House debates
Monday, 29 November 2021
- Parliamentary Office Holders (0 speeches)
- Speaker (1 speech)
I report that I presented myself to His Excellency the Governor-General as the choice of the House as its Speaker and that His Excellency was kind enough to congratulate me. His Excellency also...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Petitions Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the 34th report of the Petitions Committee for the 46th Parliament, together with 21 petitions and 32 ministerial responses to petitions previously presented.
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Petitions, and in accordance with standing order 207, I present the following petitions:
- Responses (1 speech)
I present the following ministerial responses to petitions previously presented:
- Statements (1 speech)
This is my last presentation of petitions and ministerial responses for the year, so I would like to take the opportunity to reflect on the committee's achievements and the outstanding support...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics Committee; Report (7 speeches)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Economics, I present the committee's report entitled Review of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Annual Reports 2019 and 2020, together...
- Economics Committee; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
I move: That the order of the day be referred to the Federation Chamber for debate. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Visa Holders (14 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises the vital contribution that temporary visa holders, including skilled workers and international students, make to both Australia's economy and our local...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Safe and Respectful Workplaces Training Program (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the House notes the Safe and Respectful Workplace Training Program administered by the Department of Finance and requires all members to provide statements in relation...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Blacktown City Council Local Government Elections 2021 (1 speech)
The federal Liberals failed us with a botched vaccine rollout program. The New South Wales Liberals divided Sydney, treating Western Sydney as second class—against health advice. At this...
- Lennard, Mrs Karen (1 speech)
LLEW O'BRIEN (—) (): This is a hard one. Karen Lennard was one of Wide Bay's humble heroes, with an infectious laugh that gave her the nickname Kak. At Chatsworth school, where my family...
- Corangamite Electorate: Barwon Heads Road (1 speech)
I rise today with some exciting news for my electorate of Corangamite. Families in Armstrong Creek, Barwon Heads, Charlemont, Ocean Grove and across the Bellarine will be thrilled to know that...
- NorthConnex (1 speech)
Earlier this month, NorthConnex marked one year of operations. NorthConnex, with was funded by the Morrison government, the New South Wales government and Transurban, completed the missing link...
- Kambosos, Mr George Jr (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate one of our greatest sporting heroes on one of the great Australian sporting achievements. Yesterday George Kambosos shocked the world, pulling off arguably one of the...
- Chisholm Electorate: Manufacturing (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to give a shout-out to Titomic, a great local manufacturer in Chisolm. I had the pleasure of visiting the Titomic facility in Mount Waverley and meeting with...
- Diesel, Renewable Energy (1 speech)
I ask the people in this place: are you really proud that we import all of our petrol and diesel? I hope that we crossbenchers will bury our differences and work together to move a ban on the...
- Reid Electorate: International Migrants Day (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge the vision, hope, bravery and hard work of our migrants. On 18 December, we will celebrate International Migrants Day, and it would be hard to find a better place in...
- Prime Minister (1 speech)
ETT () (): As the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide kicks off in Brisbane, I want to mention three concepts that should be embraced by all elected representatives in this place:...
- Lindsay Electorate: Quiet Achiever Awards (1 speech)
My community of Lindsay has been so resilient throughout the pandemic, including our local schools and students. That's why this year's Lindsay Quiet Achiever Awards will be so special,...
- COVID-19: Quarantine (1 speech)
CHESTERS () (): Yes, there is a new variant and it is causing concern, as it should, but I guess that a lot of Australians were with me this morning when I was shaking my head at the Prime...
- Wyangala Dam (1 speech)
It started during the height of the Great Depression and was finished in 1935: I'm talking about Wyangala Dam. It cost 1.3 million pounds. It was built with a dam wall height of 85 metres. Now...
- Commonwealth Integrity Commission (1 speech)
As we approach the end of the eighth year of the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison government, years of doublespeaking from this Prime Minister have finally caught up with him. The Prime Minister said in...
- Fairfax Electorate: Sunshine Coast (2 speeches)
Demographer Bernard Salt says that the Sunshine Coast is the entrepreneurship capital of Australia. Sociologist Hugh Mackay says that the Sunshine Coast possesses the highest levels of social...
- Ministry (0 speeches)
- Temporary Arrangements (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment will be absent from question time today and for the remainder of the week. The Treasurer will answer questions on his behalf...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Quarantine (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Nearly two years after COVID reached Australian shores, how many new federal quarantine facilities have opened?
- COVID-19, Regional Security, Cybersafety (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister please outline to the House how the Morrison government is taking action to keep Australians safe from threats such as the omicron...
- COVID-19: Quarantine (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why doesn't Australia have any new federal quarantine facilities to strengthen our defences against new variants? Why does the Prime Minister always go...
- Cybersafety (2 speeches)
My question is for the Deputy Prime Minister. Will the Deputy Prime Minister please outline to the House how the Morrison-Joyce government is ensuring the online safety and wellbeing of those who...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. More than a year ago, industry minister No. 6, out of the eight industry ministers of this government, announced that Australia would be producing its own...
- National Security (2 speeches)
R () (): Prime Minister, what action is being take to secure national sovereignty over the only Panamax port facility in northern Australia, Darwin? Has Australia already suffered a $39 billion...
- COVID-19: Economy (11 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer remind the House of how the Morrison government's proven commitment to cutting taxes for families and businesses will help strengthen the...
- Budget (2 speeches)
CHALMERS () (): My question is to the Treasurer. How many funds in his budget are allocated at the discretion of the minister? What's their total value?
- COVID-19: Omicron (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Will the minister please advise the House on how the Morrison government is responding to international developments in relation to the...
- Budget (16 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer, and I refer to his previous answer. If he doesn't know how many funds in his budget are allocated at the discretion of the minister and their total value, will he...
- Cybersafety (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts, representing the Attorney-General. Will the minister please update the House on the Morrison...
- Commonwealth Integrity Commission (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I note it has now been more than 1,000 days since the Prime Minister stood next to the member for Pearce and announced a national anticorruption commission....
- Solomon Islands (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government is taking a strong leadership role in assisting to restore public safety...
- Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister's model of a national anticorruption commission have the power to investigate the energy minister meeting the environment department...
- Australian Defence Force (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence. Will the minister inform the House on the Australian Defence Force's contribution to regional security in the Indo-Pacific?
- Commonwealth Integrity Commission (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister's model of a national anticorruption commission have the power to investigate the purchase of land in the Leppington Triangle for 10...
- Cybersafety (5 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 keeping Australian women...
- Member for Bowman (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. What impact would the government's proposed controls on trolls on social media have on the reported online activities of the member for Bowman?
- National Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse (2 speeches)
My question is to the Special Minister of State and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister and Cabinet. What are the next steps for implementing the National Strategy to Prevent and Respond to...
- Climate Change (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The government signed up to the COP26 request for countries to strengthen their 2030 targets by the end of 2022. But just hours later, the government said...
- Australian Natural Disasters (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia, representing the Minister for Emergency Management and National Recovery and Resilience. Will the minister please outline...
- COVID-19: Pacific Region (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Regional Health and Minister assisting the Minister for Trade and Investment.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Documents (9 speeches)
While the Treasurer is still in the room, Mr Speaker, I have a question for you. As I raised with you during question time, Practice says: If a Minister quotes from a document relating to public...
- 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)
- Days and Hours of Meeting (2 speeches)
I present a chart showing the program of sittings for 2022. Copies of the program have been placed on the table. I ask leave of the House to move that the program be agreed to. Leave granted. I...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 11 of 2021-22 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's performance audit report No. 11 of 2021-22, entitled Australian National University'sgovernance and control framework: Australian National University.
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That order of the day No. 4, government business, be postponed until the next sitting. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Special Broadcasting Service (1 speech)
I believe there is a unique perspective in representing an electorate in Western Sydney that was hit so hard by this year's lockdown and representing the Australian Labor Party in a portfolio...
- Magic Words International (1 speech)
I wish tonight to draw the attention of the House to a modern David-versus-Goliath struggle within corporate Australia. It's an example of poor behaviour by an Australian company, Wesfarmers, and...
- Fraser Electorate: School Leadership, National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
Mr Speaker, belated congratulations on your elevation. The last two years have particularly impacted children and young people throughout my electorate, whose school and extracurricular...
- Tasmania: Health Care (1 speech)
Mr Speaker, may I add my congratulations to you for your elevation to this role. As a proud Northern Tasmanian, I will always fight for what our community needs. Right now one of the biggest...
- Neuroendocrine Tumours (3 speeches)
Mr Speaker, please accept my belated congratulations. It's disappointing to lose someone who was basically a neighbour, but well done.
- Overseas Students (1 speech)
I'm pleased to be the final speaker in this evening's debate. I would like to speak about the international education sector. As we're probably all aware from just a few hours ago, this week was...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Hotham Electorate: Hotham Writing Prize (1 speech)
As members of parliament, we of course represent our voting constituents. But there are also thousands of people within our communities who don't get to vote and we are also their voice in...
- Victoria: Andrews Government (1 speech)
BROADBENT () (): There are some times during a long stay in this parliament, like I have had, when I need to bring to your attention, Deputy Speaker Mitchell, and to the House's attention and to...
- Gorton Young Leaders Awards (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate the talented and hardworking recipients of this year's Gorton Young Leaders Awards. Since 2009 I have been acknowledging selected year 12 students from the electorate of...
- Victoria: Andrews Government (1 speech)
I rise to highlight my ongoing concern with the Victorian Labor government's ill-conceived and illogical plans to abolish native timber harvesting in Victoria. It's a plan to destroy a viable...
- Labor Government, Blair Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
[by video link] On Wednesday 24 November, it was 14 years since I first had the honour of being elected by the people of Blair. After the 2007 federal election, a newly elected Labor government...
- China: 2022 Winter Olympic Games (1 speech)
I rise to call for a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. To go ahead with these games without formally registering our concerns about crimes against humanity occurring at the...
- Dunkley Electorate: Housing (1 speech)
Housing affordability is a crisis in this country. It's not just that young people can't afford to buy a house it's that people who are in long-term rentals can't afford to stay where they are...
- Goldstein Electorate: Morrison Government (1 speech)
In the lead-up to next election there's going to be a lot of talk: Labor candidates seeking to sell the credibility of the opposition—good luck with that! There'll be Greens that...
- Wee Jasper Distillery, Snowy Trout Challenge, Merimbula Chamber of Commerce Sea Change Expo (1 speech)
I rise today to celebrate Eden-Monaro's communities starting their bounce-back after two of the most challenging years in history. I've been fortunate recently to get back on the road in my...
- Pearce Electorate: Yanchep Health Centre (2 speeches)
In early 2019 my community worked extraordinarily hard, and I worked hard with them, to secure a $10.4 million Commonwealth funding commitment for a much-needed Yanchep Health Centre. The context...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- GP Access After Hours Service (11 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges that: (a) the GP Access After Hours service: (i) has provided over a million urgent after-hours consultations to families in Newcastle and the Hunter...
- Australian Defence Force Careers (11 speeches)
I would like to thank the members for Stirling and Berowra for bringing this motion forward. Like the member for Stirling I've been the beneficiary of the skills, education, training and...
- COVID-19: Young People (12 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises that young Australians have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and are being left behind in our recovery; (2) notes that young...
- Roads of Strategic Importance (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes the Government's ongoing commitment to improving connectivity for regional businesses, and better connecting regional communities through the Roads of Strategic...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Marillanca, Mr Victor (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate my constituent and friend Victor Marillanca, who tomorrow night will be granted the very prestigious Ohtli award. This award is one of the...
- Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
The current wet season across the Murray-Darling Basin has resulted in the basin being at near-saturation point. High flows in our catchments have resulted in storage capacity running at near...
- Ellwood, Captain James (Jim) (1 speech)
It's with deep regret that I advise the House that Second World War veteran VX67548, Captain Jim Ellwood, passed away on Saturday evening. Jim was surrounded by his family. During World War II,...
- Moncrieff Electorate (1 speech)
This year, 2021, has been a challenging year for many, and I take this opportunity in the last sitting week of 2021 to wish everyone in my electorate of Moncrieff a happy Christmas and a bigger,...
- COVID-19: Broadband (1 speech)
I'm a big fan of libraries and of the Yarra Plenty Regional Library network in particular. Through the pandemic, they have been sorely tested in the work that they do. I think we know that...
- Soil Degradation (1 speech)
Deputy Speaker Claydon, this Wednesday is World Soil Day—and I knew you'd be interested in that! Soil degradation is widespread in Australia, and this poses untenable risks to food...
- Broadband (1 speech)
[by video link] For access to the internet, as we've just heard from the member for Scullin, a good-quality, reliable connection is becoming more and more important. We've seen that, of course,...
- Blue Tree Project (1 speech)
Just recently, Ian Venables and members of the Alberton West fire brigade used donated paint from their local Mitre 10 to paint a dead tree blue on a picnic reserve located near Yarram. It's one...
- National Water Safety Day (1 speech)
The 1st of December is National Water Safety Day, and it's an appropriate day to recognise the bravery of Frankston South brothers Ryan and Oscar. Last summer, Ryan and Oscar rescued three girls...
- Blackburn, Ms Shandee (1 speech)
In February 2013, a young Mackay woman, 23-year-old Shandee Blackburn, was brutally stabbed to death on her way home from work. It was an horrific crime that rocked our community, and it remains...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
Sadly, the Morrison government's inability to govern in the best interests of vulnerable Australians has extended to the mismanagement of the NDIS. As a constituent said to my office recently,...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
I would like to acknowledge and thank the community pharmacists for the work that they have done collectively to ensure the success of the vaccine rollout, particularly in regional and remote...
- Early Childhood Education (1 speech)
This morning I met with early childhood educators on the lawn of Parliament House to discuss the report that they've released today—'Where does all the money go in Australia's early...
- New South Wales: Floods (1 speech)
I'd like to alert the Australian parliament to a disaster that's unfolding across western New South Wales as we speak. We have had, under the effects of the La Nina weather pattern, increased...
- Morrison Government (1 speech)
Belconnen Tennis Club was just one of hundreds of sporting clubs across Australia whose application under the sports grants program was highly rated by the department yet was not funded by the...
- Peach, Mr David (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to David Peach, executive officer of the Launceston Chamber of Commerce, who passed away recently after a short illness. David arrived from Sydney in August 2020,...
- HMAS Parramatta II, Parramatta Electorate: Veterans (1 speech)
Saturday was the 80th anniversary of the loss of the HMAS Parramatta II. Commissioned in 1940, her crew served in perilous conditions, escorting, patrolling and mine sweeping as part of the Red...
- Leichhardt Electorate: School Awards (1 speech)
ENTSCH () (): Presenting certificates at end-of-year school award ceremonies is something I look forward to each year. It's a time when school communities come together to recognise the...
- Defence Exports (1 speech)
The government have made no secret of their plan to make military technology one of Australia's top exports. This plan is working, with some $5 billion worth of sales approved last financial year...
- Higgins Electorate: Victorian Tunnelling Centre (1 speech)
It's not every day you get to a specialist tunnel-training facility, but I had a great reason to visit one recently. As the recipient of $419,000 in the Morrison government's National Careers...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the ongoing crisis in aged care, specifically regarding the blowout in the waitlist for residential home-care packages. Older Australians are literally dying while waiting...
- Boothby Electorate: South Australian Country Fire Service (1 speech)
Although we've had a mild spring in South Australia this year, summer is on its way and so is the hot weather. I want to remind all of my local residents about what they can do to be bushfire...
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
One woman every week in Australia is murdered at the hands of a current or former partner—mothers, daughters, sisters, friends, co-workers. In fact, violence is the leading preventable...
- Macquarie Electorate: Medical Workforce (1 speech)
GPs across the Hawkesbury and Blue Mountains have raised with me their fears about patients facing long waits to be seen and doctors and staff being stretched like never before. They call it a...
- Chen, Mr Hudson, KHS OAM, Lu, Master Jun Hong (Richard) (1 speech)
I would like acknowledge the passing of two significant Chinese community leaders, and in doing so I want to associate myself with the remarks of the member for North Sydney about the late Hudson...
- National Integrity Commission (1 speech)
It is the sad truth that trust in our parliaments and our parliamentarians is under threat these days. There is a lot of disquiet in our communities about things like the rorting of programs,...
- Box Hill Returned and Services League (1 speech)
Last week I had the privilege of representing the Chisholm community award to a truly remarkable individual, Mr Arthur Mereweather. When Arthur joined the Army Reserves at just 17, he was driving...
- Tasmania: Housing (1 speech)
I'll use my time to speak on the housing crisis currently gripping my state of Tasmania, and I don't use the term 'crisis' lightly. One in 10 residents of the Brighton LGA are at risk of...
- WestConnex Project (2 speeches)
Speaking of governments getting things done, I am pleased to announce that the M4-M5 Link Tunnels final breakthrough event went ahead last month. I joined the Prime Minister; the New South Wales...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Global Polio Eradication Initiative (12 speeches)
I move: That the House: (1) notes that: (a) the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) leads the world's efforts to end polio, bringing together Rotary International, the World Health...
- Juvenile Arthritis (6 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that juvenile arthritis affects between 6,000-10,000 Australian children and adolescents; (2) further notes that of the Australian children living with juvenile...
- Genocide (8 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises that 9 December 2021 is the United Nations' International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and the Prevention of...
- COVID-19: Economy (10 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that supports like JobSaver and disaster payments have ended at a time when the economic impact of COVID-19 restrictions will continue to impact a number of...
