House debates
Tuesday, 2 September 2025
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Cycling Without Age (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge the hundreds of Australians who are volunteering to help reduce social isolation for older Australians and people with disabilities as part of Cycling Without Age Australia....
- Medicare (1 speech)
Today I rise to talk about the Albanese Labor government's work to strengthen Medicare and deliver cheaper medicines for Australians. Medicare is at the heart of our health system, and Labor is...
- Australian National Flag (1 speech)
Flags are important symbols. That's why it is unlawful in Australia to display the flag of listed terrorist organisations like Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic State and Neo-Nazi groups. None of those...
- Health Care (1 speech)
Labor built Medicare and we will always strengthen it. We're working hard every day to make sure all Australians can get access to affordable health care when they need it most, and we're doing...
- Racism (1 speech)
My electorate of Bradfield is proudly multicultural—Chinese, Jewish, Armenian and so many more. On the weekend I was contacted by a constituent deeply troubled by the anti-immigration...
- Health Care (1 speech)
I'm delighted to highlight the ways in which the Albanese Labor government is strengthening Medicare in my electorate of Whitlam and also across the country. Our legislation to make cheaper...
- Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
Australians expect their bank to safeguard their money and to be alert to anything untoward going on. But too often this isn't the case. For instance, just last week, a couple recounted how...
- Health Care (1 speech)
I want to talk about the health services and facilities available to Territorians. In the Northern Territory, we're going to have more doctors like my good friend here the member for Macarthur...
- Bowel Cancer (1 speech)
Andrew Saliba is a member of a celebrated Lebanese Australian family in my community. At just 36 years old, he was told by his doctor that he was too young to have anything seriously wrong with...
- Health Care (1 speech)
I want to take you back to 1998. I was playing in Connecticut, took an elbow to the face, and my bottom lip was torn halfway off. A few dozen stitches later and I was back in my dorm room with a...
- Renewable Energy (1 speech)
I make no apology that I'm probably seen as one of the more prominent ones in favour of abolishing net zero. Yesterday during question time, in fact, the Minister for Climate Change and Energy...
- Health Care (1 speech)
I too rise today on this side of the House to speak about the Albanese Labor government's record on cheaper medicine, Medicare and health care for all Australians. This government is...
- Taxation (2 speeches)
This week, Labor refused to rule out a tax on your spare bedroom. A tax on the room your kids grew up in, a tax on the roof over your head, or a tax on the home you worked your lifetime to build....
- Health Care (1 speech)
It's clear that the new member for Cook is also from the shire, and I say that with all its permutations. The member for Cook might want to know what Labor are doing rather than have a fantasy...
- World Egg Day (1 speech)
Eggs may be humble, but this week they take centre stage in parliament as we celebrate World Egg Day. While the official date isn't until 10 October, we're taking a moment this week to recognise...
- Health Care (1 speech)
When I'm out doorknocking in Airport West, in Gladstone Park and right across my electorate of Maribyrnong, people don't talk to me about politics; they talk to me about their health. As a proud...
- Australian National Flag (1 speech)
Our Australian flag unites us. I know that, when a lot of people in this chamber and millions of people around our country see the Australian flag, they feel proud of it, whether it be flying...
- Medicare (1 speech)
Medicare has been the backbone of my professional life as a paediatrician for 40 years. The coalition does not understand the importance of a universal health insurance scheme. They just don't...
- Taxation (1 speech)
Australians know that, when Labor run out of their own money, they'll come looking for yours. Labor's so-called economic talkfest was nothing but a fizzer—hand picked participants trotted...
- Medicare (2 speeches)
Saved by the bell on that one, I think! Speaker, I'll tell you who loves Medicare urgent care clinics. It's the great state of Victoria. Victorians love Medicare urgent care clinics. In fact,...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Queensland: Parliamentary Delegation (1 speech)
I'm very pleased to advise that sitting in the distinguished visitors gallery is the Speaker of the Queensland parliament, my friend the Hon. Pat Weir, associated with his delegation from the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Aged Care (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Seniors. Yesterday the minister gave three different explanations for why Labor is breaking its promise to deliver an additional 83,000 home-care...
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. What progress is the Albanese Labor government making in taking action on climate change, and what are the risks?
- Aged Care (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Seniors. Kevin, an 85-year-old, lives by himself in Mount Martha in my electorate and now needs further assistance to remain at home. Kevin...
- Renewable Energy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. How are homes, businesses and community groups embracing the opportunities of clean energy, and what obstacles stand in the way of...
- Gas Industry (2 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. The Santos Darwin LNG facility has been leaking massive amounts of methane for almost 20 years. Three federal bodies—NOPSEMA,...
- Health Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. How is the Albanese Labor government continuing to make medicines cheaper for Australians?
- Aged Care (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Seniors. In March 2021, the now Prime Minister said, 'We cannot be satisfied with a situation where older Australians are dying while waiting for...
- Medicare (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the Albanese Labor government strengthening Medicare for all Australians?
- Prime Minister (14 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister explain to the House why he was chased out of Ballarat last Friday by a convoy of tractors?
- Health Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories. How is the Albanese Labor government improving the lives and health of people living in regional and...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Aged Care (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Aged Care. How many older Australians have died waiting for a home-care package since 13 May this year?
- Defence (4 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering on recruitment and retention in the Australian Defence Force, and what difficulties has this faced in...
- Road Vehicle Standards Amendment (Safer E-Bikes) Bill 2025 (2 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. Currently, e-bikes do not have to meet minimum quality or safety standards on import. The...
- Cybersafety (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to protect young Australians from harmful and abusive technology?
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Aged Care. This morning, Dr Brendon Radford, Director of Policy and Research of National Seniors Australia, told ABC Radio: … there were people who have...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. What progress has been made on the economy ahead of the release of tomorrow's national accounts?
- Regional Australia: Health Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. A year ago, I asked about the $6.55 billion gap in health spending between metropolitan and regional Australians. The response was that the...
- Small Business (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small Business. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to ensure small businesses prosper?
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Seniors. The National Ageing Research Institute's submission to the inquiry into aged care and service delivery said, 'People waiting for longer...
- Housing (2 speeches)
My question is to Minister for Housing, Minister for Homelessness and Minister for Cities. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering for first home buyers, and are there any risks to delivery?
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
My question is for the Prime Minister. Today, former chief admiral of the Defence Force Chris Barrie reiterated the BOE Declaration's warning that climate change is the single greatest threat to...
- Medicare, Aged Care (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. After decades of cuts and neglect, why is it so important to strengthen Medicare and to invest in aged care?
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Documents are tabled in accordance with the list circulated to honourable members earlier today. Full details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Freedom of Information (37 speeches)
The Speaker has received a letter from the honourable member for Berowra proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Health Care: Chronic Disease (1 speech)
Around 6.4 million hospitalisations each year, 55 per cent of the total, are due to chronic diseases, costing around $82 billion a year. Fact: about half of these are preventable. Another fact:...
- Dunkley Electorate: Community Organisations (1 speech)
I'm thrilled to share with the House that 31 not-for-profit organisations in my electorate of Dunkley have been successful in this year's federal government volunteer and stronger communities...
- Migration (1 speech)
If you are an Australian who is uneasy about what you see going on in our country today, I want you to know that you're not alone. Being uncomfortable with the sheer number of migrants that have...
- Women's Health (1 speech)
I rise to speak on a topic of vital importance and optimism: women's health. Women now comprise 56 per cent of the Australian Labor Party caucus. That is a record in and of itself, but it's also...
- Australian National Flag (1 speech)
Tomorrow commemorates National Flag Day. We honour a symbol that embodies the heart and soul of our nation: our national flag. It is a flag that doesn't just represent government or geography; it...
- Member for Solomon (1 speech)
It's a great honour to continue being the federal representative for Darwin and Palmerston, and I want to thank the Solomon team that worked very long and hard to deliver for and assist the...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Charitable Organisations (1 speech)
In July this year, the Minister for Social Services published a media release stating: The Albanese Labor Government is boosting food relief and financial wellbeing support funding by 25 per cent...
- Tasmania: Literacy and Numeracy (1 speech)
Deputy Speaker, may I congratulate you on this role. Today I speak about Tasmania's literacy challenges. Data shows us that Tasmanians are up to, and around, 50 per cent illiterate. What that...
- Mental Health (1 speech)
Mental health is an issue that has been one of the four pillars that I have staked my parliamentary career on. It's very, very important to me, because I know it's important to the people of...
- Kiama Municipal Council, New South Wales: Kiama By-Election (1 speech)
I support the motion that grievances be noted, and I do have a grievance. It's a grievance that I really wish I didn't have to make, but I am at my wit's end. Kiama Municipal Council, it seems,...
- Casey Electorate: Small Business, Casey Electorate: Roads, Victoria: Crime (1 speech)
I'm very lucky to represent the electorate of Casey. It's where I've spent my life as a third-generation local. One of the core parts of our community is our small businesses, and I spent 15...
- Werriwa Electorate: Infrastructure (2 speeches)
I rise to discuss my community in the south-west to ensure that our voice is heard in this place. I was disappointed to hear the New South Wales premier comment recently that building additional...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Wentworth Electorate: Sport (1 speech)
I want to take this opportunity today to congratulate some incredible sporting groups in my electorate of Wentworth. Firstly, the Easts Rugby Club's Beasties capped off their 125th year with four...
- Kiely Plumbing (1 speech)
The Minister for Skills and Training, Andrew Giles, and I recently visited Kiely Plumbing in Burnie, in the electorate of Braddon. Thank you to Sam Kiely and his team for hosting us. Kiely...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
The government's response to the final report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety in May 2021 assured us that 'the respect for senior Australians is, and must be, a national...
- Banks Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge some of the community groups, organisations and events in my electorate that I've had the pleasure of meeting with over the last few weeks. On Saturday, before heading back...
- Disability Services (1 speech)
Every Australian should have fair access to air travel, yet so many Australians with disabilities face severe barriers to travel, often left with no options. Julie Brice is a structural engineer,...
- Werriwa Electorate: Parish of St Anthony of Padua, Werriwa Electorate: Ganeshotsava, James, Mrs Margaret Ann (1 speech)
Our community is celebrating a number of milestones this year. Last Friday night, the parish of St Anthony of Padua celebrated 60 years of ministry to the Austral and wider community. Over 350...
- Prime Minister (1 speech)
Last Thursday, I tried to do the Prime Minister a favour. He was off to Ballarat for the regional summit, and I suggested he needed to take some talking points with him. He needed talking points...
- Hughes Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
Heathdene has been such an important part of the Engadine community for generations. In August the church and the preschool both celebrated significant milestones, with the Heathcote Engadine...
- Aged Care, Taxation, Child Care (1 speech)
Last year 5,000 elderly Australians died while waiting for the care they'd been promised. We learnt on Friday that more than 200,000 older Australians are still waiting for support. Of those,...
- Bass Electorate: Regional Development (1 speech)
On 20 August in Scottsdale at the heart of Dorset, I hosted my first regional roundtable as the member for Bass. I was joined by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, the Hon....
- Casey Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
It's a privilege to be able to speak on the mighty work of the scout groups in my electorate, who support so many young leaders. I was able to visit many of these groups when they held their...
- Macquarie Electorate (1 speech)
I'm very proud of the work I did in two terms in opposition as the member for Macquarie, getting issues on the agenda and highlighting the needs of the Blue Mountains and the Hawkesbury. But,...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
Over the past few weeks I've been inundated with messages from NDIS participants and allied health professionals across my electorate, all sharing the same story: the Albanese government's sudden...
- Community Services (1 speech)
It's been a tough week for police officers throughout the country, and we pay tribute to and offer commiserations to the families of the two police officers tragically killed in Victoria last...
- Renewable Energy (1 speech)
I read with some surprise the latest spin from the minister for energy on Labor's reckless energy rollout. From the government that brought the notion of green hydrogen and green steel, now we...
- Bellomo, Professor Rinaldo, AO, Middle East (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to Professor Rinaldo Bellomo AO after his death in May this year. Professor Ronaldo was a director of intensive care research at Austin Health in Heidelberg. He was a giant...
- Dawson Electorate: Bowen State School (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about a remarkable celebration in my electorate of Dawson, the 160th anniversary of my old primary school, Bowen State School. Walking back into the school grounds brought...
- Parliament in Schools Program, Medicare, Women's Rugby Union (1 speech)
On 22 August, my friend the Speaker of the House joined me at McDowall State School in my electorate of Lilley to deliver the Parliament in Schools program to the year 6 cohort. The visit was six...
- O'Connor Electorate: King's Birthday Honours and Awards (1 speech)
The contributions of 61 Western Australians were recognised in this year's King's Birthday Honours List. You can imagine how proud I was, as the federal member for O'Connor, to see six local...
- Housing, Cybersafety, Police (2 speeches)
Labor is delivering on its social and affordable housing program. It is building momentum. We are up to 5,000 social and affordable homes now completed with federal government investment since...
- Governor-General's Speech (0 speeches)
- Address-in-Reply (10 speeches)
I'm honoured to have been elected again as the member for Berowra to serve in this parliament as the representative of the community I love. The election campaign in Berowra this time was very...
