House debates
Wednesday, 15 February 2023
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 9 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private member's business on Monday 6 March 2023. The report will be...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Mallee Electorate: Nhill Lawn Tennis Club (1 speech)
There is something very special about the communities in Mallee. It is the spirit of camaraderie and belonging that makes me incredibly proud to be their representative. Last week I visited...
- Burford, Mr William (Bill), Williams, Reverend Canon Patricia Aitken (Pat), OAM (1 speech)
On 8 December last year, the world lost the wonderful Bill Burford, a great bloke who made a significant contribution to the St Vincent de Paul Society in the Northern Territory for more than 20...
- Blackburn, Ms Shandee (1 speech)
I rise today to reflect on the horrific incident that 10 years ago shook and is still shaking my region to the core. That is the senseless and callous murder of Shandee Blackburn. On the weekend...
- Human Rights (1 speech)
For years in this place I've been one of many voices advocating for targeted sanctions on regimes committing egregious human rights abuses. Magnitsky laws were passed in 2021, with bipartisan...
- Youth: Cost of Living (1 speech)
I rise on behalf of the Australian Youth Affairs Coalition, who tell me that, according to a recent survey, cost of living is the leading concern amongst Australians aged 16 to 25, with one young...
- Environment (1 speech)
I think we need to acknowledge and thank the Minister for the Environment and Water for her pioneering decision to refuse Clive Palmer's coalmine last week. Clive Palmer's coalmine was to be 10...
- North Sydney Electorate: Cycleway (1 speech)
Last Saturday I spent the morning listening to residents of Kirribilli, Milsons Point and McMahons Point. These areas are known for their heritage cottages and jacaranda trees, but what is less...
- Turkiye and Syria: Earthquake (1 speech)
Many constituents of Werriwa come from Turkiye and Syria, and I am privileged to know so many of them and call them my friends. They have been deeply affected by the earthquake and aftershocks...
- Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
I rise today to draw attention to the escalating social dysfunction in the Goldfields region of my electorate following the withdrawal of the cashless debit card. The Minister for Social...
- Robertson Electorate: Local Sporting Champions (1 speech)
I rise in the chamber today to acknowledge the 24 recipients in my electorate of Robertson who have been successful in receiving funding through the Albanese Labor government's Local Sporting...
- Wolahan, Mr Canice, Crawley, Ms Angela (1 speech)
Up in the gallery is my father, Oliver Wolahan, and his younger brother and my uncle, Ivor Wolahan, who's visiting from England. At a different time, they would have been joined by their elder...
- Hear Together Australia Inc. (1 speech)
In my community of Dunkley we have a fantastic support group called Hear Together Australia, led by Sandi Grace and many other awesome volunteers and disability advocates. Hear Together Australia...
- Caboolture Indoor Sports Centre (1 speech)
Caboolture Indoor Sports Centre has been around for over 25 years, first starting on Morayfield Road, next to the Caboolture tenpin bowling, before moving to its larger current location on Lear...
- Macarthur Electorate: Transport Infrastructure (1 speech)
Western Sydney airport is a welcome financial and infrastructure boost to New South Wales, particularly to south-western Sydney and, even more particularly, to my electorate of Macarthur....
- Skin Cancer (1 speech)
Just a short time ago, I attended the launch of Parliamentary Friends of Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness. There I got to hear many of the stories of people who are living with melanoma and...
- Electric Vehicles (1 speech)
A single tax cut was all it took to fire the gun on the EV race in Australia. Since the Albanese government waived FBT and import duties on select EVs last year—a tax cut which the 'party...
- Enterprising Aardvark Counselling and Consultancy (1 speech)
'You are not what was done to you'—this is the motto of Enterprising Aardvark, a local, free, not-for-profit, counselling service for people in Northern Tasmania who have experienced...
- Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (2 speeches)
Last October I met with one my constituents Chris Stoker. Chris is a lovely bloke who told me a horrible story about his time as a student at Brisbane Boys Grammar School during the tenure of...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
At the last federal election, Labor promised life would be cheaper under them yet interest rates, petrol prices, gas and grocery bills continue to go up, and it is clear that this Labor...
- Hasluck Electorate (2 speeches)
It is Bunuru season in Noongar country. Simply, that means it is hot. For the area of Ellenbrook, which is also where my electorate office is located, it is a long trip to the beach. But I am...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Vanuatu: Parliamentary Delegation (2 speeches)
It's a great honour to welcome Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau here to the Australian parliament from Vanuatu. I ask members to give him a welcome. Honourable members: Hear, hear! Sir, you, your...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the fact that over the last 30 years to 2022 the cash rate has been 1.3 percentage points higher under Labor than under the coalition. Interest...
- Defence (4 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Deputy Prime Minister, how will the Defence Strategic Review help prepare Australia to effectively respond to the changing regional and global...
- National Reconstruction Fund (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry and Science. How will the National Reconstruction Fund help Australia respond to national challenges, and what obstacles are there to achieving this?
- Energy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Recent research indicates it would cost $12 billion over the next seven years to provide fair incentives to help all Australian households electrify. By...
- Albanese Government (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the government's commitment to the National Reconstruction Fund, the Housing Australia Future Fund and the safeguard mechanism delivering on its...
- Cost of Living (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. A Canstar consumer survey has found 59 per cent of people cite the cost of groceries, rent, electricity, gas, interest rates or petrol as their No. 1 concern...
- Climate Change (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. How is the Albanese Labor government reforming the safeguard mechanism to ensure Australia's biggest emitters contribute a fair share...
- Economy (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Under this Prime Minister, interest rates have increased at the fastest rate since the Reserve Bank began targeting inflation. By how much does the current...
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Why are the Albanese Labor government's climate change policies part of the government's economic plan, and are there any barriers to their progress?
- Energy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister has failed to deliver his promised $275 cut to electricity prices. The Prime Minister has also failed to deliver the financial support he...
- Mining Industry (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources. Minister, how will the safeguard mechanism bring certainty to the resource sector? And are there any threats to this certainty?
- North Queensland: Banking Services (3 speeches)
Prime Minister, banks in Australia's towns are closing. Treasurers Keating, Hockey and Swan averred the majors will always be underwritten by government. Will you support North Queensland's...
- Climate Change (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water. Action on climate change is a crucial part of protecting, managing and restoring Australia's environment. What will the impact on our...
- Anzac Day Public Holiday (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs—there you are back there! I refer to the Labor government's recent decision—
- Housing Australia Future Fund (6 speeches)
My question is to the stupendous Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness. What is been the public feedback on the Albanese government's landmark $10 billion Housing Australia Future...
- Donations To Political Parties (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, Sportsbet donated to the shadow minister about to become the minister responsible for online gambling, and the gambling industry has extended...
- Australia: Natural Disasters (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories. How is the Albanese Labor government supporting regional communities to rebuild following a natural...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Evans, Hon. Christopher Vaughan (1 speech)
Before I call the member for New England, I advise that joining us in the gallery today is former senator and former minister the Hon. Chris Evans. A warm welcome to you.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister overturn his government's recent decision that now allows public servants to boycott the Anzac Day public holiday and substitute it...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme. How is the Albanese Labor government cleaning up the coalition's mess in the NDIS after the former government allowed...
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (15 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for North Sydney proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: That the House...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Public Interest Disclosure Amendment (Review) Bill 2022; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Housing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023, National Housing Supply and Affordability Council Bill 2023, Treasury Laws Amendment (Housing Measures No. 1) Bill 2023; Second Reading (12 speeches)
I rise to speak on the Housing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023 and the two associated bills, which, for simplification, I'll refer to generally as the housing bill. During the election campaign...
- Housing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023, National Housing Supply and Affordability Council Bill 2023, Treasury Laws Amendment (Housing Measures No. 1) Bill 2023; Consideration in Detail (20 speeches)
There is a series of amendments that the Greens will be moving to the Housing Australia Future Fund Bill today. This seems to have caused a remarkable amount of passion—
- Housing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023, National Housing Supply and Affordability Council Bill 2023, Treasury Laws Amendment (Housing Measures No. 1) Bill 2023; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- National Housing Supply and Affordability Council Bill 2023; Consideration in Detail (17 speeches)
by leave—I move amendments (1) to (4), as circulated in my name, together: (1) Clause 2A, page 2 (line 19), at the end of paragraph (b), add "(so that, by 2050, social housing represents...
- 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.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Iran: Human Rights (1 speech)
I want to pay tribute tonight to the member for Menzies, the member for Casey, Senator Chandler and all other colleagues across the House and in the other place who have championed the cause of...
- Cooperative and Mutual Organisations, Gymnastics (1 speech)
Yesterday the member for Page and I, along with Melina Morrison, the CEO of the Business Council for Co-operatives and Mutuals, launched Parliamentary Friends of Cooperatives and Mutuals. Co-ops...
- Child Care (1 speech)
When I travel through the Flynn electorate, lack of childcare workers and accessibility issues are among the most frequently raised issues. In the 2022-23 budget, Labor announced a $4.7 billion...
- Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
Tonight I wish to discuss robodebt. I take the advice from before about not coming to conclusions given the royal commission is underway, but I think it is important that we look at some of the...
- Cost of Living (1 speech)
I rise to speak tonight on the cost-of-living pressures facing Australians and, in particular, people in my community in Western Sydney. I recently met with the CEO of Christ Mission Possible and...
- Ash Wednesday Bushfires: 40th Anniversary (1 speech)
I might remind the member for Lindsay that she was directly responsible for those cuts. It was her government that did that, not us. Tomorrow will be the 40th anniversary of the Ash Wednesday...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme (1 speech)
We're six months into the robodebt royal commission and I share the fury of the many Australians who are watching the inquiry unfold, but I also applaud the brave Centrelink recipients who've...
- Turkiye and Syria: Earthquake (1 speech)
We're all painfully aware that last week south-eastern Turkiye and northern Syria were devastated by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake, which was phenomenal. As that news came through, we knew what...
- Mitchell Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
It's a privilege to rise today to speak about some of the significant achievers in my electorate in the Australia Day honours. Australia Day, of course, is widely celebrated in Mitchell and in...
- Space Industry (1 speech)
Earlier this month I had the opportunity to represent Minister Husic at the official opening of the upgrade to the University of Tasmania's Greenhill Observatory, in my electorate, alongside Mr...
- Page Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
I acknowledge and congratulate members of my community who received awards at the recent Australia Day Awards in Lismore. Colin Cameron received an OAM for services to broadcast media and to the...
- Sydney WorldPride 2023 (1 speech)
Sydney is dressed up and ready to celebrate the arrival of WorldPride this weekend. WorldPride is the largest LGBTQIA+ festival on earth, and this year, for the very first time, it's leaving the...
- Groom Electorate: Crime (1 speech)
My home of Toowoomba is grieving the death of Mr Robert Brown, at the age of 75, earlier this week. Mr Brown died of injuries sustained in an attack that took place in broad daylight outside the...
- Education: Student Wellbeing Boost (1 speech)
At the start of February, I had the pleasure of visiting Gorokan Public School, along with Dr Gordon Reid and Minister Jason Clare. Gorokan Public is a caring, tight-knit community, which is why...
- New England Electorate: Australian Labor Party (1 speech)
We live in a time right now, especially with issues coming before us such as the referendum for the Voice, where governments say: 'You've got to trust us. Can't you see that what you're doing is...
- Health Care (2 speeches)
For the chamber today, I want to highlight the absolutely amazing job the Albanese Labor government is doing in the health space. First, I want to talk about medication affordability, something I...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Governor-General's Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-In-Reply (7 speeches)
I've had the great honour of being elected to this place since 2013, and that's when the former government took office and formed the 44th Parliament. So for my first nine years in this place, I...
- Northern Territory (9 speeches)
I'm proud that the Albanese Labor government is delivering for the Northern Territory after only nine months in office, and if you take into account the summer break it's pretty good going. At...
