House debates
Monday, 27 November 2023
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Petitions Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Petitions Committee, I present the 18th report of the Petitions Committee for the 47th Parliament. The report read as follows— HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Petitions Committee, I present the following 47 petitions.
- Responses (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Petitions Committee, I present the following 65 ministerial responses to petitions previously presented.
- Statements (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Petitions Committee, I'd like to inform the House of a change to the committee's approach to referring petitions to ministers. All in-order petitions are published...
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Elimination of Violence against Women (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) 25 November 2023 marks the United Nations' International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, beginning 16 days of activism against...
- Family Violence (7 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) violence against women is a national emergency; (b) in October 2023, six women in Australia were killed within a fortnight, five allegedly by men...
- Cost of Living (8 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that the cost of living keeps going up under the Prime Minister and Treasurer, and since this Government took office: (a) food and grocery prices are up by 8.2...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Treasury Laws Amendment (Support for Small Business and Charities and Other Measures) Bill 2023; Report from Federation Chamber (1 speech)
The question before the House is that the amendment moved by the honourable member for Hume be agreed to.
- Treasury Laws Amendment (Support for Small Business and Charities and Other Measures) Bill 2023; Consideration in Detail (7 speeches)
by leave—I move amendments (1) to (19), as circulated in my name, together: (1) Schedule 1, heading, page 4 (line 1), omit "$20,000", substitute "$50,000". (2) Schedule 1, item 1, page 4...
- Treasury Laws Amendment (Support for Small Business and Charities and Other Measures) Bill 2023; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Crown References Amendment Bill 2023; Report from Federation Chamber (4 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I want to move an amendment to this bill.
- Crown References Amendment Bill 2023; Consideration in Detail (10 speeches)
I move: (1) All references to the monarchy and or a British sovereign be omitted from all Acts listed in Schedule 1 and substituted with the words "Sovereign people of Australia". When we come to...
- Crown References Amendment Bill 2023; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Migration Amendment (Bridging Visa Conditions and Other Measures) Bill 2023; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill proposes important amendments to the Migration Act that complement and reinforce amendments passed by the parliament on 18 November...
- Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee Bill 2023; Second Reading (2 speeches)
I'm very glad to make some remarks on the Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee Bill 2023, because economic inclusion is a vital part of how Australia ought to work. There's no point having a...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Casey Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
I'm thrilled that our strong community campaign has saved the $20 million in funding secured by the former Liberal government for the Maroondah Highway and Killara Road upgrade in Coldstream....
- Western Australia: Bushfires (1 speech)
Last Tuesday a bushfire in Aubin Grove in the south-east of my electorate jumped the Kwinana Freeway, driven by a scorching easterly wind. Within minutes, the pall of smoke, ash and raining...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
In 18 months, Labor have driven our economy into the ground. They've failed to tame inflation, they've weakened the jobs market, and they've cut essential services, all while chasing ideological...
- Tangney Electorate: Graduations (1 speech)
Graduation is such a big milestone in my constituents' lives. I'm so honoured to have witnessed so many graduations in my electorate of Tangney this year. To those whom I have not been able to...
- Covid-19 (1 speech)
During COVID-19, governments had a huge impact on the lives of all Australians and exercised unprecedented control over our day-to-day activities. Many in my community are still feeling the...
- Elimination of Violence against Women (1 speech)
Saturday marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the beginning of 16 days of action. As we know too well, too many women and children in Australia face...
- Youth Voice in Parliament Week (1 speech)
Today I will read a speech by Ava Minovski, a 16-year-old resident in my electorate of Goldstein who submitted this speech as part of the Raise Our Voice Australia campaign. Ava writes:...
- Pearce Electorate: Bushfires (1 speech)
Over the past week, fire has ravaged through my electorate of Pearce in Western Australia, resulting in 1,870 hectares burnt, 18 homes lost, many homes damaged and numerous vehicles lost, and we...
- Parliamentary Friends of Autoimmune Diseases (1 speech)
Later today, together with my co-chairs, I'll be launching the Parliamentary Friends of Autoimmune Diseases. I thank my fellow co-conveners, the honourable member for Robertson and the honourable...
- Whiddon (1 speech)
It was a pleasure to be invited to the annual Whiddon awards last week. The awards recognise exemplary work of staff across the group, with a special focus on those who go above and beyond for...
- Youth Voice in Parliament Week (1 speech)
I rise today to deliver a speech written by Aislinn Ninnes, a year 6 student from my electorate of Dawson: Dear Members of Parliament, I strongly suggest that we lower the costs for fuel because...
- Walker, Ms Selina (1 speech)
I rise to extend my congratulations to the 2024 ACT Local Hero, Selina Walker. A proud Ngunnawal woman and Bean resident, Selina is a respected emerging elder and leader whose integrity has...
- Live Sheep Exports (1 speech)
I rise to condemn agriculture minister Murray Watt for his refusal to release the much-anticipated report of the independent panel on the phase-out of live sheep export by sea. The live export...
- Hawke Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
RAE () (): Every day, more than 86,000 vehicles travel the Western Freeway between Melton and Caroline Springs. Our community rely on it to get them to work or school and home to their loved...
- Flinders Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Last week my electorate lost $300 million in the government's infrastructure review. It's indicative of how hopeless this Labor government is at managing the Australian economy, looking after...
- Children's Television (1 speech)
The Albanese government has committed to legislating a prominence framework. This framework would shape the way that TV applications and/or content are presented to Australians and ensure that...
- Universities (1 speech)
Last week I had the pleasure of attending a think tank with the University of the Sunshine Coast, who have a campus at Caboolture in my electorate of Longman. One of the issues they raised was...
- Biosecurity (1 speech)
Last month I had the privilege of representing the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, the Hon. Murray Watt, when I was joined by the South Australian agriculture minister, the Hon....
- Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery of Melbourne (1 speech)
Yesterday, with the member for Casey, I had the great honour and privilege of visiting the Mahamevnawa Buddhist monastery in Mount Evelyn for the foundation stone ceremony for the stupa and also...
- Boothby Electorate: Health Care (2 speeches)
MILLER-FROST () (): My community of Boothby has welcomed the recent opening of the urgent care clinic at Marion Domain Medical and Dental Centre. Situated near Flinders Medical Centre, this...
- Ministry (0 speeches)
- Temporary Arrangements (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Deputy Prime Minister will be absent from question time today. On behalf of the parliament, I pass on our condolences to Richard and Rachel and their family on their...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- International Relations: Australia and China (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. On 14 November, Royal Australian Navy divers from HMAS Toowoomba were injured by sonar pulses fired from a Chinese navy destroyer. The following day the...
- Energy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. How is the Albanese Labor government working to deliver reliable electricity? Are there any threats to this approach?
- International Relations: Australia and China (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Did the Prime Minister personally raise the serious issue of our sailors being harmed with President Xi?
- Cost of Living (10 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. How is the Albanese Labor government addressing cost-of-living pressures for Australians, and what hurdles has it overcome to deliver cost-of-living relief?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Cost of Living (14 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. The RBA governor has implied that everyday people need to stop spending money at the dentist to help reduce inflation, so will you scrap Labor's stage 3 tax cuts...
- Inflation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Last Wednesday the Reserve Bank governor, Michele Bullock, said inflation is 'homegrown'. Why does Australia have core inflation that is amongst the highest...
- National Security (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. How is the Albanese Labor government Australia safe? How is this approach different from other approaches?
- Renewable Energy (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. In media interviews over the weekend, the minister failed to answer questions on whether there is a cap on taxpayer money to be spent...
- Citizenship (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Why is it necessary for the government to introduce legislation to strip the citizenship of people convicted of serious crimes against Australia?...
- Renewable Energy (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water. In the Senate, the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has stated: We certainly acknowledge that renewable energy...
- Medicare (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. How is the Albanese Labor government strengthening Medicare and delivering cheaper medicines to Australians? Why is it needed after a...
- Domestic and Family Violence (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. February will mark 10 years since Rosie Batty's son, Luke, was killed by his father. Rosie is in this place today, still advocating for women and children,...
- Workplace Relations (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. How has the Albanese Labor government engaged with business groups on the closing-loopholes legislation, and what has been...
- First Nations Australians (2 speeches)
My question as to the Prime Minister. It's over one month since Australians emphatically rejected the Albanese government's divisive Voice proposal. Will the Prime Minister confirm the Albanese...
- Pezzullo, Mr Michael, AO (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. How has the Albanese Labor government responded to the findings in the report handed down by the Australian Public Service Commissioner?
- Domestic and Family Violence (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. With respect, the member for Goldstein's question was the first to address domestic and family violence in this place. Many talk about keeping communities...
- Manufacturing Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry and Science. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to support Australian manufacturers to grow and to commercialise their ideas after a decade of...
- Energy (15 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Given that Australians have already seen their power bills go up by a thousand dollars since the Albanese government came to power...
- Fraud (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Financial Services. How is the Albanese Labor government supporting Australians and taking the fight to scammers? What has the response been?
- Taxation (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister guarantee that there will be no changes to the tax treatment of the family home during his period as Prime Minister?
- Energy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How has the government expanded the Capacity Investment Scheme, and how has it been received?
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- International Relations: Australia and China (1 speech)
I wish to add to an answer. I was asked in question 1 and question 3 in question time today about confidentiality and meetings with other world leaders. I want to add some context here. This is...
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Parliament House (1 speech)
I wish to inform the House that tonight Parliament House will be illuminated in orange to show support for the United Nations' 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign. The...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Hughes, Hon. Thomas Eyre Forrest, AO, KC (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I acknowledge your support and I thank the Leader of the Opposition for his enthusiastic encouragement of my seeking of this indulgence. Yesterday, the first member for Berowra, the...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Audit Report No. 7 of 2023-24 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's report No. 7 of 2023-24, entitled Performance audit: establishment of the Workforce Australia Services PanelDepartment of Employment and Workplace Relations....
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
A document is tabled in accordance with the list circulated to honourable members earlier today. Full details of the document will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (11 speeches)
I refer to the Migration Amendment (Bridging Visa Conditions and Other Measures) Bill, which was introduced to the House earlier today and adjourned for debate for a later hour this day. With...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Mallee Electorate: Cost of Living (1 speech)
Australia has long been called 'the lucky country', but Australians are down on their luck under the Albanese Labor government, who are adding fuel to the fire of the worst cost-of-living crisis...
- Cost of Living (1 speech)
Annual inflation looks to have peaked, with the CPI, at 5.4 per cent in the September 2023 quarter, down from a peak of 7.8 per cent in the December quarter last year. Part of the reason for this...
- Truro Bypass Project (1 speech)
My community is still reeling from the decision announced nearly two weeks ago to rip funding away from the Truro bypass. This is a vital project that would have seen a significant amount of...
- International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (1 speech)
I rise to knowledge that 25 November marked the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and began 16 days of activism against gender based violence. It...
- Remembrance Day (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about Remembrance Day. I do understand that it was a couple of weeks ago, but this is my first opportunity to speak about this very important day. For me it's right up there...
- Australian Society (1 speech)
We are all very lucky to call Australia home. It is a country that comes with opportunity. It is a place where there is peace and, most importantly, we have respect for each other. Recently we...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Calare Electorate: Great Western Highway Upgrade (1 speech)
The Central West of New South Wales is one of the most vibrant regions of this great country that we proudly call home. While abundant in natural beauty and resources, it's an incredible place to...
- Delaney, Ms Carole, Bryson, Ms Eve (1 speech)
I was recently invited to present the NSW Volunteer of the Year awards for 2023 at the Hunter volunteers ceremony. I was really delighted to see Carole Delaney, a wonderful local, receive...
- Sorrento Surf Life Saving Club (1 speech)
A report for the Sorrento Surf Life Saving Club redevelopment project will be presented to the City of Joondalup council meeting tomorrow night. As vice-patron of the surf club, I strongly...
- Men's Health (1 speech)
I want to acknowledge the month of November as the month of the legendary moustache—more widely known as Movember. The month also includes the celebration of International Men's Day....
- Economy (1 speech)
As we head towards a Christmas much tighter than many of us had hoped for, Australians will be reflecting on some very important questions, questions that become more and more relevant every day...
- Western Australia: Bushfires (1 speech)
On Wednesday 22 November 2023 at 1 pm, one of the worst bushfires in my electorate of Pearce started. Over the past few days, the fire has ravaged the suburbs of Mariginiup, Melaleuca, Jandabup,...
- Labor Government (1 speech)
This has been a bad year for Labor. Australians are turning against the Prime Minister, his government and his fellow travellers in state parliaments, especially in Western Australia. Whatever...
- Kingsford Smith Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
On Friday I was proud to join the La Perouse community for the launch of Catch 'n' Cook, a short movie about cultural fishing in the La Perouse Aboriginal community in Sydney. It is a video that...
- Cost of Living (1 speech)
There is absolutely no doubt that people in my community and communities around the country at the moment are doing it tough, and that's why the Albanese Labor government is working hard to make...
- Health Care: Youth (2 speeches)
I rise to speak about the second youth mental health forum that I have organised in Mitchell on behalf of our community to address many of the ongoing youth mental health issues that we have seen...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Natural Disasters: First Responders (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges: (a) Australia's 370,000 first responders are the brave individuals on the frontline tackling compounding and cascading disasters, risking their lives to...
- Genetic Research (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes the: (a) increasing importance of research in the field of genetics in advancing our understanding of better treatments and healthcare policy for the betterment...
- Services Australia (8 speeches)
by leave—On behalf of the member for Bradfield, I move: That this House: (1) notes: (a) the release of Services Australia's 2022-23 annual report, which confirmed that customer satisfaction...
- Future Made in Australia (7 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises that the Government's commitment to a Future Made in Australia includes pathways and access to the jobs of the future; (2) acknowledges the Government's...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Mayo Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
In the last sitting week, the minister for infrastructure announced infrastructure funding cuts of more than $220 million in my seat of Mayo and redirected those funds to Labor seats....
- Mental Health: Youth (1 speech)
I rise to speak on behalf of Edgar Stirling, aged 14, who wrote this speech. Edgar is not a seasoned politician but a student, and he wrote this important speech with regard to mental illness...
- Middle East: Occupied Palestinian Territories (1 speech)
The scenes over recent weeks in the Levant have been heartbreaking. More than 15,000 Palestinians have been killed, including thousands upon thousands of children. Forty-eight per cent of people...
- Boothby Electorate: Bushfires (1 speech)
I recently held a bushfire forum in the high fire risk area of Blackwood in my electorate, with the local state member for Waite, Catherine Hutchesson. I would like to thank the Minister for...
- North Sydney Electorate: Multicultural Events (1 speech)
North Sydney is a vibrant community, with one in three people speaking a language other than English at home, and, despite the turmoil in the wider world, our diversity has been celebrated at...
- Guru Nanak Gurpurab (1 speech)
Today marks the 554th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Ji, the revered founder of Sikhism. This momentous occasion, known as Guru Nanak Gurpurab, holds profound significance for the Sikh community...
- Housing (1 speech)
It's been a difficult year for young Australians looking to buy or rent a home, and the threats of further interest rate rises and continued high immigration levels are doing nothing to allay...
- Tilmouth, Ms Cathryn, Aubrey, Sergeant Fred, Fong Lim, Ms Katrina, AM (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge three Territorians. On Friday evening, I attended the Minerals Council Northern Territory dinner, a fantastic event steered by the indefatigable Cathryn Tilmouth, the...
- Fadden Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
Over the last week, I've been honoured to attend various community events in the electorate of Fadden. On Thursday, I attended the Foxwell State Secondary College annual awards, where we...
- Galaxy Multicultural Arts Festival (1 speech)
It was a pleasure to attend the second and now annual Galaxy Multicultural Arts Festival last Saturday. The festival was held on the grounds of Amity College, a wonderful and inclusive school in...
- Parkes Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
Over the last couple of days, I've had the privilege to attend three different events in the Parkes electorate that really show the diversity and strength of this community. Late last week, I was...
- Reid Electorate: Small Business (1 speech)
Recently, I held a forum with the Minister for Small Business, Julie Collins, at WOTSO, a company providing flexible office space. Of their 20 locations Australia-wide, WOTSO said their North...
- O'Connor Electorate: Narrogin Railway Station (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate the people of Narrogin in the Wheatbelt region of O'Connor for restoring their historic railway station. The story of Narrogin's early growth is very much the story of the...
- International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (1 speech)
The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women takes place every year on 25 November. Violence against women can happen in so many different settings—from the workplace...
- Fuel (1 speech)
I rise to clarify my position regarding fuel excise supplied by the federal government. An article was recently published in the Naracoorte Herald on 25 October 2023 titled 'Calls to remove fuel...
- Multiculturalism (1 speech)
Last Saturday evening, I had the privilege of attending a gala dinner hosted by Fair Canberra at the Hellenic Club in Woden, in my electorate of Bean, celebrating 50 years of multiculturalism, in...
- Cowper Electorate: Regional Health (2 speeches)
In my electorate of Cowper, regional health has remained one of the top three issues since 2019. With the ever-present need for more GPs, paediatricians and specialists, the level of access to...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Centenary of the Republic of Turkiye (4 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges 2023 as the centenary of the Republic of Turkiye and congratulates the people of Turkiye on this significant milestone for their nation; (2) remembers...
- Youth Crime (11 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes the increase in youth crime across Queensland; (2) acknowledges the increase in digital material featuring criminal activity by young offenders for the purpose...
- Great Barrier Reef (7 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges the recent United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) decision not to list the Great Barrier Reef as in danger; (2) notes...
- Renewable Energy (12 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that industrial scale reckless renewable energy proposals, and their associated transmission lines are economically, socially and environmentally untenable for...
- Elimination of Violence against Women (5 speeches)
I am very pleased to have the opportunity to speak on this important motion tonight moved by the Deputy Speaker, the member for Newcastle. As her motion acknowledges, there is so much work we...
