House debates
Tuesday, 30 June 2026
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Motions (0 speeches)
- Albanese Government (4 speeches)
I move that so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent me from moving the following motion immediately: that this House condemns the Albanese Labor government for...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Refugee Week (1 speech)
Refugee Week was held from 14 to 20 June this year, with the theme of 'A Million Stories'. I have lived one of those million stories myself. As the first member of the House who is of Vietnamese...
- Small Business: Taxation (1 speech)
Tomorrow brings the end of the 2025-2026 financial year and the start of a fresh new one. Unlike the start of the calendar year, people are not talking about gym memberships, new diets or pledges...
- Tertiary Education and Training (1 speech)
Next year, an arts degree will cost $54,000 and a double degree over $90,000. For five years, the Job-ready Graduates scheme has doubled the cost of arts, law, business and commerce degrees, and...
- Fiscal Policy (1 speech)
Happy financial New Year Eve, as everyone says. Every single day, the Albanese Labor government is focused on making things better for hardworking Australians in my community, in Menzies, and...
- Verco, Mr Charlie, Surf Lifesaving (1 speech)
I rise to speak about absolute legend Charlie Verco, the courageous 24-year-old Mackellar local and Newport surf club member who paddled towards the jaws of a shark to save Leah Stewart, who was...
- Solomon Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
It was another perfect dry season weekend in Darwin and Palmerston, with heaps of community events, which of course gave me the opportunity to get out amongst our groups and explain all the...
- Taxation (1 speech)
Yesterday Labor voted to increase taxes on widows and divorcees. That tells you everything you need to know about this government. This tax is appalling, but it doesn't surprise me, because over...
- National Environmental Protection Agency (1 speech)
Tomorrow, 1 July, Australia's first independent National Environmental Protection Agency will begin its work. It marks a brand new chapter for the protection of Australia's natural environment....
- Budget (1 speech)
Last night, Labor failed a very simple test. They had the opportunity to stand with Australians who've already endured some of life's greatest challenges—widows, widowers, divorcees and...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
Our government is laser focused on assisting with the cost of living. On this side of the chamber, we understand that many Australians feel as though the economy isn't working for them. We know...
- Budget (8 speeches)
Labor's tax attack is killing confidence in Australian real estate, and Mallee is feeling it. While the Minister for Housing was bragging in the House yesterday, people on the ground in Mallee...
- Victoria's Big Build (1 speech)
Over and over, again and again, the Australian people see the same pattern—the CFMEU engulfed by corruption, kickbacks, organised crime, intimidation, violence and mistreatment of women. It...
- Paid Parental Leave Scheme (2 speeches)
Tomorrow marks 1 July, the day that eligible families will be able to get up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave, backed by this Albanese Labor government. Families accessing the full entitlement...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Housing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing. Last April at the National Press Club, the minister said this about first home buyers: 'Many of them have taken on incredibly large mortgages while...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Tomorrow is 1 July. Why is this an important day for those of us who are committed to strengthening Medicare, helping Australians earn more and keep more of...
- Housing (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing. Labor's correction in house prices means the value of an Australian home could collapse by 10 to 20 per cent, smashing Australia's nest egg. Did the...
- Cost of Living (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to help Australians with the cost of living and to help people get ahead? How does that compare to other approaches?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
I'm pleased to inform the House and welcome in the gallery today a representative of the Cronulla RSL sub-Branch President Cory Rinaldi and board members Paul Zaat and Greg Crumblin, guests of...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Mitchells Causeway (2 speeches)
My question is to the Infrastructure minister. The New South Wales government's recently announced fix for the 'convict bridge' on the Great Western Highway merely replicates an 1832...
- Housing (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering real change for first home buyers, and why is this approach better than others for first home buyers?
- Budget (11 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. The day after the budget, the Treasurer was asked by Peter Stefanovic if he negatively gears any properties, and the Treasurer said, 'I don't, Pete, no. I did...
- Disaster and Emergency Management (19 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Emergency Management. How is the Albanese Labor government supporting communities across Australia to prepare and respond to natural disasters? How does this...
- Victoria: Building and Construction Industry (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Last night, Sarah Ferguson asked him whether he had sought assurances from the Victorian Premier that no Commonwealth funding would end up in the hands of...
- Wages and Salaries (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. How is the Albanese Labor government improving outcomes for working Australians, and why is this effort so important? What...
- Building and Construction Industry (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that no Commonwealth taxpayer funds have directly or indirectly been paid into the hands of convicted criminal and underworld...
- Cybersafety (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications. How is the Albanese Labor government continuing to lead the world when it comes to keeping kids safe from the harms of social media?
- Health Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Murray Primary Health Network, which services most of Indi, recently had its after-hours funding cut, apparently because demand is now...
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Seniors. What progress has been made by the Albanese Labor government to repair and rebuild our aged-care workforce? Why was it necessary, after a...
- Victoria's Big Build (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. What assurances was the Prime Minister given by the Victorian Premier on whether Commonwealth taxpayer funds, directly or indirectly, made it into the hands...
- Early Childhood Education and Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to make sure early educators are paid fairly while strengthening the safety and affordability of early...
- Bowel Cancer (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Young Australians are being diagnosed with early onset bowel cancer at the highest known rate in the world. Many report that GPs are...
- Budget (4 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 how is it supporting families and...
- Aged Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Seniors. Since coming to government in 2022, how many older Australians have died while waiting for their home-care package?
- Health Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. How are Medicare urgent care clinics helping Australians around the country see a doctor when they need it, and why is it so important to...
- Veterans (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs. Shane is 64, has served in the Australian Army for 21 years and lives with multiple injuries. Shane will hit the proposed $5,000 limit for...
- Energy (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. What policies are helping to lower the cost of fuel and energy to households, and what policies would see Australians paying more?
- Business (0 speeches)
- Member for Groom (4 speeches)
A serious incident occurred during question time, and it has been brought to my attention what occurred. I'm deeply concerned and troubled by the incident. The member for Groom has shown severe...
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report No. 45 of 2025-26 (1 speech)
I present the Auditor-General's report No. 45 of 2025-26 titled Australian Taxation Office management of small business collectable debt. Document made a parliamentary paper.
- 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.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Senior Australians (25 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable Leader of the Nationals in the House of Representatives, the member for Gippsland, proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted...
- Parliamentary Zone (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Early Childhood Education and Care (1 speech)
This government has set affordable and high-quality child care as a key policy goal, and I fully support these efforts. Good child care involves our children getting the best possible start to...
- Bullwinkel Electorate: King's Birthday Honours and Awards, Bullwinkel Electorate: Acknowledgements (1 speech)
I want to congratulate the four outstanding residents of Bullwinkel who were rightly recognised in the recent King's Birthday Honours List. Emeritus Professor Mark Bush AM was appointed a Member...
- O'Connor Electorate: Local Government (1 speech)
Last week was the National General Assembly of the Australian Local Government Association, and almost a quarter of my 47 local government authorities made the 3,000-kilometre trek to Canberra....
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
Tomorrow is not just the beginning of a new financial year; it is another significant milestone in the Albanese government's ambitious reform agenda because 1 July brings with it real change for...
- Casey Electorate: Schools, Daniher, Mr Neale Francis, AO (1 speech)
As the federal member for Casey, there are many highlights to my role. One of those is visiting local schools within my community to meet students and share my experience as a member of...
- Paid Parental Leave Scheme (1 speech)
Tomorrow marks a proud day for Australian families. From 1 July 2026, eligible parents welcoming a new baby or adopting a child will have access to 26 weeks of paid parental leave. That is six...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Gun Control (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on an issue that has caused deep concern, frustration and real distress within communities and country communities right across our nation, particularly those communities in...
- Women's Economic Security (1 speech)
The choices a government makes make a great deal of difference and show a great deal about its values. For the Albanese Labor government, those values are crystal clear: we value families, we...
- Negative Gearing (1 speech)
I'm not sure he'd agree with me, but I think 2019 may have been Bill Shorten's finest hour. In the election in May 2019, he took a radical taxation package to the people. There were changes to...
- Energy (1 speech)
I rise today with a pretty simple message on behalf of households, pensioners, families and small businesses across Petrie: when energy prices come down, people should see that reflected in their...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
I'm very pleased to speak at the grievance debate today because, let me tell you, there's a lot to grieve about. Australians are hurting. People are doing it tough, and the people in my...
- Parent Pathways, Cybersafety, Bonner Electorate: Community Events (2 speeches)
Good governments remove barriers, create opportunity and give Australians the confidence to look to the future. That is exactly what the Albanese Labor government is delivering. For parents of...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Bowel Cancer (1 speech)
Last week Bowel Cancer Australia made its call on Canberra, and 43-year-old Emma, from Kangaroo Island in my electorate, came to visit me. Despite Emma's symptoms and a family history of bowel...
- Lyons Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
I rise today to celebrate Deloraine High School and its OzHarvest FEAST program. I had the great joy of visiting recently and meeting with student leaders and the broader class to talk about the...
- Kamins, Rabbi Jeffrey, Verco, Mr Charlie (1 speech)
Today I want to pay tribute to two incredible humans from Wentworth, people who have shown unwavering community spirit and courage. The first is Rabbi Jeffrey Kamins. Rabbi Kamins has been the...
- Housing (1 speech)
In my electorate of Lilley, on Brisbane's north side, too many people have been working hard and trying to save but feel that the dream of homeownership is just out of reach. That's why, since...
- Medical Research Future Fund (1 speech)
Two young dads in Warringah have sat with me in recent times and shared diagnoses no family should have to face. They are two different diseases with different stories, but the same problem: more...
- Cost of Living (1 speech)
At a time of cost pressures and a time of global turmoil that's created supply shocks and caused inflation, communities around Australia are looking to their government to help tackle those...
- Health Care (1 speech)
Health care in this country, despite the press releases and the political spin, is under real pressure. In regional communities like mine, the pressure continues to mount on families who simply...
- Housing (1 speech)
Today, I want to speak about housing, not as a market and not as a headline but as a place where a person can close the door and feel safe. Recently, I met with the Victorian Homelessness Fund....
- Wannon Electorate: Rail Infrastructure, Small Business (1 speech)
The Warrnambool-to-Melbourne rail line has been an issue that keeps dogging the Labor government both at the state and the federal level. I say to both the Albanese Labor government and the Allan...
- Poverty (1 speech)
Based on the most recent polling, cost of living remains the most pressing issue for Australians, with around 75 per cent of people putting it at the top of the list of issues that matter to...
- Small Business (1 speech)
You hear all the time in this place that small and medium businesses are the backbone of this nation. Yet, this Labor government's policies keep punching down and turning these small businesses...
- Australian Society (1 speech)
The World Cup is a festival of football, and I'm proud of our government's backing through the Urban Precincts and Partnerships Program, which helped bring the world game to the big screens at...
- Moncrieff Electorate (1 speech)
The Gold Coast is often recognised for our beautiful beaches and lifestyle, member for McPherson, but if you ask me what truly makes our community so special, it is of course our people. We never...
- Cowan Electorate (1 speech)
Well, believe it or not, this week it is coming up to 10 years since I was given the honour of being elected as the member for Cowan—a decade of serving the Cowan community. Over that...
- Wright Electorate (1 speech)
My electorate is predominantly agriculture; the largest contributor to GDP is agriculture. I live in an electorate where men and women who work on farms often get up before the sun gets up. Their...
- Banks Electorate: King's Birthday Honours and Awards, Dragon Boat Festival, Housing (1 speech)
A number of locals in the seat of Banks were recognised as part of the King's Birthday Honours, and I want to acknowledge them here. Mark Connell of Oatley was awarded an OAM for services to...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
Over recent weeks, I've been listening to people across my electorate of Fisher through community forums, roundtable discussions and local conversations. Three engagements in particular have...
- Social Cohesion (1 speech)
Over these past few weeks I've had an increasing number of conversations about the state of democracy in Australia. At the Langwarrin probus club I was asked what I thought about democracy and...
- Mallee Electorate: Quambatook Post Office (1 speech)
Quambatook is a small, you might say teeny-tiny, town in Mallee. Two hundred people live there. It's known as 'Quamby' to the locals and deserves special treatment after the horrific and tragic...
- Edwards, Dr Jodi, Gordon, Leanne (2 speeches)
I rise today to recognise Dr Jodi Edwards, a Yuin Dharawal custodian who has dedicated her life to community, culture, education and language across New South Wales, including in the Southern...
- Bills (0 speeches)
