House debates
Thursday, 17 February 2022
- Parliamentary Representation (0 speeches)
- Valedictory (8 speeches)
on indulgence—I have just broken one of my fundamental rules, with my first word, in fact. That rule is: never start a sentence with the word 'I'. It's a rule that I have tried to live by...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Joint Committee; Reference (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, the following proposed work be referred to the...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Commonwealth Integrity Commission (7 speeches)
I may not be a career politician, but I know when I'm being taken for a ride. The Prime Minister's laughable excuse that he cannot legislate his dud integrity commission proposal because the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Standards; Membership (2 speeches)
I have received advice from the Chief Opposition Whip nominating members to be members of the Joint Select Committee on Parliamentary Standards.
- Environment and Energy Committee; Report (4 speeches)
On behalf of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on the Environment and Energy, I present the committee's advice and report, incorporating dissenting reports, on the inquiry into the...
- Environment and Energy Committee; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
' BRIEN () (): I move: That the order of the day be referred to the Federation Chamber for debate. Question agreed to.
- Parliamentary Standards; Membership (1 speech)
There is a matter that needs to be completed. The motion that Ms Claydon and Ms Wells be appointed members of the Joint Select Committee on Parliamentary Standards wasn't actually put. I put that...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Suspension Of Standing And Sessional Orders (14 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent government business order of the day No. 45 being called on for debate immediately. The government have said that they...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Privileges and Members' Interests Committee; Report (1 speech)
In accordance with standing order 216, on behalf of the Committee of Privileges and Members' Interests I present Report concerning the registration and declaration of members' interests during...
- Law Enforcement Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement, I present the committee's report entitled Vaccinerelated fraud and security risks. Report made a parliamentary paper in...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Indigenous Health, Waminda (1 speech)
As a mum of four, I understand that holistic health care and support is absolutely critical from pregnancy right through to the early days of welcoming a new, tiny person into your family. But...
- Ukraine (1 speech)
The risk of Russian aggression and conflict in Ukraine is now, unfortunately, very real. There are about 150,000 Russian troops across Ukraine's borders in Belarus and on the Crimean peninsula....
- Tilley, Ms Gina (2 speeches)
I rise to pay tribute to Gina Tilley. Gina passed away on Sunday 13 February. She was known to many in this place for her work with former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. She was one of Kevin's most...
- Forde Electorate: Child Care (1 speech)
I recently had the opportunity to visit a new childcare facility in my electorate of Forde—Happy Hearts Child Care and Kindergarten at Park Ridge. Happy Hearts offers childcare for children...
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
The media is buzzing today about national security. Remarkably, the ASIO director last night criticised those opposite for weaponising national security. which he said was not helpful. But let me...
- Renewable Energy (1 speech)
We all know the benefits of solar panels, backed by batteries, in reducing power bills and emissions. But I want to talk about another benefit, in the Casey electorate, where federal funding has...
- Cook, Mr Allan (1 speech)
Today I rise to pay tribute to the late Allan Cook, an outstanding member of our local community who was taken far too soon. Coasties love the beach and, while the rest of us relax on the sand or...
- South Australia: Film Industry (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate local Adelaide actress Sarah Snook on being a recipient of a Golden Globe award at the recent 2022 ceremony. Of course, she is in the television series Succession. She is a...
- Mayo Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
I'd like to congratulate all the 2022 recipients of Order of Australia Medals from around our nation and note my gratitude for all they have done for our community. In particular, I would like to...
- Herbert Electorate: Crime (3 speeches)
Townsville has the most useless state MPs in the country: Labor's Aaron Harper, Les Walker and Scott Stewart. Our city is being kept hostage by the high crime rate that plagues our city, and...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
I rise today on behalf of the Bombala community who are hurt, angry and frustrated. We've heard recently that we have an aged-care crisis and that the Defence Force has been deployed to help...
- Bonner Electorate: Ocean Crusaders (1 speech)
Over the last three years 120 tonnes of rubbish has been picked up by hand from Brisbane waterways by the incredible volunteers of Ocean Crusaders. Based in Hemmant, Ocean Crusaders specialise in...
- National Security (2 speeches)
I would hope that each and every member of this place would always put our country ahead of our party interests, to put the safety and security of the Australian people, who we are all privileged...
- Mallee Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
This year's Australia Day Awards pay tribute to some outstanding citizens in our local community. I want to take this opportunity to congratulate some of these incredible people in my electorate...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
Seven hundred and forty-three deaths this year, with people going without enough food or water, people with wounds not being tended, people not receiving basic medical care and half of the...
- Queen Elizabeth II: Platinum Jubilee (1 speech)
I'm encouraging community organisation, schools and environment groups across the Central Coast to mark the Queen's Jubilee by planting trees in our region. The Planting Trees for The Queen's...
- Bendigo Electorate: Disability Care (1 speech)
A few of my colleagues have talked about the crisis in aged care. I am here to talk about the crisis we are currently facing in disability. It frustrates me that here at we are at the end of a...
- O'Connor Electorate: Shark Attacks (1 speech)
Firstly I extend my condolences to the family and friends, and to the first responders and the witnesses to yesterday's horrific fatal shark attack in Little Bay, off New South Wales. Esperance,...
- Macquarie Electorate: headspace (2 speeches)
This is the last chance I'm going to have before budget week to plead with this government to put a headspace in the Hawkesbury. Every budget I have hoped the government would listen to the...
- Ministry (0 speeches)
- Temporary Arrangements (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Treasurer will be absent from question time today. I'll answer questions on his behalf. He's gone to Indonesia for the G20, Mr Speaker.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- COVID-19: Aged Care (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. More than 700 people have died of COVID in aged care this year alone, more than twice the number for the whole of last year. Tens of thousands of residents...
- 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 delivering on its strong economic plan to secure our recovery?
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
Is the Prime Minister aware that in Bombala in my electorate an aged-care home has announced it will be forced to close? This is on top of another closure in Eden in December last year. The...
- Economy (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister please inform the House how strong economic management helps to create jobs and opportunities for Australians, and is the Prime...
- Aged Care (8 speeches)
Thank you, Mr Speaker. My question is to the Prime Minister. Quality aged care needs a properly supported workforce. The aged-care workforce is highly casualised and low paid. Why won't the Prime...
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Minister, in Senate estimates, the Department of Home Affairs confirmed that there were no security concerns for the asylum seekers currently...
- Regional Australia (5 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. The coalition government is committed to supporting rural and regional communities, which remain a core strength of Australia's economy and identity....
- COVID-19: Morrison Government (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister: how can the government give 20 billion to businesses with rising earnings but not support a permanent pay increase to aged-care workers, which would help...
- Defence, National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence: Will the minister please inform the House how the Morrison government's strong and certain record on defence and national security keeps Australia and...
- COVID-19: Aged Care (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. At the heart of the bushfire crisis, Gladys Berejiklian said the Prime Minister was 'more concerned with politics than people'. More than 700 people have...
- National Security (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government continues to improve community safety and national security in a strong...
- Economy (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Treasury has revealed more than $3.3 million was spent on economic comeback ads which had to be paused after the Prime Minister's failures on vaccines and...
- Energy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction. Will the minister update the House on the importance of the Morrison government ensuring we have adequate and certain...
- Economy (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Reserve Bank predicts real wages will continue to drop through to mid-2023. Doesn't this show low wages are and have always been a deliberate design...
- Mining (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources and Water. Will the minister provide an update on the strength of our resources sector under the management of the Morrison-Joyce government and what...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister agree with Dennis Richardson, who John Howard trusted and appointed as director general of ASIO and ambassador to the United States...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (4 speeches)
I seek leave to table a letter from the Prime Minister to myself dated 8 October 2021 in which he said, 'I thank you and your frontbench for support of AUKUS and the government's decision to...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Morrison Government: Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government's economic plan is supporting...
- China (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister: Can the Prime Minister explain his 2017 trip to Beijing for the signing of an MOU, when he said, on 16 September that year: There was also agreement today on...
- Morrison Government (5 speeches)
My question is also to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline to the House why it is important in these uncertain times for governments to make decisions for our nation's future with...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Senator Payne (2 speeches)
On 18 February 2022, Senator Payne will become the longest-serving woman senator in Australian history. That eclipses the incredible record of Senator Tangney, who served for 9,080 days....
- 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.
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Precinct (6 speeches)
Mr Speaker, my question to you is based upon your authority under the Parliamentary Precincts Act 1988, which gives the Presiding Officers the responsibility for the control and management of...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 17 of 2021-22 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's performance audit report No. 17 of 2021-22, entitled Australian government advertising: May 2019 to October 2021across entities.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Morrison Government (15 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable the Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's...
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- New South Wales: Transport Infrastructure, Constance, Mr Andrew James (1 speech)
I live in, and represent people in, the fastest-growing region in the country—Western Sydney. In my part of Western Sydney there is huge population growth, with 200,000 people expected in...
- Type 1 Diabetes (1 speech)
It's budget season, of course, and there are always a lot of requests and calls made on the public purse. But there's one particular request that I am passionate about, many members of my...
- National Security (2 speeches)
I have dedicated my entire career to foreign policy and the national security of Australia because, beyond partisanship, is our collective commitment to Australia's national interest. So I find...
- Lucas, Hon. Robert Ivan (Rob) (1 speech)
I take the opportunity this evening, in the adjournment debate, to pay tribute to a constituent of mine: the Hon. Robert Ivan Lucas MLC. Rob Lucas will retire at the upcoming South Australian...
- Fraser Electorate (1 speech)
As the 46th Parliament approaches its final days, I want to take this moment to acknowledge the remarkable resilience of the Fraser community throughout this long, multiyear pandemic. There are...
- Treasury Laws Amendment (Cyclone and Flood Damage Reinsurance Pool) Bill 2022 (1 speech)
I had hoped to rise earlier today in support of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Cyclone and Flood Damage Reinsurance Pool) Bill 2022. This is probably the most significant bill brought forward in...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Kingsford Smith Electorate: Bus Services (1 speech)
Prior to the 2019 New South Wales state election, the then Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, gave a firm commitment to our community that there would be no privatisation of bus services in the eastern...
- Moncrieff Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
Australia recognises our citizens for the hard work and contributions they make to develop and foster a prosperous, growing community for the betterment of all who call Australia home. Our...
- Macquarie Electorate: Small Business (1 speech)
Some small businesses in the Blue Mountains and Hawkesbury describe the last three months as being as bad as November 2019. That date is powerful in the minds of my constituents because it's when...
- Lions Club of Mount Panorama (1 speech)
Today I rise to highlight the outstanding work being done by one of Calare's great service clubs, the newly named Lions Club of Mount Panorama. The club was formerly known as Bathurst Macquarie....
- Religious Discrimination Bill 2022 (1 speech)
Parliament missed a valuable opportunity last week. We let slip the opportunity to protect all Australians from discrimination. Parliament failed to protect people of faith, all...
- Parliament House: Protests (1 speech)
You'll be pleased to know that, having had a wisdom tooth pulled yesterday, I'm going to be speaking a bit more slowly and a little less ferociously, but speaking nonetheless. There were tens of...
- Werriwa Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
Over the past few weeks, as COVID subsides in my community, I've been honoured to start attending community events across the electorate of Werriwa. On 3 February I was pleased to be invited to...
- Kinchela Aboriginal Boys Training Home (1 speech)
I recently had the privilege of being invited to meet with elders and community leaders from the Kinchela boys home, a site that gave rise to significant generational trauma for the Aboriginal...
- Sergeant, Professor Brendan, Larsen, Jamie (2 speeches)
I rise today to speak about two extraordinary Canberrans. Sadly, we recently lost Professor Brendan Sargeant to a terrible swimming accident on the coast. Brendan was the head of the highly...
- Forde Electorate (2 speeches)
It's a pleasure to rise and speak about the great range of things that the Morrison government and coalition governments over the past few years have been delivering across the electorate of...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Electorate of Solomon, Young Australians, COVID-19, Indo-Pacific Region (1 speech)
In this adjournment debate I want to touch on a couple of local issues and some regional, national and international issues—so I'll be moving quickly! I am so proud to live in the place...
- Groom Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
It's just a couple of days past a year since I made my maiden speech in the other chamber. An honourable member: It was a good one as well. Very kind words. Thank you. It takes you some time to...
- Cowan Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
[by video link] Cowan is an incredibly diverse electorate which truly reflects modern Australia. The line in our anthem, 'For those who've come across the seas we've boundless plains to share,'...
- Valedictory (1 speech)
There is something to be said for speaking from the heart but also speaking without notes. But if, in your final speech to the parliament, you omit to thank your own daughters and mum, there is...
- E-Cigarettes (1 speech)
I rise to speak on an important emerging health issue in Australia, the explosion of vaping—the very concerning increase of this phenomenon in Australia—and the lack of regulation...
- Swan Electorate, Sex Discrimination and Other Legislation Amendment (Save Women’s Sport) Bill 2022 (1 speech)
As this will be one of my last speeches before I retire at the upcoming election, I want to take the opportunity—and the guidance from the member from Bowman—to thank and acknowledge...
