House debates

Thursday, 6 June 2024

  • Business (0 speeches)
    • Rearrangement (7 speeches)
      I seek leave to move the following motion: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent: (1) private Members' business order of the day No. 32 relating to the...
  • Bills (0 speeches)
  • Committees (0 speeches)
    • Public Works Joint Committee; Reference (1 speech)
      I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, the following proposed work be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works for...
  • Bills (0 speeches)
  • Statements by Members (0 speeches)
    • Mackay 50 and Better Healthy Ageing Program (1 speech)
      Age is just a number, and the Mackay over-50s-and-better group do not let things like age get in their way. I had the pleasure of attending their 30th birthday celebration recently—and not...
    • Nuclear Energy (1 speech)
      The facts cannot be any clearer, yet those opposite insist that nuclear generation is the future of Australia's energy grid despite never mentioning it in their 10 years in government. After 22...
    • Beenleigh Cane Parade and Gala Ball (1 speech)
      There is something particularly sweet about a town steeped in tradition. Beenleigh came together as a community on Saturday 11 May to commemorate our century-old-and-then-some cane traditions....
    • Nuclear Energy (1 speech)
      In the words of Dorothea Mackellar: I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, Of droughts and flooding rains. But I want to know where Peter Dutton would...
    • North-Sydney Electorate: Willoughby Girls High School (1 speech)
      Since becoming North Sydney's MP, I have learned a lot about the myriad of small communities that make the electorate of North Sydney such a rewarding and enriching place to live. One thing that...
    • Nuclear Energy (1 speech)
      I have an important update on the location of the coalition's nuclear power plants. The following Australian towns and regions may be renamed 'Springfield' and play host to a nuclear power plant:...
    • Middle East: Occupied Palestinian Territories (1 speech)
      Yesterday we saw Labor and the Liberals unite together to defend the State of Israel as it carries out a genocide. Labor and the Liberals are on a unity ticket when it comes to supporting...
    • Nuclear Energy (1 speech)
      It's now been 674 days since the opposition leader announced that risky reactors will be the centrepiece of the coalition's energy policy. But where are the details? At this stage it's just a...
    • Bluey (1 speech)
      Every now and then something comes along that speaks not only about us but to us, and Bluey is one of them. We have seen on many occasions the Prime Minster hold up his lucky dollar, and it's...
    • Liberal Party of Australia (1 speech)
      If you've been reading some of the self-propelled commentary about Josh Frydenberg lately, you might be forgiven for thinking that he is the Liberal Party's chosen one. Just like Anakin...
    • Casey Electorate: Volunteer Fire Brigades (1 speech)
      Across Casey, our 37 local CFA brigades work 24/7 to keep our communities safe. They do this without ever asking for anything in return. So, once a year, at the brigades' annual dinners, we have...
    • Nuclear Energy (1 speech)
      I love reading fairytales to my grandchildren and stories about fantasy, so I'm really looking forward to reading the coalition's nuclear power policy to them when and if it is ever released....
    • Live Animal Exports: Sheep (1 speech)
      Last Friday I joined a massive rally in the Perth CBD as four separate convoys consisting of 1,700 registered vehicles and over 3,000 farmers and supporters peacefully rolled into town. We were...
    • Nuclear Energy (1 speech)
      All the evidence, all the expertise and all the inquiries have made it crystal clear there's no case for nuclear energy in Australia. With each passing year, renewables and storage get cheaper...
    • McPherson Electorate (1 speech)
      I've always actively reached out to the community of McPherson to listen to and best understand their concerns and feedback. Today I'd like to report to the House the top issues that are being...
    • Nuclear Energy (1 speech)
      If this round of media backgrounding can be believed, we are only days away from the Leader of the Opposition announcing his big policy glow-up on nuclear energy. We've heard this one before, 674...
    • Bass Electorate: South Esk Swimming Club (1 speech)
      I rise today to recognise the achievements of three swimmers from the South Esk Swimming Club, who've qualified to compete at the upcoming Australia swimming trials in Brisbane, which is to...
    • Energy (1 speech)
      The Leader of the Opposition, 674 days ago, announced his plans for a nuclear powered Australia. That's a really long time to have no detail, no sites, no costs and no plan. To put that amount of...
    • Albanese Government (1 speech)
      'Incompetence', 'mismanagement' and 'waste' are words that describe the government and this Prime Minister. The most important job of the Prime Minister is to keep Australians safe and he has...
    • Energy (2 speeches)
      Some people's favourite fish is salmon. Some people's favourite fish is cod. The Leader of the Opposition's favourite fish is Blinky the three-eyed fish. Blinky is happily swimming next to the...
  • Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
    • D-Day Landings: 80th Anniversary (2 speeches)
      Today we mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, and we give thanks to all who stood for liberty—and we remember and honour all who fell. I'm pleased to inform the House that the...
  • Ministry (0 speeches)
    • Temporary Arrangements (1 speech)
      I inform the House that the Minister for Indigenous Australians will be absent from question time today. She's visiting a remote community. The Attorney-General will answer questions on her...
  • Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
    • Australian Greens (4 speeches)
      My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister commit to preferencing Greens candidates last in every electorate at the next election?
    • International Relations (4 speeches)
      My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Why is engagement in our region important for a stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific, and how is the Albanese Labor government contributing to this?
    • Australian Greens (9 speeches)
      My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, given the antisemitic conduct of the Greens political party and the Prime Minister's justified condemnation of them yesterday, will the Prime...
    • Budget (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Treasurer. How is the Albanese Labor government's budget right for the economic conditions and helping to ease cost-of-living pressures for Australians, and what approaches...
  • Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
    • Gezer, His Excellency Mr Ufuk (1 speech)
      I am advised by the member for Hawke and pleased to inform the House that present in the gallery today is His Excellency Mr Ufuk Gezer, the Ambassador of the Republic of Turkiye to Australia. A...
  • Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
    • Defence Procurement (11 speeches)
      My question is to the Prime Minister. This year, Labor awarded a $917 million contract to Israeli weapons corporation Elbit Systems, the same company that made the drone that Israel used to bomb...
    • Health Care (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering on its commitment to cheaper medicines? After a decade of cuts to and neglect of Medicare,...
    • Economy (16 speeches)
      My question is to the Treasurer. The Albanese Labor government has weakened the economy and hurt families and small businesses with its economic decisions. The Treasurer has said that the...
    • Cost of Living: Regional Australia (5 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. Minister, how is the Albanese Labor government's budget providing cost-of-living relief to...
    • National Disability Insurance Scheme (17 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Minister for Government Services. The minister designed the NDIS and has been the responsible minister for over two...
    • Tertiary Education (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Education. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to give people from the outer suburbs the opportunity to go to university, and why is it important for a...
    • Gambling Advertising (6 speeches)
      My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, it's obvious the government doesn't want a gambling advertising ban because it's scared of a backlash from the media and big sporting codes...
    • Education (3 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Early Childhood Education. How is the Albanese Labor government easing the cost-of-living pressures and getting wages moving for workers in our early childhood...
    • Australian Defence Force (9 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and for Defence Personnel. Has the minister ever advocated to expand recruitment to the Australian Defence Force beyond the Five Eyes countries?
    • Wages (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. What action has the Albanese Labor government taken to get wages moving, and what approaches to wages has the government...
    • Middle East (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Prime Minister. Prior to the 7 October terrorist attacks, approximately 15,000 trucks a month delivered essential humanitarian aid, including food, fuel and water, to Gaza....
    • Renewable Energy (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water. How are the projects approved by the Albanese Labor government helping to transform Australia into a renewable energy superpower, and...
    • PsiQuantum (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. I refer to the government's decision to commit $940 million of taxpayers' money to the American company PsiQuantum without holding an open tender...
    • Energy (5 speeches)
      My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. What is the Albanese Labor government's approach to lowering energy bills? What policies have been rejected? Why is it important to...
    • PsiQuantum (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Has the Deputy Prime Minister or his office met with PsiQuantum's lobbyists, his former chief of staff, Lidija Ivanovski, or the Treasurer's former...
    • Albanese Government (2 speeches)
      My question is to the Prime Minister. When parliament returns in two weeks, which of the Albanese Labor government's plans will be coming into effect, and are there any alternatives being proposed?
  • Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
    • Defence Procurement (9 speeches)
      I seek to supplement an answer in question time due to the microphones cutting out!
  • Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
    • Vinnies CEO Sleepout (1 speech)
      I'm pleased to advise the House that, on 20 June, for the first time, parliament will be open to the St Vincent de Paul Society CEO Sleepout. I'd like to thank all members for their generosity....
  • Statements (0 speeches)
  • Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
    • Parliamentary Standards (2 speeches)
      What is the process if a minister has misled the House in such an egregious way? Is he required to come back and add to an answer?
  • Statements (0 speeches)
  • 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.
  • Motions (0 speeches)
    • National Disability Insurance Scheme (40 speeches)
      I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Manager of Opposition Business from moving the following motion forthwith: That the Minister for the...
  • Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
    • Housing (5 speeches)
      I have received letters from the honourable member for Deakin and the honourable member for Macnamara proposing that definite matters of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion...
  • Bills (0 speeches)
  • Adjournment (0 speeches)
    • Climate Change (1 speech)
      If anyone is still in denial about the impact of climate change and the need for action, this past summer in WA should lay that to rest. Last week it started to rain in Perth. This is the first...
    • Mental Health (1 speech)
      Three thousand everyday Aussies—dads and mums, grandparents, police officers, nurses, schoolteachers, students, veterans, truck drivers, children—commit suicide every single year in...
    • Economy (1 speech)
      Can I commend the member for Spence for speaking on such an important topic. He's providing the leadership that we need on this issue, and I'm sure that, if all of us here were honest, we would...
    • Brotherhood of St Laurence Thrive Hub (1 speech)
      Earlier this week Julie Ware, Rebecca Wilmott and the dedicated team at the Brotherhood of St Laurence opened the Thrive Hub, in Frankston. In her opening address, Julie Ware, from the...
    • Economy (1 speech)
      I ask a question that I ask Australians and other members of my community right now: are you better off or worse off after two years of this Labor government? The answer is universally, 'I am...
    • Middle East: Occupied Palestinian Territories (1 speech)
      In this sitting fortnight, I've had the opportunity to attend two briefings from aid workers who are providing aid in Gaza. One was organised by my Labor colleague the member for Reid, Sally...
  • Statements (0 speeches)
    • Federation Chamber: 30th Anniversary (1 speech)
      This is a historic day for the Federation Chamber, so I'm going to begin with a brief statement before going on to constituency statements. I'd like to formally recognise the 30th anniversary of...
  • Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
    • Aircraft Noise (1 speech)
      In the last year I've been inundated with messages from people right across my community who are at their wits' end with the volume of air traffic over their homes in the densely populated...
    • Lake Macquarie Mines Grouting Fund, Telecommunications (1 speech)
      It's with pleasure that I provide an update to the House on some exciting progress on one of the biggest commitments I took to the 2022 election: the $10 million for the establishment of a mines...
    • Transport Oriented Development Program (1 speech)
      An issue of significant concern to many of my constituents in Bradfield is the New South Wales Labor government's proposed changes to planning rules, which would adversely impact my electorate,...
    • Khalsa Shaouni, Hawke Electorate: Volunteers, Hawke Electorate: Small Business (1 speech)
      A few weeks ago it was my pleasure to welcome the Prime Minister to Hawke, where we joined members of our Sikh community to celebrate the opening of the newly renovated Plumpton temple. For many...
    • Forrest Electorate: Community Services (1 speech)
      In the Prime Minister's election night speech, he spoke about how the government looking out for all Australians and would ensure that no-one is left behind because 'we would always look after...
    • Edith Cowan University Health Centre (1 speech)
      I'm very happy to be on my feet today to advise that the Edith Cowan University Health Centre in Yanchep is due to officially open soon. This new project is jointly funded by Edith Cowan...
    • Animal Welfare (1 speech)
      It is incongruous that we have in Canberra a government so quick to ban the live sheep export trade yet sanction, through its New South Wales counterpart, the cruel slaughter of beautiful...
    • Greenway Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
      North-west Sydney is dynamic, diverse and fast-growing, and Labor is delivering the critical investments in infrastructure, transport and essential amenities, including communications, to ensure...
    • Lindsay Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
      Last week, as a shadow minister for Western Sydney, I spoke at the National Growth Areas Alliance conference which gathered in my electorate of Lindsay. We had mayors and council representatives...
    • Cost of Living, Wages (2 speeches)
      I rise today to talk about the people in my community—people that I have been visiting at sporting events across the last few weeks. I've been to the Werribee Football Club. I've been to...
  • Bills (0 speeches)
  • Adjournment (0 speeches)
    • Middle East (1 speech)
      Like many people in my electorate of Indi, I am distressed and appalled by the ongoing conflict and dire humanitarian situation in Gaza. The recent attacks on Rafah have left many Australians,...
    • Budget (1 speech)
      We know that people are dealing with cost-of-living pressures, and I am acutely aware of the impact this is having on families on the Central Coast. That is why our government's No. 1 focus is...
    • Child Care, Aged Care (1 speech)
      I rise today to speak about the childcare and aged-care industries in my electorate. They're crucial services. I'd like to thank everybody in those services. They look after us when we're born,...
    • Labor Government (2 speeches)
      The Australian community benefits from an Australian government that works hard to steer our country through tough situations while setting us up for the long term, setting us up to be a fairer,...
    • De La Salle Football Club, Higgins Electorate: Community Services (1 speech)
      On a cold, rainy night in April, I laced up my boots and trained with the De La Salle Football Club senior women's team, the Guns. As a rank novice, my intimidation melted away with the warmth...

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