Anthony Albanese then uses indulgence (a statement outside of the standing orders, made with the indulgence of the chamber) to give an update on the Queensland floods:

I want to, on behalf of the House express our sincere condolences at the second loss of life that we have seen in this floods, an 82-year-old woman who was found outside Ingham and we express our condolences to her family and her friends in their bereavement.

The ADF now has the four additional choppers available there providing assistance and that goes with the other emergency services personnel who are working closely with the Queensland Government. Senator [Jenny] McAllister remains there as the Minister for Emergency Management and we continue to provide whatever support is requested to Queensland but, once again, we are seeing at the worst of times, the best of the Australian character and I pay tribute to all those who have provided this assistance on the ground at what is a very difficult time.

Peter Dutton does the same thing:

On behalf of the Coalition, I extend our condolences to the family and friends of the lady who has passed away, lost her life in this tragedy. It compounds the grief for the Ingham community and I thank the Prime Minister for the advice in relation to the assets deployed by the Australian Defence Force and the comfort that comes from seeing those uniforms on the ground at a time of natural disaster will be of some comfort to people in the Townsville and greater region that has been effected by the flood and we hope waters recede and people can get back into a normal way of life at some point.

For many families that will take many years and there is a lot of heartache ahead and I praise the Premier of Queensland David Crisafulli for the swift response and the work that the government have done along with the Police Minister Dan Purdy and those in their darkest hours.

There is of course, no mention of the major thing needed – stopping fossil fuels.