Tony Burke
Watson · Australian Labor Party · Australia
“People smugglers want there to be footage of Australian voices claiming that people smuggling will work, and those opposite are providing it. The second thing that people smugglers want is access to information.”
“I think it's fair to say that that sort of respect is ordinarily there regardless—it's nothing to do with the gravity of the issue. It's just an acknowledgement that each of us is one out of 150, to make sure that we are conscious that, if everybody acted the way we might want to act in a particular moment, the House could itself become u…”
“on indulgence—When the government seeks to have a debate management motion, there's always discussion in the House as to whether or not that is reasonable. In order for us to make sure that we can respect all 150 members of the parliament, there are a number of things that members ordinarily do.”
“Let me start with this: anyone who saw last night on the news that a number of people had tried to enter our country without a visa should know that, by the time they woke up this morning, every single one of them had been removed from Australia—every single one.”
“I thank the member for Leichhardt. I acknowledge the strong role that the member for Leichhardt has had in combating foreign fishing and, in particular, in calling for the work of Border Force that's up there now in Operation BROADSTAFF.”
“This is an amendment about who the deputy chair should be and whether they should be a member of the opposition. The deputy chair of the committee is a member of the opposition; it's Senator Dean Smith.”
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“It's something none of them want, but they know that this Leader of the Opposition would freeze wages. He would cut wages. He would spend billions of dollars on long lunches for the boss. They know that under him they'd be worse off.”
“You meet meatworkers being paid the extra because of the bargaining laws that they opposed. You'll meet meatworkers in Queensland with pay rises of up to 42 per cent because of same job, same pay—which they voted against. If they get the chance, those wages will be cut. Coalminers in New South Wales who were being underpaid now have pay rises of between $15,000 and $35,000 a year—fixed because of same job, same pay. They voted against these pay rises, which they say they would get rid of if they had the chance. As I meet these workers around the country, they all say they want their pay rises. They all say they wanted their tax cut. I've yet to meet one who says, 'But can you please make sure I can pay for the bosses lunch?' It's not something that's being demanded.”
“He says he'll tell us after the election where the cuts might come from, but you can start to get a hint in terms of what they've voted against. There's plenty they've voted where you can see what they are likely to do next time. Last time he was in office, they had low wages growth as a deliberate design feature of their management of the Australian economy. Every measure that we have put forward to get wages moving they have opposed. The minimum wage has gone up nearly $150 a week in this term of government. Guess how long it took them to reach the same figure? It took them their entire term of government. It took them their entire wasted decade to get to that level, where we have had the increase in one term. You meet people working in supermarkets now being paid $11.56 more an hour.”
“I want to thank the member for Gilmore. Every worker in the electorate is earning more and keeping more of what they earn because the member for Gilmore is there. It's a year since the Prime Minister made clear that we wanted workers to earn more and keep more of what they earn. Those opposite are opposed to both ideas. Since that time, we've now had real wages growth for four quarters in a row. Wages are now going up, inflation is going down and there are more jobs. The Leader of the Opposition confessed on the weekend that he'll make huge cuts but won't say what they'll be till after the election. We already knew about $350 billion and another $600 billion to pay for his nuclear scheme, but we now know as well where those cuts might come from.”
“I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the following: (1) the Member for Wentworth moving a motion relating to antisemitism; (2) each Member speaking for no longer than five minutes; (3) amendments to the motion not being permitted; (4) the question on the motion being put no later than 1.25 pm; and (5) any variation to this arrangement being made only on a motion moved by a Minister. And I move: That the question be now put.”
“I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the following: (1) the Member for Wentworth moving a motion relating to antisemitism; (2) each Member speaking for no longer than five minutes; (3) amendments to the motion not being permitted; (4) the question on the motion being put no later than 1.25 pm; (5) any variation to this arrangement being made only on a motion moved by a Minister; and (6) that standing order 133 be suspended.”
“I declare that, unless otherwise ordered, the Criminal Code Amendment (Hates Crimes) Bill 2024, the Commonwealth Workplace Protection Orders Bill 2024 and the Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Incentives and Integrity Bill 2024 stand referred to the Federation Chamber for further consideration at the adjournment of the debate on the motion for the second reading of each bill.”
“But the member for Wentworth has, in consultation with a range of people across the parliament, put together a resolution which has us dealing with antisemitism and nothing else for this particular debate. I thank the member for Wentworth for doing that. The member for Wentworth is creating an opportunity for the parliament to simply come together and make one very clear statement—that we will argue on many other things but there is no argument from the people in this parliament that antisemitism is anything other than unacceptable and evil and must end. I commend the motion to the House and indicate that I won't be wanting us to have a long debate on this, because that will then interfere with us having a debate on the motion itself.”
“Mr Speaker, happy new year! I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the following: (1) the Member for Wentworth moving a motion relating to antisemitism; (2) each Member speaking for no longer than five minutes; (3) amendments to the motion not being permitted; (4) the question on the motion being put no later than 1.25 pm; (5) any variation to this arrangement being made only on a motion moved by a Minister. In putting forward that motion, let me just say the following: antisemitism is a vile form of hatred. It is as vile as it is evil as it is ancient. There is plenty of time in the parliament, as there always has been, for us to debate a range of issues on social cohesion.”