House debates
Monday, 22 November 2021
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Petitions Committee; Report (2 speeches)
I present the 33rd report of the Petitions Committee for the 46th Parliament, together with 115 petitions and 14 ministerial responses to petitions previously presented. Of the petitions I...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
O'DOWD (—) (): I present the following petitions:
- Responses (1 speech)
I present the following ministerial responses to petitions previously presented:
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
I inform the House that, pursuant to standing order 110, the honourable member for Clark has withdrawn notice No. 1 standing in his name and the honourable member for Berowra has withdrawn notice...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Child Care (8 speeches)
VASTA () (): I move: That this House: (1) notes that the Government's support for childcare helped Australian families during the height of the coronavirus pandemic and continues to support...
- Australia-Philippines Relations: 75th Anniversary (13 speeches)
by leave—On behalf of the member for Chifley, I move: That this House: (1) recognises that 2021 marks 75 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Australia and the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Nundah Community Enterprise Cooperative (1 speech)
Last week I had the pleasure of welcoming the shadow Treasurer, the member for Rankin, to the superior side of the Brisbane River to chat and meet with workers at the Nundah Community Enterprise...
- Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide (1 speech)
This Friday the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide will begin, shedding light on the ingrained problems in how Australia cares for our Defence personnel. For many veterans and...
- Centenary of St John's Anglican Church, Asquith (1 speech)
I want to talk about St John's Church, Asquith, which is celebrating its centenary. St John's has a rich history in our community. From the early years of the twentieth century, Anglicans living...
- Petition: Save Newcastle's After Hours GP Service (2 speeches)
Last Friday I stood with my Labor colleagues from across the Hunter and local GPs in a fight to save, yet again, our GP-access after-hours service. This is a vital frontline health service, yet...
- Eddy, Mr Trevor (1 speech)
Today I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate an outstanding Chisholm local and one of the 2021 Victorian Senior of the Year award recipients, Mr Trevor Eddy. Trevor has worked with...
- Ensuring Northern Territory Rights Bill 2021 (2 speeches)
Today the Morrison government, in the Senate, had the opportunity to debate the Ensuring Northern Territory Rights Bill, put forward by NT senator Sam McMahon. They deliberately, purposefully...
- Reid Electorate: Small Business (1 speech)
Small business is the lifeblood of our community and the key to our economic recovery. As a former small-business owner, I know what it's like to own and run a small business. COVID and repeated...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
As the dust settles on COP26 it's clear Australia is still the global laggard. We were awarded 'colossal fossil' at the conference. According to the International Energy Agency, global pledges...
- Wyangala Dam (1 speech)
Wyangala Dam wall needs to be raised! What is required at the end of that sentence is not just a full stop but an exclamation mark. Increasing the dam wall by the proposed 10 metres would provide...
- Prime Minister, COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
It has been pretty ugly to see the Prime Minister of Australia chase the votes of those people who brought gallows to the steps of the Victorian parliament, especially because more than 90 per...
- Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton)Airport (1 speech)
Western Sydney is a powerhouse. We make stuff and we build things. We're building our future, headlined by Australia's biggest infrastructure project, Western Sydney international airport....
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1 speech)
Australians trust the ABC. The ABC tells our stories and provides us with accurate, independent information. In a pandemic where misinformation is putting lives at risk and creating divisions in...
- DiDi Station (1 speech)
This weekend the Duff family will be celebrating 100 years at DiDi Station and the launch of their book. DiDi Station is located near Durong and near the Boondooma Homestead in South Burnett in...
- Morrison Government (1 speech)
Our nation is suffering a failure of leadership, a lack of real leadership at all. Through this pandemic, the Morrison government has been no friend to Western Australia, continually attacking...
- Environment: Feral Deer (1 speech)
The presence of feral deer is a growing issue around our country. These deer cause significant economic and environmental damage. Their consumption of and damage to crops, pastures and saplings...
- Macquarie Electorate: Broadband (1 speech)
There are small businesses in the Upper Blue Mountains who successfully operate in spite of the NBN. These are people with fibre to the node like Aaron from Bethany Manor B&B in Leura. He...
- Tasmania: Economy (1 speech)
[by video link] I'm pleased to report that, according to recent ABS advice, Tasmania has continued to outperform the national economy. It records the second-highest economic growth in any...
- Coalition Government (1 speech)
As we begin this final sitting block of 2021, it is clear that the clapped-out jalopy of the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison government has finally broken down. For eight long years, parts have been...
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Privilege and Members' Interests (1 speech)
We've got about 30 seconds before question time. In this free time I might make a quick statement, just to get some business out of the way. Members will recall the resolution of the House on 27...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, good luck on your last day in the chair! My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Why does the Prime Minister claim he is opposed to mandatory vaccinations when he has imposed...
- COVID-19: Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister please update the House on how the Morrison government is working to secure our economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why does the Prime Minister claim to oppose mandates on hospitality venues in Queensland but support the exact same restrictions in New South Wales?
- Infrastructure (2 speeches)
r COULTON () (): My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Will the Deputy Prime Minister update the House on how the Morrison-Joyce government is delivering critical infrastructure, such as...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to his comments last week where he said that people should be allowed to get a cup of coffee in Brisbane without showing their vaccination...
- Federal Election (8 speeches)
To the Prime Minister: in Australia, trust in government and politicians is at an all-time low. With a federal election now looming, voters will yet again be bombarded with fake news, misleading...
- Taxation (6 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. As well as substantial tax cuts for individuals and families, will the Treasurer please remind the House how the Morrison government's economic recovery plan...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why did the Prime Minister, when posting a video of his media conference to Facebook, delete any criticism of the Melbourne protests and only include the...
- International Travel (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison's government's national plan to reopen Australia is helping restore the freedom of...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister claimed that Australia was at the front of the queue for COVID vaccines. Given that more than half of the Australian population endured...
- Covid-19 (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government has kept Australians safe through the COVID pandemic, especially when...
- Federal Election (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister claimed he didn't ridicule electric vehicle technology. Given the Prime Minister said electric vehicles would end the weekend, would not...
- Australian Defence Force (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is working with international partners to keep Australians safe and secure amidst a...
- Electric Vehicles (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister claims he changed his mind on electric vehicles because of 'massive changes to technology since 2019'. The CEO of the Electric Vehicle...
- COVID-19: Domestic Travel (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why does the Prime Minister claim not to have supported Clive Palmer's High Court case to tear down state borders when we know he spent $1 million doing just...
- Agriculture Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison-Joyce government has responded to labour challenges posed to...
- Prime Minister's Office (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. When my electorate was burning, the Prime Minister's office told journalists he was not on holiday in Hawaii. Why did the Prime Minister's office say that...
- COVID-19: International Students (5 speeches)
My question—
- COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. This morning, five members of the government voted for Senator Pauline Hanson's extreme bill to abolish public health orders on vaccine certificates that...
- Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts. Will the minister please update the House on the news that construction of a world-class passenger...
- Assistant Treasurer (5 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer. Why did the Assistant Treasurer say the Minister for Women's Economic Security, Senator Hume, was being 'indulgent and, quite frankly, bizarre' when she...
- COVID-19: Women's Economic Security (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment, representing the Minister for Women. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is committed to supporting women's...
- 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.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Reference (1 speech)
I present a schedule showing the allocation to committees of annual reports of government departments and agencies. A copy of the schedule will be incorporated in Hansard. The schedule read as...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Australian National Audit Office; Presentation (1 speech)
I present the corrigendum to the Australian National Audit Office annual report for 2020-21.
- Auditor-General; Presentation (1 speech)
I present the corrigenda to the Auditor-General's information report No. 7 of 2021-22, entitled Australian governments grants reporting; and Auditor-General's performance audit report No. 8 of...
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Speaker of the House of Representatives (13 speeches)
I just want to make a few brief remarks to you all while you're here. Just over six years and three months ago, I had the honour of being elected the 30th Speaker of this House of...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Prime Minister's Office (1 speech)
I wish to add to an answer. I want to confirm what the Leader of the Opposition said—that, in that text, I did not tell him the destination of where I was going on leave with my family; I...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Human Rights Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present the committee's report entitled Human rights scrutiny report: report 13 of 2021. Report made a parliamentary paper in...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Lyons Electorate: Roads (2 speeches)
[by video link] Mr Speaker, before you go, I would like to pass on my best regards to you in your position and wish you the best in your final week. Last week, I met with a group of local...
- COVID-19: South Australia (1 speech)
Thank you, Mr Speaker, for never using 94(a) against me! Can I give you my very best wishes and also thank you very much. As a new member, it's been a pleasure to be in this chamber and to learn...
- Cybersecurity (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, like those who have spoken before me, I want to take this opportunity—fortuitously given to me by having the adjournment spot tonight—to thank you for your outstanding...
- Herbert Electorate: Public Liability Insurance (1 speech)
Thank you, Speaker. I too want to pay my respects and tributes to you. Thank you for your help, guidance and knowledge, from when I was a baby MP in this place, for some nice calm direction and...
- Apprenticeships, Vocational Education and Training (1 speech)
Mr Speaker, I believe I may be the last member of the opposition who has the privilege to speak in the House while you are our Speaker—unless there is a motorcade at Government House...
- Australian Women's Soccer, Speaker of the House of Representatives (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, as many have observed, this is your last day, but I thought I might cover off my contribution first and save my final remarks for thanks to you and the friendship we've had over the...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Ebert, Mr Russell Frank, OAM (1 speech)
Today I honour a great Australian, a loving family man, a tireless charity identity, an idolised mentor, an exceptional role model and a legendary Australian Rules footballer. I speak of the late...
- Coull, Ms Erin (1 speech)
Though only in year 9, Riverside High School student Erin Coull has been perfecting the craft of poetry for a number of years. 'After first attempting to write a novel, I lowered my sites but not...
- Cashless Debit Card (1 speech)
Today I want to raise the issue that is worrying many people in my electorate—that is, the Morrison government's plan to put pensioners on a cashless debit card. I can hear protests from...
- Wieland, Mr Ned (1 speech)
I want to inform the Chamber about a young man by the name of Ned Wieland, who lives in my electorate of Wentworth and was a student at Waverley College. Two weeks ago, on a Saturday, he...
- Furber, Mr Harold (1 speech)
Harold Furber, an important and respected Aboriginal leader, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on the afternoon of Friday 5 November in the palliative care unit at the Alice...
- Ryan Electorate: Salvation Army Food Drive (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about a special young lady in the electorate of Ryan. Emma MacDonald is a year 5 student at Brookfield State School who dedicates her time each year to collecting donations...
- Broadband (1 speech)
Over the last couple of years we've been working from home and we've been learning from home. To be able to do this we need decent, reliable, good internet. But for too many of my constituents...
- Sturt Electorate: Community Gardens (1 speech)
It was my pleasure to attend the opening last Friday of the Laurel Avenue Community Garden in Linden Park in my electorate. Before I talk a little bit about that project I want to pay tribute to...
- Kingsford Smith Electorate: Environment (1 speech)
Our community says no to the eastern suburbs incinerator. We say no to plans to build a towering vent stack just 130 metres from people's home in Matraville. We say no to an incinerator operating...
- National Agriculture Day (2 speeches)
Last week we celebrated National Agriculture Day. This is a day when we celebrate our world-class biosecurity systems and the world-class agriculture that our country produces. The theme of this...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (7 speeches)
I rise today to speak in recognition of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. I want to thank the member for Fowler for bringing this motion to the House and for his...
- Road Safety Program (8 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes the Government's ongoing commitment to improving road safety through the establishment of the Road Safety Program (RSP); (2) recognises that the RSP supports...
- Infrastructure Funding (11 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges that: (a) over the past eight years of this Government, infrastructure funding to areas of growth has been neglected; (b) as revealed in September's...
- HIV/AIDS (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) Australia is continuing to display international leadership on the issue of HIV/AIDS by co-facilitating the 2021 United Nations General Assembly...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Lalor Electorate: Osman Family (2 speeches)
I rise today with a heavy heart, in condolence, representing a community in deep mourning. Yesterday, my community, like many people across Melbourne and the nation, woke heartbroken, shocked and...
- Whyalla Airport (1 speech)
I too echo those comments. On a brighter note, last Friday I was given the opportunity, along with Mayor Clare McLaughlin, to open the new Whyalla airport terminal, a $12 million expansion or...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
This morning I proudly seconded a bill by the Leader of the Opposition, the Fair Work Amendment (Same Job, Same Pay) Bill 2021. I did so because I believe that the Morrison government's continued...
- Migration (1 speech)
In positive news for small businesses, families and some critical industries that have been suffering from worker shortages, the government announced that from 1 December large numbers of visas...
- Jagajaga Resilience Awards (1 speech)
I want to say congratulations to all the school students in my electorate who are winners of this year's Jagajaga Resilience Award. We have asked so much of our school students over the past...
- Have a Conscience Campaign (1 speech)
Worryingly, the amount of illicit drugs being consumed in Australia continues to increase and continues to have significant impacts on Australians' health and economic outcomes. Recently the...
- Kamban Vizha: 15th Anniversary (1 speech)
I rise to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Kamban Vizha, the Kamban Tamil literary festival, which was held virtually from 29 to 31 October. I want to congratulate Kamban Kazhagam on staging...
- Newton, Ms Patricia (1 speech)
Patricia Newton of Dee Why was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to surf lifesaving in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours List. Patricia is a founding member of and heads the...
- Pampel, Mrs Margot (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to a remarkable Australian migrant and Holocaust survivor. Margot Pampel nee Reinhardt was born in Jena in Germany in 1922. Although they were not religious, their family...
- Herbert Electorate: Resilient Australia Awards (1 speech)
I want to take this opportunity to congratulate two organisations in the Herbert electorate who've been nominated as finalists in the Resilient Australia Awards. These awards celebrate and...
- Macquarie Electorate: Family Violence (1 speech)
I had a chance to say thank you to some of the organisations that have helped people at possibly their lowest point in the last 18 months. The statistics are well known: an increase in domestic...
- Forde Electorate: Citizenship (1 speech)
One of the privileges of this role is that we get to attend citizenship ceremonies in our electorates, whether run by us, our local councils or other groups. Many of the people you talk to at...
- Prime Minister (1 speech)
In his book on BS, Princeton philosopher Harry Frankfurt distinguished between three kinds of people. The honest care that their statements are true. The liars care that theirs are false. The BS...
- Pearl Beach Arboretum (1 speech)
Local volunteers at the Pearl Beach arboretum are making a magnificent impact on our local environment, and over the weekend I had the great pleasure of visiting the arboretum to open their new...
- Fraser Electorate: We Are Brimbank Awards (1 speech)
I would like to extend my congratulations to the winners of this year's We Are Brimbank Awards, which acknowledge the extraordinary contribution of so many people and organisations to my local...
- Bonner Electorate: Bonner Christmas Appeal (1 speech)
We're officially entering the festive season. This is a time of celebration and joy, but, for some, it can be isolating, stressful and costly. Today I rise to encourage locals in my electorate of...
- Macarthur Electorate: Cost of Living (1 speech)
Under eight long years of this Liberal-National government, it's become harder for residents in my community to get ahead. With the Morrison government deliberately keeping wages stagnant, while...
- Mallee Electorate: Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
For many years, regional communities in Mallee have lived through the frustration of bank closures in their town. In the four years leading up to June 2021, the number of bank branches fell by 25...
- Covid-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
Congratulations to my local community on the amazing achievement of reaching an almost complete vaccination rate of over 95 per cent. I'm proud of our success, and today is a tribute to the local...
- Fisher Electorate: Montville Memorial Gates (1 speech)
The Montville Memorial Gates is a First World War memorial with a difference. The gates honour not only the six individuals from Montville who fell during the war and the 33 young men from...
- Whitlam Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
The holidays are coming, so's summer, and people would normally be flocking to the Illawarra and Southern Highlands—and we want them to. But we need workers. We desperately need workers in...
- Goldfields Rehabilitation Service Inc. (1 speech)
Last week I officially opened the Goldfields Rehabilitation Service Inc. detoxification unit. Back in 2019 the federal government provided $1.5 million to help fight the war on drugs and alcohol...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
People living with a disability in my community on the Central Coast of New South Wales are being left behind by this government. After years of cuts to the NDIS, coasties with a disability are...
- West Perth Football Club (1 speech)
The West Perth Football Club, based at HBF Arena in my electorate, is the oldest WAFL club, with 130 years of history. Club president Neale Fong and CEO Joe McCarthy have contacted me to express...
- Shortland Electorate: Health (1 speech)
The people of the Shortland electorate and the broader Hunter and Central Coast regions are suffering because of the Liberals' ongoing attacks on our health system. My constituents already have...
- Stryder Community Transport Services (1 speech)
It was an absolute pleasure to visit local Bennelong community transport provider Stryder last Friday. Stryder has just purchased a new Toyota commuter van through a Stronger Communities Program...
- Werriwa Electorate: Health, Tadros, Dr Victor (1 speech)
The last two years have shown my community just how important their health is to them. Almost 3,000 people have contacted my office to express their concern about the state of health care and...
- Menzies Electorate: Bushfires (2 speeches)
With summer approaching, I'd like to take this opportunity to remind my constituents in Menzies—and indeed the constituents of other electorates around the country where it's...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- First 1,000 Days Initiative (11 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises that the early years are some of the most important in a child's life, in terms of their cognitive and social development; (2) notes that a child's health...
- Iran: Human Rights (8 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes with concern the long standing religious persecution of members of the Baha'i Faith in Iran; (2) expresses alarm at the raids on Baha'i homes and businesses and...
- Telecommunications (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) a delegation from the Regional, Rural and Remote Communications Coalition (RRRCC) has approached Members of the 46th Parliament via a virtual...
- Australian Defence Force Careers (10 speeches)
SER () (): by leave—At the request of the member for Stirling, I move: That this House: (1) recognises the benefits a career in the Australian Defence Force provides through skills,...
