House debates
Thursday, 9 March 2023
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Joint Committee; Approval of Work (2 speeches)
I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, it is expedient to carry out the following proposed work which was referred to the Parliamentary Standing...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- See Differently (1 speech)
We all had the opportunity recently to meet with members of our law enforcement, border force and AFP—and, most importantly, some of the animals who help them perform their important role....
- Sydney WorldPride 2023 (1 speech)
On 23 February I had the privilege and pleasure of attending the Connect Macquarie Park Innovation District's Sydney WorldPride Celebration. The fantastic Mark Ames invited local businesses like...
- Ukraine (1 speech)
Only a couple of days ago I had the privilege to attend a Friends of Ukraine event here in Parliament House, hosted by Senators Catryna Bilyk and David Van. We had Ambassador Vasyl...
- Safety and Security Rebate (1 speech)
Community safety has always been a high priority for my constituents. Having been a police officer, I take it very seriously. This is because crime is a concern that transcends age, gender, race...
- George, Ms Joline (1 speech)
Today I would like to shed some light on the work being done by Joline George, a mother of autistic children, a local who lives in my electorate of Fowler and the founder of Help You Cope, an...
- Holt Electorate: Devon Meadows Cricket Club All Star Girls (1 speech)
I'm very pleased to share some incredibly good news from my electorate with my colleagues in this place. Last night, the Devon Meadows Cricket Club All Star Girls team won the under-14s grand...
- Brisbane Electorate: Housing (1 speech)
Last month, hundreds of renters in Fortitude Valley were told to leave their homes in the Utopia apartments, which are being rebranded as 'Kooii'. Landlords are evicting their tenants to convert...
- Pearce Electorate: Homelessness (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the dedication of groups, including Rotary, in supporting communities in need. Yesterday, I attended the launch of a photographic exhibition presented by the Rotary Club of...
- Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
There have been significant animal health regulatory changes made to the live sheep industry: a moratorium on shipments to the Middle East during the northern hemisphere summer; increased...
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
Last Friday, I had the honour of hosting a forum with my friend the Attorney-General in the Ipswich suburb of Leichhardt. The forum focused on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to...
- Deakin Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I want to update the community on a number of very important projects funded by the former coalition government that are soon to be completed. The first is the Sportlink redevelopment in Vermont...
- Rare Voices Australia (1 speech)
Last week I was fortunate enough to attend the annual parliamentary event with Rare Voices Australia. Rare Voices Australia is an organisation that advocates and educates us about those who live...
- Toparis, Mr Con (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to a great friend, Con Toparis. Con was the owner of Greengrocer Cycling, bike shop and cafe, in Goulbourn, a place that I know many people in this place have frequented....
- Interest Rates (1 speech)
More than half of Australian homeowners have a mortgage loan. The average home loan is around $600,000. This week's 10th consecutive Reserve Bank cash rate increase, if passed on in full, will...
- Petition: Point Roadknight Erosion Protection Works (2 speeches)
I speak today on a petition which has been put together by the residents of Anglesea, who have voiced their concern over the erosion at the hugely popular Point Roadknight beach. Anyone who's...
- Aviation Industry: Workplace Relations (1 speech)
Yesterday Rivet workers who refuel planes for Qantas went on strike. They didn't strike because they wanted to but because they were left with no choice. After enduring the worst of the pandemic,...
- Coomera Anglican College (1 speech)
I've spoken many times in this place about the importance of education and the major impression that teachers make on their students right across this great country. Last month I had the honour...
- Liberal Party of Australia (1 speech)
The Liberal Party likes to think of itself as the party of business but, on issue after issue, business is showing leadership and leaving the coalition behind. On the Voice, companies like...
- Queensland: Crime (1 speech)
Eight long years ago, under Annastacia Palaszczuk, the Queensland state Labor government watered down the state's youth crime laws. Queenslanders have been paying the price ever since. Thousands...
- Superannuation: Taxation (2 speeches)
Over the past week, those opposite have been doing the rounds of friendly media, claiming the sky will fall in because we're adjusting concessional tax rates for super accounts worth more than $3...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Superannuation (5 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer and concerns the government's new super tax. I refer the Assistant Treasurer to his answer yesterday to the member for Grey. Was everything in his answer...
- Defence Procurement: Submarines (3 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. What is the importance of working with our partners in the United Kingdom and the United States to acquire nuclear-powered submarines?
- Superannuation: Taxation (8 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services. If a family farm or business asset is held in a self-managed super fund as part of a diverse portfolio, meeting...
- National Reconstruction Fund (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry and Science. How has the National Reconstruction Fund legislation been progressing through the parliament?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Kidney Health Australia (1 speech)
I'm pleased to inform the House that present in the gallery today are representatives from Kidney Health Australia, including Australians living with chronic kidney disease. On behalf of the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (4 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. Confronted by rising inequality and the cost-of-living crisis, the government has made a welcome shift on tax breaks for the super wealthy. But, if...
- Climate Change (8 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Why is the safeguard mechanism the preferred model for business and investors?
- Superannuation: Taxation (9 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer. It concerns the government's new super tax. Can the minister advise the House of how many primary producers and small and family businesses have been...
- Energy (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. How is the Albanese Labor government taking action to put downward pressure on energy prices? What has been the response to these actions?
- Superannuation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer and concerns the government's new super tax. If an Australian who owns an asset through his or her superannuation fund receives a tax bill because of an...
- Domestic And Family Violence (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to help end domestic and family violence?
- Taxation (15 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer. Can the minister identify any act of parliament that currently has a provision to impose a tax on unrealised gains?
- Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme (2 speeches)
r FREELANDER () (): My question is to the Minister for Government Services. What has the royal commission into robodebt revealed about the harm the former government's unlawful robodebt scheme...
- Climate Change: Safeguard Mechanism (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. This week New South Wales is again being besieged by bushfires while the Northern Territory and Queensland have had serious flooding....
- Cybersafety (2 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Cyber Security. How is the Albanese Labor government improving cybersecurity for all Australians?
- Energy (8 speeches)
My question goes to the Acting Prime Minister. Will electricity prices go up by 20 per cent over winter?
- Tertiary Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. What is the Albanese government doing to set up Australian higher education, including international education, for the future?
- Regional Australia (4 speeches)
Acting PM, Australia applauds O'Brien's CopperString after 20 years of PM Rudd's national energy grid. I built the other grid line in two years, but humility precludes me from spotlighting such...
- First Nations Australians (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians. What does the latest data on closing the gap show? What practical actions are being taken by our government to improve outcomes for...
- Superannuation: Taxation (7 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer and concerns the government's new super tax. Can the minister explain to the House whether the capital gains tax discount, ordinarily applicable for...
- Melanoma, Health Care (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. How is the Albanese Labor government helping Australians who are seeking treatment for melanoma?
- New South Wales: Election (5 speeches)
My question is to Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Is it true that the minister took time out from the task of tackling rising energy prices to hold discussions with Western Sydney mayor...
- Labor Government (2 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering for Australians, and what challenges does the government face?
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Parliament House Flag (1 speech)
I want to update the House regarding the flag above Parliament House. As I stated to the House yesterday, I understand and recognise the importance of the Australian national flag. I'm pleased to...
- 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.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Energy (15 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Fairfax proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's failure to...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Eating Disorders (1 speech)
According to the Butterfly Foundation, one million Australians are currently impacted by or living with disordered eating. I have had constituents reach out to me with their concerns about the...
- Dwyer, Ms Christine, Australian Capital Territory: Community Events (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge one of my constituents, Christine Dwyer. Christine has been a member of the Canberra community for over 40 years and has spent many of those years volunteering for...
- Bowman Electorate: Community Infrastructure (1 speech)
As another parliamentary sitting week draws to a close, I want to update the House on my progress to hold the government to account on the promises they made to my electorate of Bowman. During...
- Canberra Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about the difficulties that too many Australians are having in accessing bulk-billed GPs and general practice more generally, and the need for strong action from the...
- Superannuation: Taxation (1 speech)
Self-funded retirees make a significant contribution to our nation and its finances, however, their interests are often overlooked by government and they become the targets for revenue raising to...
- Paterson Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
One of the most important things anyone can do is deliver on their commitments. At the last election, I committed to my community that an Albanese Labor government would work to end the chaos on...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Brisbane Electorate: Stafford Bowls Club (1 speech)
In 2019, a 20-year lease was issued to Crushers Leagues Club for the Stafford Bowls Club site. By 2022, they were no longer able to proceed or fulfil the conditions of the lease, and they failed...
- Richmond Electorate: Feros Care Village Byron Bay (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about Feros Care's decision to close their Byron Bay village. This is a residential aged-care facility, but it is so much more than that. This is home for the 36 residents...
- Menzies Electorate: Volunteers (1 speech)
Sometimes the things that we do in our electorate and the things that we do here have a connection that we didn't realise. There are two that have connected for me. The first was a Pink Stumps...
- Moreton Electorate: Volunteers (1 speech)
Mere words are a cheap way to thank people for a valuable contribution; nevertheless, here I go. The Moreton Volunteer Awards are a proud feature of the community calendar on Brisbane's...
- Hume Electorate: Agricultural Shows (1 speech)
Show season is in full swing in Hume, and over the last few weeks I've had the opportunity to enjoy a range of shows across my electorate. Country shows are an ingrained part of the Australian...
- Franklin Electorate: Neighbourhood Houses (1 speech)
I want to speak today about the important work that neighbourhood houses do right across the country and give a particular shout-out to the neighbourhood houses in my electorate. As a member of...
- Portland District Health (1 speech)
I rise today to ask some very serious questions on behalf of the community of Portland in my electorate and of broader south-west Victoria. On 27 February, the helipad next to Portland District...
- Hasluck Electorate: Arts and Culture (1 speech)
Art represents who we are as human beings and who we are together as a society. On Monday 20 February this year, I hosted an arts roundtable at the Midland Town Hall in Hasluck, attended by the...
- Herbert Electorate (1 speech)
Townsville has been invaded by politicians over the last couple of weeks. First it was the state opposition and its shadow cabinet meeting with community members at the end of last week, talking...
- Shortland Electorate: Australia Day Awards, Shortland Electorate: Sport, New South Wales State Election (1 speech)
I'm thrilled to be able to update the House for the first time in 2023 on some truly remarkable achievements from the people of Shortland. Nine residents of Shortland were recognised in the...
- Golder, Mrs Doris Eileen, OAM (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to the late, great Doris Eileen Golder OAM, who passed away at Lockhart on 4 February at the grand old age of 97—a life well lived. She was raised on a farm at nearby...
- Bombing of Darwin (1 speech)
When war came to Darwin skies 81 years ago a city's fate rested in the hands of a few patriots. They were outgunned, the enemy was overhead and reinforcements were far away. With nothing but...
- Casey Electorate: Environment (1 speech)
It was wonderful to invite shadow minister for the environment Senator the Hon. Jonno Duniam to Casey recently to show him our magnificent part of Australia. We hosted a roundtable in Olinda....
- Paid Parental Leave (1 speech)
At every stage, from the moment a child is born, all a parent wants to do is to raise their child well, to teach them right and to watch them grow into their potential, whatever that may be....
- National Library of Australia: Trove (1 speech)
In the past three months, many constituents have written to me expressing their deep concerns about losing access to Trove. These constituents have provided me with examples of how they utilise...
- Little Bay (1 speech)
The fight to save and protect Little Bay from overdevelopment is back on. On 17 February, it was revealed in the Sydney Morning Herald that Meriton is trying for a third time to get approval from...
- Defence Procurement (1 speech)
We understand, particularly through media reports, that it is imminent that our Prime Minister will be meeting with the US President to make an announcement within the AUKUS framework around the...
- Corangamite Electorate: Veterans (1 speech)
Defence personnel veterans and their families in the Surfcoast, Bellarine, Geelong and Golden Plains, across my electorate, are set to receive better access to support through the establishment...
- Nicotine Vaping Products, Gambling Advertising (1 speech)
Today I want to address two issues of great concern to my community and where this government and the previous government haven't shown the courage and political will to do what's right. The...
- Lalor Electorate: Multiculturalism (2 speeches)
The electorate of Lalor and the community that I represent has an extraordinary challenge and an extraordinary opportunity. We have people coming from all over the world and have had people...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Treaties Joint Committee; Report (7 speeches)
It gives me great pleasure to speak on this Report 201: free trade agreement between Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. For those who may not know, I had the...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Hillsong Church (1 speech)
Last year a whistleblower provided me with financial records and board papers that show that Hillsong is breaking numerous laws in Australia and around the world relating to fraud, money...
- Windsor Town Centre, Menopause (1 speech)
Whenever residents in the Hawkesbury are asked what they value in their region, right up the top of the list is heritage. That has came through in numerous surveys in the last...
- Cystic Fibrosis (1 speech)
It has been more than 100 days since the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee, PBAC, approved the use of Trikafta for young Australians aged between six and 11 suffering with cystic...
- Sri Chinmoy Peace Run (1 speech)
Since 1987 more than seven million people worldwide have held the Sri Chinmoy peace torch, including Pope Francis, Mother Teresa, the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela, Bob Hawke and John Howard. The...
- Forde Electorate: Floods (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about the plight of a group of constituents in my electorate of Forde led by Cameron and Alexandra Hoswell of Greenbank. As we all know in this place, we've had several...
- Local Journalism (1 speech)
I'm here today to speak about the importance of local journalism and local news. I have a great appreciation for the work that journalists do—and there is a little bit of self-appreciation...
