House debates
Tuesday, 15 September 2026
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- International Day of Democracy (1 speech)
Before I call the Leader of the House, I have a short statement to make to the House. Members, today is the International Day of Democracy. It's an opportunity to reflect on the state of...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Orders of the Day (1 speech)
I declare that Federation Chamber order of the day No. 4, government business, Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Commissioner and Other Measures)...
- Consideration of Legislation (5 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the following from occurring immediately: (1) the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Voter Protections in...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (12 speeches)
I move: That so much of standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the government business order of the day No. 12, relating to the Statute Update Bill 2026, being called on...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Franulović, Mr George (1 speech)
Earlier this month I had the honour and privilege of attending the Father's Day Zabava with AHFG Lindo at King Tom Club in Edensor Park in my electorate of Fowler. We were there as a community to...
- Middle East (1 speech)
Yesterday I visited the Wall of Tears banner that was on display on the front lawns of Parliament House. The banner lists the names and includes some photographs of the 18,457 Palestinian...
- Kooyong Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
Last weekend I attended three Mid-Autumn Festival events. On Saturday, I attended the Melbourne Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce's Moon Festival. The 34th anniversary of this popular community event...
- Trinity Gardens Bowling Club (1 speech)
Last Saturday provided absolutely spectacular weather in Adelaide, perfect for the launch of the summer season of bowling at the Trinity Gardens Bowling Club. Hosted by club patriarch Ray...
- Mackellar Electorate: New South Wales Volunteer of the Year Awards (1 speech)
I recently had the pleasure of celebrating our wonderful volunteers on the Northern Beaches of Sydney at the 2026 New South Wales Volunteer of the Year Awards. Now in their 20th year, the...
- Racism (1 speech)
Racist, hateful, divisive, dangerous—these are just some of the words used to describe One Nation and its politics. In recent days, horrific comments by Senator Pauline Hanson have...
- Maranoa Electorate: Tourism Industry (1 speech)
This morning, the community of Stanthorpe won the top tiny town tourism award, nationally, for our country. It's a great achievement for the little town of Stanthorpe. It has over 5,000 people...
- Parliamentary Representation (1 speech)
Australians should ask themselves a simple question: what kind of country do we want to be? A kid called Anthony grew up in social housing with his mum, Maryanne, a single mother living with a...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
Australians were promised lower costs, greater certainty and honest government. Instead they have seen broken promises, backflips and a growing gap between what this government says and what it...
- Federal Election (2 speeches)
Today is the International Day of Democracy, and I believe that defending our democracy is the job of everyone in this place and everyone who aspires to be in this place. Sadly, I've been...
- Berowra Electorate: Roads (2 speeches)
Last week we found out that the Prime Minister's favourite local golf club received more than $6 million through Labor's electoral slush fund. The grant was supposed to deal with sewage, but the...
- Federal Election (1 speech)
I've spent almost my whole adult life working on election campaigns—directing campaigns, handing out how-to-vote cards, knocking on doors and organising volunteers. But, in 2025, we saw...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
If hypocrisy were taxable, this Prime Minister would get the budget back into surplus in a flash. Under this Prime Minister, there are two sets of rules: the ones that apply to you and me; and...
- Federal Election (1 speech)
Today is world democracy day, and it is a timely reminder that 72 per cent of the world's population lives under autocratic rule. Here, in the greatest democracy in the world, we should never...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
Happy International Day of Democracy! We have the best democracy in the whole world. In a democracy, Australians get to have a say. Australians can forgive a government for making a mistake, but...
- Federal Election (1 speech)
As we mark the International Day of Democracy, it's important to reflect on the experiences of Australians participating in elections. During the 2025 federal election, I witnessed conduct at...
- Veterans: Health Care (1 speech)
Across the world today we celebrate democracy. We mark the International Day of Democracy. Yesterday, in this place, we trashed democracy. When the amendment came back from the Senate in relation...
- Federal Election (1 speech)
My family has never taken our democracy for granted. My parents grew up in a country where they didn't enjoy the freedoms we have in Australia today. They know what it means to live without the...
- Manufacturing Industry, Energy (1 speech)
Yesterday was a harrowing day for the steelworkers at Whyalla. Over 600 of them were told that their jobs no longer existed, yet that night they had to put up with the Minister for Climate Change...
- Migration (2 speeches)
Tim Minchin has a very clever song called 'Prejudice'. The joke is that prejudice looks pretty ridiculous when you change who it is aimed at. In my family, that is easy. There are seven of us....
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Whyalla Steelworks (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In February last year, the Prime Minister came to Whyalla and promised workers that his government's $2.4 billion bailout package would provide certainty for...
- Australian Defence Force: Recruitment (7 speeches)
My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Why are more Australians choosing to join and stay in the Australian Defence Force under the Albanese Labor government? How is this investment putting...
- Prime Minister (13 speeches)
My question's to the Prime Minister. Reports in today's Herald say Toorak businessman, Kunal Shah, attended an exclusive fundraising dinner with the Prime Minister and Daniel Andrews in November...
- Artificial Intelligence (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the Albanese Labor government ensuring artificial intelligence works for people and is shaped in line with Australian values? How does this approach...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
Before I call the member for Kennedy, I'm pleased to inform the House and to welcome to question time Councillor Rebecca Crossling from the Mildura Rural City Council, who is a guest of the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Energy (4 speeches)
Prime Minister, you're aware that American and Western Australian policy says no gas exports until all domestic demands are satisfied. Australian gas exporters told the ACCC this year they have...
- Defence Recruitment (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Veteran Affairs' and Minister for Defence Personnel. How is the Albanese Labor government growing the Australian Defence Force, and what difficulties has this...
- Green Hydrogen (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Last night, the minister said with a straight face, 'I never quite bought all the hype on green hydrogen'. Does the minister recall...
- Public Sector Governance (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. How is the Albanese Labor government responding to the cruel and immoral robodebt scheme, and how does that compare to other approaches?
- Housing (9 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing. Is the minister aware of a Housing Industry Australia report released today that states that sales of new homes have been slashed by 20 per cent in the...
- Cybersafety (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications. How will the Albanese Labor government's proposed digital duty of care protect Australians from illegal and dangerous material online?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
I'm pleased to welcome Selena Uibo, the Leader of the Opposition in the Northern Territory parliament; and Councillor Ry Collins, the Mayor of Whitsunday Regional Council, as a guest of the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Private Health Insurance (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Joanne lives in my electorate and says she was shocked to learn her private health insurance rebate would be cut, saying, 'This proposal feels like boomer...
- Langby, Dusty (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Today, Dusty Langby and representatives from the charity Little Wings are visiting Parliament House. What has Dusty been up to lately and why is his work...
- Donations to Political Parties (2 speeches)
My question is for the Prime Minister. Today is the International Day of Democracy. Last year, Transparency International ranked the Commonwealth equal-last nationally on lobbying transparency....
- Cybersafety (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to protect children from harmful content online and combat antisemitism throughout the education system?
- Prime Minister (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister embarrassed us all with his sexist remarks and gestures about the Japanese prime minister. Then his government handed his close personal...
- Economy (16 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. How is the Albanese Labor government managing the economy and the budget responsibly in the face of serious global uncertainty, and what are the alternative...
- Motor Neurone Disease (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. How are new medicines being listed on the PBS by the Albanese Labor government helping Australians living with motor neurone disease?
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
Yesterday I indicated that I would get back to the member for Farrer in relation to his question and that I would double-check with the Minister for the Environment and Water and his department...
- 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.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Energy (23 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable Manager of Opposition Business proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The...
- Whyalla Steelworks (4 speeches)
I can tell the House that it was with great sadness that the member for Grey had to get up and ask his question to the Prime Minister today—a question the Prime Minister did not have the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Calare Electorate: Sport (1 speech)
The arrival of spring in the Central West means it's footy finals time. We just love our country sporting derbies, and today I recognise three outstanding sporting clubs from the Calare...
- Teachers (1 speech)
Let's celebrate teachers! Throughout our lives, we come across several people who leave an impression on us, who guide us and instruct us towards becoming better people. Each of us will have...
- Veterans: Health Care, Housing (1 speech)
This government has put a $5,000 figure on a promise that should never carry a price tag: our obligation to care for those who served Australia. Labor calls the measure a review threshold and...
- Cybersafety (1 speech)
When I read Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell in my teens while having to make phone calls from a phone that was literally connected to the wall, I never imagined a world where cameras or...
- Albanese Government (2 speeches)
Australians opening the Sydney Morning Herald this morning were confronted with a truly alarming front-page story. Apparently, crime only happens in Labor seats these days. According to the...
- Onam, Holt Electorate: Sport, Janmashtami (1 speech)
Over recent weeks, Malayalee families in Holt and across Australia came together to celebrate Onam. Holt is home to a strong and vibrant Malayalee community. This festival holds a particularly...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Australian Society (1 speech)
Many people are aggrieved right now or are at least anxious about the state of things. This is manifesting itself in all sorts of ways including politically, where loyalty to the major parties is...
- Whitlam Electorate: Tourism (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about the importance of the visitor economy across my electorate of Whitlam. This is particularly important for the Southern Highlands part of my electorate. I would like to...
- Casey Electorate: Acknowledgements, Liberal Party of Australia, Veterans: Health Care, Telecommunications (1 speech)
It's been another great season of local football and netball in our community in the Outer East and Eastern football netball leagues. Thank you to all the presidents, committees, volunteers and...
- Superannuation, Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence (1 speech)
Over the past few weeks we've continued to hear from One Nation the proposition that raiding the retirement savings of working Australians is somehow a solution to the cost-of-living pressures...
- Barton Electorate: Infrastructure and Economy (1 speech)
The people of Barton have spoken, and they have three priorities: local infrastructure, the economy, and the cost of living. I'll use this grievance debate to outline these key priorities and the...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Artificial Intelligence (1 speech)
In the last week, we've seen leaders in the world's pioneer AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI paint an alarming picture of the speed at which technology is developing, potentially beyond...
- Deakin Electorate: Vocational Skills and Training (1 speech)
To mark Skills Week and TAFE Day, I had the opportunity to visit Swinburne's Croydon campus and spend some time with apprentices training there. Some were people I was meeting for the first time;...
- Senior Australians (1 speech)
I rise to speak for the people who built this country and who this government has chosen to ignore. Farrer is a vast expanse of rural and regional Australia. Pooncarie to Albury is a seven-hour...
- Community Services, Australian Labor Party (1 speech)
Dandenong in my electorate is a jobs-rich area, but it structurally has a higher unemployment rate than the metropolitan average. This was why I was so delighted to launch the Dandenong...
- Veterans: Health Care (1 speech)
Veterans have come to see me, and like many members in this House I have sat with them and listened. They were not asking for sympathy. They were asking for understanding. They wanted us, the...
- Superannuation (1 speech)
Paul Keating was both the architect of compulsory superannuation but also the first person from whom I'd ever heard the line, 'Good policy is good politics.' The corollary of that is that bad...
- Himalayas: Floods (1 speech)
I rise to join the chorus of parliamentarians in expressing our compassion to the people of Nepal for the recent disaster the Prime Minister spoke about in the House of Representatives. I want to...
- Barbagallo, Mrs Gayle (1 speech)
You think you know someone, and you always discover a surprise. I knew Gayle Barbagallo for decades, and it was only recently that I discovered that one of her favourite animals was an elephant....
- Page Electorate: Sport (1 speech)
I'd like to congratulate the Casino RSM Cougars on defeating Murwillumbah to win the 2026 men's first grade rugby league grand final on Saturday. This is the Cougars' first premiership since...
- Business Hunter Awards (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate the outstanding Newcastle businesses, organisations and individuals recognised at the Business Hunter Awards over the weekend. These awards are a wonderful...
- Bagnall, Mr Philip, Defence Kidz, Be Bold Be Heard (1 speech)
I want to recognise local legend in the Sutherland Shire, Phil Bagnall. Phil has spent decades training people right across my community in his Anytime Fitness gyms in Cronulla, Caringbah and...
- Lakeview Senior College, Tesfay, Mr Eyoael (1 speech)
What do you get when you mix high school politics, big hair, bigger personalities and an incredible soundtrack? The opposition are pretty famous for their theatrics, but even they would struggle...
- Tara Wind Farm (1 speech)
I'd like to bring to the parliament's attention a dangerous situation unfolding out in my electorate, in Tara, as we speak. It's been predicated by Vestas, a Danish renewable company that is...
- Brisbane Youth Policy Challenge (1 speech)
There are 187,000 people living in the Brisbane electorate, and 19,000 of those are schoolchildren. In the coming decades, those 19,000, statistically, will finish school, start a career, buy a...
- Capricornia Electorate: Capricorn Helicopter Rescue Service (1 speech)
I rise to recognise one of Central Queensland's great institutions, the Capricorn Helicopter Rescue Service—better known as CapRescue—as it marks 30 years of saving lives. What began...
- Hasluck Electorate: Acknowledgements (1 speech)
All the best to the Fremantle Dockers AFL women's team as they take on the Western Bulldogs and to the Dockers men's team in their preliminary finals against Sydney. It's been an absolutely...
- Riverina Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
It was a massive day in the Riverina on Saturday. The 160th Wagga Wagga Show was held, and about 11,000 people flocked to be part of the fun. Zara Hiscock, 21, was named young woman of the show,...
- Wills Electorate (1 speech)
I want to acknowledge the very strong community concern and actions about the proposed development on the former Nufarm factory site in the suburb of Fawkner, in my electorate of Wills. This is a...
- Lindsay Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
There are weekends that remind you exactly why it's such a privilege to represent your community, and this weekend across Lindsay, I saw again why I believe I represent the best community in the...
- Housing, Ballarat Electorate: Acknowledgements (2 speeches)
Last week I was able to experience what the Albanese government's massive investment in housing means in my own home town of Ballarat. Right in the centre of town and walking distance to...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Gaudron, Hon. Mary Genevieve, KC (5 speeches)
It's a great honour to rise to speak and pay tribute to the Hon. Mary Gaudron KC, a former justice of the High Court, a trailblazing Australian lawyer, the first woman to be appointed to the High...
