House debates
Tuesday, 20 August 2024
- Business (0 speeches)
- Days and Hours of Meeting (1 speech)
I might just first of all, before I make a declaration, give members some information on arrangements for today. Obviously, in a moment we will receive a bill from the Senate and start debate on...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I should have mentioned a moment ago--I apologise, Mr Speaker—that ordinarily, as has been the practice no matter who's been in government, when senior frontbenchers have stood down from...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Harverson, Ms Elysia (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to Elysia Harverson, a much-loved member of my staff who last week, sadly, lost her battle with cancer. I first met Elysia in 2017, when she ran for the state seat of...
- Rural Women's Award (1 speech)
Tonight is the annual Rural Women's Award, sponsored by AgriFutures, and I am proud to stand here today to say that the Victorian winner, who will represent our state, is Grace Larson, from my...
- Book Week (1 speech)
By virtue of being in this place, I am not the best parent, but, when I can impart a lesson, it is this: always show up, never give up and, wherever you can, be a reader. In this Book Week, I...
- Cunningham Electorate: Battle of the Businesses Boxing Tournament (1 speech)
Some days in this chamber, unfortunately it can feel a little bit like we're in a boxing ring going toe to toe with those opposite on the very important issues facing Australians. Karlie and...
- Schools (1 speech)
The state of many public schools in New South Wales is a concern, and there is concern that it has been politicised by the current government. The federal Minister for Education Jason Clare, here...
- Australia-Japan Society of Western Australia (1 speech)
I recently had the opportunity to speak on behalf of the federal government at the Australia-Japan Society of Western Australia to commemorate and congratulate them on their 50th anniversary. It...
- Vietnam Veterans Day (1 speech)
On Sunday I attended the Mount Barker RSL Vietnam Veterans Day memorial service to acknowledge the service of Australian personnel in the Vietnam War. Mount Barker's contribution to the Vietnam...
- Early Childhood Education (1 speech)
It's often said that it takes a village to raise a child, yet there are few roles more vital in that community than those of early childhood education and care workers. I've had the opportunity...
- Bangladesh (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about the recent Bangladesh civil unrest. I extend my heartfelt support and solidarity to all the wonderful Australian Bangladesh community, who are facing a challenging and...
- Down, Mr Daniel (1 speech)
Everyone loves an antihero, whether that's Deadpool, Wolverine or Taylor Swift—at tea time, everybody agrees! So I'm pleased to introduce a community antihero in Spence, a local legend who...
- Groom Electorate: Bunker's Hill State School (1 speech)
Happy birthday to Bunker's Hill State School, 125 years old—an absolutely fantastic achievement. This is a school just outside of Toowoomba, past Westbrook, in a part of the world where...
- Bissaker, Ms Karen (1 speech)
Today I want to speak about someone very special: Karen Bissaker, from my team, who is retiring today after a 40-year career with the Australian Labor Party. Karen has worked for Labor greats...
- Dawson Electorate: Resource Industry Network Awards (1 speech)
(): I rise today to speak on one of Mackay's nights of nights for the Dawson electorate, and that is our Resource Industry Network Awards night. With over 350 attendees, it was a...
- Early Childhood Education (1 speech)
Recently, we celebrated Early Learning Matters Week across the country. High-quality early childhood education gives children the best start in life. In an electorate like mine, where one in four...
- Bass Electorate: New Horizons Tasmania (1 speech)
I have spoken previously in this place of the wonderful work of New Horizons Tasmania, and I rise to acknowledge them again today. Since 1986 they have been providing sport, recreational and...
- Robertson Electorate: Pacific Link Housing (1 speech)
Pacific Link Housing, a leading tier-one community housing provider based in Gosford on the Central Coast, is this year celebrating its 40th anniversary. Pacific Link Housing was founded by...
- Albanese Government: Community Grants (1 speech)
When a person says something but does not do it themselves, it is known as hypocrisy. But when a group of people say something and don't do it themselves, it is known as the Australian Labor...
- Early Childhood Education (1 speech)
For too long, early childhood educators have been treated as little more than babysitters. But early childhood education plays a critical role in the development of our littlest Australians. By...
- Gambling Advertising (5 speeches)
The Albanese government is tearing itself apart over gambling advertising policy, and this unseemly spectacle is playing out in public because the Sydney Morning Herald tells us on the gambling...
- Wages (2 speeches)
After a decade of deliberate wage suppression at the hands of the Liberals opposite, the Albanese Labor government is delivering the real wage growth that Australian households need. Last week we...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Middle East: Migration (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Processing a visa application while somebody is offshore in a third country like Jordan means a person of concern can be stopped before getting to Australia....
- International Relations: Australia and Indonesia (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister update the House on the visit by President-elect Prabowo Subianto? How is the government strengthening our relationship with Indonesia?
- Middle East: Migration (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Today it was reported that, before approving visas for people coming from the terrorist controlled Gaza war zone, Canada requires applicants to submit to...
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. How is the Albanese Labor government's responsible budget management helping in the fight against inflation? What options were ruled out?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Member for Ovens Valley (1 speech)
I am pleased to inform the House that present in the gallery today is Mr Tim McCurdy MP, who is the member for Ovens Valley in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, the shadow minister for water...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Growing Regions Program (4 speeches)
My question is to the minister for infrastructure and regional development. Round 1 of the Growing Regions Program opened for applications in July last year. Successful projects weren't announced...
- Future Made in Australia (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources and Minister for Northern Australia. How will the Albanese Labor government's Future Made in Australia create jobs and a resilient critical minerals...
- Middle East: Migration (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, of those granted a visa to come to Australia from the terrorist controlled Gaza war zone, how many have had their visas cancelled since the...
- Future Made in Australia (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. How will the Albanese Labor government's Future Made in Australia benefit regional...
- Middle East: Migration (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How many of the 2,900 visas from Gaza have been cancelled?
- Defence (9 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. What are the difficulties the Albanese Labor government has faced in the Defence portfolio, and what difficult decisions are being made as a result?
- Middle East: Migration (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How many of the 2,900 visas from Gaza have been cancelled?
- Early Childhood Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Early Childhood Education. How will Australian families benefit from the Albanese Labor government's investment in the early childhood education and care...
- Gambling Advertising (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications. Today on the ABC, one of the pioneers of online sports betting Stewart Kenny said in relation to gambling advertisements: … if you want to...
- Energy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. How is the Albanese Labor government getting on with the job of delivering cheaper, cleaner power backed up by batteries, and what...
- Middle East: Migration (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How many of the 2,900 visas of people on shore from Gaza have been cancelled?
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme. How are the Albanese Labor government's reforms to the NDIS ensuring that the scheme is restored to its original...
- Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games, Comparative Religion (7 speeches)
Treasurer, doesn't federal government backing of Brisbane's Olympics confiscate $30 billion off North and Central Queensland's coal and copper miners and cane and cattle farmers, giving it to the...
- Elections (13 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Special Minister of State. Why is it important to have rigorous, transparent and fair election processes? Is the minister aware of any examples of...
- Middle East: Migration (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How many of the 2,900 visas from Gaza have been cancelled?
- Cost of Living (6 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Why is cost-of-living relief the No. 1 priority of the Albanese government? How does it compare to other approaches?
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Treasurer (2 speeches)
I move: That the Member be no longer heard.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Cost of Living (3 speeches)
I give the call to the Treasurer in continuation.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
These documents are tabled in accordance with the list circulated to the honourable members earlier today. Full details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (18 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Deakin proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: This Government's weak...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Joint Committee; Report (2 speeches)
() (): On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, I present the committee's report No. 6 of 2024, Department of DefenceSubmarine Rotational Force-West, priority works,...
- Public Accounts and Audit Joint Committee (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit—this is not my valedictory—I rise in my capacity as Chair of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit to make a...
- Parliamentary Representation (0 speeches)
- Valedictory (2 speeches)
Can I start by talking about my long understanding of the importance of parliamentary committee reports. Nothing's more important than this place, of course. It is true that I've been elected to...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Forestry Industry (1 speech)
Today is National Forestry Day, and the Australian timber industry is a critical and essential industry that's worth $24 billion annually to our economy. It is sustainable, and the original...
- Cost of Living (1 speech)
Cost-of-living relief has been this government's No. 1 priority. If there's anything we can all agree on, it is that this is a real issue in our communities. We see it in our electoral offices,...
- Ambulance Victoria (1 speech)
I recently had the privilege of meeting many of our dedicated local paramedics at the Lilydale Ambulance Victoria branch alongside my state colleague, Bridget Vallence MP. It was incredible to...
- Macquarie Electorate: Early Childhood Education (1 speech)
It will be no surprise to families in the Blue Mountains and Hawkesbury that much of our region is considered a childcare desert. It's not true to say that it's the entire region. Areas like...
- Coalmining Industry (1 speech)
Unlike those opposite, I do not shudder when I say the word coal. I do not cringe and I definitely don't bite my tongue. Coal is not a dirty word. However, for several years, it has been...
- Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
Over the weekend I spoke to James. Like 75 per cent of all Australians, he prefers card over cash to pay for things. Like many, he made the transition away from cash during the pandemic. At our...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Housing (1 speech)
Last Saturday my monthly community catch-up was at St Brigid Bar in Doubleview. Many of the issues raised by constituents at this session related to intergenerational equity and housing. I heard...
- Hotham Electorate: National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
The NDIS is making an incredible difference to the lives of people right across my electorate of Hotham. There are lots of reasons why I'm proud to be a Labor Party member, and the NDIS is...
- Riverina Electorate: Telecommunications (1 speech)
Mobile phone connectivity is imperative for regional communities to continue to thrive. In recent days, my office has been receiving much correspondence from residents in and around Ardlethan and...
- Carter, Ms Sarah (1 speech)
I was shocked and deeply saddened to hear the news of my dear friend Sarah Carter's sudden passing earlier this month. I came to know Sarah shortly after being elected to this place, as I...
- Energy (1 speech)
Yesterday's Daily Telegraph highlighted the wind drought plaguing our energy system. Industry experts are deeply worried that, without a mix of energy sources, power in people's homes and in...
- Reid Electorate: Soccer (1 speech)
Earlier this year I received a handwritten letter from 10-year-old Marcus Zhang, and here is part of that letter: I am writing to you for your help to build a soccer home ground for the Newington...
- Social Media: Youth (1 speech)
I don't often stay up late to watch Q&A on the ABC, but last night I made an exception to catch an important national and, indeed, local debate about social media and its impact on our...
- South Australia: Roads (1 speech)
The Albanese Labor government is delivering not only now but into the future. One of the ways it's doing that is through investing in South Australian roads and infrastructure. The investment in...
- Housing (1 speech)
I've stood in this chamber on many an occasion and proudly boasted about the Sunshine Coast as a lifestyle capital, as the most entrepreneurial region in Australia and as by far the greatest...
- Greenway Electorate: Housing (2 speeches)
Over the recess, I had the opportunity to be out and about in the community. Specifically, I was in Glenwood and Stanhope Gardens only recently. It's rare that you get constituents coming up to...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Integrity (1 speech)
When I'm visiting the small and big towns of Indi—the farms, businesses and footy clubs—people tell me that the parliament and government must be stronger on integrity. Integrity in...
- Health Care, Aged Care (1 speech)
Endometriosis is a really common disease. It affects one in nine women, and diagnosis takes seven years on average; that is far too long. It doesn't take seven years to diagnose cancer. Patients...
- Moore Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
In contributing to this grievance debate, I remind members that my electorate of Moore is in Perth's northern coastal suburbs, a region experiencing rapid population growth. More than 10,000 new...
- Robertson Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
The federal Labor government is committed to investing in infrastructure that supports our community on the Central Coast. Our government understands how vitally important it is that we are...
- Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (1 speech)
This evening I'm going to speak on the very topical issue of the CFMEU. I had hoped to add my contribution to the debate this evening, but, sadly, the government saw fit to gag that particular...
- Hunter Electorate: Business Awards (2 speeches)
Today I want to take a moment to recognise some of the outstanding local businesses in the Hunter region that do the region so proud. At the 29th Hunter Region Business Excellence Awards, several...
