House debates
Tuesday, 26 November 2024
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Macquarie Electorate: Pitt Town Public School (1 speech)
I'm pleased to advise the chamber that in the gallery today are students from Pitt Town Public School in the electorate of Macquarie. A warm welcome to Parliament House to you all!
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Petrie Electorate (1 speech)
I stand here today to say thanks to my electorate of Petrie. To all the men, women and children in my electorate: thank you. It's been an honour to be your federal MP once again in 2024. It has...
- Type 1 Diabetes (1 speech)
I would like to give a shout-out to Ethan Greenfield and Hayden Supple, the JDRF ambassadors for Boothby, who are here in the gallery today along with their parents, Kylie Greenfield and Andrew...
- Infrastructure: Regional Australia (1 speech)
Every now and then, I revert back to my accountancy days and try to get some details on numbers that the Labor government provide. They've given us an astonishing figure for the Inland Rail,...
- Jacomb, Jennifer (1 speech)
Today I honour the life and legacy of the late Jennifer Jacomb, a relentless advocate, determined reformer and champion for the voiceless. Jennifer was a constituent of my electorate of Wills and...
- Calare Electorate: Girl Guides (2 speeches)
Today I recognise the Orange Girl Guides, who are celebrating their 100th birthday. I had the honour of attending the Orange Girl Guides centenary celebrations at the Orange Guide Hall recently....
- Housing Affordability (1 speech)
We all know the Robert F. Kennedy quote: 'Some see the world as it is and say, "Why?" I see the world as it might be and say, "Why not?"' The abolition of all regulatory and legislative...
- Nurses (1 speech)
LAXALE () (): Nurses and midwives are the beating heart of our healthcare system. They're the ones we trust to care for us in our most vulnerable moments yet in New South Wales they are some of...
- Cook Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
The lighting at Gwawley Park in Taren Point is substandard. I am very pleased that the AFL Sharks and the AFL Southern Dingoes have received a grant for new lighting on the AFL fields, which will...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
(): The people of Hasluck and Australia expect us to stand up for them here. They expect probity in politics. The Albanese government has created the National Anti-Corruption...
- Capricornia Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
This year, 2024, has been a stand-out year for Capricornia. We began the year advocating for a PET-CT scanner at Rockhampton Hospital. Despite resistance from Labor, Central Queenslanders will...
- Workplace Relations: Amazon (1 speech)
For many, Black Friday is a chance to find a great bargain. It has become the starting gun for Christmas shopping. But it's also a time when we should reflect upon the many people who work hard...
- Diabetes (1 speech)
My mate Sydney Ziebell is one of more than 13,000 young people in Australia who live with type 1 diabetes. I first met Sydney in Murgon in 2018. He's a bright, talented, intelligent young man and...
- Cryptocurrency (1 speech)
Cryptocurrency is no longer just an emerging technology; it's an asset that is valued by millions of Australians. It represents a new frontier in finance, enabling innovation, efficiency and...
- Nicholls Electorate (1 speech)
One of the bittersweet parts of being an MP is the process of AEC redistribution, and, in my case, a boundary redraw has occurred leading to losses and gains. At the next election, Nicholls loses...
- Hunter Electorate: Local Sporting Champions (1 speech)
The Hunter has produced a remarkable stack of professional and elite athletes, and I want to make sure we support the next crop of our sporting talent so our next generation of superstars can...
- Bell, Ms Isla (1 speech)
Yesterday, I stood here in this chamber to mark the start of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence and spoke about the horrific murder of Isla Bell. Isla Bell was just 19 and had her...
- Leader of the Opposition (1 speech)
The Leader of the Opposition has been in this place for more than two decades. He has had a variety of roles, and in those roles he has been a complete and utter failure. This is not my...
- Albanese Government (5 speeches)
In May 2022, there were so much hope and expectation in this country. They had just elected a new government and they thought that nirvana was on the horizon. How disappointed they must now be!...
- Liberal Party of Australia (2 speeches)
We have builders on this side of the chamber and we have bulldozers across from us, in the form of the Liberals. My electorate of Spence alone showcases what everyday Aussies stand to lose...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (3 speeches)
Prime Minister, after 2 ½ years of this Albanese Labor government, Australians have seen their standard of living fall off a cliff, with the biggest reduction since records began in the...
- Housing (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness. How is the Albanese Labor government working to get more Australians into housing, and what obstacles stand in the way?
- Economy (5 speeches)
Prime Minister, Deloitte Access Economics is forecasting the worst budget collapse in 50 years outside the pandemic. Last week, the Treasurer announced that Labor would raid the Future Fund to...
- Housing (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the Albanese Labor government working to comprehensively address housing issues in our country, and has there been any opposition to this?
- Climate Change (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, why are climate emissions higher under your government than when Scott Morrison left office?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Housing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. How is the Albanese Labor government investing in building more homes and making housing more affordable for Australians, and what obstacles are standing in the way?
- Economy (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister promised before the last election that Australian families will be better off under a Labor government. But under Labor, groceries are...
- Housing (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. What impacts are the Albanese Labor government's back-to-back increases to the maximum rates of Commonwealth rent assistance having on rents?...
- Business Insolvencies (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Last month saw the highest number of Australian business insolvencies of any month on record, with 1,364 businesses going bust. Since this Prime Minister...
- Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. How is the Albanese Labor government providing cost-of-living relief and building a better and fairer education system, and what's getting in the way?
- Cost of Living (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Foodbank's Hunger report 2024 has found two million Australian households are experiencing severe food insecurity. This means they skipped meals or ate less...
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Sport. How will the Albanese Labor government's historic aged-care reforms deliver dignity and quality to aged care?
- Health Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. My community of Mackellar is served by the only public-private partnership hospital in New South Wales. Healthscope, which runs the...
- Economy (6 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. How is the Albanese Labor government's responsible budget management helping in the fight against inflation and easing the cost of living? How does this compare...
- Cost of Living (7 speeches)
My question is for the Prime Minister. Julie from Macleay Island, in my electorate, has told me, 'I can't get past the expense of food and just how quickly the price of two bags of groceries has...
- Cybersafety (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications. Why is it so important that the Albanese Labor government's proposal to establish a minimum age for social media passes the parliament this week?
- Escaping Violence Payment (2 speeches)
This is a question for the Minister for Social Services. A crisis payment is meant to be available for women escaping domestic violence, but the conditions exclude half the women who apply. The...
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. How is the Albanese Labor government making medicines cheaper for all Australians, including new medicines being added to the PBS? How do...
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Government Response to Report (1 speech)
I present the status of government responses in the House of Representatives to parliamentary committee reports as at 30 September this year.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Economy (28 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: The Government's economic...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Amendment Bill 2024, Health Legislation Amendment (Modernising My Health Record — Sharing by Default) Bill 2024, Health Insurance (Pathology) (Fees) (Repeal) Bill 2024; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
I declare that, unless otherwise ordered, the Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Amendment Bill 2024, Health Legislation Amendment (Modernising My Health...
- Aged Care (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024; Second Reading (1 speech)
This bill establishes a clear pathway to enable the sector to transition smoothly from the Aged Care Act 1997 to the new Aged Care Act 2024. We recognise that the transition process is of...
- Aged Care (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024; Consideration in Detail (3 speeches)
At the request of the member for Farrer, I move opposition amendment (1) as circulated in her name: (1) Schedule 2, item 65, page 60 (line 3), omit "may", substitute "must".
- Aged Care (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Migration Amendment (Prohibiting Items in Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2024; Report from Federation Chamber (1 speech)
The question before the House is that the bill be read a second time.
- Migration Amendment (Prohibiting Items in Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2024; Third Reading (3 speeches)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time.
- Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024; Second Reading (12 speeches)
I rise to speak on the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024, which addresses a serious concern in our communities, and I thank the many constituents who have contacted me...
- Surveillance Legislation (Confirmation of Application) Bill 2024; Report from Federation Chamber (1 speech)
The question is that the amendment made by the Federation Chamber be agreed to. Question agreed to. Bill, as amended, agreed to.
- Surveillance Legislation (Confirmation of Application) Bill 2024; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Commonwealth Entities (Payment Surcharges) Bill 2024; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Commonwealth Entities (Payment Surcharges) Tax (Imposition) Bill 2024; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Commonwealth Entities (Payment Surcharges) (Consequential Provisions and Other Matters) Bill 2024; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024; Second Reading (11 speeches)
Prohibition doesn't work. Prohibition is not how you make social media platforms safer or empower young Australians to navigate the online world in a safe way. The Online Safety Amendment (Social...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Fowler Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Bonnyrigg High School Parents and Citizens Association wrote to me last week expressing their concern over the ongoing infrastructure crisis at their school. Bonnyrigg High School is a wonderful...
- Parliamentary Friends of Albania (1 speech)
Tonight I'd like to speak about an important event that I was proud to co-host together with the member for Nicholls last night. We celebrated the launch of the Parliamentary Friends of Albania...
- Rare Foods Australia (1 speech)
Congratulations to Brad and Jodee Adams on their company, Rare Foods Australia. Not only is it producing the only ocean-grown green-lip abalone in the world where two oceans, the Indian and...
- Gender Based Violence (1 speech)
Monday marked the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. My home state of Victoria has made its theme for the 16 days 'Respect is…' As they say, not all...
- Centrelink, Brisbane City Council (1 speech)
CHANDLER-MATHER () (): If you have ever been on Centrelink or the NDIS or dealt with the aged-care system you might relate to this story. My office was recently contacted by a paraplegic man in...
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
The theme of this year's International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is simple: 'No excuse'. Last Saturday, Bayside Council in the electorate of Barton held its annual walk...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Raise Our Voice in Parliament (1 speech)
I'd like to read a speech prepared by a young person in my electorate of Griffith named Hayden as part of our raise our voice program: Hello, I am Hayden from the Griffith electorate and I'm...
- Higgins Electorate, Cybersafety (1 speech)
In 2022, through a lionhearted Labor effort, I became the first Labor member for Higgins in the seat's 75-year history. My campaign was powered by the energy and commitment of Labor members who...
- Dawson Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
The class of 2024 is celebrating after graduating from high schools across the electorate of Dawson. Students have given their all over the past 13 years from prep through primary school and...
- Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence (1 speech)
Yesterday was the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, marking the start of the 16 days of activism against gender based violence. In the first month of my role as an...
- South Coast Marine Park (1 speech)
I rise today to inform the House of the lengths to which a WA Labor minister will go so as not to be seen announcing a divisive fishing ban. On Melbourne Cup day, while the people of Esperance...
- Eden-Monaro Electorate (1 speech)
With Christmas less than a month away, I've got the perfect Christmas present idea just for you. The Goulburn Monopoly game is now available for purchase, showcasing local heritage, recreational,...
- Menzies Electorate: Greg Sher Memorial Award (1 speech)
Australia's Jewish community are not just a part of Australia; they helped build it, and many lost their lives defending it. One of them was a good friend of mine, Greg Sher, who died in...
- Spence Electorate: Curtis Road (2 speeches)
In case you missed it, the federal Labor government, in partnership with the South Australian Labor government, is fixing the dangerous intersection of Curtis Road and Heaslip Road just outside...
- La Trobe Electorate: Summer Community Festival (1 speech)
I recently had the great honour of attending the world-renowned Summer Community Festival at St Mina and St Marina's Coptic Orthodox Church in Hallam. This festival, which has been a cherished...
- Banking and Financial Services (2 speeches)
In this modern day and age, it's easy to forget the heavy reliance many in our community place on bricks and mortar bank branches. The fact is that conducting bank business over the internet is...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Housing (1 speech)
Australians know we face a growing housing affordability crisis. Young Australians are struggling to afford to buy or rent a home, and homeowners can see how hard it is, or will be, for their...
- Chisholm Electorate: Volunteering, Tertiary Education (1 speech)
International Volunteer Day is 5 December, and I wanted to take this opportunity to talk about volunteers in my wonderful community in Chisholm. We recently held the Caroline Chisholm Volunteer...
- Aviation Industry, Agriculture Industry, The Greens (3 speeches)
Last night, Wagga Wagga City Council put forward a motion, which was passed unanimously, saying that the federal government should nationalise Rex. Rex went into voluntary administration at the...
- Drug Abuse and Addiction, Gambling, Social Media (1 speech)
There has been significant discourse around the issue of gambling harm over the last few months—an issue which I am naturally invested in as the member for Dunkley, as a former community...
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (3 speeches)
The ABC plays an important role in many of our regional and remote communities, particularly in thin regional communication markets and during emergencies. Many years ago, I was proud to be...
- Bills (0 speeches)
