House debates
Tuesday, 1 August 2023
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Biosecurity Amendment (Advanced Compliance Measures) Bill 2023, Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Regulator Performance) Bill 2023, Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Industry Self-Classification and Other Measures) Bill 2023; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
I declare that, unless otherwise ordered, the Biosecurity Amendment (Advanced Compliance Measures) Bill 2023, the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Regulator Performance) Bill 2023 and the...
- Biosecurity Amendment (Advanced Compliance Measures) Bill 2023; Second Reading (1 speech)
On behalf of the federal coalition, I confirm to the House that we will be supporting the passage of the Biosecurity Amendment (Advanced Compliance Measures) Bill 2023. The coalition recognises...
- Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Regulator Performance) Bill 2023; Second Reading (1 speech)
The coalition will be supporting this bill, as it has a positive regulatory impact and gives effect to technical improvements identified in the 2021 whole-of-government review of regulator...
- Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Industry Self-Classification and Other Measures) Bill 2023; Second Reading (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Industry Self-Classification and Other Measures) Bill 2023. The coalition supports this bill. The bill...
- Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Measures No. 3) Bill 2023; Second Reading (6 speeches)
You know what Labor policies I like the most? They're the sorts of policies that are copied from the coalition. This bill is the Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Measures No. 3) Bill 2023, and it's...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Dawson Electorate: King's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
Dawson is home to some amazing people. Today I would like to honour five individuals from my electorate who have gone above and beyond for our community. The following people were recognised and...
- Environment (1 speech)
We are on our way to reducing Australia's carbon emissions. The reforms introduced by this government will contribute to this goal and strengthen businesses. But that is not all we can do. As...
- Bloodbikes Australia (1 speech)
Bloodbikes Australia is a group of committed Australian volunteers whose actions are saving lives right across our country. Bloodbikes provide free-of-charge transportation of blood and medical...
- Signorelli, Mr Biaggio (1 speech)
I joined the federal minister for health to mark the naming of the Biaggio Signorelli Laboratory at the Asbestos and Dust Diseases Research Institute. Biaggio Signorelli was an extraordinary man...
- Glenorchy War Memorial Pool (1 speech)
The Glenorchy War Memorial Pool has been a great source of pride for the community for some 60 years, providing people with a place to exercise, convalesce and have fun with family and friends....
- Luscombe, Mr Clancy (1 speech)
Today I would like to recognise a talented Boothby constituent, Clancy Luscombe, who's part of the Australian swim team heading to the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago. Last week,...
- Western Australia: Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act, Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
Western Australians are angry, and you can't blame them. The WA state Labor government has launched an attack on their property rights. WA Labor's new Aboriginal cultural heritage laws mean...
- Aged-Care Workforce (1 speech)
On Thursday I had the opportunity to hold a listening post at Kennington Village shopping centre and I caught up with Jordana. Jordana is one of the many aged-care workers in my electorate. She...
- Bonner Electorate: Priceless House (1 speech)
Becoming a mother should be an exciting and joyful time in a woman's life, but when a woman becomes pregnant without a supportive partner, when facing financial difficulties or without a healthy...
- Spence Electorate: National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
I was extremely pleased to have my electorate of Spence host the Minister for NDIS and Minister for Government Services over the recent winter break. The minister joins a respectably long list of...
- National Tree Day 2023 (1 speech)
Sunday was National Tree Day and my daughter and I had the pleasure of joining the Belgrave community at the Belgrave Food Garden to plant over 600 native trees with over 60 volunteers. The...
- Australian Constitution: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
As the 'yes' campaign continues, I'd like to share a poem sent to me by Bennelong constituent Josephine Hatch from Epping. She wrote this poem to encourage people to vote yes and get involved in...
- Hamilton Island: MRH-90 Taipan Crash (1 speech)
This week Australians have been confronted with the tragic loss of four of our bravest men and women. On 28 July 2023, an Australian Army MRH-90 Taipan helicopter impacted waters off Lindeman...
- Women In Sport (1 speech)
When women play sport we are tough, strong, daring, determined, graceful, athletic, skilled, tactical and leaders. When Australian women play sport on the world stage we are winners. Last week...
- Camp Coutts (1 speech)
I rise to speak about Camp Coutts, a beautiful, 200-hectare piece of bushland situated within the Heathcote National Park at Waterfall, in the Hughes electorate. This area showcases the rugged...
- Women in Sport (1 speech)
I rise today as proud chair of the parliamentary friendship groups for women in sport and for netball. Two world cups, two champion teams, the Diamonds and the Matildas doing us proud on the...
- Hamilton Island: MRH-90 Taipan Crash (1 speech)
Joseph Phil Laycock, Dan Lyon, Max Nugent, Alex Naggs. These are the soldiers who are still missing after their MRH-90 crashed in training at Talisman Sabre. To the families, friends, loved ones,...
- Member for Cook (1 speech)
What does the number 2½ thousand mean? It's the approximate number of robodebt victims from Swan—2½ thousand vulnerable people who suffered because of robodebt and because of a...
- Murray-Darling Basin Plan (1 speech)
Last week the Albanese Labor government was forced to face reality and admit that the Murray-Darling Basin Plan could not be delivered on time. It has been plainly obvious that the time frames...
- Australian Constitution: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (2 speeches)
The Leader of the Opposition must distance himself from the 'no' campaign's president, Gary Johns. Everybody has the right in this referendum to put forward their views, but the views expressed...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Dean, Mr Arthur (Gordon) (1 speech)
I inform the House of the death, on 27 July 2023, of Arthur Gordon Dean, a member of this House for the division of Herbert from 1977 to 1983. As a mark of respect to the memory of Gordon Dean, I...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Uluru Statement from the Heart (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. At the opening of parliament last year the Prime Minister declared, 'The Uluru Statement from the Heart represents an opportunity that must be seized and...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Andrew, the Hon. Neil AO (1 speech)
I'm pleased to inform the House that present in the distinguished visitors gallery today is a familiar face to some, the Hon. Neil Andrew AO, former Speaker and member for Wakefield. A very warm...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Government Services. What did the final report of the royal commission into robodebt find as to who the real victims of robodebt were?
- Makarrata Commission (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians. Last year, the government announced $5.8 million for an independent makarrata commission. Does the government still support this...
- Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Could the Prime Minister please respond to the revelations in the final report of the royal commission into robodebt?
- Climate Change (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water. The United Nations says the world is boiling. Australia faces an extreme summer of fires and heat waves like those happening right...
- Cost of Living (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. How is the Albanese Labor government seeking to deliver cost-of-living relief for those who need it most? How is the government rejecting the...
- Makarrata Commission (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians. Last year, the government announced $5.8 million for an independent Makarrata Commission. Does the government still support this...
- Housing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing. How is the Albanese Labor government seeking to deliver more homes, and what is blocking further progress?
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (2 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Indigenous Australians. At the Garma Festival last year, the minister said the Uluru Statement talks about three things: the Voice; treaty and...
- Interest Rates (5 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. What does today's decision on interest rates by the independent Reserve Bank mean for Australian families and the economy?
- Agriculture Industry (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water. I refer to the minister's answer yesterday, which failed to rule out the government requiring farmers to undertake mandatory cultural...
- Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. What impact has the robodebt scheme had on the mental health and wellbeing of Australians? Why is it important for those who created the...
- Environment (2 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for the Environment and Water. The carbon capture and storage project linked to Chevron's Gorgon gas mine is universally recognised as a monumental failure. The...
- Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Government Services. How do the actual findings of the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme compare with what members of former Liberal governments say...
- Interest Rates (14 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. In the next three months it is expected that around 150,000 households with fixed-rate loans are at risk of falling off a $95 billion refinancing cliff. This will...
- Great Barrier Reef (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water. How is the Albanese Labor government acting to protect the Great Barrier Reef, and how is the world responding to these actions?
- Asylum Seekers (4 speeches)
This is a question for the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. The government promised it would take a more compassionate approach to asylum seekers. But asylum...
- Domestic and Family Violence (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. How is the Albanese Labor government ensuring workers experiencing family and domestic violence aren't forced to choose...
- Energy (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Brendan Reinheimer and his wife are raising three children in Haven, in my electorate. They reached out to me recently in desperation, having learned that...
- Tertiary Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. What action is the Albanese Labor government taking to deliver a better and fairer higher education system?
- Energy (11 speeches)
My question goes to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Many Australians will soon receive energy bills for the month of July, following recent price hikes, and they'll be shocked to...
- Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Government Services. Has the minister considered the finding of the robodebt royal commission that previous coalition governments were warned about the failures...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Women's Sport (2 speeches)
Right now it's hard to think of a more-beautiful two-word sentence than '4-0'. Last night, I congratulated the Matildas on their extraordinary result against the Olympic champions, Canada. I had...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Stating the Question on Amendments (1 speech)
Before members leave, I wish to give a short statement to the House about the way questions will be put in the House and the Federation Chamber, and therefore the way divisions will take place in...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
I table documents 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)
- Cost of Living (19 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable the Deputy Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Prime...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Australian Constitution: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
As we approach the referendum on the Voice to Parliament set for later this year I feel a sense of hope in the community that we're about to make a momentous and historic change with a positive...
- Aston Electorate, Albanese Government (1 speech)
I rise to speak on my experience as the new member for Aston, the first woman to hold the seat and the second Labor representative for the seat, and to speak to the concerns and experiences of my...
- Forde Electorate: Community Groups (1 speech)
As we go around our electorates we see a great many community groups that do tremendous work. Over the break I had the opportunity to catch up with a number of those great community groups....
- Macarthur Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I've often said in this House that I'm very proud to represent the largest electorate in the nation by the number of enrolled residents, with over 140,000 people calling Macarthur home. These are...
- Child Care (1 speech)
Childcare services play a crucial role in enabling parents to work, to support their families and to actively contribute to society. In many ways, affordable, high-quality child care forms the...
- Parliamentary Friends of the Republic of North Macedonia, Parliamentary Friends of Sri Lanka (1 speech)
Among my favourite roles, besides being the member for Holt, is serving as the chair of the parliamentary friends groups for North Macedonia and Sri Lanka. They are both an honour and...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (1 speech)
CHANDLER-MATHER () (): Last month was the planet's hottest month in recorded history. Wildfires have devastated Greece, Tunisia, Italy and Algeria. Antarctica is missing a Western Australia sized...
- Barton Electorate: Community Services (1 speech)
July was my seventh anniversary as the member for Barton in this place, and every day representing the people of Barton has been a privilege. Last week I met Elise, a nine-year-old student in my...
- Pharmacies (1 speech)
Today is exactly one month to D-Day for pharmacies, the day, 1 September, when 60-day dispensing comes into effect. This is going to sound the death knell, chemists claim, of many of our rural,...
- Maronite Community, Cooks River (1 speech)
This year the Maronite community of Australia will be celebrating their 50-year golden jubilee. In the 50 years since the establishment of the Maronite Eparchy of Australia in 1973, the Maronite...
- Western Sydney Airport (1 speech)
I rise to talk about the Albanese Labour government's recent release of the preliminary flight paths for the Western Sydney Airport. Under the cover of darkness, at exactly 12.01 am, the...
- Redkite (1 speech)
I had some remarks prepared, but after the event I just attended I want to speak for a few minutes on the extraordinary work of Redkite in childhood cancer. I joined the Prime Minister; the...
- Small Business (1 speech)
Over the winter recess I had a great chance to get all around my electorate and spend time with many of our dynamic and innovative small businesses. The extremely hardworking owners, mostly mums...
- headspace Lake Haven, We Care Connect, Warnervale Wellness Centre (1 speech)
Last week I had the pleasure of joining the official opening of headspace Lake Haven's upgraded centre, including an incredible garden designed by First Nations Australians, in my electorate on...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
O'BRIEN () (): Today, the Petrie Gardens aged-care facility at Tiaro will close its doors for the very last time. It is the 28th aged-care facility to close under Labor, and there will be many...
- Iraq: Human Rights (2 speeches)
I want to bring to the House's attention a couple of very significant matters that are of deep concern to me and, I think, would be of deep concern to the whole House, and that is the plight of...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Crean, the Hon. Simon Findlay (8 speeches)
I rise to talk on this very important condolence motion about a friend and a Labor giant whose contribution to the labour movement, to public life and to this nation was quite simply as wide as...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Rural and Regional Health Services (1 speech)
At one point or another, we've all been patients in the healthcare system. It's a universal experience. But the quality of this experience can be greatly shaped by the interactions that we have...
- Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme (1 speech)
I am here in the chamber now to speak about both a grievance and a hope for the future. I speak of a betrayal of many of the most vulnerable in our community through the robodebt scheme and the...
- National Radioactive Waste Management Facility (1 speech)
This is a grievance debate, and I can tell you I am deeply aggrieved. I'm aggrieved by the decision on 18 July by Justice Natalie Charlesworth in the Federal Court, sitting in South Australia, to...
- Northern Australia (1 speech)
Northern Australia is one of the most economically productive parts of the country, across diversified industries ranging from agriculture and tourism to mining. With 12 million cattle, it is the...
- River Torrens Linear Park (1 speech)
I rise this evening to talk about the important history and even more important future of the River Torrens and Linear Park. The river runs from Mount Pleasant in the Adelaide Hills down through...
- Housing (2 speeches)
ON (—) (): Access to safe and affordable housing has always been a priority for federal Labor governments, and the Albanese Labor government were elected with an ambitious housing agenda,...
