House debates
Monday, 24 June 2024
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Petitions Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the 27th report of the Petitions Committee for the 47th Parliament. The report read as follows— HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PETITIONS COMMITTEE REPORT No. 27 Petitions and...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Petitions, I present the following 50 petitions:
- Responses (1 speech)
I present three ministerial responses to petitions previously presented.
- Statements (1 speech)
The petitions presented today cover a wide range of subject matters. Several petitions relate to the conflict in the Middle East, including one that gathered just under 130,000 signatures....
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Postponement (1 speech)
I inform the House that, pursuant to standing order 110, the honourable member for Mallee has postponed notice No. 2 standing in her name. The order of precedence of remaining private members'...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Environment (6 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that following the dire State of the Environment report released in 2021, the Government promised to act decisively to turn the tide in this country from nature...
- Wages (11 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes the Fair Work Commission's annual wage review was handed down on 3 June 2024; (2) acknowledges the decision means: (a) 2.6 million low paid workers on awards or...
- Road Safety (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) 677 lives were lost on Australian roads in the six months to 31 December 2023; and (b) the second half of 2023 was the deadliest six months on...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (9 speeches)
(): I move: That so much of standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent a Minister from immediately introducing without notice a Bill to amend the Fair Work (Registered...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Agriculture Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
I have received advice from the Chief Government Whip that she has nominated Mrs Phillips to be a member of the Standing Committee on Agriculture in place of Ms Lawrence.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That notice No. 1, government business, be postponed until the next sitting. Question agreed to.
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (4 speeches)
I move that so much of standing orders be suspended as would prevent the member for Griffith from moving the following motion: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) too many people are struggling...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Food Imports (1 speech)
A tale of two snack packs: in my left hand a product produced in my electorate of Nicholls by SPC, and in my right hand a generic supermarket brand product imported from China. The SPC...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
A repeat of the decade of climate denial and delay that those opposite presided over would be absolutely disastrous for Australia. The Prime Minister was right to say that Australians do not want...
- Flynn Electorate: Agricultural Shows, Volunteering (1 speech)
Last week was full of events across the Flynn electorate, with the annual AG-Grow and Mount Larcom Show on. At this year's AG-Grow in Emerald there were around 1,500 companies on display, and...
- Makin Electorate: Northern Light Theatre Company (1 speech)
I congratulate the community based Northern Light Theatre Company, based at the Shedley Theatre in Elizabeth, on being nominated five times for the latest Theatre Association of South Australia...
- Fowler Electorate: Croation Community (1 speech)
I had the honour to be invited to participate in the 50th birthday of the Australian Croatian Folkoric Group, Lindo, which was held on the weekend at King Tom Club in Edensor Park in my Fowler...
- Solomon Electorate: Darwin International Airport, Conservation (1 speech)
Last Friday I joined Darwin International Airport staff, along with representatives from 12 airports from around our nation, to walk the Rapid Creek Cultural Heritage Path, known in the Larrakia...
- Curtin Electorate: Environment, Housing (1 speech)
Last Wednesday more than a hundred Curtin constituents came to my 'Good Infill' event at the Claremont Football Club, looking out over an example of successful infill around the oval. Getting...
- Nguyen, Bich-Cam, OAM (1 speech)
Today, I pay tribute to Cam Nguyen, awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in this year's King's Birthday Honours roll. Cam is President of the Australian Vietnamese Women's Association, an...
- Nuclear Energy (1 speech)
I want cheaper electricity prices for my people within the electorate of Wright. I want cheap electricity prices for my pensioners, for my homeowners, for families and for renters. I want cheaper...
- Booth, Brenda, OAM (1 speech)
Today, I rise to congratulate a very phenomenal woman in my electorate of Robertson, Brenda Booth, who has been named the winner of the President's Achievement Award at the 2024 Stroke Awards....
- Fadden Electorate: Everything Suarve (1 speech)
Today I rise to speak about a major concern for many of my constituents in recent years—the issue of juvenile crime. Today, though, I want to talk about the gold-standard early intervention...
- Lebanon: Syrian Refugees (1 speech)
Lebanon is one of the most beautiful countries in the world, and the Lebanese diaspora has contributed much to Australia. But Lebanon now needs help as it struggles to cope with the burden of...
- Global MND Awareness Day (1 speech)
Today we mark Global MND Awareness Day, which is 21 June 2024, with all of the motor neurone disease associations from Australia gathering here also to mark 30 years of MND Australia. As members...
- Holt Electorate: Neighbourhood Morning Tea (1 speech)
Last Thursday I held my fourth neighbourhood morning tea, with special guest the Minister for the NDIS and Minister for Government Services, Bill Shorten MP. Forums like my neighbourhood morning...
- Nuclear Energy (1 speech)
Decisions made in this place have consequences. This is not a philosophical debating club at the local university or high school. Decisions that are made here impact on people. We've seen this...
- Renewable Energy (1 speech)
If energy had an Olympics, solar would win gold year after year after year. According to the International Energy Agency, for the 22nd year in a row renewable capacity has broken records, with...
- Cybersafety (1 speech)
Keeping children safe on social media is one of the defining issues of our era. It is an issue of totemic significance right across our community. We're seeing deeply disturbing mental health...
- Spence Electorate: Mental Health (1 speech)
Late last week, I was extremely pleased to be a part of the official launch of a new Medicare mental health centre located in Elizabeth, right in the heart of my electorate of Spence. I was...
- Nuclear Energy (1 speech)
I was very pleased to see this last week Mr Peter Dutton, the Leader of the Opposition, come out with the start of our nuclear policy. It's great news. A lot of people in my electorate are very,...
- Health Care (2 speeches)
Postviral syndrome seems to be becoming more prevalent. I personally know a number of people experiencing long COVID and I keep door-knocking people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Energy (16 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, what is the total cost of the government's energy plan, and what will the Capacity Investment Scheme cost taxpayers?
- Cost of Living (3 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. How is the Albanese Labor government helping to ease cost-of-living pressures? How will this action help Australian households, and what approaches have been rejected?
- Nuclear Energy (6 speeches)
My question goes to the Prime Minister. The Princeton University's Net zero Australiareport has modelled the capital cost of the energy transition, according to a similar pathway to the...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Papua New Guinea: Parliamentary Delegation (1 speech)
Order! I'm pleased inform the House that joining us in the Distinguished Visitors Gallery are the honourable members from a delegation from Papua New Guinea, led by the Speaker of the National...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the Albanese Labor government working to fight inflation and provide cost-of-living relief? What has the government ruled out?
- Banking and Financial Services (8 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Many residents in our electorates of Calare and Kennedy, and in towns and cities across our great country, hold real fears that the use of cash in Australia is...
- Energy (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. What is the Albanese Labor government's approach to lowering energy bills after a decade of failed policies? How does this compare...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Bowel Cancer Australia, Mansfield Secondary College (1 speech)
Before I call the member for Canning, I'll just do a couple more acknowledgements. I'm pleased to inform the House that present in the southern gallery today are representatives of Bowel Cancer...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Defence Procurement (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence. Is it safe for Australian Defence Force personnel to be on nuclear submarines with nuclear propulsion systems?
- Renewable Energy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water. How is the Albanese Labor government tracking when it comes to ticking off renewable energy projects? How will these projects make...
- Aukus: Nuclear Submarines (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence. Australia is in the process of acquiring a fleet of eight nuclear powered submarines under the AUKUS agreement. As part of...
- Cost of Living (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. After a decade of wages being kept deliberately low, how is the Albanese Labor government easing cost-of-living pressures by...
- Nuclear Waste Management: Submarines (15 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister, and I refer to the Deputy Prime Minister's earlier answer in confirmation that waste from the nuclear propulsion system will be stored on the...
- Cost of Living (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Early Childhood Education. How is the Albanese Labor government providing cost-of-living relief for early childhood education and care workers, who play a...
- Housing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, my community of North Sydney believe that our current housing and homelessness crisis is exacerbated by a lack of long-term leadership,...
- Cost of Living: Education (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to deliver cost-of-living relief in the Education portfolio, and how does this compare to other approaches?
- Renewable Energy (18 speeches)
My question goes to the Prime Minister. When does the government expect green hydrogen to be commercially viable?
- Health Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. How is the Albanese Labor government continuing to deliver cheaper medicines? How is this helping to deliver cost-of-living help for every...
- Grocery Prices (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Greens-led inquiry into supermarkets said price gouging should be illegal and obscene profiteering should stop, but all Labor has done today is make...
- Energy Prices (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. What approaches to boosting Australia's energy production will help bring the cost of living down, and which approaches will make power more expensive? Why...
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Reports Nos 35 to 45 of 2023-24 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's Audit reports Nos 25 to 45 of 2023-24. Details of the reports will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings. Documents made parliamentary papers.
- 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.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Petrie Electorate: Infrastructure, Bowel Cancer (5 speeches)
The Dohles Rocks Road on and off ramps in Griffin are one of the most eagerly awaited and anticipated infrastructure projects in the Petrie electorate. It's a very fast-growing area in the...
- Calwell Electorate: Refugee Week (1 speech)
The theme of this year's Refugee Week is 'finding freedom'. It highlights the role that family plays in the refugee experience. Refugee Week acknowledges and celebrates the remarkable resilience...
- Menzies Electorate: Sport (1 speech)
I rise to do something that often happens in this place, which is to take you, those here in the chamber and those watching at home on a journey. I'd like to take you on a journey in time to one...
- Newcastle Electorate: Wind Energy (3 speeches)
Public consultation for an offshore wind zone 20 kilometres or more off the coast of Newcastle ran from February to April 2023. On 12 July last year the Albanese Labor government officially...
- Consumer Data Right (3 speeches)
The Albanese Labor government have shown disdain for the digital economy in many aspects but one of the most important is their conspicuous failure to deliver on the Consumer Data Right, which...
- Nuclear Energy, Hawkesbury-Nepean River: Floods (1 speech)
It wasn't a pleasant surprise for Blue Mountains residents and our Lithgow neighbours to learn that the coalition has selected their city as the site for a nuclear reactor. It defies logic that...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Fairfax Electorate: Cost of Living (1 speech)
The Sunshine Coast may indeed be the lifestyle capital of Australia, and indeed it's a beautiful, wonderful place to live, but the residents I serve here in this parliament are doing it as tough...
- Phillis, Mrs Christina Lillian (1 speech)
I would like to mark the passing earlier this year of a true Labor hero in my electorate, Christina Lillian Phillis. Christina died peacefully in Alice Springs. From a very young age, politics...
- Flinders Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
Last week I visited Rosebud Hospital with Felicity Topp, CEO of Peninsula Health, who steps down from this role on Friday, after six years. We wish her all the best; she has been a remarkable...
- Werriwa Electorate: Volunteers (1 speech)
Australia is overwhelmingly a peaceful and collegiate nation. For millennia, we have been a multicultural nation. Overwhelmingly positive for our country, multiculturalism has improved our...
- Workplace Relations: Qantas (1 speech)
I wish to name the members of the Qantas board because this is a name and a shame: Richard Goyder AO, Maxine Brenner, Jacqueline Hey, Belinda Hutchinson AC, Michael L'Estrange AO, Doug Parker,...
- Energy (1 speech)
For those of us who came into this place wanting to address climate change and wanting to move off fossil fuels as quickly as possible and ensure we live in a more sustainable country, the last...
- Ryder, Mr Keith Barry Michael (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to Keith Barry Michael Ryder, who passed away on 4 April aged 85. Keith was born in Brisbane in February 1939 to his parents, Beryl and Keith Ryder Sr. He had a modest...
- Budget (1 speech)
What a wonderful tribute. It also highlighted the dangers of supporting the Canberra Raiders! The 2024 federal budget invests in building a better and fairer education system for all Australians...
- Hill, Mr Malcolm (1 speech)
The Berri and wider Riverland communities in South Australia are mourning the passing of a great South Australian, Malcolm Hill, who died late last month at the age of 85. Malcolm was born in...
- Paterson Electorate: Hunter Region Business Excellence Awards, King's Birthday Honours (2 speeches)
The Hunter Region Business Excellence Awards recognise outstanding achievements for businesses and individuals across the Hunter. Whether it's industrial trades, tourism, finances or personal...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Health Care (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) too many people in Australia are not able to access essential dental healthcare, and are living with preventable diseases and oral conditions; (b)...
- Renewable Energy (10 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises the investments the Government is making in cleaner, cheaper, reliable renewable energy as we undergo the transformation to net zero by 2050, including:...
- Superannuation (10 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges the importance of superannuation for all Australians, particularly younger Australians; (2) notes that, according to the Association of Superannuation...
- Budget (7 speeches)
I rise to support the motion before us by the hardworking member for Paterson. As the member has quite rightly pointed out, the Albanese Labor government is delivering a fiscally responsible...
- Queensland: Beef Industry (10 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges that: (a) the cattle industry within the Queensland 'Beef Corridor' road network consists of a quarter of Australia's cattle herd and makes an important...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Environment (1 speech)
To recognise a duty of care to another is to recognise that there is a moral or legal obligation to ensure the safety and wellbeing of others even as you pursue a course of action that may align...
- Pearce Electorate: Young Family (1 speech)
Today I rise to speak about the Young family, who reside in Two Rocks, the northernmost suburb of my Pearce electorate in metropolitan Perth. Chris Young and his family purchased a local...
- Housing (1 speech)
This is why we need a freeze and cap on rent increases. The majority of the Labor and Liberal parties might all be landlords and so might not fully appreciate the scale of the housing crisis and...
- Boothby Electorate: King's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
Boothby residents are a talented group and a group that gives back to the community in so many ways. Boothby volunteering rates are higher than the state average and higher than the national...
- AEIOU Foundation (1 speech)
I've told the tale to parliament of two little boys that were born profoundly dyslexic, if that's the right word. They were like a puffed pillow statue. If you punched them, there was no...
- Bowel Cancer (1 speech)
Today I met with Bowel Cancer Australia advocates Mehroz Afzal, Seemab Awan, Jessica Kidd and James Barr. Mehroz and Seemab sadly lost their sister, Afroz Awan, in January 2022, only three months...
- Chirnside Park Football and Netball Clubs, Powelltown Football Club (1 speech)
Last week I was fortunate enough to attend the Chirnside Park football and netball clubs' volunteer and sponsorship night. It was a wonderful night to pay tribute to those sponsors—I'm...
- Perth Hindu Temple (1 speech)
On 25 May, together with the member for Burt I attended the Perth Hindu Temple sod-turning ceremony. It symbolised not just the start of the construction but also our shared commitment to serving...
- Warburton Valley CEDA, Casey Electorate: Community Services (1 speech)
Happy birthday to the Warburton Valley CEDA. It was wonderful to be there last week to celebrate their 10th birthday. It was special occasion. The CEDA, over 10 years, have had more than 100...
- Fairmile Cove Beach (1 speech)
There's a little patch of beach in Mortlake, no bigger than a basketball court, that has been lovingly cared for by a wonderful group of volunteers. Ron and Edna Cox live right next to Fairmile...
- Wide Bay Electorate: Groundwater Lodge (1 speech)
Maryborough has been hard-hit by the aged-care crisis, and government needs to do more to support older Australians, who built our country. But, in times like this, it's heartening to see...
- Werriwa Electorate: William Carey Christian School (1 speech)
Rose Kennedy, matriarch of the famous Hyannis Port family, once remarked, 'Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.' Recently I attended an event that encapsulated both aspects of Mrs...
- Braddon Electorate: Aged Care (1 speech)
The west coast of Tasmania has finally received much-needed funding for aged-care beds in the town of Queenstown. It has taken the Albanese government three years to finally understand the...
- Girl Guides Australia: Brindabella Trefoil Guild (1 speech)
The Girl Guides trefoil guilds are fantastic organisations that connect former members of the Girl Guides to each other so that they can remain part of the movement and continue to support their...
- Bowman Electorate: Infrastructure, Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program (1 speech)
In this place, my priority will always be to advocate for the Redlands community. In the past, my part of the world has sometimes been overlooked for government funding for important community...
- Macquarie Electorate: Artists (1 speech)
The Hawkesbury is associated with many famous artists who captured the region, like Arthur Streeton, Julian Ashton and Charles Conder, and we have superb and commercially successful local...
- Paris Olympic Games (1 speech)
Would you believe a regional centre, the Hinkler electorate, has three representatives at the Paris Olympics for 2024? I want to congratulate the three of them: Isaac Cooper for swimming, Keira...
- Big Freeze in the Marsh (1 speech)
On Saturday, my community rallied together in an extraordinary display of spirit at the Big Freeze in the Marsh. We witnessed incredible costumes, brave individuals taking the icy plunge and,...
- Durack Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
I was thrilled to recently join the Speaker in visiting five wonderful primary schools across the Pilbara. These included Baynton West Primary School, St Paul's Primary School, Wickham Primary...
- Pinnacle College (1 speech)
On 23 May, I had the pleasure of representing the Minister for Education, Jason Clare, at the opening of the Pinnacle College Golden Grove campus $4 million two-storey multipurpose building. The...
- Nuclear Energy (1 speech)
Last Wednesday, the former Northern Power Station site at Port Augusta in South Australia was announced as one of the coalition's planned nuclear reactor sites. I met with the mayor of Port...
- Labor Government (1 speech)
Recently I picked up some interesting reading material, the results of a True Issues survey by JWS printed in the Financial Review. It outlined the issues that Australians care about, and looking...
- Regional Telecommunications (1 speech)
The House has heard me complain about regional telecommunication services on a number of occasions. Today I rise again to put on record my disappointment at the contempt shown towards regional...
- Jagajaga Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
I had a great time getting my hands dirty recently, together with the Friends of Edendale group, at Edendale Farm in Eltham North, where we collectively helped plant 500 trees and grasses around...
- Hughes Electorate: King's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
I'm so proud to have so many outstanding and talented individuals living in the Hughes electorate. Today I recognise two of those who received King's Birthday honours in this year's list. The...
- Bowel Cancer (1 speech)
Bowel cancer is the deadliest form of cancer and the sixth-leading cause of death for all Australians aged 25 to 44. Many of us think of bowel cancer as a disease for the over-50s, but sadly this...
- Deakin Electorate: Deakin Community Awards (1 speech)
Every year it is my great pleasure to recognise the selfless and impactful individuals who work hard in my community to make it a better place. Just last week we celebrated the 2024 Deakin...
- RAAF Base Edinburgh (1 speech)
Last week it was great to visit RAAF Base Edinburgh, located in my electorate of Spence, alongside the Minister for Defence Personnel. That afternoon spent on base, the minister and I shared a...
- Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (1 speech)
I rise to talk about the extraordinary opportunity given to 130 primary school students from my electorate of Flinders last month. Students from across grades three to six joined me at Hamer Hall...
- Newcastle Electorate: Surf Lifesaving (2 speeches)
Last week I attended the Hunter Surf Lifesaving Awards of Excellence gala dinner to celebrate the amazing work of our surf lifesaving men and women. They do an outstanding job to keep us all safe...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Tertiary Education (7 speeches)
I rise to speak in support of the motion from the member for Holt. The member understands, like so many on this side of the chamber, the transformational nature of education and the importance of...
- Local Government (14 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges that: (a) Australia's local government sector is a vital partner in the delivery of local infrastructure and services across our nation; and (b) a...
- Medicare (7 speeches)
I rise to speak to this motion to strengthen Medicare moved by my good friend and colleague the member for Macarthur. Labor has a proud record on health. Forty years ago, the Whitlam Labor...
- Health Care: Maternity Services (11 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that the reduction in the provision of maternity services in rural Australia: (a) has increased significantly since the 1990s due to closure of rural maternity...
