The SPEAKER ( Hon. Milton Dick ) took the chair at 09:00, made an acknowledgement of country and read prayers.
Statute Law Amendment (Prescribed Forms and Other Updates) Bill 2023
That this bill be now read a second time.
Creative Australia (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023
… Triple J's big contribution has been in breaking in new Australian bands and not just the Coral Snakes today, but INXS, Yothu Yindi, Midnight Oil …
A society in which the arts flourish is a society in which every human value can flourish.
a pipeline into our hearts, one that lets us see and celebrate and reflect on who we truly are and can be and one that lets the rest of the world see Australia and its inner self.
We've got the richness of emptiness which for some reason was known as the dead heart … That's a lie! That's not true! It is teeming with life. And this kind of thing is an exciting thing. To be an Australian artist is to be an explorer.
That this bill be now read a third time.
Creative Australia (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023
That this bill be now read a third time.
Excise Tariff Amendment (Product Stewardship for Oil) Bill 2023
Customs Tariff Amendment (Product Stewardship for Oil) Bill 2023
Since then, the amount of oil that Australia collects and recycles has risen from none to over 320 megalitres of base lubricating oil every year. That's more than half the oil sold in Australia each year.
That this bill be now read a third time.
Customs Tariff Amendment (Product Stewardship for Oil) Bill 2023
That this bill be now read a third time.
Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Amendment (Disclosure of Information) Bill 2023
Currently, there are provisions in both state and territory legislation, and the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Act 2008 that prohibit the sharing of some information related to deceased donors and recipients for the purposes of community awareness and other educational activities by the Organ and Tissue Authority and DonateLife agencies.
amend the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Act 2008 to allow the Organ and Tissue Authority, DonateLife agencies, grant recipients and authorised family members to publish, disseminate or disclose information about deceased donors for the purposes of the Organ and Tissue Authority's community awareness, educational or commemorative activities.
… that these amendments are not intended to facilitate direct contact between donor families and organ and tissue recipients. Governments intend to protect the right of both donor families and transplant recipients to remain anonymous—
Organ, eye and tissue donation saves lives, restores health and improves the quality of life for thousands of Australians each year. But did you know that only 2% of people who die in hospital each year can be considered for organ donation? One organ donor can save the lives of up to 7 people and help many more through eye and tissue donation.
Organ donation, what we can do after we have passed away, is something that we can hang our hats on as a legacy to those that come after us.
That this bill be now read a third time.
Labor MPs are being told not to voice concerns over the government's move to double drug dispensing in community phar-macies …
A key Labor insider … called and texted the offices of government MPs strongly advising them not to comment …
I would like to thank all Australians have joined in the fight against motor neurone disease. You are part of what I call the Fight MND army. Whether you have bought a blue big freeze beanie, donated or volunteered, you give people like me and others living with MND hope for the future. The many millions you have raised has invigorated medical research in Australia and, in time, we are hopeful this will lead to treatments and, ultimately, a cure for this insidious disease. Until there is a cure, the Fight MND army will fight on. Thanks for being part of the fight.
A Shorten Labor Government will move quickly to deliver the much-needed Frankston to Baxter Rail Upgrade …
Federal Labor is an advocate of the electrification and duplication of the Stony Point Line to Baxter to improve train services for commuters across Dunkley and on the Mornington Peninsula.
In 2016, Federal Labor committed funding for a business case to ensure the project could proceed as soon as possible upon the election of a Federal Labor Government.
Currently thousands of Dunkley and Peninsula residents drive and park at Frankston, Kananook or Seaford stations because the Metro line service ends at Frankston.
A Federal Labor Government will electrify and duplicate the track to Baxter, giving commuters better access to high quality public transport and park-and-ride options
The project will reduce travelling times, increase capacity and above all, get commuters home earlier so they can spend more time with their families.
Labor also looks forward to working with the Guild to explore further opportunities to lower drug prices in a budget neutral way that do not adversely affect the viability of community pharmacies.
Labor also looks forward to working with the Guild to ensure the implementation of the current community pharmacy agreement includes reforms that do not negatively impact on either the viability of community pharmacies or patient's access to community pharmacy services.
In recent days, the Coalition has briefed-out two competing costings for its policy—$700m and "in the order of" $2.3bn.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has conceded he doesn't know the cost of his marquee budget-reply proposal
No, I mean the difference in the costings is around the parameters and the assumptions, and the Parliamentary Budget Office will finalise that work … that'll be released in due course
As the assistant defence minister, I saw a lot of waste. And there are always savings to be made. So we're not arguing that there should be no cuts. We just want to make sure that these are done in a considered way if they are done and we also want certainty. … funding AUKUS will require sacrifices …
The voice will be able to speak to all parts of the government, including the cabinet, ministers, public servants, and independent statutory offices and agencies—such as the Reserve Bank … the parliament won't be able to stop the voice making those representations. It can't shut the voice up.
I've appreciated the way in which they have taken a whole-of-government and broader collaborative approach.
The passing through Parliament of climate policy has provided business with clarity and certainty …
Reforms to boost workforce participation and health, such as the expanded childcare subsidies, paid parental leave scheme and increases to the Medicare rebate, are important in a tight labour market and will benefit many of our 180,000 hard working team members.
After more than a decade of uncertainty and equivocation employers now have certainty about our emissions targets and how we're going to get there.
The improvement in the relationship between Australia and China has been really pleasing to see.
Rising energy prices and this government's failure to mitigate their impact on middle Australia.
Trade Support Loans Amendment Bill 2023
Student Loans (Overseas Debtors Repayment Levy) Amendment Bill 2023
The DEPUTY SPEAKER ( Ms Payne ) took the chair at 09:30.
Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2023-2024
Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2023-2024
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2023-2024
Stopping native forestry in one state to import the product from another state is not a plan, it's a pathway to more extreme bushfires, greater import dependence, and more deforestation and fauna extinction in developing countries. In a state hospital or state school crisis the Commonwealth wouldn't leave the matter to the states, it would engage.
Like many things, people tend not to think much about where their wood products come from. There are two answers, our forests and the forests of others. In Australia, we hold ourselves to world's best forestry practices. Many of the countries we import from do not.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has devastated the futures of over 650 timber workers throughout Wellington Shire.
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The Premier's announcement to end native timber harvesting in Victoria in 2024 is a kick in the guts for timber communities, putting on full display the Premier's disregard for local people and a preference for policy and voters in inner Melbourne.
"It completely flips East Gippsland upside down and does so without a logical explanation or a plan for the future," …
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"Six months is not a reasonable timeframe to transition. The decision disrespects East Gippsland communities and our economy."
Labor supports your industry, your family and your community.
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The Greens have tried to take my job for the last twenty years—I have beaten them every time and I will take up the fight against them to protect your job too.