House debates

Tuesday, 13 February 2024

  • Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
  • Bills (0 speeches)
  • Statements by Members (0 speeches)
    • Braddon Electorate: Albanese Government (1 speech)
      No industry in Braddon is safe from Labor's economic wrecking ball. Labor's mantra appears to be, 'Delay, delay, delay,' and it's shameful. My people have had enough. On Tasmania's west coast,...
    • Taxation (1 speech)
      From 1 July this year, the Albanese Labor government will deliver a tax cut for every taxpayer in the electorate of Bean. A primary school teacher in Bean working at Arawang Primary School in...
    • Bowman Electorate: Redland City Council Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
      Each year Redland City Council recognises outstanding residents and community organisations within the Redlands through the annual Australia Day awards. It is a terrific night to acknowledge the...
    • Albanese Government (1 speech)
      A helping hand: it's the Australian way, and it's most definitely the Labor way. I'm proud to be a member of a government that recognises that almost all of us, at some stage, need that helping...
    • Cybercrime: Discrimination, Middle East (1 speech)
      As a tolerant society, we are rightly proud of our multiculturalism, but conflict in the Middle East is testing us. Since October, we've seen an increase in racial vilification and, with it,...
    • Workplace Relations (1 speech)
      Because of this government, workers are benefiting from better pay, improved job security and stronger workplace rights. We have closed the loopholes. We are a party of the workers. We are...
    • Taxation (1 speech)
      Guess who paid more tax on their income last year—you or your gas company? There's a good chance it was you. Most fossil fuel multinationals in Australia paid zero company tax between 2014...
    • Cost of Living (1 speech)
      Everyone agrees that there is a need to help households with the cost of living. For working households there are two key aspects to that: what they earn and how much tax they pay. What's...
    • Durack Electorate: Women (1 speech)
      As International Women's Day approaches, I'm delighted to be shining a light on the remarkable accomplishments of the Durack female leaders that I've had the pleasure of working with and...
    • Workplace Relations (1 speech)
      Yesterday I am sure many of us here witnessed the final arc in the Nemesis saga. By that I mean the nemesis to hardworking Australians. Ever since the closing the loopholes bill was introduced...
    • Cost of Living (4 speeches)
      I rise today to talk about the cost-of-living crisis that is gripping Australian households, and, unfortunately, it's happened at the feet of this terrible Labor government. People out there are...
    • Taxation (1 speech)
      Today, we witnessed the absurdity of an opposition leader who vocally opposes Labor's tax cuts but plans to vote for them. What a cruel joke! On 1 July this year, every Australian taxpayer will...
    • Defence Procurement (1 speech)
      It's a frightening time in my home state of South Australia if you're in the defence sector right now. We're seeing daily reports of imminent, dramatic changes to the continuous shipbuilding...
    • Workplace Relations (1 speech)
      The Liberal and National parties want to end the weekend. They don't want Australians to have downtime. They don't want workers to be able to spend time uninterrupted with their families. They...
    • Housing, Dunkley By-Election (2 speeches)
      The Prime Minister is a gold medallist for broken promises, and today we see another broken promise. The government's 1.2 million homes promise has already been trashed. It's in tatters....
    • Workplace Relations, Taxation (1 speech)
      Things are getting better for Australian workers. On this side of the House, we are committed to making sure that they get to earn more and keep more of what they earn. This week, the second part...
    • Albanese Government (3 speeches)
      One of the great disappointments for people across Australia and across the world, indeed, is the loss of trust of leaders, whether it's in business, media or government, but this Prime Minister,...
    • Taxation, Workplace Relations (1 speech)
      Eleven million Australians deserve the bigger tax cut that our government has designed and is legislating. These tax cuts will give every taxpayer in my electorate of Hasluck some much-needed...
    • Victoria: Bushfires (1 speech)
      ():  Today in Victoria, we've got our worst bushfire day of the summer. As a matter of fact, it's a code red. We're already seeing fires in the Grampians and in and around Beaufort. Can...
    • Taxation (2 speeches)
      Over the past few weeks here in parliament, we've all had front-row seats to the Liberals' tax cut circus, and without a doubt the ringmaster of that circus has been the shadow Treasurer. His...
  • Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
    • Immigration Detention (4 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. The Albanese government has released 149 hardcore criminals from immigration detention, including seven...
    • First Nations Australians (5 speeches)
      My question is—
    • Immigration Detention (11 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. On 13 November, in between releasing criminals, the minister told the House that he had 'issued visas to...
    • Taxation (7 speeches)
      My question is to the Prime Minister. How will the Albanese Labor government's new tax cuts take pressure off Australians, and what obstacles has the government overcome in delivering this relief?
  • Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
    • Country Mayors Association of NSW (1 speech)
      Before I call the member for North Sydney, I have just a couple of quick acknowledgements. I'd like to inform the House that present in the gallery is Councillor Jamie Chaffey, the Mayor of...
  • Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
    • Taxation: Corporate Profits (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Treasurer. Last financial year, Origin Energy reported a net profit of more than a billion dollars, listing elevated commodity prices as a contributing factor. In the middle...
    • Taxation: Environmental Protection Workers (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water. How will Australian workers on the front line of environmental protection benefit from Labor's cost-of-living tax cuts?
    • Immigration Detention (5 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. In Senate estimates last night it was confirmed that the minister, not the Community Protection Board, is...
    • Cost of Living (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Treasurer. How do the Labor government's efforts to ease cost-of-living pressures fit into its broader economic strategy? What progress is being made and what obstacles are...
    • Immigration Detention (11 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. Can the minister inform the House if the whereabouts of any of the 149 criminals is unknown?
    • Taxation (6 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Education. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to support workers in the education system and to tackle disruption in Australian schools, and what has...
    • Immigration Detention (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. Does the government know the whereabouts of the seven murderers and 37 sex offenders?
    • Workplace Relations (4 speeches)
      My question is to the Minster for Employment and Workplace Relations. What has been the response to the Albanese Labor government's reforms to help workers earn more and keep more of what they...
    • Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (2 speeches)
      Treasurer, don't Qatar and Australia export the same amount of gas? Is the Australia Institute correct in asserting Qatar earns $5,100 million dollars whilst Australia only earns $2,300 million?...
    • Aged Care (5 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Sport. How is the Albanese Labor government supporting aged-care workers and making sure they can keep more of their hard-earned wages?
    • Immigration Detention (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. Can the minister confirm all seven murderers and 37 sex offenders have been and remain continuously monitored?
    • Defence Personnel (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Defence Personnel. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to deliver for defence personnel and veterans, including through Labor's...
    • Financial Scams (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Treasurer. Although it's annoying, there's a reason why banks are asking customers why they want to withdraw cash and what for. A bank manager told me recently that a...
    • Health (4 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Minister, why are Labor's tax cuts good for healthcare workers and their patients? How will the tax cuts build on the Albanese...
    • Immigration Detention (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. In Senate estimates last night it was revealed that on 8 August, 14 September and 12 October last year, the...
    • Taxation (2 speeches)
      My question as to the Minister for Skills and Training. How are Labor tax cuts supporting more apprentice tradies to complete their training while keeping more of what they earn? Why is this...
    • Immigration Detention (3 speeches)
      My question is to the minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. The Albanese government has released 149 criminals from immigration detention, including seven murderers and...
    • Taxation (4 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Social Services. How will the Albanese Labor government 's proposed tax cuts help working families and complement existing measures in the social services...
    • Immigration Detention (8 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. The Albanese government has released 149 hard-core criminals from immigration detention, including seven...
  • Committees (0 speeches)
    • Appropriations and Administration Committee; Report (1 speech)
      On behalf of the Standing Committee on Appropriations and Administration, I present the committee's Report No. 28: additional estimates 2023-2024. Report made a parliamentary paper in accordance...
  • 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)
    • Defence (25 speeches)
      I have received a letter from the honourable member for Canning proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: This Government's...
  • Business (0 speeches)
    • Rearrangement (3 speeches)
      I move: That business intervening before notice No. 1, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to. I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders...
  • Bills (0 speeches)
  • Adjournment (0 speeches)
    • Regional Housing (1 speech)
      Last Friday, I attended the National Regional Housing Summit, held at Old Parliament House, here in Canberra. The event, organised by the Regional Australia Institute, brought together leading...
    • Grocery prices (1 speech)
      It's no secret that Australians are under the pump, and we've seen price increases on daily purchases. But the cost of groceries is amongst the biggest concerns for many. The big supermarkets...
    • Hinkler Electorate: Australia Day Awards and Honours, Paradise Dam (1 speech)
      Would you believe, Mr Deputy Speaker, that recently it was Australia Day? Around Australia Day our local councils give out awards to citizens, and there were many in both the Fraser Coast...
    • Medicare (1 speech)
      Medicare as we know it today was first introduced by former prime minister Bob Hawke 40 years ago. But it was Bill Hayden, my former federal MP, who, as social security minister in the Whitlam...
    • First Nations Australians (1 speech)
      Today we mark the 16th anniversary of the national apology to Australia's Indigenous people. As we mark this anniversary, I acknowledge the Ngunnawal and Ngambri elders of the Canberra region,...
    • Middle East (1 speech)
      This week Israel has launched attacks on Rafah, where around 1.4 million people, about half of Gaza's population, have fled trying to find safety. They were told to go there to be safe, but now...
  • Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
    • Middle East (1 speech)
      The barbaric attacks on the people of Israel of 7 October shocked and horrified the people of Mackellar. Our hearts broke for the affected families and the people of Israel. The earnest hope and...
    • Mahmoud, Dr Olfat (1 speech)
      It is with a heavy heart that I inform the House of the death of a great woman, activist, nurse and friend, Dr Olfat Mahmoud. Dr Mahmoud was a second-generation Palestinian refugee. She was a...
    • Hughes Electorate: Australia Day Awards, Hughes Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
      It's a privilege for me to rise to congratulate all of those in my electorate of Hughes who were honoured in the Australia Day honours list this year. They are: Ms Sheree Bourke OAM, of Bonnet...
    • Western Australia: Cost of Living, Wishnowsky, Mr Mitchell (Mitch), Putt, Mr Alisdair Edward (1 speech)
      The Albanese and the Cook Labor governments are both committed to easing cost-of-living pressures for our community. That's why, last week, we introduced legislation that will see every...
    • Mallee Electorate: Bushfires (1 speech)
      I rise this afternoon because there is a severe natural disaster occurring in my patch this afternoon. We have catastrophic conditions and fires from the Grampians area, with risks right up to...
    • Wills Electorate: Glenroy Post Office (1 speech)
      I rise today to address a matter of great concern to my constituents and my local community, and that's the closure of the Glenroy post office. Nearly six months ago, I stood before this very...
    • Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
      I rise today to update the House on the status of live animal exports to Israel since the 7 October Hamas invasion and on how Australia continues to deliver an important source of food security...
    • Murphy, Ms Samantha, Medicare (1 speech)
      I start with the obviously very tragic event in my community over the last six days, the disappearance of Samantha Murphy, a 51-year-old mum who is known to many across the community of Ballarat....
    • Dawson Electorate: Australia Day Honours and Awards (1 speech)
      Australia Day is a day to celebrate everything that's great about Australia. We celebrate our fortunate way of life, our values and our freedoms. There is no better way to recognise the people in...
    • Embrace Disability Group, Tumbatrek, Snowy Valleys Heroes, Pearce, Mrs Mary (2 speeches)
      I had the immense pleasure of helping to celebrate the achievements of a bunch of fantastic young people in Queanbeyan last Friday, all who completed their qualifications in hospitality training...
  • Bills (0 speeches)
  • Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
    • Calare Electorate: Small Business (1 speech)
      Small businesses are the cornerstone of country communities. They operate across every industry and are found in every corner of our nation, from your favourite coffee shop to your terrific local...
    • Cost of Living (1 speech)
      I rise today to speak on a matter that many in my electorate of Aston have written and called about, an issue that I hear about quite often and something that this government is committed to...
    • Nicholls Electorate (1 speech)
      I got elected to this place in May 2022, but I lived in my electorate of Nicholls all my life, so I believe I'm well placed to talk about what had happened previously and what I'm seeing happen...
    • National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
      The National Disability Insurance Agency was established by the previous Labor government to deliver the National Disability Insurance Scheme and deliver real change and improvements in the...
    • Australian Defence Force (1 speech)
      Colonel Tim Stone, the commandant of the 1st Recruit Training Battalion at Kapooka, is a good man. I speak to him regularly about military matters. He has one of the most important positions in...
    • Middle East, Myanmar (2 speeches)
      Over the break I, like many members of this House, received regular emails from constituents concerned about what is happening in the Middle East—concerned about what is happening in Gaza....

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