House debates
Monday, 29 June 2026
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Petitions Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the 12th report of the Standing Committee on Petitions for the 48th parliament. The report read as follows— HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PETITIONS COMMITTEE REPORT No. 12 Ministerial...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Responses (1 speech)
I present the following six ministerial responses to petitions presented previously:
- Statements (1 speech)
There are currently 107 petitions open for signatures on the House e-petitions website. Petitions continue to cover a range of topics, including tax reform, veterans' affairs, private health...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Taxation (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) condemns the Government for using sneaky and dishonest tactics to impose higher taxes on Australians, including new and increased taxes that make it harder for...
- Health Care (12 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) welcomes the Government delivering on its promise to open an additional 50 Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, with all 137 Medicare Urgent Care Clinics now operating...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Education Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Education, I present the committee's report, incorporating dissenting reports, entitled Security and prosperity in Asia: building Asia capability in...
- Education Committee; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
I move: That the order of the day be referred to the Federation Chamber for debate. Question agreed to.
- Economics Committee; Report (5 speeches)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Economics, I present the committee's report entitled A level paying field: report on the inquiry into schemes, digital wallets and innovation in the...
- Economics Committee; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
I move: That the order of the day be referred to the Federation Chamber for debate. Question agreed to.
- Public Works Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, I present the committee's report Report 4/2026referral made in March 2026. Report made a parliamentary paper in accordance with...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Infrastructure (1 speech)
(): I once had a dream of our country so grand Where rivers outback irrigated the land With dams and canals in that wasteland out there And big inland cities with work everywhere...
- Tibet Lobby Day (1 speech)
Today marks Tibet Lobby Day, a day to recognise the rights of the people of Tibet to freedom of expression and practise of faith and culture. I've had the extraordinary privilege to have met the...
- Rotary District 9800 (1 speech)
This weekend I had the privilege of attending the Rotary International District 9800 changeover in Melbourne. District 9800 encompasses 64 clubs from Melbourne to Echuca. It was an honour to hear...
- Solar Sharer Offer (1 speech)
The Albanese Labor government believes that no-one should miss out on the benefits of cheaper, cleaner energy simply because they rent, live in an apartment or cannot afford to install rooftop...
- Indi Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
Regional Australians are tired of hearing promises that things will get better while essential services continue to fall behind. While the Commonwealth commits hundreds of millions to build and...
- Workplace Relations: Aviation Industry (1 speech)
I'm a proud member of the Transport Workers' Union, and I'm proud that this Albanese Labor government has worked hand in hand with transport workers and the TWU to deliver real change. Across the...
- Budget (3 speeches)
As Labor rammed their toxic taxes through parliament last week, we learnt of their secret widow tax. Labor have not only attacked young people, senior Australians, small-business owners, farmers...
- Australian Defence Force (1 speech)
I recently completed the Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program by spending a week living on HMAS Stirling base in Western Australia. The theme of the week was excellence, in the sense...
- Taxation (1 speech)
This week, Australians are being asked to believe Labor on tax—again. Yesterday, on my way to Canberra, I saw the headline, 'Treasurer Jim Chalmers promises to "fix" property tax oversight...
- Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
The weeks and months after my Henry was born are still clear in my mind: first smile, tiny toes, sleepless nights, continuous feeding, first cold and first injections. Joy. Stress. Love. Fear....
- Budget (1 speech)
Spare some thought for the Treasurer. It's been nearly 50 days since he stood here at this dispatch box and handed down one of the most poorly received budgets in the history of our Commonwealth....
- Paid Parental Leave Scheme (1 speech)
From 1 July, the Albanese Labor government will extend government funded paid parental leave to six months. This means a lot to me. My little boy, Ilija, turned one this month. I still remember...
- Prime Minister (1 speech)
Today is brought to you by the numbers 50, 97, 275 and 385, because who promised to bring power bills down by $275 but this Prime Minister? How many times was that promise made? Ninety-seven...
- Paid Parental Leave Scheme (1 speech)
It was like yesterday when I heard the news that I was about to become a parent. I'll never forget looking at my husband sitting opposite me as we saw two hearts beat. We were both thrilled and,...
- Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (1 speech)
The Victorian Labor government's blind eye to corruption on the Big Build has been detailed time and time again through the work of the Nine newspapers, the Queensland Commission of Inquiry into...
- Energy (1 speech)
In a recent speech, the opposition leader said, 'Labor's claim that Australia can be a renewable energy superpower is a utopian fantasy divorced from reality, but Australia can be an energy...
- Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 1) Bill 2026 (1 speech)
Australians all know Labor can't manage money and that's why they're coming after theirs. Through a rushed two-day inquiry on the bill, a new tax was discovered, the widow's tax, where a change...
- Liberal Party of Australia (2 speeches)
The Liberal Party says that it needs a refresh or a rebrand, but this isn't a branding problem. It's a listening problem. They've had their own review after review. They've changed their position...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- International Relations: Australia and Vanuatu (2 speeches)
On behalf of the parliament, I welcome Prime Minister Napat and his delegation to Australia. Honourable members: Hear, hear! You are most welcome here. Australia and Vanuatu are, of course, both...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Budget (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Labor's toxic taxes have been rushed through the parliament. As a result, thousands of Australian women—including widows, divorcees and victims of...
- Pacific Islands (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Pacific Island Affairs. How is the Albanese Labor government building relationships that help deliver a safe, peaceful and prosperous Pacific and support...
- Budget (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Treasurer has promised to fix Labor's new tax on widows, divorcees and victims of family and domestic violence, but he can't say how and he can't say...
- Cybersafety (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the Albanese Labor government strengthening Australia's world-leading social media ban, protecting children from online harm and ensuring social media...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
I'm pleased to inform the House that present in the gallery today are winners of the 2026 House of Representatives Yarning competition, which is an exciting opportunity for Aboriginal and Torres...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Environment, Heritage Listing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water. Minister, the EPBC Act effectively dispossesses the people who have lived and loved their land for...
- Cybersafety (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications. How is the Albanese Labor government strengthening Australia's world-leading social media laws to hold big tech to account?
- Housing (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing. As a result of Labor's betrayal of trust on housing taxes, auction clearance rates are plummeting across the country. With demand collapsing in the...
- Cost of Living (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. How is the Albanese Labor government helping with cost of living and helping Australians get ahead, and how does that compare to other approaches?
- Housing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing. Last week, the minister admitted the value of an Australian home could collapse by up to 20 per cent because of Labor's toxic taxes on housing. Does...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Workplace Relations. How is the Albanese government delivering a better deal for working Australians?
- Housing (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing. Last week the minister said: We see periods of very significant house price growth and then we see the market make a correction, and that's what we're...
- Paid Parental Leave (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering on our commitment to strengthen paid parental leave? Why is this so important, and what are the...
- Cybersafety (2 speeches)
My question is for the Minister for Communications. I commend the government for committing to a digital duty of care. Fifteen years ago, we had no idea about the harms that social media would...
- Cost of Living (2 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services. What steps are being taken by the Albanese Labor government to deliver real change and protect Australians from...
- Housing (20 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing. Does the minister know how many first home buyers now owe more money than their home is worth?
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. How is the Albanese Labor government making medicines cheaper for all Australians, and how are new medicines being listed on the PBS changing...
- Water (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water. As the local member representing the vast majority of the southern Murray-Darling Basin, I ask that this...
- Australian Society (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Multicultural Affairs. What is the Albanese Labor government going to do to ensure that every Australian, no matter where they come from, has the opportunity to...
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- FIFA World Cup (2 speeches)
on indulgence—At about 2 o'clock on Friday arvo, Australia breathed again. That second half, where our country had stopped for the Socceroos, where we just hoped that they'd hung on,...
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Worthington, Dr Glenn (1 speech)
Before members go, I have a short statement to make. One of our longest serving senior parliamentary officers, Dr Glenn Worthington, will be retiring this week. Many of you would know Glenn,...
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Reports Nos 43 and 44 of 2025-26 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's reports Nos 43 and 44 for 2025-26, Artificial intelligence use in IP Australia: IP Australia and Delivery of the Urban Rivers and Catchments Program: Department of...
- 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.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Renewable Energy, My First Speech Competition (3 speeches)
The Portland Observer is a very, very good newspaper in my electorate. It's a fantastic publication. Everyone will remember Portland—they may or may not—because that's where the...
- Budget (1 speech)
I echo the fine words of the member for Wannon and I too recommend that young people enter the My First Speech competition. It is a wondrous thing, and so many entrants have gone on to make...
- Hartley, Dr Donald, Mulligan, Dr Kenneth, Webster, Dr Philip (1 speech)
I rise tonight as both member for Mallee and shadow minister for regional health to pay tribute to three amazing doctors in my electorate. The first one I want to speak about is Don Hartley. Don...
- Housing (1 speech)
It has been one year since Australians re-elected the Albanese Labor government for a second term. With such a significant majority, we now cross into the other side of the chamber, and with that...
- Hinkler Electorate: Acknowledgements (1 speech)
The Fraser Coast, particularly Hervey Bay, is often labelled as a place only for retirees and tourists. While my community is immensely proud to be the perfect location when it comes to lifestyle...
- One Nation (1 speech)
Australia is facing real challenges. Families are feeling pressure from the cost of living, and young people are worried about housing affordability. Communities expect governments to strengthen...
- Wright, Mr Edward (Bruce) OAM (1 speech)
Bruce Wright was given a much deserved sapphire pin to go with his Paul Harris Fellow. He started the Tumbarumba High School and Tumbarumba Rotary Club's Kokoda Track back in 2006 with Grant...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Waves Without Waste Expo (1 speech)
I recently hosted the Waves Without Waste Expo in Warriewood on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, bringing together our community to tackle the problem of plastic pollution. In Mackellar we know...
- Tibet (2 speeches)
As the member for Macquarie, it has been my privilege to get to know members of the Tibetan community in the Blue Mountains over many years, people like Kunchok and his son Tenzin. Kunchok's own...
- Stewart, Ms Leah, Water Safety (1 speech)
Our community continues to hold Leah Stewart and her family in our thoughts, following the shark attack at Coogee earlier this month. Leah was swimming in the middle of the day, right between the...
- 2026 Special Olympics Australia National Games (1 speech)
(): I rise today to recognise a truly remarkable milestone. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Special Olympics Australia. For five decades, this extraordinary organisation has...
- Paid Parental Leave (1 speech)
This Wednesday will be a big day for Australian families. It's the day they will have access to six months of government funded paid parental leave. This is a proud Labor reform, and it is one...
- Durack Electorate: King's Birthday Honours and Awards, Baynton West Primary School, Western Australia: Public Transport (1 speech)
I'm very proud to advise the House that, earlier this month, seven Australians from my electorate of Durack received a King's birthday honour. Congratulations to Robert Gillam and the honourable...
- Housing (1 speech)
For most Australians, a home is more than just a roof over our heads; it is a place of safety, security and belonging. Yet, today, for many people across Australia, owning or even renting a home...
- McPherson Electorate: Community Organisations (1 speech)
I rise today to recognise two parts of our southern Gold Coast community that, in many very different ways, bring people together and make McPherson such a special place to live. Recently I had...
- Paid Parental Leave (2 speeches)
The first months with your child are precious, but a time that is supposed to be full of joy can also be a time of stress and financial pressure. That's why the Albanese government is continuing...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Plastic Waste (8 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) Australia is among the highest producers of single-use plastic waste per capita in the world; (b) the majority of plastic waste is sent to landfill,...
- Paid Parental Leave (11 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) from 1 July 2026, families will be eligible to receive 130 days of Parental Leave Pay, an increase from the current 120 days; (b) from 1 July 2025,...
- Housing (8 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes the: (a) Government is reducing housing supply in the midst of a housing supply crisis; (b) Government's higher taxes will lead to 35,000 fewer homes, higher...
- Early Childhood Education (11 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) commends the Government for locking in the 15 per cent pay rise for early childhood educators, investing a further $3.6 billion over the next two years; (2)...
- Aged Care (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) acknowledges that the Government is failing older Australians with the transition to the new Support at Home aged care program; (2) recognises the widespread...
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Private Health Insurance (1 speech)
I rise to add my voice to the growing chorus of Australians against the government's proposed changes in the budget to private health insurance rebates. This bad economic policy, bad health...
- Baker, Mr Bruce (1 speech)
Dear friends, with a very heavy heart, I wish to share that my dear friend and my first Australian neighbour, Uncle Bruce, has passed away from mesothelioma. Last year I spoke about Uncle Bruce....
- Federal Election (1 speech)
One of the notable aspects of the 2025 election was the appalling behaviour that I witnessed on polling booths, and right at the centre of this were members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian...
- Butler, Mr Joey (1 speech)
The Hunter is full of good, great people who quietly make a difference every single day. One of those blokes is Joey Butler from Branxton. I'm proud to recognise Joey after he was named the 2026...
- Parliament of Queensland (1 speech)
It's a historic day in Queensland. North Queensland, which is, arguably, 3,000 kilometres from Brisbane, has lost a seat in parliament. It's been taken off North Queensland and given to Brisbane,...
- Kiara College (1 speech)
Kiara College is a high school in my electorate, and it is scoring goals across many areas, with specialist programs in agriculture, music, specialised learning, STEM, performing arts and...
- Fowler Electorate: Australia's Biggest Morning Tea (1 speech)
A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of attending Australia's Biggest Morning Tea, the Cancer Council's flagship fundraiser, in our community across Fairfield and Liverpool. As a breast cancer...
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
This morning Australians woke to the devastating news of another woman murdered on the Gold Coast. She is the 34th Australian woman killed this year. Violence against women is a national scourge,...
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (1 speech)
This Labor government's always happy to stand in front of a camera and announce the new medicines that it's adding to the PBS. You know what? Those new listings should be celebrated. Even as...
- King's Birthday Honours and Awards (1 speech)
This year's King's Birthday Honours List recognised the achievements of 949 Australians for service to their communities and public service to the arts, science and sport. My electorate of Hughes...
- Mental Health: Youth (1 speech)
As I said earlier today in this place, all Australians have the right to be proud of being either a woman or a man. We would be failing so many men and boys throughout our nation if we did not...
- Bowel Cancer (1 speech)
Last week I met with Georgie Cauchi from Palmerston, part of my electorate of Solomon, who was in Canberra for Bowel Cancer Australia's Call on Canberra campaign. In 2022, at just 30 years old,...
- Malcolm, Mrs Gwenda Louise (1 speech)
I want to talk about a wonderful woman. Gwenda Louise Malcolm, known as Gwen, born on 8 May 1944, sadly passed away this last Saturday, 27 June 2026, having been diagnosed just 18 days earlier...
- Magill Sunrise Rotary Club, Davis, Mr Lindsay (1 speech)
Yesterday, I attended the changeover lunch for the Magill Sunrise Rotary Club in my electorate of Sturt. The lunch celebrated the incredible dedication of Pauline Hill, who served two consecutive...
- Online Safety (1 speech)
The announcement of Labor's new $99 million fine against social media companies that are found in breach of the minimum-age law is just another example of Labor's age-old strategy of divert,...
- Peakhurst Park Community Centre (1 speech)
On 12 June, it was my pleasure to officially open the Peakhurst Park Community Centre alongside representatives from Georges River Council and many community leaders. The new centre is a facility...
- Australian Capacity Investment Scheme (1 speech)
Most people have never heard of the Capacity Investment Scheme but it's an absolute pillar of net zero. This scheme guarantees revenue for selected solar, wind and battery projects. Now, when...
- Australian Society (1 speech)
I'm reading this on behalf of Phoenix Bailie, who joins me here as a year-10 student undertaking work experience from my electorate of Gilmore. Phoenix says: 'I'm incredibly grateful to be...
- Indi Electorate: Sport (1 speech)
Well, the new netball courts at Sandy Creek Recreation Reserve are open. Sandy Creek is the MCG of the north and the scene of many famous country netball and football grand finals over the years....
- Creighton, Mr John Herman (Wombat Man) (1 speech)
I rise today to recognise a much-loved figure in our community, John, who is also known as 'Wombat Man' in the Southern Highlands region of my electorate of Whitlam. John was born in New Orleans...
- Capricornia Electorate: Rockhampton Orchid Society (1 speech)
I rise today to share my deep gratitude to the Rockhampton Orchid Society, a group that has been a vibrant part of the Central Queensland community since 1955. It was a true honour to be...
- Social Media (1 speech)
Today I want to talk about 'angertainment'. It's what makes social media so addictive and dangerous. It's why 'doomscrolling' makes you angry, depressed and isolated. Evolution has made fear and...
- Cook Electorate: Zara Newton (1 speech)
I want to congratulate a remarkable young student, Zara Newton, from Jannali East Public School. Zara recently broke the under-eights 50-metre freestyle record, a record that had stood for over...
- Griffith Electorate: Gender and Sexual Orientation (1 speech)
One of the most special things about Griffith is that ours is a community where people look after one another, including those who work every day to support our LGBTQIA+ people to live safely,...
- New Line Road (1 speech)
New Line road is the worst bottleneck in my electorate. It's the main link for suburbs to the north and west of Pennant Hills Road. With 9,300 new homes owned by the Labor government right in the...
- Hingston, Mr Scott (1 speech)
I want to recognise an extraordinary Novocastrian whose determination and community spirit embody the very best of our region. Recently, Newcastle personal trainer Scott Hingston completed a...
- Environmental Legislation (1 speech)
The Albanese EPBC reforms are the biggest overreach by any federal government into state jurisdiction in our nation's history. This is an act that is being weaponised against Australian farmers'...
- Leichhardt Electorate: Theatre (1 speech)
I rise today to recognise an extraordinary creative initiative emerging from Cairns: True Friends, a new theatre work by first-time playwright Aaron Lee. Aaron is a 28-year-old neurodiverse man...
- Australian War Memorial (1 speech)
Much has been made of the fact that the national anthem was not played at the official opening of the new Anzac Hall and atrium at the Australian War Memorial on Tuesday last week. Should it have...
- Queensland Budget (2 speeches)
Last week's Queensland budget was another missed opportunity for Ipswich and the Somerset region. The Crisafulli government has short-changed our community, with critical infrastructure projects...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Vocational Education and Training (9 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) recognises the Government's national leadership in partnering with states and territories to strengthen the Vocational Education and Training (VET) system and help...
- Taxation (12 speeches)
I rise to speak on this motion moved by the member for Cook, and I do so out of extreme frustration and disappointment, because what this government is doing to Australia and to Australians is...
- Refugees (8 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) World Refugee Day is observed on 20 June to honour the strength and courage of people forced to flee their homes because of conflict or persecution;...
- Education (12 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) supports all schools, regardless of sector, and affirms its commitment to giving all Australian children a world class education regardless of whether they attend...
- Nuclear Weapons (8 speeches)
I move: That this House: (1) notes the 80th anniversary of the commencement of nuclear weapons testing in the Pacific, during which over 300 nuclear detonations were conducted across the Marshall...
