House debates
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
- President of the European Commission (0 speeches)
- Address to Parliament (4 speeches)
On behalf of the House, I welcome, as guests, the President of the Senate and honourable senators to this sitting of the House of Representatives to hear an address by Her Excellency Ursula von...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
Before we begin question time, I'm pleased to inform the House that joining us today on the floor of parliament is His Excellency Wesley Simina, the President of the Federated States of...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Trade with the European Union (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. At a time of a national fuel crisis, which is hurting our farmers, the National Farmers' Federation is extremely...
- Trade with European Union (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Today, the Australian government and the European Union reached historic agreements, bringing us closer together across trade, industry and defence. Why are...
- Fuel (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. More than two weeks ago, the minister told the house: Today the Treasurer and I have worked very closely together with the ACCC to...
- Australia-European Union Security and Defence Partnership (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. How will Australia and the European Union strengthen cooperation through the new security and defence partnership?
- Taxation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. For every litre of fuel sold in Australia, the government receives 52.6c in excise tax. We are in a cost-of-living emergency, and we must act now. Diesel has...
- Trade with European Union (6 speeches)
My question is to the minister representing the Minister for Trade and Tourism. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering real economic benefits to Australian workers and families by...
- Fuel (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. On 10 March 2026, the minister stated: … the fact of the matter is we have enough diesel in Australia for our needs for the...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
Before I call the member for Dickson, I'm pleased to inform the House that present in the gallery today are 120 senior school students from across Australia who have been selected to participate...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Middle East (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the Albanese Labor government working with the states and territories, industry and our international partners to respond to the ongoing disruptions...
- Fuel (28 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Minister, what is your plan to get fuel to the more than 400 service stations that have no fuel?
- Fuel: Road Transport Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. How is the Albanese Labor government supporting truck drivers and road transport businesses to get a fair go, given the...
- Fuel (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Have any state or territory energy ministers requested that the federal government prepare a fuel rationing plan?
- Fuel: Road Transport Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. How is the Albanese Labor government working to support our transport industry through...
- Gambling (2 speeches)
Prime Minister, 1,000 days ago, after heartbreaking evidence about the predatory gambling industry, the late Peta Murphy presented our committee report to parliament with 31 unanimous...
- Pensions and Benefits (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. How is the Albanese Labor government strengthening our social security system and delivering cost-of-living relief for Australians, including...
- Fuel (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. New South Wales premier Chris Minns has just said in the New South Wales parliament in relation to fuel supply: … demand...
- Health Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. How is the Albanese Labor government making it easier for Australians to see a doctor when they need urgent care? Why did the government...
- Cost of Living (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Treasurer, your government ignored my calls last term to halve the fuel excise to ease the cost of living for families and small businesses. Now, petrol and...
- Small Business (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small Business. How is the Albanese Labor government continuing to deliver for Australian small businesses in the face of global uncertainty?
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Fuel (12 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to add to an answer.
- 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)
- Fuel (21 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Goldstein proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The failure of the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Budget (1 speech)
It is time to be bold. In six weeks, the government will hand down the 2025-26 federal budget. Many commentators are already calling it the most important budget of the Albanese government, and...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
I rise to highlight tonight the really positive difference that the Albanese Labor government is making right throughout the country and indeed in my electorate on the far north coast of New...
- Trade with the European Union (1 speech)
Labor thought they were very clever today. The factual gymnastics were all on display in question time—claiming that the European Union and Australia free trade agreement was a good deal...
- Heritage College Knox, Aston Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
Last Wednesday I had the privilege of officially opening a new middle school teaching and learning centre at Heritage College Knox in Ferntree Gully, a moment that stands as a powerful symbol of...
- Fuel Security (1 speech)
Australia is facing a convergence of emerging and significant pressures—a weak economy, rising costs and now a fuel crisis—hitting families and small businesses across the country....
- Australian Society (1 speech)
Australia is a remarkable country, and I've seen that in the community that I represent. I've stood in school halls, classrooms and community celebrations across my electorate of Isaacs and...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Fuel Security (1 speech)
No transport, no Australia—it's really that simple. Everything in this country has a transport component. Every product we rely on, from fresh food to construction materials, depends on...
- Shortland Electorate: Central Coast Community Legal Centre (1 speech)
Every day there are remarkable people across the Central Coast who go to work to help people they've never met before—people who quietly and diligently offer advice and support to others...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
The NDIS was meant to deliver choice and control, putting the person at the centre of the service. Unfortunately for many, it feels like a large, faceless system that's slow, inconsistent and...
- Sturt Electorate: St Peters Fair (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about the St Peters Fair held on 14 March in my electorate of Sturt. It was a wonderful event that once again showcased the strength, warmth and spirit of our community. It...
- Bayside Community Emergency Relief, Community Bank Highett (1 speech)
Goldstein is full of amazing community organisations who focus on how they can improve and support each other. The great strength of our community is how much people turn to each other and make...
- Onyango, Dr Esther, Marine Environment (1 speech)
Today I want to recognise the achievements of an outstanding STEM leader and Griffith resident, Dr Esther Onyango. Dr Onyango is an interdisciplinary systems scientist whose work explores the...
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
I rise to speak on a matter of significant and growing concern across my community and across Australia. Recently, every single one of us in this place was sent a video that should make every...
- Mental Health (1 speech)
Canberrans often talk to me about the need for mental health services in our community, particularly for young people. So, yesterday, I was really proud to join Assistant Minister for Mental...
- Taxation (1 speech)
It's definitely true to say that tax reform has recently become a topic around many water coolers, and that's because it's at that converging point of a number of national crises, including the...
- Tasmania: Housing, Tasmania: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I want to provide the House with an important update when it comes to housing policy and Tasmania. Many of my constituents know how hard it is to get a foot in the door of the housing market....
- Gambling (1 speech)
It's been more than a thousand days since the release of the Murphy report into online gambling. That's 1,000 days of recommendations sitting on a shelf, 1,000 days of delay, 1,000 days in which...
- Musicare, Health Care (1 speech)
I recently had the privilege to join Dan, Vera, DJ and the team at Musicare in Clontarf to see the phenomenal work that they do for children and young people with disabilities. Musicare is the...
- Hinkler Electorate: Flooding (1 speech)
The people of Bundaberg have once again banded together, following the third major flood since December 2010. I rise today committed to advocating for flood mitigation that is effective and can...
- Moreton Electorate: Community Events and Organisations (1 speech)
Earlier this month, the Wellers Hill Bowls Club was ablaze with purple, and it wasn't just because we were celebrating International Women's Day. It was also because we were celebrating the young...
- Moncrieff Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
I've been visiting schools in Moncrieff to present students with leadership certificates and engage in very rich discussion about what leadership is and means. The electorate of Moncrieff, the...
- Bulimba Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee, Child Care, Health Care (1 speech)
I recently had the pleasure of spending a morning with my gloves on, weeding and litter clearing with the Bulimba Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee's bush rovers program in Carindale....
- Fuel, Turner, Mr Daniel (1 speech)
Chris Bowen's fuel crisis isn't just inconveniencing Australians or pulling the handbrake on our economy; it is risking lives. In regional, rural and remote Australia, the Royal Flying Doctor...
- Bullwinkel Electorate: Community Events, Bullwinkel Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
In times of global uncertainty, we often look for a sense of home and belonging that goes beyond the physical address. For me and many in my electorate, that sense of belonging is found in...
- Support at Home (1 speech)
As I speak today, I would like everyone to consider the older people in each of our lives—those we know and love as parents, grandparents, mentors; those in our political past; and the...
- Newcastle Electorate: Community Events and Organisations (2 speeches)
Today I rise to acknowledge two major milestones in my community of Newcastle. This year marks 40 years of Surfest, an event that has become synonymous with Newcastle, our surfing culture and...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Fossil Fuel Industry: Taxation (1 speech)
The irony of Australia's nickname 'the lucky country' is more pronounced now than when Donald Horne coined that phrase more than 60 years ago. Australia is home to some of the most valuable...
- Deakin Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
Today I want to touch on some great events that have been happening in my electorate of Deakin just in the last month. On 1 March we had a fantastic turnout for Clean Up Australia Day at...
- Fuel, Local Government, Donald, Emeritus Mayor Ray, OAM (1 speech)
Two weeks ago, energy minister Chris Bowen scoffed at the coalition's efforts to bring the fuel crisis to his attention. There was no problem, he said. Fuel supplies were as high as they've ever...
- Northern Territory: Floods (1 speech)
(): These floods have hit the Northern Territory hard, capped off by Tropical Cyclone Narelle over the weekend, which brought more rain. The federal government has been supporting...
- Economy (1 speech)
It is indeed aptly titled that we rise today on grievance in this place. I do so with a significant level of concern for the direction that our country is being taken under this Albanese Labor...
- Dental Health (2 speeches)
I rise today to raise an issue in South Australia and in my electorate. As many of you may or may not be aware, last Friday, 20 March, was World Oral Health Day; in other words, a day...
