House debates
Wednesday, 12 February 2025
- Statements on Significant Matters (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (4 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the following from occurring: (1) government business order of the day No. 5 relating to the Treasury Laws...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Treaties Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, I present the committee's report, incorporating a dissenting report, Report 225: Australia-UAE CEPA; Australia-UAE investment agreement....
- 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 immediately: (1) the Member for Calare introducing the Keeping Cash...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Bowman Electorate: Redlands Medicare Mental Health Centre (1 speech)
The former Liberal and Nationals government committed $3.4 million over four years to establish and operate a new adult mental health service in my community. Reaffirming the previous...
- Cunningham Electorate: Corrimal Fire Station (1 speech)
Corrimal Fire Station has just celebrated an incredible milestone—100 years of service. This is an incredible achievement and it is due to the amazing firefighters both past and present....
- Braddon Electorate: Don River Railway (1 speech)
This weekend we celebrate a remarkable milestone—50 years of the Don River Railway on the north-west coast of Tasmania. Since 1973 this heritage railway has been more than just a collection...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
I've been the member for Dunkley for roughly 11 months, and I can tell you that the Albanese Labor government has been laser focused on easing cost-of-living pressures on families in Australia....
- Tasmania: Early Childhood Education and Care (1 speech)
Way back in 2022 the new federal government made much of its commitment to remedy the national early childhood education shortage and to alleviate the prohibitive costs families pay for such...
- Australian All-Party Parliamentary Group for Uyghurs (1 speech)
(): Yesterday the member of Fisher and I, as co-chairs, launched the Australian All-Party Parliamentary Group for Uyghurs with the support of several parliamentary colleagues and...
- Mayo Electorate: Drought (1 speech)
Some parts of South Australia have had the lowest rainfall since records began. In 2024 Strathalbyn received just 68 per cent of their average rainfall; Cape Willoughby, 62 per cent; and...
- Women in Defence (1 speech)
Australian women represent a vital and growing segment of the Australian Defence Force and receive extensive training in critical areas to defend Australia and our interests. Supporting women...
- Health Care (1 speech)
Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting with immediate past president of the Rural Doctors Association of Australia, Dr Megan Belot, who is a Charleville based rural generalist in outback...
- Nuclear Energy (1 speech)
Imagine spending $91 billion on a power station that's years behind schedule? That's what's happening in the UK right now. In 2010, the United Kingdom's minister for energy announced the...
- Linear Park Connection Project (1 speech)
Last weekend I was very thrilled to announce to my community that a Dutton government will contribute $10 million to our Linear Park Connection Project. This is going to be a partnership with...
- Western Australia State Election, Federal Election (1 speech)
It's election season in Western Australia. On 8 March Western Australians will go to the polls to, all being well, return a really strong Cook Labor government. And, sometime shortly thereafter,...
- Wannon Electorate: Telecommunications (1 speech)
One of the great things I've been able to achieve with the community in my time as the member for Wannon is over 40 new mobile telephone communications towers. That has really improved...
- Antisemitism (1 speech)
Something happened today which shook me to my very core. The footage circulating online this morning, which involves two alleged NSW Health personnel, is revolting, vile and dehumanising. They...
- Cost of Living (2 speeches)
Australian families do not believe the Prime Minister when he says that they'll be better off under Labor again. Aussies are not mugs. They know they've been fooled once, but it won't be twice....
- Australian Public Service (1 speech)
We've had to listen to the opposition degrade and attack our country's public services every day of this parliament. They have a plan to cut 36,000 jobs from our vital public services. That's a...
- Energy (1 speech)
Before the last election, on over 90 occasions, the Prime Minister mentioned the figure of $275 over 90 times, yet not once, since the election, has he mentioned that figure. So my hope today is...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
One thing people always ask me is: what has Labor done for the Hunter? I love that question because I get to tell them all the great things we've delivered. We've delivered a Medicare Urgent Care...
- Youth Crime (3 speeches)
Youth crime is out of control under Labor, with no consequences for violent crimes. Labor's way of weak bail laws and raising the age of criminal responsibility makes the problem worse. Instead...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Antisemitism (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. For the last 15 months, Jewish Australians have been subjected to harassment, doxxing, firebombing, death threats and terror plots. Today we have seen...
- Housing Affordability (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. How is the Albanese Labor government helping more Australians into homes? What alternatives would leave Australians worse off?
- Economy (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Albanese Labor government has created a cost-of-living crisis, a gas crisis, a crime crisis, a rent crisis, an energy crisis and a housing crisis. Living...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Mucunski, His Excellency Mr Timco, Stefanovska-Sekovska, Her Excellency Ms Biljana, Parton, Mr Mark, Red Meat Advisory Council, Property Council of Australia, Kelly, Hon. Mike, AM, Australia-Israel Allies Caucus, Harriman, Mayor Dale, Gibson, Deputy Mayor Sharon, Sydney Swans (1 speech)
Before I call the member for Wills, I'll just do some acknowledgements and welcomes to the parliament. I'm pleased to inform the House that present in the gallery today is the Minister of Foreign...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Housing (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing and Homelessness. How is the Albanese government alleviating housing stress for more Australians, helping first homebuyers by making it easier to save...
- Taxation (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Currently billionaires are making out like bandits while everyone else is being squeezed. Yesterday the Greens announced a plan for Australia's 150...
- Aviation Industry (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the Albanese Labor government supporting regional communities and regional airlines, and what has been the response?
- Regional Australia: Aviation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to support and secure aviation in regional...
- Energy (8 speeches)
My question goes to the Prime Minister. The Albanese Labor government has created a cost-of-living crisis, a gas crisis, a crime crisis, a rent crisis, an energy crisis and a housing crisis. The...
- Tertiary Education (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to cut student debt and support students and graduates? Are there any alternative approaches?
- Cost of Living (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Albanese Labor government has created a cost-of-living crisis, a gas crisis, a crime crisis, a rent crisis, an energy crisis and a housing crisis. New...
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. How is the Albanese Labor government making medicines cheaper for Australian women by listing the first new contraceptive pills and...
- New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. For too long, Australians were placed at the bottom of the list in terms of priority access to low-emissions vehicles, and, without...
- Migration (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. Why is it important to maintain integrity in Australia's visa system, and is the minister aware of any approaches which...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 23 of 2024-25 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's Audit report No. 23 of 2024-25 entitled Strategic water purchasing—bridging the gap 2023: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water....
- 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.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Biodiversity (15 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for North Sydney proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The urgent need for...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Health Care (2 speeches)
I rise tonight to speak in relation to health care. In particular, I welcome the government's announcements in recent days about their women's health initiatives. These are really important...
- Valedictory (1 speech)
It's quite hard to believe that we're nearing the end of the 47th parliament. It seems like yesterday that I came to this place in 2019 and again in 2022, and I'm very proud to be the member for...
- Hunter Electorate (1 speech)
On the day that I was lucky enough to be elected as the member for Hunter, I made a commitment to the people to work hard every single day and deliver for my electorate. As I have made my way...
- Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
On Monday I met with a delegation of Moroccan government officials and importers who travelled to Western Australia following the recent signing of a new trade protocol. The signing between...
- Robertson Electorate: Australia Day Honours and Awards (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge eight outstanding Australians from my electorate of Robertson who have this year received 2025 Australia Day honours. The Australian honours and awards system recognises the...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Albury Wodonga Health (1 speech)
Regional Australians experience worse health outcomes and lower life expectancy than those in metropolitan Australia. This inequity has persisted for generations, and it is entirely unacceptable....
- Grant McBride Baths, Wyong District Tennis Association, Central Coast Food Manufacturing Innovation Hub (1 speech)
Like so many locals growing up on the coast, I spent many long, hot summers swimming at the Entrance Ocean Baths with my brothers and sister. In 2018, our family was honoured when the Central...
- Lindsay Electorate (1 speech)
Since being re-elected in May 2022, it has been a really amazing three years working alongside the community of Lindsay for our fair share. There have certainly been a lot of fights along the...
- Schools (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about the importance of properly funding public education. Public education plays such an important role in ensuring that all Australians have the best opportunities and the...
- Flinders Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
Last week, I had the honour of officially opening the new comprehensive cancer centre at the Bays Hospital on Main Street, Mornington. It was built with funds provided by the coalition government...
- Perth Electorate (1 speech)
Perth sent me to this place in 2022 to turn our local values into national results, and every day of this term that is exactly what I have done. My community believes in the opportunity that...
- Fairfax Electorate: Small Business (1 speech)
I am deeply concerned about small businesses across the Sunshine Coast. Many of them are struggling enormously. Unless you yourself are directly involved in a small business, you often don't know...
- McEwen Electorate (1 speech)
Talking about small business, I'll remind the member opposite that it was them, their government, that actually removed the small business asset write-off until we stood up and fought and got it...
- Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
Australia Day is more than just a public holiday; it's a time to reflect on our history, appreciate our freedoms and celebrate the values that unite us. Each year the Australia Day Awards shine a...
- Pawley, Mr Bruce (2 speeches)
Bankstown RSL is almost 100 years old, and for more than half a century a bloke named Bruce Pawley has been at the heart of it, looking after veterans, their families and the local community. A...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Andrews, Hon. Kevin James, AM (8 speeches)
Kevin Andrews was the member for Menzies between 1991 and 2022. In addition to that long service to that community, he was well known and respected in my electorate, which neighbours Menzies, for...
- Moore, Hon. John Colinton, AO (3 speeches)
It gives me an enormous sense of pride to be able to get to my feet and make a heartfelt contribution on the Hon. John Moore. I rise to acknowledge not only his contribution in the House but also...
- Hughes, Hon. Thomas Eyre Forrest, AO, KC (3 speeches)
Today, in the House, we heard two incredible contributions that honour the remarkable achievements of the Hon. Thomas Hughes, AO, KC. The contributions were made by the Prime Minister and the...
