Madeleine King's recent appearances (OpenAustralia.org)
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date: 2026-02-10T22:05:32+00:00
items: Jonceski, Mr Ljupco (Luch) | Condolences | House debates
items: Critical and Strategic Minerals Industry | Questions without Notice | House debates
items: Bondi Beach Attack Victims | Condolences | House debates
items: Fossil Fuel Industry | Questions without Notice | House debates
items: Smyth, Dr Erica, AC, Donaldson, Mr John | Constituency Statements | House debates
items: Northern Australia; Reference to Federation Chamber | Ministerial Statements | House debates
items: Environment Protection Reform Bill 2025 | Questions without Notice | House debates
items: Western Australia: Local Government Elections, Goldsworthy Veterans and Families Centre | Constituency Statements | House debates
items: Resources Industry | Questions without Notice | House debates
items: Mining Industry: Critical Minerals Strategy | Questions without Notice | House debates
items: United States-Australia Framework for Securing of Supply in the Mining and Processing of Critical Minerals and Rare Earths | Questions without Notice | House debates
items: Address-in-Reply | Governor-General's Speech | House debates
items: Migration | Questions without Notice | House debates
items: Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility; Reference to Federation Chamber | Ministerial Statements | House debates

Jonceski, Mr Ljupco (Luch) | Condolences | House debates
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description: I would like to join with other members of this chamber and acknowledge and pay my respects to Ljupco Jonceski, or, as we all knew him, Luch. Luch, sadly, passed away on New Year's Eve. I hope it...
encoded: I would like to join with other members of this chamber and acknowledge and pay my respects to Ljupco Jonceski, or, as we all knew him, Luch. Luch, sadly, passed away on New Year's Eve. I hope it is comforting to his wife, Mary, and his children, Joshua, Jessica and Rebecca, to know that he was loved by all of us in this place. Members of parliament past and present have benefited over the years from Luch's tireless dedication and enthusiasm to his role as a parliamentary attendant. He was a calm, reassuring and gracious presence in the House of Representatives from the morning prayers to question time to the adjournment debate in the evening, whenever that was—sometimes very late. Luch helped keep parliament running for over 40 years. After working down at the Old Parliament House, he helped bring new Parliament House to life. I did not know this until recently, but he literally helped build this magnificent place. He worked as a labourer on the construction of this iconic building before becoming one of the most respected and diligent attendants of this parliament. Luch was a constant. Indeed, he was the longest-serving employee in the Department of the House of Representatives. Governments and ministers, members and senators—we all come and go, but Luch's warmth and kindness was a common thread that has helped unite this place for generations of the elected. I was elected nearly 10 years ago, on 1 July 2016. When you are first elected, the experience of arriving at parliament can be quite overwhelming. Before that, arriving at the Canberra Airport, maybe not for the first time ever but for the first time as an elected member of the House of Representatives, is also a pretty different experience. When I first arrived in 2016, Luch was the attendant at the airport in Canberra. With a clipboard and a smile and a warm greeting, he made sure I got my Comcar and my new colleagues all got their cars on our way to the parliament. It was very reassuring and a great kindne…
date: 2026-02-10T17:14:00+00:00

Critical and Strategic Minerals Industry | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: Hi, member for Wannon. It's good to see you back there again. It's amazing. They don't take themselves seriously. They don't take the resources sector seriously. All they do is take the resources...
encoded: Hi, member for Wannon. It's good to see you back there again. It's amazing. They don't take themselves seriously. They don't take the resources sector seriously. All they do is take the resources sector for granted.
date: 2026-02-09T14:23:00+00:00

Critical and Strategic Minerals Industry | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: I thank the member for Swan for her question, which goes to the heart of Australia's national interests. Last week I was in Washington, DC, where I represented Australia at the Critical Minerals...
encoded: I thank the member for Swan for her question, which goes to the heart of Australia's national interests. Last week I was in Washington, DC, where I represented Australia at the Critical Minerals Ministerial convened by the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Fifty-four nations attended the ministerial gathering, and the message was clear: the world needs more reliable, more transparent and more resilient critical minerals supply chains. No nation on Earth is better placed to supply those minerals than Australia. The Albanese Labor government has stepped up to lead globally on critical minerals and rare earth supply chains. Since day one, this government has been focused on creating more well-paid, secure jobs for Australians. Since day one, this government has developed policies to ensure this nation makes the most of its natural resources advantages by developing a critical minerals industry. We have agreed a critical minerals and rare earths framework agreement with the US, the first country to do so. We have provided leadership by working with the US, the UK, Japan, Canada, Korea, the European Union and the g7+. Over 3½ years, this united government has worked together to back that diplomacy with serious domestic policy. We have legislated production tax credits for processing critical minerals and rare earths. We have made a generational investment in geoscience. We have created the Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve. The result is that this government has made Australia an indispensable player in global discussions on critical minerals. Australia's strategic reserve is world leading. Indeed, the US announced just last week its own critical minerals reserve in the $12 billion Project Vault. Our allies and partners around the world are following Australia's lead to develop secure supply chains in critical minerals. There is consensus everywhere except over there. The on again, off again, on again coalition oppose the strategic reserve which the US is now implemen…
date: 2026-02-09T14:23:00+00:00

Bondi Beach Attack Victims | Condolences | House debates
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description: I join with the Prime Minister and other members in offering my condolences to the family and friends of the 15 innocent people who were shot to death at Bondi Beach on 14 December 2025 because...
encoded: I join with the Prime Minister and other members in offering my condolences to the family and friends of the 15 innocent people who were shot to death at Bondi Beach on 14 December 2025 because they were Jewish. I would also like to give my deep thanks and pay tribute to the police, paramedics, health workers, surf lifesavers and brave members of the public who responded immediately to the Bondi terror attack. Many ran towards the danger, to save lives and to disrupt the killers, in acts of humanity and courage which we will always remember. We all hope we would be able to show such bravery if ever called upon. Survivors of the shooting will be forever traumatised, physically and psychologically. The ripples of such trauma will affect so many people for a very long time, likely forever. Families and friends of the dead will never be the same. Australia won't be the same. I think the grief is boundless. Wielding guns, two violent men with a hatred of Jews carried out these terrorist murders in an act of evil that is hard to imagine, yet many in the Jewish community feared that this is exactly what could happen as antisemitic words, acts and violent attacks increased in Australia over recent years. The killing of Jews attending a peaceful beach-side Hanukkah celebration is our nation's worst terrorist attack and the worst attack on Jewish people anywhere in the world since the horrific attacks carried out by Hamas in Israel on 7 October 2023. The mass murder at Bondi Beach is not only a tragedy; it is much more than that. It is an outrage and an affront to the Jewish community and to all of us. The two murderous men were driven by homegrown hate—a hatred of Jewish people and the state of Israel. This antisemitic hate flourished here at home, in Australia, and the murderers pursued their hate unhindered until ordinary people put themselves in the firing line and died to save others at dusk on 14 December. I believe we need to undertake a serious period of self-reflecti…
date: 2026-01-19T12:41:00+00:00

Fossil Fuel Industry | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: I thank the member for Mackellar for her question and I refer to the contents of that question. As the member would be aware, the government is undertaking a review of the gas market. The intent...
encoded: I thank the member for Mackellar for her question and I refer to the contents of that question. As the member would be aware, the government is undertaking a review of the gas market. The intent of this review is to carefully examine how our gas policies work for our economy as part of the all-important energy transition, which I know the member supports, unlike those opposite. The review is examining the effectiveness and coherence of existing regulatory mechanisms to identify improvements, with the aim of creating a long-term, stable regulatory environment. The Minister for Climate Change and Energy and I have been working closely on this for some time. It is nearing its conclusion, and we will speak more about that in due course. It is helpful, to answer your question, to go through the guiding principles around the review: to secure supply of gas for Australians—a very important objective—to support the transition to net zero; and that Australia will remain a reliable trading partner, supporting energy security in countries like Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and of course the Republic of Korea as well. In relation to KOGAS and Gladstone LNG, I would note that KOGAS is a co-owner of GLNG and, indeed, has invested a billion dollars into the Queensland economy to build that facility. The arrangements you speak about expire in 2031, and all I can say about those arrangements is that whatever arrangements occur at that time will have to meet the obligations and requirements under Australian law.
date: 2025-11-27T14:58:00+00:00

Smyth, Dr Erica, AC, Donaldson, Mr John | Constituency Statements | House debates
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description: It is with deep sadness that I record in parliament the passing of Dr Erica Smyth, AC. Erica was a great Western Australian who leaves an indelible mark on the resources sector of Australia....
encoded: It is with deep sadness that I record in parliament the passing of Dr Erica Smyth, AC. Erica was a great Western Australian who leaves an indelible mark on the resources sector of Australia. Erica was one of the original geologists, and the first female geologist, who helped uncover the vast Western Australian iron ore deposits of Newman that would eventually underpin, to this day, Australia's national economy. She was a trailblazer for women in the resources sector. Raised in Geraldton, her first job was cleaning crayfish tails on her school holidays. After completing a science degree at the University of Western Australia, she began her career in the seventies as an exploration geologist across the Pilbara. For seven years she was the principal geologist for what is now the world's biggest mining company, BHP, the big Australian. Later in her career she moved to senior roles at Woodside, where she became a vital part of the effort to grow Australia's gas exports to the region, providing the energy security the region needs. Her contribution to the resources sector was recognised by a lifetime achievement award in 2010 from the Chamber of Minerals and Energy WA. She was the first woman to be acknowledged in this manner. It says a lot about Erica that she had bestowed upon her Australia's highest honour, the Companion of the Order of Australia, for her contribution to the mining industry, to science and to charities. A diabetic whose life was saved by the Royal Flying Doctor Service, she donated her time and service to the RFDS as a non-executive director. She was on countless boards including the board of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, based at UWA, an institution I'm very proud to have had a longstanding relationship with. I first met Erica when I was at the university, where we both had started as members of the UWA senate. Erica was an established leader in the resources industry, and I was just an undergraduate. My then undergraduate col…
date: 2025-11-26T10:12:00+00:00

Northern Australia; Reference to Federation Chamber | Ministerial Statements | House debates
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description: by leave—I move: That the order of the day be referred to the Federation Chamber for debate. Question agreed to.
encoded: by leave—I move: That the order of the day be referred to the Federation Chamber for debate. Question agreed to.
date: 2025-11-24T12:28:00+00:00

Environment Protection Reform Bill 2025 | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: As I said before, I am more than happy to speak about critical minerals. What we have observed, in this place, is how important the reforms to the EPBC Act will be for critical minerals and rare...
encoded: As I said before, I am more than happy to speak about critical minerals. What we have observed, in this place, is how important the reforms to the EPBC Act will be for critical minerals and rare earths projects. They will be important for the framework agreement that the Prime Minister signed with President Trump just a couple of weeks ago when we were together in Washington. It's this Labor government and these backbenchers on this side that are working towards implementing that framework and getting environmental protection legislation that works for the environment—'Heaven forbid!' those opposite—but also works for industry and for the community. And what do those opposite do? They do absolutely nothing. They don't want to talk about it. They don't want to help the resources sector. They sure don't want to help the environment. You go back to your communities and ask them what they think. We will represent your communities, because you are clearly not doing it. We will work in the interests of the Australian people, while you just vacillate in your division and chaos for as long as you choose to. (Time expired)
date: 2025-11-06T14:47:00+00:00

Environment Protection Reform Bill 2025 | Questions without Notice | House debates
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date: 2025-11-06T14:47:00+00:00

Environment Protection Reform Bill 2025 | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: Those opposite can interject all they want. They have referred to 'unhinged backbenchers'. Well, I can tell you where I can see them. I only need to look straight ahead, but you might need to...
encoded: Those opposite can interject all they want. They have referred to 'unhinged backbenchers'. Well, I can tell you where I can see them. I only need to look straight ahead, but you might need to look behind you. I might, then, reflect on the backbench of our party. It's a fine backbench. Each and every single one of these people behind me represents a Labor government that is working for the resources sector of this country, that is working for the critical minerals sector of this country, that is working to achieve the legislative drive of this country and this government, under this Prime Minister, to reach net zero emissions by 2050. Every single one of these people is working together in the interests of this country. Right around the country, whether it be Western Australia or Queensland, or every place in between, they know what is good for this country, because they work for this country. They listen to their communities, unlike those opposite, who just listen to one another, as we well know. All we see in the newspapers, from day to day, is what the next argument is. You come into this chamber and ask me about the critical minerals sector and about the critical minerals strategy of this government. Let's have a look at yours. The last time I looked at the critical minerals strategy issued by the opposition when they were in government in 2022—
date: 2025-11-06T14:47:00+00:00

Environment Protection Reform Bill 2025 | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: Thank you for that question. It's an interesting one—no doubt about it. I'm always pleased to be asked about the critical minerals sector of this country. I'm also really pleased to be...
encoded: Thank you for that question. It's an interesting one—no doubt about it. I'm always pleased to be asked about the critical minerals sector of this country. I'm also really pleased to be asked about how Premier Roger Cook and I, and this government, are on a unity ticket with the development of critical minerals in this country.
date: 2025-11-06T14:47:00+00:00

Critical and Strategic Minerals Industry | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: I thank the member for Bullwinkel for her fine question. She understand that Australia's resources sector is central to the net zero transition not only of this country but of the world. The...
encoded: I thank the member for Bullwinkel for her fine question. She understand that Australia's resources sector is central to the net zero transition not only of this country but of the world. The global clean energy transition simply doesn't happen without Australia's resources and critical minerals, and that's whether it is the solar rays or the wind turbines powering homes and cities around the world, or indeed those powering the resources sector. The resources sector get this. They know of the need to support net zero and the reliable energy which it will provide. Take, for instance, Liontown's Kathleen Valley lithium project, an underground lithium mine in the northern goldfields—87 per cent powered by renewable energy. Just next door, nearby to the north, the Bellevue gold mine has hit 100 per cent renewable power—an underground gold mine in the northern goldfields. It also hit net zero power by the August just passed. That is a remarkable achievement for the resources sector, and it sets a new benchmark of green energy powering this sector in this country. The transition to net zero by 2050 represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity for Australia's resources sector, and this government's policies will bring in—and is bringing in—the private capital and investment, creating thousands of new jobs and driving growth in our regions. I'm asked about other proposals. Well, there is the proposal to cling to the $600 billion nuclear fantasy that was comprehensively rejected by Australian voters at the last election. Those opposite also continue to oppose the production tax credit incentive for critical minerals, and now they are walking away from net zero all together. To paraphrase one observer from Western Australia, only a mug would walk away from net zero. I could quote the WA leader of the Liberals, Basil Zempilas, in full: Only a mug would not heed the lessons of two elections back to back. To walk away, to suddenly decide, 'Oh, I know best. Don't worry about what…
date: 2025-11-06T14:25:00+00:00

Western Australia: Local Government Elections, Goldsworthy Veterans and Families Centre | Constituency Statements | House debates
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description: Local councils play a vital role in supporting local communities across Australia. I want to congratulate the newly elected mayor of the City of Rockingham, Lorna Buchan. Lorna has served as the...
encoded: Local councils play a vital role in supporting local communities across Australia. I want to congratulate the newly elected mayor of the City of Rockingham, Lorna Buchan. Lorna has served as the city's deputy mayor for the last two years and has been a councillor for the Comet Bay Ward in Secret Harbour since 2019. I also want to congratulate the three newly elected councillors to the City of Rockingham: Dylan Mbano, in Baldivis; Ryan Robertson, in the Rockingham/Safety Bay Ward; and David Rudman, also in the Comet Bay Ward. I particularly want to congratulate Robert Schmidt, who was re-elected with a majority of the primary vote in the Comet Bay Ward, and has also been elected the deputy mayor of Rockingham. Congratulations to you all. I want to acknowledge the tireless work of outgoing Rockingham mayor, Deb Hamblin. I thank her for her years of service as councillor, deputy mayor and mayor and for the commitment that she has shown to my home town. I particularly want to commend Deb for her support of Rockingham's role in the AUKUS partnership and the opportunities it will bring to our local community. My best wishes also go to outgoing councillors Caroline Hume and Brett Wormall for their tremendous contributions to our beautiful city. And in the City of Kwinana to the north, I want to congratulate newly elected councillor Balian Miller. Balian is 18 years old and the youngest councillor ever elected to the City of Kwinana. My sincere congratulations also go to the three re-elected councillors Erin Sergeant, Matthew Rowse and Barry Winmar. Barry was also re-elected as the deputy mayor, and will bring years of important experience to that role. I want to thank the dedication and service of retiring councillor Sue Kearney and wish her all the best. The City of Kwinana has an unprecedented opportunity for economic growth and development at its doorstep. I look forward to working with the City of Kwinana and Mayor Peter Feasey, and all the councillors, and I hope to c…
date: 2025-11-05T10:21:00+00:00

Resources Industry | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: I thank the member for Leichhardt for his question. He knows, like the Albanese Labor government knows, that a strong resources sector is vital for regional communities and for Australia's...
encoded: I thank the member for Leichhardt for his question. He knows, like the Albanese Labor government knows, that a strong resources sector is vital for regional communities and for Australia's economic future. That's why we're backing projects that not only deliver jobs today but set us up for the industries of tomorrow. The road to net zero runs through Australia's resources sector. Through our critical minerals resources, we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity for new Australian resources projects to underpin the global transition—that's right, the global transition—to net zero. The Albanese Labor government supports net zero emissions by 2050, which, of course, stands in stark contrast to the utter circus that is the coalition's failed climate policy—and that's on top of 22 failed energy policies, four of which they came up with in 14 days not that long ago. The chaos and division of those opposite would make energy more expensive and more unreliable. It would absolutely kill investment in this country. It is those opposite that are the threat to our resources sector in this country—have no doubt about it. Meanwhile, this government, the Albanese Labor government, is getting on with the job of delivering a strong resources sector that is backing in new jobs and new investment in our regions. We are backing the critical minerals and rare earths sector through our $17 billion production tax incentive. That is the biggest government investment in an Australian resources sector in this nation's history. And those opposite voted against it—let everyone remember that. But, on this side, we know that every dollar invested in critical minerals and resources helps to scale up projects and bring more jobs to our regions, more apprenticeships and more opportunities for small business right around our regional communities. This government is backing important, strategic rare earths projects. Take, for example, in Alice Springs, the great Arafura Nolans rare earths project. T…
date: 2025-11-04T14:47:00+00:00

Mining Industry: Critical Minerals Strategy | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: I thank the member for Moore for his question. The need to diversify supply chains of critical minerals and rare earths is a global challenge. Our great island continent holds in its geology the...
encoded: I thank the member for Moore for his question. The need to diversify supply chains of critical minerals and rare earths is a global challenge. Our great island continent holds in its geology the elements of the periodic table we need for the modern technology we rely on, for the green energy production we need for our energy security and to reduce emissions, and for the technology that ensures our national security and our national defence. This government is stepping up to lead on critical minerals supply chains globally. Under the leadership of this Prime Minister, this government has invested $28 billion into an industry of global significance. Prime Minister Albanese and this government are leading efforts across the G7, the G20 and the Quad, and also bilaterally, to diversify global supply. I was delighted to be alongside the Minister for Industry and Innovation in Washington to witness our Prime Minister and the President of the United States agree the historic critical minerals framework. This Australia-US framework is now the model for all US engagement around the world, and together we are leading the way. It is an $8 billion pipeline of critical minerals projects that will bring more stable, more secure jobs to Australians right around this country. No Prime Minister has done more than this Prime Minister to boost the resources sector of this nation. In Canada last week, I was delighted to represent Australia at a meeting of G7 ministers in Toronto, where I discussed with G7 counterparts the implementation of a critical minerals production alliance, a collaboration between the G7 nations to diversify global critical minerals supply. There are three factors that get Australia a seat at the table of a G7 meeting of ministers. Firstly, it's our commitment to net zero emissions by 2050. Secondly, it's our commitment to environmental protection. Thirdly, very importantly, it's our commitment to the sustainable production of critical minerals and rare earth elem…
date: 2025-11-03T14:15:00+00:00

United States-Australia Framework for Securing of Supply in the Mining and Processing of Critical Minerals and Rare Earths | Questions without Notice | House debates
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date: 2025-10-27T14:11:00+00:00

United States-Australia Framework for Securing of Supply in the Mining and Processing of Critical Minerals and Rare Earths | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: I thank the member for Hunter for his excellent question. Last week I was honoured to be in the cabinet room of the White House to witness our prime minister and the President of the United...
encoded: I thank the member for Hunter for his excellent question. Last week I was honoured to be in the cabinet room of the White House to witness our prime minister and the President of the United States of America sign the landmark critical minerals framework agreement between Australia and the United States. This historic agreement positions Australia alongside our friends in the US in a global effort to reduce dependency on unstable supply chains and to safeguard the technologies that keep our economies and our democracies strong. The framework agreement directly strengthens the investment in Australia's critical minerals sector by providing an architecture for Australian producers to access US financing. The agreement mobilises billions of dollars in financing in Australia and America to turbocharge a $13 billion pipeline of projects across Western Australia, Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales and the Northern Territory. There will be more to come; this is just the beginning. What does that mean for ordinary Australians? It means more jobs. It means more jobs for more Australians in the resources sector. This framework recognises critical minerals for what they are—not just commodities but strategic assets essential to the national security of Australia and the United States of America. By partnering with the US we're positioning our critical minerals industry at the centre of global efforts to develop secure, resilient supply chains for the technologies that power modern defence and clean energy systems. I want to be really clear. The US-Australia critical minerals framework did not emerge overnight. From the very day the Albanese Labor government came to power four years ago, we have sought to grow the critical minerals and rare earth elements mining and processing sector. The Albanese Labor government has made the single largest investment in the Australian resources sector of any government. There's the Critical Minerals Production Tax Incentive of $17 billion; …
date: 2025-10-27T14:11:00+00:00

Address-in-Reply | Governor-General's Speech | House debates
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description: It remains a great privilege today—as it was just over nine years ago, when I was first elected to be here in the Australian parliament—to be re-elected as the member for Brand in...
encoded: It remains a great privilege today—as it was just over nine years ago, when I was first elected to be here in the Australian parliament—to be re-elected as the member for Brand in this 48th Parliament. I'm deeply honoured that the community I was born in, grew up in and live in have chosen to elect me for a fourth time to represent them and the wider community of Western Australia. As many know, I was born in Calista at the Kwinana Maternity Hospital that was built for the community that emerged to build and then support the extraordinary Kwinana industrial precinct, which has been integral to the WA economy since it was created in the fifties and remains to this day. I've spent much of my life in Shoalwater and Rockingham and I'm very honoured to represent my hometown here. In March this year, Western Australians also expressed their strong support for my friend and member for Kwinana, Premier Roger Cook, and elected him and his government for another term. I want to congratulate the state MLAs in the Brand electorate—Magenta Marshall, Reece Whitby, Paul Papalia and Premier Cook himself—and I look forward to working with each of them over the coming term on continuing to build our community together. And, at the opposite end of the Perth metropolitan area, I want to congratulate my good friend and WA Labor president, Lorna Clarke MLA, who is the newly elected member for Butler. It's fair to say federal Labor and WA have come a long way since I was first elected in 2016. On the eve of my first election, the Australian Labor Party held just three Western Australia seats in this federal parliament. After 2 July 2016, Labor held five seats in WA. In 2022, that number increased again to nine seats, and, after the recent 2025 election, Labor now holds 11 of the 16 seats in Western Australia. That support is founded on a great many things, such as trust in our government to deliver on our promises, to deal with the unexpected challenges that inevitably arise and to implem…
date: 2025-09-02T17:48:00+00:00

Migration | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: Thank you, Prime Minister. The member for Kennedy referred to a resources reservation policy, and I'm happy to discuss that briefly. There are now many calls across many parts of the community...
encoded: Thank you, Prime Minister. The member for Kennedy referred to a resources reservation policy, and I'm happy to discuss that briefly. There are now many calls across many parts of the community for reservations of gas, in particular. This is something brought on by industrial users and manufacturers. Indeed, even those opposite have announced a reservation policy of their own—a great change from when they failed to support the Western Australian reservation policy, which has proved enormously successful for the price of gas and access to gas in Western Australia. At the moment, the government has reviewed the gas market regulations. There is a consultation paper out, and there have been many submissions to it. One of the concepts we put forward as a government was around a framework to ensure that domestic supply is secured for the east coast. Another part of our resources reservation policy goes to the Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve, which is about building up a national asset to make sure that we not only have a supply of critical minerals but also are a reliable supplier of critical minerals and rare earths to our partners right around the world. It will allow us to work with our partners, together, against disruptions and from a position of real strength. I look forward to the member for Kennedy's support for that reserve. I note that those opposite were very quick to dismiss the reserve and, indeed, oppose it, which is quite unusual, given they support a gas reserve but not a critical minerals reserve. That might go to some of the confusion opposite between gas and critical minerals—as we know, they have named gas as a critical mineral in the past. I hope they won't do that again. I thank the member for Kennedy for his question.
date: 2025-09-01T14:40:00+00:00

Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility; Reference to Federation Chamber | Ministerial Statements | House debates
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description: by leave—I move: That the order of the day be referred to the Federation Chamber for debate. Question agreed to.
encoded: by leave—I move: That the order of the day be referred to the Federation Chamber for debate. Question agreed to.
date: 2025-08-28T12:24:00+00:00