House debates
Monday, 7 November 2022
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Petitions Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the second report of the Petitions Committee for the 47th Parliament. The report read as follows— HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PETITIONS COMMITTEE REPORT No. 2 Petitions and...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
I present the following 173 petitions: The petitions were unavailable at the time of publishing.
- Responses (1 speech)
I present the following eight ministerial responses to petitions previously presented: The ministerial responses were unavailable at the time of publishing.
- Statements (1 speech)
This bumper crop of petitions are the petitions that were requested during the election period and approved by the committee in its first meetings. After four weeks gathering signatures, these...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Cybersecurity (13 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that the: (a) Optus and Medibank data-breaches highlight the threats faced by Australians and Australian businesses from cyber-criminals; (b) previous...
- Victoria: Infrastructure (13 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges the Government's $2.57 billion in funding in the 2022 October Budget for the infrastructure Victoria, and Victorians need, including: (a) $2.2 billion...
- Taxation (7 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes the Government's Budget gives billionaires and politicians a $9,000 a year tax cut but delays cost of living relief for everyday people; and (2) calls on the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Bill 2022; Second Reading (10 speeches)
The reforms in the Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Bill are warmly welcomed and long overdue. As members of the 47th Parliament, however, we must...
- Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Bill 2022; Consideration in Detail (20 speeches)
by leave—I move amendments (1), (2), (3) and (5), as circulated in my name, together: (1) Schedule 1, item 5, page 4 (line 9), after "conduct", insert "in relation to the second person"....
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Lyne Electorate (1 speech)
Dungog's iconic Tinshed Brewery has just celebrated six years of brewing beers and serving the local community. The brewery has faced a lot of challenges in those times, but it has grown to a...
- Bangladesh (1 speech)
This year marks the 50th anniversary of bilateral relations between Australia and Bangladesh. Australia was one of the first countries to recognise Bangladesh after Bangladesh became an...
- Moore Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
According to a recent RAC survey, motorists nominated the busy intersection of Marmion Avenue and Seacrest Drive in Sorrento as Perth's most dangerous junction. Statistics reveal that there have...
- Epilepsy (1 speech)
I stand here to highlight a petition on behalf of community members who have requested financial assistance for those suffering with epilepsy. Those who are not able to receive disability support...
- Indi Electorate: Arts and Culture (1 speech)
The arts and culture scene in Indi is back in force, from small rural art shows to theatre and craft markets. From small gatherings to major events, it's all happening. The Wangaratta Festival of...
- Gilmore Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I am delighted to be delivering for our community as part of the Albanese government's budget with a range of critical projects across my electorate of Gilmore on the New South Wales South Coast....
- Climate Change (1 speech)
Today, COP27 begins and it will focus on the impacts of climate change. Currently, global pledges to reduce emissions will not keep global warming to 1.5 degrees. We must do more. We know the...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
The Albanese government has delivered its first budget, and I'm delighted that this budget has delivered significant wins for my local community of Fraser. It has announced $1.5 million for...
- Defence Facilities (1 speech)
Today I call on the Albanese government to commit to building the large vessel dry dock in Henderson, Western Australia—a vital piece of infrastructure that will service the Navy and...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
The Albanese Labor government is getting on with tackling the rising cost of living facing so many Australian families across Hawke—across Sunbury, across Melton, across Bacchus Marsh,...
- National Security (1 speech)
I rise to add my voice to the chorus of opposition that has been heard from around Australia for the government's decision to hastily return ISIS brides and their families here to Australia...
- Higgins Electorate: Lloyd Street Primary School (1 speech)
I had the pleasure of touring Lloyd Street Primary School in Malvern recently. The school will be celebrating its centenary next year and is a mix of traditional red brick buildings and newer...
- Page Electorate: Baseball (2 speeches)
I would like to acknowledge the wonderful achievement of the under 16 far north coast baseball squad, the far north coast Timberjacks. They won the New South Wales country baseball championships...
- Bushmaster (1 speech)
I rise to pay respect to those that designed, built and advocated for the ADF's Bushmaster infantry mobility vehicle that has saved not only countless Australian lives but also British, Dutch...
- Rockhampton Ring Road (1 speech)
Capricornia funds the wealth of the nation, but it seems the nation won't fund Capricornia. Labor have cut $1.6 billion in vital regional and rural project funding that the coalition fought for,...
- Housing (1 speech)
More than half the people in my electorate of Macnamara are renters. It's much higher than the national average of around 30 per cent. In Macnamara, it's more than one in two. Many people who are...
- Armistice Day (1 speech)
At 11 o'clock on the 11th of the 11th we'll have Armistice Day, a commemoration of those who have served our nation. We're only asked to stop for a minute, but I bet there'll be a lot of people...
- Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme (1 speech)
There has been a lot of conversation about the public's loss of faith in government across recent years. I want to say that I very much welcome the royal commission into the robodebt scandal,...
- Peter Veness Memorial Cup (2 speeches)
It's my obligation to report to the House that this weekend saw another chapter written in a longstanding and important parliamentary tradition. I speak of course of the annual cricket fixture...
- Menslink (2 speeches)
For the last week, 30 community leaders from Canberra have been walking 142 kilometres along the Canberra Centenary Trail. They were doing this in support of one of the great Canberra charities...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Ministry (0 speeches)
- Temporary Arrangements (1 speech)
I inform the House that the member for Shortland will be absent from parliament this week, as he is representing the Australian government at COP27. Questions relating to the defence industry...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Energy (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Last week I met with Louis and Tess, who run a cafe in Fairfield. Louis and Tess were promised that a Labor government would bring down power prices by $275...
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Aged Care. On Friday, the Fair Work Commission awarded a 15 per cent pay rise for aged-care workers. How does this put security, dignity and humanity back into...
- Cost of Living (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to this, the front page of the Australian on 2 May—
- Wages (6 speeches)
Thank you, Mr Speaker. My question is to the Prime Minister. What steps has the government taken to deliver on its commitment to get wages moving again?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Clinical Trials Patients Summit Delegation (1 speech)
I'd like to inform the House that present in the gallery today are a group from the Clinical Trials Patients Summit delegation. On behalf of the House I extend a very warm welcome to you all....
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (3 speeches)
My question is for the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister agree that real, effective wage rises in low-paid industries can be achieved through the awards, as has been shown this week in the...
- Pensions and Benefits (12 speeches)
My question is to be Minister for Government Services. What information has the royal commission discovered in its first week of public hearings that would otherwise have remained secret? Who...
- Budget (17 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer. I refer to the Prime Minister's opinion piece on 24 April 2022, which read: Australia needs a government that will accept responsibility and not...
- Energy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Heritage Hotel in Dorrigo in my electorate of Cowper has their electricity supply contract due to be renewed next year. They've been informed that the...
- Wages (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. What will the Albanese Labor government's 'secure jobs, better pay' bill do to get wages moving after a decade where wages...
- Energy (15 speeches)
My question goes to the Prime Minister. The government's budget has disproven the RepuTex modelling behind Labor's Powering Australia energy plan. I note that over the weekend the Department of...
- Child Care (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How will the government's plan for cheaper child care benefit Australian families and the economy?
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, your government wants to host the 2026 COP climate summit with the Pacific, yet Australia is one of the world's biggest fossil fuel...
- Child Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Early Childhood Education. How will the Albanese Labor government's plan for more affordable early childhood education and care alleviate pressure on families...
- Energy (20 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, under your budget how much will gas prices go up by?
- Cybersecurity (7 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer. How is the Albanese Labor government helping protect Australians from scammers after a decade of inaction?
- Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Over the last three decades, Australia's petroleum tax has collected a paltry amount of revenue from the sale of our natural resources, compared with other...
- Floods (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories. How is the Albanese Labor government ensuring that regional communities devastated by flooding have the...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Ross, Justice Iain AO (1 speech)
Some members will be aware that just before we started question time today, Justice Iain Ross, the president of the Fair Work Commission, who served in that role for more than 10 years, gave...
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Party Office Holders (0 speeches)
- Australian Greens (1 speech)
Very briefly, I advise the House that the member for Brisbane has been elected the Greens whip in the House.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (2 speeches)
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.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Canning Electorate: Health Services (1 speech)
As you know, Mr Deputy Speaker Goodenough, the city of Mandurah in the heart of my constituency is home to over 90,000 people. Its population has more than doubled in the last 20 years to become...
- Guru Nanak (1 speech)
MITCHELL () (): Waheguru ji ka khalsa waheguru ji ki fateh. This week, Sikhs around the nation, including hundreds of people in McEwen, will be celebrating and honouring the 553rd anniversary of...
- Economy (1 speech)
COLEMAN () (): The world is at a dangerous juncture. The combination of rising security threats and weakening finances will cause great challenges over the next decade. Australia's financial...
- Victoria: Floods (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about the floods that have recently impacted so much of Australia's east coast. These floods have impacted both urban and regional areas right up and down Australia's east...
- Bradfield Electorate: Di Girolamo, Mr Nick (1 speech)
I rise to relate the story of a Bradfield constituent which I believe highlights the danger that anticorruption bodies can present in tainting the reputations and damaging the lives of innocent...
- Blair Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Ipswich is one of the fastest-growing regions in the country, so we need to invest in local jobs, infrastructure and services to meet out current and future needs. To that end the federal budget...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Toondah Harbour, Brisbane Airport (1 speech)
Toondah Harbour in Cleveland, Queensland, is home to one of the most significant wetlands in Australia. It is internationally recognised as a Ramsar site under the Ramsar Convention, an...
- Moreton Electorate: African Village (1 speech)
A few weeks ago, I attended the opening of a new building called the African Village. Situated in Moorooka, it's the result of the work of the Queensland African Communities Council and their...
- Defence Personnel (1 speech)
Last Friday, I had the pleasure of joining the member for Hughes at Holsworthy Barracks in Sydney to witness a special event. Over two ceremonies, newly qualified officers and soldiers of the...
- Budget (1 speech)
The federal budget is kicking goals in Blair. Ipswich people love their sports, and I'm proud to have secured tens of millions of dollars in funding both elite and grassroots sporting facilities...
- Kidney Health Australia, La Trobe Electorate: St Luke's Anglican Church (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the need for all of us to be aware of Kidney Health Australia and the great work they do. I recently met with a constituent from Gembrook, Liz Hoffman, and her beloved...
- Lawrey, Mr Ian, OAM, Keeley's Cause (1 speech)
I rise today to recognise and commend Melton local Mr Ian Lawrey OAM, who has recently been awarded an RSL Australia life membership. I recently attended the Vietnam veterans remembrance service...
- Longman Electorate: Scouts Australia (1 speech)
There are over 40 million scouts worldwide. In my electorate of Longman there are six scout groups: Caboolture, Morayfield, Burpengary, Narangba, Woodford and Bribie Island. I'm a proud supporter...
- Hunter Electorate: Budget (1 speech)
HOLI () (): The Albanese Labor government handed down its first budget, and I am pleased to say it is a great budget for the people of the Hunter electorate, who were neglected for so long under...
- Bass Electorate: Migrant Resource Centre (1 speech)
Today I would like to wish the happiest of birthdays to a local northern Tasmanian organisation which has been at the centre of supporting our region's migrant population for 40 years. The...
- Health Care (2 speeches)
The Labor budget that was just handed down starts the repair work of our Medicare and primary health system. The primary health and Medicare system was really neglected in the former government's...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Global Methane Pledge (7 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) the Government has signed Australia up to the Global Methane Pledge despite promising the Australian public that it would not sign the pledge during...
- Infrastructure Funding (13 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges the Government's $9.6 billion of funding in the 2022-23 October budget for the infrastructure that Australia needs, including but not limited to: (a)...
- Israel (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) Israel, as a sovereign state, is free to decide its own capital; and (b) for the last 3,000 years Jerusalem has not been the capital of any state...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Hells Gates Dam (1 speech)
I secured $48 million, when I had a bit of a balance of power, to draw up an updated engineering plan with costings for Hells Gates Dam. The LNP gave this money—mine—$48 million, to...
- Australian Conservation Foundation: Children's Art Competition (1 speech)
NG () (): I'd like to draw attention to the Australian Conservation Foundation's children's art competition called Wild at Art. It encourages school children aged between five and 12 to create an...
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
Australia's welfare system was created to provide a safety net for our most vulnerable, but for thousands of Australians experiencing domestic violence, outdated social security law is actually...
- Petition: People with Disability (6 speeches)
I stand here in support of my community to present a petition on behalf of residents who have requested financial assistance for those suffering with epilepsy. Those who are not able to receive...
- La Trobe Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
I cannot believe how much the Labor federal government and Prime Minister Albanese hate the people of the Dandenong Ranges and the hills, because today I found out that in the last federal budget...
- Hunter Electorate: New South Wales State Emergency Service (1 speech)
There is no doubt the New South Wales SES do amazing work in our community, and that's especially evident this year. On behalf of everyone in the Hunter: thank you for your service. You tireless,...
- Brunswick Show (1 speech)
I want to congratulate the Brunswick Agricultural Society for another fabulous Brunswick Show. I thank the president, Julianne Hill; her committee; the army of volunteers who make this happen;...
- Hawke Electorate: Djerriwarrh Festival (1 speech)
Over the weekend my family and I joined thousands of other local families in Melton at the Djerriwarrh Festival. It was the first time the event has been held since 2019. As always, the event...
- Queensland Tourism Awards (2 speeches)
Dawson is the tourism envy of the nation. We have the Whitsundays—74 beautiful islands—the Great Barrier Reef, the tropics and, importantly, countless talented and brilliant tourism...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Trade with the European Union (10 speeches)
It gives me enormous pleasure today to stand to speak in support of the motion moved by the member for Page, the shadow minister for trade and tourism. The European Free Trade Agreement is going...
- Workplace Relations (12 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) the gender pay gap still sits at an unacceptable 14.1 per cent; (b) men earn an extra $263.90 per week more than women; (c) the gender pay gap has...
- Critical Minerals Strategy (11 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1)notes that the previous Government: (a)had the foresight to implement Australia's first ever Critical Minerals Strategy in 2019; (b)provided...
- Forestry Industry (7 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges the devastation caused by ongoing native forest logging in this country; (2) commits to protecting our native forests from logging; (3) abolishes the...
- Global Methane Pledge (4 speeches)
RAMSEY (—) (): I have to say that this agreement by the government to reduce methane output by 30 per cent—and I point out at this stage that 30 per cent of Australia's methane...
