House debates

Thursday, 14 September 2023

• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Defence Amendment (Safeguarding Australia's Military Secrets) Bill 2023; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I am pleased to present the Defence Amendment (Safeguarding Australia's Military Secrets) Bill 2023. Late last year, the Albanese government...
  • Disability Services and Inclusion Bill 2023; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Today I am introducing the Disability Services and Inclusion Bill 2023,and immediately after this I will also introduce the Disability Services...
  • Disability Services and Inclusion (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023; Second Reading (1 speech)
    I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Disability Services and Inclusion (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023 (the consequential and transitional bill)...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Public Works Joint Committee; Approval of Work (1 speech)
    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...
  • Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, I present the committee's report entitled Inquiry into the Department of Defence annual report 2021-22. Report...
  • Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
    I move: That the order of the day be referred to the Federation Chamber for debate. Question agreed to.
  • Public Accounts and Audit Joint Committee; Reference to Federation Chamber (3 speeches)
    I'm going to ask leave of the House to move a motion. By way of context, yesterday when I tabled a Public Accounts and Audit Committee report there was some confusion about whether the committee...
• Motions (0 speeches)
  • Climate Change: Threat and Risk Assessment (6 speeches)
    I seek leave to move the following motion: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) the Australian Government received its first climate and security risk assessment, carried out by the Office of...
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Rearrangement (1 speech)
    I move: That business intervening before order of the day No. 3, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Housing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023; Consideration of Senate Message (24 speeches)
    I move: That the amendment be considered immediately. This is a great victory for Australians who need a place to call home. This is a victory in the people's house that will mean more houses for...
  • National Housing Supply and Affordability Council Bill 2023; Consideration of Senate Message (1 speech)
    I move: That the amendments be agreed to. Question agreed to.
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Housing Measures No. 1) Bill 2023; Consideration of Senate Message (5 speeches)
    I move: That the amendments be agreed to.
  • Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023; Second Reading (5 speeches)
    There is no doubt that casual employment forms a sizeable proportion of the Australian labour market and suits the needs of some employees and employers. However, there are known issues, and we...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Intelligence and Security Joint Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
    The Speaker has received advice from the honourable Prime Minister nominating members to be members of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security.
  • Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
    The Speaker has received advice from the Chief Government Whip that she has nominated Ms Swanson to be a member of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade in place of...
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Joint Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
    The Speaker has received advice from the Chief Government Whip nominating a member to be a member of the Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Bill 2023; Consideration of Senate Message (1 speech)
    I move: That the amendments be agreed to. These amendments will clarify that it's the Special Minister of State who is the identified minister where the bill references the minister. They will...
  • Parliamentary Workplace Support Service (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023; Consideration of Senate Message (1 speech)
    I move: That the amendments be agreed to. These amendments provide for a sunset clause for one part of the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Act 2023 from commencement. Question agreed to.
  • Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023; Second Reading (3 speeches)
    Many years ago, a wise lecturer said, in my criminology and sentencing class, that he believed that future wars would be fought over water. At the time, I thought that that sounded a little...
• Statements by Members (0 speeches)
  • Infrastructure (1 speech)
    Labor's 90-day infrastructure review has now been underway for—wait for it—136 days, and, while we wait for those opposite to make funding decisions on the $120 billion pipeline of...
  • Human Rights: Iran (1 speech)
    Saturday marks one year since the brutal death of Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa 'Jina' Amini in custody. She was killed at the hands of the so-called 'morality police 'of the Iranian theocratic...
  • Braddon Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
    The $120 billion 10-year infrastructure pipeline adopted by the former coalition government included many worthwhile land transport projects in the state of Tasmania. They were identified in...
  • Workplace Relations: Qantas (1 speech)
    Yesterday the High Court brought down its decision that Qantas had illegally sacked 1,700 employees. This decision exonerates all those Qantas workers, the baggage handlers and cleaners, who...
  • Housing (1 speech)
    I want to take a moment to talk about the housing bill that has just passed this House. The Greens have now secured $3 billion in extra funding for public and community housing through our...
  • National Child Protection Week (1 speech)
    Last Friday, during National Child Protection Week, I attended the Ipswich and West Moreton Region Child Protection Week Awards night in my electorate of Blair. I thank the incredible...
  • Housing (1 speech)
    I'm rising to share my concern about the lack of specialist disability accommodation, SDA, in Wentworth. There are only 11 existing buildings in Sydney's eastern suburbs, compared with 36 in...
  • Nas Recovery Centre (1 speech)
    I had the pleasure of visiting Nas Recovery Centre in Cranbourne West last week. The vicious circle of substance abuse issues often makes a person feel isolated and ashamed, making it even harder...
  • Infrastructure (1 speech)
    I join with my colleagues in condemning the situation that we have with this atrocious pause on committing to infrastructure projects that the government is undertaking. In particular, I commend...
  • Tangney Electorate: Community Engagement (1 speech)
    Community engagement is so important in my electorate of Tangney. If I'm not doorknocking my constituents and speaking about the issues of the day, I will be at local activities, celebrations and...
  • Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program (1 speech)
    If you needed evidence of this government's total lack of regard for regional Australia, you need look no further than their decision to end the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program....
  • Australian Constitution: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
    Australia is one of the best countries of the world. I'm grateful for the opportunities that Australia has given me, as the child of migrants. But we know that not all Australians are getting the...
  • Regional Australia: Infrastructure (1 speech)
    On 1 May, the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Catherine King, announced a review of the government 's 10-year infrastructure pipeline. What are...
  • Boothby Electorate: Seniors Forum (1 speech)
    It was a very cold and stormy day in Adelaide on Friday. But, despite hail 30 minutes before my seniors forum started, I had over 230 local Boothby residents come out to have a chat and have a...
  • Forde Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
    The population of South-East Queensland is expected to grow by up to 2.2 million people by 2046, and yet we see this government putting critical infrastructure in our region on the backburner....
  • Housing (2 speeches)
    I'm so pleased to stand today to single out the Minister for Housing for her hard work to get the Housing Australia Future Fund to pass parliament today. The Housing Australia Future Fund is set...
  • Lindsay Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
    Western Sydney is getting left behind by this government. If the $5 billion of infrastructure projects that are on the chopping block get ripped away, we will have been abandoned by this...
  • National Leadership Forum (1 speech)
    It is my great pleasure to co-host the National Leadership Forum alongside the member for Berowra, former shadow minister for Indigenous Australians and former shadow attorney-general Julian...
  • Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development (1 speech)
    ESTER () (): If you see a grader, a bulldozer or a crane at work on a major public project anywhere in Australia today, you can be sure of one thing: the current Minister for Infrastructure,...
  • Australian Constitution: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (2 speeches)
    'It is better to die for an idea that will live than to live for an idea that will die,' said South African activist Steve Biko. We'll take it: the repetitive questions, the relentless...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister's political game playing is costing Australian families and businesses. Electricity prices, groceries, mortgages and rents are all...
  • Housing (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness. What does the passage of the Housing Australia Future Fund mean for Australians needing a safe and affordable place to...
• Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
  • National Leadership Forum, Marlinja Traditional Owners, Mataranka Traditional Owners, Peris, Ms Nova, OAM (1 speech)
    I'm pleased to inform the House that present in the gallery today is a delegation of 250 young leaders from across Australia taking part in the 22nd National Leadership Forum. I'm also pleased to...
• Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
  • Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Voice (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. In July this year, Voice architect and member of the government's Referendum Working Group Professor Marcia Langton said, '22 per cent of the Australian...
  • Housing (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Why is progress on housing policy such an important part of the government's broader economic plan, and how is it delivering more affordable homes after a wasted...
  • Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme: Tecartus (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. My constituent Paul Whitman has mantle cell lymphoma, but the therapy he needs, CAR T-cell therapy, is not funded for his condition. The...
  • Housing Australia Future Fund (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. How will the Housing Australia Future Fund help build a better future and make sure there are more homes for more Australians?
  • Australian Constitution: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (25 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, what areas of government policy do not affect Indigenous Australians?
  • Housing Australia Future Fund, Domestic and Family Violence (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Social Services. How will the Housing Australia Future Fund help deliver the Albanese government's commitment to support women and children experiencing family...
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians. On Tuesday, the minister was asked about gender parity on the Voice. The minister responded by outlining principles in relation to this...
  • Employment, Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. What do today's job figures reveal about the government's approach to employment? Why is it important to ensure businesses...
  • Aviation Industry (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. I refer to a discussion the minister had with Qantas executive Vanessa Hudson regarding...
  • Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Voice (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. The Voice referendum is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for Australians to come together to recognise and listen to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...
  • Gambling Advertising (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Communications. Recommendation 16 of the Youwin some, you lose more report into online gambling recommended that the Australian government prohibit all online...
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (4 speeches)
    SCRYMGOUR () (): My question is to the Attorney-General. Why is it important to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through a voice?
  • Uluru Statement from the Heart: Treaty (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians. In July 2019, speaking about the matters that a federal treaty could cover, the minister said, 'It could be about fiscal arrangements.'...
  • Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Voice (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Why is it important to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through a voice, how will it benefit both Australian society and the economy, and...
  • New South Wales: Floods (2 speeches)
    To the Prime Minister: it's 10 months to the day since horrific torrents of water hit Eugowra, Cudal, Molong, Canowindra, Manildra and Wellington. The failure to deliver our region the same level...
  • Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Voice (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. How will constitutional recognition through a voice help to deliver improved health outcomes for First Nations peoples in Australia?
  • Minister for Indigenous Australians (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians. Does the minister recall making the following statement in July 2019 when speaking about a federal treaty: 'It could be about fiscal...
  • Education Standards (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education. What do the latest NAPLAN results say about education outcomes for Indigenous Australians, and how could these outcomes be improved?
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • Presentation (1 speech)
    These 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.
• Business (0 speeches)
  • Leave of Absence (1 speech)
    I move: That leave of absence be given to every Member of the House of Representatives from the determination of this sitting of the House to the date of its next sitting. Question agreed to.
  • Days and Hours of Meeting (5 speeches)
    I present the revised program of sittings for 2023. Copies of the program are being placed on the table. Can we get those on the table, please—the extra copies.
• Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
  • Albanese Government (26 speeches)
    I have received a letter from the honourable the Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: This Government's...
• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Joint Committee; Membership (1 speech)
    The Speaker has received a message from the Senate acquainting the House that Senator Cox has been appointed as a member of the Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023; Second Reading (4 speeches)
    As I was saying right before we went to members' statements, the very north of my electorate of Bendigo is just over 30 minutes away from the Murray, so we are very much in the Murray-Darling...
• Adjournment (0 speeches)
  • Parliamentary Standards (1 speech)
    This parliamentary sitting fortnight has been both empowering and burdensome. One week ago today I stood up in parliament to call out unacceptable behaviour and to challenge all of us in this...
  • India (1 speech)
    CHARLTON () (): Over the weekend, India held the G20 leaders summit. For India, its leadership of the G20 has been a year-long opportunity to showcase India as an influential diplomatic and...
  • Water (1 speech)
    Over my time in this place, I've been proud to rise and speak on behalf of my farming and irrigation communities many, many times. These are good and decent people, and they have several...
  • National Leadership Forum, Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
    As we meet here, the National Leadership Forum is meeting in Parliament House. It's my great pleasure to co-host the forum alongside the member for Berowra, Julian Leeser. Every year since 1997...
  • Mental Health, Cost of Living (1 speech)
    I want to take this opportunity to talk about the core issues my Lindsay community is reaching out to me about right now. First and foremost, the dual cost-of-living and mental health crisis is...
  • Australian Constitution: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
    I want to share with the House about an event that I attended last Friday night with former prime minister Julia Gillard. It was for the EMILY's List internship report—a great program where...
• Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
  • McMahon Electorate: Western Sydney University (1 speech)
    I want to share some very good news with the House. I was recently able to announce, alongside the education minister, Minister Clare, that Western Sydney University will be having a presence in...
  • Renewable Energy (1 speech)
    There has been a lot of talk over recent years about Australia's unique opportunity to become a renewable energy superpower, but the reality is Australia is lagging behind the rest of the world...
  • Australian National Flag Day (1 speech)
    In celebration of National Flag Day, I've had the pleasure of visiting schools around the electorate of Aston and presenting them with new flags. I visited Wattle View Primary School, Fairhills...
  • Barker Electorate: Murray Bridge Regional Stadium (1 speech)
    I pride myself on delivering funding for important infrastructure upgrades across Barker, including upgrades to sporting facilities, because I strongly believe that participation in sport is a...
  • Higgins Electorate: Avalon Centre (1 speech)
    A hot cup of tea, a snack, a warm jacket against the winter chill or some company is what the Avalon Centre, in Malvern East, provides to vulnerable people in our community on a walk-in basis. It...
  • Tasmania: Forestry Industry (1 speech)
    Forestry is an industry that's great for the economy, for jobs and for our habitat. But this vital industry is under imminent threat. The recent decision by the Victorian government to accelerate...
  • Chisholm Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
    There have been a number of exciting events involving my wonderful constituents in Chisholm over the last few weeks. It is my great pleasure to inform the House of some of these activities. Last...
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
    I recently hosted an NDIS stakeholders roundtable in my electorate with the member for Deakin, our shadow minister for the NDIS. It was a fantastic discussion reviewing the complexities of the...
  • RU OK? Day (1 speech)
    Today is RU OK Day. It is not only a day with a memorable tagline but also with a substantive underlying message. Checking in with people who are isolated and who are struggling can make all the...
  • Troiani, Mr Enio (2 speeches)
    Today I rise to acknowledge the passing of Enio Troiani. Enio passed away unexpectedly on 19 August at the age of 64. He was the beloved husband of Marianne and the dearly loved father and...
• Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
  • Vocational Education and Training (5 speeches)
    I rise to speak to the revitalising national planning and vocational education and training statement that was made in the House yesterday by the Minister for Skills and Training. After a decade...
• Documents (0 speeches)
  • National Mental Health Commission; Presentation (1 speech)
    I table the report of the Independent investigation into the National Mental Health Commission by Adjunct Professor Debora Picone AO and Adjunct Professor Karen Crawshaw PSM and the final report...
• Adjournment (0 speeches)
  • Hunter Valley Legends Awards (1 speech)
    I recently had the pleasure of attending the 16th annual Hunter Valley Legends Awards at Rydges Resort Hunter Valley. The gala night brought together over 380 industry professionals and guests...
  • Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
    The last two weeks in parliament have been really disturbing. The ugly, divisive tone the opposition leader has deliberately chosen to take on the referendum is a disgrace. It's no accident; it's...
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
    In 2017, Indigenous leaders gathered at Uluru, inviting Australia to take the next step on the path to reconciliation through the Uluru Statement from the Heart. In part, the statement says: When...
  • Migration (1 speech)
    Many people in this place have spoken about the housing crisis that's affecting our nation. Compounding this issue—which we need to have a very sober conversation about—is the net...
  • Dawson Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
    I rise today to speak about the black spot funding program, which has been axed under this government. I'm sure that the Labor government realises the impact—well, I'm not actually sure...
  • Page Electorate: Grafton High School, Page Electorate: Lions Road (1 speech)
    I want to commend Grafton High School for its performance in the New South Wales Combined High Schools Sports Association hockey finals in Sydney this week. Both the girls and boys sides made it...