House debates
Thursday, 16 February 2023
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Privileges and Members' Interests Committee; Report (1 speech)
In accordance with standing order 216, on behalf of the Committee of Privileges and Members' Interests, I present the report concerning the registration and declarations of members' interests...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Flynn Electorate: Hospitals (1 speech)
The only place mothers can have a natural birth in the electorate of Flynn is in Emerald. I say this because I want to remind everybody that you still cannot have a natural birth in Gladstone or...
- Holt Electorate: Quarters Primary School (1 speech)
What a pleasure it was to join my community in Cranbourne West for the official opening of Quarters Primary School alongside the Victorian Minister for Education, Natalie Hutchins; the member for...
- Greater Shepparton Lighthouse Project (1 speech)
The Greater Shepparton Lighthouse Project was established in 2014 in response to complex social issues in the region. It's a collective community-led initiative built on the fundamental principle...
- Turkiye and Syria: Earthquake (1 speech)
Last Friday I visited Auburn Gallipoli Mosque. It is a beautiful, solemn place where the community goes to worship and come together in times of joy and sorrow. I went to the mosque to deliver a...
- Wright Electorate: Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
The axe was falling on the last Westpac branch in my electorate, in the Lockyer Valley. Last week Westpac announced that they'd be closing their last branch in the electorate, but this afternoon...
- Mental Health (1 speech)
MULINO () (): Young people need to be involved in solving the problems they face. It is a particularly apt sentiment this week, with its focus on youth mental health. Youth Insearch, the peer-led...
- Housing Australia Future Fund (3 speeches)
I've heard quite a few Labor MPs this week talk about the perfect being the enemy of the good when it comes to the housing bill. But what's good about a housing plan that will see the housing...
- Adelaide Fringe (1 speech)
We affectionately call March in Adelaide 'mad March', and tomorrow one of the crown jewels of mad March will kick off with the opening parade of the 2023 Adelaide Fringe festival—and, yes,...
- Hughenden Irrigation Project Corporation (1 speech)
There is a Sunmap map of North Queensland from 1980, and written across the map is 'the best natural grasslands in Australia'. Now in this area there is the reality of a barren wilderness: 23...
- Temporary Protection Visas (3 speeches)
Since I was first elected in 2019 I have had many refugees come to me and talk about their experience—their experience of being in our country and not being able to feel hope that they are...
- Paper Industry (1 speech)
I stand to inform the House that, yesterday, 200 workers at the Australian Maryvale mill lost their jobs. They didn't lose their jobs because they weren't good at them, they didn't lose their...
- National Reconstruction Fund (1 speech)
We've all become used to the constant stream of opposition from the Liberals since the May election, but I have to say I was most surprised at the big 'no' that the Liberals are delivering to...
- Mobile Black Spot Program (2 speeches)
The Labor Party's Improving Mobile Coverage Round of the Mobile Black Spot Program is an outrageous abuse of taxpayer money. Thirty-three per cent of electorates in regional Australia are held by...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Cost of Living (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Since the election, a typical family's mortgage repayment has increased by $1,400 a month, energy bills have soared, rents have increased, grocery costs are...
- National Reconstruction Fund (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry and Science. How will the National Reconstruction Fund support the growth of industries to help Australia move towards a net-zero future and to create...
- Cost of Living (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. One month before the election the now Prime Minister promised he would deliver on reducing cost-of-living pressures for Australian families because he had a...
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy: How is the Albanese Labor government ensuring our economy is prepared for the opportunities of a decarbonising world? What are the...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water. The Greens have offered to pass your government's climate legislation in full with one amendment—no new coal and gas mines....
- National Reconstruction Fund (2 speeches)
AS () (): My question is to the Minister for Resources. How will the National Reconstruction Fund create jobs in the minerals sector, and are there any threats to these jobs?
- Economy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In the job figures today we see the dangerous combination of stubbornly high inflation and job losses. Labor's only answer is to spend more money, when...
- Housing (14 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. According to KPMG analysis, hundreds of thousands of Australians will face a $16,500 increase in mortgage repayments this year, following eight consecutive...
- Temporary Protection Visas (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The last time Labor dismantled the coalition's strong border protection policies, over 800 boats arrived and, tragically, 1,200 people died at sea. Now it's...
- Privacy Act Review (2 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. Today the Attorney-General released the Privacy Act review that was promised but never delivered by the previous government. What are its key findings and...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- National Library of Australia: Trove (4 speeches)
My question as to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts. Trove, the National Library of Australia's online platform, provides one of the...
- National Security (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. How is the Albanese government tackling foreign interference activities in Australia?
- Interest Rates (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to his previous answer. If the Prime Minister is happy to claim credit for increases in employment since the election, why is he not prepared to take...
- Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme (17 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Government Services. What have we learnt from the royal commission into robodebt about concerns raised by those representing the robodebt victims?
- Mining Industry: PEP-11 (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister: In 2021, at Terrigal, you said, 'A Labor government that I lead will stop PEP-11 dead in its tracks.' In this place, you said, 'PEP-11 has gone through Labor...
- Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs. What action is the Albanese government taking to respond to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide?
- Rural and Regional Health Services (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Regional health services in my electorate are under enormous pressure. Can the Prime Minister explain to the communities of Central Queensland why Labor has...
- Literacy and Numeracy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. What changes is Albanese government making to NAPLAN to lift standards and provide better information to parents and teachers?
- Climate Change (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Can the minister guarantee that no businesses will close and no jobs will be lost as a result of Labor's changes to the safeguard...
- Tertiary Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Skills and Training. How is the delivery of the Albanese Labor government's fee-free TAFE and VET plan working to relieve cost-of-living pressures and repair...
- Energy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Has the minister received any advice from his department about the likely impact on energy prices of the forthcoming closure of the...
- Albanese Government (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In 2022 the government passed legislation for cheaper medicines, cheaper child care and energy price relief, to take pressure off families. What is the...
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Christian, Mr Colin (1 speech)
Colin Christian is retiring from the Department of the House of Representatives and is in the gallery today after 43 years of service supporting this parliament. He commenced in 1980 in the Joint...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Davis, Mr Trevor, Langridge, Mr Dylan (4 speeches)
Can I have the time of the House for the miners at Cloncurry. Our miners create three-quarters of Australia's income. Mining is an intrinsically dangerous occupation. I represent Mount Mulligan,...
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- House of Representatives (4 speeches)
With my utmost respect, Mr Speaker, I'd like to raise my concern about the question of procedural fairness in the House when it comes to the application of standing orders. Standing orders...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Cost of Living (49 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Bradfield proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's lack of...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Fiji: General Election (2 speeches)
I would like to brief the House on what was an extraordinary opportunity to observe another nation's exercise in democracy, and that was the elections in Fiji last December. Due to the recalling...
- Bennelong Electorate: Australia Day Awards (2 speeches)
I would like to acknowledge and congratulate members of the community of Bennelong who recently received Australia Day awards. The Australia Day honours recognise the incredible work of Aussies...
- McCarthy, Mr Bryan, AFSM (1 speech)
We talk often in this House about community, and ultimately our community is about its people. Last year the Casey community lost a tireless volunteer, and I lost a great friend. Bryan McCarthy...
- Chung Wah Association (1 speech)
I stand before you to speak about an organisation that has a rich and profound history, an organisation that has been the cornerstone of the Chinese community in Western Australia for over a...
- Motor Neurone Disease, Ovarian Cancer (1 speech)
Citizens should be confident that their taxes are spent appropriately, while preserving our reputation as a humane and civilised country. They want to ensure that those struggling with terminal...
- Hockey (1 speech)
In the heart of Swan we have elite players from the Hockeyroos and Kookaburras training at Hockey Australia's high-performance program in Bentley at Curtin University. This program has an...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Melbourne Electorate: Lunar New Year, Melbourne Electorate: Vietnamese Australians (1 speech)
Earlier this month, I was lucky to attend the local Lunar New Year Festival in Victoria Street, Richmond, in my electorate. I try to get down to the Lunar New Year Festival most years, as it's...
- Tangney Electorate: Prime Minister Visit (1 speech)
I recently had the Prime Minister come and visit my electorate of Tangney. It is always a privilege to have the Prime Minister come to your community. Thankfully, Perth put on its best weather to...
- Swadling, Mrs Rose, OAM (1 speech)
Today, I would like to speak about a constituent in my electorate of Capricornia, Mrs Rose Swaddling OAM, who was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in January. Rose is a stalwart of the...
- Harding, Professor Ann Margaret, AO, FASSA, Leovic, Mr Radovan (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to two Canberrans who recently passed away: Ann Harding and Radovan Leovic. Ann Harding founded NATSEM, the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling, in...
- Berowra Electorate: Faith Leaders (1 speech)
In recent weeks in the Berowra community we've had the opportunity to welcome Andrew Kyrios to be the new Anglican minister at Cherrybrook Anglican Church and to farewell Reverend Geoff Smith,...
- Iran: Human Rights (1 speech)
As we enter the fifth month of the Woman, Life, Freedom protests in Iran, more horrific accounts have emerged of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps beating, torturing and assaulting men and...
- Piesse, Mr Brian Harold (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge Brian Piesse, who passed away recently following a battle with liver cancer. Brian was dedicated to his family and his community. He was a stalwart of the Forrest division...
- Cost of Living (1 speech)
The Albanese government understands the pressures being felt across Australia, in homes, particularly in my electorate of Hasluck. I hear regularly from people who are experiencing particular...
- Riverina Electorate: Citizens of the Year (1 speech)
Volunteers are the lifeblood of all our communities, and today I pay tribute to the citizens of the year, those people who have led the way in the Riverina and Central West. In Bland shire, Greg...
- Tumbatrek, Murrumbateman Winery Trail (2 speeches)
It's almost apt that I'm following the member for Riverina, because today I want to talk about Tumbatrek. Tumbatrek is an annual event which was started back in 1985 by Tim Fischer, a man who...
- Governor-General's Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (7 speeches)
Whenever I stand to speak as the Independent federal member for Indi, I'm grateful to the people of our proud Federation seat who gave me the responsibility and the privilege of being their voice...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Ash Wednesday Bushfires (1 speech)
I rise today to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Ash Wednesday bushfires, which struck across my home state of South Australia and, of course, in Victoria, on this day 40 years...
- Semra, Mr Mohamed (1 speech)
Before I commence my adjournment speech, all of the people on this side of the House join in acknowledging all those who suffered loss during those fires, and we also acknowledge the sacrifices...
- Cost of Living (3 speeches)
Within my electorate of Deakin, and, indeed, throughout Australia, people are suffering are from a cost-of-living crisis that I have not seen in my time in this place. I must say, in looking at...
- Blair Electorate (1 speech)
Last night and this morning I was pleased to vote for the $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund, which will make a big difference in my local community. We're talking about 30,000 new social...
