House debates
Monday, 4 November 2024
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Petitions Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the 33rd report of the Petitions Committee for the 47th Parliament. The report read as follows— HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PETITIONS COMMITTEE REPORT No. 33 Petitions and...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
I present the following 40 petitions:
- Responses (1 speech)
I present the following 20 ministerial responses to petitions previously presented:
- Statements (1 speech)
As usual, the petitions being presented today cover a wide range of topics, and this reflects the variety of issues that concern citizens and residents of Australia. Some of the subjects in...
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Budget Officer (2 speeches)
Members would be aware that under the Parliamentary Service Act 1999 the Presiding Officers have the responsibility to appoint the Parliamentary Budget Officer, subject to the approval of the...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Accounts and Audit Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit I present the following reports: Report 505: Inquiry into Policy and Program Design and Implementation; and Report 506: Inquiry into...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Infrastructure (5 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) Australia is currently committed to a ten-year, $120 billion infrastructure investment pipeline; (b) infrastructure investment is important but does...
- Grocery Prices (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges the Government is taking decisive action to help consumers get fairer prices at supermarkets, in stores and online, including: (a) the release of an...
- Banking and Financial Services (4 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) on 15 November 2023, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) announced it was investigating tighter liquidity and capital requirements...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Nuclear Energy Select Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
On 14 October 2024, the Acting Speaker received advice from the Chief Opposition Whip discharging Mr Pitt from the Select Committee on Nuclear Energy. In accordance with standing order 229(b), as...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- O'Connor Electorate: Nuclear Energy (1 speech)
I rise today to thank Opposition Leader Peter Dutton for visiting Collie and honouring his commitment to discuss in person the coalition's proposal for a small nuclear reactor to succeed the...
- Illawarra Live Steamers (1 speech)
In August, I had the pleasure of attending the Illawarra Live Steamers' annual luncheon. This year's event was particularly special as we celebrated their 60th anniversary, marking the...
- Housing (1 speech)
The coalition will get home building going again in this country with our housing infrastructure program. We announced the program a couple of weeks ago. It will unlock 500,000 new homes in...
- Way, Mrs Sandra (1 speech)
It is with great pride I stand in this chamber today to recognise and commend a spectacular career in public education in the state of New South Wales. Local Copacabana Public School teacher...
- Tasmanian Government (1 speech)
Just when we thought the Tasmanian government couldn't get any worse, they've gone and completely stuffed up one of the most important infrastructure projects in Tasmania's history. With an...
- Fraser Electorate: Albanian Cup Tournament (1 speech)
This past weekend, I attended the Albanian Cup tournament held by a local club in my electorate, the North Sunshine Eagles Football Club. Celebrating its 15th year, the Albanian Cup is a four-day...
- Bridle Track Tunnel (1 speech)
(): I once had a dream of our country so grand Where rivers outback irrigated the land With dams and canals in that wasteland out there And big inland cities with work everywhere. Stan Coster had...
- Dunkley Electorate: Community Sport (1 speech)
Last week, I had the pleasure of squaring up in the nets at the Frankston Peninsula Cricket Club to celebrate their success in the federal government's Play Our Way program. The $46,000 grant...
- Telecommunications (1 speech)
A few weeks ago, a storm hit the 240-kilometre-long Transgrid powerline that connects Broken Hill to Wentworth, to the south. Of the backup generators that were in place, one was being serviced...
- Natural Disasters: 50th Anniversary of Cyclone Tracy (1 speech)
The 50th anniversary of Cyclone Tracy is fast approaching, and I'm calling out to Territorians who are survivors of that night of 24 and 25 December 1974 and also those that responded and rebuilt...
- Youth Voice in Parliament Week (1 speech)
My constituent Maddison Lyons made the following contribution to the Raise Our Voice in Parliament campaign: Members of parliament. My name is Maddison Lyons, I am 18 years old and a member of...
- Lodding, Mrs Barbara (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge and congratulate Mrs Barbara Lodding, a constituent of Bean, for her outstanding commitment, in a voluntary capacity, as manager of the University of Canberra Capitals...
- Kennett, Mr Geoff (1 speech)
I'd like to pay tribute to Crescent Head legend and sporting identity Geoff Kennett, who passed away just last month. He was a member of a very special group of people—just one of 20...
- Migration (1 speech)
Last Thursday, I welcomed Assistant Minister for Immigration Matt Thistlethwaite to Holt for a meeting with leaders from our Tamil and Afghan communities. Holt is home to one of Australia's...
- Beaumaris Sports Association (1 speech)
(—) (): The Beaumaris Sports Association was formed in the mid-1990s to develop a local sporting ground clubhouse and associated infrastructure for the Beaumaris estate in Iluka. The...
- BAE Systems Australia (1 speech)
The electorate of Spence is a hub of innovation. Each and every day in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, some of the most impressive technology work in the country happens in our backyard....
- Cost of Living (1 speech)
When he was in opposition, the now Prime Minister made all kinds of promises. He promised that life would be cheaper under him: there would be cheaper power bills, cheaper mortgages and much...
- Housing (1 speech)
This house is for grown-ups, not for children who throw tantrums in isle nine of the supermarket, demanding fancy chocolates rather than the Freddo Frog. After their drumming in Queensland and...
- Cost of Living (1 speech)
The cost of living is the No. 1 issue facing Australian families right now, and it's getting worse under Anthony Albanese and the Labor government. The Prime Minister said life would be cheaper...
- Health Care (2 speeches)
Accessible, affordable health care is one of the things I and most Australians value. It underpins our quality of life. It's part of the Australian way of life. Prior to the introduction of...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Quick, Mr Harry Vernon (1 speech)
I inform the House of the death on 19 October 2024 of Harry Vernon Quick, a member of this House for the division of Franklin from 1993 to 2007. As a mark of respect to the memory of Harry Quick,...
- Marles, Mrs Fay Surtees, AM (3 speeches)
on indulgence—I rise to pay my respect on the death last Friday evening of Fay Marles. Fay Marles showed us what a trailblazer truly is. She made a real difference. Crucially, she made a...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Tertiary Education (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. When Steven Miles was deeply unpopular, he went on a spending spree to try and help him reset and gain his popularity back.
- Economy (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is Australia in a household recession?
- Cost of Living (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. How will the Albanese Labor government help ease the cost of living for students and young people in a responsible way, and what alternatives are there?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Gambling Advertising (5 speeches)
My question as to the Prime Minister. In an interview on ABC Perth on 24 September you defended your government's refusal to implement a complete ban on the advertising of sports and online...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Markus, Mrs Louise (1 speech)
I was remiss in not reminding the house that Mrs Louise Markus, a former member for Greenway in this place, is also in the gallery today.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the Albanese Labor government making education more affordable and more accessible, and is there any opposition to this?
- Cost of Living (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. For how many months have Australians suffered under Labor's household recession?
- Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Youth. Young people in my community have told me that cost is a huge barrier to them pursuing education after school. What is the Albanese Labor government...
- Interest Rates (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. When the Prime Minister was elected, the official cash rate was 0.35 per cent. Without reference to the Treasurer, can the Prime Minister inform the House as...
- Vocational Education and Training (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Skills and Training. How is the Albanese Labor government supporting Australians to reach their full potential by removing financial barriers to study, and how...
- Competition Policy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Given that the Chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has said that divestiture-like powers would be 'useful to have in the toolkit',...
- Housing: Vocational Education and Training (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness. How is the Albanese Labor government supporting more Australians into apprenticeships and more apprentices to become...
- Tertiary Education (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. We welcome Labor adopting Greens policy to start to cancel student debt, but why are you waiting for an election to legislate this? Will you commit to...
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Aged Care. How will the Albanese Labor government's commitments to continue free TAFE, introduce paid prac for nursing students, cut all student debts by 20 per...
- Cost of Living (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The IMF predicts that Australia's inflation is expected to be the second highest of any advanced economy in 2015. Australia is at the back of the pack when...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. What have been the results from the Albanese Labor government's same-job same-pay laws? What has...
- Headstone Project South Australia (3 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. The Headstone Project undertakes valuable work identifying unmarked graves of World War I veterans and provides them with a modest headstone. A request for...
- Economy (3 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. What progress has the Albanese Labor government made in the fight against inflation, and what obstacles are standing in the way?
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Chafer, Mr Russell (1 speech)
I have a short statement to make for the information of members. One of our long-serving senior parliamentary officers, Mr Russell Chafer, will be retiring at the end of next week. Many of you...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Reports Nos 5 to 11 of 2024-25 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's audit reports Nos 5 to 11 for 2024-25. Details of the report will be available in the Votes and Proceedings. Documents made parliamentary papers.
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Parliament House; Presentation (1 speech)
I present the Presiding Officers' statement regarding the condition of Parliament House.
- 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.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Youth Voice in Parliament Week (1 speech)
It's an honour to present this evening two speeches written by young Capricornians Alexis and Kodi as part of the Raise Our Voice campaign. This year's question is: what do you want your...
- Cunningham Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
The Illawarra is a vibrant multicultural region, enriched by the diverse range of people from many different cultures. Over the past few months, I have had the pleasure of attending several...
- Competition and Consumer Amendment (Tougher Penalties for Supermarket and Hardware Businesses) Bill 2024, Food and Grocery (Mandatory) Code of Conduct Bill 2024 (1 speech)
I'm rising to talk about private member's business motions that were moved today in the House by the member for Hume and the member for Maranoa. This concerns the Competition and Consumer...
- Goldberg, Mr Abram, Tertiary Education (1 speech)
Tonight I want to pay tribute to and recognise a wonderful friend of mine, Abram Goldberg, who deserves to be recognised in this chamber and in this place. Abram, or Abe, was born in Lodz in...
- Gun Control (1 speech)
I wish to place on the parliamentary record my strongest concerns regarding the Firearms Act 2024, which was rushed through the Western Australian parliament earlier this year on 19 June and was...
- Emergency Management (1 speech)
I rise in this place today to speak on emergency management in my community, which is extremely important right now as South Australia enters fire danger season once again. Before jumping into...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Community Sport Infrastructure (1 speech)
The benefits of sport are well known. Sport improves our physical and mental health and teaches important values like teamwork, discipline and respect. A positive experience of community sport...
- Palestinian Australians, Cooper Electorate: Preston High School (1 speech)
This morning I wish to highlight two recent important moments for my constituents of Cooper. On Friday 18 October I was greatly honoured to be invited by the Palestinian community to a vigil...
- Housing (1 speech)
Last week I spoke to a woman my electorate whose story has stayed with me. Cherie lives in a two-bedroom house with her husband and her three neurodiverse children in Wodonga. The high cost of...
- Education, Burt Electorate: Kelmscott Agricultural Show (1 speech)
Access to a good education can set you up for life. That's why we're making it easier to access and more affordable for more people in our community, no matter what career they're looking to get...
- Groom Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
A quick round-the-grounds from the Groom electorate. I know you and all assembled members will agree the best part of Australia is in our great Darling Downs. We had the Jacaranda Festival back...
- Youth Voice in Parliament Week (1 speech)
I recently met four incredible student leaders from St Kilda Primary School, which is one of the very best schools in our local community. These young female leaders are a true credit to that...
- Pink Up Penrith (1 speech)
Thank you to everyone in our community involved with Pink Up Penrith, particularly the dedicated committee, led by Gai Hawthorn of the Penrith CBD Corporation. This month-long initiative in...
- Global Dialogue Program (1 speech)
We live in a world where global interactions are part of everyday life. We're used to watching events from across the world in real time, and it's easy to make quick, careless observations. Each...
- Greater Shepparton SPC Business Excellence Awards (1 speech)
I had the great privilege of attending Greater Shepparton's SPC Business Excellence Awards last week. It was a great event that celebrated the entrepreneurship of the business community in the...
- SIEVX Memorial (2 speeches)
On Saturday 26 October, I attended the SIEVX Memorial at Weston Park in Canberra, with SIEVX Memorials Association ACT, for the 23rd anniversary commemorations of the SIEVX tragedy. The memorial...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Animal Welfare (7 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes: (a) that Australia has an animal welfare crisis, and that cruelty is commonplace in greyhound and horse racing, live exports, the industrial production of food...
- Education (8 speeches)
I move: That that this House acknowledges the Government's commitment and actions to build a better and fairer school education system, by: (1) putting an additional $16 billion of Commonwealth...
- Pesticides (11 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) is reviewing the approved usage levels of paraquat and diquat in Australia; (b)...
- Workplace Relations (5 speeches)
I rise today to talk about wages growth and the first act of the Albanese Labor government, the Jobs and Skills Summit, because this government has spent the last two years following through on...
- Agriculture Industry (11 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges that: (a) agriculture is a cornerstone of Australia's social, economic and environmental sustainability, and plays an essential role in our nation's...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Berowra Electorate: Sport (1 speech)
The West Pennant Hills Cherrybrook Football Club and the West Pennant Hills Cherrybrook Cricket Club are based at Campbell Park. The football club, the Lions, was established in 1969, and the...
- Bendigo Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
In great news for my electorate, the Labor government has delivered a new Medicare urgent care clinic. Bendigo will now have access to bulk-billed, high-quality health care seven days a week. In...
- Australian Greens (1 speech)
Queenslanders woke to an LNP state government last Sunday—a divisive, out-of-touch, untrustworthy government who are already moving to scrap renewables projects, scrap the Path to Treaty...
- Bean Electorate: Hindu Community (1 speech)
On Sunday I visited BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Taylor to celebrate Diwali and the new year. It was a privilege to be there for the first celebration of Diwali in what is already a very...
- Petition: Forestry Industry (2 speeches)
I table a petition in relation to the protection of native bushland. This petition has been signed by over 25,000 Australians desperate to end the destructive and uneconomic practices of native...
- Clague, Aunty Joyce Caroline, MBE, Newman, Aunty Jennifer (1 speech)
It is with great sadness that I rise to acknowledge the passing of Aunty Joyce Clague and Aunty Jennifer Newman, two remarkable First Nations women. Aunty Joyce grew up on Ulgundahi mission on...
- Pioneer-Burdekin Pumped Hydro Project (1 speech)
For 773 days, the communities of Eungella and the Pioneer Valley lived in the shadow of an impending environmental catastrophe. The previous state Labor government's Pioneer-Burdekin pumped hydro...
- Youth Voice in Parliament Week (1 speech)
This is a speech as part of the Raise our Voice campaign from a young person in my electorate. She says: Hello, my name is Zara and I am 11 years old. My federal electorate is Canberra. Did you...
- Fowler Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
A lot has happened in my electorate of Fowler in the month of October. I was honoured to be part of the centenary celebration of Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Fairfield, a parish that is a...
- Raise Our Voice Australia (1 speech)
A young student from Blair electorate has participated in the Raise Our Voice initiative. These are Chloe's words: Imagine in ten years' time, youth crime is drastically reduced to nothing, and...
- Forrest Electorate: Community Services (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge the many years of hard work and kindness of local Bunbury mechanic Nathan Reed. Nathan, the owner of Advanced Auto Solutions, has since 2016 partnered with the South West...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
I recently caught up with dozens of seniors from Leonay, Emu Plains, Emu Heights and the lower Blue Mountains at my seniors forum. It was held at Emu Sports Club, and I was delighted to have the...
- Agriculture Industry (1 speech)
The unrealised capital gains issue—call it a Labor threat—still hangs like the sword of Damocles over Australian farmers. Whilst abroad last week I was interested to read an editorial...
- Raise Our Voice Australia (1 speech)
I'm thrilled once again to be participating in the Raise Our Voice campaign, which champions the voices of young Australians by giving them a voice in parliament. This year's topic was: what do...
- Lindsay Electorate: Community Awards (1 speech)
I represent the best community in the country, and for that reason I was so proud to create and present the inaugural Lindsay Awards. This was a night dedicated to recognising and celebrating the...
- Gilmore Electorate: Raise Our Voice Australia (1 speech)
Today I'm delighted to read a speech written by 12-year-old Bomaderry High School student Vihan Patel, the winner of the Raise Our Voice Australia competition in Gilmore: My name is Vihan. I am...
- Ryan, Mr Jim (1 speech)
The extraordinary gift of this job is that you get to take ordinary people and immortalise them in words spoken in this place so that, forever, their goodness will be remembered and a source of...
- Education (1 speech)
I know how important education is to my wonderful community in Chisholm, and it's really important to me too. I've always been an advocate of accessible and affordable pathways to higher and...
- Housing (1 speech)
Housing is priority No. 1 for millions of Australians as the Australian dream of homeownership feels more and more out of reach. Under this government, building approvals have fallen to their...
- Bennelong Electorate: Public Transport (1 speech)
In the recent weeks I've been chatting with residents across Lane Cove, Gladesville and Ryde, listening to their experience with our local bus services. I've heard about missed buses, overcrowded...
- Queensland Election (1 speech)
Putting your hand up for election isn't easy, and I acknowledge the candidates who stood in the Queensland state election recently. Voters in Gympie showed their ongoing confidence in Tony...
- Volunteering (1 speech)
Sewa Diwali is an inspiring initiative that beautifully embodies the spirit of community and service embraced by Australia's Hindu community. Rooted in the Hindu value of 'sewa', meaning...
- Calperum Station (1 speech)
Communities in the Riverland are bracing themselves for the economic fallout of water buybacks and will inevitably see a decline in primary production and in the economic activity that goes with...
- Tangney Electorate: Environment (1 speech)
I want to read part of a speech written by Rhys, an 11-year-old student at Leeming Primary School in my electorate of Tangney. Rhys and many students throughout Tangney wrote some powerful...
- Variety TasBash (1 speech)
The north-west, the west coast and King Island are chock-a-block full of unsung heroes. They're everywhere, tirelessly helping those in need. Usually, they work quietly behind the scenes without...
- Multicultural Community Services of Central Australia (1 speech)
It was my great pleasure to join my colleagues the Assistant Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, Julian Hill, and the Minister for Indigenous Australians, Senator Malarndirri...
- Tidbold, Ms Wendy (1 speech)
Last month, hundreds gathered at the Rock Christian Church in Capalaba to bid farewell to Wendy Tidbold, a lifelong local whose legacy as a horse rider, saddler, wife, mother, grandmother and...
- Education (1 speech)
Education changes lives. Like many in this place, I was the first in my family to go to university. It changed my life, and it changed the lives of my family. Increasingly, tertiary...
- Chalmers, Ms Angela (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge the incredible achievements of Angela Doyle nee Chalmers. Angela was last month inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, at their 68th annual Order of Sport awards,...
- Awards and Honours (2 speeches)
I would like to give a shout out to some local legends in my electorate of Newcastle who have been announced as finalists for the 21st annual health and medical research awards. Professor Kelvin...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Infrastructure (3 speeches)
I rise in support of the member for Wentworth's motion urging the government to commit to a better, more transparent and responsive approach to infrastructure projects. This motion goes to two...
- Early Childhood Education (6 speeches)
I want to thank the member for Gilmore for introducing this really important motion to the House. One of the great pleasures in this job is being able to visit our wonderful early learning...
- Genetic Screening (10 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) investment in equitable access to disease prevention is critical to tackle the major diseases of our time such as cancer and heart disease; (b)...
- Western Australia (7 speeches)
by leave—On behalf of the member for Swan, I move: That this House: (1) recognises the commitment of the Government to Western Australia and its understanding of the specific needs of the...
- Yazidi Community (6 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes: (a) that 3 August 2024 marked ten years since Islamic State (ISIS) militants attacked the Ezidi people of Sinjar; (b) that the Ezidi people are one of the most...
- Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Neonatal Death (6 speeches)
STANLEY (—) (): I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) October was Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, and that Sunday 15 October 2024 marks Pregnancy and Infant Loss...
- Banking and Financial Services (5 speeches)
I want to commend the member for Groom for this very important motion. Banking, as we know, impacts us all. Every Australian and every business is impacted, as are all of our communities. We...
