House debates
Wednesday, 5 June 2024
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 26 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on Monday 24 June 2024. The report will be...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (2 speeches)
on indulgence—I want to let people know arrangements for today. Some members will have noticed that I put a debate management motion on the Notice Paper for the National Disability...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Brewarrina (1 speech)
My admiration for the community of Brewarrina and the leadership shown by Brewarrina Shire Council under the leadership of Mayor Vivian Slack-Smith is well known. Six of the nine councillors of...
- Wages (1 speech)
Before I entered parliament, I worked most of my life for the minimum wage at various Woolworths stores in the south-east suburbs of Melbourne. I know how tough it can be to make ends meet, and...
- Ogilvie, Mr Joshua Mark (1 speech)
Josh Ogilvie: son to Angela and Doug, father to Chase, brother to Matt and Liam—a soldier, an athlete and a person I call a brother. I was heartbroken to hear of your passing, mate. You...
- Robertson Electorate: JG's Uniforms (1 speech)
Australian small businesses are the backbone of our communities, employing hundreds of thousands of Australians across our country. There are thousands of outstanding local businesses in my...
- Middle East, International Criminal Court (1 speech)
The humanitarian disaster that we're witnessing in Gaza is deeply disturbing. The sheer scale of the horror is hard to fathom. It seems unimaginable there could be so much suffering, but there...
- Northern Territory: Arts and Culture (1 speech)
We Territorians are feeling a bit like, to quote Cold Chisel, 'That we're standing on the outside looking in. We're standing on the outside looking in.' And you ask why? It is because,...
- Keeping Cash Transactions in Australia Bill 2024 (1 speech)
Australians should have the freedom to choose how they will pay for what they buy with their hard earned dollars. It's not a choice that should be made for them by big banks or financial...
- Environment (1 speech)
Today is World Environment Day, and the Albanese Labor government's budget gives reasons to celebrate. Funding for the environment is crucial for safeguarding our planet's health and...
- Digital Identity (1 speech)
They've started: the digital ID issues. In Queensland, with the digital drivers licence, I've just had R&R Hire Services give me a quick call to tell me about the impact it's having on their...
- Community Pharmacy Agreement (1 speech)
The signing of the eighth community pharmacy agreement is a win for patients, who will benefit from cheaper medicines, and the sector, which will provide more pharmacy services. Community...
- Bonner Electorate: Volunteers, StandbyU Foundation (1 speech)
Did you know that over five million Australians are volunteers? That's five million individuals who have decided to generously commit their time and effort to serving others and making our...
- Blair Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
The Albanese Labor government is delivering in the budget key funding for vital road infrastructure projects in my electorate of Blair, in Ipswich. In the budget, the government is providing...
- Manders, Mr Peter (1 speech)
It is with great sadness that I rise to pay tribute to Peter Manders, a stalwart of the Liberal Party, a servant of our community and, most importantly, a great friend. Peter was passionate about...
- Gambling (1 speech)
I'm used to seeing and treating a broad array of illnesses that harm our community. Most can be managed by treatment and prevention. However, there's a major disease that's ravaging our country,...
- AUSactive Million Moves Challenge (3 speeches)
In Australia, 75 per cent of adults between 18 and 64 do not meet the minimum requirements for a healthy level of physical activity and muscle strengthening. To combat this trend, four...
- Spence Electorate: Clothing and Footwear Industry (1 speech)
This Labor government is backing manufacturing and growth through a Future Made in Australia. One iconic brand, which I am proud to have operating in my electorate of Spence, is striving with...
- Hughes Electorate: Aged Care (1 speech)
I rise to speak about HammondCare at Hammondville in my electorate. HammondCare started caring for elderly Australians on this site 90 years ago. Today it features five care homes operated by...
- Discrimination (1 speech)
We must be able to have difficult conversations about the Middle East and disagree respectfully. For the past eight months, my community has been doxxed, vilified, ostracised and harassed....
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
With the Olympics almost upon us, I think team Albanese are a real medal chance in gymnastics—perhaps the floor routine, the high bars or even the ropes. The minister for immigration would...
- Nuclear Energy (2 speeches)
Today I'm sharing an email I received from a local, Petre. He says: Recently I saw on the TV news how the current leader of the opposition said that he wants to introduce nuclear power stations...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. The latest economic data confirms that Australia is in an entrenched GDP per capita recession with five consecutive quarters of negative growth. This is the...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (13 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. What do today's national accounts tell us about the economy and the Albanese Labor government's approach in the budget? What are the alternatives?
- Homes for Australia (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing and for Homelessness. How is the Albanese Labor government's Homes for Australia plan supporting Australians now and into the future, and what has stood...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Middle East (14 speeches)
My question is for the Prime Minister. My electorate office continues to receive hundreds of emails about the events in the Middle East. The people of Mackellar were utterly appalled by the...
- Manufacturing Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why is the Albanese Labor government taking action to make more things here in Australia? What approaches has the government rejected?
- Defence Recruitment (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Minister for Defence Personnel. Was it ever the policy of the government to accept foreign nationals from any country permanently resident...
- Medicare (19 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. How is the Albanese Labor government increasing bulk-billing? Why is it needed after a decade of cuts and neglect of Medicare?
- Budget, Energy (2 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 differ...
- Coal Industry (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Does the minister support the New South Wales Labor government's extension of coal-fired generation at Eraring?
- Cybersafety (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications. How is the Albanese Labor government continuing its work to keep Australians safe online?
- Women's Legal Services (2 speeches)
This is a question for the Treasurer. Too many women struggle to navigate the legal system that's meant to protect them when they fear violence. Women's legal services turn away more than 50,000...
- Deepfake Sexual Material (2 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. What action is the Albanese Labor government taking to combat the serious harm being caused by the sharing of sexually explicit deepfake materials?
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the NDIS and Minister for Government Services. Minister, NDIA officials told estimates that under the Albanese Labor government up to $2 billion of the $45...
- Cost of Living (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to easy cost-of-living pressures and provide relief for every Australian, and who will benefit?
- Private Health Insurance: Macular Degeneration (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. I'm advised by constituents that, by July 2025, sight-saving eye injections for macular degeneration will no longer be delivered routinely...
- Workplace Relations (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. What is the Albanese Labor government's response to recent proposals to cut workers' pay and take away their rights?
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Procedure (6 speeches)
I would like some clarification in relation to events that occurred just now and during question time in terms of procedure when it comes to indulgence. The observation was that, in response to a...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Albanese Government (23 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: The government's incompetence...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- World Health Organization Pandemic Agreement (1 speech)
Over the past 12 months, I have received an ever-increasing number of emails and requests from my constituents for face-to-face meetings about Australia's involvement with the WHO pandemic treaty...
- Budget (1 speech)
The Albanese government knows that burgeoning HECS debt and costly prac placements have been a heavy burden for many Australians who have chosen to study. That's why, in our recent budget, our...
- Regional Enterprise Development Institute (1 speech)
The Regional Enterprise Development Institute, otherwise known as REDI, are a service and jobs provider to the Indigenous communities in western New South Wales, with a proud 25-year history....
- Bower, Mr Robert, Everitt, Mr Robert, Howard, Major General Brian, AO, MC, ESM (1 speech)
I rise today to honour the lives of Robert 'Bob' Bower, Robert 'Bob' Everitt and Major General Brian 'Hori' Howard, AO, MC, ESM. We sadly lost our Robert 'Bob' Bower on 30 March 2024. Bob was an...
- Hunter New England Health (1 speech)
I rise to put voice to the 97,909 people in the MidCoast Council area, mainly the 48,000 people in the Manning Valley and similar numbers in Forster-Tuncurry and Gloucester region, who are being...
- Arts And Culture, Australia Post: St Kilda South Post Office Closure (1 speech)
Tonight I want to speak about two issues that are really important to my community of Macnamara. Our creative industries are more than entertainment, and Macnamara is home to world-class creative...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Australian Greens (1 speech)
If you feel hopeless and powerless about the state of politics, I do not blame you. If you feel like it's not possible to make any change and your only experience of politics is watching it play...
- Community Language Schools (1 speech)
Moreton has a wonderful mix of cultures and ethnicities that make the south side of Brisbane rich and vibrant. There are faith celebrations, festivals, a smorgasbord of food and various...
- Cook Electorate: Relay For Life Volunteers (1 speech)
I would like to acknowledge the Sutherland Shire Relay For Life. Earlier in May, 1,207 community members ran for over 24 hours in torrential rain and thunderstorms raising $360,000 for cancer. I...
- Corangamite Electorate: Crime (1 speech)
Community safety and security matters. That's why I have joined with Victoria Police to launch a local crime prevention group in my electorate of Corangamite. I convened the inaugural meeting...
- Tucker, Mr Brian Kenrick (Reggie), OAM (1 speech)
My electorate of Capricornia is mourning the passing of an Australian sporting icon, Ken 'Reggie' Tucker OAM. Born and bred in Rockhampton, Reggie was a true local. His father was a cyclist who...
- Sydney Electorate: Community Services (1 speech)
I want to say that we have been talking a lot in our community about domestic violence in recent times, and quite often people ask, 'Well, why didn't she leave?', when in fact they should be...
- Ifield, Mr Francis Edward (Frank) (1 speech)
Today I rise to pay tribute to Frank Ifield. Frank's musical prowess and unwavering spirit burnished Australia's place in the history of country music. Frank Ifield was a great. He lived in the...
- Kingston Electorate: Vocational Education and Training (1 speech)
I'm really pleased to be able to speak today about the impact that fee-free TAFE is having in my community in the southern suburbs of Adelaide. Fee-free TAFE is providing so many opportunities to...
- Asylum Seekers, Groom Electorate: Toowoomba Refugee and Migrant Support Service (1 speech)
'We will decide, and nobody else, who comes to this country. We'll be compassionate, we will save lives and we'll care for people.' With those words in 2001, Prime Minister John Howard set out...
- Venn-Brown, Ms Hannah (2 speeches)
I rise to acknowledge Hannah Venn-Brown of Springfield for her 21 years of service at Services Australia supporting all employees, particularly those of the LGBTQIA+ community. Hannah is an HR...
- Bills (0 speeches)
