The SPEAKER ( Hon. Tony Smith ) took the chair at 09:30, made an acknowledgement of country and read prayers.
That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, it is expedient to carry out the following proposed work which was referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works and on which the committee has duly reported to Parliament: Fit-out of leased premises for the Australian Taxation Office at 6-20 Gladstone Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria.
That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, it is expedient to carry out the following proposed work which was referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works and on which the committee has duly reported to Parliament: Department of Defence, Point Wilson Waterside Infrastructure Remediation Project, Point Wilson, Victoria.
That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, it is expedient to carry out the following proposed work which was referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works and on which the committee has duly reported to Parliament: National Museum of Australia Proposed Gallery Development Stage 1: Life in Australia.
Treasury Laws Amendment (International Tax Agreements) Bill 2019
That this bill be now read a second time.
Currency (Restrictions on the Use of Cash) Bill 2019
That this bill be now read a second time.
Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Cessation) Bill 2019
That this bill be now read a second time.
That the standing orders be amended as follows:
(1) standing order 218 to be deleted;
(2) the following sub-paragraph to be inserted into standing order 222A after sub-paragraph (a)(v):
(vi) consider and report to the Speaker on matters relating to the provision of facilities in Parliament House affecting the House, its committees or its Members; and the subsequent sub-paragraphs to be renumbered accordingly.
That the resolution of the House relating to the registration of Members' interests be amended as follows:
(1) Registration of Members' interests
That—
(a) within 28 days of making and subscribing an oath or affirmation as a Member of the House of Representatives each Member shall provide to the Registrar of Members' Interests, a statement of—
(i) the Member's registrable interests, and
(ii) the registrable interests of which the Member is aware (a) of the Member's spouse/partner and (b) of any children who are wholly or mainly dependent on the Member for support,
in accordance with resolutions adopted by the House and in a form determined by the Committee of Members' Interests or by the Committee of Privileges and Members' Interests from time to time, and shall also notify any alteration of those interests to the Registrar within 28 days of that alteration occurring, and
(b) the statement to be provided by a Member shall include:
(i) in the case of a Member who was not a Member of the House of Representatives in the immediately preceding Parliament, interests held at the date of his or her election and any alteration of interests which has occurred between that date and the date of completion of the statement, and
(ii) in the case of a Member who was a Member of the House of Representatives in the immediately preceding Parliament, interests held at the date of dissolution of the House of Representatives in the previous Parliament and any alteration of interests which has occurred between that date and the date of completion of the statement.
(2) Registrable interests
That the statement of a Member's registrable interests to be provided by a Member shall include the registrable interests of which the Member is aware (l) of the Member's spouse/partner and (2) of any children who are wholly or mainly dependent on the Member for support, and shall cover the following matters:
(a) shareholdings in public and private companies (including holding companies) indicating the name of the company or companies;
(b) family and business trusts and nominee companies—
(i) in which a beneficial interest is held, indicating the name of the trust, the nature of its operation and beneficial interest, and
(ii) in which the Member, the Member's spouse/partner, or a child who is wholly or mainly dependent on the Member for support, is a trustee (but not including a trustee of an estate where no beneficial interest is held by the Member, the Member's spouse/partner or dependent children), indicating the name of the trust, the nature of its operation and the beneficiary of the trust;
(c) real estate, including the location (suburb or area only) and the purpose for which it is owned;
(d) registered directorships of companies;
(e) partnerships indicating the nature of the interests and the activities of the partnership;
(f) liabilities indicating the nature of the liability and the creditor concerned;
(g) the nature of any bonds, debentures and like investments;
(h) saving or investment accounts, indicating their nature and the name of the bank or other institutions concerned;
(i) the nature of any other assets (excluding household and personal effects) each valued at over $7,500;
(j) the nature of any other substantial sources of income;
(k) gifts valued at more than $750 received from official sources, or at more than $300 where received from other than official sources provided that a gift received by a Member, the Member's spouse/partner or dependent children from family members or personal friends in a purely personal capacity need not be registered unless the Member judges that an appearance of conflict of interest may be seen to exist;
(l) any sponsored travel or hospitality received where the value of the sponsored travel or hospitality exceeds $300;
(m) membership of any organisation where a conflict of interest with a Member's public duties could foreseeably arise or be seen to arise, and
(n) any other interests where a conflict of interest with a Member's public duties could foreseeably arise or be seen to arise.
(3) Register and Registrar of Members' Interests
That—
(a) at the commencement of each Parliament, and at other times as necessary, Mr Speaker shall appoint an officer of the Department of the House of Representatives as the Registrar of Members' Interests and that officer shall also assist the Committee of Privileges and Members' Interests in relation to matters concerning Members' interests;
(b) the Registrar of Members' Interests shall, in accordance with procedures determined by the Committee of Privileges and Members' Interests, maintain a Register of Members' Interests in a form to be determined by that committee from time to time;
(c) as soon as possible after the commencement of each Parliament the Registrar of Members' Interests shall publish online the completed Register of Members' Interests and shall also publish online from time to time as required any notification by a Member of alteration of those interests, and
(d) the Register of Members' Interests shall be available for inspection by any person under conditions to be laid down by the Committee of Privileges and Members' Interests from time to time.
Additional resolution adopted 13 February 1986
That any Member of the House of Representatives who—
(a) knowingly fails to provide a statement of registrable interests to the Registrar of Members' Interests by the due date;
(b) knowingly fails to notify any alteration of those interests to the Registrar of Members' Interests within 28 days of the change occurring, or
(c) knowingly provides false or misleading information to the Registrar of Members' Interests,
shall be guilty of a serious contempt of the House of Representatives and shall be dealt with by the House accordingly.
Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Extend Family Assistance to ABSTUDY Secondary School Boarding Students Aged 16 and Over) Bill 2019
That the resolution of the Senate be agreed to.
The House divided. [10:07]
(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)
Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill 2019
That this bill be now read a third time.
Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Work Test) Bill 2019
That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:
"whilst not declining to give the bill a second reading, the House:
(1)notes that the Paid Parental Leave scheme helps close the gender pay gap by allowing mothers and fathers to look after their children in the most critical years of their development, while staying in the workforce; and
(2)calls on the Government to recognise the importance of equality for women and access to leave for families, by:
(a)guaranteeing it will not make any cuts to Paid Parental Leave;
(b)increasing paid family violence leave; and
(c)working with business to close the gender pay gap".
We've got to get rid of this idea of primary and secondary carers, because no parent defines themselves like that.
That this bill be now read a third time.
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Worker Screening Database) Bill 2019
That this bill be now read a second time.
That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:
"the House:
(1) notes that, while the National Worker Screening Database will be an important tool to prevent some abuse occurring in the future, it can never investigate the crimes of the past; and
(2) welcomes the fact that there will finally be a Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse of People with Disability".
The House divided. [12:35]
(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)
That this bill be now read a third time.
Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2019-2020
That this bill be now read a third time.
Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2019-2020
That this bill be now read a third time.
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2019-2020
That this bill be now read a third time.
Treasury Laws Amendment (2018 Measures No. 2) Bill 2019
New dams do not create any new water. They simply take it from somewhere else …
The Government's failure to look after the interests of regional Australia.
Treasury Laws Amendment (2018 Superannuation Measures No. 1) Bill 2019
Water Amendment (Indigenous Authority Member) Bill 2019
National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2019
Treasury Laws Amendment (Putting Members' Interests First) Bill 2019
That the amendments be agreed to.
(1) Amendment (1), omit "November 2019", insert "January 2020".
(2) Amendment (4), item 3A, paragraph 68AAF(1)(c), before "the member", insert "it is reasonable to conclude".
(4) Amendment (6), omit "November 2019 ", substitute "January2020 ".
(5) Amendment (7), omit "November 2019", substitute "January 2020".
(6) Amendment (8), omit "December 2019", substitute "February 2020".
(8) Amendment (10), omit "November 2019", substitute "January 2020".
(9) Amendment (11), omit "November 2019", substitute "January 2020".
(10) Amendment (12), omit "November 2019", substitute "January 2020".
(11) Amendment (13), omit "November 2019", substitute "January 2020".
(13) Amendment (15), omit "November 2019", substitute
The House divided. [16:25]
(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)
The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Ms Bird) took the chair at 10:00.
Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2019-2020
The considerable services already being provided to the region are not enough. They are still being provided from the perspective of mainstream … It may be time to consider whether the services themselves need to be co-designed in a completely different way …
I want every young person in Australia to know that they are not alone and that we are committed to doing everything we can to support their mental health and wellbeing.
The review found that Aboriginal CDP participants were three times more likely to be penalised for non-attendance and were penalised more often.
They went without income for longer periods and were less likely to be exempted on medical grounds "despite a much higher burden of disease in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities".
Poor mental or physical health, disabilities or other personal problems also meant people were more likely to be penalised.
The flag is one of our national symbols and a central part of Aboriginal and Australian identity. The flag should be about people and pride, not profit.
We want equal rights to our flag like other Australians have equal rights to their flag. When you look at that flag it's symbolic of us as a race of people that goes back 50,000 years, even though it's only 48 years old.
The flag represented a struggle and a resistance movement, and now it just feels like a struggle to use it.
Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2019-2020
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2019-2020
Caring for our environment and conserving it for the future is an integral part of meeting our intergenerational obligation to future Australians.
Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are,
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.