House debates
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
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- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That business intervening before order of the day No. 11, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
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- Regional Budget Statement (2 speeches)
by leave—On behalf of the Albanese Labor government I'm proud to deliver our third regional ministerial budget statement, and I'd like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land...
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- Super Swim 2024 (1 speech)
At 6 am at the Hamilton indoor pool of a morning, there's a hive of activity. There are swimmers there doing their laps, and Pam Trigg comes along and helps a group of ladies go through a series...
- Budget (1 speech)
Last night, the Treasurer delivered a truly Labor budget, a budget for every Australian, not just a few, a budget that recognises that Australians are under pressure right now and provides...
- Great Barrier Reef Aquarium (1 speech)
Reef HQ is the largest living coral reef aquarium in the world—110,000 people visit each year, and it is projected to inject $444 million into our local economy. The previous coalition...
- Budget (3 speeches)
Our government's No. 1 priority in Lingiari is easing the cost of living. This budget is designed to help people, particularly in Lingiari, and that's why we're giving every taxpayer a tax cut...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
More than 20 per cent of my constituents aged 60 and over rely on aged-care services. It's a sector full of challenges, systematic and human resources, despite continuous reforms. I hosted an...
- Budget (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the carefully considered, effective budget that was delivered by the Treasurer last night. This budget is designed to help people under pressure, while supporting Australians...
- Loganholme Wastewater Treatment Plant (1 speech)
I had the pleasure of touring the Loganholme Wastewater Treatment Plant last week with a delegation from the Netherlands who were looking at waste and recycling. Logan Water's biosolids...
- Budget (1 speech)
Last night Treasurer Jim Chalmers stood up in this chamber and spoke to the budget that the Albanese Labor government is delivering—another budget that is relentlessly focused on two...
- Artificial Intelligence (1 speech)
I'd firstly like to thank Mr Mike Goldman for bringing this important issue to my attention. Voice acting is an art form. Professionals spend years training their vocals to entertain, inform and...
- Budget (1 speech)
Bennelong wants their government to be responsible, they want a government that listens and they want a government that cares, and last night's budget showed that Bennelong helped elect a Labor...
- Don Parsons Memorial Anzac Creative Writing Prize (1 speech)
It is so vital we continue to keep the Anzac spirit alive in our community by promoting respect for and showing appreciation of our Anzac traditions. I was pleased to recently conduct a writing...
- Budget (1 speech)
Last night Labor delivered its third budget. This budget is one that truly delivers for Australian families and sets a vision for our nation's future. We all know that families are doing it...
- Infrastructure (1 speech)
Nearly three years ago, the member for Fairfax and I were able to secure $1.6 billion from the coalition government to build the North Coast rail line from Beerwah all the way up to Maroochydore....
- Budget (1 speech)
Last night's budget was a great Labor budget that delivers for all Australians, living in all of our electorates. It delivers tax cuts for all taxpayers, including 66,000 taxpayers in my...
- Hughes Electorate: Cook School (1 speech)
I rise to speak about Cook School at Loftus, which I recently had the privilege of visiting. For many of our students, mainstream schools simply do not work. Cook School supports vulnerable...
- Budget (4 speeches)
Sometimes it can be really hard to work past all the big headlines around a budget—the billions of dollars—to understand what it means at a household level, so it's wonderful to be...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- New Caledonia (2 speeches)
The government is closely monitoring the situation in New Caledonia. DFAT's Smartraveller advice has been updated: that Australians in Noumea are advised to 'exercise a high degree of caution due...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (15 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Over the last two years, the Albanese government has brought almost one million people into our country. Only 265,000 homes have been built. In fact,...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Paterson, Mayor Matt (1 speech)
I'm pleased to advise that, in the gallery today, the member for Lingiari has advised me that the Mayor of Alice Springs Town Council, Councillor Matt Paterson, is here. I extend him a very warm...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Standards (9 speeches)
My question is for the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, I understand that last night you attended a $5,000 per head post-budget dinner, which was hosted by the Federal Labor Business Forum. For...
- Budget (18 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. How does the budget help make a future in Australia by investing in the jobs, industries and opportunities of tomorrow? What hurdles were overcome?
- Energy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. How is the Albanese Labor government acting to help families and businesses with the cost of energy bills, and how does this compare...
- Regional Australia (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. After two years and three budgets, the minister is yet to announce a single regional grant...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. How will social services measures in the government's 2024-25 budget help ease the cost-of-living pressures for Australians right around the...
- Domestic and Family Violence (2 speeches)
Treasurer, since the budget all I've heard from domestic violence services is outrage. Women can't access help, yet the government chose not to allocate new funding to services like Safe Steps...
- Budget (32 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. How does this budget continue to deliver cheaper medicine for all Australians, after a decade of cuts and neglect?
- Wages (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. After a decade of wage stagnation, why are better wages so important to the Albanese Labor government's economic agenda, and...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Commonwealth Ombudsman; Presentation (1 speech)
I present the annual report of the AFP's handling of complaints against its officers, the report on Commonwealth Ombudsman activities under part V of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 for...
- 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.
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Cheng, Ms Yixuan, Darchia, Ms Pikria, Good, Ms Ashlee, Singleton, Ms Dawn, Tahir, Mr Faraz, Young, Ms Jade; Report from Federation Chamber (1 speech)
I have to report the order of the day relating to the Prime Minister's motion of condolence in connection with the tragic deaths of Yixuan Cheng, Pikria Darchia, Ash Good, Dawn Singleton, Faraz...
- Cheng, Ms Yixuan, Darchia, Ms Pikria, Good, Ms Ashlee, Singleton, Ms Dawn, Tahir, Mr Faraz, Young, Ms Jade; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
Just for the information of members, there are a number of members who still want to speak on that motion. The vote to return it from the Federation Chamber happened earlier than had been...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Albanese Government (14 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Hume proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: "This government's failure in...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Treaties Joint Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, I present the committee's Report 215:AANZFTA second protocol. Report made a parliamentary paper in accordance with standing order 39(e). by...
- Human Rights Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present the following reports: Human rights scrutiny report: report 3 of 2024, incorporating dissenting reports, and Human rights...
- Bills (0 speeches)
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- Budget (1 speech)
Labor's betrayal budget is your cost-of-living pain. Labor is boasting about a surplus while people skip meals to pay the rent. So much for no-one being left behind! Labor's budget betrays...
- Steel Industry (1 speech)
I'm here to tell a concerning story from Whyalla at the moment. The residents are in consternation. There is an outage at the blast furnace at GFG Alliance's steelworks. I have been contacted by...
- Lingiari Electorate: Community Services (1 speech)
It gives me great pleasure to talk about the important work being done in my electorate, particularly by Bosom Buddies NT. Formed in 2001, this Alice Springs based cancer support group has worked...
- Budget (1 speech)
It's often said in this place—and I believe, accurately—that budgets are about priorities. This budget reflects this government's priority, which is to provide people in the community...
- Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
I rise this evening to discuss the government's announcement last Saturday to put a closure date on the live sheep trade, which predominantly emanates from my electorate in the seat of O'Connor....
- Australian Sheep and Wool Show, Bendigo Easter Festival (1 speech)
I have just a quick note for the member of O'Connor. Some of the sheep from his electorate have arrived in my electorate, and they are being very well looked after. We also have sheep in my part...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Energy: Taxation (1 speech)
One day our children and grandchildren will look back at how we have taxed fossil fuel companies in Australia and see it as the complete joke that it is. Our main fossil fuel tax collects $88 per...
- Anzac Day (1 speech)
On 25 April we gathered across Australia to honour the spirit of our Anzacs. It is a day etched into the fabric of our collective memory—a day of remembrance, reflection and reverence for...
- Hughes Electorate: Local Industries (1 speech)
My electorate of Hughes has some fabulous local industries operating in an innovative and entrepreneurial way to address our current pollution and environmental sustainability challenges as well...
- Einfeld, Emeritus Professor Stewart (1 speech)
Last week in Campbelltown, in my electorate of Macarthur, I attended the dedication of a sensory room to Stewart Einfeld, emeritus professor at the Brain and Mind Centre at the University of...
- Shelly, Ms Brooke (1 speech)
Today I rise to highlight a shining example of professional excellence and commitment to regional health in my electorate of Mallee. Brooke Shelly, from Mildura, has been awarded the 2024...
- Rabey, Ms Natalie, Chisholm Electorate: Rinoldi (1 speech)
I'm here today to pay tribute to Natalie Rabey, a selfless and fierce community advocate who passed away on 16 March. Natalie was a wonderful, generous woman. She was devoted to helping others...
- Cyclone Debbie (1 speech)
I rise today to highlight a fantastic event that just happened in my electorate of Dawson. With swords drawn, with bayonets fixed, with drums beating, with the band playing and with banners...
- Meals on Wheels (1 speech)
Just recently in this building we celebrated the 70th anniversary of Meals on Wheels. I was very proud to co-sponsor the event with my parliamentary colleague and co-chair of Parliamentary...
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
May marks Domestic Violence Awareness Month. This is a time when we come together to shine a spotlight on a pervasive issue that affects the lives of far too many people in our community....
- Budget (2 speeches)
The Albanese Labor government is deeply committed to supporting families in Melbourne's northern suburbs. We've been listening and we are acting, making a difference today and working to secure a...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Cheng, Ms Yixuan, Darchia, Ms Pikria, Good, Ms Ashlee, Singleton, Ms Dawn, Tahir, Mr Faraz, Young, Ms Jade (4 speeches)
I want to thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker Wilkie, and the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition for giving us this opportunity to talk about something that happened about a month ago now...
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- Cheng, Ms Yixuan, Darchia, Ms Pikria, Good, Ms Ashlee, Singleton, Ms Dawn, Tahir, Mr Faraz, Young, Ms Jade (6 speeches)
Faraz Tahir came to this country as a refugee and died as an Australian hero. He was just 30. His new life in this country was cut tragically short by a knife-wielding person in Bondi Junction....
