House debates
Tuesday, 17 October 2023
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Israel; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That further statements on Hamas attacks on Israel and ongoing conflict be permitted in the Federation Chamber. Question agreed to.
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Northern Australia (2 speeches)
by leave—I rise to make the annual statement on northern Australia, on behalf of the Minister for Northern Australia, who is unwell today and unable to attend parliament. I send my sincere...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
PERRETT () (): On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works I present the committee's report No. 7 of 2023: National CapitalAuthorityCommonwealth Avenue Bridge, Canberra,...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Interactive Gambling Amendment (Credit and Other Measures) Bill 2023; Second Reading (1 speech)
Many Australians like to have a bet, myself included. But we all know that, for some people, betting can lead to harm for themselves and can have terrible impacts on their families, careers and...
- Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Bill 2023, Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023; Second Reading (1 speech)
Today I rise to speak on a matter of significant importance to public health in Australia, the Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Bill 2023, a legislative proposal designed to streamline...
- Identity Verification Services Bill 2023, Identity Verification Services (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023; Second Reading (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the Identification Verification Services Bill 2023 and the Identification Verification Services (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023. These bills seek to place a statutory...
- Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023; Second Reading (5 speeches)
I rise, as every loyal South Australian member of this place should be doing, standing up for the future of the Murray-Darling Basin and standing up for South Australia. There are a few things...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- O'Connor Electorate: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (5 speeches)
Today I rise to report the referendum result of 77 per cent no for my electorate of O'Connor and how this can be interpreted. First, I credit the volunteers manning O'Connor's 107 polling booths...
- Macquarie Electorate: Bushfires (1 speech)
Ten years ago today the Winmalee and Mount Victoria bushfires destroyed 200 homes in the Blue Mountains. In smoky late afternoon light some of us walked into our streets to find the smouldering...
- Cowper Electorate: Bushfires (2 speeches)
Overnight in my electorate of Cowper we saw a large bushfire engulf Willi Willi, Warbro Brook, Willawarrin, Mungay Flat, Temagog and Toorooka, and it has now burned close to 11,000 hectares. This...
- Robertson Electorate: Kincumber High School (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge the brilliant students and teachers that operate Kincumber Cafe at Kincumber High School. The Kincumber Cafe is an integral part of the transition post school for Kincumber...
- Australian Constitution: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
There was a clear 'yes' vote in Brisbane, and I want to pay tribute to all the elders, First Nations campaigners and allies who have worked so hard for a strong 'yes' vote in our community. The...
- Indigenous Health (1 speech)
The 13YARN service is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander version of Lifeline, and 13YARN counsellors are there to listen. There's no shame, no judgement. It's a safe place to yarn. On 20...
- Indi Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
I will never stop fighting for better health care for my electorate of Indi, including for a new single-site hospital on the border. The Albury-Wodonga region is growing fast, and our current...
- Blair Electorate: Student Welfare (1 speech)
Last week I caught up with local school chaplains Rebecca Hewett and Peter Goltz and SU Australia's field development manager for Ipswich and the Somerset region, Kylie Osudu, to chat about their...
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
WOOD () (): Today I acknowledge 12 amazing women who visited Parliament House and my office yesterday from the Afghan, Indian, Pakistani and Chinese communities. They have excelled in business,...
- Australian Defence Force (1 speech)
I was proud recently to represent the parliament, along with Senator David Fawcett, at the NATO parliamentary gathering in Copenhagen. On the way home I stopped by the UK to visit our Australian...
- Nicholls Electorate: Floods (1 speech)
It's been 12 months since parts of my electorate were devastated by floodwater. The Goulburn River catchment received significant rain along with the Broken River, and houses and properties were...
- National Skills Agreement (1 speech)
Today is a great day, with the announcement of the landmark National Skills Agreement. When I was a TAFE teacher, I helped some of the most vulnerable in my communities back into training and...
- Israel (1 speech)
I was honoured to join Rabbi Adi Cohen and the congregants of Temple Shalom on the Gold Coast last Friday evening to celebrate the Sabbath with them after what has been an absolutely distressing...
- Victorian Afghan Students Association (1 speech)
Attending the Victorian Afghan Students Association's Afghanistan's Got Talent show was an experience like no other. The Victorian Afghan Students Association, known as VASA, is a not-for-profit...
- Sutherland Public School (1 speech)
I rise to speak about Sutherland Public School, which I recently visited. Led by Principal Kate Drury, the school is at the heart of my electorate in Sutherland and has a long and proud heritage,...
- Bennelong Electorate: Moon Festival (1 speech)
I'd love to take this opportunity to reflect on the wonderful moments I shared with locals in Bennelong during Moon Festival celebrations last month. The Moon Festival, also known as the...
- Tasmanian Hospitality Association Awards for Excellence (1 speech)
I rise today to celebrate the winners of the recent Tasmanian Hospitality Association 2023 Awards for Excellence. Once again, northern Tasmania featured heavily in the list of winners, including...
- My First Speech Competition (1 speech)
I'd like to congratulate the winners of the national My First Speech competition 2023, who are here in the gallery with us today. These students were selected from 240 entries across 97...
- Longman Volunteer Awards (1 speech)
Last week I was pleased to host the Longman Volunteer Awards. There were over 40 people and organisations nominated in the Longman electorate. Longman has a great history of people who volunteer...
- Spence Electorate: Crime (2 speeches)
Earlier today—mere hours ago—back in my electorate of Spence, one of my staff was assaulted in a disturbing attack not too far from my office. Fortunately, that member of my staff is...
- Ministry (0 speeches)
- Temporary Arrangements (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Attorney-General will be absent from question time for the rest of the week, and the Minister for Communications will answer questions on his behalf. I think I can say...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- First Nations Australians (6 speeches)
on indulgence—We offer our best wishes to the Attorney-General. My question is to the Prime Minister. In committing to implementing the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full, the Prime...
- National Skills Agreement (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Last night, National Cabinet met to agree to the new National Skills Agreement. How will this agreement be good for Australians, good for the economy and...
- Australian Constitution: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister and concerns the reaction from Indigenous leaders to the Prime Minister's dismal response to his referendum failure. Allira Davis, an Uluru dialogue member,...
- Vocational Education and Training (2 speeches)
How will the landmark five-year National Skills Agreement give Australians the skills they need for the careers and opportunities of the future, after a wasted decade in skills and training?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Political Advertising (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Consumers are protected from commercial conduct and advertising that is misleading and deceptive. This includes promotions or ads that contain false and...
- Employment (9 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Why are better skills and better pay such important parts of the Albanese Labor government's plans to help Australians with cost-of-living pressures, and why is...
- Infrastructure (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. While the Prime Minister has been distracted with his divisive $450 million referendum, hundreds of lifesaving road projects have stalled at a time when the...
- Migration (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. What have recent reports found about the visa system over the last decade, and what is the Albanese Labor government doing to address these...
- Fuel (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's inability to give the price of petrol recently. The government excise makes up a significant part of the petrol price that...
- Defence Procurement (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. How is the Albanese Labor government ensuring our Navy has an appropriate surface fleet in light of the previous management of defence and the...
- First Nations Australians (6 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. On Sunday the Deputy Prime Minister declared: We have committed to implementing the Uluru Statement in full. That's what we have taken to the...
- Albanese Government: Science (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry and Science. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to prioritise science, and how were last night's Prime Minister's science prizes part of this...
- Energy (4 speeches)
My question is to Minister for Climate Change and Energy. In the May budget you committed $1 billion to provide low-cost loans for household energy efficiency. I've long called for this to help...
- Education Workforce (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. How is the Albanese Labor government fixing the teacher shortage, and why is that important to supporting a skilled workforce?
- Australian Constitution: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (12 speeches)
My questions to the Prime Minister and concerns his failure yesterday and today to stand by his previous commitments to voice, treaty and truth. Last time Labor was in power its then prime...
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Aged Care. How is the Albanese Labor government supporting aged-care workers to upskill in order to overcome chronic workforce pressures and to lift the...
- Housing (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Your government will give property investors like yourself $38 billion in tax concessions this year. But as a result of your decision to lock in unlimited...
- Health Care (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. How is the Albanese Labor government working for Australia to make medicines cheaper, and why is the government making Medicare stronger...
- 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.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Great Barrier Reef (11 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Kennedy from moving the following motion—That the House: (1) notes the Minister for...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Israel (5 speeches)
If our goal is peace and a good life for all Palestinians and Israelis—and I think it should be—then we should be honest and clear-eyed about how to stop this violence. If we are...
- Vocational Education and Training (1 speech)
I was thrilled to hear this morning that the Prime Minister and the Minister for Skills and Training announced a five-year skills agreement to unlock billions for skills and training. The...
- Stronger Communities Program (1 speech)
Everyone across the nation is being hit hard by Labor's cost-of-living crisis. But it is in regional and remote communities where the pain is being felt most, whether it's groceries, petrol,...
- Lyons Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
I rise to provide an update on health services in my electorate. It's no secret that the nation is continuing to grapple with a longstanding regional health crisis brought about by a critical...
- Economy (1 speech)
The growth of Australia's economy over recent decades has been heavily based on technological innovation, and that will be of continuing importance to our progress in future decades. We know that...
- Prime Minister's Prizes for Science (1 speech)
It is lovely that on this evening we're having a science love-in in the House. The way that I like to think about science is as the pursuit of knowledge. I think that that's something that is...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Melbourne Electorate: Public Housing (1 speech)
We must stop Labor privatising public housing. Public housing is a human right. But in his final act as premier, Daniel Andrews announced the sell-off of much of Melbourne's remaining public...
- Barton Electorate: Local Community (1 speech)
One of the privileges of representing the people of my electorate of Barton is sharing in their passion for our local community. Over the past six weeks, 40,000 people across Australia gave their...
- Business Innovation and Investment Program (1 speech)
The business division and investment (permanent) visa, subclass 888, allows individuals to manage their business and investments in Australia and to bring that expertise to our nation. It's a...
- Medicare (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about urgent care clinics, and particularly the opening of the Old Port Road Medical and Dental Centre as a Medicare urgent care clinic in the western suburbs of Adelaide....
- Pollie Pedal (1 speech)
Last week, I was delighted to cycle around 1,000 kilometres across Western Australia raising funds and raising awareness for veterans organisation Wandering Warriors as part of the annual Pollie...
- Health Care (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about health care in regional Australia. In Australia today, the further you live outside of a major city, the worse your health outcomes are likely to be. A big part of...
- Wannon Electorate: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (1 speech)
I rise to thank a wonderful group of Wannon residents who ran with me or supported the run for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. To raise awareness and much-needed funds for CJD, we went from Parliament...
- Eden-Monaro Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
I want to give a shout-out to a young legend from Jerrabomberra in my electorate who is following her dreams and inspiring her peers. Alyse O'Brien was recently selected to represent Australia at...
- Israel (1 speech)
Nine days ago, Israel faced the unthinkable—a terrorist attack by Hamas, which led to the death of thousands, hundreds being taken hostage and the unrest of the world. There have been many...
- Employment: Social Enterprises (2 speeches)
Right now, more than 200,000 Australians with complex barriers to work are employed by over 12,000 social enterprises across our nation. These social enterprises offer secure, fairly paid work...
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Israel (18 speeches)
My focus right now, at this most difficult of times, is to do all I can to strengthen social cohesion in our country. I'm doing this, firstly, by listening; by working closely with multicultural...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Mackellar Electorate: Hospitals (1 speech)
I rise today to express my deep concern at the state of public healthcare services in my electorate of Mackellar, on the northern beaches of Sydney. Over the last decade, Mackellar has seen our...
- Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
Today I stand to address a matter of growing concern in our community of Pearce in Western Australia, one that affects many of us: the closure of banks; the reduction in the number of bank...
- Bonner Electorate: Crime (1 speech)
VASTA () (): Every person has the right to feel safe and secure in their own home. They have the right to feel at ease when they walk down the street with their family to go to the park or visit...
- Lalor Electorate: Community Services (1 speech)
My grievance is that for nine years while I represented the people of Lalor in this place—the people's house, in the federal parliament—in aged care, in early education and child...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
We are coming up on 18 months of the Albanese Labor government, so I thought it was a good opportunity to have a look and do a bit of a review of the last 18 months and what the then opposition...
- First Nations Australians (2 speeches)
I want to say a few things about what led us to the recent referendum and what it means for those first peoples Australians most affected by the outcome, particularly the first peoples...
