House debates
Thursday, 28 October 2021
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Appropriations and Administration Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present Report No. 22:Annual report 2020-21 of the Standing Committee on Appropriations and Administration of October 2021. Report made a parliamentary paper in accordance with standing order 39(e).
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Electoral Roll (23 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That the House: (1) notes: (a) voter fraud is a "vanishingly small" issue in Australia according to the AEC;
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Bill 2021, Offshore Electricity Infrastructure (Regulatory Levies) Bill 2021, Offshore Electricity Infrastructure (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021; Second Reading (21 speeches)
I am in continuation. There are a lot of reasons why offshore wind must be harnessed for the good of our country. In the long run there is potential not just to generate electricity for us here...
- Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Bill 2021, Offshore Electricity Infrastructure (Regulatory Levies) Bill 2021, Offshore Electricity Infrastructure (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021; Consideration in Detail (4 speeches)
I move amendment (1) circulated in my name: (1) Clause 17, page 21 (after line 18), after subclause (3), insert: (3A) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(d), and without limiting the circumstances...
- Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Bill 2021, Offshore Electricity Infrastructure (Regulatory Levies) Bill 2021, Offshore Electricity Infrastructure (Consequential Amendments) 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.
- Offshore Electricity Infrastructure (Regulatory Levies) 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.
- Offshore Electricity Infrastructure (Consequential Amendments) 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.
- Biosecurity Amendment (Enhanced Risk Management) Bill 2021; Second Reading (5 speeches)
[by video link] I want to be clear at the outset that federal Labor will be supporting this bill. It is not our intention to hold up this bill, because of the biosecurity risk that could impact...
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Speaker of the House of Representatives (8 speeches)
I would like to make a statement and would ask each of you to listen carefully to what I have to say. I decided quite some time ago that I would like to end this last term as a member of this...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Morrison Government (1 speech)
The Empire State Building, the Eiffel Tower and the Canberra light rail: what do these great landmarks have in common? They were all built faster than this government's promised anti-corruption...
- Child Abuse (1 speech)
As a father, my very first priority is to the safety of my children. Indeed, the Morrison government is committed to the safety of all Australian children. This week, we delivered the first ever...
- Broadband (1 speech)
[by video link] I wish to explain to the House how the beautiful town of Berry, the town of trees, has been so badly impacted by the decisions of this government, given the failed NBN rollout of...
- Rogers, Ms Liz (1 speech)
I would like to pay tribute to Liz Rogers, a beloved and treasured member of the Kempsey community, who passed away on Tuesday surrounded by a large, loving family. Liz leaves her devoted husband...
- Rowswell, Zachary (1 speech)
Sometimes you meet people who are 100 per cent dedicated to helping others, and every day they try to find a way to give back, but it's not often you find this level of altruism in someone as...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
In the last two weeks, there's been a lot of discussion about Australia and its commitment to reduce its emissions, and the Prime Minister is heading off tonight to represent our country in...
- COVID-19: Immigration Detention (1 speech)
There are now 21 confirmed COVID cases among the asylum seekers and refugees in the Park Hotel in Melbourne. This is a national disgrace and an abrogation of the duty of care owed to these people...
- Henderson, Dr Michael AO (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge the service of Dr Michael Henderson, who was appointed an officer of the Order of Australia earlier this year. Dr Henderson was recognised for the significant...
- COVID-19: Indi Electorate (1 speech)
The mental health impacts of COVID are well-known, and one of the most powerful ways we can address that is through simple acts of kindness. Kindness is known to increase self-esteem, empathy,...
- Stronger Communities Program (1 speech)
The expressions of interest have opened for around 7 of the Stronger Communities Program, which gives local governing bodies and community groups the opportunity to nominate projects of up to...
- McEwen Electorate: Hazel Glen College (1 speech)
It's my pleasure to rise today to congratulate all the year 12 students at Hazel Glen College, who will be graduating in the coming weeks. Standing here in my Hazel Glen tie reminds me that these...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
This week the Prime Minister set out our plan for a net zero future. I'm immensely proud of this momentous occasion in Australia's history. Australia has agreed to achieve net zero emissions by...
- Electoral Roll (1 speech)
This morning we saw another shameful chapter in the government's attempts to cling to power, with the introduction of a bill to introduce voter ID requirements for the first time in our nation's...
- Moore Electorate: War Memorials (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joondalup City RSL, I seek federal funding to relocate and refurbish two war memorials in my electorate. The 100th Anniversary Anzac Memorial arch at Ocean Reef, on the foreshore...
- Morrison Government (1 speech)
I have to raise in this place the parliamentary dissonance that we've been hearing this week. We have a government in this place which in question time this week has told us that they won't...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
I want to use this opportunity to add to a contribution I made last night in the adjournment, where I was indicating that the vaccine rollout had gathered pace: 70 per cent of eligible...
- Morrison Government (1 speech)
This government is big on claiming they support freedoms, but there's a stench of hypocrisy rising from the government benches. In their minds, all people deserve freedoms but some people deserve...
- Curtin Electorate: School Leavers (1 speech)
This year, over 2½ thousand young people are graduating from schools in my electorate—Churchlands, Perth Mod, Shenton, Iona, JTC, Newman, Bold Park Community School, Christ Church,...
- Electoral Roll (1 speech)
As one of the only world leaders who refused to condemn the invasion of the US Capitol, it's only fitting that this Prime Minister is channelling a move straight out of the Trump playbook. He...
- Member for Bowman (2 speeches)
[by video link] Today I withdraw my 25 March parliamentary apology. It's now obvious the accusations against me were fabricated. My apology at the time was to anyone genuinely upset by my...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister: Why did it take the threat of being humiliated at an international climate conference for the Prime Minister to commit to net zero? Weren't the bushfires enough?
- Morrison Government: Economy (2 speeches)
Following on from those comments from the Prime Minister, my question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister please outline to the House how the Morrison government is delivering on...
- Climate Change (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can he confirm the government ridiculed renewable energy targets, then flipped, tried to abolish the Clean Energy Finance Corporation and ARENA, then...
- Infrastructure: Regional Australia (2 speeches)
My question as to the Deputy Prime Minister. Will the Deputy Prime Minister update the House on how the Morrison-Joyce government is providing vital infrastructure to support regional communities...
- Climate Change (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister has refused to release the modelling of his net zero policy, showing its full economic impact, before he goes to Glasgow tonight. Why?
- COVID-19: Indi Electorate (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Right now Albury-Wodonga is experiencing the biggest outbreak of COVID-19 since the pandemic began. Likewise there are increasing numbers...
- Taxation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer remind the House how the Morrison government's ongoing commitment to delivering lower taxes will strengthen our economic rebound as COVID-19...
- Climate Change (24 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. It follows my last question, about why it is that modelling for his net zero policy has not been released. Is he aware that a senior official has just told...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Will the minister please update the House on Australia's vaccine rollout and when booster vaccines will become available for all Australians?
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Prime Minister (12 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That this House condemns the Prime Minister for misleading the Parliament and the Australian people by not telling them that the modelling document for...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction. Can the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government's plan to reduce emissions is focused on technology...
- Defence Equipment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence. Will the minister inform the House of the Morrison government's significant investment in defence capability, and how it's working with regional...
- Electoral Roll (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why is the Prime Minister seeking to suppress Australians' right to vote and importing Trump-style attacks on democracy into Australian politics on the eve...
- Education (2 speeches)
[by video link] My question is to the Minister for Education and Youth. With many students in my electorate returning to school this week, why is it so important to have a national curriculum...
- Electoral Roll (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to his attempt to suppress voting rights in Australia. Has the Prime Minister no understanding of the impact this move will have on remote...
- Australian Natural Disasters (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia, representing the Minister for Emergency Management and National Recovery and Resilience, and I note the Black Summer...
- Electoral Roll (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. When there were no prosecutions for multiple voting at the last election, why is the Prime Minister now trying to suppress the vote and make Australians...
- Science and Technology (2 speeches)
I ask the Minister for Defence Industry and the Minister for Science and Technology if she will update the House on how the Morrison government is supporting our scientists and researchers in...
- Electoral Roll (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. If the Prime Minister actually cares about integrity in politics, why won't he refer the member for Pearce to the Privileges Committee, and why won't he...
- National Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians. Will the minister outline to the House how the National Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse, released yesterday by the...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Day For Daniel (4 speeches)
I invite the Minister for Home Affairs to make a brief statement on Day for Daniel, and we extend to the Morcombes, particularly on this day, our sincere thanks to them for their incredible...
- Member for Parramatta (4 speeches)
Thank you, Mr Speaker. On indulgence: I am announcing today that I won't be re-contesting the seat of Parramatta at the next election. An honourable member: Oh! I didn't expect that! I am now in...
- 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.
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (20 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for McMahon proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's climate...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Member for Clark; Presentation (1 speech)
by leave—I table statements of voting intention for the member for Clark for the last sitting week and this sitting week.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (1 speech)
[by video link] Well, what a shambles we've seen from those opposite when it comes to climate policy! What a remarkable and quite disgusting attempt to pull the wool over the eyes of Australians!...
- Grey Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
When I'm Canberra I have a habit in the morning of turning on my mobile to tune into the livestreaming of 639 ABC, which is North and West South Australia. It talks about the issues that are...
- Electoral Roll (1 speech)
We have a fake Prime Minister with a fake plan for climate change, and now he is seeking to legislate a fake democracy for Australia. The voter suppression laws that the government plans to vote...
- Defence Equipment (1 speech)
I want to speak this afternoon about the decision taken last month as part of the AUKUS agreement for Australia to acquire nuclear powered submarines, which I think is an exceptionally important...
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
Today there are 46 people detained at the Park Hotel in Carlton—refugees and people who have sought asylum—46 more than there should be. Twenty-one of these vulnerable people have...
- Ryan Electorate: Infrastructure (2 speeches)
[by video link] As we all know, this Sunday is Halloween. But even scarier for Queenslanders is the anniversary of the re-election of the state Labor government. Just like many Halloween...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Macnamara Electorate: Melbourne Businesses (1 speech)
When you come to Melbourne, you come to Macnamara; you come to our iconic businesses and destinations to experience the culture and the wonders of Melbourne. But this pandemic has been...
- Nicholls Electorate: Building and Construction (1 speech)
I'd like to congratulate the previous speaker, the member for Macnamara, on sticking up for travel agents. They've gone through a horrible time. In my constituency statement I would like to...
- Barton Electorate: Community Services (3 speeches)
I rise today to congratulate the citizens of Barton for their combined community support during the past 19 months. Importantly, I would like to record that COVID vaccination rates in Barton...
- Patterson, Mr Grant (Scooter) (1 speech)
The word 'legend' is one that is often used and branded about, especially when referring to our sporting heroes. But what really makes a sporting legend—passion, dedication, success? If...
- McMahon Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
It's been a tough year in Western Sydney, and Western Sydney has responded with toughness. The New South Wales Liberal government was addicted to creating two Sydneys. We had a curfew. We had...
- CP Ball Butchery Pty Ltd (1 speech)
I would like to recognise the 70th anniversary of a very well-known business in the Macleay Valley. On the October long weekend, CP Ball Butchery in South West Rocks celebrated 70 years in...
- Covid-19 (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the incompetence and mismanagement of both the Morrison government and the New South Wales Liberal-National government and in relation to tackling the pandemic and how this has...
- Climate Change, COVID-19 (1 speech)
The pathway to net zero emissions by 2050 must be undertaken in a measured and prudent way in order to sustain the continued growth of the Australian economy, keep the cost of living under...
- Macquarie Electorate: Hawkesbury Heights, COVID-19 (1 speech)
Hawkesbury Heights, in the Blue Mountains, has no safe footpath to walk or ride the four kilometres to the local high school, the primary school, the shops or even to the local lookout and early...
- Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: Platinum Jubilee, National Emergency Medal, Sheean, Ordinary Seaman Edward (Teddy), VC (1 speech)
I rise to recognise Her Majesty the Queen and her 70 years of service, as she will reach that milestone next year. I wouldn't, by any stretch of the imagination, describe myself as a staunch...
- Lilley Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
This weekend, our Hindu community in Lilley will be celebrating Diwali, the festival of lights, in Banyo. Over 45,000 Queenslanders celebrate the festival of lights every year, coming together to...
- Rural and Regional Services: Banking (1 speech)
The announcement of the Regional Banking Taskforce is very welcome news, and I now call on it to visit central-western New South Wales to hear and see firsthand the impact bank closures are...
- Dobell Electorate: Housing Affordability (1 speech)
Housing costs on the Central Coast are going through the roof, and the federal government is sitting on its hands. It's harder to buy than ever before, and it's harder to rent than ever before....
- Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2021 (1 speech)
Humorists have often had fun at the expense of economists, auditors and accountants. On rare occasions, they will also throw in an actuary as well. One of my favourite jokes is that an economist...
- COVID-19: Vaccinations (1 speech)
Yesterday I wrote to the head of the TGA, Professor John Skerritt, and, based upon the latest deaths data out of the UK, called for an immediate suspension of the COVID vaccinations on Australian...
- Gallacher, Senator Alexander McEachian (Alex) (1 speech)
I rise to offer my most humble and sincere condolences to Paola Gallacher, the wife, the life partner and the friend of the former Senator Alex Gallacher. This House affords us as members the...
- Eden-Monaro Electorate: Small Business (1 speech)
Last night I found out that a much-loved cafe in Cobargo will be closing its doors for good next week. The staff in the cafe helped the Cobargo community to come together after the fires. They...
- Regional Banking Taskforce (1 speech)
Unfortunately we continue to see bank branch closures in regional communities. The number of bank branches in regional and remote Australia was reduced by almost a quarter over the four years to...
- Banking and Financial Services, Health Care (1 speech)
In response to the Member for Riverina's comments about major banks closing their branches, Bendigo Bank, which is based in my electorate, is expanding in regional areas and opening more and more...
- Moncrieff Electorate: City Heart Taskforce (2 speeches)
It gives me great pleasure in this penultimate sitting to talk about the local City Heart Taskforce that I put together on the Gold Coast as my response to the coronavirus pandemic. The City...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Communications and the Arts Committee; Report (7 speeches)
I want to start by thanking the committee members—and, of course, the member for Lyne, the former chair of the Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts—for the way that we...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Electoral Roll (1 speech)
Just months away from the federal election, the Liberals have decided they want to change the rules to make it harder to vote. By requiring that voters present identification at the ballot box,...
- Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program (1 speech)
I rise today to update the chamber on how the $2.5 billion Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program is helping the economy of my electorate of O'Connor recover from the pandemic. This...
- Macarthur Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Macarthur is a really wonderful place to live, work and learn. We're a diverse community and we're experiencing rapid growth and a lot of change. In recent years large parcels of our previously...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about a topic which my electorate of Higgins cares deeply about: climate action. As a child growing up in the town of Albury, in regional Victoria, in the 1970s, climate...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
Today I want to talk about a subject that's very dear to my heart but, more importantly, critical to thousands of Australian families, and that is the National Disability Insurance Scheme. As we...
- Bennelong Electorate: Events (1 speech)
Over the last 10 years in representing Bennelong, I've started a number of initiatives designed to bring the community together. They've been huge successes in the past, but the last 18 months...
