House debates
Tuesday, 31 March 2026
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (1 speech)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the whole debate time limit on the motion to take note of the Better and Fairer Schools Agreement progress...
- Rearrangement (4 speeches)
I move the motion relating to the introduction and passage of a bill in the terms in which it appears on the Notice Paper: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Taxation (1 speech)
Who should your politicians serve—the young nurse who just wants to be able to buy a home and raise a family one day or the CEO of the massive gas corporation whose company pays no tax, the...
- Australian War Memorial (1 speech)
This morning I had the privilege of gathering with a small group of colleagues and friends from this place and the other place and from all sides of politics to tour the outstanding new Anzac...
- Easter (1 speech)
I rise to take this opportunity to wish everyone across the Flynn electorate a very happy Easter. Easter is a deeply significant time for many, beginning with Good Friday, a day of reflection,...
- Robertson Appeal (1 speech)
Harriet and I want to talk about the Robertson Christmas appeal. Towards the close of 2025, I asked the people of Robertson for their support in launching the Robertson appeal. I called on my...
- Tasmania: Teachers (1 speech)
On Thursday last week, instead of being in the classroom, doing what they love and do best, Tasmanian public school teachers and thousands of other public sector workers rallied outside...
- Sri Lankan New Year (1 speech)
Ayubowan. As we approach the Sri Lankan New Year, Sri Lankan Australians in my electorate of Holt are coming together to celebrate with joy, cultural pride and community spirit. This special...
- Fuel (1 speech)
People are going to be paying less for their fuel because this opposition brought into the chamber and started the debate on having a look at the reduction in fuel excise. I'm proud to be part of...
- Wages and Salaries (1 speech)
Today, we have seen a win for workers. It's a win for workers in retail, fast food and pharmacy; a win for our younger workers; and a win for intergenerational equity. The independent Fair Work...
- Fuel (1 speech)
Across Australia, we have seen the living standards of all Australians decline. I received an email from one of my locals, Brett, who's a mortgage broker, and he summed it up this way: In my...
- Manningham Interfaith Network (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge the important work of the Manningham Interfaith Network. In a time when there are those who seek to divide us and who say that people of different races and religions...
- Fuel (1 speech)
Today Australia finds itself in a very disturbing situation of dual stress: limited fuel availability and extremely high prices. Australians are suffering every time they go to the bowser, and it...
- Kalamunda Show (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about a celebratory, momentous milestone in the heart of Perth Hills, in Western Australia. It's the 125th anniversary of the Kalamunda Show. Since its inception in 1898,...
- Fuel (2 speeches)
Yesterday we saw this government finally forced into using a bit of common sense by slashing the fuel excise, saving all Australians 26c per litre at the bowser. It's great that they listened to...
- Aged Care (1 speech)
The Minister for Aged Care and Seniors is misleading older Australians. He pretends the home aged-care system is working. Yesterday, the minister claimed that older Australians were assessed in...
- Wages and Salaries (1 speech)
If you are 18 years old, you can vote, drive and even fight for your country. You are an adult in every way. The only difference is your pay. But, today, thanks to the SDA, we are delivering a...
- Prime Minister (1 speech)
Let's play a game today and pin the quote on the donkey. First up, in 2021, who said, 'At this moment of crisis, the Prime Minister has failed to lead'? That'd be the bloke who is now the Prime...
- Fuel, Wages and Salaries (1 speech)
While those opposite might want to play games afternoon; this government is taking real action when people need it the most. From 1 April—that's tomorrow—we're halving the fuel excise...
- Fuel (3 speeches)
When Australians needed help at the fuel bowser, the coalition led and the Prime Minister followed. Australian families, tradies and small businesses will now pay less for fuel because the...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Jarvis, Jett (3 speeches)
I want to give a shout-out to Jett Jarvis, who's 12 years old from Dalveen in Queensland in the electorate of Maranoa. He's a student at SCOTS college there at Warwick, and he came in today...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Fuel (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The government blamed Australians for buying fuel and then finally declared a national fuel crisis. The government said the fuel crisis was not a supply...
- Fuel Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the Albanese Labor government taking action to assist Australian families, farmers and businesses who are under pressure caused by the ongoing war in...
- Fuel (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, how many service stations in Australia are out of fuel?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
I'm pleased to inform the House that today we have representatives of Basketball Australia and the Australian Olympic Committee, including five-time Olympian in basketball Lauren Jackson AO and...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Cost of Living (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. What actions are the Albanese Labor government taking to help with the cost of living, including the cost of fuel? How does this compare to other approaches?
- Migration: Skills Recognition (2 speeches)
My question's for the Treasurer. One-third of all occupations in Australia are in shortage, yet Australia has 253,000 permanent migrants, already here, that are working below their skill level....
- Fuel: Road Transport Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to ensure heavy vehicle operators are...
- Australian Parliament (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday the Special Minister of State said adding more politicians to the parliament is, 'what great Labor leaders do'. At a time of crisis, will the Prime...
- Middle East (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs. How has the Albanese Labor government been assisting Australians returning from the Middle East, and how...
- Parliamentary Representation (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister rule out expanding the size of the parliament?
- Fuel Security (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy—
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. As a direct result of the government's runaway spending, the average Australian mortgage holder is now paying $27,000 more in interest a year under Labor. Will...
- Cybersafety (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications. How is the Albanese government holding social media companies to account, and how are other countries responding to our world-leading action to...
- Frankcom, Ms Lalzawmi (Zomi) (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Two years after an Israeli air strike unlawfully killed Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom in Gaza, Israel has failed to provide transparency,...
- Wages and Salaries (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. How is the Albanese Labor government supporting workers, including low-paid workers in particular, to earn more and keep...
- Fuel Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Australia's fuel supply relies on Middle East oil shipped to refineries in Asia. Minister, how many oil tankers have left the Middle...
- Agriculture Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering support to our farmers, producers and exporters to keep our food production...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
I'm pleased to advise the House that Dr Guru Prakash Paswan has just joined us in the gallery. He's visiting Australia from India as part of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Special...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Taxation: Fossil Fuel Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Can you confirm that oil and gas giant Shell has for years paid no Petroleum Resource Rent Tax and, even with your recent changes and war prices for LNG, Shell...
- Natural Disasters: Response and Recovery Planning (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Emergency Management. How has this higher risk weather season impacted communities across Australia, and how has the Albanese Labor government responded?
- Fuel Security (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. In his last answer, the minister said there were 53 ships on their way to Australia. The minister said two days ago that there were...
- Mining Industry (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources and Minister for Northern Australia. How is the Albanese Labor government creating new jobs and strengthening our economic resilience by growing...
- Fire Ants (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water. Fire ants are currently on the march from Brisbane. We'll have a huge issue, obviously, if it gets out,...
- Fuel (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the question asked in the House yesterday, when the PM committed to speak personally to Josh, a farmer from the Eyre Peninsula, about fuel...
- Fuel Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Taxi operators in my electorate of Hinkler are questioning whether the government can guarantee reliable diesel supplies to keep...
- Health Care (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering cost-of-living relief by making medicines cheaper for all Australians, and how are new drug...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 27 of 2025-26 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's performance Audit report No. 27 of 2025-26, entitled Safer Local Roads and Infrastructure Program: Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development,...
- 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. I'd also just...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Taxation: Gas Industry (19 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Mackellar proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The urgent need for a tax...
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Orders of the Day (1 speech)
I declare that Federation Chamber order of the day High Seas Biodiversity Bill 2026 stands returned to the House for further consideration.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
Good evening, everyone. How are you? There's a lot going on, isn't there—lots of challenges. I thought I'd check in with you just to see how you're going. Here we are, about a third of the...
- Cost of Living (1 speech)
Despite spending quite a bit of time this month here in Canberra, my weekends have been spent out and about in my community. Recently I hosted a community barbecue in Flemington with members of...
- Their Majesties King Frederik X and Queen Mary of Denmark (2 speeches)
I rise to pay tribute to Their Majesties King Frederik X and Queen Mary of Denmark on their recent state visit to Australia. Thank you to the member for Cunningham, as co-chair of the...
- Wages and Salaries (1 speech)
Tak, formand, and thank you, Mr Speaker. There are 2.7 million Australians on the minimum wage and award reliant. They are the Australians that help keep our communities clean. They are the...
- Fuel (1 speech)
I acknowledge that the Albanese government has finally heeded our advice and provided limited but immediate relief for motorists and businesses. It's been a long couple of weeks in this place...
- Housing (1 speech)
Today I stand here, as the proud local member for Dunkley, focused on a simple goal: making sure people in my community can access safe, secure and affordable housing. In Dunkley, the need is...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Fuel, Telecommunications (1 speech)
I rise to speak on two issues that are front of mind for the people of the Flynn electorate. The first is fuel. Right now, families and small businesses across our region are being hit hard by...
- Albanese Government (2 speeches)
With today being the last sitting day in March, I want to take a moment to reflect on what has been an incredibly busy and productive month in this place. When I look back at everything we've...
- Fuel (7 speeches)
I rise on the motion that grievances be noted, and I want to raise a grievance about fuel security and, more specifically, about the way in which those opposite have chosen to conduct themselves...
- Cost of Living, Fuel, Energy (1 speech)
Never before has the conversation around energy affordability, security and the cost of living received more attention from this government than it has now. It is disappointing that it has taken...
- Macarthur Electorate: Infrastructure (4 speeches)
One of the most pressing challenges facing our region, the Macarthur region, is the urgent need for better infrastructure in south-west Sydney. Across the—
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Housing (1 speech)
Last Friday, I had the great privilege of attending the Local Sounds music event at Carrical House in Hawthorn. For 40 years, Servants Community Housing has provided people on low incomes with...
- Women in Sport (1 speech)
For those of us who are old enough, who can forget when Cathy Freeman won gold at the Sydney 2000 Olympics and proudly carried the Australian and Aboriginal flags on her victory lap or the...
- Housing (1 speech)
Australians have long been proud to call our nation the land of the fair go, a place built on equality of opportunity, mateship and the belief that everyone deserves their fair share. For those...
- Community Language Schools (1 speech)
More than 28 per cent of people in Tangney speak a language other than English at home. The top 10 languages used at home in Tangney include Mandarin, Cantonese, Indonesian, Tamil, Punjabi,...
- Fuel Security (1 speech)
Labor's fuel supply crisis is undermining road safety, local government services and community life in regional Australia. In Kaniva, Goroke and Edenhope in the south-west of my electorate of...
- Housing (1 speech)
We're not just talking about housing; Labor is building it. I'm thrilled that works have commenced in Swan for 171 new affordable apartments in Rivervale. This isn't just a construction update;...
- Infrastructure, Law Enforcement (1 speech)
Today I rise to give voice to the farmers, transport operators and primary producers across Western Australia's South West—people left behind by failures at both the state and federal...
- Kennedy Homes, Eden Local Aboriginal Land Council, Hart, Ms Bente (1 speech)
I rise today to celebrate the recent official opening of the Kennedy retirement village. The village was officially opened on 16 March, and the Kennedy village is the product of an extraordinary...
- Braddon, Ms Yvette, Turner, Ms Carolyn, Monash Electorate: Farm World, Rural and Regional Australia: Mental Health (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate both the editor of the Warragul & Drouin Gazette, Yvette Braddon, and former editor of the Warragul & Drouin Gazette, Carolyn Turner, on being presented with...
- Central Coast Veteran and Family Hub, Women's Health, Early Childhood Education and Care (1 speech)
The Central Coast Veteran and Family Hub offers support to the more than 8,000 veterans and their families on the Central Coast. This includes tailored services to assist with employment, social...
- Dawson Electorate: Disney Exhibition, Easter (1 speech)
It was Walt Disney himself who said: It's kind of fun to do the impossible. For the people in my electorate of Dawson, the impossible has become a reality. While the big cities might think that...
- Medicare (1 speech)
Bulk-billing is at the very heart of Medicare. Labor created Medicare, and Labor stands by the principle that when you go to the doctor, you should only need your Medicare card, not your credit...
- Anzac Day (1 speech)
This Anzac Day we will come together to pause and reflect on the service and sacrifice of those who chose to stand and fight for this country. The day itself marks the moment when 16,000...
- France, Mr Jim (1 speech)
I think the member for Grey should join the Lions Club, because we really could do with more people in Lions. It's a great thing, which is why I'm rising today to talk about a local legend, Jim...
- Ski for Life (1 speech)
I rise today to recognise an extraordinary community organisation, Ski for Life. That's an organisation which embodies the strength, the resilience and the compassion of regional Australia. Each...
- Thank Your Pharmacist Day, Liverpool City Council: South Ward By-Election, Easter, Ramadan (1 speech)
Thursday 26 March, last week, was Thank Your Pharmacist Day. Local pharmacies are so much more than small businesses. They play such a significant role in the health of local communities, not...
- Passover, Easter (1 speech)
I'd like to extend my best wishes to the Jewish community in Australia, in particular on the Sunshine Coast, ahead of Passover. Passover is a time of reflection and hope, symbolising the...
- Wages and Salaries, Bestway Supermarket (1 speech)
Today the Fair Work Commission has delivered a long-overdue decision and abolished junior pay rates for Australians over 18. This landmark case, led by the SDA, confirms what working people have...
- Southern Cross University (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about Southern Cross University, which is a formidable educational institution on the southern end of my seat of McPherson. It's a university that was established in 1994,...
- Gorton Electorate: Community Events (2 speeches)
There have been some great contributions this afternoon about our Lions clubs across Australia, and I'm excited to speak to you today about one of my local Lions clubs as well. With sizzling...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- High Seas Biodiversity Bill 2026; Second Reading (3 speeches)
I rise in this chamber to speak in strong, unwavering support of the fishing communities of Port Lincoln and the broader regional fishing communities of Australia and to address the High Seas...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Better and Fairer Schools Agreement (2 speeches)
The Better and Fairer Schools Agreement is reform that goes to the core of fairness, opportunity and the future direction of this country. When we talk about schools, we're not just talking about...
- Statements on Significant Matters (0 speeches)
- Roberts, Ms Rhoda Ann, AO (3 speeches)
I rise tonight to honour the memory and life of Rhoda Roberts AO, a Bundjalung Widjabul Wia-bal elder whose presence, voice and spirit shaped not only the Northern Rivers but the cultural life of...
- Bangarra Dance Theatre: Venice Biennale Golden Lion (1 speech)
I'm exceptionally proud to add my voice to the congratulations to Bangarra Dance Theatre on receiving a Golden Lion award from Venice Biennale. This is now the third Golden Lion award to...
