House debates
Tuesday, 27 September 2022
- Parliamentary Zone (0 speeches)
- Proposed Works (1 speech)
McBAIN (—) (): I move: That, in accordance with section 5 of the Parliament Act 1974, the House approve the following proposal for work in the Parliamentary Zone, which was presented to the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (4 speeches)
I seek leave to move that so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would allow the Member for Melbourne to give notice for a Bill for an Act which would have the effect of...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Hinkler Electorate: Port of Bundaberg Conveyer Project (1 speech)
It took 1,209 days for the Queensland state Labor government to finally sign a tender for the Port of Bundaberg conveyer project—that is 1,209 days for a project that was fully funded by...
- Macarthur Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Macarthur is now the biggest electorate in the country by population and is increasing by hundreds every day. Last week I attended Campbelltown Performing Arts High School for their annual...
- Western Australia: Housing (1 speech)
Since the pandemic began, the housing crisis in WA's north is the worst seen in the region's history, leaving pretty ordinary houses in Karratha with a median rental price of $700 a week. In...
- Robertson Electorate: Care4Coast (1 speech)
Recently I was able to lend a hand to support the hardworking people who are Care4Coast. The evening was held at William Street Mall in Gosford and was one of many such events that are held to...
- International Relations: Azerbaijan and Armenia (1 speech)
I rise today on behalf of the people of North Sydney to call on our Australian government to make a clear statement and condemn the recent attacks by Azerbaijan on Armenian territory. In the past...
- First Nations Recognition (1 speech)
There is a conversation being led in my community by Whadjuk Ballardong Noongar elder Emeritus Professor Simon Forrest on the importance of a constitutionally enshrined First Nations voice to...
- Anzac Day Schools' Awards, Rosebery District High School (1 speech)
Today I'm proud to report that the Rosebery District High School has received national recognition as part of the Anzac Day Schools' Awards for 2022. This year we celebrate 75 years of...
- Royal Commission Into Defence And Veteran Suicide (1 speech)
Yesterday, the Minister for Veterans' Affairs tabled the government's response to the Interim report of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. Australia has lost more serving and...
- Brisbane Olympic Games (1 speech)
We hear a lot of talk about the need for the Brisbane 2032 Olympics to leave a positive legacy. Well, if the federal government progresses with helping to fund 50 per cent of the Queensland...
- Jape, Mr Kong Su, AM (1 speech)
I am deeply saddened by the passing of an elder in our community, Mr Jape Kong Su, AM. He passed away last night at 97 years of age and is survived by his wife Lai Min Ha. My condolences to her...
- Building Better Regions Fund (1 speech)
I rise today to highlight a significant program funded under the coalition government, which has provided major infrastructure improvements in my electorate of Hume: the Building Better Regions...
- Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (1 speech)
For a decade I had the privilege of representing staff at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex down at Tidbinbilla, one of three stations that make up NASA's deep space network. It has...
- Cashless Debit Card (1 speech)
The Labor government's shameful decision to abolish the cashless debit card we know will lead to a tsunami of drugs and alcohol. Yesterday, finally, we saw the Labor government concede that the...
- Spence Electorate: Trinity College (1 speech)
Today I rise to acknowledge some very important people from my electorate of Spence who just so happen to have been in this building yesterday and are here again today. In my seat of Spence we...
- Sturt Electorate: Di Montevergine Festa (1 speech)
On Sunday just past it was my pleasure, as it always is, to attend the Madonna Di Montevergine Festa at the St Francis of Assisi church in Newton in my electorate. I thank, firstly, Father...
- Eastwood Chinese Senior Citizens Club: 30th Anniversary (1 speech)
I rise today to give a shout-out to the incredible Eastwood Chinese Senior Citizens Club in my electorate of Bennelong. Just last week, President Hugh Lee and members met to celebrate their...
- North Queensland: Insurance (1 speech)
One hundred and thirty days of inaction. One hundred and thirty days of blame. One hundred and thirty days of the people of Townsville still waiting for the Assistant Treasurer to explain what...
- Workplace Bullying, Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault (1 speech)
The Australian music industry study released this month, Raising their voices, revealed high rates of sexual harassment, sexual harm and bullying, and called for an industry-wide approach to the...
- Child Care (1 speech)
The coalition has a proud record in relation to child care. We doubled spending on child care to over $10 billion per annum. We supported 280,000 more children in child care per annum than when...
- Werriwa Electorate: Phillips Park (2 speeches)
On 3 September I was really pleased to attend the opening of a new community hub at Phillips Park in the suburb of Lurnea. It's the suburb where I have lived all my life. I played cricket on the...
- Ministry (0 speeches)
- Temporary Arrangements (1 speech)
I inform the House that the member for Hotham will be absent today from question time today and tomorrow, and questions relating to the Home Affairs portfolio will be answered by the member for...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Superannuation (8 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Yesterday the Treasurer refused to rule out changes to franking credits and negative gearing. Will the Treasurer rule out changes to taxes on superannuation?
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. What is the outlook for the global economy, and what impact does this have on Australia's economy and on our budget?
- Cost Of Living (7 speeches)
My question is to the acting Prime Minister. Since the government was elected, Australians have been paying an extra $700 a month on an average mortgage, record inflation is forcing them to pay...
- National Anti-Corruption Commission (4 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering on its promise to establish a national anti-corruption commission?
- Cybersecurity (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs. The cyberattack on Optus and theft of personally identifiable Australian customer data is of great concern. Can the...
- Budget (11 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to the confirmation from the Parliamentary Budget Office that Labor has committed to additional spending of over $18 billion over the forward estimates...
- Child Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Early Childhood Education. How will the Albanese Labor government's cheaper childcare plan improve access to affordable, early childhood education and care and...
- Cybersecurity (2 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister and it concerns the Optus data breach. On ABC 7.30 last night the Minister for Home Affairs said: What is of concern for us is how what is quite a...
- Child Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians. How will the Albanese Labor government's cheaper childcare plan get more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children into early...
- Infrastructure (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories. Can the minister guarantee that the government will not cut $143 million out of regional education...
- Regional Australia (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. What are the Albanese Labor government's plans to support our regions and how do they...
- Commonwealth Integrity Commission (2 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. Public hearings are an essential part of a credible anticorruption commission to rebuild trust in government. You've indicated that public hearings will be...
- National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces (3 speeches)
My question is for the Minister representing the Minister for Women: how will the Albanese Labor government's commitment to implement all of the Respect@Work recommendations support women's...
- Pensions and Benefits (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians. Labor's decision to scrap the cashless debit card will unleash an avalanche of drugs and alcohol into the most vulnerable communities....
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Sport. After almost a decade of neglect in aged care, how is the Albanese Labor government reforming the sector and building a workforce to...
- Fuel Excise (11 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer: The government has seen a $50 billion windfall, mainly from Australian mineral and energy export royalties. Yet they are now asking ordinary, hard-working...
- Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Government Services. How will the commencement today of the royal commission into robodebt help to bring justice to the victims of robodebt?
- Litigation Funding (2 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. I refer to comments by the chief executive of Omni Bridgeway, Andrew Saker, who told the online industry magazine Law.com on 8 September that the...
- Science (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry and Science. What was Australia's involvement in NASA's project DART, which collided a spacecraft with an asteroid this morning? How does it showcase...
- Small Business (5 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Small Business. Can the minister inform the House how much a typical small business electricity bill is and whether electricity bills are becoming more...
- Water Resources (3 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for the Environment and Water. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering on its commitment to protect our rivers and support our precious water resources?
- 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.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Cost of Living (27 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Hume proposing a definite matter of public importance to be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The cost of living crisis and...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Taxation (2 speeches)
In accordance with standing order 133, I shall now proceed to put the question on the motion to suspend standing orders moved by the honourable member for Melbourne on which a division was called...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That business intervening before order of the day No. 7, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Governor-General's Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-In-Reply (5 speeches)
Before I call the honourable member for Hunter, I remind the House that this is the honourable member's first speech. I ask the House to extend to him the usual courtesies.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Economy (1 speech)
Focus on economic growth has delivered huge increases in material living standards since the postwar period. Gross domestic product, GDP, is almost universally used as the primary measure of the...
- Human Rights: Iran (1 speech)
I've spoken numerous times in this place in support of peaceful protests around the globe, whether it be in Myanmar, Hong Kong, Chile or Iran. Why have I done this? I think for the same reason as...
- Bonner Electorate: Koalas (1 speech)
It is no secret that the koala is an iconic symbol worldwide for Australian wildlife. Despite greater awareness and an overwhelming understanding of the need to do more for koala conservation, it...
- National Anti-Corruption Commission (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to speak about the Albanese Labor government's commitment to introduce a national anti-corruption commission. Specifically, I want to talk about how delivering a federal integrity...
- Arts and Culture (1 speech)
With Australia's arts and entertainment sector still rebuilding from the COVID pandemic, you might have expected that this government would be focused on moving quickly with practical measures to...
- Child Care (1 speech)
A small stone was cast today into the great lake that is our nation, and its ripples will be felt for generations going forward. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, there were...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Emergency Management (1 speech)
The Bureau of Meteorology has just declared that a La Nina event is underway, the third in a row. In Ryan we are particularly vulnerable. We've had three cataclysmic floods in my lifetime. They...
- UCI Road World Championships (1 speech)
The 2022 UCI Road World Championships have concluded in my hometown of Wollongong. More than a thousand of the top international cyclists from over 90 countries took part in the course. Our...
- Death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1 speech)
I rise on behalf of the citizens of the northern Gold Coast seat of Fadden to express our deep condolences on the loss to the world of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The world has lost a true...
- Youssef, Mr Salim, Devereux, Mr Michael, Holmes, Mr Stuart (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute today to beloved members of our community who we have lost recently. I begin with my friend and Burt community leader, Mr Salim Youssef. Salim—or Sam, as many of us...
- Death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1 speech)
I was unable to be present last Friday for the special sitting of parliament to debate the condolence motion on the passing of Queen Elizabeth, and I thought might take a few minutes here this...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Australian Passport Office (1 speech)
I am new to this role as a member of parliament. So many people come to my office every day about the issues that matter to them most. We have even more coming through via emails. I'm going to...
- Deakin Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
It's a great opportunity today for me to provide a bit of an update to members of the Deakin electorate on a range of projects that the former coalition government funded in our area that are...
- Rockingham Rams Football and Netball Club (1 speech)
MADELEINE KING (—) (): Well, it's been a big month of sport in my electorate of Brand, particularly for the Rockingham Rams Football and Netball Club. Last weekend I watched the Rams take...
- Macneil, Mr Angus, AM (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge the sudden passing of Angus Macneil AM from Rand in southern New South Wales. Many members and senators from my side of politics will know Angus as a true Liberal Party...
- Ballarat Electorate: Bus Crash (2 speeches)
I'd like to extend my thanks to our emergency services personnel, our health services, both in Ballarat and across metropolitan Melbourne, and the Loreto school community for their incredible...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Webster, Hon. James Joseph (Jim) (3 speeches)
I rise to offer my condolences and to recognise the life and service of the Hon. James Joseph Webster, a senator for the state of Victoria from 1964 to 1980, a National and a fine example of...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (3 speeches)
by leave—I move: That business intervening before order of the day No. 3, government business, be postponed until the next sitting.
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Oil and Gas Exploration (2 speeches)
If there is one issue that unites everyone in my electorate of Mackellar, it is the opposition to the PEP-11 permit for oil and gas exploration, covering 8,200 square kilometres just four...
- Lalor Electorate: Sport (3 speeches)
Thank you, Deputy Speaker. My first grievance is that the seat that I represent is called Lalor, after the great Peter Lalor. I'll never tire of reminding people in this House that that's how...
- International Humanitarian Assistance (1 speech)
In the past 24 hours NASA scientists have been celebrating the successful crashing of a spaceship into an asteroid millions of kilometres from earth. It's been an historic test of humanity's...
- Commonwealth Integrity Commission (2 speeches)
I saw the consequences of government corruption early in life. I remember travelling overseas with my parents on holiday. We arrived at the border immigration office and presented our passports....
- Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme (2 speeches)
I rise to speak about both a grievance and a hope. I speak of a betrayal of many of the most vulnerable in our community through the robodebt scandal and the erosion of trust in government over...
