House debates

Thursday, 2 December 2021

• Parliamentary Representation (0 speeches)
  • Valedictory (7 speeches)
    on indulgence—Mr Speaker, this is my first opportunity to congratulate you. I would also like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land and the many nations that make up this...
• Privilege (0 speeches)
  • Privileges and Members' Interests Committee (1 speech)
    On unauthorised disclosure: this is my report back to the House as chair. As Chair of the Standing Committee of Privileges and Members' Interests I rise to report back to the House on a...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade; Report (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, I present the committee's report entitled Advocating for the elimination of child and forced marriage...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2021; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill is one of a package of bills to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the ozone protection and synthetic greenhouse gas...
  • Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment Bill 2021; Second Reading (1 speech)
    (): I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The purpose of this bill is to ensure that cost recovery arrangements for the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management...
  • Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment Bill 2021; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The purpose of this bill is to ensure that cost recovery arrangements for the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Program...
  • Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2021; Second Reading (1 speech)
    Today I am introducing the Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2021, which amends the Australian Research Council Act 2001 to ensure continuity of funding to the funding schemes of the...
  • Higher Education Support Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Bill 2021; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Higher Education Support Amendment (2021 Measures No.1) Bill 2021 will make the following three amendments to the Higher Education Support...
  • Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Pension Loans Scheme Enhancements) Bill 2021; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Morrison government is increasing the flexibility of the Pension Loans Scheme to give our senior Australians more choices in their...
• Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
  • Commonwealth Integrity Commission (2 speeches)
    I don't wish to take up too much of the House's time; just a couple of minutes, really. Today we've seen the final set of bills that the government are planning to introduce to the House, and I...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Public Works Joint Committee; Approval of Work (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Minister for the Public Service, I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, it is expedient to carry out the following proposed work...
  • Industry, Innovation, Science and Resources Committee; Report (4 speeches)
    On behalf of the Standing Committee on Industry, Innovation, Science and Resources, I present the committee's report entitled The now frontier: developing Australia's space industry, together...
  • Industry, Innovation, Science and Resources 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.
  • Public Accounts and Audit Committee; Report (3 speeches)
    On behalf of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, I present Report 487: annual report 2020-21. Report made a parliamentary paper in accordance with standing order 39(e). by...
• Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
  • Australian Parliamentary Delegation to the 142nd Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly (1 speech)
    I present the report of the Australian Parliamentary Delegation tothe 142nd Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly, held in virtualformat from 24 to 28 May 2021, and seek leave of the House to make a...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity Joint Committee, Human Rights Committee, Implementation of the National Redress Scheme Joint Select Committee; Membership (1 speech)
    I have received messages from the Senate informing the House that Senator Scarr has been discharged from the Joint Committee on the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity and that...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Electoral Legislation Amendment (Political Campaigners) Bill 2021; Consideration of Senate Message (10 speeches)
    I move: That the amendments be considered immediately.
  • Autonomous Sanctions Amendment (Magnitsky-style and Other Thematic Sanctions) Bill 2021; Second Reading (11 speeches)
    I present a revised explanatory memorandum to this bill, and I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The government will reform Australia's 2011 autonomous sanctions framework through...
  • Autonomous Sanctions Amendment (Magnitsky-style and Other Thematic Sanctions) Bill 2021; Third Reading (1 speech)
    GILLESPIE (—) (): by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Human Rights Committee, Social Media and Online Safety Select Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
    I have received advice from the Chief Opposition Whip nominating members to be members of certain committees.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Religious Discrimination Bill 2021, Religious Discrimination (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021, Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2021; Second Reading (3 speeches)
    The idea that it should be unlawful to discriminate against someone in employment, in the provision of services or in other areas of public life on the basis of a person's religious belief or...
• Statements by Members (0 speeches)
  • Newcastle Electorate: Morrison Government (1 speech)
    Every day more and more Novacastrians are being left behind by this Morrison Liberal government. Whether it's child care, petrol prices or increased out-of-pocket health costs, it's getting...
  • Bass Electorate: Education (1 speech)
    It's always a good time to celebrate our teachers, but, as we near the end of the school year in Tasmania, it's especially fitting to say thank you to the teachers and education staff across all...
  • Solomon Electorate (1 speech)
    This year, 2021, has been a massive year, the second year of this pandemic, and I want to put a big shout-out to all the Territorians out there who've done an awesome job fighting COVID and...
  • Gold Coast: Industry (1 speech)
    Today marks the release of the 2021 Reimagine Gold Coast: Insights Report, the second publication since the pandemic hit. As chair of the City Heart Taskforce, I convened Reimagine 2.0 in...
  • Eden-Monaro Electorate: ReBoot in Bermagui (1 speech)
    I rise today, on the last day of sitting for the year, and I reckon I'm not the only one who could use a reboot. The last two years have been pretty tough, with the fires then the pandemic, with...
  • Member for Bennelong (1 speech)
    BROADBENT () (): I rise to return this book, American Colossus: Big Bill Tilden and the Creation of Modern Tennis, to the member for Bennelong. He lent me the book, and I now return it to him....
  • Morrison Government (2 speeches)
    I present to the House the 12 scandals of Christmas: 2021 edition. On the first day of Christmas the PM backed his mates, only picking fights with premiers of Labor states. On the second day of...
  • Road Safety (1 speech)
    Deputy Speaker Llew O'Brien, I note from the outset your longstanding interest in all things road safety. I had the opportunity this week to meet with Michelle McLaughlin, who told me a tragic...
  • Hills Radio (1 speech)
    This week, Hills Radio signed off as a community radio broadcaster after seven years of service to the Adelaide Hills. Their closure on 30 November was a day of great sadness for the 70...
  • Boothby Electorate: Beach Safety (1 speech)
    Summer has started in South Australia, and that means that it's beach time in Boothby. Staying safe at the beach this summer is so important, and our surf lifesaving volunteers do so much to...
  • Dobell Electorate: Headspace (1 speech)
    It's been more than two years since this government promised to build a headspace at Wyong in my community on the Central Coast of New South Wales. They made the promise on the eve of the 2019...
  • Parkes Electorate: Volunteering (1 speech)
    Everyone knows volunteers are the glue that holds communities together. As we speak, the finals of the New South Wales Volunteer of the Year Awards are being held. I've got some great finalists...
  • Joint Standing Committee on the National Broadband Network (1 speech)
    I rise to express my deep dismay that it's end of the year and the Joint Standing Committee on the National Broadband Network has failed to table its report which was due months ago. The...
  • Nicholls Electorate: Volunteers (1 speech)
    Ahead of International Volunteer Day this Sunday, I'd like to pay tribute to the almost nine million volunteers across Australia who give their time for their communities. In particular, I'd like...
  • Dunkley Electorate: Community (1 speech)
    Today, on the last day of parliament for the year, I want to thank my community for everything you've done to get us through 2021, another tough year in so many different ways. To our early...
  • Member for Leichhardt: Staff (1 speech)
    I have a serious problem. There is something in the water in my electorate office, and I need to report it. Just recently two more of my electorate staff officers announced that they're expecting...
  • Commonwealth Integrity Commission (3 speeches)
    You can't stand on a platform of courage if you don't have any. And you can't stand on a platform of morality if you don't show any. This is the story of the Morrison government week after week...
  • Green, Mrs Louise (1 speech)
    Today I want to commend to the House the work of an inspiring school principal in my electorate, Louise Green, who is leaving Artarmon Public School at the end of this year. Louise has been the...
  • Morrison Government (1 speech)
    It's the last day of parliament for a last-gasp government, a tired government, a lazy government, a deceitful government. We have never seen a bunch of people work so hard to get power and then...
  • Cowper Electorate (2 speeches)
    As we charge towards the end of the year and the busy school holiday period, I'd like to reflect on what my electorate of Cowper has achieved over the past 12 months and what we're about to...
• Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
  • Minister for Education and Youth (1 speech)
    I rise on indulgence to refer to the statement made earlier today by Ms Miller and the allegations regarding her relationship with Minister Tudge. These issues are obviously deeply concerning...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Quarantine Services Australia (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday, Sky News reported two of the Prime Minister's best mates received $80,000 of taxpayer money, without a tender, to set up their own private sector...
  • COVID-19: Vaccination (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Australians like those in my Western Sydney community of Lindsey have rolled up their sleeves to help make our nation one of the most highly vaccinated...
  • COVID-19: Quarantine (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that his government has awarded $80,000 to set up and run private luxury-resort-style quarantine facilities? Can the Prime...
  • COVID-19: Regional Australia (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Will the Deputy Prime Minister please outline to the House how regional Australians have helped to drive the nation's recovery from the pandemic?
  • COVID-19: Quarantine (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. The government is supporting the setting up of private luxury resort-style quarantine but has failed to establish a single purpose-built quarantine facility...
  • Agriculture Industry: South Australia (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture and Northern Territory. South Australian fruit and vegetables, including cherries, berries and apples, from my electorate that are destined for...
  • COVID-19: Economy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer please explain to the House how the Morrison government's decisive economic leadership over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic will assist in...
  • Commonwealth Integrity Commission (15 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm his model of an anticorruption commission cannot ever hold public hearings for politicians, will only undertake investigations...
  • COVID-19: Health Care (5 speeches)
    My question is to the best Minister for Health and Aged Care. Will the minister please outline to the House how our healthcare heroes have worked tirelessly to protect Australians throughout the...
  • Morrison Government (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Can he confirm that this fortnight government members and senators have crossed the floor on multiple issues; the chair of the privileges committee resigned...
  • COVID-19: International Travel (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister please update the House on how the management of Australia's international border has been crucial to our successful outcomes in...
  • Prime Minister (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that, this fortnight, he has denied saying electric vehicles would 'end the weekend', denied paying parents to vaccinate their...
  • Australian Defence Force (5 speeches)
    ANDREWS () (): I ask the Minister for Defence if he would inform the House—
  • Morrison Government: Economy (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister said he would deliver higher real wages, but petrol prices have gone up as much as $900 in a year while real wages have fallen by $700....
  • Australian Natural Disasters (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia. Will the minister update the House on the support made available by the Morrison-Joyce government to assist Australians...
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme (24 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. This is Nick from Mackay. He was born with multiple complex disabilities requiring 24—
  • Australian Women (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment, representing the Minister for Women. Will the minister update the House on the strength and resilience of Australians during a very challenging...
• Statements (0 speeches)
  • Personal Explanation (19 speeches)
    I seek leave to give a personal explanation.
• 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.
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Government Response (1 speech)
    For the information of honourable members, I present a schedule of the status of government responses to committee reports as at 1 December 2021. The schedule will be incorporated in Hansard....
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Commonwealth Ombudsman; Presentation (1 speech)
    I present the Commonwealth Ombudsman's quarterly report under section 712F(6) of the Fair Work Act 2009 for the period 1 April to 30 June 2021.
• Parliamentary Representation (0 speeches)
  • Valedictory (4 speeches)
    on indulgence—I hope not to detain the House for too long. Well, it's been a slightly busy term! When I think back to the fear and the concern of this House and this country in February and...
• Statements (0 speeches)
  • Valedictory (11 speeches)
    It is that time of the year, as we close the parliamentary proceedings for this year and before returning next year, when it is customary for us to express our thanks to all of those who've...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Intelligence and Security Joint Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
    I have received advice from the honourable the Prime Minister nominating a member to be a member of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security.
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Assange, Mr Julian (3 speeches)
    I'm acutely aware that there are only minutes left for this parliament this year, but there's one very notable Australian who has not been mentioned this afternoon, and I seek to remedy that. I...
• Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
  • Morrison Government (4 speeches)
    I have received a letter from the honourable member for Canberra proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's failure...
• Adjournment (0 speeches)
  • Morrison Government (1 speech)
    If you can't govern your party, you can't govern the country. The Morrison government is a hopelessly divided government that is coming apart at the seams. The Liberal government has racked up a...
  • Cowper Electorate: Apprenticeships (1 speech)
    I have a real-life positive story to relay to the House. There is no greater investment that we as a government can make than an investment in our young people. It's an investment that is...
  • Morrison Government (1 speech)
    I rise to talk about this government's failure to govern in the best interests of Australians. There is no better evidence of this than in my growing electorate of Corangamite. Take Armstrong...
  • Minister for Health and Aged Care, Valedictory (1 speech)
    I'm going to use the opportunity today to say a few thankyous. I note with some great humility that today is one year since I had the honour of being able to call myself Garth Hamilton MP. And...
  • Morrison Government (2 speeches)
    As we come to the end of this year it is a time for reflection for many of us. It's been a big year, and Australians have been extraordinary in their willingness to do what they are asked to do,...
• Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
  • Liberal Government (3 speeches)
    I think it's true that we've all got our fingers crossed that today is the last sitting day of this parliament and this tired rotten, corrupt Liberal government over there. What we've seen in the...
  • Reid Electorate: Community Services (1 speech)
    It's a real honour and privilege to speak about my constituents in my constituency statement. As it is the last sitting day for 2021, I want to give a big shout-out to the incredible community...
  • New South Wales: Light Rail (1 speech)
    Built in Newcastle in the 1980s the oldest trains running on Sydney's metropolitan network today are the K sets. For 40 years now they've carried commuters and families without fail. They were...
  • Neuroendocrine Cancer (1 speech)
    As one of my final opportunities to speak in parliament this year, I wanted to raise awareness— An honourable member: Are you retiring? No, I'm not retiring! I have much to do. I would like...
  • Prime Minister (7 speeches)
    I rise today to say merry Christmas to all the good boys and girls out there in my community and across Australia. It's been a pretty rubbish year, one that we may prefer to forget, but we've...
  • Ginger Meggs (1 speech)
    Ginger Meggs is part of every Australian's childhood. After five cartoonists and a hundred years, kids and grown-ups alike are still revelling in the adventures and comical capers of the...
  • Indigenous Health (1 speech)
    r HUSIC () (): I'm proud to represent in this place one of the largest urban based First Nations communities in the country. I take very seriously the job of representing all of them, as I do...
  • Lindsay Electorate (1 speech)
    I am incredibly proud to represent my community as the federal member for Lindsay, and this year has shown the best of us in the hardest times. For many local families and small businesses, they...
  • Morrison Government (1 speech)
    Today is the final sitting day of the year and perhaps even the last for the 46th Parliament, so I want to put on record my list of the top 10 ways in which this Morrison Liberal government has...
  • Big Farmer Andy, Pointing, Mr Laurie (2 speeches)
    I rise to talk about two of Wide Bay's constituents who are using two very different types of media to communicate their important message. My good mate, big farmer Andy, a TikTok celebrity, who...
  • Whitlam Electorate: COVID-19, Whitlam Electorate: Hospitality Industry (1 speech)
    It's been a tough year. Jobs have been lost, businesses have been smashed and households have been locked down. Much of this has been a lot worse than it needed to be because of the Prime...
  • Brisbane Electorate: Christmas (1 speech)
    This year I received a record number of entries from students at primary schools across Brisbane in my annual Christmas card design competition. The winning students feature on the Christmas card...
  • Macquarie Electorate: Go Local First Campaign, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Special Broadcasting Service (1 speech)
    As much as I love being here in Canberra representing my community, I can't wait to head home. I'm told it's nearly Christmas, which I love but haven't had a lot of time to think about yet. The...
  • Capricornia Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
    The federal coalition government since 2013 have invested over $5.3 billion in Capricornia alone. With another year coming to an end, I want to take the opportunity to provide a recap of the...
  • Werriwa Electorate (1 speech)
    My contribution today is a tribute to the people in the community of south-west Sydney, especially those in the electorate of Werriwa that I proudly represent in this place. I am truly humbled to...
  • Layton, Ms Donna, Ryan, Ms Michelle, Hodges, Dr James (1 speech)
    I'd like to acknowledge Donna Layton, who is the manager of the Notaras sawmill in Grafton. She's been working at the mill for 43 years and is one of few female sawmillers in the country. Donna...
  • Commonwealth Integrity Commission (1 speech)
    It's more than a thousand days since Prime Minister Morrison and the former Attorney-General promised Australians a federal anticorruption commission, but, like so much else, the Morrison...
  • Climate Change (1 speech)
    Having recently been given the privilege of serving as Assistant Minister to the Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction, I thought it opportune to outline the approach I'll be...
  • Bom Funk Dance Studio, Eden-Monaro Electorate: Small Business (1 speech)
    Yesterday I had the great pleasure of watching a performance by a junior national champion dance team. The young girls who make up Bom Funk Dance Studio's Rubies team were crowned national...
  • Forde Electorate: Windaroo Valley State High School, Forde Electorate: Marsden State High School (2 speeches)
    I have some very bright and talented students in my electorate who work hard and dedicate themselves to their passions, each and every day. It gives me great pleasure to share with the House some...
• Adjournment (0 speeches)
  • Macnamara Electorate: Childcare and Early Education Services (1 speech)
    A couple of years ago in the early stages of my term as the elected member for Macnamara, I joined with local parents, early educators, the Australian Services Union and the local community to...
  • Chisholm Electorate: Volunteer Grants (1 speech)
    In a huge boost for Chisholm's volunteers, our local community organisations and sports clubs will receive a share in more than $80 million as part of the Morrison government's 2021 volunteers...
  • Women's Economic Security (1 speech)
    Today, in what may be my last speech in this term of parliament, depending on when the Prime Minister decides to call the election, I want to talk about a vision for rebuilding our economy and...
  • Morant, Lieutenant Harry (Breaker), Handcock, Lieutenant Peter, Witton, Lieutenant George (1 speech)
    Apart from the last sentence, I concur with the previous speaker. We should never have had lockdowns. If justice were a meal, it would be better served cold than not served at all, and in a...
  • Coalition Government (1 speech)
    As we approach the end of this parliamentary term, the question that arises is: are Australians better off and is Australia now a better country to live in after eight years of coalition...
  • Higgins Electorate: Volunteers (1 speech)
    I think we can all agree on one thing: 2021 has been a very challenging year indeed—challenging not just because the world has had to navigate the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic...
  • Climate Change (1 speech)
    After the global climate talks last month, surely the argument for keeping trees in the ground has never been more compelling, with Tasmanian forests in particular providing a powerful case for...
  • Gippsland Electorate: Bushfire Recovery (1 speech)
    It's with a heavy heart and a great deal of frustration— A division having been called in the House of Representatives— Sitting suspended from 11:3 8 to 11:49 It's with a heavy heart...
  • Commonwealth Integrity Commission, Electoral Legislation Amendment (Voter Integrity) Bill 2021 (3 speeches)
    It's the final sitting week and the final sitting day for 2021. I came here—trekked across the country to Canberra—in the hope that I would be able to debate issues that were...
  • New South Wales: Regional Services, Wyangala Dam (1 speech)
    'NSW' stands for New South Wales. In the past, particularly in those 16 sorry years of Labor state government between 1995 and 2011, many in country New South Wales thought it represented merely...
  • Summit for Democracy (1 speech)
    Australia's democracy is the foundation of our individual freedoms and our collective prosperity, and all of us in this place owe our positions to the institutions of Australian democracy. We're...
  • Cybersafety (1 speech)
    The last 20 years have been quite remarkable in the technological advancements we have seen. We've literally become the Jetsons, where you can look at your phone and talk to somebody in the...
  • Griffith Electorate: Schools (3 speeches)
    [by video link] In recent weeks, I've had the pleasure of visiting a number of local schools to present awards. I visited St Laurence's College, a Catholic college following Edmund Rice's vision...
  • Parkes Electorate: Local Council Elections (1 speech)
    This Saturday in New South Wales local government elections will be held, and I see the shadow local government minister is in the chamber with me. As the former local government minister, I...
  • Bendigo Electorate (1 speech)
    Many in this place are rising today, the last sitting day, to give their reflections on the year, to wish their electorates and their communities a merry Christmas. I'd like to do the same, but I...
  • Queensland: Tourism Industry (1 speech)
    To say that the Cairns and Far North Queensland tourism industry has been doing it tough lately is certainly an understatement. Given all the challenges that the industry has faced over the last...
  • Blaxland Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
    This is my last speech in this place for this year. I want to dedicate it to the many people in my local community who helped us to get through what has been a really tough year. The people whom...
  • Fairfax Electorate: Fairfax Award (1 speech)
    In this our nation's parliament I am proudly the member for Fairfax, named after Ruth Fairfax, a wonderful community leader who founded the Country Women's Association in Queensland, no less, and...