House debates
Wednesday, 8 March 2023
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present Report No. 10 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on Monday 20 March 2023. The report will be...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Intelligence and Security Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, I present the committee's report entitled Annual report of committee activities 2021-22. Report made a parliamentary...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That order of the day No. 1, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Maltese Community (1 speech)
The Maltese community's reputation as a hardworking, hospitable people is well deserved, given their service to the community. Fraser electorate resident Carmelo 'Charlie' Desira is emblematic of...
- International Women's Day (3 speeches)
Today, as we celebrate International Women's Day, I'd like to draw your attention, Madam Deputy Speaker, to the remarkable women in my community—women who have broken barriers in...
- Holi and Hola Mohalla Festivals (1 speech)
The vibrant and colourful festivals of Holi and Hola Mohalla hold a special place in the hearts of millions of people around the world. They are a time of celebration, joy and unity of the unique...
- International Women's Day (3 speeches)
I want to celebrate the incredible contributions women have made to our country and our parliament. We're fortunate to follow in the footsteps of courageous, determined women like Dame Enid...
- Boothby Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
When I speak to the people in Boothby, I constantly hear about how it's never been harder to see a GP than it is right now. Ten years of cuts to Medicare and the pressures of the pandemic have...
- Gympie Music Muster (1 speech)
My home town of Gympie is the true home of Australian country music. Sorry, Barnaby Joyce! The Australian Institute of Country Music, in Gympie, fosters emerging Australian talent, songwriters...
- Trove (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about the importance of funding Trove, Australia's wonderful online archive of history, literature and culture. It is an integral part of our national identity and heritage...
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme: Fiasp (1 speech)
As an 11-month-old little baby girl, Freya Goldston was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. She is now 14, and she came and saw me with her mum Jackie last week. For some years now she has been using...
- International Women's Day (1 speech)
I am incredibly humbled to stand here today on International Women's Day amongst my Labor colleagues, some extraordinarily strong, kind and principled women. We in the Albanese Labor government...
- Health Care (1 speech)
Studies show that cancer patients living in rural, regional or remote Australia are 35 per cent more likely to die within five years of a diagnosis relative to their metropolitan counterparts....
- First Nations Voice Week of Action (1 speech)
I recently hosted a free community barbecue in Annerley to kick off the First Nations Voice Week of Action, an opportunity to gage support for the Voice in Moreton and an opportunity to hear...
- Tasmania: Dairy Industry (1 speech)
I spruik Tasmania's world-class dairy industry a fair bit in this place, and today I'm going to milk it even more! Dairy is the largest segment of the Tasmanian agricultural industry. With just...
- Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (1 speech)
Women in science, technology, engineering and maths punch above their weight. The thing I love about my profession is it's about your technical competence. Imagine a career where people are...
- Redlands Domestic Violence Awareness Ambassador Program (1 speech)
Last Friday I had the privilege of attending the inaugural Redlands Domestic Violence Awareness Ambassador Program lunch at Sirromet winery in my electorate. This was an initiative born of a need...
- International Women's Day (1 speech)
I rise today as Labor's first female Chief Government Whip to wish all the women in the House happy International Women's Day. I stand here proud to be Labor; proud to be a member of the Albanese...
- Albanese Government (2 speeches)
Before the election the Prime Minister promised he would deliver a $275 cut to household and business power bills—not promised once nor twice but 97 times. Before the election the Prime...
- Ministry (0 speeches)
- Temporary Arrangements (1 speech)
I inform the House that Prime Minister will be absent from question time today and tomorrow, as he is leading a delegation to India. I will answer questions on behalf of the Prime Minister. I...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Gas Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water. The Prime Minister said yesterday that gas must play a key role in providing peaking and firming power for Australian businesses and...
- International Relations: Australia and India (4 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. How is the Albanese Labor government supporting greater opportunities for Australia through our partnership with India?
- Minister for Government Services (23 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Government Services. I refer to the minister 's comments yesterday on Sky News about the attack on franking credits from this government, and the attack on...
- Gender Equality (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Women. What has the Albanese Labor government achieved for women since getting elected last May, and what's next on the government's...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Energy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Under the government's safeguard mechanism, big polluters will seek to offset emissions by purchasing ACCUs from farmland. But...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. How is the Albanese Labor government responding to the cost-of-living pressures facing Australians, and what steps is the government taking to address the...
- Energy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. Will the Acting Prime Minister confirm telling the Australian people, weeks before the last election, on 6 May 2022: 'Labor has a plan when it comes...
- Early Childhood Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Early Childhood Education. How is the Albanese Labor government giving Australian women more choice by delivering on our commitment to make early childhood...
- Cost of Living (5 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. At a press conference in Homebush on 29 April 2022, the Treasurer said, 'On every shelf in every shop in every suburb'—maybe he can name one—'is a...
- Paid Parental Leave Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. How will Australian families, and particularly Australian women, benefit from the government's paid parental leave changes which passed...
- Superannuation (10 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer. Can the minister confirm that farmers holding their farmland or family businesses holding their assets in self-managed super funds could be forced to...
- National Reconstruction Fund (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry and Science. How will the National Reconstruction Fund help Australia to meet key national challenges, including creating new, high-skilled, secure...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Australians want their governments to focus on the long term, not the news cycle. They understand we need economic reform because our fiscal arrangements are not...
- Climate Change (4 speeches)
r GARLAND () (): My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. How is the Albanese Labor government ensuring Australia's biggest emitters contribute their fair share of emissions...
- Superannuation (24 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer. Minister, under the government's super changes, if a family's farm is owned in their super fund and increases in value during the financial year, will...
- Pacific Engagement Visa (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for International Development and the Pacific. Why is the Pacific engagement visa crucial to repairing the damage done to Australia's relationship with the Pacific?...
- Fowler Electorate: Infrastructure (2 speeches)
My question is to the minister for infrastructure. I understand that our current Prime Minister set up Infrastructure Australia under the previous Labor government. Recently, this authority...
- Marine Sanctuaries (3 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for the Environment and Water. Healthy oceans are central to Australia's economy, culture and lifestyle. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to protect our...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- International Women's Day (4 speeches)
I rise today, International Women's Day, to call on the House to note that, in the nine weeks since 2023 started, 11 women have lost their lives in acts of domestic violence. That's more than one...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Australian National Flag (4 speeches)
Members are aware that during a recent storm there was significant damage done to the flag that flies above this building. I think it would be appreciated by all members if you could update the...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 15 of 2022-23 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's Audit report No. 15 of 2022-23 entitled Procurement of 1800RESPECT: Department of Social Services. Document made a parliamentary paper.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Economy (16 speeches)
PEAKER (): I have received a letter from the Manager of Opposition Business proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Renewable Energy (1 speech)
We all want our children to live in a cleaner world. We also want them to live in an Australia that is successful, independent and safe. In order to do this, our pathway to decarbonising the...
- International Women's Day (1 speech)
This International Women's Day I want to pay tribute to the incredible women who are in my life. I come from a family of incredible women. My mother, Clare Mollomini, was a Tiwi woman. She stood...
- Northern Territory: Floods (1 speech)
I rise today to update the House on the devastating floods that hit the Kimberley region my electorate of Durack. I was recently briefed by the department of fire and emergency services about the...
- International Women's Day (1 speech)
There is a card that I have in my office in Parliament House that is significant to me. It is a card Senator Penny Wong sent me after I delivered my first speech in this place. It is significant...
- South Australia: Floods (1 speech)
I rise to update the House on what has been a once-in-a-generation high-water event in the river communities of South Australia. In fact, the Murray-Darling Basin Authority says the volume of...
- Maitra, Mr Ranesh (1 speech)
CHARLTON () (): I rise to pay tribute to Mr Ranesh Maitra, who recently passed away at the age of 89. Ranesh is remembered as a lifelong warrior for social justice, a veteran of the Bangladesh...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Corryong College, Regional Education Support Network (1 speech)
I've spoken many times in this place about the educational challenges that young people face in rural, remote and regional Australia. Today I'll speak on how some of our students overcome the...
- Volunteering (1 speech)
Volunteers are an integral part of our society. They are the glue which binds communities together. In my electorate of Scullin countless volunteers dedicate so much of their time, energy and...
- Broome Air Raids: 81st Anniversary (1 speech)
PRICE (—) (): On Friday of last week I was honoured to speak at and to be a part of the commemorations for the 81st anniversary of the Broome air raids, held at Bedford Park in Broome. On 3...
- International Women's Day (1 speech)
ORGANAS () (): Today is International Women's Day, and I'd like to wish everyone a happy International Women's Day. I want to mark this occasion by acknowledging all the women in my electorate...
- Banking and Financial Services: Bank Closures in Regional Australia (1 speech)
I'd like to thank Senator Matt Canavan very much for his perseverance in getting the Senate's Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee to do a year-long study into the...
- Chisholm Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
Deputy Speaker Claydon, happy International Women's Day. There is always so much wonderful community activity in Chisholm, and it is a terrific honour to be able to inform the parliament and the...
- Health Care (1 speech)
The Labor government's decision to cut additional Medicare-subsidised psychology sessions is callous and insensible to the pain Australians are currently experiencing. Mental health support could...
- Cystic Fibrosis (1 speech)
I want to make the parliament aware of a particular issue that I think is very unfair. As you know, the government, under health minister Mark Butler, introduced funding for continuous blood...
- Armoun, Mr Milad (1 speech)
I rise to highlight the plight of Mr Milad Armoun, who has been arrested by the Iranian regime, with very spurious due process and, regrettably, like countless people in Iran at the moment, faces...
- Women's Health (2 speeches)
Greetings to everyone on International Women's Day. Today it is essential that we acknowledge the crucial role that women play in our society. However, despite our significant contributions,...
- Bills (0 speeches)
