House debates
Tuesday, 10 March 2026
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Membership (2 speeches)
I have received advice from the Chief Opposition Whip nominating members to be members of certain committees.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Middle East; Attempted Censure (2 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That the House: (1) notes that nearly 100 Australian military personnel will be sent to the Middle East alongside military equipment that will be used...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Cost of Living (1 speech)
I rise to speak to the issue of power bills. Check your power bill lately? Did you wince? Have government rebates all dried up and the bills spiked? Where's your money going when you shell out...
- Tibet (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge the 67th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising, to pay tribute to all those that rose up in 1959 and to stand in solidarity with those that have kept up the fight for basic...
- Energy (1 speech)
Fuel security might feel like a technical issue, but on the Mornington Peninsula it is something that locals feel each and every time they pull up at the bowser. Prices always surge before a long...
- Tibet (1 speech)
The Tibetan community is something that must be experienced before you can describe it. It is colour and mantras woven into prayer flags and spinning wheels. Earlier this year I had the privilege...
- Greyhound Racing (1 speech)
A great many Australians were heartened by the Tasmanian government's promise to end greyhound racing in the state by 2030 and the subsequent introduction of legislation to do just that....
- Organ And Tissue Donation (1 speech)
Australians, Territorians, I want to talk about organ donation. I want to acknowledge people like Megan and all the Donate Life Northern Territory staff and vollies, like my friend Carly Dalton,...
- Fuel Security (1 speech)
How is the government expecting Australians to cope with these high fuel prices when so many are battling to deal with Australia's homegrown inflation? From around $1.80 per litre on Wednesday,...
- Mental Health (1 speech)
The WA Police Force has the highest police suicide rate among the mainland states. Suicide and mental health for both serving and retired police officers is a major issue. I served in the WA...
- Fuel Security (1 speech)
I spoke to locals in my electorate over the course of the weekend, and there were two issues that they raised consistently with me. The first was the cost of fuel at the bowser, and the second...
- Iranian Women's National Football Team, International Women's Day (1 speech)
I rise today proud that our government has granted humanitarian visas to five members of the Iranian women's soccer team. This was an issue that was raised with me by my local Iranian-Australian...
- Fuel Security (1 speech)
In a time of great uncertainty, Australians deserve a clear answer from the minister for energy as to whether the government has a strategy to ensure there are adequate fuel supplies for our...
- Griffith Electorate: Mater Foundation Chicks in Pink International Women's Day Fun Run (1 speech)
On Sunday, my community once again turned out in force for the Mater Foundation's Chicks in Pink fun run. And what a powerful show of solidarity it was. I understand Sister Angela Mary Doyle had...
- Fuel Security (1 speech)
Fuel security is not simply about getting our cars from A to B; fuel security is national security. Fuel powers the tractors that produce the food on Australian tables. It runs the boats of...
- Leichhardt Electorate: Natural Disasters (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the recent weather event in the Far North. I returned home on Thursday last week to ensure that I was on the ground should the system intensify. While the system never made it...
- Fuel (1 speech)
Last week, we heard the Minister for Climate Change and Energy stand up in this place in question time and extol the virtues of the government's liquid fuel supplies. We heard him say, in fact,...
- Women in Government Relations Australia (1 speech)
I am proud to be part of a government with 50 per cent women and a majority women cabinet. We are better off for the collective contribution by women made in this place to our great nation. So it...
- Fuel (1 speech)
Families and businesses in my regional electorate are getting smashed by fuel prices and are growing increasingly concerned about supply. In one small town with a single fuel station, that fuel...
- Renewable Energy (1 speech)
More than a quarter of a million Australian households, small businesses and community organisations have now installed solar batteries through the Albanese Labor government's Cheaper Home...
- Fuel Security (1 speech)
People are working harder for less—and fuel security is so important. Minister Bowen has come into this place and on TV and said: 'There's no need to panic. There isn't a problem.' Well,...
- Climate Change, Medicare, Housing (2 speeches)
Delivery is the word that defines this government and a word that clearly separates us from those opposite. When we came to office in 2022, we promised Australians we would turn the corner after...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Fuel (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister inform the House where there are fuel supply shortages in Australia?
- Middle East (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. What actions has the Australian government taken in response to the conflict in the Middle East, including humanitarian assistance?
- Fuel Security (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Industry is required under current laws to provide the Department of Climate Change and Energy with detailed weekly updates on fuel...
- Middle East (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. How is the Albanese government supporting gulf countries in their defence against Iran's reprisal and escalatory attacks?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
I'm very pleased to inform the House that present in the front row of the Speaker's Gallery today are Australian Olympic Committee representatives as well as medallists from the Milano Cortina...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Fuel (2 speeches)
My question is to the very busy and important Minister for Climate Change and Energy. From COVID to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and yet another war in the Middle East, rolling geopolitical...
- Iranian Women's National Football Team (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. What actions has the Albanese Labor government taken in relation to members of the Iranian women's football team?
- Fuel (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Transwest Fuels is an independent wholesale supplier in Gunnedah and Mungindi in my electorate. Normally it services more than 2,000...
- Fuel Security (11 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. What impact is the conflict in the Middle East having on the global economy, and how is Australia placed to deal with these challenges?
- Food Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. How is the Albanese Labor government working with farmers to manage the impact of the conflict in the Middle East on...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
I'm pleased to inform the House that present in the gallery today is a group of exchange students hosted by Rotary Clubs Australia District 9685 as guests of the members for Macquarie, Robertson,...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Fuel (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Based in Allora, Queensland, independent fuel distributor Bartranz Petroleum are receiving just 10 per cent of their normal fuel...
- Labor Government (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How has the Albanese Labor government been delivering on its commitment to build Australia's future, invest in our people and deliver real, lasting...
- Artificial Intelligence (2 speeches)
My question is for the Treasurer. My constituents are deeply concerned about how artificial intelligence is reshaping our economy and society. Our National AI Plan adopts a largely hands-off...
- Housing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing, Homelessness and Cities. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to provide more social and affordable homes for those Australians who need it...
- Fuel Security (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. A potato farmer in Manjimup, Dom, texted me: 'I rang up Fuels West to order some fuel yesterday. They told me they have no fuel and a...
- Health Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. How is the Albanese Labor government making it easier to see a doctor by ensuring we have a strong health workforce?
- New South Wales: Infrastructure, Great Western Highway: Convict Bridge (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. It defies belief that the main access road in and out of the Central West relies on a bridge built by a convict chain gang in the 1830s. The Great Western...
- Superannuation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to make Australia's super system fairer and more sustainable, and how does this compare to other approaches?
- Fuel (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Plumbers, transport and security businesses in my electorate of Lindsay say their businesses are being impacted by fuel shortages....
- Tertiary Education and Training, Health Care (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to increase education for healthcare workers, and how does this strengthen Medicare?
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Cook, Mr Leslie (Les) (3 speeches)
on indulgence—Late last week, one of the last surviving Australians who served in the Battle of Crete, Les Cook, passed away at the age of 103. Les was a devoted husband and a tremendously...
- 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)
- Energy (28 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable Deputy Leader of the National Party proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Fowler Electorate: Fuel (1 speech)
There is a conflict unfolding thousands of miles away, but it's casting a very real shadow over households in my electorate of Fowler. When we speak about wars and geopolitical tensions in this...
- Iranian Women's National Football Team (1 speech)
Australia is the new home to five brave, courageous and inspiring Iranian football players who have had their asylum claim approved by the Albanese Labor government, and Australia welcomes them....
- Veterans, Griffis, Mr Gordon David (Griffo) (1 speech)
The legacy of the SAS in Afghanistan is one of bravery and sacrifice—of individual men putting their lives on the line to serve this country. Yet, for many of these soldiers, their...
- Solomon Electorate: Health Care, Solomon Electorate: Housing, Solomon Electorate: Renewable Energy, Solomon Electorate: Veterans (1 speech)
We had some fantastic major announcements in the Solomon electorate last month: the location of the Medicare urgent care clinic, which is to be on Osgood Drive in Eaton, just next door to the...
- Wide Bay Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
In October 2024, the long-awaited $1 billion Gympie bypass opened to traffic, turning one of the most dangerous sections of the Bruce Highway through Wide Bay into one of the safest. The new...
- International Women's Day (1 speech)
After a weekend celebrating International Women's Day, I rise in this chamber once again to talk about the incredible contribution of women to modern Australia. When women unite, we are...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Accountability of Grants, Investment Mandates and Use of Public Resources Amendment (End Pork Barrelling) Bill 2024 (1 speech)
As the member for Indi so eloquently put it, it's time to put a fork in the pork. In other words, it's time to end the practice of pork barrelling—something that has long been relied upon...
- Housing (1 speech)
I'm here to talk about housing, because it really is a fundamental human right and we're at a critical point in this nation's history that we need all levels of government working together to...
- Early Childhood Education and Care (1 speech)
I'm often critical of the Canberra bubble, and for good reason. Too many decisions made in this place reflect decisions made in the bureaucracy by people with a lived experience very different to...
- Blair Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
The Albanese Labor government is building Australia's future. We have an infrastructure pipeline of $120 billion that is about making the journeys between cities and regional and rural...
- Cost of Living, Fuel Security (1 speech)
I stood in this place last week and spoke about Labor's unwritten slogan that every MP, from the Prime Minister down to the backbenchers, has adopted over the past four years. That slogan is...
- Fuel Security, Energy (2 speeches)
There are a couple of things in the member for Cowper's contribution that I would like to respond to. He says that maybe it's not good enough for our strategic fuel supplies to be offshore. I'll...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Aged Care (1 speech)
When the government's new Aged Care Act came into force in November of last year, the minister declared a 'new era for aged care in Australia'. He promised 'once-in-a-generation changes' that...
- Good Gumnuts Festival, Wyndarra Centre (1 speech)
How good is live music? I went to the Good Gumnuts Festival on Saturday, in my electorate of Braddon. The Albanese Labor government is delivering on its commitment to keep Australia's music scene...
- Northern Beaches Men's Wellbeing Collective (1 speech)
Across the Northern Beaches many men experience challenges such as stress, anxiety, depression, isolation, relationship breakdown, addiction, work pressures, grief or major life transitions. For...
- Lingiari Electorate: Flooding (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on the ongoing floods affecting my electorate of Lingiari and my old hometown of Katherine. Intense and sustained rainfall has caused widespread flooding throughout the Big...
- Bowman Electorate: Economy (1 speech)
I want to speak today about the realities facing families, retirees and small businesses in my community. Recently, I released the findings of my January 2026 Redland Business Survey, and I want...
- Corporate Governance: Superannuation Industry (1 speech)
I recently met with a local constituent, Melinda Kee. She is a victim of the collapse of the superannuation fund First Guardian Master Fund. This collapse and that of the Shield fund have...
- Fadden Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
Today I rise to celebrate a wonderful occasion that was held recently at Gainsborough State School where the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Hon. Milton Dick MP, visited as part of...
- Taylor, Ms Michelle, Scarlett, Mrs Noeline (1 speech)
I rise today to highlight the work of Michelle Taylor, group leader of Lake Tuggeranong Sea Scouts, who has worked in our community for over 30 years taking on many roles and being a leader for...
- Fuel (1 speech)
Across my electorate, the largest contributor to GDP is certainly agriculture. I just wanted to give a shout-out to those farmers, graziers, service station people, fuel supply wholesalers and...
- Australian Parliament (1 speech)
As part of my work in the community, I welcome in work experience kids to my office. They spend the week. They shadow me. They occasionally answer the phones. They occasionally write letters. One...
- Neille, Mr Josh (2 speeches)
Students of Australian politics would know that the totem animal of the Nationals is the wombat. The story of the wombat and the National Party dates back about 60 years. It was known as the...
- Education (1 speech)
In my first speech to the House, I spoke about my passion for education policy and ensuring that all students have access to the opportunities that a quality education affords. This is why I was...
- Fuel (1 speech)
Sadly, my office has received multiple reports of fuel supply shortages throughout our area. Two petrol stations on Taylor Street are no longer serving. In Wyreema it's capped at 60 litres per...
- Marsden, Mr Jim, OAM (1 speech)
The Marsden family have been part of the fabric of the Campbelltown community for decades. Jim Marsden's parents, Guy and Tibby, were well known in the town as publicans. Nowadays, the Marsden...
- 2026 Cook Awards (1 speech)
I wish to acknowledge 39 amazing Australians who reside in Cook. Our 2026 Cook Volunteer of the Year is Lisa Brown. For many years, Lisa served as registrar for the Gymea United Football Club, a...
- Colman, Linda Ann (3 speeches)
We in this place all know that we couldn't do our jobs without our teams. They are the engine rooms behind us all. So it was with incredible sadness and shock last year that I received a message...
- Young Australians (1 speech)
Over the last couple of months, I've had the pleasure of attending leadership investiture events at many of the 44 schools in the Longman electorate. I find these events one of the most enjoyable...
- Education (1 speech)
Today I want to talk about something that is simple but can have an extraordinary impact on a child's life: reading aloud. Before entering this place I worked as a teacher and spent many years...
- Hinkler Electorate: Flooding, Hervey Bay Sun (1 speech)
As I rise this afternoon, so too is the mighty Burnett River which runs through Bundaberg. Homes and businesses have begun to be inundated and more are under threat as the Burnett is expected to...
- Floods (1 speech)
As we've watched flooding occur around the country in recent days and weeks, there's deep empathy for victims from my electorate who live on the Hawkesbury-Nepean floodplain. This season we've...
- Bills (0 speeches)
