill that has just passed the House, the Foreign Intelligence Legislation Amendment Bill 2021. This bill was introduced this...
- Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 6) Bill 2021; Second Reading (8 speeches)
[by video link] I won't make a lengthy contribution on this bill, the Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 6) Bill 2021, and partly that's because, out of the five schedules that this bill...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Morrison Government (1 speech)
[by video link] Last week, I held a community forum, together with the member for Isaacs, about the need for a federal anticorruption commission and Labor's commitment to establish a genuinely...
- Murray-Darling Basin Plan (1 speech)
It's been an interesting 18 months where we have been learning—I suppose collaterally to the other grave challenges we face through this once-in-a-century pandemic—a lot more about...
- Newcastle Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
While the coronavirus has sorely tested many in our community, it has also brought out the very best of humanity. The pandemic has shown that our communities are strong, they are resilient and...
- Monash: Centenary (1 speech)
During the First World War, state and federal governments coordinated efforts to build farming communities for returned soldiers and their families. The South Australian government responded as...
- Education: Early Learning Matters Week, COVID-19 (1 speech)
Before we entered lockdown in the ACT, back at the end of July, I had the chance to go down and do some work experience at Wonderschool Early Learning Centre in Conder. Armed with my Working with...
- Afghanistan (1 speech)
Much has been said, and will continue to be said, about Afghanistan. There will continue to be analysis on what led us as a country to become involved; why and how we have left; and the impact...
