House debates
Wednesday, 3 July 2024
- Statements on Significant Matters (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 28 of the Selection Committee, relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on Monday 12 August 2024. The report will be...
- Budget (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- War Memorials: Vandalism (5 speeches)
I move: That so much of standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the member for Herbert from moving the following motion immediately: That the House condemns the act of...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
I move: That the reporting date for the inquiry of the Standing Committee on Economics into insurers' responses to recent natural disasters in Australia be extended to 18 October 2024. Question...
- Public Works Joint Committee; Approval of Work (1 speech)
I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, it is expedient to carry out the following proposed work which was referred to the Parliamentary Standing...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the following: Question agreed to.
- Motions (0 speeches)
- War Memorials: Vandalism (6 speeches)
I move: That this House condemns the act of defacing war memorials by pro-Palestinian protestors which is deeply insulting for current and former members of the Australian Defence Force and...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Telecommunications (1 speech)
I rise to speak on behalf of residents from Bundeena and Maianbar about the woeful telecommunications infrastructure in these areas. These are beautiful beachside villages bound by the Royal...
- Health Care (1 speech)
The latest data shows residence in Macquarie are saving money when they get their scrips filled at the chemist. Since we made the largest cut to the copayment on scripts in Australia's history,...
- Casey Electorate (1 speech)
I believe it is important to involve community in community decisions, and to this end I'm thrilled to be working alongside independent organisations DemocracyCo and Hatrick and Co., who...
- Economy (1 speech)
The government is prioritising the delivery of cost-of-living relief. This is reflected in the measures that came into effect on 1 July, including tax cuts, cheaper medicines, rent relief and the...
- Housing (1 speech)
With millions of Australians struggling to keep a secure and affordable roof over their heads, there's no doubt we're in a housing crisis. And nowhere is this more apparent than in a Tasmanian...
- Medicare (1 speech)
The Albanese Labor government is strengthening Medicare and saving people in my community of Chisholm millions of dollars through cheaper medicines and free bulk billed visits to the GP. People...
- Live Animal Exports (2 speeches)
Australia, really, has only three exports: iron ore, coal and gas. They account for nearly $400,000 million of our $500,000 million. But on the next line are aluminium, beef and gold. If this...
- Taxation (1 speech)
This week, a primary school teacher in Bean going to work at Theodore Primary School in Tuggeranong is coming home with more money in their back pocket. All up, they'll save some $1,800 across...
- Telecommunications (1 speech)
The Herald Sun front page yesterday told a shocking tale of the massive impost that this government is placing on Australian families who just want to use the internet. There have been massive...
- Cost of Living (1 speech)
We on this side of the House know that it has been a rough period for Australians. They just want to be able to pay for the things that they need. They just want to be able to go to the grocery...
- McPherson Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Today I will speak about transport infrastructure on the southern Gold Coast, specifically about the upgrades to the M1. There is quite a long history to this particular upgrade. Back in the...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
The NDIS is yet another great Labor reform—a source of great pride. In practice, the NDIS both supports and aims to make a real and meaningful difference to the lives of well over half a...
- Neuroblastoma (1 speech)
Today, on the front page of the Advertiser, we can read the story of young Holly Zerk, a seven-year-old from Balaklava, and her parents Lee-Anne and Travis. Last year, Holly was diagnosed with...
- Cost of Living (1 speech)
Waiters, retail assistants, cleaners, receptionists and hairdressers. What do these professions have in common? Under the coalition's tax plan, they would have got next to nothing in...
- Nicholls Electorate: Sport (1 speech)
I am on a mission. My mission is to train with all 44 football and netball clubs in my electorate of Nicholls, and I'm well on the way. From the Tigers in Rochester to the Pigeons in Yarrawonga,...
- Robertson Electorate: Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal (1 speech)
Today I rise to thank all of those who participated in the Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal on 25 and 26 May this year. I particularly wish to thank Captain Lesley Newton of the Umina Beach Corps...
- Albanese Government: Cost of Living (7 speeches)
Australians are being conned by this incompetent Labor government. Forty million dollars is being spent on an advertising campaign to tell all of you that you're better off with their tax cuts....
- Invictus Australia (1 speech)
On the weekend, along with a hundred veterans and their families, I attended the Invictus Australia open day at the Veteran Wellbeing Centre at repat hospital. Invictus Australia supports...
- Labor Government (3 speeches)
We've heard Labor throughout this week boast about its tax cuts, but, as usual, this is pure spin, with the reality far from anything resembling the alleviation of hardship. Just one more...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- National General Assembly of Local Government (1 speech)
I am pleased to inform the House that present in the gallery today are more hard-working local councillors and mayors from across Australia. The 2024 National General Assembly of Local...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Before the Prime Minister was elected, under the coalition government, a typical Australian family could secure a new variable rate home loan at 2.4 per...
- Future Made in Australia (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Why is a future made in Australia so important, and what alternatives has the Albanese Labor government rejected?
- Inflation (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. After three failed budgets, the Prime Minister has failed to tackle and beat inflation. Respected economist Chris Richardson has said: 'Governments have...
- Manufacturing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry and Science. How is the Albanese Labor Government delivering more secure jobs and investing in our manufacturers through the Future Made in Australia...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Housing (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness. Despite all the federal government's talk about doubling housing and homelessness funding, funding for Tasmania will, in...
- Future Made in Australia Bill 2024 (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. What does the introduction of the Albanese Labor government's Future Made in Australia legislation mean for jobs, industries, and...
- Housing (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why won't the Prime Minister admit that his decision to let in a record 547,000 migrants last year has been a significant reason for his homegrown housing crisis?
- Future Made in Australia (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How will the Albanese Labor government's Future Made in Australia plan create jobs and opportunities in every part of our country, and what opposition is...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Republic of Vanuatu: Parliamentary Delegation (1 speech)
Before I call the member for Cowper, I am pleased to inform the House that joining us on the floor of the parliament today is a parliamentary delegation from the Republic of Vanuatu led by the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Housing (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. AMP's deputy chief economist, Diana Mousina, said: The high pace of immigration is not compatible with the level of housing supply that we have in this...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Why is a considered and methodical approach to our economic challenges so important? What approaches to the economy has the Albanese Labor government ruled out?
- Payman, Senator Fatima (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Have Labor senator Fatima Payman's claims of being intimidated by members of the Labor Party been referred to the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service?
- Grocery Prices (16 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. What actions is the Albanese Labor government taking to make sure that Australians are getting better prices at the supermarket, and what approaches has the...
- Middle East (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Your Labor government has over 1,300 autonomous sanctions on Russia because of their violation of international law yet, even with the UN confirming the...
- Renewable Energy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. How is the Albanese Labor government working collaboratively with investors and the private sector to deliver for Australians? What...
- Competition Policy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The coalition is standing up for small businesses, farmers and consumers by ensuring stronger penalties for anticompetitive behaviour in our supermarket...
- Albanese Government (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories. Why are regional communities better off under an Albanese Labor government?
- Charitable Organisations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Financial Services. Not-for-profits with an ABN are required to lodge annual self-review returns to the ATO. Many organisations are run by retired volunteers...
- Vocational Education And Training (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Skills and Training. How is the Albanese Labor government skilling a workforce to support a Future Made in Australia? How does the government's support for...
- Taxation (30 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister guarantee that during his prime ministership he will not change the current negative gearing and capital gains tax treatment of...
- Health Care (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. What action is the Albanese Labor government taking to ensure that Australians have affordable access to life-changing medicines? Why is...
- 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.
- Aboriginal Land Commissioner; Presentation (1 speech)
I present the following document: Aboriginal Land Commissioner—Report to the Minister for Indigenous Australians and to the Administrator of the Northern Territory—Fitzmaurice River...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Government Response To Report (1 speech)
I present the status of government responses in the House of Representatives parliamentary committee reports as at 31 March 2024. Full details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Albanese Government (25 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: This government making life...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (5 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the following from occurring: (1) private Members' business order of the day No. 22 relating to the...
- Tariff Proposals (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That business intervening before notice No.13, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (1 speech)
On behalf of the Leader of the House, I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the following: (1) a Minister moving a motion without notice; (2)...
- Middle East (28 speeches)
I move: That this House endorses the Government's position to support the recognition of the State of Palestine as part of a peace process in support of a two-state solution and a just and...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Fairfax Electorate: Generation Innovation (1 speech)
Ten years ago, the Sunshine Coast was struggling with the challenge of youth unemployment. At that time, the community looked at each other and, instead of turning to government, instead of...
- Wills Electorate (1 speech)
There is no greater honour, really, as a member of parliament than supporting people in my community in the electorate of Wills with the challenges they face. I want to share some of the local...
- Energy (1 speech)
Australia's energy policy needs to be based on facts, not fear campaigns, and it needs to serve Australian families, businesses, manufacturing and industry. It must be affordable and it must be...
- Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Cost of Living (1 speech)
An estimated 250,000 Australians live with ME/CFS, with approximately 25 per cent experiencing severe disability that renders them either housebound or bedbound. This is a gendered disease where...
- Barker Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
I rise to update the House on my fight to deliver radiation treatment services for the Limestone Coast. To recap, my advocacy in this space began in 2018, when the Radiation Therapy Advisory...
- Tangney Electorate: Volunteers (1 speech)
Community is at the heart of Tangney. I have had the pleasure of meeting many of the Tangney community leaders and learning about their countless contributions. They are leaders who bring...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Early Childhood Education and Care (1 speech)
The influence of early childhood education and care cannot be overstated. It's transformational. Children who receive high-quality education in their earliest years do better in school and at...
- Perth Electorate: Community Events, Perth Electorate: Albanese Government, Beaufort Street Books (1 speech)
I see my job in this place as being taking my community's local values, coming here and delivering national results for them. That's why over recent months I've been hosting 'Parliament in the...
- Hughes Electorate: Cricket, Koalas (1 speech)
I rise to speak about two national icons within my electorate of Hughes. The first is cricket, our national sport. As a self-confessed cricket tragic, last Sunday it was a privilege for me to...
- Budget (1 speech)
This week, so much of the Albanese Labor government's cost-of-living measures have come into effect, from 1 July. This is really important right across the country, particularly in my region, on...
- Mudgeeraba Agricultural Show (1 speech)
The 94th Mudgeeraba Agricultural Show was held last weekend, on 29 and 30 June. The Mudgeeraba show is a very traditional agriculture show where you would find everything that you would expect...
- Lynham, Mr Eamon George, Lilley Volunteers Awards (1 speech)
I rise to pay my respects and acknowledge the passing of Eamon George Lynham, the youngest of the four sons of Dr Anthony Lynham, former state member for Stafford, and his wife, Pam. The...
- King's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
It's a pleasure to rise today to recognise two local recipients in the recent King's Birthday Honours list. Ken Gourlay was awarded an Order of Australia for service to sailing, and he certainly...
- International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica (1 speech)
On 11 July this year, the 29th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide will be marked. This day is always hardest and heaviest for Bosnians, as it represents one of the darkest chapters in modern...
- Wright Electorate: War Memorials (1 speech)
Today I stand to condemn, in the strongest terms, the antisemitic vandalism and graffiti which defaced the Vietnam war memorial and the Korean War Memorial on Anzac Parade in our nation's capital...
- National Refugee Week (2 speeches)
Today I would like to talk about the celebration of National Refugee Week across our nation. As it passes this year, we should reflect on the contribution of the nearly one million refugees...
- Statements on Significant Matters (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That orders of the day Nos 2 and 3, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day. Question agreed to.
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Budget (10 speeches)
A sickening number of gendered violence incidents and deaths have been dominating our headlines in 2024. To stave off despair about this national scourge, I wanted to take a few minutes to look...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Nairn, Hon. Gary Roy, AO (2 speeches)
If there are no speakers, I understand that it is the wish of honourable members to signify at this stage their respect and sympathy by rising in their places. Honourable members having stood in...
