House debates
Thursday, 16 November 2023
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (9 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent: (1) debate on the second reading resuming immediately, with the time limit for Members speaking being 5...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Regulations and Determinations (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Immigration Detention (1 speech)
We've always known that Labor governments are weak on national security. Last week, the High Court overturned a 20-year-old precedent that has underpinned the immigration policy of governments on...
- Israel (1 speech)
We are seeing an absolute tragedy in Israel and Gaza. The peace that we value here in this country stands in sharp contrast to the horrors we are seeing being inflicted on civilian populations. I...
- Migration Amendment (Bridging Visa Conditions) Bill 2023 (1 speech)
This morning we had a situation where the government brought a fairly weak piece of legislation into this parliament to deal with a very serious, significant problem—a problem which all...
- Youth Voice in Parliament Week (2 speeches)
I'm participating again in the Youth Voice to Parliament campaign, championed by Ash, Gemma and the team at Raise Our Voice. Today's submission is from Zara Freeman, a 14-year-old constituent...
- Bendigo Electorate: DJAARA (1 speech)
Yesterday, 15 November, was a very special day for the people of my electorate and, in particular, for our First Nations people, the Dja Dja Wurrung. It marked exactly 10 years since they signed...
- Petition: Gaza (4 speeches)
Over 116,000 people around this country, including health and medical workers, some of whom are in the gallery right now, have signed petitions calling on the government to support an immediate...
- Chisholm Electorate: headspace (1 speech)
During the election campaign last year, I promised $3.6 million to open a headspace centre in Box Hill in my electorate of Chisholm, and I'm really proud to say that I'm delivering on the...
- Immigration Detention (1 speech)
Today we've seen the latest from this shambolic government. In the last week—indeed, in the lead-up to today—we've seen the government release 84 hardcore criminals, including child...
- Australian Society (1 speech)
At the beginning of this week at the National Prayer Breakfast, more than 500 leaders came together in the Great Hall to hear Danny and Leila Abdallah's inspiring story of the power of...
- Immigration Detention (1 speech)
I have been very proud to sit in this place, the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Australia, and see this parliament at its finest—this parliament coming together for a...
- Robertson Electorate: King, Dr Jennie (1 speech)
Today I rise to acknowledge Central Coast nurse Dr Jennie King, who has been named a 2023 finalist for NSW Health's Judith Meppem Lifetime Achievement Award. This award recognises the...
- Immigration Detention (1 speech)
Murderers, rapists and paedophiles—84 non-Australian-citizens are at large on the streets of Australia, with 343 more set to be released into your neighbourhoods. The High Court made its...
- Holt Electorate: Dashain (1 speech)
I rise today with great joy to share a wonderful experience that highlights the rich cultural diversity in my electorate of Holt. Recently, I had the privilege of attending the Dashain...
- Immigration Detention (1 speech)
Our government's No. 1 priority must be to keep Australians safe. I recognise that this commitment comes with significant complexities, but in all cases we must be resolute in our prioritisation...
- Lyons Electorate (1 speech)
My electorate is an absolutely amazing electorate. Last weekend was an absolute cracker. The Sheffield Mural Fest was on. Congratulations to brothers Kerry and Malcolm Nicholson from Queensland,...
- Immigration Detention (1 speech)
I'm in shock and I'm in disbelief that I have to be standing here today to give this speech. I'm outraged. Eighty-four hardened criminals, noncitizens, have been released into our community from...
- Youth Voice in Parliament Week (1 speech)
Today I'll be reading a speech written by a Bennelong local. Ross Theo is 16 years old and this speech was submitted through the Raise Our Voice initiative. He said: 'I imagine an Australia in...
- Immigration Detention (1 speech)
Hapless and hopeless is the only way you can describe what this government did before the High Court decision and after the High Court decision. They have been all at sea on what should be their...
- Middle East (2 speeches)
Peace, love, unity and respect—I said this in this my first speech, and I reiterate these words now. We must apply these words to our everyday actions as we advocate for those amid this...
- Ministry (0 speeches)
- Temporary Arrangements (1 speech)
I advise the House that the Prime Minister will be absent from question time today. I will take questions on his behalf.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Immigration Detention (8 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. Would the Acting Prime Minister be able to provide an update to the House in relation to the release of 84 hardcore criminals from the department of...
- Employment (5 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. What do today's jobs figures mean for the Albanese Labor government's economic strategy? What other approaches have been rejected?
- Immigration Detention (7 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. The Prime Minister has left the country to go to San Francisco to meet with senior tech executives at a time when community safety is at risk from 84...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Why is action to stop wage theft so important, and how will the Albanese Labor government's closing loopholes legislation...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- National Growth Areas Alliance, Pearce, Hon. Chris (1 speech)
I'd like to acknowledge that, in the gallery today, we have a delegation of 15 mayors and councillors from the National Growth Areas Alliance, as guests of the member for Pearce, and also the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Infrastructure (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. The Verdun freeway interchange was built in the early seventies. It's not fit for purpose...
- Aged-Care Workforce (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Aged Care. How is the Albanese Labor government helping to fix the neglected aged-care sector it inherited and getting wages moving for our dedicated and...
- Roads (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. Data obtained from the Queensland government shows that almost half of the Bruce Highway...
- Medicare (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. How is the Albanese Labor government strengthening Medicare and making medicines cheaper? After a decade of cuts and neglect to our...
- Immigration Detention (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. The government initially said that no legislation was possible, following the High Court decision, but days...
- Vocational Education and Training (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Skills and Training. How is the Albanese Labor government increasing access to skills and training for Australians, after a decade of neglect?
- Immigration Detention (22 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. Among the hardcore criminals released into the Australian community by the Albanese Labor government are...
- Infrastructure (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. How does the Albanese Labor government's response to the infrastructure review ensure that...
- Parliamentary Standards: Lobbyists (4 speeches)
My question's for the Attorney-General. Aided by unenforced regulations, lobbyists seemingly influence all aspects of this government's decision-making. We have minimal insight into who walks the...
- Manufacturing Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry and Science. What's the Albanese Labor government doing to create more manufacturing jobs and bolster our supply chains after a wasted decade?
- Immigration Detention (2 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. The Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs advises 340 more hardened criminals are likely to be released by the government....
- Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. What steps is the Albanese Labor government taking to build a better and fairer education system?
- Roads (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. The government's Infrastructure Investment Program review has redirected money away from...
- Economy (13 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. How is the Albanese Labor government's budget strategy right for the times? How does this approach help address what the government inherited?
- Immigration Detention (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. The SA Police Commissioner has stated that five of the released detainees with a serious criminal history...
- House of Representatives (12 speeches)
My question is to the Leader of the House. Can the Leader of the House provide an update on the work of the chamber, including seating arrangements in the House of Representatives?
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (1 speech)
on indulgence—Regarding arrangements for today, people are aware of the legislation that we passed quickly so that the Senate would be able to deal with it quickly—and the concept of...
- 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)
- Social Cohesion (15 speeches)
I have received letters from the honourable member for Page and the honourable member for Goldstein proposing that definite matters of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Health Care (1 speech)
by leave—Yesterday the General practice: health of the nation report was released by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. I was invited to speak on a panel for the launch...
- Immigration (1 speech)
by leave—This isn't the first time I have risen in this parliament to speak about the opposition's divisive language when it comes to migrant communities. Unfortunately, for many migrant...
- Parliament in Schools Program, World Environment Day (1 speech)
by leave—I rise with pride to congratulate and acknowledge school students within my electorate of Hughes. Just last Thursday, 9 November, I was privileged that you, Mr Speaker, visited my...
- Immigration, Middle East (1 speech)
by leave—I rise to express my heartfelt appreciation for the Refugee Women Walk for Fair Go. On Tuesday around 15 female asylum seekers completed a march from Sydney to Canberra. Driven by...
- Lindsay Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
by leave—The Albanese Labor government has ripped six projects away from the people of Lindsay. These are projects that the coalition government committed to funding, projects that I fought...
- Youth Voice in Parliament Week, Middle East (2 speeches)
by leave—Mr Speaker, as you know, this week is Youth Voice in Parliament Week. Raise Our Voice is an Australian organisation which aims to amplify the voices of young women and...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Australia: Bushfires, Queensland: Fire Management (1 speech)
I'd like to start this speech by thanking our firefighters and the SES and everybody who's been working hard to keep Australian property and people safe in the Flynn electorate and across...
- Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme, Services Australia (1 speech)
This week has been a watershed moment for the victims of the unlawful robodebt scandal. The Albanese government has agreed, in full or in principle, to all 56 recommendations of the royal...
- Casey Electorate (1 speech)
Recently, I had the privilege of attending the Lyrebird College senior school's opening of their new senior school and their new playground. Lyrebird College is a special community in Coldstream....
- Bush-Blanasi, Dr (1 speech)
It is with a heavy heart that I rise to speak about the passing of my good friend and longtime Northern Land Council chairman, Dr Bush-Blanasi. He was surrounded by members of his extended family...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
I rise to speak about a hypothesis circulating around the globe and in Australia. There are calls for us to be signing up to methane pledges due to supranational bodies like the UN and the IPCC...
- Reid Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
Last weekend typified what a wonderfully diverse electorate I represent and the people who work so hard to make it a community. I attended a moving Remembrance Day ceremony organised by Burwood...
- Infrastructure (1 speech)
Yesterday we saw the latest development in a concerning narrative from the government around infrastructure funding. The front page of the Australian Financial Review indicated that the...
- World Scout Jamboree (1 speech)
Earlier this year, I caught up with a couple of junior Scouts who wrote to me about their upcoming trip to the World Scout Jamboree held in South Korea earlier this year. The jamboree brought...
- Playgroup Tasmania: 50th Birthday (1 speech)
It brings me great joy to stand here today to wish Playgroup Tasmania a very happy 50th birthday. Way back in 1973, a handful of mums in the south of the state came together and formed their...
- Werriwa Electorate: Somewhere Nice (2 speeches)
Last month I was thrilled to attend the launch of the new, one-of-a-kind venture called Somewhere Nice. Somewhere Nice is the brainchild of Grace Fava, the powerhouse founder and CEO of the...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Vocational Education and Training (8 speeches)
Melton, in the heart of my electorate of Hawke, is now officially the fastest-growing area in the whole country with an annual population growth of 6.42 per cent. We've got one of the youngest...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Yip, Skylar, Fowler Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
It has been an exciting few weeks of celebrating youth achievements across my electorate of Fowler. Firstly, I want to personally congratulate Skylar Yip, a year 4 student from Sacred Heart...
- Middle East (1 speech)
What the world is witnessing in the Middle East is an utter tragedy for the innocent Palestinians and Israelis who are victims in this. Australians are understandably traumatised by the horrific...
- Page Electorate: Grafton City Junior Cadets, Matthews, Mr Jimmi, Page Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
Today I'd like to acknowledge and congratulate the Grafton City junior cadets. They attended the Australian Fire Cadet Championships in Sydney and were placed first in Australia. The RFS and the...
- Housing (3 speeches)
Many vulnerable Australians are renters, and a large number have been in financial stress for prolonged periods. It means they're also more sensitive to rent increases, and we know rental...
- Remembrance Day, Infrastructure (1 speech)
Over the weekend, many of us gathered around the nation at the foot of our war memorials for Remembrance Day and to pay our respects to those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. We...
- Remembrance Day (1 speech)
I thank the member for Petrie. As the partner of an ADF reservist for the last decade, Lieutenant Commander Mark Karlovic, my husband, it's always really lovely to hear the words that you had to...
