House debates
Wednesday, 24 June 2026
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 12 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on Monday 29 June 2026. The report will be...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Gas Industry (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the corrosive influence of the gas lobby. It's a very simple proposal: get gas lobbyists out of parliament. Ban them. It's that simple. Our politicians seem to be completely...
- Crossin, Ms Patricia Margaret (Trish), AM (1 speech)
I rise today to celebrate the life of Trish Crossin AM. On this day 28 years ago, Trish stood in the Senate to deliver her first speech, championing social justice, First Nations rights and the...
- Budget (1 speech)
Labor's disgraceful deal with the Greens hit the headlines spectacularly yesterday as the latest entry of an ever-increasing list of broken promises from this taxmaxxing treasurer and a prime...
- Drummond, Mr Don (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge the passing of a remarkable member of our community, Mr Don Drummond of Woodend. Don and his late wife, Sheila, were founding members of the re-established Woodend ALP...
- Clark Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
Over the past week or so, I've enjoyed celebrating some fabulous achievements in the Tasmanian community. For instance, on the weekend before last, I was privileged to be invited to Margaret...
- Wilson, Ms Margaret and Mr John (1 speech)
I want to recognise and thank Margaret and John Wilson, who retire this month after 22 years running the Branxton post office. In 2003 they moved from Sydney to Branxton and took on a business...
- Budget (1 speech)
The Prime Minister and every Labor member of this parliament went to the last election asking the Australian people to trust them. What has the Albanese Labor government given the Australian...
- Anniversary of the Battle of Binh Ba (1 speech)
Last Friday, I attended Robertson Barracks in my electorate of Solomon to attend the 5th/7th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment—or 5/7 RAR—parade commemorating the 57th...
- Parkes Electorate: King's Birthday Honours and Awards (1 speech)
This year's King's Birthday Honours list includes five people from the mighty Parkes electorate who live inspiring lives. They include Juley Clarke of Forbes, a teacher and founder of the Forbes...
- Budget (2 speeches)
There are over 22,000 small businesses in Menzies. They are the tradie in Doncaster who built his business from the back of a ute, the family running the restaurant in Box Hill that has fed the...
- Wages and Salaries (1 speech)
The Albanese government promised that we would back in our lowest paid workers—our retail workers, our hospitality, our care workers, the workers that keep our society moving—and we...
- Visas (1 speech)
Visitors in the gallery are about to see the rather combative nature of this place. I want to tell a story of something rather different, about when this place works and how that matters for...
- Housing (1 speech)
Twenty-one years old, first job, first home—that's not a fantasy. That is actually possible thanks to Labor's five per cent deposit scheme for first home buyers. Zeke and Emma from my...
- Budget (1 speech)
I appreciate the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has a lot on her plate with the avian flu situation at the moment—and I commend her for her work to ensure that we are, as...
- Early Childhood Education and Care (1 speech)
This country has always relied on early childhood educators, but you wouldn't know it from what they've been paid. Our government is changing that and last week committed a further $3.6 billion...
- Prime Minister (1 speech)
Australians have one simple question for this prime minister: when will the Prime Minister stop breaking his promises and actually start telling the truth to the Australian people? After four...
- Labor Government (3 speeches)
The housing market in Australia has been broken for too long, but this Labor government is taking action. The Albanese government is delivering a fairer tax system for working Australians so that...
- Budget (1 speech)
Before the last election, the Prime Minister ruled out changes to taxes not once, not twice, not three times. In his own words, he ruled out tax changes 50 times. The Prime Minister was clear as...
- Social Cohesion (2 speeches)
My family came to this country as a mix of migrants and refugees. Some spoke English; some didn't. Some held citizenships; some were stateless. But all of my family understood that the rights,...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Labor's wasteful spending is fuelling core inflation. Labor's taxes are punishing aspiration, and Australians have suffered the worst collapse in living...
- Australian War Memorial (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs. What does the official opening of the atrium and Anzac Hall at the Australian War Memorial last night mean for Australia's commemoration of...
- Economy (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Core inflation has risen from three per cent to 3.6 per cent over the last year. Under this Treasurer, interest rates have gone up 15 times, increasing the...
- Housing (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing. What action is the Albanese Labor government taking to help Australians into a home of their own? What policies would make homeownership harder for...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
I'm pleased to inform the House that in the gallery today is the Hon. Enver Erdogan, minister in the parliament of Victoria, and also participants of the Leadership Illawarra Program, a two-year...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Local Government (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Today, all of Australia's councils undertook the extraordinary step of writing to every federal parliamentarian to warn of the funding crisis affecting local...
- Cost of Living (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. What do today's inflation figures tell us about the cost-of-living pressures facing Australians? What action is the Albanese Labor government taking to help...
- Housing (13 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing. This morning, the Minister told the ABC that the housing sector was facing—
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
We're joined today by Councillor Sophie Tan, the mayor of the city of Greater Dandenong; Councillor Stefan Koomen, the mayor of the City of Casey; Councillor Bilal El-Hayek, the mayor of...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Wages and Salaries (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering higher wages? Who has stood in the way of higher wages for Australians?
- Prime Minister (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. A new report shows the Prime Minister saved around $200,000 on the sale of three investment properties under existing capital gains tax rules. In last...
- Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister update the House on the government's efforts to end violence against women and children?
- Prime Minister (11 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. A new report shows the Prime Minister saved around $200,000 on the sale of three investment properties under existing capital gains tax rules. In last...
- Australian Defence Force (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. How is the Albanese Labor government's investment in defence delivering well-paid, secure jobs after a wasted decade in the defence industry?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
Before I call the member for Mayo, I'll do my final welcomes for local government. We have Councillor Jeff Marriott from the Yarra Ranges Council, a delegation of Wellington Shire councillors...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Avian Influenza (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In South Australia, we're dealing with the effects of the algal bloom. It's now reported in the media that we have two suspected cases of H5N1 bird flu. Such...
- Defence Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering critical defence capability at the same time as creating jobs for Australians? How does this...
- Budget (11 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing. According to media reports, the Minister for Housing negatively geared an investment property, which was sold in 2023 for $1.375 million. In the last...
- Paid Parental Leave Scheme (6 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? What are the risks to this?
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. The government's Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Building Cooperative Workplaces No. 1) Bill 2026 would allow...
- Local Government (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering for local governments across Australia, and what...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
This is, I promise, my final local government representatives acknowledgement: Councillor Janet Swain from Byron Shire Council, Mayor Andrew McLeod from the District Council of Elliston and Mayor...
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 41 of 2025-26 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's performance audit report No. 41 of 2025-26 entitled Department of the Treasury's readiness to implement the Scams Prevention Framework: Department of the Treasury....
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (2 speeches)
(): I also present the report of the Parliamentary Service Commissioner, incorporating the report of the Parliamentary Service Merit Protection Commissioner, for 2024-25. Document made...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Data Centres (13 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Warringah proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The urgent need for the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Calare Electorate: Great Western Highway Upgrade (1 speech)
We are now more than 100 days into the catastrophic, indefinite closure of the Great Western Highway at Victoria Pass. This is no longer a short-term disruption. It's a drawn-out economic...
- Australian War Memorial, Defence Equipment (1 speech)
Yesterday was an unusual day, but a special day, for this parliament. The parliament was adjourned early so that we could all attend the opening of the new additions at the Australian War...
- Fuel Tax Credits Scheme, Australian Society (1 speech)
You might not have heard, but east coast activists are trying to get rid of the fuel tax credits that our farmers, freight companies, builders and fishers in the Forrest electorate depend on....
- Chisholm Electorate: Schools (2 speeches)
The importance of education has been instilled in me from my earliest years, and my time in Australia's education system as a student and then as a researcher and lecturer has given me an even...
- Rural, Regional and Remote Australia: Services (1 speech)
Yesterday I raised the alarm about the SA Labor government's failure to properly address birthing service shortages in Crystal Brook, Jamestown and Kapunda. Expecting mothers across the mid-north...
- Media, Budget (1 speech)
There is an old saying that, if you repeat something often enough, people will eventually accept it as fact. These days, that appears to be the business model of large sections of the political...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Disaster and Emergency Management (1 speech)
Six months ago, communities in my electorate were absolutely devastated by two fires that destroyed more than 300 homes and burnt hundreds of thousands of hectares. The impacts on the...
- Blair Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
Labor is the party of education. The Albanese Labor government is building the education infrastructure we need in my electorate and building a better and fairer education system from preschool...
- Cost of Living (1 speech)
In Fowler, more than 13,000 people rely on payments like JobSeeker and youth allowance. They are families in Prairiewood and Cabramatta. They are young people in Bonnyrigg and Liverpool. They are...
- Usher, Mr Ian (Pig) (1 speech)
Today, I want to give a massive shout-out to a Shoalhaven legend, Ian Usher—better known locally as 'Pig'—who has raised more than $2 million for charities. For more than 40 years,...
- Small Business, Moncrieff Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
Over the past two weeks, I've been out meeting with the hardworking small businesses that are the backbone of my local community. I had the pleasure of visiting Hudson and Rosie's Table, Nerang's...
- Gorton Electorate: Schools, Srilia Prabhupada Castle (1 speech)
Singing 'You are my Sunshine' in Auslan with the two-year-old class at Wattle Planet Early Learning Centre in Rockbank was definitely a highlight of my recent visit. The poster made by the...
- Walkden, Mr Ray Harman (Chalkie), Talarm Hall (1 speech)
Over the weekend, a legend of the Macleay celebrated a milestone birthday with family and friends. Mr Ray Harman Walkden turned 80, and, while I don't generally acknowledge birthdays in this...
- Cox, Henry, Ali, Mr Mohammed, OAM (1 speech)
Yesterday I met a brave young boy from my electorate, Henry Cox, and his mum, Phillippa. Henry, aged 12, is dealing resiliently with an incredibly debilitating and chronic skin condition, having...
- Budget (1 speech)
I rise today to add my voice to concerns about the thousands of older Australians facing significantly higher private health insurance costs under the Albanese Labor government's proposed cuts to...
- Menzies Electorate: Acknowledgements (1 speech)
A couple of weeks ago, I joined the Bulleen-Templestowe Basketball Club at their Big Freeze at the B to raise funds to fight MND. Coaches, clubs, volunteers and, yes, even their local federal MP...
- Mitchell Electorate: Telecommunications (1 speech)
I rise today to take up the series of complaints in my electorate about the Telstra coverage and ongoing service-related issues in relation to mobile phone reception in the Hills District. I...
- Personal Information and Privacy (1 speech)
This is a statement about a constituent who came to my office in August 2022 seeking assistance. He told me at that time that his privacy had been seriously breached and that he had been sexually...
- GenesisCare Rockhampton (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate GenesisCare Rockhampton on a very special milestone—10 years of caring for cancer patients in Central Queensland and more than 100,000 treatments delivered...
- Bowel Cancer (1 speech)
Some meetings change the way you see the world. This week I sat down with Melissa Dunmore, from Bacchus Marsh in our community, who travelled all the way to Canberra with Bowel Cancer Australia...
- Elouera Surf Life Saving Club (1 speech)
I'd like to congratulate all the award winners from Elouera Surf Life Saving Club on another fantastic year of achievement. Specifically, I'd like to celebrate the under-14 male beach relay...
- Budget (1 speech)
Recently, I welcomed the Treasurer of Australia, Dr Jim Chalmers, to the Central Coast upon invitation from Business NSW to participate in a business breakfast at the Mingara Recreation Club. The...
- Iran (1 speech)
I want to begin by saying how immensely proud I am to represent the third-largest Persian community in the country. I'm proud of their passion not only for our country, Australia, but for their...
- Hunter Electorate: Wine Industry (1 speech)
If you want to know what makes the Hunter so special, you definitely don't start with a brochure. You start with a glass of the world's finest. Back home, we've always known the Hunter makes the...
- Health Care (1 speech)
In my electorate of Cowper, we have the largest cohort of veterans in New South Wales. There are 9,000 veterans and their families in my electorate, and I talk to them regularly. We need to...
- Multiculturalism (2 speeches)
Two weeks ago, I attended Mary MacKillop College in my electorate of Sturt to witness a beautiful celebration of multiculturalism told through the stories of migration. Year 10 Mary MacKillop and...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Regional Ministerial Budget Statement (4 speeches)
I rise today to speak about a fundamental shift in how the government serves the people who live outside of our major cities. I represent the electorate of Bullwinkel, which of course has a...
