ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – BILLS – HEALTH INSURANCE AMENDMENT (Professional Services Review Scheme) BILL 2023 – Second Reading
I rise to speak on the Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review Scheme) Bill 2023. The purpose of this bill is to implement changes arising from recommendations of the independent review of Medicare integrity and compliance undertaken by Dr Pradeep Philip, commissioned in November last year. The bill: Amends the Health Insurance Act 1973 to: […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE – ENRGY
The Albanese government is delivering.’ Truer words were never said. They’re delivering higher power prices. You only have to look at the evidence. Under the coalition, power prices reached their lowest level in eight years. Indeed, in our last term, power prices fell by eight per cent for households, 10 per cent for small business […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS – PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS SCHEME
Promises are important and, if you make one, you should keep it. Unfortunately with the government, they don’t keep their promises. Take this letter from the Minister for Health and Aged Care to Trent Twomey, President of the Pharmacy Guild, where he states: Labor also looks forward to working with the Guild to explore further […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – BILLS – VETERANS’ AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (Miscellaneous Measures No. 2) BILL 2023 – Second Reading
It took the Assistant Minister for Veterans’ Affairs just 20 seconds to start criticising the previous government, but I’m going to do something a little bit different. I’m going to do something positive. I’m going to actually thank him. I thank him for coming to Wagga Wagga recently—on Wednesday 12 April—to hear from the residents […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE – COST OF LIVING
There is one policy that we won’t be implementing, and that is the policy of misleading the Australian people. It’s not that I want to use a prop, but here it is, my mobile phone, where I read: ‘An Anthony Albanese, Labor government’— Mr Thistlethwaite: Just outline one. Mr McCORMACK: I’m going to do one, […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – BILLS – CONSTITUTION ALTERATION (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 – Second Reading
When this issue goes before the people of Australia later this year, everyone will have the opportunity to individually have their say by way of a vote, and that is a good thing. I do urge and encourage people to cast their vote based on their own views, formed by their own research into this […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE – COST OF LIVING
Methinks the member for Fenner watches far too much television when, as the Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, he should be doing more for those portfolio areas than watching Monty Python. His speech reminds me a little bit of Monty Python’s Complete Waste of Time, because that’s what he’s spent the last 10 […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – CONDOLENCES – Humphries, Mr John Barry, AO, CBE
Just to pick up on a couple of points that the member for Sturt made about Sir Donald Bradman and Barry Humphries AO CBE, both are from the Riverina—both greats. And, in tribute to Les Patterson I probably should—not that I’ve ever done this before—do the speech! The DEPUTY SPEAKER ( Dr Ananda-Rajah ): Just […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – CONSTITUENCY STATEMENTS – BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES
Business councils and individuals throughout Australia, particularly regional Australia, including the Riverina and central west, have inundated the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee’s inquiry into bank closures across our rural areas. The inquiry has received more than 550 written submissions and last week held public hearings in Queensland. I commend Senator […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS – NATIONAL PARKS
The member for Lingiari failed to mention in her contribution the Fyles or the Gunner Northern Territory governments. Indeed, when it comes to funding and when it comes to management particularly of Kakadu and other national parks and environmental icons— Ms Scrymgour: Federal parks. Mr McCORMACK: Well, they’re federal parks, sure, but you’ve still got […]