Julian Leeser's recent appearances (OpenAustralia.org)
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date: 2026-02-10T22:05:32+00:00
items: Cost of Living, Berowra Electorate: Infrastructure, Australia Post | Grievance Debate | House debates
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items: Berowra Electorate: Swim Clubs | Statements by Members | House debates
items: Education | Private Members' Business | House debates
items: Iran: Human Rights | Private Members' Business | House debates
items: Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) Bill 2025; Consideration in Detail | Bills | House debates
items: Roth, Mr Stanley Barry, AM | Statements by Members | House debates
items: Jonceski, Mr Ljupco (Luch) | Condolences | House debates
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items: Australia Day Awards and Honours | Constituency Statements | House debates
items: Sydney Youth Musical Theatre | Statements by Members | House debates
items: International Relations: Australia and Iran | Questions without Notice | House debates
items: Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion | Questions without Notice | House debates
items: Antisemitism | Questions without Notice | House debates
items: Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026; Second Reading | Bills | House debates
items: Bondi Beach Attack Victims | Condolences | House debates
items: Communications Legislation Amendment (Australian Content Requirement for Subscription Video On Demand (Streaming) Services) Bill 2025; Consideration in Detail | Bills | House debates
items: Communications Legislation Amendment (Australian Content Requirement for Subscription Video On Demand (Streaming) Services) Bill 2025; Second Reading | Bills | House debates

Cost of Living, Berowra Electorate: Infrastructure, Australia Post | Grievance Debate | House debates
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description: As we enter the year 2026 and students go back to school and parents return to work, one thing is constantly discussed with me across my electorate and that is how much harder life has got under...
encoded: As we enter the year 2026 and students go back to school and parents return to work, one thing is constantly discussed with me across my electorate and that is how much harder life has got under this Labor government and how much more expensive it is. As we know, when Labor spends, you pay. Across my electorate, families are working harder just to afford the basic essentials as costs go up and up under this government. Insurance costs are up 38 per cent, energy bills are up 38 per cent, rent is up 22 per cent and health is up 18 per cent. In my shadow portfolio, education, the cost since Labor came to government is up 17 per cent. It's up 5.4 per cent this year, well above the broader inflation figure of 3.8 per cent. Child care is up 11.2 per cent. Grocery prices across the board are up 16 per cent. These figures are shocking and they have real impacts on families and family budgets. A local in Waitara recently wrote to me saying their apartment strata fees have more than doubled in two years. Their council charges and water and electricity costs have gone up as well. What we're seeing now in my electorate is families having to make very difficult decisions as the school year starts and the club sport year starts. Do they buy their child school shoes or do they register them at the local sporting club to play a winter sport? This is Berowra. This isn't one of the most economically strong areas of our country, nor is it one of the most economically challenged areas. It is a Middle Australian area. If families are struggling in my community, they're struggling so much more in other places. Not only has Labor's management of the economy made people's lives more difficult; Labor's failure to properly invest in infrastructure is also having a very deleterious effect on people in my community. New Line Road is the worst bottleneck in my community. It connects Pennant Hills and Pennant Hills Road through Cherrybrook up to Dural and up and out to the semi-rural part of my …
date: 2026-02-10T12:50:00+00:00

g15.3
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title: National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People Bill 2026, National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2026; Second Reading | Bills | House debates
description: I rise on a point of order. I'd ask that you direct the speaker to speak on the bill before the House not about headlines that are irrelevant to the matters before the House today. None of these...
encoded: I rise on a point of order. I'd ask that you direct the speaker to speak on the bill before the House not about headlines that are irrelevant to the matters before the House today. None of these matters have to do with the National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People, and I'd encourage her to focus on the matters relating to the bill.
date: 2026-02-10T13:09:00+00:00

Berowra Electorate: Swim Clubs | Statements by Members | House debates
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description: The Royal Life Saving Society of Australia has released some pretty disturbing statistics: one in four Australian adults can't swim and 40 per cent of children graduate primary school without...
encoded: The Royal Life Saving Society of Australia has released some pretty disturbing statistics: one in four Australian adults can't swim and 40 per cent of children graduate primary school without being able to swim. In Hornsby in my electorate, we have the Hornsby aquatic centre, which offers great learn-to-swim classes, but it also takes care of Australians who want to learn to race and be part of the competitive nature of Australian swimming. We've got two very important swim clubs. I recently visited the Berowra RSL Sub-Branch Youth Swimming Club. It's been going since 1959, and it races every Sunday. I want to thank and acknowledge the president, Dean Burgess, and the executive, Kiri Burgess, Corrie Hassan and Hayley Matthews, for their leadership of the committee. I also want to acknowledge the wider committee: Kristy Livy, David Duncan, Ian Thompson, James Keevy, Claire Dewar and Ashleigh Robinson. At the Hornsby Swim Club, which has been going for 63 years and meets on Friday nights, I want to acknowledge President Bec Sheppherd and the committee of Lachlan Hinds, Lachlan West, Barbara Judson, Susan Martin-Blake, David Grant, Rachel Gibbons, Alan Hitchens and Margaret Gruca-Dziok. These are two very important clubs with very important committees who volunteer their time to create safe and welcoming spaces and have built the sort of club cultures that keeps people turning up for both clubs. With over 250 members, from little kids through to swimmers in their 70s, this is creating a very important racing culture and learn-to-swim culture in our community. Let me encourage everybody to get on down to the Hornsby aquatic centre.
date: 2026-02-09T16:26:00+00:00

Education | Private Members' Business | House debates
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description: This motion is full of self-congratulation and not about improving education. The reality is we are looking at an education system today under increasing pressure. Families, teachers and...
encoded: This motion is full of self-congratulation and not about improving education. The reality is we are looking at an education system today under increasing pressure. Families, teachers and principals tell me the reality they're living with every day: standards are slipping, classrooms are harder to manage, teacher workloads are exploding and too many Australians are being left behind. This is a central failure of the Albanese government in education: announcements and slogans, amidst declining outcomes. It's what I hear every day from parents, and it's what's reflected in the data. Children increasingly can't read confidently at the age they're supposed to. Foundational learning's not being prioritised in the curriculum. STEM subjects are being increasingly taught by teachers who don't specialise in areas like maths and physics. Teachers are, unfortunately, increasingly having to be focused on behavioural management, distracting them from teaching. This motion is about intergovernmental school funding. It's not about education outcomes. And, when you look at those outcomes, too many Australian students are going backwards. The statistics are terrible. Roughly one in three Australian school students are not mastering the reading skills they need. For a child to have a successful education, that starts with the ability to read; without it, they struggle to comprehend other areas of the curriculum and cannot fully participate in the opportunities that school is meant to provide. A University of South Australia study of students aged 11 to 14 found that the share who never read for fun jumped from 11 per cent in 2019 to 53 per cent in 2022. That's an extraordinary collapse in recreational reading in just a few years. If children aren't reading, they're not building vocabulary, fluency, comprehension and the background knowledge that makes every other subject easier. This motion doesn't talk about that. It also doesn't talk about an issue that's ignored far too often, and …
date: 2026-02-09T12:09:00+00:00

Iran: Human Rights | Private Members' Business | House debates
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description: As the member for Berowra I am delighted to represent the fourth-largest Persian community in the country. Persian Australians are wonderful people, with an ancient civilisation and a modern...
encoded: As the member for Berowra I am delighted to represent the fourth-largest Persian community in the country. Persian Australians are wonderful people, with an ancient civilisation and a modern liberal outlook. There are nearly 100,000 Persians in Australia, and they contribute to every aspect of my community, from the P&Cs to the sports clubs to the doctors and nurses at Hornsby Hospital. They're engineers, IT professionals, artists and small-business owners. They moved here to create a better life for themselves and they work every day to contribute to our country and our community. I know that so many of them are here because for the past half century the Iranian regime has made their lives in Iran a living hell—a criminal regime that abuses women and minorities, a criminal regime noted for its abuse of human rights at home and its export of terror abroad, a criminal regime whose long arm follows people and intimidates them even in this country. I've been calling out Iran for a decade for its human rights violations against its own people—women, the Baha'i and other minorities—and for its terrorist proxies around the world. My proudest moment in the six years I served on the Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security was when we listed in full Iran's proxies Hamas and Hezbollah. In February 2023, following the murder of Mahsa Amini, I called for the listing of the IRGC as a terrorist organisation. At that time, as shadow Attorney-General, I offered the coalition's support for any measures to help the government list the IRGC. When I hosted Senator Claire Chandler at a forum with the Persian community in my constituency in 2023—and Senator Chandler did a terrific report on human rights abuses in Iran—people told me they were afraid to come because of the long arm of the embassy and the IRGC in our own country. In October 2023 I called for diplomatic relations against Iran to be suspended, even as Labor luminaries like Bob Carr were having happy snaps with the ambas…
date: 2026-02-09T11:04:00+00:00

Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) Bill 2025; Consideration in Detail | Bills | House debates
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description: I move the opposition amendment: (1) Clause 13, page 10 (lines 19 to 23), omit subclause (1), substitute: (1) The National Tertiary Education Objective is the objective for...
encoded: I move the opposition amendment: (1) Clause 13, page 10 (lines 19 to 23), omit subclause (1), substitute: (1) The National Tertiary Education Objective is the objective for tertiary education in Australia to: (a) develop a world-class tertiary education sector that drives excellence in teaching and learning; and (b) deliver world-leading research and scholarship, particularly in strategic areas of national significance; and (c) improve productivity by developing a highly skilled, adaptable and productive workforce; and (d) establish close links between tertiary education providers, industry and business to strengthen student outcomes and support innovation across the economy; and (e) deliver positive student experiences across the tertiary education sector; and (f) promote competition and innovation across the tertiary education sector; and (g) support Australian values, including equality of opportunity, the rule of law, and Western liberal democratic traditions; and (h) drive efficiency across the sector to provide value for money for students and the Australian taxpayer; and (i) reduce regulatory burdens on the tertiary education sector where practicable. As I said in my contribution to the second reading debate, if we're going to have a legislated objective for tertiary education in Australia, it can't be the version that's currently in the legislation. It's worth revisiting what that objective actually does, because it has to be said that it will be an iron rod that gives guidance to the new regulator. What does the objective say? The legislation says this: (1) The National Tertiary Education Objective is the objective for tertiary education in Australia to: (a) promote a strong, equitable and resilient democracy; and (b) drive national, economic and social development and environmental sustainability. Then, if that weren't clear enough, the legislation goes on to say: (2) In performing functions or exercising powers, the ATEC and the ATEC Commissioners must ha…
date: 2026-02-09T18:28:00+00:00

Roth, Mr Stanley Barry, AM | Statements by Members | House debates
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description: I want to acknowledge the passing of a great Australian, Stanley Roth. Stanley was a husband, father, lawyer, businessman, philanthropist and tzadik—a righteous man. He was a patriotic...
encoded: I want to acknowledge the passing of a great Australian, Stanley Roth. Stanley was a husband, father, lawyer, businessman, philanthropist and tzadik—a righteous man. He was a patriotic Australian, a proud Jew and a committed Zionist. I'm proud to call Stanley a friend and mentor. Stanley was a huge figure in the Australian Jewish community. His leadership of communal organisations was extraordinary, and to work with him was to get a masterclass in organisational leadership. A typical request from Stanley might start: 'I happily acknowledge this might not be the first fundraising request you've ever received from me. Please stay with me at least one more time, as this one is just as vital, if not even more so than the others.' When Stanley got involved in something, his passion turbocharged it, whether it was the United Israel Appeal, Moriah College, the Jewish Museum, AIJAC, St Vincent's Hospital, the Heart Foundation or Inala school in my electorate. He was generous and passionate because he looked at this country, which had been so good to his family, and he wanted to give back. In the last couple of years, he became very concerned about the direction of our country and the long-term survival of the Jewish community in Australia, and he wanted to do everything he could to address it. Stanley was direct, he was funny, he was passionate and he was proud. I miss his regular emails with his direct, plain-speaking advice, often on how I could do my job better. To his family—to Charmaine, to Ilana, to Danielle and to Michael and to his brother, John, and his family—I say: may Stanley's memory be a blessing.
date: 2026-02-09T13:32:00+00:00

Jonceski, Mr Ljupco (Luch) | Condolences | House debates
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description: It's an honour to follow Minister King in her contribution and the member for McPherson, who not only worked with Luch as a parliamentarian but as an attendant as well. There have been so many...
encoded: It's an honour to follow Minister King in her contribution and the member for McPherson, who not only worked with Luch as a parliamentarian but as an attendant as well. There have been so many beautiful speeches made in this debate, and I agree with the minister that Luch is the sort of person that we would have had a series of speeches for had he lived to retire; he'd have had a particular retirement farewell speech. Luch is one of those people that is so vital to the character of an institution like this. One of the things that he didn't do towards the end, because I think the parliament had dispensed with it, was this. In the first two terms that I was here in my 10 years of service, Luch would greet you at the airport on a Sunday evening. Like a barista knowing your coffee order, he would remember what time your car was going to pick you up and where it was going to pick you up the next morning. He brought a great smile, and, after a flight that could sometimes be unpleasant, he was a wonderful person greeting you and bringing the good humour that he brought to all of the work that he did. My office is opposite Zoe McKenzie's, the member for Flinders's, and in her office window she had a beautiful picture of her and Luch, when the parliament resumed in January for those important sittings to deal with the aftermath of Bondi, and I said, 'That's a beautiful picture of you and Luch in your office window.' And then she told me that Luch had passed, and, like so many, we just couldn't believe it—that somebody who's been so vital to this place, who's been so important for the good humour of this place, had. Some days in politics you have days where the highs are very high, and other days you have days where the lows are very low, and Luch was always there to inspire, to welcome, to greet—to just remind you, with his good humour and good nature, of the importance of the service role that you're giving here. To those of us in partisan politics, it's often hard to imagi…
date: 2026-02-05T12:53:00+00:00

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title: Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) Bill 2025, Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025; Second Reading | Bills | House debates
description: I rise to speak on the Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) Bill 2025 and the Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) (Consequential and...
encoded: I rise to speak on the Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) Bill 2025 and the Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025. These are the bills which establish the Australian Tertiary Education Commission, known as ATEC. Let me say at the very outset that these bills are very troubling. They establish a new regulator for an overregulated sector. They fail to articulate a clear vision for tertiary education in Australia but, at the same time, they tie it to inappropriate objectives. They don't deal properly with the independent or vocational and technical education centres and their links with universities. They are replete with problems of a technical or operational nature, and they've been criticised across the board. It's a turgid technocrats' policy that entrenches more bureaucracy. Labor loves to write its own hagiographies and they love to talk about education. When they go to write the next chapter of their own history, I fear these bills will be an unfortunate footnote. They are, to put it bluntly, not what Australia needs right now. I want to start at the top with the policy objective. The Universities Accord started with the point that the roadmap for Australian universities needs to start with a vision and a shared objective. That's unobjectionable as a statement of general principle. Of course, if you're going to embark on reform, you should have a sense of where you're going. But the accord process then made two extraordinary leaps. First, it produced an objective for the tertiary education sector as a whole. I pause here to make this critical point. The higher education sector is more than just about our public universities. In fact, public universities make up only around 20 per cent of the higher education providers in Australia, and the tertiary education sector, which includes both higher and vocational education, is broader still. There are 4.86 millio…
date: 2026-02-05T11:48:00+00:00

Australia Day Awards and Honours | Constituency Statements | House debates
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description: I want to acknowledge the local recipients from the Berowra electorate in the Australia Day Honours List. Jan Childs was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for her contribution to the...
encoded: I want to acknowledge the local recipients from the Berowra electorate in the Australia Day Honours List. Jan Childs was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for her contribution to the community of Berowra. Her contribution showed sustained, hands-on work for many years, particularly through the Berowra Rotary Club—which she led in the annual arts and crafts exhibition that celebrates local creativity and raises funds for good causes—and amazing contributions through girl-guiding through the Trefoil Guild and Girl Guides in Berowra, leaving a lasting mark on our community. Tony Morgan, whom I know through his work with the church communities in Hornsby, was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for his service in insurance. His career is a rare combination of technical excellence, professional leadership and a commitment to developing the next generation. He spent decades helping individuals and businesses recover after some of the worst days they'll face. Within the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance he made an extraordinary contribution to professional standards and education, including long-term development of the diploma of loss adjusting. Tom Parker is a legendary greenskeeper. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for services to sport. A division having been called in the House of Representatives— The legendary Tom Parker is not a household name, but he is someone from whose work we have all benefited. Tom Parker was, for 20 years, the head curator at the Sydney Cricket Ground. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for helping maintain one of the most iconic sporting venues in the world. That stewardship requires knowledge, judgement and an uncompromising commitment to standards, and that's what Tom always provides. I know his family, especially his wife, Teresa, and his son, Jack, would be taking a full measure of pride in his award. The late Stuart Pittendrigh was recognised for service to h…
date: 2026-02-04T10:31:00+00:00

Sydney Youth Musical Theatre | Statements by Members | House debates
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description: The Berowra electorate is home to some extraordinary young performing talent, and that talent will be on display at the Sydney Youth Musical Theatre's production of 9-5, which will be running...
encoded: The Berowra electorate is home to some extraordinary young performing talent, and that talent will be on display at the Sydney Youth Musical Theatre's production of 9-5, which will be running from 7-15 February at the Glenn Street Theatre. The SYMT's production will have lots of Dolly Parton's wonderful and famous songs. SYMT provides not only a place for entertainment for people but also a very important training ground for young artists and musicians. People go on to study at NIDA, WAAPA, the VCA and become recipients the Helpmann and Rob Guest awards. Some of the people involved in this production include director Adam Haynes, music director Jono Simpson, choreographer Caitlin Dennis, assistant director Lachie Donlevy and assistant choreographer Bella Speranza. The incredible president of the SYMT and production manager is Chrissy Stimson. The cast includes Erin Pacholke, Danijela Novakovic, Jessica Bate, Nathanael Sherlock, Liz Grant, Aiden Hall, Sascha Masjuk, Eliza Pascoe, Hayley Mathie, Chloe Gardener, Harry Little, Karl Willison and Alex White. I got the privilege of seeing some of the rehearsals over the summer, and I encourage everyone in the electorate—indeed, everyone in the parliament—to buy a ticket to see this fantastic production by some outstanding young Australian musicians, actors and performers in the Sydney Youth Musical Theatre's production of 9-5.
date: 2026-02-04T13:58:00+00:00

International Relations: Australia and Iran | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: on indulgence—Can I associate the coalition with the remarks of the Deputy Prime Minister. The Iranian regime is a criminal regime that commits human rights abuses against its own people,...
encoded: on indulgence—Can I associate the coalition with the remarks of the Deputy Prime Minister. The Iranian regime is a criminal regime that commits human rights abuses against its own people, as we have been seeing, and they export terror and violence abroad, as we have suffered in our own country. We stand shoulder to shoulder with the government in the condemnation of the Iranian regime, in the support for those people seeking to change the regime and with the Persian community in this country.
date: 2026-01-20T15:28:00+00:00

Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: On relevance: my question was not about the other things the Prime Minister was doing but about why he argued against a royal commission.
encoded: On relevance: my question was not about the other things the Prime Minister was doing but about why he argued against a royal commission.
date: 2026-01-20T15:05:00+00:00

Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, if a Commonwealth royal commission is such a good idea, why did you spend 25 days arguing against it?
encoded: My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, if a Commonwealth royal commission is such a good idea, why did you spend 25 days arguing against it?
date: 2026-01-20T15:05:00+00:00

Antisemitism | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, New South Wales Labor Premier Chris Minns has said sorry to the Jewish community for his handling of the antisemitism crisis that led to the...
encoded: My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, New South Wales Labor Premier Chris Minns has said sorry to the Jewish community for his handling of the antisemitism crisis that led to the murder of 15 people at Bondi. The Jewish community wants to hear their Prime Minister say sorry. For the third time: why won't you say sorry too?
date: 2026-01-20T14:49:00+00:00

Antisemitism | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: Point of order, Mr Speaker, on relevance: the Prime Minister wasn't asked about the history of antisemitism in Australia; he was asked whether he apologised for his government's failures to do...
encoded: Point of order, Mr Speaker, on relevance: the Prime Minister wasn't asked about the history of antisemitism in Australia; he was asked whether he apologised for his government's failures to do enough to deal with the antisemitism.
date: 2026-01-20T14:35:00+00:00

Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026; Second Reading | Bills | House debates
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description: Yesterday I stood here and said that the Bondi terrorist attack represented a moment of choice—a choice about the type of country we are and the type of people we want to be, a choice about...
encoded: Yesterday I stood here and said that the Bondi terrorist attack represented a moment of choice—a choice about the type of country we are and the type of people we want to be, a choice about whether we stay in the political cul-de-sac that we've been in for over 800 days or, instead, tackle the sources and causes of antisemitism in this country, a choice about whether to continue to treat antisemitism as just another political issue or to treat it as the moral and cultural problem it is, a choice made by people in this place about whether to drag heels or to deal with the issue with priority, alacrity and zealous determination, a choice by each member of this place about whether to change. The sad reality is that if we don't change then Bondi won't have changed anything. Until recently Australia had an exceptional and unique story to tell about its Jewish community. Jews have been part of the story of Australia since the First Fleet. Australia came to be seen as a unique place good to the Jews. In turn, Jewish Australians have contributed to their country—famous names, like Monash, Isaacs, Lowy and Jessica Fox, and everyday people, with acts of service and gratitude that come from people living lives of peace and security. The grief from Bondi is twofold: it's not just the innocence lost, the families broken and the children scared and afraid; it's also the loss of the precious truth that Australia is good to Jews and the bitter sense that Bondi was predictable—we were warned. There were 800 days of warning signs between October 7 and 14 December, starting on 8 October in Sydney with the public rally where the day of kidnapping, murder, rape and torture of Jews was called 'a day of pride' and 'a day of victory', and exemplified in the occupation of the opera house the next day with chants of 'gas the Jews'; in the incidents where people drove around Melbourne looking for Jews to kill; in the countless acts of graffiti in our capital cities calling for Jews to be gass…
date: 2026-01-20T11:47:00+00:00

Bondi Beach Attack Victims | Condolences | House debates
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description: Today we gather to remember the victims, to support the injured, to comfort the mourners and to praise the heroes. We gather to reflect on the choices before us as a country. As a...
encoded: Today we gather to remember the victims, to support the injured, to comfort the mourners and to praise the heroes. We gather to reflect on the choices before us as a country. As a sixth-generation Jewish Australian I have always felt an overwhelming sense of gratitude for what this country has given my community. Jewish and Australian stories are deeply intertwined. My grandfather Sam served in the Australian Army in World War II. He was taken as a prisoner to the Thai-Burma railway. In that terrible place he drew strength from the freedom of the Australia he loved. Every week, no matter where the Australians held camp, Jewish services were held. Even in the horrors of the Changi prison camp, a place was consecrated as a synagogue. It's why, when my first child, my son whom I love, was born, I wrote: I want James to understand the particular perspective that comes from being a Jewish Australian, a religious minority that never numbered more than one per cent of this country, in a land which almost uniquely in human history has been good to the Jewish people. That same concept was so beautifully encapsulated by the wonderful words of the Deputy Prime Minister earlier today. There's much I grieve for today: the innocence lost at Bondi, the survivors of Bondi and the things they cannot unsee, the synagogues torched, the Jewish artists doxxed and frozen out, the university students harassed, the small businesses shut down—all of this pains me. But it is the loss of the truth that Australian is good to Jewish people that crushes me. The loss of this idea is felt by every Jewish Australian, particularly when we see our children confused and scared about what is happening in this country. Bondi alone did not do this, but it has been accelerating in the 800 days between the Hamas attack on Israel and the Bondi attack—800 days of failure across our national life. The feeling in the Jewish community right now is visceral. It's of disappointment, of anger and of betrayal. The …
date: 2026-01-19T10:29:00+00:00

Communications Legislation Amendment (Australian Content Requirement for Subscription Video On Demand (Streaming) Services) Bill 2025; Consideration in Detail | Bills | House debates
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description: I move the amendment as circulated in my name: That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words: "whilst not declining to give the bill a second reading, the...
encoded: I move the amendment as circulated in my name: That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words: "whilst not declining to give the bill a second reading, the House notes that: (1) the Coalition has been an unwavering supporter of the Australian screen industry for decades, and is responsible for: (a) establishing the producer offset, the location offset, the digital and visual effect production offset—which have underpinned support for the sector for almost two decades; (b) introducing the location incentive, which attracted billions of dollars of investment into Australia in the film industry; (c) providing in excess of $100 million in financial supports to the Australian screen production industry throughout the Covid pandemic; and (d) first proposing an Australian content guarantee for streamers in February 2022; and (2) after almost four years of inaction, the Government has asked that this Bill be passed in just four sitting days, having taken the industry by surprise and despite significant concerns about potential unintended consequences". This amendment relates to prominence, with 'prominence' meaning that Australian content is actually accessible to those who wish to watch it. It means it's easily found, visible and discoverable so that viewers can effortlessly choose Australian content if they want to. I've spoken to people in the sector and I know that this is a real issue for them. In the old days, prominence was built into the content requirement. Prominence and local content were a package deal. You couldn't have one without the other. The subscription video-on-demand model breaks that link. Just because you commission an Australian show doesn't mean it will be easily found. No-one wants that outcome. Streamers don't want that outcome. Streamers say they don't do this; the commercial imperative is otherwise. Overwhelmingly, the streamers I've spoken to say that they do the right thing. They say that, if they're goi…
date: 2025-11-25T13:15:00+00:00

Communications Legislation Amendment (Australian Content Requirement for Subscription Video On Demand (Streaming) Services) Bill 2025; Second Reading | Bills | House debates
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description: I rise to speak on the Communications Legislation Amendment (Australian Content Requirement for Subscription Video On Demand (Streaming) Services) Bill 2025, a very important and long-overdue...
encoded: I rise to speak on the Communications Legislation Amendment (Australian Content Requirement for Subscription Video On Demand (Streaming) Services) Bill 2025, a very important and long-overdue bill. I move the amendment circulated in my name: That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words: "whilst not declining to give the bill a second reading, the House notes that: the Coalition has been an unwavering supporter of the Australian screen industry for decades, and is responsible for: establishing the producer offset, the location offset, and the digital and visual effect production offset, which have underpinned support for the sector for almost two decades; introducing the location incentive, which attracted billions of dollars of investment into Australia in the film industry; providing in excess of $100 million in financial supports to the Australian screen production industry throughout the COVID-19 pandemic; and first proposing an Australian content guarantee for streamers in February 2022; and after almost four years of inaction, the Government has asked that this bill be passed in just four sitting days, having taken the industry by surprise and despite significant concerns about potential unintended consequences". Speaker, I want to start by directing my comments, through you, not just to those in the chamber, those in the gallery or those who are reading the Hansard for posterity but to the Australian screen industry—the producers, writers, actors, directors, camera men and women, sound engineers, postproduction specialists, set decorators, storyboard artists, costume designers, hairstylists, editors, musicians, animators, drivers, caterers, agents, publicists and everyone else who derives their living and their entertainment from the Australian screen industry. I want to say that we back you. The coalition supports you. We want your industry not just to survive but to thrive. The coalition is the party of small busines…
date: 2025-11-25T12:18:00+00:00