House debates
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
- Statements on Significant Matters (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 4 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on Monday 3 November 2025. The report will be...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Telecommunications (7 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That the House: (1) notes: (a) the Senate has passed a motion to establish an inquiry, to be conducted by the Environment and Communications References...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (4 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the following: (1) the Crimes Amendment (Mandatory Minimum Sentences for...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Youth Voice in Parliament (2 speeches)
I'm going to give some wonderful speeches now that I didn't write; they were written by young people in my community as part of the Raise Our Voice in Parliament campaign. The question young...
- AIDS Council of New South Wales (1 speech)
Forty years ago, in the midst of a health crisis, a group of volunteers came together to fight for their lives and the lives of others. It was the beginning of ACON, the AIDS Council of NSW,...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
Fifty dollars for a shower: that's what some older people are going to be paying under the government 's new aged-care legislation coming in, in a couple of days. This results from a deal made...
- Truman, Ms Elizabeth Robyn (1 speech)
I rise to pay my respects to Elizabeth Robyn Truman, nee Harvey—known to her friends and family and colleagues as Liz—who died on 24 May 2025. Liz was the second member for Hawker, an...
- Western Australia: Health Care (1 speech)
(): Let me speak plainly. My region's local hospital, the Peel Health Campus, is in crisis, and WA Labor has failed us. Back in 2020, we were promised by the then Labor premier, Mark...
- Akueng, Dau, Achiek, Chol (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about two boys: Dau Akueng, aged 15, and Chol Achiek, aged 12. Their lives were tragically taken on 6 September in Cobblebank. Both were bright, talented and deeply loved....
- Vocational Education and Training (1 speech)
Lovely words, Member for Hawke—we all share your pain and your local loss. May God bless both boys and take them into his safe arms. Mine is a happier story—a very happy story. Paul...
- Hunter Electorate: Sport (1 speech)
The Hunter has always punched above its weight when it comes to sport. We've produced a stack of professional and elite athletes, and I want to make sure we're backing the next crop of local...
- Industry (1 speech)
This is a constituent statement for both my area and the whole of Australia. To defend a nation, you are going to need a variety of things. You're going to need intelligence. You're going to need...
- Victoria: Storms (1 speech)
On Sunday 26 October this year, Melbourne had its wettest day in 18 months, with 35 millimetres of rain recorded. On the same day, Werribee, Wyndham Vale, Hoppers Crossing and Manor Lakes saw a...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
Across my electorate, older Australians and their families are telling me the same thing: the aged-care system and the home-care package system are failing them. One of my constituents Donna Rowe...
- Pearce electorate: Volunteers (1 speech)
I speak today with pride today to congratulate all Pearce winter sport groups on their seasons. The dedication, perseverance and sportsmanship shown by players, coaches volunteers and supporters...
- Lister, Mr Leonard Frank (Len) (1 speech)
I rise today to honour the life and service of Leonard Frank Lister, a proud Australian, a devoted husband and father and one of the last of a remarkable generation who gave everything for their...
- Robertson Electorate: Automatic External Defibrillators (1 speech)
I would like to commend the Tarragal Glen Residents Committee on its work procuring and installing several automatic external defibrillators, or AEDs, on site to assist residents to respond...
- Youth Voice in Parliament (1 speech)
It's not every day that you get a wonderful idea from a young person in your electorate that is a reminder that you're never too young to make a difference. That's what happened to me recently...
- Youth Voice in Parliament, The Leukaemia Foundation (1 speech)
I am so pleased to read out a statement from 16-year-old Heidi from my electorate of Dixon as part of the Raise our Voice campaign. My name is Heidi and at the time of writing, I am a 16 year old...
- Page Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
I'd like to acknowledge the achievements of a young woman from Casino, Latahlia Hickling. Latahlia recently made her international modelling debut, working for Chanel at the Paris Fashion Week...
- Youth Voice in Parliament (1 speech)
I'd like to read out a Raise Our Voice speech by 16-year-old Emma, who lives in Bemboka in my electorate of Eden-Monaro. The question that they were asked to respond to was, 'What steps should...
- Energy (2 speeches)
The people of Lindsay are proud, everyday Australians. We love our country and care about our environment, from the Nepean River to the bushland on the urban fringe that frames our suburbs. We've...
- Bills (0 speeches)