House debates
Wednesday, 1 July 2026
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Joint Committee; Membership (1 speech)
I have received a message from the Senate informing the House that Senator Kovacic has been discharged from the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works and that Senator Scarr has been...
- Resolutions of the Senate (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Defence Legislation Amendment (RCDVS Implementation and Related Measures No. 2) Bill 2026, Statute Update Bill 2026; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
I declare that, unless otherwise ordered, the Defence Legislation Amendment (RCDVS Implementation and Related Measures No. 2) Bill 2026 and the Statute Update Bill 2026 stand referred to the...
- Administrative and Judicial Review Legislation Amendment Bill 2026; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Administrative Review Tribunal (the ART) commenced operation on 14 October 2024, replacing the former Administrative Appeals Tribunal as...
- Defence Legislation Amendment (RCDVS Implementation and Related Measures No. 2) Bill 2026; Second Reading (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on the Defence Legislation Amendment (RCDVS Implementation and Related Measures No. 2) Bill. I start by acknowledging all those that continue to wear the uniform in service...
- Statute Update Bill 2026; Second Reading (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the Statute Update Bill 2026. The coalition recognises the important role that the statute update legislation plays in maintaining the quality and integrity of the Commonwealth...
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Technical Changes No. 2) Bill 2026; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Since this government was elected, we've been focused on strengthening Australia's social security system to make it fairer, easier to access and...
- Wine and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Australian farmers, fishers, foresters and producers make an extraordinary contribution to our country. They feed us, they support regional jobs...
- Biosecurity Amendment (Improving Operational Efficiency) Bill 2026; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Australia's biosecurity system plays a critical role in protecting our environment, world-class agricultural and animal production sectors,...
- Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Commissioner and Other Measures) Bill 2026; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Every older Australian deserves care that sees them, knows them, and treats them with respect. That looks different for everyone. For older...
- Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Amendment Bill 2026; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Australia has long benefited from international engagement whether it be through education, cultural exchange, research collaboration or trade....
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Education Committee; Membership (2 speeches)
The Speaker has received advice from the Chief Opposition Whip nominating a member to be a supplementary member of the Standing Committee on Education for the purpose of the committee's inquiry...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Eczema (1 speech)
I rise to speak about a brave young man from my electorate, Angus Rowland, who is living with a debilitating and chronic skin condition. Angus is aged 12, and he has severe eczema. He's had this...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
It is 1 July, and, from today, millions of Australians will be seeing the benefits of the Albanese Labor government's cost-of-living plan come into effect. Australians are receiving another tax...
- Abortion (1 speech)
Across Australia, we're seeing rising threats to women's access to abortion care. We see it in bills in state parliaments. We see it in the way some politicians talk about this issue, using...
- Cost of Living (1 speech)
Today is 1 July. The Albanese Labor government is delivering real change for Australians, with cost-of-living measures starting today. Through tax cuts, expanded paid parental leave, and stronger...
- Arise Foundation (1 speech)
I rise to recognise the incredible work of some incredibly passionate women at the Arise Foundation and to call for greater investment in recovery and healing for women leaving violence. For too...
- Cost of Living (1 speech)
It is 1 July today, and that means pay rises for three million workers around this country and tax cuts for all Australian workers. This is good news for my community. And you know what else is...
- Sutton, Jaide (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate an outstanding young person from the Hinkler electorate, Jaide Sutton, who has been named the Australian parliament's 2026 Yarning Competition winner in the years 7...
- Australian Society (1 speech)
Australia's strength has never come from sameness. It has come from the people who have built lives across difference, from our many First Nations communities with millennia of history and...
- Cost of Living (1 speech)
Giving a family a $5 weekly tax cut when their mortgage has skyrocketed by thousands of dollars is like tossing a glass of water onto a roaring bushfire. By continually fuelling government...
- Northern Territory: Albanese Government (1 speech)
Today, 1 July 2026, is Territory Day. That's right—I've got my Northern Territory pin on, and it's a great day for all Territorians. I want to say, 'Happy Territory Day!' To celebrate, we...
- O'Connor Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
For many seniors in O'Connor, the cost of seeing a doctor is becoming almost as painful as the diagnosis. I'm running a survey of constituents aged over 65 and have heard from many people who are...
- Hasluck Electorate: Albanese Government (1 speech)
West of here is Hasluck, and what matters to my community in Hasluck is making sure that we deliver. I'm absolutely proud, under the Albanese Labor government, to be their representative and to...
- Monash Electorate: Cost of Living (1 speech)
I always say that food banks are the canary in the coalmine, as far as how the rest of the economy is travelling, and right now, in my electorate of Monash, food banks are having to step up and...
- Labor Government (1 speech)
I love the month of July. Throughout history, many great things have happened during this month. We walked on the moon for the first time. The great and inspiring Nelson Mandela was born. The...
- Taxation (1 speech)
As we've heard, today is 1 July, the start of a new financial year. But what most people think about is it's tax time. The Treasurer, being the king of taxation—it's his birthday in March,...
- Labor Government (1 speech)
Today we are celebrating. Millions of working Australians will be earning more and keeping more of what they earn because this government will always back working Australians. Today those in the...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
There is a word that used to mean something in this country—trust. Trust was the commitment a government made to the Australian people. This Labor prime minister said from this dispatch box...
- Taylor, Hon. Angus James (5 speeches)
I want to be fair to the Leader of the Opposition. Unlike media reports about the shadow treasurer, he's declared his interests. The member for Hume has registered his interests in family trusts...
- Taxation (1 speech)
Deputy Speaker, you know and we all know on this side of the chamber that Australian families, Australian businesses and Australians generally are despairing right now. We've had 15 interest rate...
- Employment (2 speeches)
For nine years, those opposite had a chance to make work pay. Instead, they spent most of their time fighting each other, attacking workers, suppressing wages and telling Australians that...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Scolyer, Professor Richard, AO (4 speeches)
I move: That the House record its deep regret at the death, on 7 June 2026, of Professor Richard Scolyer AO, place on record its appreciation of his service and his contributions to the...
- Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
I declare: That the resumption of debate on the Prime Minister's motion of condolence in connection with the death of Professor Richard Scolyer is referred to the Federation Chamber.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (8 speeches)
Under Labor, the price of everything is going up. Electricity is up 38 per cent. Gas is up 37 per cent. Rents are up 23 per cent. Health costs are up 17 per cent. Education is up 21 per cent, and...
- Cost of Living (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to help Australians with the cost of living, including by providing more tax cuts to help people get ahead? How does...
- Labor Government (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, you said that families will be better off under your government, but, under Labor, interest rates have increased 15 times, meaning an average...
- Wages and Salaries (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. How is the Albanese Labor government supporting Australian workers to get ahead, and what has stood in the way of this effort?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
I'm very pleased to inform the House that joining us today on the floor of the parliament is a distinguished delegation from Malaysia, including my friend His Excellency Tan Sri Dato' Dr Johari...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Nuclear Weapons (2 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Today marks 80 years since the US began nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands. It's also 63 years since Britain last tested on Australian soil and...
- Pensions and Benefits (5 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 its support for Australian families?...
- Taxation (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Isn't it true that the Albanese Labor government's 70c-a-day tax cut has already been eaten up by inflation, unlike the coalition's tax-back guarantee, which...
- Medicare (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. What measures starting today will help strengthen Medicare and deliver cost-of-living relief for Australians? Why is this so important after a decade of...
- Housing (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Labor's toxic taxes are tanking the housing market. Housing data released today shows house prices have already fallen further than Treasury predicted,...
- Environment (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to protect the environment and make approvals more efficient? What stood...
- Housing (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister guarantee that house prices won't fall further?
- Grocery Prices (2 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services. What steps is the Albanese Labor government taking to deliver real change and help Australians deal with the rising...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
I'm pleased to inform the House that present in the gallery today are representatives of Burke Shire Council, Carpentaria Shire Council, Mornington Shire Council and Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Energy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Minister, you've written to the ACCC and the AER about retailer conduct on fixed charges. From today, households are promised three...
- Small Business (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small Business. What additional support is the Albanese Labor government providing to small businesses from today, and what are the risks to this?
- Budget: Cost of Living (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. A flat white costs $2 more today than it did in 2022, when Labor came to power. The government's 70c a day tax cut won't even cover the increase, let alone...
- Renewable Energy (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. How is the Albanese Labor government helping households to lower their bills by taking advantage of Australia's world-class sunshine?...
- 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.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Government Response to Report (1 speech)
I present the status of government responses in the House of Representatives to parliamentary committee reports as at 30th June 2026.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Labor Government (13 speeches)
I have 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 Government driving the fall of...
- Economy (7 speeches)
Labor cannot manage money, so they continue to come after yours. The average Australian's paying 39 per cent more tax under this government. Since Labor was elected, Australia suffered the...
- 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 following reports: Human rights scrutiny report 8 of 2026 and Annual report 2025. Reports made parliamentary...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Tasmanian Government (1 speech)
The Tasmanian Liberal government is in crisis, not a political crisis of the kind that passes in a news cycle but a crisis of integrity, the kind that corrodes public trust slowly and leaves...
- Member for Groom (1 speech)
on indulgence—With reference to the incident in the chamber yesterday, I would like to withdraw my statement. I would like to apologise to the House and to you personally, Mr Speaker. I...
- His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, Albanese Government (1 speech)
Pope Leo XIV released a document called 'Magnificent Humanity', a pastoral letter to the world on artificial intelligence and humanity. I want to speak about it tonight not simply because it...
- Cost of Living (1 speech)
The cost of living is affecting all Australians. For some, it's a death by a thousand cuts. Rarely is it the cruelty of a single brutal decision that everyone could see and oppose. It's the...
- Newcastle Electorate: Acknowledgements (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate the outstanding winners of the 2026 Newcastle Hospitality and Tourism Awards. These awards recognise the businesses and individuals who go above and beyond to...
- Migration (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on a matter that goes to the very heart of who we are as a nation: our migration system. When managed with care and vision, migration doesn't just grow an economy; it truly...
- Grocery Prices (1 speech)
Today marks an important step for Australian consumers. Starting today, 1 July, we are banning supermarket price gouging, with new laws coming into effect to protect everyday shoppers from...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Veterans (1 speech)
Veterans in my electorate have been contacting me extremely concerned about the introduction of a $5,000 allied health service cap introduced in Labor's last budget. I've heard that, for many,...
- Taxation, Health Care (1 speech)
Well, it's 1 July, an important day in our ambitions to deliver real change for Australians—real change that the Australian people instructed us to commence in 2022 and instructed us to...
- Friends of Bathurst Hospital (1 speech)
I rise today to celebrate a wonderful new community initiative in the Central West, the official launch of the Friends of Bathurst Hospital. Hospitals can be daunting, confusing and stressful...
- Local Sporting Champions Program (1 speech)
Last week I had the pleasure of hosting an afternoon tea in my office for the newest recipients of the local sporting champions grants. Today I want to recognise this remarkable group of young...
- Bradfield Electorate: Arts and Culture (1 speech)
The Ku-ring-gai arts community has received some devastating news in the last few weeks. First, we learnt that the Marian Street Theatre redevelopment in Killara had been terminated by council....
- Watson Electorate: Bankstown Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (1 speech)
Today marks the second birthday of the Medicare urgent care clinic in Bankstown, a milestone that celebrates not only an important investment in local health care but also the dedicated...
- Hinkler Electorate: Community Services, Hinkler Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
Earlier this year, here in parliament, I joined the calls for more support to be delivered for neighbourhood centres. In regional Australia in electorates like Hinkler, neighbourhood centres are...
- Homelessness, Sutherland Pavilion: 50th Anniversary, Sydney Tramway Museum (1 speech)
Homelessness is one of the most urgent social challenges facing our community. No-one should be left without a safe place to call home. Too often we speak about homelessness as an abstract issue,...
- Rural, Regional and Remote Australia: Health Care (1 speech)
As the federal representative of 47 rural, regional and remote shire councils, I rise today to highlight an inequity that should concern all levels of government and all Australians. In the...
- Clayton RSL Sub-Branch, Saunders, Mr John Charles (1 speech)
Today I rise to recognise a special institution in my community, the Clayton RSL Sub-Branch, as it marks 80 years of service to veterans and local families. Since its very beginnings in 1945,...
- Antisemitism (1 speech)
How bad does antisemitism have to be for the Australian government to act? Since 7 October 2023, we have seen a cascading series of problems of antisemitism in our community. It's been...
- Volunteering (1 speech)
I'm so pleased today to rise to acknowledge the extraordinary volunteers and community organisations across the electorate of Hindmarsh, whose dedication strengthens the fabric of our community...
- Victorian State Election, Gippsland Electorate: Small Business, Gippsland Electorate: Tourism Industry (1 speech)
Gemma Rendell is an outstanding East Gippslander. Gemma is aiming to create history at the state election in November by becoming the first female member for the seat of Gippsland East. She is a...
- Moreton Electorate: Community Groups (1 speech)
On 7 June the dragon boats were out in force at the annual Hakka Dragon Boat Festival, and for the very first time it was held, proudly, in my electorate of Moreton, and we got to see dragon...
- Monash Electorate: Country Fire Authority Volunteers (1 speech)
Our wonderful CFA volunteers in Victoria answer the call in the middle of the night and step away from their work in the middle of the day to protect our community year round. As the daughter of...
- McKinnon, Emeritus Professor Kenneth Richard (Ken), AO, Hession, Mr Ben (1 speech)
Today I acknowledge the loss of two highly accomplished local people this year. Emeritus Professor Ken McKinnon AO was the University of Wollongong's second vice-chancellor. Sadly passing away in...
- Dawson Electorate: All the Best Awards (1 speech)
There is an old saying up our way that the sunshine grows everything bigger and better. Our region has always been blessed with natural beauty, but the real gold in Dawson is the talent and grit...
- Feral Animal Management (1 speech)
There are no wild brumbies in Hasluck. We do, however, have a really fine equestrian community, including being home to the State Equestrian Centre, Yarrada Farm Riding School and Magic Millions....
- H2 Grand Prix, Port Augusta: Crime, Whyalla: Tourism Industry (1 speech)
A few weeks ago in this place I congratulated five students from Whyalla. Eli Coppins, Caelan Kaminski, Simon Coppins, Shannon Bayogus and Karman Randhawa are set to represent Australia, and the...
- Parramatta Electorate: Senior Australians (2 speeches)
I rise today to recognise the seniors of Parramatta and the extraordinary contribution they make to our local community. Our seniors built the Parramatta we know today. They raised families,...
- Bills (0 speeches)
