Parliament of Australia

Draft House Minutes

No. 156

Thursday, 6 December 2018

- 9:30:11 AM

1The House met, at 9.30 am, pursuant to adjournment. The Speaker (the Honourable A. D. H. Smith) took the Chair, made an acknowledgement of country and read Prayers.

- 9:32:03 AM

2Document

The Speaker presented the following document:

Report of the visit by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Hon Tony Smith MP, to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 23 to 25 July 2018.

- 9:32:18 AM

3 Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018

The order of the day having been read for the resumption of the debate on the question—That the bill be now read a second time—

Debate resumed.

Mr Dreyfus, 9:32:26 AM. Dr M. J. Kelly, 10:02:32 AM. Mr Bandt, 10:17:43 AM. Mr Watts, 10:32:49 AM. Mr Husic, 10:48:01 AM. Mr Hill, 11:03:01 AM. Mr Wilkie, 11:18:08 AM. Ms Kearney, 11:33:21 AM. Mr Khalil, 11:44:07 AM. Mr Porter, 11:50:27 AM.

- 11:57:49 AM

Question—put.

- 11:57:59 AM

Division

The House divided and only Mr Bandt and Mr Wilkie voting “No”, the Speaker (Mr A. D. H. Smith) declared the question resolved in the affirmative.

- 12:02:16 PM

Bill read a second time.

- 12:02:49 PM

Consideration in detail

Bill, by leave, taken as a whole.

- 12:02:51 PM

Document

Mr Porter (Attorney-General) presented a supplementary explanatory memorandum to the bill.

- 12:03:06 PM

On the motion of Mr Porter, by leave, Government amendments (1) to (173) were made together, after debate.

Mr Burke, 12:06:43 PM. Mr Dreyfus, 12:10:41 PM. Mr Porter, 12:16:09 PM. Mr Dreyfus, 12:18:09 PM.

- 12:23:44 PM

Bill, as amended, agreed to.

Consideration in detail concluded.

- 12:23:59 PM

On the motion of Mr Porter, by leave, the bill was read a third time.

- 12:24:23 PM

4Remote Indigenous education—STATEMENT

Mr Abbott, by leave, made a statement in relation to remote Indigenous education.

- 12:45:28 PM

Ms Burney, by leave, also made a statement on the matter.

- 12:58:21 PM

Document

Mr Abbott, by leave, presented the following document:

Improving education outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children—Department of Education and Training.

- 12:58:34 PM

5MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE—Fair Work Amendment (Repeal of 4 Yearly Reviews and Other Measures) Bill 2017

Message No. 489, 5 December 2018, from the Senate was reported returning the Fair Work Amendment (Repeal of 4 Yearly Reviews and Other Measures) Bill 2017 and informing the House that the Senate does not insist upon its amendments disagreed to by the House of Representatives.

- 12:58:53 PM

6Treasury Laws Amendment (Prohibiting Energy Market Misconduct) Bill 2018

The order of the day having been read for the resumption of the debate on the question—That the bill be now read a second time—And on the amendment moved thereto by Mr Bowen, viz.—That all words after “That” be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:

“the House declines to give the bill a second reading, and notes:

(1)this unprecedented intervention into markets which will result in higher prices for families and businesses;

(2)the Government has abandoned all pretence at being the party of free enterprise and open markets; and

(3)the Government has abandoned all proper process, scrutiny and consultation.”—

Debate resumed.

Mr Thistlethwaite, 12:59:24 PM.

- 1:00:21 PM

Closure

Mr Pyne (Leader of the House) moved—That the question be now put.

Question—That the question be now put—put.

- 1:00:37 PM

Division 448

The House divided (the Speaker, Mr A. D. H. Smith, in the Chair)—

AYES, 74

Mr Abbott	Ms Flint	Mr C. A. S. Laundy	Mr Pyne
Mr Alexander	Mr Frydenberg	Mr Leeser	Mr Ramsey*
Mrs K. L. Andrews	Mr Gee	Ms Ley	Mr Robert
Mr K. J. Andrews	Dr Gillespie	Mr Littleproud	Ms Sharkie
Ms Bishop	Mr Goodenough	Mr McCormack	Mr Sukkar
Mr Broad	Mr Hartsuyker	Dr McVeigh	Mr Taylor
Mr Broadbent	Mr Hastie	Mrs Marino	Mr Tehan
Mr Buchholz	Mr Hawke	Mr Morrison	Mr Tudge
Mr D. J. Chester	Ms Henderson	Mr Morton	Mr van Manen
Mr Christensen	Mr Hogan	Mr Ted O’Brien	Mr Vasta
Mr Ciobo	Mr Howarth	Mr L. S. O’Brien	Mr Wallace
Mr Coleman	Mr Hunt	Mr O’Dowd	Mrs Wicks
Mr Coulton	Mr Irons	Ms O’Dwyer	Mr Wilkie
Mr Crewther	Mr Joyce	Mr Pasin	Mr R. J. Wilson
Mr Drum*	Mr Katter	Mr Pitt	Mr T. R. Wilson
Mr Entsch	Mr Keenan	Mr Porter	Mr Wood
Mr Evans	Mr C. Kelly	Mrs Prentice	Mr Wyatt
Mr Falinski	Mr Laming	Ms Price	Mr Zimmerman
Mr Fletcher	Ms M. L. Landry

NOES, 71

Mr Albanese	Mr Danby	Ms Keay	Mr Perrett*
Dr Aly	Mr Dick	Dr M. J. Kelly	Dr Phelps
Mr Bandt	Mr Dreyfus	Mr Keogh	Ms Plibersek
Ms Banks	Mrs Elliot	Mr Khalil	Ms Rishworth
Ms Bird	Ms Ellis	Ms C. F. King	Ms Rowland
Mr Bowen	Mr Fitzgibbon	Ms M. M. H. King	Ms Ryan*
Ms Brodtmann	Dr Freelander	Ms Lamb	Mr Shorten
Mr Burke	Mr Georganas	Dr Leigh	Mr Snowdon
Ms Burney	Mr Giles	Ms McBride	Ms Stanley
Mr M. C. Butler	Mr Gorman	Ms McGowan	Mr Swan
Ms T. M. Butler	Mr Gosling	Mr Marles	Ms Swanson
Mr Byrne	Mr Hart	Mr B. K. Mitchell	Ms Templeman
Dr Chalmers	Mr Hayes	Mr R. G. Mitchell	Mr Thistlethwaite
Mr Champion	Mr Hill	Mr Neumann	Ms Vamvakinou
Ms L. M. Chesters	Ms Husar	Mr O’Connor	Mr Watts
Mr Clare	Mr Husic	Ms O’Neil	Mr J. H. Wilson
Ms Claydon	Mr Jones	Ms O’Toole	Mr Zappia
Mr Conroy	Ms Kearney	Ms Owens

* Tellers

And so it was resolved in the affirmative.

- 1:10:04 PM

And the question—That the amendment be agreed to—being accordingly put—

- 1:10:30 PM

Division 449

The House divided (the Speaker, Mr A. D. H. Smith, in the Chair)—

AYES, 70

Mr Albanese	Mr Danby	Ms Keay	Mr Perrett*
Dr Aly	Mr Dick	Dr M. J. Kelly	Dr Phelps
Mr Bandt	Mr Dreyfus	Mr Keogh	Ms Plibersek
Ms Banks	Mrs Elliot	Mr Khalil	Ms Rishworth
Ms Bird	Ms Ellis	Ms C. F. King	Ms Rowland
Mr Bowen	Mr Fitzgibbon	Ms M. M. H. King	Ms Ryan*
Ms Brodtmann	Dr Freelander	Ms Lamb	Mr Shorten
Mr Burke	Mr Georganas	Dr Leigh	Mr Snowdon
Ms Burney	Mr Giles	Ms McBride	Ms Stanley
Mr M. C. Butler	Mr Gorman	Mr Marles	Mr Swan
Ms T. M. Butler	Mr Gosling	Mr B. K. Mitchell	Ms Swanson
Mr Byrne	Mr Hart	Mr R. G. Mitchell	Ms Templeman
Dr Chalmers	Mr Hayes	Mr Neumann	Mr Thistlethwaite
Mr Champion	Mr Hill	Mr O’Connor	Ms Vamvakinou
Ms L. M. Chesters	Ms Husar	Ms O’Neil	Mr Watts
Mr Clare	Mr Husic	Ms O’Toole	Mr J. H. Wilson
Ms Claydon	Mr Jones	Ms Owens	Mr Zappia
Mr Conroy	Ms Kearney

NOES, 75

Mr Abbott	Ms Flint	Mr C. A. S. Laundy	Mr Pyne
Mr Alexander	Mr Frydenberg	Mr Leeser	Mr Ramsey*
Mrs K. L. Andrews	Mr Gee	Ms Ley	Mr Robert
Mr K. J. Andrews	Dr Gillespie	Mr Littleproud	Ms Sharkie
Ms Bishop	Mr Goodenough	Mr McCormack	Mr Sukkar
Mr Broad	Mr Hartsuyker	Ms McGowan	Mr Taylor
Mr Broadbent	Mr Hastie	Dr McVeigh	Mr Tehan
Mr Buchholz	Mr Hawke	Mrs Marino	Mr Tudge
Mr D. J. Chester	Ms Henderson	Mr Morrison	Mr van Manen
Mr Christensen	Mr Hogan	Mr Morton	Mr Vasta
Mr Ciobo	Mr Howarth	Mr Ted O’Brien	Mr Wallace
Mr Coleman	Mr Hunt	Mr L. S. O’Brien	Mrs Wicks
Mr Coulton	Mr Irons	Mr O’Dowd	Mr Wilkie
Mr Crewther	Mr Joyce	Ms O’Dwyer	Mr R. J. Wilson
Mr Drum*	Mr Katter	Mr Pasin	Mr T. R. Wilson
Mr Entsch	Mr Keenan	Mr Pitt	Mr Wood
Mr Evans	Mr C. Kelly	Mr Porter	Mr Wyatt
Mr Falinski	Mr Laming	Mrs Prentice	Mr Zimmerman
Mr Fletcher	Ms M. L. Landry	Ms Price

* Tellers

And so it was negatived.

- 1:17:02 PM

Question—That the bill be now read a second time—put.

- 1:17:11 PM

Division 450

The House divided (the Speaker, Mr A. D. H. Smith, in the Chair)—

AYES, 75

Mr Abbott	Ms Flint	Mr C. A. S. Laundy	Mr Pyne
Mr Alexander	Mr Frydenberg	Mr Leeser	Mr Ramsey*
Mrs K. L. Andrews	Mr Gee	Ms Ley	Mr Robert
Mr K. J. Andrews	Dr Gillespie	Mr Littleproud	Ms Sharkie
Ms Bishop	Mr Goodenough	Mr McCormack	Mr Sukkar
Mr Broad	Mr Hartsuyker	Ms McGowan	Mr Taylor
Mr Broadbent	Mr Hastie	Dr McVeigh	Mr Tehan
Mr Buchholz	Mr Hawke	Mrs Marino	Mr Tudge
Mr D. J. Chester	Ms Henderson	Mr Morrison	Mr van Manen
Mr Christensen	Mr Hogan	Mr Morton	Mr Vasta
Mr Ciobo	Mr Howarth	Mr Ted O’Brien	Mr Wallace
Mr Coleman	Mr Hunt	Mr L. S. O’Brien	Mrs Wicks
Mr Coulton	Mr Irons	Mr O’Dowd	Mr Wilkie
Mr Crewther	Mr Joyce	Ms O’Dwyer	Mr R. J. Wilson
Mr Drum*	Mr Katter	Mr Pasin	Mr T. R. Wilson
Mr Entsch	Mr Keenan	Mr Pitt	Mr Wood
Mr Evans	Mr C. Kelly	Mr Porter	Mr Wyatt
Mr Falinski	Mr Laming	Mrs Prentice	Mr Zimmerman
Mr Fletcher	Ms M. L. Landry	Ms Price

NOES, 70

Mr Albanese	Mr Danby	Ms Keay	Mr Perrett*
Dr Aly	Mr Dick	Dr M. J. Kelly	Dr Phelps
Mr Bandt	Mr Dreyfus	Mr Keogh	Ms Plibersek
Ms Banks	Mrs Elliot	Mr Khalil	Ms Rishworth
Ms Bird	Ms Ellis	Ms C. F. King	Ms Rowland
Mr Bowen	Mr Fitzgibbon	Ms M. M. H. King	Ms Ryan*
Ms Brodtmann	Dr Freelander	Ms Lamb	Mr Shorten
Mr Burke	Mr Georganas	Dr Leigh	Mr Snowdon
Ms Burney	Mr Giles	Ms McBride	Ms Stanley
Mr M. C. Butler	Mr Gorman	Mr Marles	Mr Swan
Ms T. M. Butler	Mr Gosling	Mr B. K. Mitchell	Ms Swanson
Mr Byrne	Mr Hart	Mr R. G. Mitchell	Ms Templeman
Dr Chalmers	Mr Hayes	Mr Neumann	Mr Thistlethwaite
Mr Champion	Mr Hill	Mr O’Connor	Ms Vamvakinou
Ms L. M. Chesters	Ms Husar	Ms O’Neil	Mr Watts
Mr Clare	Mr Husic	Ms O’Toole	Mr J. H. Wilson
Ms Claydon	Mr Jones	Ms Owens	Mr Zappia
Mr Conroy	Ms Kearney

* Tellers

And so it was resolved in the affirmative.

- 1:23:38 PM

—bill read a second time.

- 1:23:55 PM

Consideration in detail

- 1:25:40 PM

Leave not granted for the bill to be taken as a whole.

Point of order, Mr Pyne. 1:27:49 PM. Point of order, Mr Katter. 1:29:01 PM.

- 1:30:11 PM

It being 1.30 pm, the debate was interrupted in accordance with standing order 43 and the resumption of the debate made an order of the day for a later hour this day.

- 1:30:16 PM

7MEMBERS’ STATEMENTS

Members’ statements were made.

Mrs Prentice, 1:30:26 PM. Mr Hart, 1:31:56 PM. Mr Ramsey, 1:33:25 PM. Ms O’Toole, 1:35:03 PM. Mr Sukkar, 1:36:35 PM. Dr Freelander, 1:38:11 PM. Mr van Manen, 1:39:53 PM. Mr Gosling, 1:41:20 PM. Mr Vasta, 1:43:00 PM. Ms Sharkie, 1:44:27 PM. Mr L. S. O’Brien, 1:45:58 PM. Mr Thistlethwaite, 1:47:21 PM. Mrs Wicks, 1:48:51 PM. Mr B. K. Mitchell, 1:50:25 PM. Mr R. J. Wilson, 1:52:02 PM. Ms Ryan, 1:53:35 PM. Mr T. R. Wilson, 1:55:05 PM. Mr Champion, 1:56:35 PM. Mr Wood, 1:58:05 PM. Mr Jones, 1:59:43 PM.

- 2:01:16 PM

8QUESTIONS

- 2:01:22 PM

(1)Mr Burke to Mr Morrison (Prime Minister)

- 2:01:48 PM

(2)Mr Evans to Mr Morrison (Prime Minister)

- 2:05:03 PM

(3)Mr Shorten to Mr Frydenberg (Treasurer)

- 2:08:40 PM

(4)Mr Wood to Mr Morrison (Prime Minister)

- 2:12:02 PM

(5)Mr M. C. Butler to Mr Frydenberg (Treasurer)

- 2:15:04 PM

(6)Mr Wilkie to Mr Morrison (Prime Minister)

- 2:18:35 PM

(7)Mr Vasta to Mr Frydenberg (Treasurer)

- 2:21:57 PM

(8)Mr Shorten to Mr Frydenberg (Treasurer)

Point of order, Mr Shorten. 2:23:04 PM. Mr Frydenberg, 2:23:21 PM.

- 2:25:45 PM

(9)Mrs Prentice to Mr Porter (Attorney-General)

- 2:29:16 PM

(10)Mr Shorten to Mr Frydenberg (Treasurer)

- 2:30:46 PM

(11)Dr McVeigh to Mr Coleman (Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs)

- 2:34:18 PM

(12)Mr Bowen to Mr Morrison (Prime Minister)

- 2:36:30 PM

(13)Mr Falinski to Mr Pyne (Minister for Defence)

- 2:39:53 PM

(14)Ms Plibersek to Mr Morrison (Prime Minister)

- 2:40:46 PM

(15)Mr T. R. Wilson to Mr Pyne (Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs)

- 2:44:14 PM

(16)Ms Keay to Mr Frydenberg (Treasurer)

- 2:47:17 PM

(17)Ms Flint to Mr Fletcher (Minister for Families and Social Services)

- 2:50:40 PM

(18)Mr Shorten to Mr Morrison (Prime Minister)

- 2:52:31 PM

Mr Shorten, sought leave to present a document. Leave not granted..

- 2:52:52 PM

(19)Mr K. J. Andrews to Mr Morrison (Prime Minister)

- 2:56:17 PM

(20)Dr Aly to Mr Frydenberg (Treasurer)

Point of order, Mr Albanese. 2:59:37 PM. Mr Albanese, 2:59:48 PM.

- 3:00:03 PM

(21)Mr Bandt to Mr Frydenberg (Treasurer)

- 3:01:47 PM

Suspension of standing orders moved

Mr Bowen moved—That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for McMahon from moving the following motion immediately—

That the House:

(1)notes:

(a)the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Governments have failed to provide a consistent energy policy for Australia;

(b)that the Government has embraced respectively, before each policy was abandoned:

(i)an emissions intensity scheme;

(ii)a clean energy target;

(iii)at least six different versions of the national energy guarantee; and

(iv)three different versions of divestment just this week,

(c)the Government’s most recent attempt at forced divestment policy has been panned by experts as increasing sovereign risk, chilling investment and putting upward pressure on power prices;

(d)that the divestment policy had to be completely rewritten to remove the power to order divestiture from the Treasurer to the courts;

(e)that the legislation tabled by the Treasurer yesterday allows for the privatisation of energy assets if divestiture is forced in relation to a government owned asset;

(f)that the Treasurer and other Government ministers have continually denied this is the case despite the legislation being clear on this point;

(g)that the Member for Kennedy has moved an amendment, seconded by the Member for Dawson, which seeks to ban privatisations as part of a divestiture process, which confirms that the current bill does not; and

(2)condemns the Government for their complete failure in energy policy, their botched divestiture policy and for seeking privatisation by stealth.

- 3:11:52 PM

Debate ensued.

Mr M. C. Butler, 3:11:58 PM. Mr Porter, 3:17:07 PM. Mr Katter, 3:24:46 PM.

- 3:27:52 PM

The time allowed by standing order 1 for debate on the motion having expired—

- 3:27:55 PM

Question—put.

- 3:28:14 PM

Division 451

The House divided (the Speaker, Mr A. D. H. Smith, in the Chair)—

AYES, 68

Mr Albanese	Mr Danby	Ms Kearney	Mr Perrett*
Dr Aly	Mr Dick	Ms Keay	Ms Plibersek
Mr Bandt	Mr Dreyfus	Dr M. J. Kelly	Ms Rishworth
Ms Bird	Mrs Elliot	Mr Keogh	Ms Rowland
Mr Bowen	Ms Ellis	Ms C. F. King	Ms Ryan*
Ms Brodtmann	Mr Fitzgibbon	Ms M. M. H. King	Mr Shorten
Mr Burke	Dr Freelander	Ms Lamb	Mr Snowdon
Ms Burney	Mr Georganas	Dr Leigh	Ms Stanley
Mr M. C. Butler	Mr Giles	Ms McBride	Mr Swan
Ms T. M. Butler	Mr Gorman	Mr Marles	Ms Swanson
Mr Byrne	Mr Gosling	Mr B. K. Mitchell	Ms Templeman
Dr Chalmers	Mr Hart	Mr R. G. Mitchell	Mr Thistlethwaite
Mr Champion	Mr Hayes	Mr Neumann	Ms Vamvakinou
Ms L. M. Chesters	Mr Hill	Mr O’Connor	Mr Watts
Mr Clare	Ms Husar	Ms O’Neil	Mr Wilkie
Ms Claydon	Mr Husic	Ms O’Toole	Mr J. H. Wilson
Mr Conroy	Mr Jones	Ms Owens	Mr Zappia

NOES, 72

Mr Abbott	Mr Fletcher	Mr Laming	Mrs Prentice
Mr Alexander	Ms Flint	Ms M. L. Landry	Ms Price
Mrs K. L. Andrews	Mr Frydenberg	Mr C. A. S. Laundy	Mr Pyne
Mr K. J. Andrews	Mr Gee	Mr Leeser	Mr Ramsey*
Ms Bishop	Dr Gillespie	Ms Ley	Mr Robert
Mr Broad	Mr Goodenough	Mr Littleproud	Mr Sukkar
Mr Broadbent	Mr Hartsuyker	Mr McCormack	Mr Taylor
Mr Buchholz	Mr Hastie	Dr McVeigh	Mr Tehan
Mr D. J. Chester	Mr Hawke	Mrs Marino	Mr Tudge
Mr Christensen	Ms Henderson	Mr Morrison	Mr van Manen
Mr Ciobo	Mr Hogan	Mr Morton	Mr Vasta
Mr Coleman	Mr Howarth	Mr Ted O’Brien	Mr Wallace
Mr Coulton	Mr Hunt	Mr L. S. O’Brien	Mrs Wicks
Mr Crewther	Mr Irons	Mr O’Dowd	Mr R. J. Wilson
Mr Drum*	Mr Joyce	Ms O’Dwyer	Mr T. R. Wilson
Mr Entsch	Mr Katter	Mr Pasin	Mr Wood
Mr Evans	Mr Keenan	Mr Pitt	Mr Wyatt
Mr Falinski	Mr C. Kelly	Mr Porter	Mr Zimmerman

* Tellers

And so it was negatived.

- 3:37:44 PM

Questions without notice concluded.

- 3:38:04 PM

9Auditor-General’s Report

The Speaker presented the following document:

Auditor-General—Audit report No. 15 of 2018-19—Performance audit—Human Services’ compliance strategies: Department of Human Services.

In accordance with the resolution agreed to on 28 March 2018, the document was made a Parliamentary Paper.

- 3:38:21 PM

10Access to committee records—Document

The Speaker presented the following document:

Access to committee documents—Statement by the Speaker.

- 3:38:30 PM

11Document

The Speaker presented the following document:

Committee reports—Speaker’s schedule of the status of Government responses to committee reports (as at 5 December 2018).

- 3:38:45 PM

12DOCUMENTS

The following documents were presented:

*Aboriginal Land Commissioner—Report for 2017-18.

*Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency—Report for 2017-18.

Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Act 2016—

Review on the operation of the Act—Government response, December 2018.

Review on the operation of the Act, October 2018.

Fair Work Commission—General Manager’s reports—

*Developments in making enterprise agreements under the Fair Work Act 2009 for 2015-18.

*Individual flexibility arrangements under the Fair Work Act 2009 for 2015-18.

*Operation of the provisions of the National Employment Standards relating to requests for flexible working arrangements and extensions of unpaid parental leave under the Fair Work Act 2009 for 2015-18.

Intelligence and Security—Parliamentary Joint Committee—Review of the re-declaration of Mosul District, Ninewa Province, Iraq—Government response, December 2018.

*National Health Practitioner Ombudsman and Privacy Commissioner—Report for 2017-18.

Regional Forest Agreements between the Commonwealth and the State of New South Wales—

Deed of variation in relation to the Regional Forest Agreement for the Eden Region—November, 2018.

Deed of variation in relation to the Regional Forest Agreement for the North East Region—November, 2018.

Deed of variation in relation to the Regional Forest Agreement for the Southern Region—November, 2018.

*Screenrights—Report for 2017-18.

*Workplace Gender Equality Agency—Report for 2017-18.

*In accordance with the resolution agreed to on 28 March 2018, the documents were made Parliamentary Papers.

- 3:39:04 PM

13Leave of absence to all Members

Mr Pyne (Leader of the House), moved—That leave of absence be given to every Member of the House of Representatives from the determination of this sitting of the House to the date of the next sitting.

- 3:39:14 PM

Question—put and passed.

- 3:39:45 PM

Personal explanation, Ms Husar.

- 3:44:13 PM

Question to Speaker, Mr Burke, re Re: notice not moved.

- 3:45:05 PM

Mr Morrison (Prime Minister), by indulgence, made a valedictory.

- 3:56:49 PM

Mr Shorten (Leader of the Opposition), by indulgence, made a valedictory.

- 4:11:26 PM

Mr A. D. H. Smith (Speaker), made a statement thanking staff of the House of Representatives and others.

- 4:14:10 PM

14DISCUSSION OF MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE—Wage growth

The House was informed that Mr O’Connor had proposed that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely, “The failure of the Government to address record low wages growth, insecure work and growing inequality”.

- 4:14:24 PM

The proposed discussion having received the necessary support—

- 4:14:27 PM

Mr O’Connor addressed the House.

- 4:24:29 PM

Discussion ensued.

Ms Henderson, 4:24:33 PM.

- 4:30:13 PM

Ms Henderson addressing the House—

- 4:30:16 PM

15ADJOURNMENT

It being 4.30 pm—The question was proposed—That the House do now adjourn.

Debate ensued.

Mr Burke, 4:30:20 PM. Mr Evans, 4:35:11 PM. Mr Shorten, 4:40:20 PM. Mr Leeser, 4:45:23 PM. Ms Plibersek, 4:50:25 PM. Dr McVeigh, 4:55:31 PM.

- 5:00:36 PM

The House continuing to sit until 5 pm—The Speaker adjourned the House until 12 noon on Tuesday, 12 February 2019.

- 5:00:41 PM

DOCUMENTS

The following documents were deemed to have been presented on 6 December 2018 (An explanatory statement has been presented with each instrument unless otherwise indicated by an asterisk):

Australian Research Council Act 2001—Approval of the ARC Discovery Projects scheme for funding commencing in 2019—Determination No. 183.

Christmas Island Act 1958—Christmas Island Utilities and Services Ordinance 2016—Christmas Island Utilities and Services (Electricity Supply and Services Fees) Amendment (2018 Measures No. 1) Determination 2018 [F2018L01665].

Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955—Cocos (Keeling) Islands Utilities and Services Ordinance 2016—Cocos (Keeling) Islands Utilities and Services (Electricity Supply and Services Fees) Amendment (2018 Measures No. 1) Determination 2018 [F2018L01666].

Corporations Act 2001—ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2018/1098 [F2018L01667].

Defence Act 1903—Defence Determination, Force Commander, Multinational Force and Observers—supporting benefits Amendment Determination 2018 [F2018L01662].

Federal Financial Relations Act 2009—Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 140 (November 2018) [F2018L01664].

Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986—Veterans’ Affairs (Extended Eligibility for Treatment) Amendment Instrument 2018—2018 No. R74 [F2018L01663].

- 5:02:00 PM

ATTENDANCE

All Members attended (at some time during the sitting) except Ms Collins, Mr Dutton, *Ms Macklin and *Mrs Sudmalis.

* On leave