House debates
Tuesday, 2 August 2022
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Days and Hours of Meeting (1 speech)
I move the motion relating to the proposed amendment to standing order 192 in the terms in which it appears on the Notice Paper: That standing order 192 be amended as follows: Figure 4....
- Tariff Proposals (0 speeches)
- Customs Tariff Proposal (No. 2) 2022 (1 speech)
I move: Custom Tariff Proposal (No. 2) 2022. The printed proposal is now being circulated to honourable members. Customs Tariff Proposal (No. 2) 2022 proposes to amend the Customs Tariff Act 1995...
- Customs Tariff Proposal (No. 3) 2022 (1 speech)
I move: Customs Tariff Proposal (No. 3) 2022 The customs tariff proposal that I've just tabled applies an additional customs duty of 35 per cent from 25 April 2022 to imported goods that are the...
- Customs Tariff Proposal (No. 4) 2022 (1 speech)
I move: Customs Tariff Proposal (No. 4) 2022 Today I table Customs Tariff Proposal (No. 4) 2022, which proposes to amend the Customs Tariff Act 1995 to provide a 'Free range of customs duty to...
- Customs Tariff Proposal (No. 5) 2022 (1 speech)
I move: Customs Tariff Proposal (No. 5) 2022. The proposal that I have tabled proposes to amend the Customs Tariff Act 1995 to provide a free rate of customs duty to imported new electric...
- Parliamentary Office Holders (0 speeches)
- Speaker's Panel (1 speech)
Pursuant to standing order 17, I lay on the table my warrant nominating the honourable members for Sturt and Longman to be members of the Speaker's panel to assist the chair when requested to do...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Agriculture and Water Resources Committee, Communications and the Arts Committee, Economics Committee, Employment, Education and Training Committee, Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water Committee, Health, Aged Care and Sport Committee, Regional Development, Infrastructure and Transport Committee, Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee, Petitions Committee, Privileges and Members' Interests Committee, Procedure Committee, Publications Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
I have received advice from the Chief Opposition Whip nominating members to be members of certain committees.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Committee, Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity Joint Committee, Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings Joint Committee, Corporations and Financial Services Joint Committee, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, Human Rights Joint Committee, Law Enforcement Joint Committee, Migration Joint Committee, National Capital and External Territories Joint Committee, National Disability Insurance Scheme Joint Committee, Parliamentary Library Joint Committee, Public Accounts and Audit Joint Committee, Public Works Joint Committee, Trade and Investment Growth Joint Committee, Treaties Joint Committee, Electoral Matters Joint Committee, Implementation of the National Redress Scheme: Joint Select Committee, Parliamentary Standards Joint Select Committee; Membership (1 speech)
I have received messages from the Senate informing the House of appointment of senators to certain joint committees. As the list of appointments is a lengthy one, I do not propose to read the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Corangamite Electorate: Climate Change (1 speech)
Congratulations on your role, Deputy Speaker Claydon. I am proud to announce that I'm running a climate project for students in my region for the second year in a row. The Corangamite Schools...
- Biosecurity: Foot-and-Mouth Disease (1 speech)
Farmers right around Australia are very concerned about foot-and-mouth disease. The government really needs to increase the resources to assist Indonesia to manage foot-and-mouth disease at its...
- Robertson Electorate: Free Trade Day (1 speech)
Congratulations on your new role, Madam Deputy Speaker Claydon. Since 2017, Free Trade Day has been assisting residents in my electorate of Robertson and across Australia with household repairs...
- Regional Funding (1 speech)
The absolute benefit of federal funding was brought home to me again on Saturday, when I attended the home game for the Narrandera Imperial Eagles against the Mangoplah Cookardinia United...
- Hasluck Electorate: Environment (1 speech)
I congratulate you, Deputy Speaker Claydon, on your new position. I rise today to inform the House of a passionate community volunteer group in my electorate of Hasluck: Save Perth Hills. Save...
- COVID-19: Higher School Certificate Students (1 speech)
I rise today to wish all the students sitting their HSC trials in both this and the coming weeks all the very best of luck, especially the 6,000 or more students studying across 15 secondary...
- Hall, Ms Cathy (1 speech)
I want to say a few words in celebration of the life and activism of Cathy Hall, an influential and irrepressible member of the Fremantle community. It is true to say that in the last three or...
- Canice's Kitchen (1 speech)
I want to tell you a quick story about Canice's Kitchen, a wonderful organisation in my electorate. Canice's Kitchen, in Rushcutters Bay, is a kitchen that provides free meals and clothing to...
- Road Safety (1 speech)
Last week I met with a delegation of TWU members and officials, joined by employers, employer associations and families members affected by road accidents. There were workers from the gig...
- New South Wales: Floods (1 speech)
I often speak about the resilience of my community of Lindsay. And, gosh, haven't they had to be resilient over the last two years—again, experiencing floods. These are communities that are...
- Werriwa Electorate: Lao New Year (1 speech)
There are lots of great things about representing my part of the world and the electorate of Werriwa, particularly the fact that it is such a diverse community and it celebrates new year almost...
- Burdett, Mr Kevin John, OAM (1 speech)
Almost two weeks ago the Karoonda East Murray community lost a great gentleman. Kevin John Burdett OAM was born and lived his whole life in the Karoonda East Murray district. A true community...
- New South Wales: Floods (1 speech)
Dorothea Mackellar was so right in talking about a land of droughts and flooding rains. We've seen so much of both of those things—and let's include bushfires in that in recent years. I...
- Tasmania: Agriculture, Biosecurity: Foot-And-Mouth Disease (1 speech)
The latest Tasmanian Agribusiness Insights Report has confirmed that our state's agricultural sector continues to be world leading. Farming directly employs 7½ thousand Tasmanians and...
- Sport, Citizenship (1 speech)
I'm proud to stand here today to share with the House that Silver Bell Morris, a talented football player in Bendigo, has made the junior Australian women's football team. It's very exciting that...
- Palliative Care (1 speech)
In a cottage in Doonan, set in beautiful grounds, people at end of life are comforted in the embrace of loved ones, their pain eased with specialist palliative care. In three years, Katie Rose...
- Darwin Festival (1 speech)
I'm incredibly excited to be getting home to Darwin on Thursday evening as the Darwin Festival kicks off. It's a fantastic fortnight of theatre, music, dance and art. This weekend Darwin hosts...
- Forde Electorate: Meadowbrook Golf Club (1 speech)
We have all looked on at times at various legal disputes that have dragged on for years and years, and I'm sad to share with the House one such dispute going on between a local...
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
This morning I met with some amazing women who are aged-care workers, nurses and unionists, who came to talk to me about their enthusiasm and hope for the future of the care economy and their...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- US Air Strike in Afghanistan (2 speeches)
As the President of the United States of America confirmed earlier today, the al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has been killed in a US air strike. The operation was carried out on Saturday in...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Energy (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, your website currently states a Labor government will cut power bills for families and businesses by $275 a year. Is this still your policy?
- Skills and Training (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Skills and Training. After a decade of inaction we are experiencing a skill shortage crisis in Australia. How will the Albanese Labor government address acute...
- Energy (24 speeches)
LEY (—) (): My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, in April when you were caught not knowing the cash rate you said: I made a mistake. I'm human. But when I make a mistake,...
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Minister for Sport. Why does the government's new aged-care legislation grant immunity from liability for engaging in restrictive practices? Will...
- Cost of Living (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Tackling the rising costs of living in Australia requires a comprehensive response. How is the government helping Australians manage the cost-of-living...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Northern Territory Legislative Assembly (1 speech)
I'm pleased to inform the House that present in the gallery today we have two members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory: Hon. Selena Uibo, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, and...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Workplace Safety (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware of reports of CFMMEU picketers verbally abusing and mobbing a female employee at an Adelaide building site, to the extent that...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. What are the implications of the Reserve Bank's decision on interest rates today?
- Murray-Darling Basin (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water. Is the minister aware that 80 per cent of water under the original Murray-Darling Basin Plan has already been returned to the...
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Health and Aged Care. What are the Albanese Labor government's plans to continue listing life-changing medications on the PBS and to make medicines cheaper for...
- Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the government support the coalition's policy to help pensioners and veterans who may choose to work more hours to help fill vacancies in sectors like...
- Early Childhood Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Early Childhood Education. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to make early childhood education more accessible and affordable, boosting our economy by...
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Minister, many people in my community are concerned about climate change. Climate scientists are telling us we need a 2030 emissions...
- Pacific Australia Labour Mobility Scheme (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for International Development and the Pacific. How will the Albanese Labor government's Pacific Labour Mobility policies tackle skills shortages in regional Australia?
- Cashless Debit Card Program (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The cashless debit card presently restricts 80 per cent of working-age welfare payments in vulnerable communities from being spent on alcohol, drugs and...
- Youpla Group (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Financial Services. What steps is the government taking to ensure that Indigenous families and communities affected by the collapse of Youpla are being assisted...
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's answer yesterday when he couldn't say how much the cash rate had increased since those opposite came to government. Given the...
- Building Better Regions Fund (13 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. As the government considers its approach to grants programs, what lessons can be learned...
- Early Childhood Education (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Early Childhood Education and Minister for Youth. With around 7,000 vacancies in the early childhood education sector, I ask the minister: how many workers will...
- Ukraine (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs. How will the government continue to support displaced Ukrainian nationals and their...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Member for Bruce (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, you asked that the member for Bruce be heard in silence. As the member for Bruce has never offered that to any member of this House in the whole of his career, why are you offering...
- Standing And Sessional Orders (5 speeches)
I seek your guidance under standing orders 89 and 90 that deal with disorder, offensive words and imputations of improper motives. I specifically refer to the term 'rort' and the use of that term...
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Member for Maranoa (1 speech)
I have a statement to make regarding the member for Maranoa, who raised an issue around standing order 68 yesterday when I endeavoured to get back to him. Standing order 68 provides an...
- 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.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Economy (18 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Fadden proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The impact of rising...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Tasmania: Home Ownership (2 speeches)
On Saturday I attend the Hobartians Facing Homelessness rally, where again I was outraged to hear stories from people about the great difficulties they face sleeping rough or finding and keeping...
- Cooks River (1 speech)
He's not one you can stop! We've worked that out. I rise to talk about the Cooks River in my part of Sydney, running through the Canterbury-Bankstown area but adjacent local councils as well. The...
- Moncrieff Electorate: Burleigh Community Men's Shed (1 speech)
I am pleased to rise to talk about the fellas at Burleigh Community Men's Shed in Miami. I joined them on 7 July, just last month, for morning tea. As we know, men's shed plays a really important...
- Perth Electorate (1 speech)
I'm proud that I stood in front of my community asking them to send me back to this place on a platform of bringing people together. They endorsed that, and I'm so grateful to the people of Perth...
- Fuel (1 speech)
I refer to the previous government's decision to cut the fuel excise in half. It was a decision that saved motorists 22c per litre, at a cost to the budget of some $2.9 billion over a six-month...
- Dimos, Mr Mick, Dimos, Mr Steve (1 speech)
Today, I rise to pay tribute to Mick and Steve Dimos, two brothers, two true believers, two people who deserve to be remembered in this place. Mick and Steve sadly passed away recently, within...
- Vietnam Veterans' Day (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the importance of Vietnam Veterans' day and a coalition commitment that is close to my heart: a $5 million promise to build a veterans wellness centre in my electorate of...
- Garma Festival (1 speech)
I first want to associate myself with the words of the former speaker, the member for Dawson, about the importance of looking after our veterans. On the weekend I was privileged to attend the...
- Cullen, Mr Brendan (1 speech)
I'd like to bring to the House's attention the incredible achievement of Menindee grazier Brendan Cullen, who just this week has swum the English Channel. What's amazing about Brendan's...
- National Homelessness Week (2 speeches)
I rise to say a few words about the fact that it is National Homelessness Week. It's an opportunity for all of us to recognise the growing crisis that we have not just in our electorates but also...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
This morning I had the great honour of meeting three extraordinary young people: Thanush, Ismail and Betelhem. They came and sat in my office, shook my hand and thanked me for my time, the same...
- Indigenous Australians, Environment (1 speech)
I am proud to acknowledge, as this parliament does every morning, that I am speaking on the land of the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people; to pay my respects to their elders past, present and...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
As I was a minister in the previous government, it's been some years since I have participated in a grievance debate. On contemplating what issue to raise in this place, it struck me that perhaps...
- Gilmore Electorate: NAIDOC Week, Gilmore Electorate: Community Events, Australian Constitution: First Nations Voice (1 speech)
On the week of 3 to 10 July we celebrated NAIDOC Week. I want to take the opportunity to tell the House about a couple of fantastic events I attended recently to celebrate NAIDOC Week and our...
- COVID-19: Australian Labor Party, COVID-19: Aged Care (1 speech)
When COVID hit in early 2020, it was impossible to know the scale of the damage that it would do to our country. For the last 2½ years, Australians have followed the health advice to the...
- Moreton Electorate: Koalas, Moreton Electorate: Infrastructure (2 speeches)
I want to share this really great story about koalas in my electorate. My electorate takes in Toohey Forest, an ecological island in suburbia, just 10 km from the Brisbane CBD, surrounded by...
