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December 3, 2019

No plan Morrison ‘not panicking’ on struggling economy

Mr Wilson (3:56pm) — I think it’s fair to observe that there’s a substantial gulf between not panicking and being completely comatose. There’s substantial room for action between not panicking—which we’re being told the government is not doing every day—and just lying face down in the dirt. You can describe lying face down in the dirt, […]

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December 3, 2019

Culture of silence aids domestic violence

It should shock us to acknowledge that intimate partner violence contributes to more death, disability and illness in women aged 15 to 44 than any other preventable risk factor in this country.

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December 2, 2019

Submarine work for WA in national interest

Mr Wilson (10:36am) — The government has a decision to make in terms of the full-cycle docking of the Collins class submarines. For Western Australia it will be a watershed decision that could literally be the difference between the development of a serious shipbuilding hub in WA and a scenario in which shipbuilding becomes a marginal feature […]

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November 25, 2019

Thriving tech sector would create innovation, jobs

Mr Wilson (5:09pm) — I’m glad to speak on this motion on the digital economy, and I thank the member for Gellibrand, the shadow minister for communications and cybersecurity, for bringing it forward. I can’t think of a person in the parliament, actually, who’s brought his interest and knowledge to this particular issue more consistently than […]

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November 25, 2019

Aged Care system failures diminish Australia

Mr Wilson (4:31pm) — We can test the values and standards that should be clearly visible in Australian life by looking at how we care for the most vulnerable members of our community, including many older Australians. Thirty per cent of people over 65 years of age rely on some form of aged care. That is […]

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November 21, 2019

Jobs will go offshore if PM fails to support innovation to fix waste crisis

Developed by Dr Len Humphreys and a counterpart from Sydney University, Professor Thomas Maschmeyer, the technology converts plastic back into source materials, including oil. This is a remarkable and promising breakthrough that illustrates the great potential in Australian scientific research and innovation. It should be the basis of better recycling outcomes, a cleaner environment, and […]

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November 11, 2019

Morrison fails his own test on plastics export ban after talking big at UN

Friday’s Meeting of Environment Ministers communique stated that a plastics export ban will not commence until 2021, with a ban on other materials to wait until 2022, years later than anticipated. Serious doubts also exist in industry as to whether this can be delivered without significant financial support from the Commonwealth. Two-thirds of the government’s so-called recycling investment plan […]

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November 8, 2019

Meeting of environment ministers is a reminder that this government has no plan for our country

It has been more than a month since Scott Morrison lectured the UN general assembly about recycling and said waste exports would be banned from 2020. In that time, his government’s lack of a recycling plan has already caused this December’s COAG meeting to be cancelled – preventing a whole range of other matters of […]

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October 24, 2019

Government should stop talking rubbish and take action

This brings to an end the Member for New England, Barnaby Joyce’s threatened detour on the hobby-horse of nuclear energy – a frolic that consisted of a single ‘roundtable’ hearing. But why do we need yet another inquiry when the current waste crisis demands action now?  Barely a year ago (June 2018) the Senate Environment […]

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October 22, 2019

Australia’s fuel insecurity

Mr Wilson (4:36pm) — I’m glad to make some comments on the tabling of Report 187, which covers six treaties. At the outset, I join the committee chair, the member for Wentworth, in recognising the work of the secretariat in supporting JSCOT through the process, and I thank the member for Wentworth for his comments about […]

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