address to parliament – PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS – Freedom of Speech
There’s one thing I’ll say about the member for Banks: David Coleman is very careful and considered, and he has put forward a very astute private member’s motion here. Noting that the government is seeking to impose new misinformation laws, he quite accurately describes them as ‘deeply flawed’, because they are. Even before submissions closed […]
address to parliament – CONSTITUENCY STATEMENTS – September 11 Attacks: 22nd Anniversary
On this day 22 years ago the world stopped. The world changed forever. We all remember where we were on 9/11 when we saw the tragic news and we heard how many lives had been taken and how many lives had been lost. On 29 April this year I went to the 9/11 Memorial at […]
address to parliament – PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS – Aged Care
The member for Robertson’s motion is an important one, and there were elements of the member for Corangamite’s speech which I heartily endorse. People who are in their twilight years have paid their taxes, have worked hard and certainly deserve the very best of care. But it is a little bit like that 1981 Yes […]
address to parliament – PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS – Vocational Education and Training
At the outset let me congratulate the member for Hunter not only on a good speech where he did not play partisan politics but also on the fact that he is a fitter and turner who qualified at TAFE. The husband of the minister opposite, the member for Eden-Monaro, Brad, received his plumbing certificate from […]
address to parliament – ADJOURNMENT – Murray-Darling Basin Plan
This week has seen the water minister, the environment minister, introduce to the parliament the Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023. It should be called the ‘Water Amendment (Destroying Our River Communities, Farmers and Food Security) Bill 2023’. With due deference to you, Deputy Speaker Archer—I know we’re not allowed to use props—and due […]
address to parliament – MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE – Transport and Infrastructure
Thank you, Mr Speaker— Ms Plibersek: He’s going to explain himself! Mr McCORMACK: I don’t have to explain myself at all, Environment Minister. It’s the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government who has some explaining to do. Another day, another question time, and again we don’t have any answers. That is why […]
address to parliament – BILLS – Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023 – Second Reading
I am glad the member for Hunter is in the chamber because he gave a very good contribution last night in the adjournment debate about a mining tragedy in his electorate and it struck me at the time that there was a similar tragedy in my electorate, commemorated for the centenary thereof in 2012, on […]
address to parliament – MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE – Aviation Industry
I am glad that the minister is staying in the chamber, and I hope that she stays in the chamber for this important debate because, so far, we’ve hardly heard a jot—not a whisper, not a peep, not a word—from the minister about a very important sector in our economy. It is a sector which […]
address to parliament – BILLS – Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Australia’s Engagement in the Pacific) Bill 2023 – Second Reading
The coalition supports the measures contained in the Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Australia’s Engagement in the Pacific) Bill 2023 to provide assistance for family members of long-term Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme workers. The PALM scheme was introduced in April 2022 by the Liberal-National coalition government, allowing Australian businesses to hire workers from […]
address to parliament – PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS – Black Spot Program
At the outset, may I mourn your loss, Member for Lyons. I know your dad died about three years before you were elected to this place. He would be very proud of you, Brian. He would. Any loss on our roads is one too many. For the member for Lyons’s father and the many hundreds […]