House debates
Monday, 3 June 2024
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Petitions Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the 26th report of the Petitions Committee for the 47th Parliament. The report read as follows— HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PETITIONS COMMITTEE REPORT No. 26 Petitions and...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
I present the following 54 petitions:
- Responses (1 speech)
I present 26 ministerial responses to petitions previously presented.
- Statements (1 speech)
The petitions in today's report cover a range of matters and viewpoints. Some of the topics include the conflict in the Middle East; digital ID; consumers' rights in relation to digital software;...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Social Media (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) anonymous perpetrators of family, domestic and sexual violence use social media to bully, harass, and target their victims; (b) anonymous predators...
- Budget (17 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes the: (a) Government is delivering a responsible budget that provides cost of living help now, builds a stronger and more resilient economy and invests in a...
- Cost of Living (7 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges: (a) Australians are currently battling the cost of living pressures and struggling to pay for mortgages, bills and everyday household needs; (b) across...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
on indulgence—While I'm on my feet, I also advise the House that the company Thiess sent me an email contesting some of the amounts that I've quoted in question time. This is not unusual;...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Children's Tumour Foundation of Australia (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about the Children's Tumour Foundation of Australia. May was neurofibromatosis, or NF, month. Any child that is impacted by NF is supported by the Children's Tumour...
- Vinnies CEO Sleepout (1 speech)
On 20 June, for the 10th time, I'll be participating in the Vinnies CEO Sleepout here at Parliament House. I'll be joined by the member for Fenner and the Speaker. In the ACT, the number of...
- Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
On Friday, I was one of the hundreds of farmers who rallied in Perth with trucks and utes to protest the contempt we're seeing from the Labor government in shutting down our live sheep export...
- Western Australia Day (1 speech)
Today we gather to celebrate Western Australia Day, a day that holds deep significance for every one of us who calls this magnificent state home. As someone who was born and raised in Malaysia...
- Warringah Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
A few weeks ago, along with the Independent member for Wakehurst at the state government level, I co-hosted a forum to discuss the future of public transport and road infrastructure in Warringah...
- Central Coast Mariners (1 speech)
The Central Coast Mariners have done it. The boys in yellow and blue have pulled off the A-League men's final, this time against Melbourne Victory, three to one, and where better to do it than...
- Health Care (1 speech)
During my time in this place, not until now have I received so many emails from people who were so concerned about being unable to obtain their medications. This issue is electorate-wide. It's...
- Telecommunications (1 speech)
In the Blue Mountains and Hawkesbury, access to high-quality mobile coverage isn't a luxury. It can be lifesaving during bushfires and floods. After years of inertia by the previous government,...
- Pacific Australia Labour Mobility Scheme (1 speech)
I am so glad the Minister for International Development and the Pacific is sitting at the table so he can hear this contribution, because despite warnings from the coalition and industry bodies,...
- ACT Landcare Awards (1 speech)
Last Thursday night Landcare ACT met at Wildbark in Mulligans Flat for the 2024 ACT Landcare Awards. Established by Bob Hawke in 1989, Landcare and its dedicated army of volunteers have taken...
- Lindsay Electorate: Volunteers (1 speech)
A couple of weeks ago we celebrated National Volunteer Week across the country. I take this opportunity to thank the many local volunteer organisations—in particular Nepean Food Services,...
- Bendigo Electorate: Telecommunications (1 speech)
The small hamlet of Metcalfe, in my electorate, spoke to me recently about challenges they've got with mobile phone coverage. Unfortunately this is not the first time we've had such a meeting;...
- Flinders Electorate: Seniors Expo (1 speech)
Today I rise to thank and celebrate all the magnificent people who made my first Seniors Expo, held in Mornington on 24 May, such an awesome day. Over 40 per cent of the population of my...
- Western Australia Day (1 speech)
It's Western Australia Day today. It's a fabulous day where we get to celebrate all things Western Australian. While I am bummed that I don't get to celebrate it in WA, instead I get to beat the...
- Zahna, Mr Shane (1 speech)
Congratulations go to Gympie Today photographer, Shane Zahna, who recently won the best sports picture, as well as being runner-up for the best news picture category, at the Queensland Press...
- Social Cohesion (1 speech)
All of us come into this chamber and talk up our electorates. It's part of our job and we do it because we're proud of the places we represent. I'm privileged to work with so many different...
- Hume Electorate: Cost of Living (1 speech)
Like all Australians right now, families across the electorate of Hume are feeling the pain from dramatic increases in their cost of living. As we head into the winter months, I want to praise a...
- Budget (1 speech)
Happy 10th anniversary to the Abbott horror budget of 2014, a sharp contrast to 2024! The suggested presents for 10-year anniversaries are tin or aluminium. Perhaps a tin ear would be the best...
- Grape and Wine Industry (1 speech)
I rise to voice my complete disbelief regarding this government's failure to support the Australian wine and grape-growing sector. Governments across the world are helping wine grape growers to...
- Budget (2 speeches)
What are the odds that those opposite will ask a question about the budget or the economy this week? If it's anything like last week, the answer is 'zero'. What they don't want to know is that,...
- Ministry (0 speeches)
- Temporary Arrangements (3 speeches)
I inform the House that the Minister for Industry and Science will be absent from question time this week and the Minister for Climate Change and Energy will answer questions on his behalf.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Immigration Detention (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. When the minister was asked on Thursday by Sky's Kieran Gilbert why two murderers released from immigration...
- Health Care (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Minister, how is the Albanese Labor government continuing to deliver cheaper medicines for all Australians? How would this help deliver...
- Immigration Detention (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. Will the minister release the advice that led him to say drones were being used to monitor detainees?
- Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How will the community pharmacy agreement that was signed today help strengthen Australia's healthcare system? Is there any opposition to the critical work...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Mpotjoane, Hon. Lejone (1 speech)
I'm pleased to inform the House that present in the gallery today is the honourable Lejone Mpotjoane, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations of the kingdom of Lesotho. On...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Housing Energy Upgrades Fund (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. In a cost-of-living crisis, rooftop solar and home batteries can save thousands on bills and reduce emissions. Last week, the first...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. What does today's annual wage review decision mean for Australian workers, and what has been the response to low-paid...
- Immigration Detention (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. On 13 February, following the release of 149 hard-core criminals, the minister told the house, 'Each one of...
- Workplace Relations (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. What does today's Fair Work Commission decision mean for the workers of Australia, and how does the Albanese Labor government's response defer to the previous...
- Visa Refusal or Cancellation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs and concerns the meetings held by the Prime Minister with the then New Zealand Prime Minister in mid-2022....
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Aged Care. How is the Albanese Labor government working for older Australians and the people who care for them?
- Visa Refusal or Cancellation (2 speeches)
My question is for the Prime Minister. Andrew Clennell of Sky News has reported that, following the Prime Minister's meetings with Jacinda Ardern and prior to the introduction of direction 99,...
- Child Care (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Early Childhood Education. How is the Albanese Labor government working to make early learning more affordable and to ensure early childhood educators earn more...
- United States of America (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Donald Trump has repeatedly said that immigrants are 'poisoning the blood of America', a phrase with a very dark history, and that 'they're not humans;...
- Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. How is the Albanese Labor government supporting Australian families and easing cost-of-living pressures? What could jeopardise this support in...
- Visa Cancellation (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In the Prime Minister's June 2022 press conference with then New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, after the Prime Minister told the media 'We had a...
- Energy (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. How is the Albanese Labor government's plan working to lower energy prices? What energy policies have been rejected at home and overseas?
- Health Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. There are now 422 medications on the TGA medicine shortage report list. These include blood thinners, medications for glaucoma and HRT...
- Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. What is Albanese Labor government doing to provide cost-of-living relief to teaching, nursing and social work students?
- Immigration Detention (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Is the ABF's drone fleet still grounded?
- Wages (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. What will be the impact of today's national wage case decision in assisting working people with cost of living? What other support is being provided, and...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 34 of 2023-24 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's Audit report No. 34 of 2023-24, entitled Aids to navigation maintenance procurement: Australian Maritime Safety Authority. Document made a parliamentary paper.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- 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.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Agriculture Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
I have received advice from the Chief Government Whip that she has nominated Ms Lawrence to be a member of the Standing Committee on Agriculture in place of Mrs Phillips.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That order of the day No. 2, government business, be postponed until the next sitting. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Coalition (1 speech)
On 21 May I was able to reflect on and mark two years since I was elected as the federal member for Flynn. Two years have consisted of countless meetings, countless kilometres and very good...
- Health Care (1 speech)
I'd like to talk a little about the shortage of primary care providers in all our communities. It goes around Australia, but it's worse in some areas. Certainly in rural and regional areas it's...
- Scenic Rim Eat Local Month (1 speech)
This month marks the beginning of the Scenic Rim's world-famous Eat Local Month. Distinguished Queenslanders, local residents and tourists from near and far will gather at more than 120 events...
- Holt Electorate: Community Organisations (1 speech)
Community organisations are the heart and soul of our community in Holt. Across the suburbs of Cranbourne, Clyde, Botanic Ridge, Hampton Park, Lynbrook, Lyndhurst, Narre Warren South, Pearcedale,...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
In his 2023 budget address the Treasurer described our nation's fiscal good fortune, the improvement to our bottom line, as a result of 'high prices for the things we sell overseas'. He wouldn't...
- Aston Electorate (1 speech)
It has been a busy few weeks in the electorate of Aston. My electorate has had a flurry of ministerial visits which I would like to highlight to the House. We were delighted to have the Minister...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Lyne Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
I would like to extend my best wishes to Oxley Island local Sui Watts, who's preparing for the 2024 open European equestrian championships, to be held in the UK, in July. Sui's the reigning world...
- Dobell Electorate: Sport (1 speech)
I rise on behalf of my community to congratulate the mighty Central Coast Mariners on their victory in the A-League 2023-24 men's grand final. With back-to-back premierships, the Mariners have...
- Northern Beaches Hospital (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the Northern Beaches Hospital, the major level 5 hospital in my electorate of Mackellar, serving over 350,000 people. Let me say at the outset: the professional staff at the...
- Education (1 speech)
Last year I was contacted by Phil Coe, an economics teacher from St Clare's College in Griffith. He wanted to bring his economics class up to parliament to watch the Treasurer deliver his budget...
- Forde Electorate: Volunteers (1 speech)
As we all know across this place, we have wonderful volunteers across all of our electorates. A week ago, I had the pleasure of hosting the Forde Volunteer Appreciation Awards. Our committed...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
My electorate of Boothby is very concerned about climate change and seeing meaningful climate action. We should have started action on climate change over a decade ago, and in fact we did, but...
- Labor Government (1 speech)
Australia has an abundance of natural resources. We're global leaders in coal, gas, uranium, iron ore, critical minerals and rare earths. These resources are the foundation of our prosperity and...
- McEwen Electorate: Community Services (1 speech)
Today I proudly rise to talk about some of the amazing volunteers and organisations that service our communities in McEwen. Last week was National Volunteer Week, and this year the theme was...
- Infrastructure (1 speech)
I rise to record my concern about the New South Wales state government's increases to housing targets but not in the way people might imagine. In my electorate of Mitchell, we will more than...
- Sorell Service Centre (2 speeches)
Deputy Speaker, I believe this is the first time I've appeared before you in your new role. Congratulations on your elevation to the Speaker's panel! Last week, I was delighted to host the...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Renewable Energy (5 speeches)
I strongly support this motion moved by the member for Curtin calling on the government to commit to an urgent, comprehensive and well-funded plan to increase our international competitiveness in...
- Medicare (11 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes the Government is continuing to improve our health system by: (a) strengthening Medicare by: (i) growing the number of Medicare Urgent Care Clinics to 87; (ii)...
- International Relations: Azerbaijan and Armenia (6 speeches)
I move the motion relating to the blockade of Artsakh in the terms in which it appears on the Notice Paper: That this House: (1) notes that following a ten-month blockade of Artsakh...
- Tertiary Education (8 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises that the Government is putting in place significant reforms in response to the Australian Universities Accord to provide cost of living relief and to make...
- Home Ownership (16 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises the importance of home ownership to Australian families and that home ownership remains the Australian dream; (2) notes: (a) the increasing financial...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Mackellar Electorate: Housing (1 speech)
Nothing consumes Sydneysiders like real estate, but in the last few years the gloss has well and truly worn off. Soaring rents, mortgages and house prices have become a source of pain and...
- Tangney Electorate: Vesak (1 speech)
Recently I was invited to the Buddha's Light International Association, the Sri Lanka Buddhist temple and the Australia Buddhist Bliss Culture Mission in my electorate of Tangney to celebrate...
- Gambling Advertising (1 speech)
One of my constituents, Ian Ross, contacts me almost weekly about the ads for online gambling he gets on the AFL app despite having ticked the 'under 18' box. We've notified the AFL, and they say...
- Table Top Warfare (1 speech)
Recently I visited a place in my electorate where the magic happens. By that I am referring to Magic: The Gathering, and that place is Table Top Warfare in Gawler. They also cater for a number of...
- Fowler Electorate: Turkish Cypriot Community (1 speech)
Recently, I had the honour of joining my local soccer club, the Green Island FC, at Warwick Farm as they gathered to train and play as well as celebrate with their Turkish Cypriot community who...
- Battle of Richmond Hill (1 speech)
On Sunday, I joined Dharug traditional owners and Hawkesbury residents at the commemoration of the Battle of Richmond Hill. It's not something my generation was taught about at school. It marks...
- Moore Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
For more than a decade, our community has very patiently awaited the redevelopment of the ageing clubrooms and community centre at Heathridge Park in my electorate. The complex is more than 40...
- St Catherine Greek Orthodox Church Parish of Malvern (1 speech)
For many migrant communities, maintaining the cultural and linguistic connection with one's heritage while integrating into our modern Australian culture can be a challenge, particularly through...
- BASE Services (1 speech)
It is always a great opportunity to update the House on the great work that BASE Services is doing in my wonderful community. BASE Services is a community organisation that has had great support...
- Budget (1 speech)
The Albanese Labor government's supporting the Fair Work Commission decision to raise the minimum wage for millions of Australians by 3.75 per cent this year. The coalition does not support that....
- Canning Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Pinjarra locals are disappointed in Robyn Clarke, our local state MP for Murray Wellington. They are not mugs, and she has been misleading them about the Pinjarra heavy haulage deviation. Over...
- Werriwa electorate: Liverpool Catholic Club (1 speech)
It was a great pleasure to be present at the annual Liverpool Catholic Club mass and luncheon. Now in its 53rd year, the date was an appropriate celebration of the club, its members and the...
- Youth with a Mission Medical Ships (1 speech)
Today I had the great honour of engaging with representatives from Youth with a Mission Medical Ships Service, including the esteemed new patron, Madame Michelle Marape, the wife of Prime...
- Economy (1 speech)
More jobs, higher wages, bigger tax cuts—that's what the Albanese Labor government is delivering for Australia. It's a fact that more jobs have been created under the Albanese Labor...
- Bultitude, Mr Noel Mervyn, OAM (1 speech)
I'd like to acknowledge and thank Noel Bultitude from my community on his 75 years of service to the New South Wales RFS Woolgoolga Brigade. Noel joined the brigade at 14 as a volunteer...
- Economy (1 speech)
Today's announcement of the 3.75 per cent rise in the minimum wage is very much welcomed by this government. This means over $33 more in workers' pockets every week, because we want you to earn...
- Petitions: Australian War Memorials (1 speech)
I table three petitions calling for all war memorials in Australia to be heritage listed to ensure the preservation and protection of them, now and into the future. The petitions have been...
- Budget (1 speech)
There's nothing more important than our health, the health of our families and the health of the broader community. As a Labor government, with our history of creating Australia's remarkable...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
Over the weekend, I put out to my constituents issues that they'd like me to raise in this place around what the current Albanese Labor government is doing and how it's performing. Rodney from...
- Northern Territory: GTNT Group Awards (1 speech)
It was fantastic to attend GTNT's award ceremony under the stars at Middle Beach casino on Friday night. Amy Hetherington, as always, was MCing and doing a cracking job. We celebrated 35 years of...
- Housing (1 speech)
Last week I spoke about housing in my first speech. In the paper today you'll see house prices are still going up, and it's completely a failure of government. Housing new builds have excessively...
- Filipino Community Council of Victoria Incorporated (1 speech)
The Filipino community is one of the fastest-growing communities in western Melbourne. There are almost 100,000 people with a Filipino background in Victoria, and that number has increased by...
- Capricornia Electorate: Fitzroy Community Hospice (1 speech)
The Central Queensland community celebrated an enormous milestone last month, with the much needed Fitzroy Community Hospice being officially opened. This significant milestone embodies the...
- McEwen Electorate: Shine On Awards (1 speech)
It was an honour to recently attend the Rotary Shine on Awards, hosted by the Rotary Club of Diamond Creek. The Shine on Awards are an annual Australia-wide Rotary recognition program that...
- Berowra Electorate: Graffiti (1 speech)
My electorate is known for having safe, clean, quiet suburbs. It's a great place to raise a family. In recent months I've been contacted by a number of constituents about the growth in graffiti,...
- Pearce Electorate: Young Achiever Awards (1 speech)
The Young Achiever Awards acknowledge and encourage and, importantly, promote the positive achievements of all young people throughout Australia, and this year, 2024, we have two local finalists...
- Gladstones, Dr John, AM (1 speech)
Congratulations to the three Margaret River wineries that won awards at the National Wine Show: Devil's Lair, Once & Well, and Evans & Tate. But none of these awards would have been...
- International Relations: Australia and Taiwan (1 speech)
I was delighted to recently continue the tradition of Australian MPs visiting Taiwan. I went before the presidential inauguration. Australia and Taiwan are Indo-Pacific democracies, and we...
- Mount Erin Boarding (1 speech)
My wife, Catherine; daughter, Georgina; mother, Eileen; three sisters, Denise, Robyn and Julieanne; mother-in-law, Beverley; and her mother, Joan, all attended Mount Erin at Wagga Wagga. The...
- Health Care (2 speeches)
After a long decade of cuts and neglect, the Australian people voted for an Albanese Labor government that is committed to investing in universal health care. Indeed, one of the first acts of...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Future Made in Australia (11 speeches)
I move the motion relating to Future Made in Australia in the terms in which it appears on the Notice Paper: That this House: (1) commends the Government's Future Made in Australia plan that is...
- Defence Industry (16 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes: (a) Australia is facing the most complex set of strategic challenges since the end of the Second World War; (b) the importance of a strong and capable...
- Western Sydney (7 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) Western Sydney is the third largest economy in Australia behind the Sydney central business district and Melbourne; and (b) the Western Sydney Airport...
- Aged Care (12 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes: (a) that the former Government made record investments which saw more than 227,000 people access home care packages, including our past two budgets which...
- Domestic and Family Violence (8 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises that intimate partner violence is a national crisis in Australia, with a quarter of all Australian women having experienced it in their lifetime; (2)...
