House debates
Thursday, 4 September 2025
- Statements on Significant Matters (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Child Abuse (1 speech)
PENFOLD () (): Today I call on this place to ensure that convicted paedophiles pay the price for their abuse. Today I call on this place to back amendments to the Bankruptcy Act to prevent...
- Cancer, Scolyer, Professor Richard, AO (1 speech)
This is a government that cares about health care. We've passed legislation to make medicines more affordable, we're delivering new Medicare urgent care clinics across the country and yesterday...
- Lucas, Mr Alan (1 speech)
Tomorrow my community will come together to farewell a great Australian. Alan Lucas was a titan of the local real estate fraternity; a man of faith, conviction and generosity; and one of the...
- Health Care (1 speech)
Since the election, held in May, the Albanese Labor government has been committed to delivering its promise on building Australia's future. During the 48th Parliament's first four weeks the...
- Wentworth Electorate: Sport, Mental Health (1 speech)
Right now on Bondi Beach in my electorate of Wentworth, something both exciting and exhausting is happening. The Tama Touch football group are attempting a world record for the longest continuous...
- Cunningham Electorate: Multiculturalism (1 speech)
This year we celebrate 50 years of the incredible work that the Multicultural Communities Council of Illawarra have done bringing people together. MCCI in 1975, with nine visionary community...
- Mayo Electorate: Macclesfield RSL World War II Anniversary Dinner Dance (1 speech)
I'd like to talk about the special dinner that we had at the Macclesfield RSL last Saturday night. It was a dinner to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, which happened...
- Medicare: Mental Health (1 speech)
Over the last two decades in this country nine lives have been tragically lost to suicide every single day. Too many people are struggling with wait times, expensive appointments and ongoing...
- Taxation: Spare Room Tax (1 speech)
This government is failing Australians on housing. Rather than fixing what's holding builders back, the government abolished the Australian Building and Construction Commission, piled on hundreds...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
It's been four months since the election, and we have not wasted a single moment in delivering for Australians. We have been steadfastly focused on delivering for all Australians, including in my...
- Taxation (1 speech)
It's not only my question that this government has continued to evade. My colleagues in the Senate have also struggled to receive a clear response as to whether or not this government will tax...
- Health Care (1 speech)
Labor has always been the party of health care—from the Curtin and Chifley governments' work establishing the PBS, to Whitlam's universal healthcare reforms, to Hawke's Medicare. Now, under...
- International Relations (1 speech)
Australia faces the most dangerous strategic environment since the Second World War. Around the world, authoritarian regimes and leaders are flexing their muscles—whether it's Iran and its...
- Labor Government (1 speech)
Tomorrow I will be home in Leichardt. The sun will shine. The ocean will lap the sun-kissed palm-tree-lined beaches. The reef will still be great and the Daintree mighty. And I will walk the...
- Petitions: Australian National Flag (5 speeches)
The Australian flag flies on the shoulder of the Australian Defence Force. I've fought under its colours on the battlefield. Mates of mine who have been killed in battle, died in training or...
- WorldSkills Australia (1 speech)
A TAFE course or an apprenticeship can be the ticket to a great career, higher wages, new skills and a better future. At the WorldSkills Australia National Championships, Victorians showed the...
- Fairfax Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
The decisions we make in this place will determine Australia for the future. Indeed, the bigger decisions will determine Australia for generations to come. This is why it's so vitally important...
- Women's Health (1 speech)
It's Women's Health Week, and, this morning, I joined the new Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care at Sexual Health and Family Planning ACT, a critical service for our community here in...
- Superannuation (2 speeches)
Billions of dollars of everyday Australians' retirement savings are now at risk, lost in the collapse of dodgy schemes like First Guardian and Shield, all of them so-called managed investment...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Andrews, Hon. Daniel Michael, AC (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Today, I, once again, unequivocally express the coalition's utter condemnation of former premier Dan Andrews' attendance at the CCP military parade where he...
- Emergency Services (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. In the lead-up to National Police Remembrance Day on 29 September, how is the Albanese government honouring police bravery, and why is strong...
- International Relations: Australia and Iran (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. This month, the Prime Minister expelled the Iranian ambassador, an action the coalition has strongly supported. But what message does it send when the Prime...
- Albanese Government (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering on its commitment to build Australia's future?
- Whistleblower Protection (2 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. Last week, Australian Taxation Office whistleblower Richard Boyle was sentenced after facing a lengthy prosecution for blowing the whistle on egregious...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Australian Schools Plus (1 speech)
Before I call the honourable member for Leichhardt, I am pleased to inform the House that we welcome a guest of the Minister for Education, a representative of the Australian Schools Plus, a...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Employment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. How is the government delivering for Australian workers?
- National Security (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister, and I refer to his answer yesterday, where he rejected reports that ISIS brides were coming to Australia. Last night, Sharri Markson revealed on Sky News...
- Aged Care (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Seniors. How are the Albanese Labor government's generational reforms rebuilding our aged-care system and delivering better care to more older...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, the New South Wales police have publicly confirmed they are working with the Commonwealth on the return of ISIS brides to Australia. Are you...
- Defence Industry (5 speeches)
How is the Albanese Labor government supporting Australian defence industry and our Australian Defence Force through AUKUS and the government's landmark export reforms and investments in defence?...
- Mallee Electorate: Bush Summit (5 speeches)
WEBSTER () (): My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister told the Bush Summit last Friday, 'I won't BS people.' But yesterday in the House he claimed he was the first prime...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. What is the Albanese Labor government's plan to sustain the progress we're making on the economy?
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. We need an emissions reduction goal. 'Go high,' said the science, 'That's your role.' Will the government have ambition, take a 75...
- Social Cohesion (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Multicultural Affairs. What is the Labor Albanese government doing to support multicultural Australia and social cohesion, and why is this so important?
- Andrews, Hon. Daniel Michael, AC (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer him to former premier Daniel Andrews's significant and ongoing engagement with the Chinese Communist Party. Is the Prime Minister aware that Daniel...
- Cost of Living (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. How is the Albanese Labor government helping to ease cost-of-living pressures for Australians, including social security payment recipients?
- Cybersafety: Artificial Intelligence (2 speeches)
This is a question for the Attorney-General. Frontline police are being overwhelmed by the increasing scale and depravity of child sexual abuse material driven by AI tools. Next week is National...
- Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. What has been the outcome of the robodebt class action, and what circumstances led to this?
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is also to the Attorney-General. I refer the Attorney-General to former premier Daniel Andrews's decision to attend the Chinese Communist Party's military parade alongside dictators...
- Renewable Energy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. How can households and communities benefit from more renewable energy and storage? What obstacles stand in the way of these benefits?
- Energy (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, your government promised Australians that energy bills would go down. Yet, in my electorate, Reni's Bar and Grill has seen its quarterly gas...
- Medicare (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. How is the Albanese Labor government strengthening Medicare? Why is it important to listen to a range of voices in shaping health policy...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Albanese Government (14 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Gippsland proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The government's failure...
- Labor Government (6 speeches)
It has been just four months since the Albanese government was elected for a second term, and we have hit the ground running in delivering for all Australians. Labor is united and focused on a...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Orders of the Day (1 speech)
I declare that the following Federation Chamber orders of the day, government business, are returned to the House for further consideration: Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2025-2026, Appropriation...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Middle East (2 speeches)
by leave—I table to the parliament and open letter from 4,030 Australian health professionals, calling on the government urgently to act on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
- Climate Change (1 speech)
All of us in this place are representatives of our constituents, but we're also stewards of the future, our children, our economy and our environment. Climate change is no longer a distant...
- Bowel Cancer (1 speech)
This week, I was honoured to meet with representatives from the Never2Young campaign from Bowel Cancer Australia. Bowel cancer is not something many of us want to think about, especially when we...
- Casey Electorate: Child Care (1 speech)
In my community of Casey, childcare deserts and the cost of and access to child care is a significant issue for so many. I spoke in the last parliament many times about the importance of this...
- Housing (1 speech)
One of the great honours of entering this parliament is the ability to engage in and work in a range of important and interesting policy areas with some incredible people in this chamber, in the...
- International Relations: Australia and China (1 speech)
It wasn't that long ago that our Navy clearance divers had sonar used against them by the Chinese PLA. I remember that at that time, when we were speaking about it, we didn't hear the Prime...
- Plumsted, Ms Jess, University of Newcastle, Pitt, Mr Neil (1 speech)
Jess Plumsted has made history as Newcastle's first permanent female ferry master at the helm of the very ferry she once caught to school every day from Stockton. Jess followed her passion for...
- Personal Explanation (1 speech)
I really appreciate this opportunity to correct the record. Yesterday, in answering a question, the Prime Minister asserted that I had organised protests—one in Horsham and one in Ballarat....
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Middle East (1 speech)
(): I rise this morning with an open letter to the government from 4,030 Australian healthcare professionals—doctors, nurses, midwives, pharmacists, paramedics, allied health...
- Bendigo Electorate: Agriculture and Community Services (1 speech)
I'm pleased to stand here today to share with the House that the Albanese Labor government, in July, announced $76 million in funding for projects across the country that will help farmers adapt...
- Migration (1 speech)
In my office, I often hear of heartbreaking stories of families torn apart by distance, desperate to be reunited before it's too late. As the member for Fowler, home to Australia's most...
- Leichhardt Electorate: Multiculturalism (1 speech)
One thing people might not realise about the Far North is just how diverse the people who live there are. Obviously we are very proud of our two ancient and distinct cultures, those of the...
- Wright Electorate: Energy (1 speech)
This weekend, when I return back to my electorate, I'll have the great pleasure of being part of the opening ceremony at the Beaudesert Show. Located in the middle of my electorate, Beaudesert is...
- Mental Health: Youth (1 speech)
Recently I had the pleasure of welcoming a young trailblazer into my office. Emma Britten-Jones—a year 10 student from Edmund Rice Flexi School, in Elizabeth. Emma joined my electoral...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
A week's a long time in politics, and we live in interesting times. After two days of sustained questioning in parliament, the coalition forced the Albanese Labor government to, very belatedly,...
- Albert Park (1 speech)
If you know about Albert Park you know we are home to the Grand Prix and we put our magnificent electorate of Macnamara on show to the world. Thousands of people come and enjoy our wonderful...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
While those on the other side of the chamber were busy planning a trip to Sweden and the UK, one of my constituents, a 16-year-old I'll call Maddie, who is from Dubbo and has a diagnosis of...
- Vietnam War (1 speech)
Over the weekend, I had the privilege of joining our community in Corrimal for a commemoration of the Vietnam War and to pay tribute to the courage and sacrifice of our veterans. The arrival of...
- Hinkler Electorate, Road Safety (1 speech)
As the newly elected federal member for Hinkler, I will fight for all of those across my diverse electorate. As an election commitment I pledged to do everything in my power to deliver a Hervey...
- Vocational Education and Training, Swan Chamber of Commerce Business Awards 2025 (1 speech)
TAFE is at the heard of skills and training in Australia, and in the parliament this week we've been celebrating our vocational education and the people who succeed in life as a consequence of...
- Blockey, Ethan, Lean, Mr John (1 speech)
I would like to take the opportunity today to recognise two inspirational members of my community for two very different reasons. The first is a young man at the start of an extremely promising...
- Moreton Electorate: Community Events and Organisations (1 speech)
Sewing, knitting, crocheting—these are all things that are most certainly not in my bailiwick. But I'm incredibly lucky, in my seat of Moreton in Brisbane, to have people who are experts at...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
Isn't it a marvellous privilege to be in this building and to deal with the liberties and freedoms offered by Australia in a Western democracy based on Judeo-Christian principles? You might not...
- Esber, Mr Pierre (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to Pierre Esber and to place on record this parliament's recognition of his extraordinary contribution to the City of Parramatta. Pierre Esber is in every sense a true...
- Western Australia: Health Care (1 speech)
Deputy Speaker Small, it's great to see you in the chair, particularly as a Western Australian, representing the great seat of Forrest, because this speech is about the WA health system. This is...
- Maribyrnong Electorate: St Columba's College (1 speech)
Recently I had the privilege of visiting St Columba's College in Essendon, where I met with their exceptional student engagement team, an incredibly impressive group of leaders from every year...
- Page Electorate: Woolgoolga High School, Page Electorate: Clarence River Fishermen's Co-operative, Reynolds, Mr Jim (1 speech)
I'd like to acknowledge an outstanding achievement by Woolgoolga High School at the 2025 New South Wales School Merino Wether Challenge. Over four days in Dubbo, the high school's agriculture...
- Housing, WorldSkills Australia (2 speeches)
Last week I visited the opening of LIV Albert, a build-to-rent apartment complex in my electorate of Wills. I was accompanied by my good friend the member for Macnamara, Josh Burns. We toured...
- Statements on Significant Matters (0 speeches)
- National Police Remembrance Day (3 speeches)
I rise to speak on National Police Remembrance Day, ahead of the 29 September commemoration time. Across Australia, thousands of people don the blue uniform in a commitment to the safety of our...
- Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide (11 speeches)
One of the particular honours that I've experienced since being elected in 2022 is the opportunity to get to know so many defence personnel and veterans living in my electorate of Boothby. As...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Australian National Flag (1 speech)
Over the past few weeks, Australians have watched in disbelief as the Australian flag—our national symbol, our shared inheritance, our unifying emblem—has been desecrated and burned...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
In November 2024 the Macquarie Dictionary, the standard reference on Australian English, awarded an honorary mention to a new term, 'right to disconnect', with the definition: a law which grants...
- Middle East, Antisemitism (1 speech)
Earlier this week, I met an Israeli hostage who endured horrors whilst being held captive by Hamas. Eli Sharabi, a husband and father, sat before us to recount the horrific murder of his wife and...
- Nicholson, Dr Aunty Barbara, South Coast Portuguese Association, Gravitas Technologies (1 speech)
Since being re-elected in May I've had the privilege of attending a wide range of events across my electorate. Each of these moments reflects the rich culture, strong community and innovative...
- Migration (1 speech)
On Monday I spoke about the frustration many Australians feel towards the Albanese Labor government's policy of mass migration. In 2022-23 Labor estimated net overseas migration would be 235,000....
- Menzies Electorate: Volunteers (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about the volunteers in Menzies, who are the lifeblood of our community. So much of what we enjoy and rely on in our neighbourhoods exist because of their generosity, time...
