House debates
Thursday, 2 September 2021
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Amendment Bill 2021; Second Reading (1 speech)
For the benefit of the House, I'm completing a speech started by the Minister for Regional Health, and member for Lyne. People said they wanted this review, with a broad scope that considered...
- Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) 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.
- Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment (Economic Empowerment) Bill 2021; Second Reading (1 speech)
[by video link] The Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 was a major achievement of both the Whitlam Labor government and its successor, the Liberal government led by Malcolm...
- Sex Discrimination and Fair Work (Respect at Work) Amendment Bill 2021; Second Reading (21 speeches)
I present a revised explanatory memorandum to this bill, and I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Sexual harassment is unacceptable in any context, whether in the workplace or...
- Sex Discrimination and Fair Work (Respect at Work) Amendment Bill 2021; Consideration in Detail (3 speeches)
by leave—I move amendments (1) to (51), as circulated in my name, together: (1) Clause 2, page 2 (table item 1), omit the table item, substitute: (2) Schedule 1, page 3 (before line 4),...
- Sex Discrimination and Fair Work (Respect at Work) 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.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That order of the day No. 3, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Afghanistan (3 speeches)
[by video link] In my previous remarks on this motion a few days ago I had initially expressed the enormous gratitude that we as people of Australia should have for the men and women of the...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Coombs, Mr John (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to my friend the late John Coombs. As National Secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia, John Coombs was one of the faces of the wharf dispute of 1997-98. Australia got...
- COVID-19: Small Business (1 speech)
Like so many others in this chamber, I have been moved by the small and medium-sized business owners in our communities who have been doing it tough during the ongoing uncertainty of lockdowns,...
- Lee, Ms Deborah (Debbie) (1 speech)
[by video link] At the outset of this year's finals series, Debbie Lee become the first woman inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame. In the House today, I want to especially...
- COVID-19: Victoria (1 speech)
There's a large park a few blocks from where I live in Melbourne. It's a very popular park, especially with the many recently migrated families who live in the area, many in old semidetached...
- Wavehill, Mr (1 speech)
[by video link] Today I pay tribute to my old friend Mr Wavehill, an extraordinary man who lived an extraordinary life. He recently passed at his home in Kalkarindji surrounded by his family, two...
- Madill, Dr Frank, AM (1 speech)
(): When I was just a boy, about 15, he asked me if I would like to come to hospital and see him operate and I was very keen. As I was going into the operating theatre, his advice to me was, 'if...
- Anticorruption Commission (1 speech)
[by video link] Almost 1,000 days have passed since the Prime Minister and the former Attorney-General stood before the Australian people and finally, grudgingly, promised them a national...
- Moncrieff Electorate: Economy (1 speech)
Recently, the Morrison government, in conjunction with the Queensland government, announced a $600 million support package to assist businesses and the tourism sector which have been suffering...
- Tasmania: Housing (1 speech)
[by video link] Last week's Tasmanian budget contained some welcome funding. Alongside long-overdue spending for education and youth, there was important funding for legal aid services and mental...
- Veterans: Mental Health (1 speech)
[by video link] I would like to congratulate the Department of Veterans' Affairs for providing fully trained psychiatric assistance dogs for eligible veterans right across Australia. As we know,...
- Canberra Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
As everyone here in this chamber and building knows, Canberra, my home town, has been in lockdown since 12 August. My community knows how dangerous this delta strain of COVID-19 is and it is...
- Covid-19 (2 speeches)
Early in the pandemic we saw harrowing footage of the CCP ruthlessly enforcing lockdown measures. At the time you could have been forgiven for shrugging and thinking, 'Only in communist China.'...
- Sidwell, Mr Oswald William Thomas (Bill) (1 speech)
[by video link] Last week we lost a gentleman, a great sportsman and a great Australian. Bill Sidwell for some time had been Australia's oldest living Davis Cup player. He was an outstanding...
- Afghanistan (1 speech)
Over the past weeks I've been speaking with Afghan members of my community, including on Monday, when I met with representatives of the Canberra Hazara community with the member for Scullin, and...
- Tokyo Paralympic Games (1 speech)
I'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate the Australian Paralympic athletes on their outstanding achievements. From my own electorate of Cowper we have four remarkable men and women who...
- COVID-19: New South Wales (1 speech)
I'm a worried man. I wish to make my concerns known. The government is putting all its eggs in the Doherty modelling basket, and I'm very worried man. I'm worried that the modelling is just that;...
- Cairns Cup (1 speech)
The Cairns Cup has been run and won for another year, with locally trained and owned Tutelage saluting the judge. It was the husband and wife training duo of Janel and Ronnie Ryan's fourth Cairns...
- JobKeeper Payment (1 speech)
Australia has had bad governments before, but have we ever had a more mendacious, incompetent, thin-skinned, secretive, cowardly government than this one? Australians are furious that the...
- Mackellar Electorate: Fashion Industry (2 speeches)
[by video link] Too many people say that manufacturing is not possible in Australia; that we have to compete against overseas manufacturers, who offer wages equivalent to modern slavery; that...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Tokyo Paralympic Games (2 speeches)
Before the parliament rises, as we indeed did for our great Olympians, I want to share Australia's joy and pride in our Paralympians. There are still three more wonderful days ahead, and we are...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Sex Discrimination Legislation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why has the Prime Minister failed Australian women and voted against Labor's amendments to implement key recommendations by Sex Discrimination Commissioner...
- COVID-19: National Plan (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Australian families and businesses, including in my electorate of Barker, want to be able to plan for their futures with confidence, free of the uncertainty...
- COVID-19: Lockdowns (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Eight days after the New South Wales outbreak began, the Prime Minister said, 'I commend Premier Berejiklian for resisting going into a full lockdown.' Since...
- COVID-19: Agriculture (8 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Will the Deputy Prime Minister outline to the House how the Morrison-Joyce government's national plan is ensuring the availability of critical workers...
- COVID-19: Hospitals (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In the six weeks between now and when parliament is due to meet next, the number of COVID patients in New South Wales intensive care units is expected to...
- Tasmania: COVID-19 (3 speeches)
[by video link] My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, Tasmania is very fortunate to be safe and not locked down. The problem is that half the country is locked out, which is...
- Morrison Government (2 speeches)
I ask the Treasurer if he could remind the House why it's vital for economic recovery that all states and territories stick to the national plan as agreed so that businesses and families can...
- COVID-19: Hospitals (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Intensive care at Liverpool Hospital is already beyond capacity, with COVID patients being sent to other hospitals as far away as Wollongong. There are extra...
- Covid-19 (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Would the minister please outline to the House the importance of Australia's national plan and how sticking with the plan will support the...
- JobKeeper Payment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. New analysis shows the Morrison-Joyce government gave more than $300 million of JobKeeper to firms that tripled their revenues. Given the government is chasing...
- Australian Defence Force (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government's investment in cutting-edge technology is equipping our Defence Force with...
- Prime Minister (2 speeches)
[by video link] My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister said, 'Ultimately everything is a state matter.' Was it the states or the Prime Minister who backed Clive Palmer's attempt...
- Child Abuse (3 speeches)
[by video link] My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Next week is National Child Protection Week. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government is backing...
- COVID-19: Quarantine (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister said, 'Ultimately, everything is a state matter.' Is it the states who are responsible for quarantine or is it the Prime Minister? How...
- Cybersafety (2 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government is protecting Australians...
- COVID-19: Indigenous Australians (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister said, 'Ultimately, everything is a state matter.' Is it the states or is it the Prime Minister who have left First Nations people,...
- COVID-19: Manufacturing Industry (2 speeches)
[by video link] My question is to the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology. Will the minister please outline to the House how sticking to the national plan will support Australian...
- COVID-19: Hospitals (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister said, 'Ultimately, everything is a state matter.' Was it the states or the Prime Minister who said the number of patients in ICU is a...
- COVID-19: Resources Industry (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources and Water. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison-Joyce government is sticking to the national plan and supporting the resources...
- COVID-19: Lockdowns (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister said, 'Ultimately, everything is a state matter.' Is it the states or is it the Prime Minister who is responsible for half the country...
- COVID-19: Schools (2 speeches)
[by video link] My question is to the Minister for Education and Youth. Will the minister update the House on how the national plan will help get schools open so we can focus on lifting our...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister has said, 'Ultimately, everything is a state matter.' Was it the states or was it the Prime Minister who falsely claimed that Australia...
- National Summit on Women's Safety (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment representing the Minister for Women. Next week's women's safety summit will inform the national plan to end violence against women and their...
- 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 (2 speeches)
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 (11 speeches)
I've received a letter from the Hon. the Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The failure of the...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Vaccination (22 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That the House: (1) notes: (a) in a free democratic nation, any preventive medical intervention should only to be carried out with the prior, free and...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
It being after 4.30, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Indigenous Australians (1 speech)
[by video link] I would like to acknowledge the First Nations custodians of the land we are meeting on and the custodians of the parts of Australia that all of you are from. A few days ago we had...
- Mackellar Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
[by video link] The impacts of traffic congestion are far-reaching. Traffic congestion costs drivers money and it means more pollution and greenhouse gases in our atmosphere but, most of all, the...
- COVID-19: Small Business, Greenway Electorate: Charitable Organisations (1 speech)
[by video link] Small businesses in Greenway are hurting. They are hurting financially. They are hurting from a lack of certainty. They are frustrated because the federal government has not been...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
[by video link] We passed some important milestones in our vaccination journey over the last 24 hours. Across Australia, we've now exceeded 20 million doses of the vaccine delivered—in...
- Agriculture Industry (2 speeches)
) ( ): I would like to thank and congratulate the Morrison government and my National Party colleagues for the fact that we now have in the Senate the Senate Standing Committee on Rural and...
- COVID-19: Parliament (2 speeches)
I'm very hopeful that the issues with the member for Maribyrnong will be resolved. If you could perhaps indicate when they are, I will take my seat at precisely that point. I will also say at...
- COVID-19: People with Disability (1 speech)
[by video link] Thank you, Mr Speaker—much awaited! Right now, as this parliament adjourns, there's a man called Jeremiah, or 'Jerry' to his family, in a Melbourne hospital. Jerry is 72...
