ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – BILLS – Digital ID Bill 2024, Digital ID (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023 – Second Reading
Freedom is important. We just heard 15 minutes of why freedom is important to the member for Kennedy, and I understand much of what he said. I completely understand where he’s coming from. He, like me, represents a country electorate, and people in country electorates take their freedom very seriously indeed. I know, from when […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE – Law Enforcement
If Ninette Simons were able to watch this—and I don’t know how her eyesight is after that terrible attack on her on 16 April—she’d be very upset. She’d be very disappointed, because what she would see is probably politics at its worst. She would see those on that side blaming us, saying, ‘It was their […]
address to parliament – CONDOLENCES – Fitzgibbon, Lance Corporal Jack Patrick
Mr McCORMACK (Riverina): It is with a heavy heart that I rise to speak on the condolence motion for the late Lance Corporal Jack Patrick Fitzgibbon. In doing so, I pass on my heartfelt wishes to his father, Joel; to his mother, Di; to his sisters, Caitlin and Grace; and to his partner and Maxine. […]
address to parliament – BILLS – Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment (Vaping Reforms) Bill 2024 – Second Reading
This might come as a surprise, but there was a lot of content in the environment minister’s speech with which I heartily agreed. Indeed, the contaminants in those single-use vapes are of danger, not only to the users but to the environment as well. The lithium ion batteries, as she mentioned, and the toxic chemicals […]
address to parliament – STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS – Labor Government
The tactics are obvious. Labor members have been sent in here to talk about the cost of living and to say, ‘Keep more of what you earn’—it’s all in the talking points. But it’s so untrue. And you know, people outside this building know that Labor doesn’t really mean what it says. Labor has just […]
address to parliament – PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS – Cost of Living
It’s a shame the member for Moreton has to leave because I would really like to know how many times he has actually crossed the floor. He mentioned the Liberals and the Nationals and their voting patterns and voting behaviour. I’ll tell you the difference, Deputy Speaker Wilkie, the member for Clark, between the coalition […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT- PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS – Services Australia
Anybody listening to the last contribution in this debate, the one by the member for Jagajaga, would think the coalition years were all bad and that we cared not for Services Australia. I want to be a little bipartisan—I do. For the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Minister for Government Services, the […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT- CONDOLENCES – Senator Linda White
One year, seven months and 17 days—it’s not a long time, is it? It’s not long at all. It’s far too short. Most members of parliament and senators, on average, spend a lot longer arguing their cases, putting forward their ideologies, voting, speaking and being present in this chamber and this wonderful building—the home of […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT- BILLS-Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Levies and Charges Collection Bill 2024 – Second Reading
I’m very pleased that I have been joined here in the Federation Chamber by the member for O’Connor. The reason I’m pleased is that he understands farmers and he understands agriculture. He represents an electorate, as large as it is, that in an average year produces 10 million tonnes of wheat—10 million tonnes of wheat […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT- MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE – Economy
I want to take the member for Higgins up on a couple of issues. I have the utmost respect for the member for Higgins; I want to put that out there. She was a clinician scientist before coming to this place, an expert in infectious diseases as a physician and an award-winning doctor as well. […]