House debates
Thursday, 3 August 2023
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That notice No. 4, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Treaties Joint Committee; Report (2 speeches)
() (): On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties I present the committee's Report 210: Timor-Leste cooperation in the field of defence and the status of visiting forces; Serbia social...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Aged Care (1 speech)
Last month, I was informed the much-loved Carinity Summit Cottages, the residential aged-care service at Mount Morgan, will close in December 2023. They advised the ongoing nationwide shortage of...
- Cybersecurity (1 speech)
In the last 12 months, Australians have been more exposed to scams than ever before. Two of the highest-profile data breaches in 2022 have over nine million victims each, and billions of dollars...
- Vaccination (1 speech)
I invite anybody to please tell me I'm wrong. Look around our nation in the aftermath of the pandemic response and it's like looking at a trainwreck of devastation for many everyday...
- Midson Road Childcare Centre (1 speech)
Now for something completely different. I would like to introduce a very special guest today. This is Maisie, the travelling koala, from Midson Road Childcare Centre at Epping. She is named after...
- Australian Securities and Investment Commission (1 speech)
() (): Aussie Frozen Fruit's non-payment to creditors was referred to the relevant minister. Non-payment to Blenners Transport and to others was submitted on 12 June this year. Despite following...
- Calare Electorate: Disaster Recovery Funding Programs (1 speech)
Many months after being hit by storm, flood and fire disasters, residents of our region are being held back from moving on because they're locked out of key disaster recovery funding programs....
- Robertson Electorate: Brackets and Jam (1 speech)
The wonderful Brackets and Jam will be celebrating 25 years of rocking out, on top of Kincumba Mountain this Saturday 5 August. Brackets and Jam first took place on 14 August 1997 with the goal...
- Swan Electorate: State Football Centre (1 speech)
Exciting, modern, professional, world class, magnificent—these are some of the words that have been used to describe the new State Football Centre. It's so professional that, when you walk...
- Labor Government (1 speech)
On nearly a hundred occasions, Labor said to the Australian public that they would deliver a $275 reduction off their power bill. Today, they blame the war on Ukraine. However, the war in Ukraine...
- Berwick District Woodworkers Club Expo (1 speech)
Last month, I had the honour of attending the opening of the Berwick District Woodworkers Club Annual Woodworking Expo. The expo, which went over a whole weekend in July, was truly a display of...
- Macquarie Home Stay (1 speech)
Affordable accommodation for people travelling away from home for medical treatment is so important. In its short life, Macquarie Home Stay has provided that service in Dubbo for people right...
- Boothby Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Last weekend, I had the honour of opening the Majors Road Pump Track at O'Halloran Hill. The pump track has courses and jumps for BMX bikes, skateboards, scooters and skates, for people of all...
- Colgrave, Mr Robert James (1 speech)
I'm privileged to stand here today and honour the life of a true gentleman I was fortunate to know for many years, Robert James Colgrave. Rob passed away a few weeks ago, in his 86th year. He...
- Public Libraries (1 speech)
Public libraries are the hearts of communities. This week is Library and Information Week, with the theme of 'What's the source?' That's a great question to be asking when there are contentious...
- Timber Industry (1 speech)
There are members of the crossbench and the Labor Party itself who live in the most privileged parts of our suburbs and are actually campaigning today to sack workers with some of the lowest...
- Reid Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
'Infrastructure' may not be a word that inspires, but it should. Good infrastructure—trains, metros, schools, mobile towers and broadband—is what builds communities. But we haven't...
- Child Abuse (1 speech)
Sadly, this week we've heard about the unspeakable atrocities inflicted by a monster upon our most vulnerable—our children. Evil acts were done to them during times when they should have...
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
It's great to see the many Australian businesses jumping on board to support the Voice to Parliament. BHP, the 'big Australian', supports the voice. They know that this will make Australia even...
- Infrastructure (1 speech)
Everyone knows that infrastructure underpins the Australian economy. The previous government understood that and invested billions of dollars in highway upgrades and railway projects such as the...
- Spence Electorate: Multiculturalism (2 speeches)
Hopefully, I can bring a bit of common sense back to the debate here. I rise to inform the House of a recent visit to my electorate of Spence by the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Vietnam Delegation, Ah Kit, Hon. Ngaree (1 speech)
I'm pleased to inform the House that present in the gallery today is His Excellency Mr Nguyen Tat Thanh, the Ambassador of Vietnam, accompanied by a delegation of Vietnamese officials. I'm also...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Makarrata Commission (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. At Garma this weekend, will the Prime Minister tell participants that, despite last year giving them 'a solemn promise to implement the Uluru Statement from...
- Housing Affordability (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing. How is the Albanese Labor government working in partnership with the states, territories and housing providers to help Australians find a safe and...
- Indigenous Australians (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians. Yesterday when the Prime Minister was asked whether he supported treaty he said, 'That's like asking if you support the sun coming up.'...
- Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Safety Net) Bill 2023 (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services: how will the passage of the Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Safety Net) Bill help to deliver the Albanese...
- Chalumbin Wind Farm (15 speeches)
Environment minister, the latest Spectator cover page 'Chalumbin, the new Franklin' details Queensland's in principle approval of 86 wind turbines, each 308 feet high. Minister, won't it destroy...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Shebbear College (1 speech)
I'm pleased to inform the House that present in the gallery today is a group of 6th form exchange students from Shebbear College in Devonshire, England, as guests of the Manager of Opposition...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. What steps has the Albanese Labor government taken to get wages moving after a decade of wage stagnation?
- Makarrata Commission (12 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. In October, the Treasurer provided $5.8 million for an independent makarrata commission for national treaty making. Nine hundred thousand dollars has already been...
- Cost of Living (9 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. How is the Albanese Labor government providing cost-of-living relief for Australians in need? What are the obstacles to this being delivered?
- Australian Constitution: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water. Will the minister commit to publicly releasing details of the proposed federal cultural heritage reforms prior to the referendum on...
- Commonwealth Procurement (2 speeches)
My question is to the member for Bruce as Chair of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, with reference to the committee's inquiry into Synergy 360 linked procurement at Services...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Prime Minister (14 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That the House: (1) notes the Prime Minister is dividing the nation with his divisive voice proposal by deliberately refusing to provide detail to the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Government Services. What did the royal commission find were the real consequences of the robodebt scheme?
- Natural Disaster Insurance (2 speeches)
Assistant Treasurer, can you update our region on my calls for a parliamentary inquiry into what has been a cold-hearted and shocking response by insurers to the recent storm and flood disaster...
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Why is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice critical to improving the health of First Nations people?
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Government Services and the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Has the minister received any advice from any government agency that the NDIS has contracts...
- Women's Economic Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. What steps has the Albanese Labor government taken to improve women's economic and financial security in Australia, and what impact is this happening?
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Football Australia: Women's National Team (2 speeches)
I know that the Matildas are receiving the support of all Australians at the moment. I've written to you and the President of the Senate today, asking, as a gesture of the support of this...
- 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)
- Inflation (23 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Hume proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: This Government's failure to...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Small Business (1 speech)
Today I rise to speak about the situation facing small businesses in Warringah and Australia more generally. Australia lost so many small businesses during the three years of COVID, and many...
- Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme (1 speech)
It would be difficult to pick the worst moment in parliament this week. People could well choose the opposition's gutter politics on Constitutional recognition and a Voice for Indigenous...
- Dawson Electorate: Fishing Industry (1 speech)
We are in a Labor created cost-of-living crisis and that's about to get worse. One of the most important and enjoyable things you can do is to have fish and chips on the beach or in a park with a...
- Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme, JobSeeker Payment, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Housing (1 speech)
Week after week in this place, we see the continued and ongoing contempt that the modern day Liberal Party have for vulnerable Australians. One of the most contemporary examples of their...
- Mallee Electorate: Energy (1 speech)
Every government must take responsibility for the investments it makes using taxpayer funds—every government. This week, a damning new report has laid bare the waste and cost blowouts of a...
- Mongolia (1 speech)
Earlier this month I had the extraordinary opportunity to visit Mongolia. It's a country which is off the radar for most people, apart from the odd adventure tourist, but it has a growing and...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Ned, Mr Jason (1 speech)
If it was a proper and fair world, Jason Ned, the mayor of Doomadgee, would have died with a pastoral lease the same as every other cattleman in Australia. He was a First Australian and chose to...
- Franklin Electorate: Men's Sheds (1 speech)
One of the real privileges of being in this job—many of you, I'm sure, will agree—is going around to visit community organisations, particularly great ones like men's sheds. I had the...
- North Stradbroke Island: First Nations Australians (1 speech)
North Stradbroke Island is paradise. It draws tourists from all over Australia, not just for its amazing beaches and natural beauty but increasingly for the cultural experiences delivered by the...
- Face, Hon. Jack Richard (1 speech)
Today I pay tribute to a man who dedicated his life to the Australian Labor Party and the Hunter region, Richard Face, who passed away yesterday. Richard's life was dedicated to public service,...
- Hinkler Electorate: Xavier Catholic College, YMCA Bundaberg Vocational School (1 speech)
Last week I attended the opening and the dedication of a new college chapel at Xavier Catholic College at Hervey Bay. This was an incredible story, to be frank, and congratulations to the...
- Aston Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
Over the winter break, I was able to spend some time in my electorate of Aston, where I volunteer down at the Knox and District Toy Library with the state member for Bayswater, Jackson Taylor....
- Durack Electorate: Coorow Primary School (1 speech)
Today I want to share with you a heartening story of a small primary school in my electorate: Coorow Primary School. This little gem of a school is nestled in the mid-west region of Durack,...
- Lilley Electorate: Einbunpin Festival, Lilley Electorate: Everton Park State School, Lilley Electorate: Aircraft Noise (1 speech)
Brisbane turned on its best winter weather last Sunday for Sandgate's annual Einbunpin Festival in my electorate of Lilley. More than 15,000 Northsiders turned out for this much-loved event on...
- Wool Industry (1 speech)
It has often been said that Australia once rode on the sheep's back. It is no longer the case. There was a time when Australia had 170 million merino sheep. We now have 70 million. I make the...
- Human Trafficking (2 speeches)
Last Sunday, 30 July, marked the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, with the theme being, 'Reach every victim of trafficking; leave no-one behind.' Here today I'd like to reaffirm the...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Crean, Hon. Simon Findlay (2 speeches)
It is with great sadness that I rise to say a few words about the passing of the Hon. Simon Crean. Like many on the Labor side and in fact across our parliament, I was quite shocked at hearing...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Schools, Griffith Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
On the south side of Brisbane, in my electorate of Griffith, my office has now served— A division having been called in the House of Representatives— Sitting suspended from 10:52 to...
- Wills Electorate: Glenroy Post Office (1 speech)
I put on the record here my disappointment and shock at the decision to close the Glenroy post office in my electorate of Wills in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. It came as a shock to me as...
- Western Australia: Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2021 (1 speech)
Go broke or go to jail—that's what the farmers, pastoralists and landowners believe they're facing under WA's Labor government's Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act. They also know that this...
- Maribyrnong Electorate: Law Enforcement (1 speech)
Yesterday at lunchtime, on busy Puckle Street in Moonee Ponds, in the heart of my electorate of Maribyrnong, four innocent people were stabbed—two men and two women. I find these words...
- Capricornia Electorate: Energy (1 speech)
This government is on a reckless race to its renewables targets. The unrelenting march to 82 per cent renewable energy by 2030 is a hard blow for regional Australians. In my electorate of...
- Tangney Electorate: Oberthur Primary School (1 speech)
I'm thrilled to share with you today the incredible success story of our local Chinese language immersion school in my electorate of Tangney. For the past decade, Oberthur Primary School has...
