Louise Miller-Frost's recent appearances (OpenAustralia.org)
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date: 2026-02-10T22:05:33+00:00
items: Education | Grievance Debate | House debates
items: Infrastructure | Questions without Notice | House debates
items: Bolkus, Hon. Nick | Condolences | House debates
items: Boothby Electorate: Infrastructure | Statements | House debates
items: Defence Equipment | Questions without Notice | House debates
items: Health Legislation Amendment (Prescribing of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2025; Second Reading | Bills | House debates
items: Economy | Matters of Public Importance | House debates
items: Bondi Beach Attack Victims | Condolences | House debates
items: Albanese Government | Questions without Notice | House debates
items: Mental Health Month | Statements on Significant Matters | House debates
items: Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence | Questions without Notice | House debates
items: Mental Health | Private Members' Business | House debates
items: Communications Legislation Amendment (Australian Content Requirement for Subscription Video On Demand (Streaming) Services) Bill 2025; Second Reading | Bills | House debates
items: Repeal Net Zero Bill 2025; Second Reading | Bills | House debates
items: Albanese Government | Statements by Members | House debates
items: Albanese Government | Adjournment | House debates
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items: Aged Care | Private Members' Business | House debates
items: Vocational Education and Training | Questions without Notice | House debates
items: Raise Our Voice in Parliament | Statements by Members | House debates

Education | Grievance Debate | House debates
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description: In my first speech in this place I talked about my grandparents living in poverty in Northern Ireland, and how they knew that education was the key to make sure that never happened to their...
encoded: In my first speech in this place I talked about my grandparents living in poverty in Northern Ireland, and how they knew that education was the key to make sure that never happened to their children—my mother and her siblings. They knew that education was the key to being able to take advantage of opportunities. It was the key to being able to get ahead and have more options for a career. It was the key to being able to look after your family. I was lucky enough to be born into a family that valued education and valued education for girls, and I was lucky that my family decided to migrate to Australia when I was very young. My entire education has been here in this country, a country where public education was available and affordable, a country where tertiary education is also subsidised. My life would be very different if I had not been able to access education. Education is such a key indicator for the rest of your life. In public health there are some key statistics that link educational attainment with health outcomes. Educating women and girls is the most effective way to positively influence the health of the next generation and, at a community or country level, population-wide education is the key to having a highly skilled workforce driving innovation. Education is the most powerful investment a government can make in the future of our nation. That is why the Albanese government's commitment to fully fund public schools matters so deeply. It's not an abstract policy position. It's a statement about who we are, what we value and whose side we're on, and it will benefit every single one of us, whether we have children at school or not. Good-quality, accessible and affordable education at a country-wide level is an investment in the future of the country. It's an investment in the economy and an investment in current and future workforces. The 2011 review into school funding conducted by David Gonski stressed the need for an equitable school-funding system, on…
date: 2026-02-10T12:40:00+00:00

Infrastructure | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. How is the Albanese Labor government focused on delivering key rail projects across the...
encoded: My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. How is the Albanese Labor government focused on delivering key rail projects across the country? Why is delivery rather than division so important in the delivery of infrastructure projects?
date: 2026-02-09T15:29:00+00:00

Bolkus, Hon. Nick | Condolences | House debates
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description: I rise today with deep sadness to acknowledge the passing of former senator the Hon. Nick Bolkus. Nick was a towering figure in South Australian public life, a formidable parliamentarian and a...
encoded: I rise today with deep sadness to acknowledge the passing of former senator the Hon. Nick Bolkus. Nick was a towering figure in South Australian public life, a formidable parliamentarian and a man whose contribution to this nation leaves a lasting imprint on the character of our country. And while his public contributions are well known, his private contributions are equally important. He was a much-loved husband to Mary and a father to Nick, Aria and Michaela. He was a colleague and mentor to many in the Labor movement across Australia, particularly SA Labor, and he was a valued friend to many. I'm lucky enough to be able to count myself as one of those. For many Australians, and particularly for those of us from South Australia, Nick Bolkus was more than a senator. He was a reformer, a strategist, a Labor legend and, above all, a believer in the power of public service to improve lives. Nick was born in Adelaide in 1950 to migrant parents from the island of Kastellorizo in Greece, and his parents ran a greengrocer shop in Adelaide's West End. He was educated at Adelaide High School and Adelaide University—a true local. He showed his interest in politics early, fundraising and hand-delivering letters supporting Don Dunstan in 1965 and 1966 at the tender age of 15. After a brief career as a lawyer, he unsuccessfully ran for the seat of Torrens in 1975 and for federal Senate in 1977 before being elected as a federal senator for South Australia in 1980. Entering parliament at just 30 years of age, he quickly developed a reputation that would follow him throughout his career. Nick was intellectually sharp, politically courageous and never afraid to engage in the contest of ideas. His wife, Mary, says he was always certain of his position, and she wondered how it was that two people who were always right ended up married to each other! He understood that democracy is not a spectator sport. It requires conviction, resilience and a willingness to stand up for what you bel…
date: 2026-02-05T10:54:00+00:00

Boothby Electorate: Infrastructure | Statements | House debates
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description: I'm thrilled to announce that the three tram overpasses on the Glenelg line in Boothby are complete, open and operational. This is yet another example of the Albanese Labor government and the...
encoded: I'm thrilled to announce that the three tram overpasses on the Glenelg line in Boothby are complete, open and operational. This is yet another example of the Albanese Labor government and the Malinauskas state Labor government working together to achieve important infrastructure projects on time and on budget. The tram overpasses eliminate three level crossings. Boom gates were previously down for up to 20 minutes an hour, and rush hour traffic backed up for kilometres. These overpasses were promised at the 2016, 2018, and 2019 state and federal elections, but it took the election of an SA Labor government and a federal Labor government in 2022 to actually get them done. Instead of just doing our initial two bridge commitment, we got the Morphett Road overpass done at the same time. Many in my electorate thought the Morphett Road overpass would be impossible to engineer, given its proximity to the Sturt River and Glengowrie tram barn entrance. Challenge accepted! With a sneaky three-point turn on the tracks, the trams can go home at night. This is part of a coordinated plan to manage traffic in the growing southern suburbs of Adelaide, including the Majors Road on-off ramp, which opened a few months ago; the North-South Corridor, which is underway; and, in the future, the Greater Adelaide Freight Bypass to take trucks off Cross Road. The Albanese Labor government is delivering for the people of Boothby.
date: 2026-02-05T13:43:00+00:00

Defence Equipment | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry. How is a united Albanese Labor government delivering defence capability to keep Australians safe? What approaches has the government rejected?
encoded: My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry. How is a united Albanese Labor government delivering defence capability to keep Australians safe? What approaches has the government rejected?
date: 2026-02-04T14:55:00+00:00

Health Legislation Amendment (Prescribing of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2025; Second Reading | Bills | House debates
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description: For many years before I came to this place I worked in the health sector in South Australia. I ran a large number of services across northern and central Adelaide and some statewide services....
encoded: For many years before I came to this place I worked in the health sector in South Australia. I ran a large number of services across northern and central Adelaide and some statewide services. Another of my roles included recruitment of overseas doctors to rural and remote South Australia, and this was partly because we don't have enough doctors in Australia and partly because many of them don't want to work in rural and remote areas. Many of these basic services—general practitioners who often also cover at the local hospital—were reliant on being able to recruit doctors, nurses, pharmacists and allied health workers from overseas who were required to spend at least a few years in rural and remote areas. Health services are reliant on qualified staff to run, and, unfortunately, as a country we have not been training up enough of them for decades. We also have an ageing population, and often with ageing comes an increased reliance on the health system—bodies wear out, chronic diseases develop, trips and falls become more catastrophic. So we need more of these health professionals, and we needed them yesterday. There are ethical issues about recruiting precious health worker resources from other countries; they need them as well. The alternative is that we train them up here in Australia, and we absolutely need to be doing that. But it takes time, and we needed this extra workforce yesterday. Our health system is under pressure today from increased demand and from workforce shortages. A doctor takes six years of university study, then an internship. A GP takes a further five years on top of that. A nurse takes an undergraduate degree of three years, and a nurse practitioner takes at least three years experience and then a master's degree on top of that. A pharmacist takes a minimum of four years of study, plus one year of an intern training program. We are not going to be solving our health workforce shortage here in the next year or two through training up additional…
date: 2026-02-04T13:05:00+00:00

Economy | Matters of Public Importance | House debates
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description: It's been a really interesting day. We've just heard that apparently the Reserve Bank governor was not telling the truth, because she was being polite, which frankly is a little bit patronising...
encoded: It's been a really interesting day. We've just heard that apparently the Reserve Bank governor was not telling the truth, because she was being polite, which frankly is a little bit patronising for a professional woman at the top of her career. During question time, we discovered that the member for Fairfax, who is now both the shadow Treasurer and the shadow Assistant Treasurer, doesn't know how interest rates are set. Perhaps he needs a better assistant. Anyway, while it may be inconvenient for an opposition desperate to politicise everything to deflect attention from their chaos and disorder, Reserve Bank Governor Bullock has in fact said that the drivers of inflation in Australia are strong domestic demand relative to supply, housing costs and market service prices, labour and non-labour pressures, temporary price movements and a tight labour market, which of course means we have low unemployment. You will note that government spending was not included in her comments, and I don't think she was just being polite. I think she knows her stuff. In fact, nor was it included in the Reserve Bank board's comments today, where the cause identified was in fact growth in private demand. Let's not forget that the opposition, when they were in government, left Australia with inflation that was 6.1 per cent and rising. It's now much lower than that. They left us with higher spending, no savings and bigger deficits. And then most recently, as coalition opposition, they went to the election with a plan for bigger deficits, more debt and a plan to hike up taxes for every taxpayer to pay for nuclear reactors. We are focused on cost of living. They're focused on themselves. They oppose pretty much every cost-of-living measure to help Australians that we put forward over the last term of government, right down to voting against tax cuts for Australians. Meanwhile, we delivered two surpluses after a decade of deficits under them and paid down some of the Liberal debt we inherited f…
date: 2026-02-03T16:30:00+00:00

Bondi Beach Attack Victims | Condolences | House debates
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description: The afternoon of Sunday 14 December at Bondi Beach was a warm, sunny 28 degrees—perfect beach weather. For members of the Jewish community, it was also the first day of Hanukkah, the...
encoded: The afternoon of Sunday 14 December at Bondi Beach was a warm, sunny 28 degrees—perfect beach weather. For members of the Jewish community, it was also the first day of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights. This important Jewish festival commemorates the rededication of the second temple after a revolt and, specifically, the discovery of one day's supply of oil to light the menorah: a supply that miraculously lasted instead for eight days. It is a holy day. It's the day of optimism and hope, of light over darkness. It's also a day of celebration, and the local Sydney Jewish community were celebrating it at Bondi at a festival called Chanukah by the Sea. They were reaching out to the local community, sharing their celebration and their culture. We know that one of the heroes of this tragedy, a Muslim man, Ahmed al-Ahmed, said he was invited into the festival by a rabbi after trying to get into a few of the local cafes that were full. This scene of joy and community was interrupted by two men with hate in their hearts and guns in their hands. Scenes of families celebrating together and sharing food became scenes of tragedy. Fifteen people who went to Bondi that day—expecting to relax, celebrate and have some fun with friends and family—didn't go home that night. Fifteen lives were lost, their potential cut short, and 15 families and communities were devastated by those deaths; their lives will never be the same. A further 41 were injured and countless others traumatised by what they saw and experienced that day. And communities across the country—Jewish communities and other communities—felt less safe going to bed that night. This is not the Australia we want. This is not the Australia we value. We are a friendly people. We are a diverse and welcoming people. What happened in Bondi that sunny evening is not the Australia we want; these are not Australian values. But in the midst of tragedy and devastation, in the midst of seeing the worst side of human nature, we also saw…
date: 2026-01-19T18:44:00+00:00

Albanese Government | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: My question is to the Leader of the House. As the parliamentary year draws to a close and we move towards the Christmas season, what are the different approaches to delivery that have been taken...
encoded: My question is to the Leader of the House. As the parliamentary year draws to a close and we move towards the Christmas season, what are the different approaches to delivery that have been taken so far in the 48th Parliament?
date: 2025-11-27T15:05:00+00:00

Mental Health Month | Statements on Significant Matters | House debates
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description: Australia is in the midst of a mental health crisis, and the statistics are stark. One in two Australian adults will suffer from a mental illness at some point in their lives. Three thousand...
encoded: Australia is in the midst of a mental health crisis, and the statistics are stark. One in two Australian adults will suffer from a mental illness at some point in their lives. Three thousand Australians will take their own lives each year as a result of mental ill health. In South Australia, one in five people experience a mental illness every year, and 43 per cent of South Australians will experience a mental illness in their lifetime. While we wouldn't think twice about seeking professional care for a physical injury, too often we treat mental illness with an unseriousness we wouldn't treat the common cold with. That's why Mental Health Month is so important in bringing awareness to an issue which has, for decades, been under prioritised when it comes to government support. I've worked in and around the mental health space all my life. I've run primary mental health services across South Australia, including in rural and remote areas. I've run primary health services for SA Health in the city, as well as homelessness services for Catherine House and Vinnies. And I've witnessed firsthand the emotional and financial toll that a mental illness can take on a person's life if the mental illness is left unchecked, untreated. The effects of mental ill health are felt far beyond the individual sufferer. It can have devastating impacts for the family and the community. The factors known to have a causative link to mental ill health are many and various, including unemployment, homelessness, financial insecurity, family and domestic violence, and significant life events. But a lack of accessible and affordable mental health services in the local community can mean a short-term episode becomes a long-term, serious, debilitating illness. Poor access to mental health services can be due to a range of issues: limited mental health workforce, continuing stigma around mental illness, a lack of collaboration across the different types of mental health services, an unequal concentr…
date: 2025-11-26T12:25:00+00:00

Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: My question is to the Minister for Social Services. How is the Albanese Labor government helping to tackle gender based violence?
encoded: My question is to the Minister for Social Services. How is the Albanese Labor government helping to tackle gender based violence?
date: 2025-11-25T14:27:00+00:00

Mental Health | Private Members' Business | House debates
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description: Australia's in the midst of a mental health crisis, and I'm not going to play partisan politics on such a serious issue. The statistics are stark. One in five Australians between the ages of 16...
encoded: Australia's in the midst of a mental health crisis, and I'm not going to play partisan politics on such a serious issue. The statistics are stark. One in five Australians between the ages of 16 and 85 experiences a mental illness every year. One in two Australians will experience a mental illness at some point in their lives. Unfortunately, South Australia is no exception. One in five South Australians experiences a mental illness every year, and 43 per cent of South Australians will experience a mental illness at some point in their lives. Chances are that you know somebody with a mental illness. It may be you. Yet, Australians are more likely to seek professional help for a common cold than we are for a mental illness. That's why Mental Health Month, which we marked in October, and Perinatal Mental Health Week, which we mark this week, are so important in bringing awareness to this health crisis. It is a crisis that has long been underprioritised, underfunded and underappreciated when it comes to government support. The Albanese Labor government is changing all that, with an unprecedented $1.1 billion in investment in expanding and enhancing Medicare mental health services across the community and across the country, providing tailored and targeted support for all Australians and their mental health needs that is, crucially, accessible and affordable. The Albanese Labor government understands that mental health care is a right, not a privilege. The numbers speak for themselves: 91 Medicare Mental Health Centres offering a free walk-in service delivered by a multidisciplinary team; 20 perinatal mental health centres for new and expectant parents; 17 Medicare Mental Health Kids Hubs providing early intervention support for children under the age of 12 and their families; 203 headspace services for young Australians between the ages of 12 and 25; 20 youth specialist centres for young Australians with complex needs; support for an expected 150,000 people with mild to …
date: 2025-11-24T11:51:00+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: They say the culture you grow up with, in your childhood and teenage years, will always be the culture that speaks to you. I was lucky enough to be a child and teenager in the late seventies and...
encoded: They say the culture you grow up with, in your childhood and teenage years, will always be the culture that speaks to you. I was lucky enough to be a child and teenager in the late seventies and early eighties. This was an era when the rest of the world discovered Australian culture. It was an era of fantastic Australian bands, and it was an era that spawned so many iconic Australian movies and TV shows. There was Picnic at Hanging Rock. Who can forget Miranda? There was Mad Max, the franchise that launched Mel Gibson—sorry! There was Breaker Morant, We of the Never Never, Dogs in Space, Crocodile Dundee'That's not a knife!'—Puberty Blues, The Lighthorsemen and Gallipoli. And on TV there were the soapies. There was Neighbours. Everyone stayed home for Scott and Charlene's wedding. There was Molly's death on A Country Practice. There was Home and Away, The Young Doctors, Prisoner, The Big Gig, The Comedy Company and The D Generation. Australian producers, writers and artists were churning out high-quality television and movie content showcasing Australian stories, Australian humour and Australian culture. They gave jobs to Australians: writers, actors, directors, producers, camera operators, costume designers, set designers and so many more. Also, importantly, we were seeing Australian stories and Australian actors on screen and hearing Australian accents. There had been a bit of cultural cringe prior to this era. We tended to import our culture, in particular from England and increasingly from America. Then suddenly we, the Australian industry, were kicking goals around the world. Our stories and our actors were not only on our screens; they were being exported to the world, and suddenly people in New York and London were watching our stories. We should never underestimate how important it is for Australians to see themselves on screen. It helps us to better understand ourselves, our neighbours and our community, and it allows the world to see us and understand us a…
date: 2025-11-24T17:24:00+00:00

Repeal Net Zero Bill 2025; Second Reading | Bills | House debates
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description: A lot has happened since the member for New England proposed this motion to the House. We now know that the party the member may or may not be a member of—the Nationals—has rejected...
encoded: A lot has happened since the member for New England proposed this motion to the House. We now know that the party the member may or may not be a member of—the Nationals—has rejected net zero. We also know that their partner in coalition—the Liberal Party—has obediently followed suit, sort of. They tried to have a bet each way, with the opposition leader saying they were abandoning net zero but that somehow they were going to stay in the Paris Agreement while also going against the entire principles of the agreement, no matter what their talking points say. Their commitment to reducing emissions only goes as far as entertaining it as a possible outcome that would be 'welcome' but certainly not worth trying to achieve. That all sounds very confusing and like a word salad that's trying to please everybody or at least not offend anybody—but, of course, it really fails to do anything. But fear not: it must be a real policy because they've also released a glossy leaflet! It's full of dot points of lovely motherhood statements that sound great but have 'net zero' detail on how they intend to achieve them. There's no detail on addressing the shortfall in energy caused by 24 of the 28 coal fired power plants announcing their closures under the Morrison government with nothing done to replace them—nada. There's no detail on addressing the unreliability of ageing coal fired power plants that their owners know are uneconomic to repair or replace—zilch. There's no detail on addressing the lack of market interest in investing in coal fired or nuclear powered stations—zip. There's no detail on addressing the costs of energy for households or businesses that will be made worse by going away from the cheapest form of energy generation and instead backing more expensive forms of energy generation that need major capital injections—nil. Bizarrely, this reminded me of the TV series South Park. Stay with me, and I'll give you a brief synopsis to explain. It's an episode called 'The unde…
date: 2025-11-24T10:18:00+00:00

Albanese Government | Statements by Members | House debates
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description: What has the Albanese Labor government been doing over the past six months? I'm glad you asked. We've legislated payday super. We've set a climate target of 62-70 per cent emissions reduction by...
encoded: What has the Albanese Labor government been doing over the past six months? I'm glad you asked. We've legislated payday super. We've set a climate target of 62-70 per cent emissions reduction by 2035. Over 111 large-scale renewable projects have been approved, and a further 29 projects are in the pipeline. We expanded the five per cent home guarantee scheme to make it easier to buy your own home. We cut HECS debts by 20 per cent. We legislated to protect penalty rates and overtime rates. We've introduced the home battery subsidy scheme, and now over 110,000 additional Australian homes have a battery. We announced the solar sharer scheme so all Australians can benefit from renewable energy. We delivered dignity into our aged care system and made the system sustainable. We put $8.5 billion into bulk-billing, and from 1 January you'll only pay $25 for a prescription on the PBS. And today we're debating the EPBC Act to fix our broken environmental laws. Meanwhile, those opposite squabble amongst themselves. They split, get back together again, threaten to split again and discuss the PM's T-shirt choices. I know some of my colleagues here are Swifties, but I'm an eighties girl. On this side of the House, our theme song is Queen's 'Don't Stop Me Now'. On that side, it's The Clash's 'Should I stay or Should I Go'.
date: 2025-11-05T13:55:00+00:00

Albanese Government | Adjournment | House debates
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description: Yesterday marked six months since the re-election of the Albanese Labor government. We went to the election with a suite of policies and proposals, and already we've hit the ground running. In...
encoded: Yesterday marked six months since the re-election of the Albanese Labor government. We went to the election with a suite of policies and proposals, and already we've hit the ground running. In just six months we've set an ambitious and achievable climate target of 62 to 70 per cent emissions reduction by 2035, helping us deliver net zero by 2050. Over 111 large-scale renewable projects have already been approved—enough to power 13 million homes—and a further 29 projects are in the pipeline for approval. We've made it easier for first home buyers to purchase a home by expanding the Home Guarantee Scheme. This means first home buyers need only a five per cent deposit to get out of the rental market and into the property market, starting to build their own equity instead of paying someone else's mortgage. We've cut HECS debts by 20 per cent, and over the next couple of weeks those with HECS debts will start getting messages from the ATO telling them the 20 per cent reduction has been applied to their debt. We passed Baby Priya's bill, which enables parents experiencing the worst moment of their life—the stillbirth or death of a baby—to have the time and space to grieve before returning to work. We legislated to protect penalty and overtime rates—hard to believe this was necessary, but apparently it was. If you work irregular, unsociable or long hours, you should be paid for the inconvenience and impact it has on your life. This is the Australian way of fair work. We introduced the home battery subsidy scheme, and, to date, in the less than four months since it has become operational, over 110,000 home batteries have been installed. That's over 110,000 Australian homes now enjoying cheap or free electricity. Today we announced the Solar Sharer scheme. Because of the amazing uptake of solar panels and batteries and renewables generally, electricity has a negative price in the middle of the day. The Solar Sharer scheme will enable people in my home state of South Australi…
date: 2025-11-04T19:54:00+00:00

g103.1
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title: Environment Protection Reform Bill 2025, National Environmental Protection Agency Bill 2025, Environment Information Australia Bill 2025, Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Customs Charges Imposition) Bill 2025, Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Excise Charges Imposition) Bill 2025, Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (General Charges Imposition) Bill 2025, Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Restoration Charge Imposition) Bill 2025; Second Reading | Bills | House debates
description: On the Environment Protection Reform Bill 2025 and associated bills—one of the major reasons I chose, in 2021, to give up a really meaningful job with St Vincent de Paul in South Australia...
encoded: On the Environment Protection Reform Bill 2025 and associated bills—one of the major reasons I chose, in 2021, to give up a really meaningful job with St Vincent de Paul in South Australia and spend 10 months campaigning unpaid was the appalling record of the previous Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison government on climate and the environment. This was a government who, in concert with the then SA Liberal environment minister, David Speirs, sabotaged the Murray-Darling Basin Plan to the detriment of South Australia's water security, our environment, our regional communities and our downstream agriculture. They cut funding to the environment by 40 per cent. They teamed up with the Greens political party to axe climate laws that would have seen Australia reaping the economic and environmental benefits of having cut emissions via an efficient market driven mechanism. The one thing they actually did well for the environment was the 2020 Samuel review, commissioned by the now opposition leader during her tenure as environment minister. Then they promptly ignored it. Professor Samuel says now that he's bitterly disappointed with their current position. Join the queue, Professor Samuel. Disappointing Australia seems to be the forte of the Liberal and National parties—a natural talent, if you will. What I learned from campaigning in 2021 and 2022 was that I was not alone in Boothby in my sense of frustration about the then coalition government's lack of action and, indeed, actual sabotage of the environment. They had two record-breaking election losses in a row, but those opposite seem still not to be listening to what the Australian public is telling them or what the environment's telling them—or business, developers and investors. The current environment laws are broken. They don't adequately protect the environment. But they also don't work for business developers or investors. We now have the opportunity to fix our broken environment laws. We have the opportunity to protect our …
date: 2025-11-04T17:57:00+00:00

Aged Care | Private Members' Business | House debates
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description: I move: That this House: (1) notes: (a) that on 1 November, the Government's once-in-a-generation reforms to aged care began, giving more older Australians and their loved ones better access to a...
encoded: I move: That this House: (1) notes: (a) that on 1 November, the Government's once-in-a-generation reforms to aged care began, giving more older Australians and their loved ones better access to a system that puts safe, high quality and dignified care at its core; and (b) the Aged Care Act 2024 and related reforms deliver a range of improvements to ensure older people and their needs are at the centre of the new aged care system including: (i) strengthened aged care quality standards; (ii) a statement of rights; (iii) a new model for supported decision-making; and (iv) introducing the Support at Home program to help older Australians remain in their homes for longer; and (2) acknowledges that the commencement of the Aged Care Act 2024 is the next step in the Government's aged care reforms, which has already included: (a) the introduction of star ratings; (b) more direct care for over 250,000 older people in aged care homes; (c) 24-hours, seven days a week nursing in aged care homes; (d) higher wages for aged care workers; (e) a new single assessment system; and (f) more transparency on provider finances and operations. When the Albanese government was elected, one of our priorities was fixing the broken aged-care system. Nothing explained better how broken aged care was than the 2019 interim report from the royal commission into aged care, entitled simply Neglect. The royal commission final report was delivered two years later, in March 2021, and woefully little was done to address the catalogue of horror stories the royal commission had heard. By mid-2022, the previous coalition government had responded to fewer than 10 of the 148 recommendations. We all heard the heartbreaking stories the royal commission was told of how older people—our parents, our grandparents, our neighbours and our friends—had been treated, and this government was the one to stand up and say that we can and must do better The New Aged Care Act, which came into force over the weekend, responds …
date: 2025-11-03T11:13:00+00:00

Vocational Education and Training | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: My question is to the Minister for Skills and Training. How is the Albanese Labor government breaking down barriers so Australians can get the skills they want in the jobs that we need? What has...
encoded: My question is to the Minister for Skills and Training. How is the Albanese Labor government breaking down barriers so Australians can get the skills they want in the jobs that we need? What has been the response?
date: 2025-11-03T15:04:00+00:00

Raise Our Voice in Parliament | Statements by Members | House debates
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description: Raise Our Voice in Parliament is a national competition where students from high school and primary school put in speeches for their local member to read out in parliament. Boothby had a bumper...
encoded: Raise Our Voice in Parliament is a national competition where students from high school and primary school put in speeches for their local member to read out in parliament. Boothby had a bumper crop this year, and the one that I have chosen to speak on is from Ella, who is 10 years old, from Mitcham Primary School, which was also one of the schools that Julia Gillard attended. Ella writes: Laws aren't just words on a page. They shape how we live every day—our rights, our responsibilities, and the opportunities we have. That's why we need to learn about civics and democracy from a young age. If schools taught us more about how Parliament works, how to vote, and how to speak up for what we believe in, we would grow into citizens who care about fairness and equality. Learning these skills now means we will be ready to lead and make good choices for Australia's future. Another step is creating more opportunities for young people to volunteer. Even though we are kids, we can already make a real difference—helping our neighbours, caring for the environment, or supporting charities. Volunteering teaches us teamwork, kindness, and responsibility. But often, we are told we are too young or not given the chance. The government should support programs that make it easier for children and teenagers to get involved, so we can start contributing today. We have a lot to contribute. By giving us stronger civics education and more chances to volunteer, the government would be building a generation ready to care, to serve, and shape a better tomorrow.
date: 2025-11-03T13:37:00+00:00