House debates
Wednesday, 3 June 2026
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Speaker, I present report No. 11 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business, private members' business and referral of bills to...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (16 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Wannon moving the following motion immediately: That this House requires that questions on...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Aukus (1 speech)
Si vis pacem, para bellum: if you want to have peace, prepare for war. That was by a bloke by the name of Flavius Vegetius Renatus, but you can just call him Vegetius; that's how he was known. Of...
- Solomon Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
The Albanese government's focus on strengthening Medicare has delivered both the Palmerston Medicare Urgent Care Clinic and now the Darwin Medicare Urgent Care Clinic, the latter of which opened...
- Budget (1 speech)
Labor's budget of broken promises delivers toxic taxes, destroys aspiration and saddles future generations with more debt and higher interest payments. Because this Labor government can't control...
- United Nations World Bicycle Day (1 speech)
'Woo hoo!'—that is the feeling of riding a bike. And today is UN world bike day. I know that the member for Perth is a regular cyclist and has ridden across our magnificent Boorloo Bridge...
- Tertiary Education and Training (1 speech)
If you're one of the three million Australians with a HECS debt, the amount that you owe the government went up this week. Log into myGov and check. Every year, HECS debts increase with...
- Macquarie Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
We all know that the traffic on Bells Line of Road is significantly higher due to the closure of Victoria Pass, and people like Ursula, Alex and others have told me that it's being felt by local...
- Budget (1 speech)
In his budget speech, the Treasurer said he was making the tax system 'fairer and stronger for workers, businesses, first home buyers and future generations'. He said that his government was...
- Wages and Salaries (1 speech)
I rise to welcome the Fair Work Commission's decision to raise the national minimum wage and award wages. Awards are not an abstract part of our industrial system. They are the legal baseline....
- Budget (1 speech)
There's a fun game that we like to play late at night on this side of the chamber, which is called 'spot the ever-deleting comments feed on Labor backbench socials'. The backbench has been...
- Wages and Salaries (1 speech)
This week we have seen a win for three million Australian workers, a win for workers at the core of our communities. The Fair Work Commission has lifted the minimum wage by 4.75 per cent, which...
- Budget (8 speeches)
'Yes. How hard is it? For the 50th time.' You remember—that's what the Prime Minister told Australians when asked if he would rule out changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax. He...
- Taxation (1 speech)
Through a budget built on broken promises and toxic taxes, Labor are pushing tax hikes onto millions of Australians, and they're doing it to pay for a spending addiction they can't control. The...
- Budget (2 speeches)
First home buyers have been playing the housing hunger games, where only investors survive and thrive—first home buyers in the arena, armed with a deposit and hope, up against dozens of...
- Housing (1 speech)
I want to talk to you about the Australian value of a fair go. My family migrated here in 1968. We came here for the Australian dream: a decent crack at homeownership, public health, public...
- Budget (5 speeches)
Last night on level two in the parliament, there were two vastly different events. One was held in the Channel 9 studios, and it was a celebration of the Sydney Morning Herald's 195 years of...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Regional Security (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Today we welcome the Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, Matthew Wale, to this place. Solomon Islands is a dear neighbour and an indispensable friend to...
- Economy (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Today's national accounts show that GDP per person went backwards in the March quarter for the 10th time out of 15 quarters under Labor. On Labor's watch,...
- Pacific Islands (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Pacific Island Affairs. How is the Albanese Labor government helping to deliver a safe, peaceful and prosperous Pacific?
- Taxation (6 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. This week economist Richard Holden described Labor's CGT changes as 'a productivity-seeking missile that identifies the most dynamic, highest growth, job-creating...
- Aukus (2 speeches)
My question is for the Deputy Prime Minister. Since coming to office, what progress has been made by the Albanese government to deliver Australia's future AUKUS submarines?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
Before I call the member for Warringah, I'll just do some acknowledgements briefly. I'm pleased to welcome in the distinguished visitors gallery today Her Excellency Mrs Sarojini Seeneevassen,...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Defence Properties (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In the 1980s, your Labor mentor Tom Uren fought to stop the Commonwealth from selling off HMAS Penguin at Balmoral. In 2021, you invoked Uren in parliament,...
- Economy (22 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. What does today's national accounts data tell us about the resilience of Australia's economy, and how does the government's economic agenda compare to other...
- Housing (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing. How is the Albanese Labor government helping more Australians into homeownership, and what results are we seeing from the five per cent deposit scheme?...
- Budget (10 speeches)
After that entrance, my question is to the Minister for Sport. There are over 70,000 community sporting clubs across Australia, many of which rely on donations from trusts. How many community...
- Vocational Education and Training (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Skills and Training. How is the Albanese Labor government's Key Apprenticeship Program supporting more tradies to build more homes, and what has been the...
- Taxation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer. Australia's not-for-profits' donors trusts, including non-government schools and churches, will now be impacted by Labor's minimum 30 per cent tax on...
- Wages and Salaries (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. How is the Albanese Labor government supporting working Australians after a decade of wages being kept deliberately low?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
I'm pleased to acknowledge in the House today, as the guests of the member for Braddon, Phil and Vicki Purnell. Honourable members: Hear, hear!
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Wealth (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. According to Oxfam, over the last year 17 more billionaires have been added to Australia's billionaires list, now at 178. Do you think that this time next...
- Paid Parental Leave Scheme (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?
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Seniors. Older Australians are dying on the waiting list for Support at Home packages. Does the minister take any responsibility for the more than...
- Cybersafety (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications. How is the Albanese Labor government helping to protect children from the dangers of online harm?
- Mining Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources. Minister, in the 1990s, whistleblower Jim Leggate blew the lid on non-remediated mine sites and foretold of an eventual cost in the billions of...
- Regional Australia (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and the Territories. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering real outcomes for regional Australia? What other...
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Questions in Writing (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, under standing order 105(b), I ask that you write to the Minister for Housing seeking reasons for the delay in answering question in writing number 156, which appeared on the Notice...
- Statements (0 speeches)
- 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.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Taxation (44 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 need for a tax back...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Human Rights Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present the committee's report entitled Human rights scrutiny report: report 6 of 2026. Report made a parliamentary paper in...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Budget (1 speech)
When sweeping changes are made to our tax system, those changes should be taken to the Australian people, prosecuted in an election or, at the very least, have the start date held off until the...
- Defence Facilities: Chemical Contamination (1 speech)
The announcement last week that the Commonwealth has commenced legal action against 3M Australia and the 3M company for allegedly withholding information and making false statements about the...
- Gender and Sexual Orientation (1 speech)
I commend my colleague the member for Lyne for bringing forward the Sex Discrimination Amendment (Sex-based Rights) Bill 2026 to reinstate the rights of women, which have been eroded since the...
- Cost of Living, Ulladulla: St Vincent de Paul Society, Gilmore Electorate: Emergency Relief Providers (1 speech)
As we move into the colder months, I know that families across my electorate of Gilmore are facing increased cost-of-living pressures, and many people are trying to cope with housing stress,...
- North Coast Line (1 speech)
If I'm not mistaken, it would have been about a dozen years ago—I believe it was at the Palmwoods pub—we had an LNP branch meeting. Those branch meetings are pretty action-packed...
- Veterans (1 speech)
The Albanese Labor government understands the grave responsibility of respecting and supporting those who serve our nation. We don't wrap ourselves in flags and go out with a bit of faux...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Wentworth Electorate: Volunteering, Wentworth Student-Led Social Cohesion Roundtable (1 speech)
I often say that this job brings me joy, and a big part of that joy is getting to see up close just how much volunteers do for our community. Last week was volunteer appreciation week, and I want...
- Bullwinkel Electorate: Environmental Conservation, Mundaring Firefighters School (1 speech)
Today I rise to express my sincere thanks to the federal Minister for the Environment and Water, Senator Murray Watt. He visited my electorate of Bullwinkel recently, and it was a privilege to...
- Have Your Say Day (1 speech)
On 20 May, high-school students from across Warringah came together for Have Your Say Day 2026, which is a youth led civics consultation event that is supported by Northern Beaches Council,...
- Housing (1 speech)
Housing affordability is one of the most important issues facing families in my electorate of Aston. For too many people in Melbourne's outer east, especially younger people, the dream of...
- Renewable Energy (1 speech)
I want to bring to the parliament's attention the human toll of this all renewables approach to this government's undertaking. Recently, I visited the Franzs and the Duffs just outside Jandowae....
- Windsor Community Children's Centre (1 speech)
I am absolutely delighted to be able to say that yesterday the Swinburne University senate council approved the sale of the Windsor Community Children's Centre site in the city of Stonnington...
- Riverina Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
A hearty shout out this morning to Noreen Vu, one of the best general managers in New South Wales if not local government in Australia. She has been in the news in recent days and I just wanted...
- North Coast Veteran and Family Hub (1 speech)
I'm very pleased to rise today to speak about the veterans and families hub in my electorate of Richmond. What's really exciting is that the hub is having its official opening very soon....
- Muir, Ms Hayley (1 speech)
I rise to recognise an outstanding young woman from Cranebrook in my electorate of Lindsay, Hayley Muir, whose remarkable achievements are inspiring the next generation of female athletes across...
- Holt Electorate: U3A Cranbourne, Vesak (1 speech)
I recently had the pleasure of visiting U3A Cranbourne, a wonderful local organisation based in Bowen Street, Cranbourne. U3A plays such an important role in our community by helping older...
- Budget (1 speech)
If you wanted to design a policy that puts more pressure on hospitals, increases the cost of living for retirees and slams Australians for taking responsibility for their own health care, you...
- Insurance Industry (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about a very sad story in my electorate of a particular couple, Mr and Mrs Athanasiou, an elderly Australian couple who came to my electorate with a dreadful story of their...
- Hansen, Mrs Moira Ann, OAM (1 speech)
On 26 May this year, Moira Hansen, OAM, a humble, kind and gracious lady, passed away at the age of 96 years. Moira was a much-loved member of the Maryborough community, and she'll be remembered...
- Store Menangle (1 speech)
Last Monday 25 May, our community woke up to the devastating news that the beloved Store Menangle was severely damaged by fire. The Store Menangle was based out of a historic building built in...
- Housing (1 speech)
Every Australian deserves a roof over their head. Every Australian deserves a place they can call home. It's more than just shelter from the elements, the weather and whatnot. A home is about...
- Ward, Ms Carmel, Poor, Ms Audrey (1 speech)
Over recent months, I've had the privilege of meeting with people across Moore who represent the best of our community. I want to acknowledge two of them today. The first is Carmel Ward, a...
- Renewable Energy (1 speech)
I'm going to start by quoting from the CSIRO's GenCost report, on page 55: There is a clear trend that decreasing emissions increases 2050 electricity costs. I will repeat that: There is a clear...
- Chisholm Electorate: Glen Waverley Toastmasters (1 speech)
I'd like everyone here in this chamber to take a moment and think back to the very first time you all rose to speak to deliver your first speech. I know many in this chamber are now polished...
- Dunn, Mr James Thomas, Homebase Youth Services (1 speech)
Today I rise to recognise the life and contribution of a remarkable local businessman, community leader and family man, Mr James Dunn, managing director of Expressway Spares, who, tragically,...
- Budget (2 speeches)
Reforms to negative gearing and capital gains tax announced in the budget are already changing lives for aspiring homeowners in my electorate of Dickson. I want to share the story of Kathleen, a...
- Bills (0 speeches)
