The SPEAKER ( Hon. Tony Smith ) took the chair at 09:30, made an acknowledgement of country and read prayers.
That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the following from occurring in relation to the business of the Federation Chamber:
(1) on Monday, 21 June the Federation Chamber to meet at 10.30 am and consider the following business:
(a) Members' three minute constituency statements until 11 am;
(b) government business from 11 am to 1.30 pm;
(c) 90 second statements from 4 pm to 4.45 pm;
(d) government business from 4.45 pm to 6.30 pm; and
(e) adjournment debate to commence no later than 6.30 pm and conclude after one hour;
(2) on Tuesday, 22 June the Federation Chamber to meet from 4 pm to 7.30 pm and consider the following business:
(a) Members' three minute constituency statements until 4.30 pm; and
(b) grievance debate from 4.30 pm to 7.30 pm;
(3) on Thursday, 24 June the Federation Chamber to meet at 10 am and consider the following business:
(a) Members' three minute constituency statements until 11.30 am;
(b) government business to follow; and
(c) adjournment debate to commence no later than 12 noon and conclude after one hour; and
(4) any variation to this arrangement to be made only by a motion moved by a Minister.
That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, the following proposed work be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works for consideration and report: Expansion of the National Sea Simulator at the Australian Institute of Marine Science.
Before the attack in Christchurch, much of the broader population were not aware that anti-Muslim propaganda already permeated right-wing discourse online, or in part, inspired the Oslo terrorist, Anders Behring Breivik, who murdered seventy-seven (77) people in 2011.
Anti-Muslim content is considered to be a gateway to 'gradually introducing more racially and politically extremist messages to a large audience of potential supporters'. Canadian, Australian, US, and UK research has found Muslims to be a favoured 'out-group' around which radical right-wing activism or extremism coalesces.
Medical and Midwife Indemnity Legislation Amendment Bill 2021
That this bill be now read a third time.
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Portability Extensions) Bill 2021
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:
(a) these changes are necessary due to the tens of thousands of Australians who remain stranded overseas, including many Australian pensioners; and
(b) Australian pensioners stranded overseas have been let down by the Government due to delays in the vaccine rollout and lack of specialist quarantine facilities; and
(2) calls on the Government to:
(a) do more to bring Australian pensioners stranded overseas home by accelerating the vaccine rollout and establishing specialised quarantine facilities; and
(b) not cut the pension".
… there's those sorts of places that are outside of the very heavily populated inner city of Perth, but the Commonwealth shows no appetite.
Will the minister say, once and for all, that it is not this government's intention to tell people on pensions, family tax benefits, single mothers supports, carers supports and disability supports how they can and can't spend their money?
Will the minister stand up in this place today and rule out extending the cashless welfare card to other recipients of government allowances?
… whether there is a conversation that the Australian public would like to have about the broadening of the use of the card.
… I see from the cashless debit card becoming a more universal platform …
The House divided. [11:27]
(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)
That this bill be now read a third time.
That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Newcastle from moving the following motion immediately—That the House:
(1) notes:
(a) Government members have voted repeatedly to endorse the Member for Bowman's chairmanship of the Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training;
(b) doing so is a tacit approval of the Member for Bowman's behaviour and his attitude toward women;
(c) the Prime Minister has failed to act, and the Acting Prime Minister is failing to act in his absence;
(d) it is time for Government members to do the right thing and do something about the Member for Bowman's behaviour; and
(2) therefore, calls on the Acting Prime Minister to discharge the Member for Bowman from the Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training immediately.
That the member for Newcastle be no longer heard.
The House divided. [11:38]
(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)
That the Member be no longer heard.
The House divided. [13:41]
(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)
The House divided [13:44]
(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)
Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 4) Bill 2021
Farm Household Support Amendment (Debt Waiver) Bill 2021
Consideration resumed of the motion:
That this bill be now read a second time.
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 notes the Coalition Government's failure to adequately address the challenges facing farmers and its mishandling of the debts of recipients of government support payments".
They should be rehomed into their inner-city apartments so that they can nibble away at their food and their feet at night and scratch their children at night.
That the House notes:
(1) despite announcing Australia would be at the front of the queue on COVID vaccines, the Morrison Government has taken too long to secure the vaccines Australians always needed;
(2) despite announcing Australia was not putting all its eggs in one basket on COVID vaccines, the Morrison Government failed to secure early access to five or six vaccines;
(3) fewer than three per cent of Australians have been fully vaccinated;
(4) despite announcing last August it was looking to establish mRNA manufacturing in Australia, the Morrison Government has failed to establish mRNA vaccine manufacturing in Australia; and
(5) the Morrison Government has failed to run an effective public information campaign on vaccines in the face of constantly changing health advice and increased vaccine hesitancy.
That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Leader of the Opposition from moving the following motion immediately—
That the House notes:
(1) despite announcing Australia would be at the front of the queue on COVID vaccines, the Morrison Government has taken too long to secure the vaccines Australians always needed;
(2) despite announcing Australia was not putting all its eggs in one basket on COVID vaccines, the Morrison Government failed to secure early access to five or six vaccines;
(3) fewer than three per cent of Australians have been fully vaccinated;
(4) despite announcing last August it was looking to establish mRNA manufacturing in Australia, the Morrison Government has failed to establish mRNA vaccine manufacturing in Australia; and
(5) the Morrison Government has failed to run an effective public information campaign on vaccines in the face of constantly changing health advice and increased vaccine hesitancy.
That the Member be no longer heard.
The House divided. [14:42]
(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)
That the Member be no longer heard.
The House divided. [14:45]
(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)
The House divided. [14:47]
(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)
… that has not been sought from the Nationals …
It would require agreement, and that has not been reached.
The member who just spoke, Mr Burns, is not somebody who has often made comment on arts policy …
The government’s failure to control child care fees and support Australian families.
The injection of $1.7b additional funds into the 2021-22 Budget is a welcome and important step in improving the affordability of early childhood education and care for Australian families. The Government has targeted these measures carefully to help increase access to early childhood education and care services for children in low and lower middle-income families. We are encouraged by this focus …
… delivers for children, families and Australia’s early learning and care sector, increasing investment to support young children’s learning and women’s workforce participation.
The removal of the annual cap will also reduce stress of many families who run out of subsidy towards the end of the financial year and then need to scramble to make ends meet.
We are very clear that this additional childcare support will significantly increase women's participation in the workforce, which our modelling has shown will be a major long-term boost to the economy.
Overall, the Coalition's policy is a helpful and well-targeted package that tackles some of the worst out-of-pocket costs and workforce disincentives. It will mean a real improvement for up to 270,000 families.
… welcomed the Federal Treasurer's funding announcement to increase access to childcare as an important step towards helping more women participate in the workforce.
I just think it's a bit of a broken system personally. I'm trying to work to set up a future for my family and also show my daughter that women can be successful in the workplace.
Treasury Laws Amendment (Self Managed Superannuation Funds) Bill 2020
That this bill be now read a second time.
That the debate be adjourned.
Treasury Laws Amendment (Self Managed Superannuation Funds) Bill 2020
The House divided. [16:33]
(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)
That this bill be now read a third time.
Treasury Laws Amendment (More Flexible Superannuation) Bill 2020
That the amendments be agreed to.
The House divided. [16:45]
(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)
Treasury Laws Amendment (Your Future, Your Super) Bill 2021
That the amendments be agreed to.
The House divided. [17:03]
(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)
Education Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 2) Bill 2021
Competition and Consumer Amendment (Motor Vehicle Service and Repair Information Sharing Scheme) Bill 2021
Higher Education Support Amendment (Extending the Student Loan Fee Exemption) Bill 2021
Medical and Midwife Indemnity Legislation Amendment Bill 2021
Narcotic Drugs Amendment (Medicinal Cannabis) Bill 2021
Private Health Insurance Amendment (Income Thresholds) Bill 2021
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Portability Extensions) Bill 2021
Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Amendment Bill 2021
The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mr Zimmerman) took the chair at 10:00.
Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2021-2022
which are expected to decrease by $188.7 million in 2020-21 ($3.3 billion over the four years to 2023-24), largely reflecting a re-profile of program funding to align with the delivery of project milestones.
Significant online harm also results from hate and incitement to violence that targets segments of the community, as distinct from the cyberbullying of individuals.
Attributes such as race, religion, mental or physical illness or disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, intersex status and others are used to target segments of the community. In the most serious cases online hate against these groups involves incitement not only to hate, but also to violence. Preventing online harms requires action well before it reaches that point.
… a takedown power covering incitement to hate, against both individuals and groups, is urgently needed.
Regrettably, the standards that are now proposed—these interim standards—are not scientifically credible.
We're taking steps down a pathway, and we have no map. We haven't got a clear strategy or response from the government about how they're going to address Professor Samuel's recommendations; we're just stepping out into the void, as far as I can tell.
Yes, I am. The Threatened Species Scientific Committee was very extensively involved with the Samuel review. We worked with him, we met with him several times, we put in two very extensive expertise based submissions, we spent a lot of time with his team and we worked very closely on the standards. I don't think that his standards are perfect but I think that legally enforceable, outcome focused, granular standards are really, really important. I am disappointed that the proposed interim standards don't reflect the considerable amount of work that was done towards outcome focused standards. Professor Samuel's report only included a number of them, but he made a very clear list of the suite that was needed in the first instance. The Threatened Species Scientific Committee very much supports the development of the full suite of outcome focused standards as a critical step in moving forward.
… I was very surprised, particularly as we had been consulted so extensively … and had put in so much work … with great enthusiasm, because we saw this 10-year statutory review as such an opportunity for change.