House debates
Monday, 24 November 2025
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Petitions Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the fifth report of the Petitions Committee for the 48th Parliament: The report read as follows— HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PETITIONS COMMITTEE REPORT No. 05 Petitions and...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
I present the following 50 e-petitions:
- Responses (1 speech)
I present the following 15 ministerial responses to petitions previously presented:
- Statements (1 speech)
The e-petitions being presented cover a range of topics including social media minimum age, immigration, family law, the National Disability Insurance Agency and digital ID. I am pleased to...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Gas Industry (6 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) south-east Australia is at risk of seasonal gas shortfalls by 2027 as a result of prioritising our export market; (b) there are several reasons for...
- International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (7 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) 25 November 2025 marks the United Nations' International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, beginning 16 Days of Activism against...
- Medicare (14 speeches)
I move: That this House notes that: (1) families across Australia are paying the price for the Government's broken promises on Medicare, with out of pocket general practitioner (GP) costs now...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
Last week in Rockhampton, providers from across Central Queensland came together for an important NDIS provider forum which I was proud to co-host with the shadow assistant minister for the NDIS,...
- Megarrity, Mrs Alison Patricia (1 speech)
Just over three years ago I lost a dear friend, my community lost a true champion and a family lost their much-loved mother and partner. Alison Megarrity, former Liverpool councillor and local...
- Hume Electorate: Giving Tree Appeal (1 speech)
As Christmas approaches, families look forward to a season of celebration, but for an increasing number of households the festive season brings more stress than joy. Rising grocery and power...
- Byner, Mr Leon (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge the life of radio personality Leon Byner, who passed away on Remembrance Day, 11 November. Through his top-rated mid-morning talkback program on 5AA, Leon became a trusted...
- Cerebral Palsy (1 speech)
I recently visited the Cerebral Palsy Alliance in St Ives, in my electorate of Bradfield. The alliance hosts an awesome group of highly-valued people in our community. In a minute I'm going to...
- Medicare (1 speech)
Mid this year, I gave birth to my first child at Dandenong Hospital, where I experienced firsthand the peace of mind that comes from a strong public health system supported by Medicare. There...
- Bushfires (1 speech)
Recently I hosted a briefing by the Royal Automobile Club of Tasmania on the issue of bushfire resilience, something which unites many Tasmanians, who see bushfire risk rising alongside their...
- Men's Health (1 speech)
Yes, for those wondering, I am wearing a very bright trademarked TIAC suit. No, your television is not broken and, yes, your eyes will recover. But I am wearing this loud get-up for a loud...
- Bushfires (1 speech)
I rise to mark a sombre chapter in the history of the lower mid-north of South Australia. On 25 November 2015, just after midday, a single spark near Pinery unleashed a vicious grassfire,...
- Cricket (1 speech)
Over the weekend Australians were treated to something truly special on the cricket field. In Adelaide's north, we felt just a little bit prouder than most, because Travis Head, a proud product...
- Tobacco Regulation (1 speech)
Prohibition didn't work in 1920s USA, and taxing ciggies out of existence simply won't work in today's tech enabled world. I'm referring to the catastrophic failure of government policy to...
- Conrad, Bridget (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate and commend a tremendous young sailor from my community, Bridget Conrad. Bridget is a rising sports star in the world of sailing and recently was named as a finalist for...
- Housing (1 speech)
Sadly, the great Australian dream has become a nightmare under this Labor government. In fact, Labor's housing policy is so bad that it's been compared to England's performance in the Ashes just...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
This weekend, I will be back in Leichhardt. Let me tell you, the group text has already fired up and we are planning to grab beers on Sunday. I've known this group of men for decades. We all used...
- Fuel (1 speech)
My electorate of O'Connor is ground zero for net zero. I've spoken recently about the devastating effects of Labor's safeguard mechanism, capacity mechanism and vehicle emissions reduction scheme...
- Workplace Relations (1 speech)
I rise to speak in solidarity with female rail, tram and bus workers all over the country. The Rail, Tram and Bus Union's recent report shows us the uncomfortable truth. Women's health is...
- Energy (1 speech)
The Albanese Labor government's energy mix just becomes more and more of a mess every single day. Now we've got the Minister for Climate Change and Energy more focused on the United Nations than...
- Highbury Primary School (1 speech)
At Highbury Primary School, in the north-eastern part of my electorate of Sturt, the students care deeply about honouring our Defence Force personnel—those who serve and those who have...
- Energy (3 speeches)
Do we all remember when the Prime Minister promised $275 power cuts—on 97 occasions, no less! After three years of Labor, families and small businesses are being hit with some of the...
- Labor Government (2 speeches)
The Albanese government is busy cutting student debt. While we're cutting student debt, the coalition are busy cutting each other down. We're backing Australia's future; they're backing nuclear....
- Ministry (0 speeches)
- Temporary Arrangements (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Climate Change and Energy will be absent from question time today. The Treasurer will answer questions on his behalf. The Minister for Emergency...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
I'm pleased to inform the House that present in the gallery today is a delegation from Vietnam led by His Excellency Mr Tran Hong Ha, Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam. Accompanying the delegation...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Energy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister has said that the Minister for Climate Change and Energy will have 'unprecedented influence' in global climate negotiations as the...
- Labor Government (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. What are some of the ways that the Albanese Labor government is delivering for Australians and making a positive difference to their lives? Are there any...
- Minister for Climate Change and Energy (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Australians have a part-time energy minister delivering a part-time energy grid. This part-time minister for climate change and energy, full-time president,...
- Student Debt (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to build a better and fairer education system, including helping Australians with student debt? What...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
I'm pleased to acknowledge and welcome a few guests to the parliament today. In the gallery today are representatives of Netball Australia as well as current members of the Australian netball...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Housing (6 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness. Today's data from rental affordability index shows that only two per cent of rentals are affordable for essential...
- Economy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to ease cost of living and modernise the Australian economy? How does that compare to other approaches?
- Energy (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. An energy sector CEO recently said of power price rises, 'I think it's the calm before the storm, and the storm is coming around cost and competitiveness.'...
- Defence Procurement: Submarines (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence. How is the Albanese Labor government progressing AUKUS, and what other approaches are being put forward?
- Energy (14 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. There are less than five weeks left in 2025. When will Australian families receive your promised $275 reduction to their power bills?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
Order! I'll just bring a little bit of order and decorum back to the House, because I would like to inform the House that present in the gallery is Mr Marco Primorac, the Deputy Prime Minister...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering for Australian workers, and what could place this at risk?
- Energy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, I refer to warnings in the recent Australian Energy Council report in which a CEO of an energy company said, 'Bills will increase for the...
- Cybersafety (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications. How will the Albanese Labor government's world-leading social media minimum age law help to protect young Australians?
- Gambling Advertising (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The government's recently reported retreat from banning online gambling advertising would be a terrible sellout to Peta Murphy's legacy and a failure to...
- Social Cohesion (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. How is the Albanese Labor government helping to protect communities from people who would seek to undermine social cohesion and spread hatred?
- Cost of Living (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The CEO of one of Australia's energy retailers recently warned: … the cost of this transition is really going to affect the people who can afford it...
- Paid Parental Leave Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering on its commitment to strengthen paid parental leave, and what other approaches has the...
- Gambling Advertising (9 speeches)
My question is to the Chair of the Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs, the member for Boothby. The 2023 Murphy report of the social policy and legal affairs committee...
- Medicare (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. How is the Albanese Labor government strengthening Medicare and making it easier to see a bulk-billing doctor? Why is it so important to lift...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Questions in Writing (2 speeches)
In accordance with standing order 105(b), I wish to draw your attention to overdue questions in writing—questions Nos 26 through to 56. On 25 August, I asked the Minister representing the...
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Reports Nos 5 to 9 of 2025-26 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's reports Nos 5 to 9 for 2025-26. Full details of the reports will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings. Documents made parliamentary papers.
- 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. Documents made...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Procedure Committee; Report (1 speech)
by leave—I present a corrigendum to the report of the Standing Committee on Procedure of the 47th parliament entitled Maintenance of the standing and sessional orders.
- Public Works Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, I present the committee's report for 2025: Referrals made in July 2025. I ask leave of the House to make a short statement in...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (5 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the following from occurring immediately: the Member for Calare presenting a Bill for an Act to protect...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Communications Legislation Amendment (Australian Content Requirement for Subscription Video On Demand (Streaming) Services) Bill 2025; Second Reading (22 speeches)
Australian stories matter. They reflect the community we live in, they show us the faces that look like us and they put Australian culture and creativity on our screens. No-one knows this better...
- Excise Tariff Amendment (Draught Beer) Bill 2025, Customs Tariff Amendment (Draught Beer) Bill 2025; Second Reading (2 speeches)
We all know Australians have endless names for beer—a frothy, a cold one, a schooner, a pint, a middy, a jug, a stubby, a tinny, a longneck, a pony, a coldie, a bevvy or a brew. And, for...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- South Australia: Roads (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on behalf of the people of Barker, a vast, proud regional electorate in South Australia. I want to express my strong opposition to the proposal to reduce the default speeds...
- Social Cohesion (1 speech)
This afternoon, we witnessed a stunt in the Senate that did nothing to advance policy and everything to inflame division. Senator Hanson chose to repeat her 2017 theatrics by entering the Senate...
- Forestry Industry (1 speech)
Agriculture, mining and forestry are the three industries that help build Australia and Australian prosperity. They have a special place in our history and future—that is, if governments...
- Labor Government (1 speech)
Australia doesn't replay its history in a loop, but we do see a pattern every time the political pendulum swings. When Labor are in government we build the institutions that give ordinary people...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
Our hospitals are caring for many people who should not be there—not because they're unwell, not because they require acute medical treatment, but because they have nowhere else for them to...
- McEwen Electorate (1 speech)
I rise tonight to talk about two terrific projects delivered in McEwen, projects that demonstrate exactly what happens when a government stops making excuses, stops issuing media releases and...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Law Enforcement (1 speech)
Victoria is experiencing a youth crime crisis. In the last year alone, offences were up 15 per cent—25,000 incidents involved children aged 10 to 17. Two-thirds of robberies and a half of...
- Dickson Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
Rubber is hitting the road on our Bruce Highway upgrades, benefiting residents and drivers right across our Moreton Bay region. Everyone knows how choked up the Bruce gets. It's bumper to bumper...
- Berowra Electorate: Medicare (1 speech)
When the Prime Minister declared that you'd only need your Medicare card, not your credit card, he told one of the greatest untruths in Australian politics. Australians are entitled to expect...
- Member for Holt (1 speech)
It is only right to begin my first speech in the 48th Parliament by recognising those who've honoured me with the privilege of being their voice in this House. To the wonderful people of Holt,...
- Riverina Electorate: Rural and Regional Health Services (1 speech)
These are constituency statements, so I want to mention five constituents: Karin Rezkalla, Grace Smith, Madeline Ingram, James Harrison and Nick Greenberg. They are students of the University of...
- Environment Protection Reform Bill 2025 (1 speech)
I rise to call on the Liberals, the Nationals and the Greens political party to support the Albanese Labor government's environmental protection bills. At the election, Australians endorsed our...
- Lindsay Awards (1 speech)
It's a real privilege to represent the best constituents in the country. A testament to this was my 2025 Lindsay Awards last Friday evening. Attended by more than 200 people, the evening...
- Macarthur Electorate: St Patrick's College (1 speech)
If we cast our minds back to 1840, we were a continent of colonies, with Queen Victoria as the ruling monarch; Queensland wasn't yet founded; and the first known photograph of Niagara Falls in...
- Housing, Valedictory (1 speech)
I rise today to thank the members of my community who joined me last week—together with the Special Envoy for Social Housing and Homelessness, the member for Macnamara—to discuss the...
- Coleman, Ms Joy, Pring, Ms Kim (2 speeches)
I rise today to recognise two extraordinary local legends from my electorate of Moore—people whose service shows, in very real terms, what community leadership looks like. First, I want to...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Small Business (12 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that small and family business insolvencies have exploded since the election of the Government, as its policies crush confidence and drive businesses to close;...
- Mental Health (9 speeches)
I move: That this House notes that: (1) October was Mental Health Month, and the Government is delivering more mental health services in the heart of communities; and (2) as part of the...
- Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games (6 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) the Queensland State Government has not meaningfully engaged with the people of Brisbane, or with urban planning and architecture experts, on its...
- Tertiary Education (11 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) commends the Government for delivering on its commitment to cut student debt by 20 per cent for: (a) apprenticeship support loans; (b) the Higher Education Loan...
- Aviation Industry (8 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) under the Government two regional airlines have collapsed and the domestic aviation sector has become more concentrated with just two airline groups...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- TEN4TEN Leadership Dialogue (1 speech)
I rise today to recognise an outstanding initiative by Regional Development Australia Central West, the TEN4TEN Leadership Dialogue. This program connects 10 year 11 students with 10 community...
- Petition: Light Pollution (1 speech)
I present a petition with 12,144 signatures organised by the Australasian Dark Sky Alliance. The petition is calling for legislation to limit light pollution, specifically artificial light at...
- Shanahan, Dr Lucie (1 speech)
I rise today to honour the life and legacy of Dr Lucie Shanahan. Lucie was a widely respected Indi healthcare executive, academic and public health leader, whose contribution to the wellbeing of...
- Maribyrnong Electorate: Disaster and Emergency Management (1 speech)
For too long, residents in Kensington Banks and along the lower Maribyrnong River have lived with the stress and uncertainty caused by increasingly severe flooding and the absence of a clear...
- Australian Chin Lien Chinese Association (1 speech)
One of our local community organisations, the Australian Chin Lien Chinese Association, based in Canley Vale, recently marked an important milestone, electing the first-ever female president in...
- cohealth (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about an issue that has deeply affected many people across Collingwood and Fitzroy: the future of cohealth's general practice service. The decision to close the Collingwood...
- Webber, Ms Emma, Faulkner, Mr Glenn (1 speech)
I'd like to congratulate Emma Webber from Grafton High School, who has been named Australia's most outstanding regional educator at the National Excellence in Teaching Awards. Emma is an...
- Clay, Ms Narelle (1 speech)
I rise today to recognise Narelle Clay, the outstanding CEO of Southern Youth and Family Services, an organisation that has had a transformative impact on the lives of many people in my...
- Gold Coast: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Planning for the next era of public transport on the Gold Coast must start with a simple principle: seamless connection and interconnectivity. We need stronger links to the rest of South-East...
- Guitars for Veterans Australia (1 speech)
If you've wondered about the power of music and music therapy to heal, you would have had no doubts after hearing veterans playing at Guitars for Vets' end-of-year performance at Windsor RSL....
- Movember, Fadden Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
I rise to recognise that November is Movember. This is a month when Australians across the country grow a mo, move more or start conversations to change the face of men's health. Movember began...
- Braddon Electorate: Child Care (1 speech)
The closure of St Patrick's Child Care Centre in Latrobe on the 24 December would have created a significant gap in early learning services for families in the Braddon electorate that I...
- Parkes Electorate: Vocational Student of the Year Award (1 speech)
There are many ways that you can make your way in this world, but you wouldn't get very far without those who build our communities brick by brick. That's why I've chosen to support a vocational...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
I want to thank Minister Rae for visiting my electorate in September to meet with community members and discuss the rollout of the new Aged Care Act, which commenced on 1 November 2025. We know,...
- Mallacoota-Genoa Road (1 speech)
This is a section of the Mallacoota-Genoa Road. I picked it up on the weekend, and I brought it with me here to parliament this week, because I wanted to prove a point. Our roads in Victoria are...
- Old Bridge Football Club, Chinese Ethnic Broadcasting Association of Queensland (1 speech)
Today I want to talk about two very important community groups in my local electorate, both from the multicultural community. They're absolutely stellar and they have one thing in common: they...
- Energy (1 speech)
This government is obsessed with ideology over results and self-promotion over the needs of Australian people, and nowhere is this more apparent than in Labor's failing energy policy. Net zero at...
- Fifteenth Avenue (1 speech)
South-west Sydney is growing rapidly. Every day, new houses are going up and farm land, once so prevalent, is disappearing. The rapid population growth brings real opportunities but also raises...
- Aged Care, Mental Health (1 speech)
I want to speak to a couple of issues that are of importance to my region. Firstly, Kim Sutton is a wonderful advocate for aged care in our community. What drives her is that she doesn't want...
- McKinnon Institute for Political Leadership (1 speech)
I want to take the opportunity to celebrate one of the good news stories in Australian democracy and thank the people that made it happen. The McKinnon Institute for Political Leadership was...
- Mullins, Mr Dean, Forrest Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
I rise today to celebrate a genuine local hero in Dean Mullins, who, a few months ago, marked an extraordinary milestone: some 20 years of service on the road as a volunteer ambo with St John...
- Men's Health (1 speech)
I never thought I'd come into the parliament and talk about semen, but here we are, and I'm thrilled to rise to the occasion because, while it's a topic that gets a few giggles, it's actually one...
- Netball (1 speech)
While I can say I've never played netball, I know how much it's loved across the country and in the Flynn electorate. Today I'm proud to announce my support for netball's inclusion in the 2032...
- SDN Children's Services, Bailey, Mrs Barbara (1 speech)
I rise to recognise the fantastic teams at SDN Riverwood and Milperra. SDN have been providing child care and early childhood education services in Riverwood since the 1940s. Both centres...
- Member for Indi (1 speech)
We had a rather remarkable issue this morning with the Repeal Net Zero Bill 2025 in the main chamber. The member for Indi, Dr Helen Haines, came in—I just want to congratulate her for...
- Baker, Mr James, Ghouse, Mr Guy, AM (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to two remarkable musicians. James Baker was a true pioneer of the Aussie rock and punk scene. To quote the Rockpit: With a CV that reads like a who's who of Australian...
- Sarina Tourist Art and Craft Centre (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge one of Capricornia's true community treasures, the Sarina Tourist Art and Craft Centre. Housed within the original 1906 courthouse, the old jail and the historic Mount...
- VICSES Aintree Unit (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge the outstanding service of the Aintree SES unit and its dedicated volunteers. After more than two years of leading the unit through its establishment in Melbourne's outer...
- E-Bikes (1 speech)
Today I want to share a powerful message from a young 11-year-old in my electorate, Harper. Harper came to see me last Thursday at one of my listening posts and approached me out of real concern...
- Aluminium Industry (1 speech)
The Albanese Labor government is backing local manufacturing and jobs at Capral Aluminium in my electorate of Blair. We're extending our antidumping protections to support locally made aluminium...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Low-Income Superannuation Tax Offset (8 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that the reforms to the low-income superannuation tax offset (LISTO) the Treasurer announced on 13 October 2025 will: (a) increase the LISTO by $310 to $810;...
- Aged Care (11 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes the failure of the Government to deliver adequate aged care beds, with only 802 new residential aged care beds despite an annual need for more than 10,000 new...
- United Nations' International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (5 speeches)
Tomorrow is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and it also marks the start of the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. Labor stands with the...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Medicare (8 speeches)
This is a really important issue for Australia and a really important issue for regional Australia. I'm pleased to have the opportunity to focus on a number of priorities for my local electorate...
- Ethnic Religious Minorities (7 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges with deep concern the ongoing persecution and discrimination faced by the Hazara people and other ethnic religious minorities under the Taliban; (2)...
- Men's Mental Health (6 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises that men's mental health remains one of the most pressing and under-discussed health challenges in Australia; (2) notes that every day, an average of seven...
