House debates
Monday, 22 June 2026
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Petitions Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 11 of the Standing Committee on Petitions. The report read as follows— HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PETITIONS COMMITTEE REPORT No. 11 Petitions a nd Ministerial Responses...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
I present the following petitions:
- Responses (1 speech)
I present the following ministerial responses:
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Employment (11 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) the dignity of work is a foundational value for the Government; (b) the Government is embarking on the biggest reforms to employment services in 30...
- Cost of Living (13 speeches)
This motion goes to one notion that is really effective in politics at the moment but also really destructive. It goes to the concept of trust. It goes to the concept of this government having...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Gambling Advertising (5 speeches)
I seek leave to move the following motion: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) gambling advertising causes significant health and financial harm to more than 3 million Australians every year;...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Combatting Illicit Tobacco Bill 2026; Second Reading (7 speeches)
Too little, too late. But, with so many of the policies brought forward by this Albanese Labor government, it is all too often too little, too late. The Combating Illicit Tobacco Bill 2026 is...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Budget (1 speech)
Last week I hosted an NDIS reform roundtable with participants, parents and local providers from across my electorate. What I heard was thoughtful, informed and constructive. Participants and...
- Housing (1 speech)
Last week I was entirely pleased to be able to go and visit a site where 49 new homes have come out of the ground. Prior to the election last year, I turned the sod there with Minister Clare...
- Budget (1 speech)
Labor's toxic taxes do not need a carve out; they need an axe. Just a month after budget night, their policies are already in tatters. The Prime Minister swore blind that he would not touch...
- Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence (1 speech)
I acknowledge the ongoing work of Charlie King and Rob Cross from CatholicCare NT and their NO MORE campaign, which is helping to build safer communities right across the Northern Territory. For...
- Waverley Park Homestead Art Gallery (1 speech)
Last week I attended Waverley Park Homestead at Willunga. This is part of the Willunga National Trust assets, and they have an art gallery there. I have been there many times and it is glorious....
- Health Care, Taxation (1 speech)
Last week I stopped by the Essendon Health Medical Centre, one of the many clinics across Maribyrnong that is now fully bulk-billing. In fact, under our government, we have doubled the number of...
- Budget (1 speech)
Last week, Labor was forced into yet another backflip. After six weeks of defending its budget, the government suddenly discovered what Australians already knew: this budget is flawed. It is...
- Bowel Cancer (1 speech)
There's a group of people in parliament today raising awareness about early-onset bowel cancer. I met with Mieke and Andrew, two young people who've each battled early-onset bowel cancer. Their...
- Budget (1 speech)
If you incinerate the Christmas ham, it does not matter how neatly you try to carve it; you cannot save it. It belongs in the bin, just like Labor's budget—broken, unpopular and completely...
- Housing (1 speech)
Labor believes security starts with a home, and peace of mind starts with health care. We are delivering social and affordable homes—539 homes in Hasluck alone. They're all around precincts...
- Taxation (1 speech)
Labor's toxic taxes don't need a tweak, a carve-out or another Canberra fix; they need the axe. You don't fix a bad tax by making it more complicated; you scrap it. Let me tell you about Vince, a...
- Health Care (1 speech)
Across Griffith, people want health care they can rely on close to home and within the family budget. They want cheaper scripts, easier access to a GP and confidence that their Medicare card has...
- Budget (1 speech)
You would have heard us talk a lot about Labor's toxic taxes. The key part of the toxicity of these taxes is the impact that they're having on investment. This should have been known by Labor,...
- Medicare (1 speech)
The most recent bulk-billing data is in, and it is really clear and obvious to all of us that Labor's reforms—our tripling of the Medicare bulk-billing incentive and the way in which we've...
- Budget (1 speech)
Last Wednesday, I hosted a small business roundtable in my Surfers Paradise office to bring together local business leaders, and I wish to acknowledge Anne Nalder, Laura Younger, Kelsey Taylor,...
- Australian Labor Party (1 speech)
Sliding doors—these are moments in your life when you realise that your life could have changed quite significantly. My mum and dad grew up in Kenya, and my dad had six brothers and...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
Who said this? 'If successful, I'm determined to restore a greater sense of responsibility to the office of prime minister, a deeper respect for the Australian people and for the integrity of our...
- Health Care (1 speech)
When Medicare works, people notice, not of because a headline or an announcement but because they can see a doctor when they need one close to home and don't have to worry about the cost. I...
- Small Business (1 speech)
Every day, Australian self-starters wake up to build a better future and a better small business for themselves and their communities. We should want them to get ahead, and we should want a...
- Media: NBN (2 speeches)
Last night marked the end of an era for the Hunter. Since 1962, NBN television has been telling our stories, connecting our community and shining a light on local issues. Last night, NBN'S final...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister was humiliated into changing his position on his toxic taxes just 38 days after his budget of broken promises. Despite this Olympic-level...
- Housing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the Albanese Labor government backing the aspiration of more Australians to get ahead and own a home of their own? How does the government's housing...
- Capital Gains Tax (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that Australia will have the highest tax rate on real capital gains in the world?
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. How is the Albanese Labor government helping with the cost of living and helping Australians get ahead? How does that compare to other approaches?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
I'm pleased to inform the House that in the gallery today, in their red and white T-shirts, are representatives of Bowel Cancer Australia along with a delegation of patient advocates, reminding...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Veterans (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs. As you know, our veterans deserve the very best care our country can provide. Bathurst RSL Sub Branch have submitted a proposal for a...
- Fuel (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. How is the Albanese Labor government acting to keep fuel supplies flowing? And how will...
- Albanese Government (21 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, can you confirm that, even after the budget backflip, during your time in office the Albanese Labor government has been the highest-taxing...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
It is local government week, so that means we're going to give a shoutout to some local representatives. I'd like to do that now, because they've come to the parliament, and I want to recognise...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Fuel Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. How has the Albanese Labor government acted to strengthen Australia's fuel security and shield Australians from the impacts of the...
- Capital Gains Tax (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that businesses of all sizes will lose the existing 50 per cent capital gains tax discount across all assets?
- Housing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing. How is the Albanese Labor government helping more Australians achieve the dream of homeownership, and how will the government's approach benefit more...
- Budget (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister advise whether a bricklayer who comes up with a faster way to lay bricks, a farmer who comes up with a more efficient way to harvest...
- Avian Influenza (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. What updates are there on the detection of H5 bird flu in Western Australia? How has the Albanese Labor government been...
- Banking and Financial Services (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Regional communities are often the last to get and the first to lose. The Bank closures in regional Australia report was tabled in May 2024. There are 596...
- Defence: Over-the-Horizon Radar (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. How will today's historic signing of Australia's largest ever defence export to Canada deliver high-paid secure jobs in defence industry?
- Taxation (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister has said, time and time again, that he has changed his position on his toxic taxes, yet those taxes on savings, investments, housing and...
- Wages and Salaries (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. How is the Albanese Labor government supporting Australians to earn more, and what are the risks to Australians' wages?
- Budget (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, the capital gains tax and negative gearing changes announced in the May budget were significant and market-sensitive measures—so...
- Early Childhood Education and Care (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. How is the Albanese Labor government supporting early educators while keeping costs down for parents? What has been the response?
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Questions in Writing (2 speeches)
In accordance with standing order 105(b), I wish to draw your attention to multiple overdue questions in writing: questions 140, 146 and 161. I ask that you write to the Treasurer and the...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Reports Nos 37 to 40 of 2025-26 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's reports Nos 37 to 40 for 2025-26. Details of the reports will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings. Documents made parliamentary papers.
- 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.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Combatting Illicit Tobacco Bill 2026; Second Reading (25 speeches)
I rise to speak in support of the Combatting Illicit Tobacco Bill 2026. This legislation responds to a problem that has changed rapidly in recent years. Illicit tobacco is no longer a problem on...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
I'd like to take this opportunity today to raise a really serious matter and one of really high importance. Last week, I met with the homicide at home project team at Melbourne university. This...
- McPherson Electorate: Business, McPherson Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about the future of enterprise and infrastructure on the Gold Coast. It was a pleasure recently to welcome Aaron Violi, the shadow minister for the digital economy,...
- Housing (1 speech)
I rise to speak about housing and, in particular, the stark difference in approaches to housing between this Labor government and the LNP state government and the impact that's having in my...
- Men's Health Week (1 speech)
Last week was Men's Health Week, an important acknowledgement of the need to break the stigma that prevents men from seeking help when they need it. The week challenges the 'tough it out'...
- One Nation (1 speech)
We may not be able to recite, line and verse, the tale of the Trojan Horse, but we get the gist—a gift that proved not to be a gift at all but a deception aimed at those tired of fighting....
- Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games (3 speeches)
Speaker, in just a few short years, in 2032, the community that you represent, the community that I represent and the community that the member for Fisher represents will get the opportunity to...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Migration (1 speech)
There's no shortage of loud voices in this parliament on migration. Migration is being targeted as an easy scapegoat for all our challenges, despite the long history of its successful...
- Burt Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
It's great to see wonderful WA representation across all sides of the chamber this morning. A future made in Australia means better jobs for our community, using our resources, knowledge and...
- Mallee Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
Your postcode shouldn't decide whether you can see a doctor, whether your child receives care or whether a loved one survives, but, in Mallee, too often that is the brutal reality. From Mildura...
- Men's Health Week (1 speech)
Earlier this week I got to play basketball, and, given my prodigious height, this was quite a sight! I did it for a great cause with some of my good mates, the member for Macnamara and the member...
- Veterans (1 speech)
There's a dangerous disconnect between Labor balancing its budget on a spreadsheet and veterans paying the price in blood. Through shrapnel tearing flesh, the concussive shock waves of roadside...
- Concord Midwifery Group Practice (1 speech)
Like so many other first-time parents, I am deeply indebted to the midwives who helped me through the birth of my son. I could not thank the midwives at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital enough...
- Outback Way (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on what is affectionately known as Australia's longest shortcut, the Outback Way. This route links Laverton, in the northern Goldfields of Western Australia, to Winton, in...
- Housing, Kowen Trail Run (1 speech)
Last week I joined the Prime Minister and housing minister at the North Canberra suburb of Jacka. Jacka is named after Albert Jacka, the first Australian to receive the Victoria Cross. Before he...
- Goldstein Electorate: King's Birthday Honours and Awards, Goldstein Electorate: Disability Services (1 speech)
The King's Birthday honours remind us of the incredible contributors in our community and the wonderful work that they do each year. Goldstein is the home of many recipients, including Associate...
- Labor Government (2 speeches)
Just like our valiant Socceroos, this Albanese government is kicking goals, and in Hasluck that means health, it means housing and it means opportunity. In Hasluck, we have now committed to and...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Medicare (13 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes the latest bulk billing data for the March quarter 2025-26 shows bulk billing has increased in every state and territory; (2) commends the Government's record...
- Manufacturing Industry (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) Australian manufacturing: (i) has undergone significant transformation over the past few decades; (ii) is a hub for research and development, capital...
- Wine Industry (10 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises that: (a) the Australian grape and wine sector is a major contributor to Australia's economy and to rural and regional communities; (b) the wine industry...
- Electric Vehicles (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges that the Government has taken decisive action to support Australians into cheaper to run cars through the Treasury Laws Amendment (Electric Car Discount)...
- Superannuation (5 speeches)
I move: That this House notes that: (1) superannuation belongs to Australians for their retirement, and as such death benefit and other payouts should be processed without delay by superannuation...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Gas Industry: Taxation (1 speech)
(): The Australian people want the government to put its foot on the gas and deliver a fair return from our gas exports. In the past five years, Australia has shipped enough gas...
- Moreton Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
Arabella grew up watching her family volunteer across generations and now does so herself. Geoff is part of the very famous Grumpy Old Men, a support group for blokes in my local electorate that...
- Superannuation (1 speech)
Last week, it was reported that, since 2020, Canadian pension funds have invested more in Australian renewable energy projects than Australia's largest 30 super funds—over $400 million...
- Hart, Mr Richard (1 speech)
I rise today to recognise Richard Hart, who has been a volunteer with the New South Wales State Emergency Service in my electorate of Whitlam for the past 42 years. I was honoured to attend the...
- Brunswick Junction Community Men's Shed Inc. (1 speech)
I got a very warm welcome on a very cold morning when I visited the Brunswick community men's shed back in April. Operating an organisation like this most days of the week is no small task for a...
- McDonald, Mr Colin, KC (1 speech)
I was honoured to attend and to speak at a celebration for Colin McDonald KC at Melaleuca Australia. We recognised his service and his contribution, particularly to the refugee community. Colin...
- Rural, Regional and Remote Australia: Services, Medical Workforce (1 speech)
The further away you live from a city, the shorter your life expectancy—that's the shocking truth about Australian health care. The fact is that people in remote areas are dying 15 years...
- Bonner Electorate: King's Birthday Honours and Awards (1 speech)
Today I rise to acknowledge three outstanding members of the Bonner community who have been recognised in the 2026 King's Birthday honours. These honours recognise Australians who have made an...
- Cameron Baird Foundation (1 speech)
8231781. Corporal Cameron Baird VC MG was Australia's 100th Victoria Cross recipient. He was born on 7 June 1981 and killed in battle 22 June 2013, on this very day. Today his family launched the...
- Country Universities Centre Southern Shoalhaven (1 speech)
The Country Universities Centre Southern Shoalhaven at Ulladulla was absolutely buzzing when I popped in to meet the new manager, Dr Erika Schwarze, last week. It was a great chance to chat to...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
In 2019, Labor infamously stated, 'If you don't like our policies, don't vote for us.' And guess what? Australians didn't. Currently they hold a 94-seat majority in the House. But I could make a...
- Sturt Electorate: King's Birthday Honours and Awards (1 speech)
What do Mr Salvatore Ciccarello, Professor David Findlay, Dr Julja Szuster, Mr Raymond Tanner, Professor Jozef Gecz, the Hon. Rob Kerin, Professor Michael Young, Ms Joanne Hill, Dr Noemi Horvath,...
- Western Australia: Energy (1 speech)
Our nation stands at a defining moment in energy policy, and O'Connor's regional communities are at its heart. For more than a century, Collie coal has powered Western Australia—built on...
- Howard, Mr Barry (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to a remarkable constituent from Bullwinkel, Barry Howard, who recently passed away after a courageous battle with motor neurone disease. He utilised the WA law of...
- Curtin Electorate: Australian Society (1 speech)
Every month when I go doorknocking, I ask the people of Curtin to give me three words to describe the Australia they want to live in. These are the words that I hear the most often: fair, safe,...
- Men's Health Week (1 speech)
Last week was Men's Health Week. It's an important week in the calendar for Melbourne's western suburbs. We're a community full of men who play a vital role in our community—fathers, sons,...
- Ilhan, Ms Patricia (Trish) (1 speech)
Today I rise to pay tribute to the life of Patricia Ilhan, a mother, philanthropist and woman of extraordinary gifts. I first met Trish many years ago when I first ran for parliament. She was a...
- Veneto Club (1 speech)
Buona sera, Deputy Speaker Swanson. The Veneto Club has been an institution in my community of Bulleen for over 50 years. It's a hub not just for people from the Veneto region of Italy and our...
- Casey Hospital (1 speech)
Back in 2019, I caught up with members of the Animal Justice Party because we'd worked together to ban cosmetic testing on animals, and there was a little bit of a celebration in Berwick. They're...
- Education (1 speech)
One thing that I've witnessed in coming to the parliament is that, whilst talent is spread evenly, opportunity is not. From the moment that I was elected, I have absolutely stood by my community...
- Budget (1 speech)
No number of carve-outs can fix a bad tax. The only solution is to scrap it, and that's never been clearer than it is today with Labor's toxic taxes. I've heard from a 73-year-old widow on...
- Bowel Cancer (1 speech)
Bowel cancer is one of those things that a lot of people don't like talking about. It's not exactly the best pub conversation, but the truth is it affects thousands of Aussie families every year...
- Budget (1 speech)
I want to thank the Leader of the Nationals, Senator Matt Canavan, for visiting the Hinkler electorate last week. Together we hosted small-business and agricultural roundtables amid rising...
- Bus Stop Films (1 speech)
I rise to celebrate Boss Cat, the first feature film from Bus Stop Films. Bus Stop Films is a disability-led, not-for-profit social enterprise. It has a large reach across the nation, but I'm...
- Australian Cultural Fund (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the growing lack of accountability within this government and its funded bodies. When government promises something, Australians expect it to deliver. And when taxpayer dollars...
- Blair Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
An upgrade to the Mount Crosby interchange on the Warrego Highway is critical to the lives, lifestyle and livelihoods of the people of Ipswich. Last night, I was appalled to hear media reports...
- Bowel Cancer (1 speech)
Today, I was delighted and honoured to meet with bowel cancer survivors Tegan and Scott, who are here with us in the Federation Chamber. I know Tegan very well because she's from my electorate;...
- NBN News (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the devastating cuts being inflicted on our local NBN News following its takeover by WIN Television. For generations, NBN News has been much more than a television bulletin;...
- Dawson Electorate: Volunteering (1 speech)
Picture the moment the emergency pager starts beeping at two in the morning. Somewhere in Alligator Creek, near Townsville, a rural firey is pulling on their boots to protect a neighbour in need....
- Mental Health (2 speeches)
I love doorknocking in Swan. Last week, we were doorknocking in Cannington, and the team met a fabulous woman called Laura, who is a phenomenal mental health advocate. Laura works for Consumers...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Active Transport Fund (11 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) commends the Government for its ongoing commitment to improving road safety for vulnerable road users and fostering more connected, liveable communities through...
- Veterans (18 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes the: (a) Government's decisions in the 2026-27 budget which fail to adequately support Australia's veterans and their families; and (b) introduction of a $5,000...
- Security and Defence Partnership between the Commonwealth of Australia and the European Union (5 speeches)
As Australians tune in to the FIFA World Cup, we are reminded of something simple but powerful: no team succeeds alone. You need a strong defence. You need discipline. You need trust between...
- Local Government (10 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that local government; (a) is a critical tier of government in Australia that deserves the trust of the Government; and (b) employs more than 213,000 local...
- Budget (7 speeches)
Housing is one of the great challenges facing our country. It is a challenge I hear about every week in Holt. I hear it from young people who are working hard and saving carefully but still feel...
- Allen, Dr Katrina Jane (Katie) (8 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes the passing of former Member for Higgins, Dr Katrina 'Katie' Allen, at the age of 59; (2) acknowledges: (a) Dr Allen's distinguished service to the Australian...
