House debates
Wednesday, 29 May 2024
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 25 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business, and private members' business on Monday 3 June 2024. The report will be...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Middle East (13 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That this House recognise the State of Palestine. Leave not granted. I move: That so much of standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Nature Positive (Environment Protection Australia) Bill 2024; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Labor is committed to a nature-positive Australia. Our economy, our livelihood and our wellbeing all depend on the health of our natural world....
- Nature Positive (Environment Information Australia) Bill 2024; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. In the Nature Positive Plan, we committed to provide the public with easier access to up-to-date environmental data, to make high-quality data...
- Nature Positive (Environment Law Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Under this bill the minister for the environment would retain responsibility for direction-setting and Australian government policy under...
- Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (More Support in the Safety Net) Bill 2024; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Albanese Labor government is working for all Australians, and with our measures in this year's budget we are providing responsible...
- Payment Times Reporting Amendment Bill 2024; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. At the 2022 election, Labor committed to improving payment times to small businesses, emphasising that payments to small businesses should be...
- Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Assignment of Medicare Benefits) Bill 2024; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Assignment of Medicare Benefits) Bill 2024 represents more progress on the government's commitment to...
- Illegal Logging Prohibition Amendment (Strengthening Measures to Prevent Illegal Timber Trade) Bill 2024; Report from Federation Chamber (1 speech)
The question is that the amendment be agreed to.
- Illegal Logging Prohibition Amendment (Strengthening Measures to Prevent Illegal Timber Trade) Bill 2024; Consideration in Detail (2 speeches)
I move the amendment on the sheet revised 16 May 2024, circulated in my name: (1) Schedule 1, page 44 (after line 5), after item 52, insert: 52A After section 83 Insert: 83A Review of the...
- Illegal Logging Prohibition Amendment (Strengthening Measures to Prevent Illegal Timber Trade) Bill 2024; 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.
- Treasury Laws Amendment (Delivering Better Financial Outcomes and Other Measures) Bill 2024; Report from Federation Chamber (1 speech)
The question before the House is that the amendment be agreed to.
- Treasury Laws Amendment (Delivering Better Financial Outcomes and Other Measures) Bill 2024; Consideration in Detail (5 speeches)
I present the supplementary explanatory memorandum to the bill, and I ask leave of the House to move government amendments (1) to (11) as circulated together. Leave granted. I move government...
- Treasury Laws Amendment (Delivering Better Financial Outcomes and Other Measures) Bill 2024; 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.
- Net Zero Economy Authority Bill 2024, Net Zero Economy Authority (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024; Second Reading (1 speech)
The creation of the Net Zero Economy Authority is central to our government's vision for a future made here in Australia, and it speaks for the example that drives each and every government...
- Appropriation Bill (No. 5) 2023-2024; 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.
- Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2023-2024; 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.
- Excise and Customs Legislation Amendment (Streamlining Administration) Bill 2024; 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.
- Net Zero Economy Authority Bill 2024, Net Zero Economy Authority (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024; Second Reading (11 speeches)
As others have said in this chamber, we have some amazing opportunities ahead of us as we transition to a net zero economy, but we know that these opportunities will not seize themselves. As the...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Immigration Detention (1 speech)
Bosco Minyrano, 22 years old, was stabbed and murdered in Brisbane by domestic violence offender and convicted Sudanese national, Emmanuel Saki. Saki's visa was reinstated by the AAT as a direct...
- Wood, Mr Bill, AM (1 speech)
On 19 May, Canberra lost one of its great citizens: Bill Wood, former minister in the ACT government, was 88 years old. Bill had a distinguished political career. The son of a leader of the...
- Wilcannia: Water Security (1 speech)
Wilcannia is a town in the Parkes electorate. It's on the banks of the Darling River and it's a town with a wonderful heritage. The people of Wilcannia have been promised a weir to improve the...
- Radio Italia Uno (1 speech)
Last Saturday evening, South Australian community radio broadcaster Radio Italia Uno 87.6 FM celebrated its 10th anniversary with a gala dinner event held at the McLachlan Room at Adelaide Oval...
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (1 speech)
One of the main reasons I ran for parliament was my concern that our generation's legacy would be to bestow a much degraded environment and much reduced biodiversity on the generations to come....
- Budget (1 speech)
The Albanese Labor government understands that Australians are doing it tough right now, and our No. 1 priority is easing cost-of-living pressures. We're building on the measures already put in...
- Taxation (1 speech)
Who do you think that we should help more—a young person who can't afford to buy a home, can't find a rental and can't pay off their HECS debt or multinational companies earning...
- Health Care (1 speech)
Few policy areas are more important to my constituents than health, and front and centre of health policy in Australia is the PBS, bulk-billing and Medicare. With that in mind, I was delighted by...
- National Volunteer Week (1 speech)
Last week was National Volunteer Week, and, on Friday 24 May, I had the distinct pleasure of attending and presenting the FNQ Volunteer of the Year Awards at the Novatel in Cairns. It was a...
- Budget (1 speech)
In little more than 33 days, when the clock strikes midnight, millions of Australians will begin to feel the benefits of the Albanese Labor government's tax plan. Under Labor, Australians are...
- Women's Legal Service WA (1 speech)
Never has there been a greater need to provide support services for vulnerable women experiencing family violence. I recently visited the Women's Legal Service WA, a community legal centre...
- Budget (1 speech)
This budget reflects the government's focus both on providing short-term cost-of-living relief and investing in the future. The short-term relief is material but also targeted and proportionate,...
- Lyne Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
I congratulate the Killabakh community, who came together for the Biggest Morning Tea and, in doing so, raised $2,500 for the Cancer Council to sustain their research, support and prevention...
- Taxation (1 speech)
I am looking forward to the end of the financial year. I don't always look forward to the end of the financial year; I'm not that financially competent at the best of times in my own personal...
- New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (1 speech)
The member for Hawke might be frothing about his tax cut at the end of the financial year, but I've got a simple message for working Australians: Labor are coming for your ute and your family...
- Budget (1 speech)
About two weeks ago, Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivered the third budget of this government, and it was truly a Labor budget. The budget is focused on providing targeted cost-of-living relief,...
- Australian Society (1 speech)
'What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.' This is Hitchens's razor, created to refute religious dogma, and I bring it out again to dismiss the political...
- Budget (1 speech)
In life, if you can budget, it makes it a lot better. If you know what you're doing when you're running a household budget, it's so much better for your family. If you're running a country and...
- Services Australia (1 speech)
Australians are living through a cost-of-living crisis, and many need to seek help from Services Australia. But for too many, this has been a very bad experience. On the most recent published...
- Budget (2 speeches)
In my electorate of Hasluck, we hear the hollow sound of the opposition across the whole gamut of portfolio areas. We passed a fuel efficiency standard, the coalition opposed it. And all we heard...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister still have confidence in the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs?
- Veterans (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs. What has the Albanese Labor government done to help fix the veterans crisis that it inherited?
- Visa Cancellation (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. Chinese national MJVS's visa was cancelled following a conviction for possessing images and videos police...
- Veterans (17 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. How has the Albanese Labor government improved support for our veterans, and why is this support so necessary after years of neglect?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Biofuels (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water. EVs are fuelled by solar panels from China, where production and smelting belch out vast clouds of CO2. Ethanol motor vehicles emit...
- Veterans (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. What was the state of veteran compensation claims when the Albanese Labor government took office, and what is the government doing to deliver on our nation's...
- Visa Cancellation (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. New Zealand citizen Troy had his visa cancelled following convictions for serious assaults against women and...
- Veterans: Cost of Living (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. What support is the Albanese Labor government providing to veterans through the social security safety net? What approaches have been rejected?
- Visa Refusal or Cancellation (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration. Iranian national YVBM's visa was cancelled following domestic violence convictions, including for kicking his pregnant partner and threatening to...
- Veterans (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. How is the Albanese Labor government working to support our veterans and ease cost-of-living pressures? What does it mean for the budget and how is this approach...
- Immigration Detention (4 speeches)
My question is to the minister for immigration. Can the minister for immigration confirm that, of the 153 hardened criminals that were released into the community, at least two of the murderers...
- Energy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. How will the Albanese Labor government's plans for a future made in Australia invest in the jobs, industries and opportunities of the...
- Calare Electorate: Orange Seniors Village Hub (2 speeches)
To the Minister for Social Services, the Orange Seniors Village Hub provides support, education and community for many seniors in Orange, New South Wales, yet funding for the village hub program...
- Renewable Energy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water. How many renewable energy projects has the Albanese Labor government signed off on, what has been the response to these projects and...
- Immigration Detention (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration. Didn't the minister mislead the parliament when he said each of the 153 hardened criminals would be continually monitored, given that evidence in...
- Resources Sector (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to support value-adding resources on shore to deliver a future made in Australia and what is standing in...
- Gambling (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. It's almost a year since the Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs released its report on online gambling and its impacts on those...
- Housing (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing. How is the Albanese Labor government's $32 billion Homes for Australia Plan delivering for Australians, and what could threaten further supply?
- Visa Cancellation (11 speeches)
My question is to the minister for immigration. New Zealand citizen Dawson Rawiri's visa was cancelled following serious domestic violence convictions, including for punching his wife so hard he...
- Future Made in Australia Policy (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. How will the Albanese Labor government's Future Made in Australia policy deliver new jobs...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Department of Parliamentary Services (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I have a question for you under standing order 103. Yesterday in Senate estimates the Secretary of the Department of Parliamentary Services stated that he disclosed a conflict of...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 31 of 2023-24 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's performance audit report No. 31 of 2023-24, entitled Design of the Growing Regions Program: Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development,...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
This 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.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Rural and Regional Australia: Medical Workforce (13 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Calare proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The urgent need for the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Middle East (7 speeches)
I seek leave of the House to move a motion. Leave not granted. I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Kennedy from moving the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Cost of Living (1 speech)
Almost every single day, hardworking Australians speak to me about the cost of living, and they have multiple concerns. For some, it's the very high cost of their mortgages, and their struggles...
- Diabetes (1 speech)
Within my electorate of Tangney, 610 people have type 1 diabetes and a further 6,000 people are directly affected by the condition. Recently, a young boy named Nik shared his experience of type 1...
- Budget (1 speech)
When the Albanese government was elected two years ago, it was on the promise that no-one would be left behind. Time and again, the now Prime Minister promised that his would be a government that...
- Bennelong Electorate: Parliamentary Education (2 speeches)
During the school holidays I had the pleasure of hosting my first mock parliament school holiday activity. Over two sessions, we welcomed 70 enthusiastic years 4, 5 and 6 students from across...
- Moncrieff Electorate: Youth (1 speech)
One of the great privileges of serving in this place is meeting with and visiting so many incredible organisations that support Australians across the country. I'm sure members from both sides...
- Budget: Education (1 speech)
With all the good things going on in so many areas, it's easy to miss the fact that the recent budget handed down by the Treasurer was very much also an education budget, and that's certainly...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Public Transport (1 speech)
WATSON-BROWN () (): On Sunday, Queensland Labor Premier Steven Miles announced a six-month trial of fares of 50c per trip on all public transport. For a long time Labor politicians have been...
- Constituency Statements, Middle East (1 speech)
The role of an elected member of parliament is first and foremost to represent their constituents and the values of their electorate. Constituency statements like this are an important part of...
- Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (1 speech)
I have with me today a folder that contains 10 letters I've written to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government over the past two years. Unbelievably,...
- Budget (1 speech)
In my electorate of Tangney, a vibrant and diverse community, the high cost of living continues to put pressure on families. Amidst these challenges, however, the Albanese Labor government's...
- COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
I refer to an article by Tom Burton in the Australian Financial Review of 27 May headed 'Antivax claims flood Senate inquiry. Officials say they're wrong'. I don't believe that Tom would have...
- Petition: Epilepsy (1 speech)
I rise to present a petition from Renee Evans regarding epilepsy assistance. The petition contains 1,049 signatures. It has been before the Standing Committee on Petitions and complies with the...
- Wright Electorate: Community Volunteers (1 speech)
It gives me great pressure to stand on the floor of the parliament and offer into Hansard eight names of people who have made incredible contributions to our community and who are deserving of...
- Lalor Electorate: Community Services (1 speech)
On 29 April I met with the member for Tarneit, Dylan Wight, and representatives from our community-sector services in the electorate of Lalor. In attendance were representatives from Uniting...
- Volunteering (3 speeches)
Last week marked the celebration of National Volunteer Week, which is a special opportunity to highlight the invaluable contributions of volunteers within our community. Volunteering is the...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Domestic and Family Violence (7 speeches)
It feels like with growing frequency we hear a new story about a woman who has been killed as a result of gender based violence. We hear about her dreams and her ambitions and how her life was...
- Bills (0 speeches)
