House debates
Thursday, 15 August 2024
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- National Security (28 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That this House: (1) notes that the Albanese Government has so far granted almost 3,000 visitor visas to individuals from the Gaza warzone; (2) notes...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games (1 speech)
What a successful Olympic Games. As we reflect on Australia's performance at the Paris Olympics, it's clear our athletes have once again showcased exceptional talent and determination on the...
- Werriwa Electorate: Lurnea High School (1 speech)
My electorate is home to some wonderful schools, not least Lurnea High School. I know Lurnea High better than most. I began my political career there when I was elected school captain. It seems...
- Petition: Trains (1 speech)
I rise to table a very important petition signed by 6,600 concerned Australians calling for the legislation of mandatory minimum standards for train lighting. This petition has been considered by...
- International Day of Friendship (1 speech)
In the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly in 2011, Australia and a raft of nations passed a resolution designating 30 July as the International Day of Friendship. This resolution...
- Early Childhood Education (1 speech)
Too often we talk about economics in the abstract. We debate the impact of something as fundamental as a pay rise as though it is just numbers on a balance sheet, but we must always remember that...
- Armenian Film Festival Australia (1 speech)
Tomorrow night, I'll be heading over to Event Cinemas in Top Ryde to join Bennelong's vibrant Armenian community for the opening night of the Armenian Film Festival Australia. The film festival...
- Universities (1 speech)
If you've got a HECS debt, I've got good news: $3 billion is about to be wiped from three million Australians' HECS debts. Today the bill to make that happen was introduced in the House of...
- Vietnam Veterans' Day (1 speech)
On Sunday 18 August, I will again be attending the annual Vietnam Veterans' Day commemoration service at Henderson Square in the Montague Farm Estate in Pooraka. The Montague Farm Estate has been...
- Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (1 speech)
Aggressive, intimidatory and criminal behaviour is nothing new for the CFMEU. Anyone who's worked on union dominated worksites, as I have, has seen it or its impacts firsthand. For years, this...
- Employment: People With Disability, Tangney Electorate: Good Sammy Enterprises (1 speech)
Recently I had the opportunity to visit Good Sammy Enterprises. Founded in 1950, the headquarters of this iconic Western Australian charity are in my electorate of Tangney. Of the 830 people who...
- Warren, Professor John Robin, AC (1 speech)
I rise to note and acknowledge the passing of the late Professor Robin Warren, a Nobel Prize winner, who was educated in my electorate of Sturt. Professor Warren passed away last month after a...
- Robertson Electorate: Avoca Beach Village Church (1 speech)
The Avoca Beach Village Church celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2023 after six decades of continuous worship on its site at 62 The Round Drive, Avoca Beach. Famous for its white A-frame...
- Deakin Electorate: Nadrasca (1 speech)
I want to highlight the important work of Nadrasca, a life-changing and purpose-giving disability support organisation in my electorate of Deakin. Recently I was fortunate enough to visit my good...
- Citizenship (1 speech)
Every day is a great day to reflect on what it means to be Australian. To this end, I draw upon and remind members of some of the fine words penned by the former Minister for Immigration and...
- Economy (1 speech)
There's new employment data out today and, whilst it's good to see some strength in the labour market, what sits underneath the numbers is an indictment of Labor's failed economic management....
- Refugees (1 speech)
My family has experienced the devastating consequences of conflict. My mother felt the desperation of carrying her baby as she fled across the Mekong River. They lived the uncertainty of waiting...
- Energy (1 speech)
During the six weeks that we weren't sitting, I've been going around my electorate doing listening posts, and the thing that has staggered me more than anything else is how many people have come...
- National Security (1 speech)
In 1938, the Evian Conference was convened in France, where delegates from 32 countries around the world gathered to discuss options for settling Jewish refugees fleeing Europe. Australia's...
- War Graves (1 speech)
Labor promised $3.7 million during the 2022 election campaign to match the coalition's commitment to establish an ongoing grant program to mark private graves of around 12,000 First World War...
- Small Business (2 speeches)
Small businesses right around Australia are doing it tough. From my experience in business, I know that the looming deadlines to pay the bills, meet payroll, and serve customers can often feel...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Middle East: Migration (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration. The Albanese government, primarily under Minister Giles, has issued more than 2,900 visas to individuals from the Gaza war zone since the October 7...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the Albanese Labor government creating jobs and setting up a future made in Australia? How does this compare to previous approaches?
- Middle East: Migration (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. During question time yesterday, the Prime Minister stated that people applying for visas from the terrorist-controlled Gaza war zone were undergoing ASIO...
- Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. What do today's jobs numbers tell us about the state of the economy? Why is the Albanese Labor government's economic plan so important, and what economic policies...
- First Nations Australians (3 speeches)
PM, in Cloncurry, my brother-cousins on their homelands cannot secure a freehold title deed or a pastoral lease, yet both are available to every whitefella. Wouldn't Monash professor Sarah...
- Future Made in Australia (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources and Minister for Northern Australia. How will the Albanese Labor government's production tax incentive for critical minerals grow a new industry here...
- National Security (15 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday the Prime Minister said he was running exactly the same process in granting visas to those in the Gaza war zone as the previous government did when...
- Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. What action is the government taking to clean up the CFMEU, and what threatens to delay this action?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Middle East: Migration (24 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, of the more than 2,900 people issued visas from the terrorist-controlled Gaza war zone, primarily let in by the former immigration minister,...
- Universities (3 speeches)
It's very kind of you, Speaker; it is a good one. My question is to the Minister for Education. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to ease cost-of-living pressures on students and build...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Prime Minister (3 speeches)
I move: That so much of standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Leader of the Opposition from moving the following motion: That this House: (a) notes that the Prime...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Early Childhood Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Early Childhood Education. Why is it important to invest in the early childhood education and care workforce? What has been the response to the Albanese...
- Calare Electorate: Visa Refusal or Cancellation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Home Affairs. The Nguyen family of Bathurst are much loved and highly respected in our local community. They run the Anam Vietnamese restaurant,...
- Medicare (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. After a decade of cuts and neglect, how is the Albanese Labor government strengthening Medicare and bulk-billing? Are there any threats...
- Middle East: Migration (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, of the 2,900 people issued with visitor visas from the terrorist controlled Gaza war zone, how many applicants have had their biometric data...
- Cost of Living (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering cost-of-living relief to Australians, and are there any threats to this relief being delivered?
- Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, a succession of federal governments—LNP and Labor—have a shameful history of paying lip service to the recommendations of royal...
- Aviation Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. What actions is the Albanese Labor government taking to support the continuation of...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Albanese government, primarily under Minister Giles, has issued more than 2,900 visas to individuals from the Gaza war zone since the 7 October atrocity....
- Local Government (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories. How is the Albanese Labor government supporting local government? And how does this compare to other...
- Middle East: Migration (15 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, it is reported that between 40 and 75 per cent of people in the Gaza war zone support listed terrorist organisations Hamas. Is it the...
- Renewable Energy (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Why is it important that we continue the rollout of renewable energy backed up by batteries? What obstacles stand in the way, and...
- Middle East: Migration (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Department of Home Affairs told Senate estimates on 28 May that, as of 31 March 2024, 39 visitor visas from individuals from the terrorist controlled...
- Energy (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water. How is the government's Future Made in Australia plan accelerating the approval of renewable energy projects? How will these projects...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Standards (4 speeches)
I have a question about some conduct of the Leader of the Opposition during question time. After the Prime Minister had given an answer to one of his questions, I think, wherein the Prime...
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- National Security, Economy, Cost of Living (30 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable the Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: This government's...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Parliament, Climate Change (1 speech)
This building has historically not been a place where young people's voices are heard or listened to. We are seeing the results of this laid bare as housing becomes more unaffordable and the...
- Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games (1 speech)
The love of sport runs deep in our nation's veins, from cricket and nippers in the summer months to soccer, football and AFL in the winter months to netball and basketball, which are enjoyed all...
- Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (1 speech)
We've seen a lot of reports in recent weeks about the CFMEU, but this is not an overnight revelation. It is not. In fact, in 2019 those opposite could have supported the changes we wanted to put...
- Early Childhood Education (1 speech)
One thing that the House may not know is that during university I spent a bit of time doing some relief work, basically going into kindergartens and supporting the early educators by giving them...
- Charitable Organisations (1 speech)
We all know that Australia is in a cost-of-living crisis that is indiscriminately affecting households, small businesses, students and families. Basic needs have all gone up in price. Housing and...
- Spence Electorate: Australia Post (1 speech)
The population of the township of Virginia in my electorate has grown significantly in recent years, yet none of these residents receive mail delivery, unlike those in other areas of Virginia's...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Moore Electorate: Joondalup Health Campus (1 speech)
Joondalup Health Campus in my electorate is the largest healthcare facility in the northern suburbs of Perth, a region that will be growing at a rate of 10,000 new residents each and every year...
- Carter, Ms Sarah (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to Sarah Carter. Sarah Carter lived a full life, taking advantage of every opportunity to fight for causes that she believed in, both at the most local level and on...
- Aukus (1 speech)
Only 30 minutes north of Canning lies what will be Australia's biggest national endeavour this century. It will be the home of AUKUS, HMAS Stirling, otherwise known as Submarine Rotational...
- Boothby Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
The famous City-to-Glenelg tram cuts through my electorate of Boothby, and within Boothby there are three major tram crossings on major roads. Each of these tram crossings is also near a major...
- Petrie Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
I rise to speak on local infrastructure within the Petrie electorate. Over the past months, my commitment to, along with the people of Petrie, enhancing the quality of life for our community has...
- Wills Electorate: Constituents, Housing (1 speech)
I want to share a story of one of my constituents, Rami, who reached out to my office for assistance. Rami sought help to bring his 80-year-old father, Kamel, out of Gaza through the Rafah Border...
- Herbert Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
City deals are meant to be a partnership between the federal, state and local governments to position Australia's population centres for the future. Yet, the Queensland state Labor government,...
- Energy (1 speech)
Last week I had the honour of visiting three local businesses in my electorate of McEwen. I visited these businesses because they were recipients of the Australian government's energy efficiency...
- Longman Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
Recently I attended a fundraising dinner for the school chaplain, Nancy Jones, at my old school, Dakabin State High. North Pine Baptist Church, at Kallangur, hosted the evening, and there were...
- Ipswich Jets Leagues Club (2 speeches)
On Saturday 3 August I was pleased, along with a large crowd, to attend the Ipswich Jets Leagues Club for the grand final breakfast for the Ipswich Jets netball team, which was playing the Gold...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Budget (2 speeches)
It's a pleasure to rise today on the budget. It gives me the opportunity to point out how the budget is failing Australians, particularly regional and rural Australia and my great electorate of...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Housing (1 speech)
The Labor government knows that Australians are having a tough time finding housing to buy and rent, and it's getting on with the job of building homes for Australia. The new financial year marks...
- Forestry Industry (1 speech)
I recently visited the Bulga State Forest, located 80 kilometres to the west of Port Macquarie in New South Wales. It is a native forest that is due to be logged imminently. Whilst there with...
- Higgins Electorate, Albanese Government: Community Infrastructure Programs (1 speech)
Glen Huntly Primary School is a welcoming school of around 270 students set across a footbridge that links its two sites. Glenn Huntly punches above its weight in its NAPLAN scores and strives to...
- Pacific Airshow Gold Coast (1 speech)
The Pacific Airshow is back on the Gold Coast this weekend, after an immensely successful sellout in its inaugural year last year. It's held over three days. The rain, I know, is going to stop...
- Cost of Living (1 speech)
Right now, people right around the country, including in my electorate of Petrie, are facing a cost-of-living crisis under the Albanese Labor government. The last two years have seen significant...
- Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, Eden-Monaro Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
What a fantastic Olympics it has been in the last couple of weeks—our best ever—and the mighty Eden Monaro was front and centre, representing our nation on the world stage in Paris. I...
