House debates
Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Orders of the Day (1 speech)
I declare that Federation Chamber order of the day No. 4, government business, Treasury Laws Amendment (Delivering an Efficient and Trusted Tax System) Bill 2026, stands returned to the House for...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Intelligence and Security Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, I present the committee's report entitled Review of the Migration Amendment (Clarifying International Obligations...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Gambling Advertising (1 speech)
The government's recent response to the Murphy report was long overdue—889 days late. But, when the document was finally tabled, it didn't respond to each recommendation. Instead, it simply...
- Bonner Electorate (1 speech)
It has been just over a year since I was elected to represent the incredible community of Bonner, and in that time the Albanese Labor government has been delivering for my community. In Bonner,...
- Budget (1 speech)
There's a saying often attributed to Benjamin Franklin that nothing is certain in life except death and taxes. Thanks to the Albanese government's shameful budget, we now get to experience both...
- Housing (1 speech)
Back in the day of the Hawke government, Labor floated the dollar. The conservatives, following the balladeer John O'Brien, said, 'We'll all be rooned!' Labor introduced Medicare. Again, the...
- MATES in Construction (1 speech)
Let's talk about men's health, especially in the construction industry, where men are nine times more likely to die from suicide than from a work health and safety accident. Recently, at a...
- Budget (13 speeches)
This Thursday is the day that those opposite have to put their cards on the table. This Thursday is the day that you've got to come clean. And this Thursday is the day that you've got to level...
- Menopause and Perimenopause (1 speech)
I was elected almost 10 years ago. I was 45 and feeling great, but I had no clue what was coming and no clue what perimenopause was. I was like many women. I just put up with how my body was...
- Budget (4 speeches)
Yesterday in question time, the Prime Minister said it's time to be honest. Let's see in this question time if we're going to get any of that honesty. Is he going to admit that the budget two...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
Sitting on the floor of the parliament today is Uncle John Prince Siddon, a Walmajarri artist living and working in Fitzroy Crossing, a remote Kimberley town east of Broome, Western Australia. As...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (32 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. There are nearly three million hardworking small and family businesses in Australia. Will the Albanese government carve out the hairdressers, builders, gyms,...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
I'm pleased to inform the House that Mr Stefan Lofven, former prime minister of Sweden, is with us today, accompanied by Giacomo Filibeck. There's also Dr Glynn Greensmith, a senior lecturer in...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Defence and Veterans Workshop (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs. Minister, the Defence and Veterans Workshop, in Hobart, has supported serving and ex-serving personnel since 1980. It's an essential service...
- Housing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing. How have experts and advocates received the Albanese Labor government's housing reform package to help first home buyers? Is the minister aware of any...
- Budget (6 speeches)
Prime Minister, which small businesses will be carved out from your capital gains tax increases?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
Before I call the member for Brisbane, I also note that in the gallery today we have former US ambassador and member of this place the Hon. Joe Hockey, accompanied by Mick Mulvaney, the former...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Housing (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water. How is the Albanese Labor government helping boost housing supply by fast-tracking environmental approvals?...
- Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's answer yesterday about Janet's daughter, who has Down syndrome. The Prime Minister claimed Janet's daughter was exempt...
- Energy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. What will today's default market offer mean for power prices? What policies are reducing the cost of power, and what policies would...
- Budget (6 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Labor's budget of broken promises and higher taxes will cost my constituents Ross and Cynthia hundreds of dollars per year because of changes to private...
- Aviation Industry (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. How is the Albanese Labor government supporting the aviation industry to keep communities...
- Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion (2 speeches)
My question is for the Attorney-General. The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion released its interim report last month. The government accepted all 14 of the report's...
- Budget (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why is the government reforming tax policy to assist Australians to own their home? What support has this policy received?
- Veterans (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs. How is the Albanese Labor government supporting veterans and their families?
- Indigenous Australians: Cultural Heritage (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. ACEREZ, EnergyCo and the New South Wales government have just completely obliterated a Wiradjuri cultural site as they put in transmission lines for the...
- International Relations: Australia and India (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why is Australia's relationship with India, and the contribution of the Indian community, so important to our nation? How is the Albanese Labor government...
- National Security (23 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, in a June 2025 secret meeting, the Minister for Home Affairs committed to find a way to return ISIS sympathisers to Australia. He said, 'The...
- Menopause and Perimenopause (3 speeches)
Patience is a virtue. My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. What action has the Albanese Labor government taken to help Australian women going through menopause and perimenopause?...
- 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.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
I move: That leave of absence until 2 July 2026 be given to the honourable member for Longman for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Budget (37 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Goldstein proposing—the Leader of the House, on a point of order?
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Aged Care (1 speech)
Every quarter, the government is now obliged to report on the state of its new aged-care system. This was supposed to happen on 28 April. Instead, the government withheld that report for two...
- Budget (1 speech)
Two weeks ago, almost to the minute, I sat in this chamber for my first budget as the member for Bass. I remember sitting here thinking about the people back home in Northern Tasmania and what...
- Berowra Electorate (1 speech)
Patrick Voon was a towering figure of the Chinese Australian community. His involvement with the Chinese Australian Forum spanned two decades. He was an accountant born in Malaysia. He loved...
- Manufacturing Industry (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about something Australians care deeply about: making things here, creating good jobs here and ensuring Australia remains a nation that builds, innovates and manufactures...
- Cook Electorate: Acknowledgements (1 speech)
Today I want to recognise four examples of care, courage and service in the seat of Cook. The Cancer Care Rehabilitation Foundation in Miranda helps local cancer patients access specialised care...
- Budget (1 speech)
Like many electorates, Werriwa in south-west Sydney is an amalgam of every nation, religion and culture. I would argue that it is this diversity that makes the place I call home so special. It...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Animal Welfare (2 speeches)
We've had yet another tragedy—a shark taking a human being. I've said in this House before and I'm going to say again that there was a very nice, very popular young doctor with his wife and...
- Manufacturing Industry (1 speech)
Last week was Australian Made Week, and local manufacturing is an incredibly important part of my local community. Our businesses are innovating and making high quality Australian product and...
- Nicholls Electorate: Agriculture (1 speech)
I rise to speak in this grievance debate. There is a bit of grievance in regional and rural Australia at the moment, and it's something I continue to hear across my electorate of Nicholls. For...
- Northern Territory Government, Budget (1 speech)
Unfortunately, I have to report that the Northern Territory Country Liberal Party, or the CLP, is failing to deliver for Territorians. Have a think about this number: 376 million. That's a lot of...
- Budget (1 speech)
I do feel the need to rebuke the member for Solomon for his assertions about the Northern Territory government. I would extend my great support to the Chief Minister, Lia Finocchiaro, on the...
- Lung Health Awareness Month (2 speeches)
Today I rise to speak about Lung Health Awareness Month. May being Lung Health Awareness Month and as chair of the Parliamentary Friends of Lung Health in this place, it's quite appropriate for...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- TEN4TEN Leadership Dialogue (1 speech)
I rise today to share some words from the next generation of leaders in the Central West. Last year, as part of Regional Development Australia's Central West TEN4TEN Leadership Dialogue, I had...
- Health Care (1 speech)
Access to affordable health care for locals in my community in north-west Sydney is not a nice-to-have; it's essential. That's why our government has worked tirelessly to strengthen Medicare and...
- Sex Discrimination Act (1 speech)
I support the full Federal Court's recent landmark ruling affirming that the Sex Discrimination Act protects against unlawful discrimination based on gender identity. That protection exists for...
- Werriwa Electorate: Filipino Community, Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport (1 speech)
South-west Sydney is home to every culture and religion. This year is the 80th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Australia and the Philippines. In Werriwa, one of the most active and...
- ElectraNet Northern Transmission Project (1 speech)
Last Friday night, more than 150 people gathered at a community forum I convened in the northern Barossa about the proposed ElectraNet Northern Transmission Project, known as NTx, and the message...
- Paterson Electorate: Tourism (1 speech)
Today I'd like to recognise the extraordinary work of the Port Stephens Family History Society and to celebrate the launch of something truly special for our community—the Henry F Halloran...
- Lyne Electorate: Road Safety, Forster: Ronald McDonald House Family Retreat (1 speech)
A serious accident occurred on Friday 15 May along the Pacific Highway at the Bucketts Way intersection in my electorate. Sadly, this crash is not the first at this intersection, and, unless...
- Launceston VeteranHub, Legacy (1 speech)
Last week, Minister Keogh assisted in officially opening the Launceston VeteranHub. This was far more than just officially opening a building. It marked an important step for a space that's...
- Budget (1 speech)
It's always been the great promise of Australia that anyone could build a better life through hard work and sacrifice. That was never something to apologise for; it was something to aspire to....
- Banks Electorate: Community Events and Organisations (1 speech)
It is my pleasure to rise and acknowledge some of the community organisations and events that I have been able to attend and support over the last few weeks in my electorate of Banks. The...
- Budget (1 speech)
I rise today to condemn the Albanese Labor government and its continued attack on older regional Western Australians. At a time when Australians are already struggling with rising grocery prices,...
- Emu Plains: Anzac Day (1 speech)
It's pretty special to see community members come out in ever-growing numbers, as they did at Emu Plains on Anzac Day for the community run service. Along with the member for Penrith, Karen...
- Budget (1 speech)
When a government runs out of money, it quickly tells you who it thinks should foot the bill for its wasteful spending, and, under this Labor government, the answer is becoming very...
- Idle Off Campaign, Only About Children Childcare Centre (1 speech)
The Idle Off Campaign is an initiative to improve air quality for kids around schools and childcare centres by asking parents to switch off their engines whilst they're waiting in line to pick...
- Men's Health (1 speech)
Men are often not good at speaking up when they need help. Too many boys and men suffer in silence, trying to push through hardship on their own. But, in Australia, there is already something...
- Hebbard, Mr Eddie, Jagajaga Electorate: Community Grants (1 speech)
Today I am acknowledging an extraordinary member of our community, Eddie Hebbard. Eddie is a volunteer at the Sycamore Tree Cafe in Heidelberg. He is a previous winner of a Jagajaga community...
- Private Health Insurance (1 speech)
A week ago I was doing my listening post run. I was in a small town called Derrinallum, a lovely rural little community full of wonderful volunteers who gel and bring the community together for...
- Braddon Electorate: Tertiary Education and Training (1 speech)
Last week I met with Maree and Jason, the husband-and-wife team behind RTV Training, a local machinery and safety training organisation in the electorate of Braddon. They've successfully secured...
- Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme, Budget (1 speech)
When young Australians put on the uniform and commit to defending this nation, we make them a promise: that their sacrifice will be honoured. The Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme is one...
- Budget (2 speeches)
The Albanese government's recent budget is all about making it easier for young people in Melbourne's west to buy their first home. I want young Australians in my community to know that, while...
- Bills (0 speeches)
