House debates
Monday, 26 September 2022
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Petitions Committee; Report (1 speech)
I rise to speak as the new Chair of the Standing Committee on Petitions for the 47th Parliament. I present the first report of the Petitions Committee for the 47th Parliament.
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
I present the following petitions:
- Responses (1 speech)
I present the following ministerial responses to petitions previously presented:
- Statements (1 speech)
As in the previous parliament, the Petitions Committee started with a large workload that built up during the election period. The popularity of petitions with the public is continuing to grow....
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Withdrawal (1 speech)
I inform the House that, pursuant to standing order 110, the honourable member for Kooyong has withdrawn notice No. 2 standing in her name. The order of precedence of remaining private members'...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Aged Care (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes the Government's commitment to fix the mess the former Government made of aged care and that this is a priority for the Government; (2) acknowledges the...
- Police Week (14 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises that 17 September 2022 is the start of National Police Week, which culminates with National Police Remembrance Day on 29 September 2022; (2) acknowledges...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Marsden State High School (1 speech)
I rise today to bring to the House's attention the outstanding performance of Marsden State High School in my fabulous electorate of Forde. I wish to express my congratulations to the teachers,...
- Flynn, Ms Deirdre (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate Deirdre Flynn, client services manager of Catherine House, for her Backbone Award at the SA Woman Awards over the weekend. Deirdre is a social worker by trade, and she has...
- Lilydale Croquet Club (1 speech)
Last weekend, I was pleased to attend the Lilydale Croquet Club official season launch for the coming summer season. It was the first opportunity for the club to launch the season since 2019. I...
- Human Rights: Iran (1 speech)
The death of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini whilst in police custody in Iran has understandably caused widespread condemnation and protest against Iranian authorities across both Iran and the...
- Uniforms 4 Kids (1 speech)
Uniforms 4 Kids is a charity which repurposes emergency services uniforms and other uniforms into bright and beautiful clothes for kids. As their volunteers in Cooroy know, too many kids go...
- East African Women's Foundation, Daughters of the West (1 speech)
I would like to pay tribute to some extraordinary women from my vibrant electorate of Fraser: the dedicated staff and volunteers of the East African Women's Foundation. Under the leadership of...
- Clark Electorate: Arts and Culture (1 speech)
Arts, culture and creativity enrich the lives of all Australians, yet decades of underinvestment and bad policies by a succession of federal governments have weakened many sectors of the creative...
- Kiaps (1 speech)
I welcome the guest-of-government visit by Prime Minister James Marape this weekend. Papua New Guinea is one of Australia's most important partners and we are proud to be an economic, security...
- Economy (1 speech)
One hundred and seventy billion dollars a year goes into superannuation in Australia. More than half of that money goes into shares. So what we have is a giant Ponzi scheme. The young people who...
- International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (1 speech)
Today is not only my wife, Georgia's, birthday; it's also the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, and I care about both very much. In recent years we've been given...
- Generation Innovation (1 speech)
Age is no determinant for the value of people's commercial ideas. Indeed, there are so many young people across Australia who have the most extraordinary ideas. If only they could get them to...
- Iran: Human Rights (1 speech)
Today I rise to talk about the events in Iran after the death and custody of Mahsa Amini. The images we've seen have been both distressing and inspiring—distressing because we see the...
- Rural Road Safety Month (1 speech)
September is Rural Road Safety Month. Sadly, 2022 has been a terrible year on Australian roads. In fact, last year's national road toll was exceeded by July this year. Each year, rural and...
- Police Week (1 speech)
My heartfelt thanks are extended to our policemen and women, heroes in the eyes of many within our communities. One of my team members is the wife of a hardworking, proud, long-serving local...
- Sunrise Christian School (1 speech)
Just last Friday I was given the privilege of opening the new administration building and four classrooms at Sunrise Christian School in Whyalla. The expansion was helped by a $700,000 grant from...
- Pakistan: Floods (1 speech)
The current humanitarian crisis caused by devastating flooding in Pakistan is heartbreaking. Floods now cover one-third of the country, and they're estimated to have killed at least 1,400 people....
- Bowman Electorate: Mental Health (1 speech)
A new mental health service planned for Redland Bay in my electorate of Bowman is in jeopardy due to the change of federal government. The former Liberal and Nationals government committed $3.4...
- AFL Grand Final 2022 (1 speech)
In case people didn't know, 2022 is now officially the year of the Cats. For those who were in a cocoon on Saturday, the Geelong Football Club, the mighty Cats, had a thumping win. Commiserations...
- Superannuation (2 speeches)
The first act of any minister tells and determines the priorities of that minister. That's why we're disappointed that the Assistant Treasurer's first move was to water down transparency for the...
- Ministry (0 speeches)
- Temporary Arrangements (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Prime Minister will be absent from question time today and tomorrow as he is in Japan attending the funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. I will answer...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Cost of Living, Taxation (8 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. Acting Prime Minister, Australians are suffering under your government in relation to rising cost-of-living pressures, at the supermarket, in their...
- Cost of Living (2 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to ease the cost of living for Australian families, and is the Acting Prime Minister aware of any...
- Economy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Last week, in an interview on Sky News, the Minister for Finance refused to rule out changes to franking credits and changes to negative gearing, and refused to...
- Cybersecurity (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs and for Cyber Security. What action is the Australian government taking as a result of the Optus data breach?
- National Anti-Corruption Commission (2 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. There are reports that the government has cut a deal with the opposition to weaken national corruption commission legislation to get it passed. Can you...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. What are some of the pressures currently facing the budget, and what are some of the options to help Australians deal with the cost of living?
- Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
My question is to the acting Prime Minister, and I refer to the government's decision to scrap the cashless debit card, which the Alice Springs mayor has said will increase domestic violence....
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to change policy to make medicines more affordable and list life-changing medicines on the PBS?
- Energy (17 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. Due to record energy prices, businesses in my electorate of Mallee are considering closing, potentially leaving hundreds unemployed. One such...
- Child Care (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. How is the Albanese Labor government changing policy to make child care more affordable for Australians families?
- Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Northern Australia. I refer to the government's changes to insert its emissions reduction target into the program criteria for projects in the Northern...
- Housing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to improve the housing affordability challenges confronting Australia?
- Commonwealth Integrity Commission (2 speeches)
ER () (): My question is to the Attorney-General, the member for Isaacs. The Labor Party went to the election with a commitment to legislating a national anticorruption commission. One of the...
- Energy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. What policies are being adopted by the Albanese Labor government to futureproof our energy network and put downward pressure on...
- Cybersecurity (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Cyber Security. Has the minister spoken personally to the Optus CEO about the company providing customers with credit monitoring or the other measures she spoke...
- Jobs and Skills Australia Bill 2022 (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Skills and Training. What policy changes are the Albanese Labor government making to tackle labour shortages and provide opportunities for Australians,...
- Income Tax (2 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister, and it is on Labor's stage 3 tax cuts. Can you explain the economic benefit of giving a federal politician, or anyone else earning more than $200,000...
- Environment (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water. How is the Albanese Labor government showing leadership on the environment, both nationally and internationally, after a decade of...
- Attorney-General (2 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. I refer to the fact that the largest shareholder in Omni Bridgeway, Australia's largest litigation funding business, is Greencape Capital Pty Ltd, the...
- PacificAus Sports (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for International Development and the Pacific. How are the Albanese Labor government's Pacific sporting programs improving Australia's Pacific relationships and...
- Cost of Living (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Since its election, this government has failed to take any practical action to address rising costs of living, and over the next few weeks, Tasmanian families...
- Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs. How is the Albanese Labor government responding to the interim report from the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide?
- 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.
- Commonwealth Ombudsman; Presentation (1 speech)
I present the Commonwealth Ombudsman's quarterly reports under section 712F(6) of the Fair Work Act 2009 for the periods 1 January to 31 March 2022 and 1 April to 30 June 2022. The documents were...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Reports Nos 4 to 5 of 2022-23 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's Audit reports Nos 4 and 5 for 2022-23 entitled Australian government implementation of the National Waste Policy Action Plan: Department of Climate Change, Energy,...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
I move: That leave of absence until the remainder of the current period of sittings be given to Ms Murphy and Mr Chester on the ground of public business overseas. Question agreed to.
- Governor-General's Speech (0 speeches)
- Address in Reply (4 speeches)
The question is that the address be agreed to. Before I call the honourable member for Bennelong, I remind the House that this is the honourable member's first speech and I ask the House to...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Intelligence and Security Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
I'm pleased to rise today to present the first report of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security for the 47th Parliament on the committee's review of regulations listing...
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Intelligence and Security Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
by leave—Protecting Australians and their interests, at home and abroad, is the core duty of any parliament and parliamentarian. I have strived to do this in each delegation, committee and...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Governor-General's Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (4 speeches)
I want to congratulate you, Deputy Speaker Buchholz, in continuing on the Speaker's panel. Your knowledge and experience in this chamber is an asset to all of us. Your cooperation across the...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Capricornia Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I would like to take the opportunity to update the House on three major projects the coalition had committed to, prior to the new government being elected, that are within my electorate of...
- Climate Change: Electric Vehicles (1 speech)
I am listening to my electorate and will continue to stand up for my electorate and for action on climate change, because future generations—our children, our grandchildren—will judge...
- Fall of Kabul (1 speech)
Earlier today I moved a motion in the Federation Chamber about the mission of the Australian Defence Force to rescue Australians and those who supported our nation throughout the war on terror...
- Northern Territory: Defence Exercises (1 speech)
I will quickly associate myself with the previous member and his words around those difficult times in Afghanistan—unnecessarily difficult times, I might add, because of the way that whole...
- Forde Electorate: Business Distinction Awards (1 speech)
I wish to associate myself with the remarks of the member for Solomon. We had a thoroughly fantastic week as part of the ADF Parliamentary Program at Exercise Pitch Black. It was just another...
- Migration (1 speech)
Another day, another adjournment—you hear them all. I've got the very last spot for today, I'm the last speaker, and I might pick up where I left off in my last adjournment speech. Last...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Lilley Electorate: Nundah Festival (1 speech)
As soon as Australians woke to the news that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II had passed away, constituents in my electorate of Lilley began queuing outside the door of my electorate office in...
- Health Care (1 speech)
Australia has one of the best healthcare systems in the world. We have some of the best health professionals, the best health researchers and some of the best facilities. But all that counts for...
- Robertson Electorate: 3 Villages Community Group (1 speech)
Brisbane Water is the beating heart of Robertson. Our towns, our villages, snake along this body of water, and our history owes much to the prosperity it has provided over many years. No matter...
- Bowman Electorate: Aircraft Noise (1 speech)
I've been making a lot of noise recently about aircraft noise. There's been a push to divert more Brisbane Airport flights away from inner-city Brisbane and over the bayside community that I...
- Holt Electorate: Mental Health (1 speech)
Last week I was pleased to organise a street stall, along with the member for Bruce, in the suburb of Narre Warren South. That morning, many raised the difficulty in accessing mental health...
- Hinkler Electorate: Bruce Highway (1 speech)
I rise to inform the Federation Chamber of a $103 million upgrade on the Bruce Highway that is underway right now in my electorate. It will be an 11-kilometre upgrade, including overtaking lanes,...
- Jobs and Skills Summit (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about the recent jobs and skills roundtable I held in my electorate of Spence on 23 August, in the lead-up to the Prime Minister's Jobs and Skills Summit that was held on 1...
- Durack Electorate: Sporting Facilities (1 speech)
PRICE (—) (): If there was something everyone in my home town of Kalgoorlie knew about the Dellar family when I was growing up, it is that we were all sports mad. My siblings and I relished...
- Newcastle Electorate: Stockton Beach, Port of Newcastle (1 speech)
I rise today to speak to two critical issues for my electorate of Newcastle, the first being the ongoing erosion of Stockton Beach and the second being the critical need for the diversification...
- Sturt Electorate: Norwood Football Club (2 speeches)
I rise to unashamedly brag about a fantastic win by the Norwood Redlegs at the SANFL Grand Final. For the many people here who are not from South Australia, I can simply make the reference that...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Research Commercialisation (13 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that in Government, the Coalition invested significantly in research and development, including an estimated $4.3 billion in 2020-21 through the education...
- Veterans (12 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) many veterans struggle to find work when they transition to civilian life, which can lead to other problems, such as mental illness, homelessness,...
- Paid Parental Leave (11 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) there are around 2.5 million families with dependent children aged under 15 in Australia; (b) Australia has one of the least generous paid parental...
- Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day is on 15 October 2022; (b) this day is an opportunity for parents, families, friends and healthcare workers...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Fowler Electorate: Moon Festival (2 speeches)
After two long years of COVID lockdowns and restrictions in Western Sydney, it was an absolute delight to see my electorate of Fowler come to life again for the Moon Festival. More than 80,000...
- Spence, Catherine Helen (1 speech)
I rise in this place just over 79 years to the day that Enid Lyons and Dorothy Tangney entered through the doors of Old Parliament House. I note the member for Tangney in the chamber today. These...
- Brisbane Electorate: Housing (1 speech)
The cost-of-living crisis is hitting hard and it is especially felt by renters. In my home electorate of Brisbane, 53.5 per cent of dwellings were rented at the time of the most recent census. In...
- Siddall, Ms Barbara (1 speech)
I want to pay tribute to the inspirational Barbara Siddall. Thirty years ago, Barbara did something truly amazing: she founded Cornerstone, which is a much-loved community institution in...
- North Sydney Electorate: Tantallon Oval Pavilion (1 speech)
North Sydney is an electorate that cares deeply about our impact on the natural environment. We want to see the nation take action on climate change, and we're willing to walk the talk. The...
- Global Kids Clothes (1 speech)
I wish to commend Global Kids Clothes, which is an outstanding group of women in Robertson on the Central Coast who meet weekly to knit and sew clothes for girls, boys and babies in some of the...
- Central West Charity Tractor Trek (1 speech)
It's not every day that motorists stumble across a procession of 17 tractors chugging along at 20 kilometres an hour on Central West roads, but, on the weekend, the slow, colourful parade of...
- Parliamentary Standards (1 speech)
I'm a new member of this parliament. I was a police officer and became well known across my community for my police work. As my colleagues would know, a lot of this job is spent knocking on...
- Kowanyama Softball Competition (1 speech)
I'm sure, Madam Deputy Speaker Chesters, you'll agree with me that it's important that we celebrate sporting events in our remote areas. Recently the remote Cape York community of Kowanyama held...
- Human Rights (1 speech)
Australia has a growing community of people from Iran and people with Iranian heritage, which includes people of the Baha'i faith. The 2016 census recorded approximately 60,000 Australians who...
- Parkes Electorate: Floods (1 speech)
I'd like to bring to the attention of the chamber the status of the flooding in the Parkes electorate. As you all would be aware, with the La Nina spring that we're having, we've had...
- Macnamara Electorate: The Torch (1 speech)
Last week I had the privilege of visiting the Torch. The Torch is an organisation based in Macnamara that goes into our prison systems, works with Indigenous people who are incarcerated and helps...
- Johnston, Mr Robert (1 speech)
I'd like to acknowledge the wonderful life of Robert Johnston, who, sadly, recently passed away. Born in Lismore, Robert was well known in the working-dog community. He won multiple titles at...
- Adelaide Bowling Club (1 speech)
Yesterday, Sunday 25 September, I attended the opening of the bowls season at the Adelaide Bowling Club. I was accompanied by Lucy Hood, the state member for Adelaide. We were honoured to put...
- Guilfoyle, Corporal Hayden (1 speech)
I would like to place on the record my congratulations and appreciation for the incredibly brave actions of Corporal Hayden Guilfoyle from Shepparton in my electorate of Nicholls. Corporal...
- Australian Ambassador to the Holy See (1 speech)
Earlier this year, Australian Ambassador to the Holy See Chiara Porro and her husband, Rien Schuurhuis, visited Australia. They came up to Darwin and spent time in Darwin, including a visit to...
- Banks Electorate: St Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church, Banks Electorate: St George Academy of Performing Arts (1 speech)
St Luke's Catholic church in Revesby is an absolute linchpin in the Banks community, and it was great to visit Father Dariusz Basiaga, the new priest, recently. St Luke's, which has been around...
- Sri Lanka (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the situation in Sri Lanka and the Albanese Labor government's response. Sri Lanka, the country of my birth, is experiencing an unprecedented economic crisis that has...
- Forrest Electorate: Augusta & Districts Community Childcare (1 speech)
s MARINO () (): I rise to support the Augusta & Districts Community Childcare group. This is a wonderful group of local women who since 2019, led by Kylie Lucas and Jasmine Meagher, have been...
- Corangamite Electorate: Climate Change (1 speech)
I'm running a schools climate project for students in my region for the second year in a row. The Corangamite Schools Climate Change Challenge is a project that started in 2021 to help schools to...
- Dawson Electorate: Space Exploration (1 speech)
I bring great news from Dawson. Two brothers, Adam and James Gilmour, from Gilmour Space Technologies, are taking on the world's space race by building a orbital space port at Abbot Point,...
- Cashless Debit Card (1 speech)
This morning the Albanese government's betrayal of the Australian people was put on display for all to see. The announcement of $50 million for alcohol and drug treatment services is an admission...
- Wollongong: 2022 UCI Road World Championships (1 speech)
I speak today on a fantastic event that was hosted by Wollongong over the past week. The 2022 UCI Road World Championships brought over a thousand riders from 70 countries to compete. The UCI is...
- Queensland: Roads (1 speech)
I wish to raise my concern with the Queensland Labor government's Department of Transport and Main Roads, including lack of planning, funding shortfalls and delays. The former member for Flynn,...
- Covid-19 (1 speech)
The sting in the tail of this pandemic is long COVID. We estimate that between five and 30 per cent of people will develop long COVID. As of July this year there may have been up to 400,000...
- Gold Coast Regional Botanic Gardens (1 speech)
On Tuesday 30 August I visited the Gold Coast Regional Botanic Gardens, where I had the pleasure of launching the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Avenue and Woodland Walk. This project...
- Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence (1 speech)
Last week my community marked a sombre date—10 years since 29-year-old Jill Meagher was raped and murdered in a Brunswick alleyway on her walk home. That night Jill was, as many people do,...
- New South Wales Central West (1 speech)
Parkes is boom town in the Central West of New South Wales, and there are jobs, jobs and more jobs going there right at the moment, with GrainCorp. I'm so pleased that I, the Nationals and the...
- Carpenter, Mr Alfred Clive (Alf), OAM (2 speeches)
Today I want to honour the incredible life of a much-loved and highly respected Novocastrian, Alf Carpenter OAM. Alf served in the 2/4th Australian Infantry Battalion and undertook active service...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (11 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that on 16 August 2021 soldiers from the 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, along with other military attachments, were deployed to Afghanistan to rescue...
- Media Diversity (11 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) the Senate Environment and Communication References Committee with the support of the Labor Senators recommended to the 46th Parliament that the...
- Trade with the European Union (4 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) the European Union (EU) is Australia's second largest two-way trading partner of goods and services worth over $74 billion; and (b) with a high-income...
- Aged Care (7 speeches)
I am genuinely pleased to stand and speak to this motion, and I'm pleased that Labor has, as a priority, made a commitment to the aged-care sector. I spoke about aged care in my maiden speech...
- Building and Construction Industry (25 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) the increasing costs in the construction industry are creating significant strains on Australian building companies; (b) rising costs are creating...
