House debates
Tuesday, 3 March 2026
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That: (1) the House invite The Right Honourable Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada, to attend and address the House on Thursday, 5 March 2026; (2) unless otherwise ordered, at the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Kandos-Rylstone Volunteer Rescue Association (1 speech)
The Kandos-Rylstone Volunteer Rescue Association recently celebrated 50 years of service to the local community. From dealing with horrific car crashes to assisting hikers stranded in the bush,...
- Middle East, Social Cohesion (1 speech)
I rise to address reports of an event that mourned the death of Ayatollah Khamenei that was held in a centre in my electorate. I reiterate the sentiments of the Prime Minister: Australia stands...
- Red & Yellow Day, Bundaberg Christian College (1 speech)
Tomorrow is Red & Yellow Day, a new nationwide celebration to recognise surf-lifesaving volunteers. Sun, sand and salt air is at the heart of Hinkler. Surf lifesaving attracts almost a...
- Henderson, Ms Tori (1 speech)
I rise today to recognise Tori Henderson, who recently completed her one-year term as Shellharbour City Council's 2025 Young Citizen of the Year. Tori received this award for her extraordinary...
- Social Cohesion (1 speech)
One of the initiatives I'm proudest to support in Wentworth, and am proud to have instigated, is our student led social cohesion roundtables. Building on roundtables we did with principals across...
- Ramadan (1 speech)
The Dandenong Ramadan night market is back, and it is bigger and better than last year. It was fantastic to be there on the opening night with the member for Bruce in his electorate, and it was...
- Business (1 speech)
As a former The Good Guys store owner, it's not often I would agree with our old adversary Gerry Harvey. But I do agree with Mr Harvey about the unfair playing field that currently exists for...
- Quick, Mr Tommy (1 speech)
I am proud to introduce a true Maribyrnong legend to this House, Tommy Quick, who's up there in the gallery. At just 12 years old, Tommy's life changed in an instant when he suffered a stroke....
- National Security (1 speech)
All Australians need to be made aware of the facts behind how the home affairs minister and the Prime Minister somehow allowed 11 women and 23 children linked to ISIS to be issued with passports....
- Raineri, Mr Pietro (Peter) (1 speech)
I want to pay tribute to the life of Peter Raineri, who passed away last week at the age of 90. For more than 40 years, he and his wife, Rosaria, turned their Five Dock deli, Raineri's...
- Tobacco Control (1 speech)
While hardworking mum-and-dad small businesses are struggling to keep their heads above water under state and federal Labor governments, there's one sector that's booming, and that's the illegal...
- Renewable Energy (1 speech)
The news that Elgin has decided not to proceed with the proposed Mitchells Flat solar farm is a really welcome outcome for the local community in Singleton and right across the Hunter. Many...
- National Security (1 speech)
My home town of Katanning is one of the most harmonious multicultural towns in Western Australia, where migrants have been welcomed for decades, contributing much to the town's economic, social...
- Gender Equality (1 speech)
Last week I visited Goodstart Early Learning Albany Creek in my electorate of Dickson. Before I could even talk about our three-day childcare guarantee, educators were gushing over Labor's...
- National Security (1 speech)
I ask the question: what is the government hiding? Labor claims it does not want ISIS sympathisers and their children to return to Australia, yet considerable assistance has clearly been given,...
- Prophet Elias (1 speech)
The Greek Orthodox parish of the Prophet Elias in my electorate of Sturt is home to a group of dedicated volunteers who have recognised and responded to the need in the community to support...
- National Security (2 speeches)
The first job of any government is to keep its people safe. But over the past week, Australians have watched this minister for home affairs dodge serious and legitimate questions—questions...
- Apprenticeships (1 speech)
The Leader of the Opposition's hand picked shadow minister for skills and training, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, has let slip the opposition's plan to axe training opportunities for apprentices....
- National Security (1 speech)
'Kill the kafir—the non-believer—in alleyways. Stab them and poison them. Poison your teachers. Go to haram restaurants and poison the food in large quantities. Our husbands die on...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
Those opposite might want to hide their campaign review, but I won't hide the important anniversary that it is today. Exactly one year ago today, the Liberals launched their attack on working...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Boswell, Hon. Ronald Leslie Doyle, AO (1 speech)
I inform the House of the death on 6 January 2026 of the Hon. Ronald Leslie Doyle Boswell AO. A former senator, Ron Boswell represented the state of Queensland from 1983 to 2014. As a mark of...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- National Security (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's refusal to answer my question to him yesterday. I again ask the Prime Minister: can he confirm that none of his ministers nor...
- Women's Economic Security (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering for working Australians, especially women? Has anything threatened this progress, and what is the importance...
- National Security (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. It follows the Prime Minister's earlier refusal to answer the question. Can the minister confirm that none of his staff or departmental officials...
- Superannuation (3 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. How will the Albanese Labor government's superannuation reforms help workers, and how does this fit into the government's broader economic plan? How does this...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
I'm pleased to inform the House that present in the gallery today are Mr Tommy Quick and members of the Stroke Foundation, as guests of the member for Maribyrnong. At age 12, Tommy's life changed...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Fuel Security (2 speeches)
Australia is 30 per cent self-sufficient in oil, yet only three per cent in petrol. As a big five in grain and sugar—ethanol feedstocks—we're uniquely placed for self-sufficiency, yet...
- Health Care (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. How is the Albanese Labor government making it easier for all Australians to see a doctor when they need urgent care? Why does government...
- Middle East, Fiscal Policy (13 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer rule out a single taxpayer dollar being spent on extremist Islamic prayer groups and places of worship who have been mourning the death of...
- Work-Life Balance (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. How's the Albanese Labor government supporting Australians to balance their work and care responsibilities? How does this...
- Taha Humanity Association of Victoria (5 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. The Albanese Labor government promised last May, in the member for Bruce's electorate, $670,000 to the TAHA association, who have been mourning the death of...
- Gender Equality (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Women. How is the Albanese Labor government working to close the gender pay gap, and what impediments are there to this approach?
- Taha Humanity Association of Victoria (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Multicultural Affairs. The Albanese Labor government promised last May, in the member for Bruce's electorate, $670,000 to the TAHA association, who have been...
- Trade (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. How is the Albanese Labor government ensuring our farmers and producers benefit from more trade and from rebuilding...
- Infrastructure (4 speeches)
Prime Minister, your government has found $660 million to develop the $93 billion fast rail to Newcastle, a 194-kilometre project promising a six-minute trip. Yet in Western Sydney, just 34 kays...
- Housing (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing, Minister for Homelessness and Minister for Cities. How is the Albanese Labor government helping Australians into homeownership? What other options into...
- Taha Humanity Association of Victoria (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Multicultural Affairs. In her last answer, the minister said that she is looking into the matter of $670,000 being promised to the Taha association. When was...
- Early Childhood Education and Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. What progress has the Albanese Labor government made on implementing reforms to keep our children safe in early education and care? What other...
- Lobbying of Parliamentarians (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, Parliament House is the people's house. The public should have a say in what goes on within its walls. Every day that parliament sits,...
- Rural, Regional and Remote Australia (13 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories. How is the Labor government delivering for regional Australians, and how does this compare to other...
- National Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. According to the New South Wales Premier Chris Minns, around one-third of the ISIS sympathisers Labor is returning home will settle in New South Wales. Will...
- Paid Parental Leave (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 are the risks?
- Discrimination (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Last weekend I marched in the Mardi Gras, and I recognise that you were the first prime minister to do so. But, in 2026, teachers can still be fired and...
- Energy (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. How is the Albanese Labor government helping households strengthen the grid, and why can't we afford to go back to policies of the past?
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Government Responses to Committee Reports (4 speeches)
I have a question for you, Speaker. I note you have, as other Speakers have in the past, allowed such questions to be asked of you, including by leaders of the House. As you would be aware, on 29...
- Gambling (2 speeches)
Speaker, in light of the question raised by the Manager of Opposition Business relating to the House resolution on government responses to committee reports, I draw your attention to the fact...
- 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.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- National Security (23 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Canning proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's plan to...
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Personal Explanation (2 speeches)
The member for La Trobe has indicated that he's seeking to get the call to make a personal explanation. Does the member claim to have been misrepresented?
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (1 speech)
The Speaker has received a message from the Senate acquainting the House with the appointment of senators to certain joint committees. As the list of appointments is a lengthy one, I do not...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (6 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent: (1) government business order of the day No. 4, Treasury Laws Amendment (Building a Stronger and Fairer...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Health Care (1 speech)
Ahead of the forthcoming budget, I'd like to speak to how we can improve productivity through investment in health care. Health care is not merely a cost on the national balance sheet. It is an...
- Myuna Colliery (1 speech)
Today I rise to speak about something that matters deeply to me and my community: job security, fairness and what can be achieved when workers, unions and communities stand together. This week an...
- Monash Electorate: Interfaith Community, Monash Electorate: Renewable Energy (1 speech)
For many years I was honoured to be invited to the annual Gippsland interfaith iftar dinner, which was held in the Latrobe Valley. On Saturday night, I attended the first formal iftar dinner held...
- Gilmore Electorate: Defence (1 speech)
Nowra is a proud defence and Navy town, home to HMAS Albatross, HMAS Creswell, the Fleet Air Arm and the Royal Australian Naval College. Defence and defence industry are our biggest employers,...
- National Security (1 speech)
This Labor government has plenty of slogans, but the one they should adopt is 'divert, deflect and deny' because that is exactly what they have done for the past term and a half, and Australians...
- Corangamite Electorate: Defence Estate (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about the Defence estate audit and what it means for Fort Queenscliff and parts of Swan Island in my electorate of Corangamite. I am so fortunate to have these sites in my...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Population, Housing (1 speech)
What are the greatest issues facing us as a society? I would say our birthrate is actually a good litmus test on the confidence and optimism of our nation. We want Australian families. We need...
- Multiculturalism (1 speech)
Over the past few months, my community of Bennelong has once again been doing what it does best—celebrating moments of cultural significance together. We marked Lunar New Year with lanterns...
- Middle East (1 speech)
I rise today to add my voice to that of the Iranian Australian community—to speak about the war in Iran, the preconditions that have caused this conflict and the situation that now emerges...
- Hasluck Electorate: Men's Health (1 speech)
It was absolutely a privilege to host the member for Hunter in Hasluck in his role as Special Envoy for Men's Health. He brings his rich background as a tradesman, small business operator and...
- Rural, Regional and Remote Australia: Services (1 speech)
Today I rise to speak on three grievances born of neglect, underinvestment and a failure to properly consider the needs of rural and regional Australia. These issues are not theoretical policy...
- Women's Health, Hanson, Senator Pauline Lee (2 speeches)
I rise to speak about some of the absolutely horrific stories emerging from a Melbourne hospital about Dr Simon Gordon, an OBGYN whose female patients are alleging they were left traumatised and...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- South Australia: Floods, South Australia: Marine Environment (1 speech)
Over the weekend, torrential rains led to devastating flooding across regional and remote South Australia. The highest official falls over the three days included 175 millimetres in Yunta, 150...
- Tertiary Education (1 speech)
Last month, across the country, students started their postschool education. They gathered in lecture halls and classrooms that were bigger than anything many of them had encountered before. They...
- Mackellar Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
When I'm not in Canberra, I love being out and about in Mackellar. It really is the best part of the job. We have more than 500 community organisations on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. Many of...
- Midland Station (1 speech)
Sunday 22 February was one of those days that mattered. Thousands of locals came down to celebrate the opening of the new Midland train station, and I was proud to attend on behalf of the federal...
- New England Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about one laurel for the government and three barbs. The laurel is that I want to thank them for the money that we've got for road 358. It's the second range crossing for the...
- Union Aid Abroad — Australian People for Health, Education and Development Abroad (1 speech)
Today I rise to recognise the important work of Union Aid Abroad—APHEDA. APHEDA was born out of the Australian union movement in 1984, sparked by the courage and imagination of a remarkable...
- Agriculture Industry (1 speech)
The world's population is growing, but prime agricultural land is shrinking. Food security has never been more important. Once prime agricultural land is lost, it is almost never recovered. Last...
- Ballarat Electorate: Roads, headspace Ballarat, Woady Yaloak Football Netball Club (1 speech)
The Brewery Tap Road intersection at the Western Freeway on the outskirts of Ballarat is one of those intersections where you hold your breath as you go through it. There are adjacent businesses...
- Grey Electorate: Agriculture Industry, Grey Electorate: Volunteering (1 speech)
South Australia is a big state, and the electorate of Grey is a very big electorate. It is 910,000 square kilometres, representing an area bigger than New South Wales, and, in that, there is some...
- Burt Electorate: Medicare, Armadale University Study Hub, Our Veteran's Haven (1 speech)
There is great news in the electorate of Burt in Perth's south-eastern suburbs, where now over 40 per cent of GP clinics have moved to be fully bulk-billing for all patients. Since our...
- Kemerton Lithium Plant (1 speech)
The first thing I did after being appointed the shadow assistant minister for infrastructure was visit the Albemarle lithium plant at Kemerton in my electorate. I did so alongside the shadow...
- ARTEXPRESS, Australia Day Honours and Awards (1 speech)
The southern Sydney community is brimming with creative and artistic talent, especially from our young people. One of my favourite displays of this talent is ARTEXPRESS, which features a...
- Breast Cancer (1 speech)
As many know, International Women's Day is on Sunday. Typically we spend the day celebrating women's achievements. However, this year I would like to talk about something that impacts about one...
- Discovery at Play Early Learning Centre Shoalwater (1 speech)
Recently I had the pleasure of visiting the wonderful kids at the newly opened Discovery at Play Early Learning Centre in Shoalwater. My thanks to the director, Candice Morrison, and her team....
- Gambling (1 speech)
We often think our children are safest when they are at home, but, for thousands of Australian families, a predator is sitting right there in the palm of a child's hand. I recently met with the...
- Gorton Electorate: Volunteering (1 speech)
Across my electorate there is one common thread that binds our community together—the volunteers. They are the quiet achievers, the people who step forward without fanfare and give their...
- Simpson, Corporal Adam Patrick (1 speech)
It's with great sadness that I inform the House of the passing of a 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment veteran—8551468, Adam Patrick Simpson, born 28 December 1989, died 26 February...
- World Hearing Day (1 speech)
Today is World Hearing Day, and this year's theme is 'From Communities to Classrooms: Hearing Care for all Children'. This theme highlights the unique hearing and language journeys of all...
- Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
I rise today to condemn the Cook and Albanese Labor governments for precipitating the closure of the first of my many O'Connor abattoirs. The announced closure of Beaufort River Meats came just...
- Environment (2 speeches)
Families across Bennelong care deeply about climate action, and so do I. I believe in leaving the country stronger and safer for the next generation, and that belief is shared by families across...
- Bills (0 speeches)
