House debates
Tuesday, 25 November 2025
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Commonwealth Parole Board Bill 2025, Commonwealth Parole Board (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
I declare that, unless otherwise ordered, the Commonwealth Parole Board Bill 2025 and Commonwealth Parole Board (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025 stand referred to the...
- Commonwealth Parole Board Bill 2025; Second Reading (3 speeches)
I rise to speak on the Commonwealth Parole Board Bill 2025 and the associated Commonwealth Parole Board (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025. These bills go to the heart of one...
- Communications Legislation Amendment (Australian Content Requirement for Subscription Video On Demand (Streaming) Services) Bill 2025; Second Reading (5 speeches)
I rise to speak on the Communications Legislation Amendment (Australian Content Requirement for Subscription Video On Demand (Streaming) Services) Bill 2025, a very important and long-overdue...
- Communications Legislation Amendment (Australian Content Requirement for Subscription Video On Demand (Streaming) Services) Bill 2025; Consideration in Detail (11 speeches)
by leave—I move amendments (1) and (3) to (5), as circulated in my name, together: (1) Schedule 1, item 3, page 7 (line 18), after "nil expenditure", insert "but does not include any amount...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Disability Services (1 speech)
I highlight an urgent situation for the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme to address concerning specialist disability accommodation potentially ceasing to exist by 31...
- Carers (1 speech)
This week I had the privilege of attending Carers Australia's young carers Australia barbecue right here in Parliament House, where I met the wonderful Taya and her mum, Kathryn, from Burnie in...
- Energy (1 speech)
Last week, I stood in a field of sugarcane and saw a man pouring his heart and sweat into the land. Despite doing everything right, cane farmer Peter Doyle is shackled by soaring electricity...
- Revive Live (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about something that beats at the heart of our creative nation: our live music venues. These spaces are more than bricks and mortar; they are community hubs, incubators of...
- Valedictory (1 speech)
My New Year's resolutions for 2026 are to get outside and do more Mount Coot-tha bushwalks; fight to make big corporations and billionaires actually pay real tax; eat more of those delicious...
- Make Amazon Pay Campaign (1 speech)
As Black Friday approaches, Australians are preparing to shop for bargains. Yet, for too many Amazon workers, the real cost of these deals comes in the form of exhaustion, job insecurity and...
- Dowse, Ms Sara (1 speech)
The 16 days of activism on domestic and family violence is a timely reminder that gender equality is still unfinished work. Progress is possible only because we stand on the shoulders of the...
- Maribyrnong Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
Only weeks ago and with almost no notice, community health provider cohealth announced it would close its general practice services, including in Kensington in my community. This decision came...
- Sandringham Little Athletics (1 speech)
Don't let the image of a crushed Coles banana crossing the finishing line put you off, Deputy Speaker Claydon. Saturday week ago, the Sandringham Little Athletics club hosted its first-ever...
- Torres, Mr Michael (1 speech)
I want Australians to know about a Darwin local, Michael Torres, who was honoured at the national counsellors conference in Adelaide, where he received not one but two national awards. Michael...
- Women's Health (1 speech)
Last week I had the opportunity to visit Move For Mums with the Leader of the Opposition, Sussan Ley. Move For Mums is a pre- and postnatal exercise class in Montrose that supports local women...
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
(): From 25 November to 10 December, we mark the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, a global campaign calling for an end to violence against women and girls. Recently,...
- Bureau of Meteorology: Website (1 speech)
When it comes to storms in the electorate of La Trobe, especially the Dandenong Ranges, we get big storms. Back in 2021, areas in the Dandenong Ranges, including La Trobe—such as Cockatoo,...
- Make Amazon Pay Campaign (1 speech)
Black Friday is only a few days away. It has become cemented as one of the premier shopping days of the year, with customers tracking down deals before the Christmas season. But, with so many...
- Energy (1 speech)
Electricity prices are going up, and, when they go up, two things happen. The first thing is you'll pay more for your product because the manufacturing cost, the cost of doing business, has gone...
- Environment Bills (1 speech)
Every day we delay reforming Australia's environmental laws is another day where nature loses ground. We need urgent action now, and our reforms would deliver it. If passed by the Senate, the...
- Environment (1 speech)
The coalition has engaged in good faith with the government to secure environmental law reform—reform that will deliver for the environment and for jobs, industry and investment—in...
- International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (1 speech)
() (): Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Today also marks the beginning of 16 days of activism against gender based violence. In 90 seconds, here are...
- Farrer Electorate: Water (1 speech)
Regional Australia is being hung out to dry once again by a Labor government that listens to green activists before it listens to the people who grow the nation's food. For more than three years,...
- Albanese Government (2 speeches)
Australians expect parliament to focus on outcomes, not theatrics. The Albanese Labor government has approached its work in that spirit—steady, practical and aimed at improving people's...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Member for Holt (1 speech)
I welcome the member for Holt back to parliament after the birth of Ilia. Baby Ilia made an appearance here with Cassandra. On behalf of all in the parliament, I'm sure it's a better thing that...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Minister for Climate Change and Energy (17 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Firstly, welcome back to Australia! The coalition thanks the full-time president of COP31 negotiations for taking the time today to...
- Tropical Cyclone Fina (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Emergency Management. What is our Albanese Labor government doing to support our Northern Territory communities following the impacts of Tropical Cyclone Fina,...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
I'm pleased to inform the House that joining us today on the floor of the parliament is the Hon. Bronwyn Bishop, AO, the 29th Speaker of the House of Representatives. A very warm welcome to you,...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Energy (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. The Lowy Institute reports that, as president of COP, Alok Sharma visited more than 50 countries. Media reports that he travelled...
- Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. How is the Albanese Labor government helping to tackle gender based violence?
- Gambling Advertising (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I've recently had conversations with a significant number of government backbenchers who want a gambling advertising ban, which is unanimously endorsed in...
- Tertiary Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to help Australians with a student debt and to make our education system better and fairer? What has been...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
I am pleased to inform the House that, present in the gallery toady, are Ms Jodie Hanns, the member for Collie-Preston in the Parliament of Western Australia, and also a delegation of women...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Energy (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Taipan Hydraulic Hose Systems is a proud family business in my electorate of Longman which has been in business for over 30 years....
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is for the Treasurer. How is the Albanese Labor government helping to ease pressure on Australians and modernise our economy? How does it compare to other approaches?
- Energy (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. BokaBites is a fish-and-chip shop in my electorate of Fisher. Since June this year, BokaBites has seen its power bills surge by 23...
- Workplace Relations: Gig Workers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering a better deal for gig workers, and how does this compare to other approaches?
- Energy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Manufacturer SMW Group in my electorate of Capricornia has seen its power bills skyrocket by 70 per cent in just four years. As a...
- Housing Australia Future Fund (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing, Homelessness and Cities. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering more homes for more Australians, and are there any risks to the government's work?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
I'm advised that Hon. Sam O'Connor, the Queensland Minister for Housing and Public Works and the Minister for Youth is in the gallery as the guest of the member for McPherson. Honourable members:...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Climate Change: Safeguard Mechanism (2 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. The safeguard mechanism, the government's primary lever for achieving greenhouse gas emission reductions, is set to be reviewed in...
- Vocational Education and Training (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Skills and Training. How is the Albanese Labor government supporting TAFE students across Australia with the cost of living as they train for the jobs that we need?
- Energy (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Peter Doyle, a canefarmer in Dawson, fears he will lose money by harvesting his crop because his average power costs have doubled....
- Medicare (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. How is the Albanese Labor government strengthening Medicare and making it easier for Western Australians to access urgent care when they need...
- Gambling Advertising (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Australians are asking why the government has failed to respond to the Murphy review's unanimous recommendation to ban gambling ads. No-one in this chamber...
- Albanese Government (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering on its commitments to improve the lives of Australians?
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Personal Explanation (9 speeches)
The member for Goldstein has indicated that he is seeking the call on a personal explanation. Do you claim to have been misrepresented?
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
These 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.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Energy (21 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable the Leader of the Opposition proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The failure of...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Energy (2 speeches)
I move: That the business of the day be called on.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Aircraft Noise, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1 speech)
It's almost a year that Brisbane residents have had to wait for the government response to the Senate inquiry into flight noise that the Greens secured back in 2024. Almost a year we've waited...
- Parliamentary Friends of Population and Development (1 speech)
This parliamentary term, I've taken on the role of government co-chair of the Australian Parliamentary Friends of Population and Development, a responsibility I've embraced with pride and...
- Durack Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
In October this year I stood at this dispatch box and gave a speech in regard to the state of the roads in the Shire of East Pilbara. What I said back in October is as follows: In February,...
- Health Care: Omico (1 speech)
I am very fond of rockstars like Bob Dylan and The Band, Jimmy Barnes and Cold Chisel, Midnight Oil and Peter Garrett, the Church et cetera. But there was another rockstar in the building today....
- Professional Bull Riders Australia, Queensland Future Timber Plan 2050 (1 speech)
The Australian government must acknowledge the important role that Professional Bull Riders Australia plays in the sporting, cultural and economic landscape. Professional Bull Riders Australia...
- Medicare, Solomon Electorate (1 speech)
Labor created Medicare, and now this once-in-a-generation change to bulk-billing will mean that more Territorians can see a doctor for free with no out-of-pocket expenses. That's right;...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Gold Coast: Infrastructure, Housing and Services, Cost of Living (3 speeches)
I rise in this grievance debate to speak in relation to a number of issues. My home on the Gold Coast is defined by its natural beauty, its unmatched coastal lifestyle and its incredible sense of...
- My First Speech Competition, Universities (2 speeches)
I begin not with grievance but with inspiration, because today I had the pleasure of meeting Jamison Dustin, a bright year 12 student from the Chifley electorate, and his mum, Cheryl. Both of...
- National Security (1 speech)
We are living in dangerous times. Our most senior Defence leaders, intelligence agencies and strategic experts have been clear: Australia is facing the most dangerous strategic environment since...
- Menzies Electorate (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about the way that my electorate of Menzies was, for far too long, neglected as a safe Liberal seat since it was created in 1984. Sadly, being a safe Liberal seat meant that...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Social Cohesion (1 speech)
Australia's one of the most successful multicultural nations, and Wentworth reflects this richness in every one of our schools. Our students come from more than 100 cultural and linguist...
- Personal Information and Privacy (1 speech)
We live in an era where information flows faster than ever before. Protecting what little privacy we have left is so important. Every day we're asked to share more and more of our personal...
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1 speech)
The CSIRO is our country's national science agency. For more than a hundred years, its goal has been to improve the lives of people everywhere through science. Its scientists and researchers are...
- Hughes Electorate: Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, Sylvanvale (1 speech)
The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church is one of the oldest Christian traditions in the world. It traces its origins to the travels of St Thomas in the first century. I'm very honoured that my...
- Critical and Strategic Minerals Industry (1 speech)
Last week, the Gladstone community was taken by complete surprise by Rio Tinto's decision to cut production at the Yarwun Alumina Refinery at Gladstone, impacting some 180 jobs. The site...
- Medicare (1 speech)
The Albanese government is delivering better access to affordable healthcare services across Melbourne's northern suburbs. On 1 November, our government rolled out the single largest investment...
- Barker Electorate: Environment (1 speech)
I rise today to draw the attention of colleagues to a matter of urgent concern. It's the escalating coastal erosion at Southend, in my electorate, and the recent failure of the application by the...
- Gay Games, Bayswater Bowling & Recreation Club, East Perth Common Ground Project (1 speech)
It's been a massive few weeks in the Perth electorate. I want to share with members a few things that have been happening and that make me particularly proud to be the federal member for Perth....
- Wingham Amateur Boxing Club (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge the work of Gary Crawford and Mick Downs, who have been instrumental in envisioning and establishing the Wingham Amateur Boxing Club. The club is a small, volunteer,...
- Northern Territory: Cyclones (1 speech)
Darwin and Palmerston and much of the Top End were buffeted by Cyclone Fina on the weekend, with Territory resilience and spirit shining through once again. I give a big shout-out to all the...
- Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
More than 200,000 Australians, many living within my electorate in the Redlands, spent part of their working lives in the United Kingdom. They contributed to the system, they paid their national...
- Deakin Shield Awards (1 speech)
As a former school teacher, I know just how far a little recognition can go. When we celebrate a young person, we build confidence, spark ambition and strengthen character. That is what the...
- Smyth, Dr Erica, AC, Weller, Mr Greg, Hill, Mr Shane (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge several respected Western Australians whose recent passing has touched communities across Durack and beyond. Dr Erica Smyth AC was a pioneering geologist and one of the most...
- Movember (1 speech)
I'd like to start with a light hearted observation about what I've got between my nose and my lips at the moment. I think we're about 24 days into Movember now, and this is what I've got! But, on...
- McPherson Electorate: Community Groups (1 speech)
It's been another busy and uplifting period for our southern Gold Coast community. I've met with local residents, businesses and community groups who've celebrated milestones and cherished...
- Chifley Electorate: Coral McLean Awards (1 speech)
I want to let the parliament know about the incredible success of the 14th annual Chifley Coral McLean Awards, a celebration of women whose compassion, leadership and strength continue to shape...
- Forrest Electorate: Community Organisations, McDonald, Ms Alexis (1 speech)
Today, I rise to commend two remarkable youth organisations in my electorate, the Bunbury Sea Scouts and the Bunbury Girl Guides, on achieving the truly extraordinary anniversary of 110 years of...
- Brisbane Electorate: Education (1 speech)
I'm very proud to be part of a government that is delivering a better and fairer education system for all, because we know that education has the power to change lives. As we approach the year...
- Valedictory (1 speech)
I'd like to start this constituency statement with a big shout-out to this year's school leavers as they celebrate the end of their school days and the beginning of summer holidays. You've all...
- Moffat, Mr Allan George, OBE (2 speeches)
Today I rise to pay tribute to one of Australia's greatest people, and that is Allan George Moffat. Allan Moffat was a Canadian-born race car driver who came to Australia and became up there...
- Bills (0 speeches)
