House debates
Tuesday, 13 October 2026
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (11 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Goldstein from introducing the Taxation Administration Amendment (Reinstating Credit Card...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Indi Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
It's showtime—agricultural show time. Every spring, regional communities across Victoria come together for what is often one of their most important annual events. Agricultural shows are so...
- Richmond Electorate: Tourism Industry (1 speech)
I have some very exciting news for the House today. The Tweed region has been named Australia's premier travel destination in Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2027. In fact, the Tweed was the only...
- Invasive Species Management (1 speech)
I was wondering what I was going to speak on, and it's become absolutely imperative to bring this up. Just then, on the television, I heard that fire ants have been found in Sydney: Solenopsis...
- Woden Town parkrun (1 speech)
This Saturday, Woden Town parkrun celebrates its first birthday, and I rise to congratulate everyone who has made its remarkable first year possible. Since launching in October 2025, Woden Town...
- Far North Queensland: Working Holiday Maker Program (1 speech)
The issue of student visas and migration is back on the agenda again. The Kennedy electorate that I represent produces about 12 per cent of Australia's fruit and vegetables. Bananas, for example,...
- O'Neill, Mr Greg James (1 speech)
On Sunday morning, I had the privilege of joining more than a thousand members of my community at Sorrento Beach to remember Greg O'Neill. Greg tragically lost his life in a shark attack last...
- Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
Small businesses are the engine room of the country, and Labor is running them into the ground. Taxes are higher, power bills are higher, insurance is way up, and now we have a botched credit...
- Solomon Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
Territorian Alison Duguid has taken out Croc Pitch 2026 for her amazing work with North Australian SeaCulture. In its eighth year, Croc Pitch supports some of the Territory's most promising...
- Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
I rise today to add my voice to all of the small businesses in Western Sydney and Sydney who are suffering under the government's complete bungling of the surcharge fees. We have a government...
- Sturt Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
Last Thursday I attended the beautiful grounds of the mighty Athelstone Football Club to participate in the 2026 Daniher's Drive. We all know legend Neale Daniher. Whether you're a Melbourne...
- Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
October is Small Business Month, a time to celebrate and recognise the contributions that small businesses make to our communities and our economy, or at least it should be. But this tricky...
- Health Care: Emergency Care (1 speech)
As a member of parliament and a practising emergency doctor, I have the privilege of seeing our healthcare system from two perspectives: where policy is made and where its consequences are felt....
- Economy (2 speeches)
Once, we were the land of opportunity, but now under this Labor government we are not. Recently I met with a couple from Kickabil who own a family business caught up in the quagmire that is the...
- Bell Bay Aluminium (1 speech)
For 18 months, 550 workers at Bell Bay Aluminium lived with uncertainty about their futures. There were 18 months of wondering whether they could buy a home, start a family or even plan a...
- Economy (4 speeches)
Recently there was a mother in Sans Souci in tears because she could not pay her mortgage repayments and was losing her house. The sad truth is that this government is partly to blame. There are...
- Illawarra: Renewable Energy (1 speech)
I am proud that the Albanese Labor government, in partnership with the Minns Labor government, is investing in renewable energy solutions for social housing in the Illawarra to help reduce power...
- Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
Labor says it stands with workers, Labor says it backs small business, Labor says it's on the side of ordinary Australians, yet somehow it is always the very people Labor claims to stand for who...
- Hunter Electorate: Hospitality Industry (1 speech)
There's a fierce competition in the Hunter over who serves the best pub feed. As a bloke who's never met a schnitty he didn't like, I'm happy to see this and happy to settle it. Our local pubs...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
The Prime Minister said, 'My word is my bond.' Under parliamentary rules, he can't be accused of lying, so let me put it this way: we have a dishonest government. We have a prime minister who...
- Liberal Party of Australia (3 speeches)
Grab your popcorn because the Liberal Party is back at it. Don't take my word for it. Listen to the former member for Kooyong, who said that the Liberal Party is at an all-time low and so things...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Small Business (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small Business. Labor is waging war on small and family businesses. According to reports, Labor's new trusts tax on small and family businesses will cost them...
- Women's Economic Security (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. How is the Albanese Labor government backing working women to earn more, and what are the biggest threats to this support?
- Budget (12 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. After driving government spending to the highest level in 40 years and 16 interest rate rises on his watch, the Treasurer's colleagues said: 'There's no point in...
- Wages and Salaries (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. How is the Albanese Labor government supporting the workforce that looks after our most vulnerable? Are there any risks?
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Acknowledgement (1 speech)
I'm pleased to inform the House that present in the northern gallery today are members of the Canberra based Service Adviser and Attache Group representing their countries and militaries. The...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Fossil Fuel Industry (2 speeches)
My question is for the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water. We're heading into an El Nino summer supercharged by climate pollution. Last week the High Court confirmed...
- Artificial Intelligence (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How is the Albanese Labor government making sure we shape artificial intelligence in our national interest, and why is this agenda so important?
- Fuel (12 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In April, the Prime Minister halved fuel excise with the coalition's support, saying: We are acting now to prepare and shield Australians. Today, petrol has...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Why is it so important that the government is improving the budget and helping with the cost of living? And how does that compare to other approaches?
- Banking and Financial Services (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small Business. The ATO Commissioner of Taxation made the decision to ban credit card payments from small and family businesses on 25 September. He says he...
- Tertiary Education and Training (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to open the doors of universities to more Australians and build the skills Australia needs?
- Veterans (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Minister for Defence Personnel. Brave soldier Sean McCarthy was killed by a roadside bomb in Uruzgan province in July 2008. Following his...
- Cybersafety (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications. What impact does social media have on Australians experiencing eating disorders and body image issues? Why is a digital duty of care so...
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, you've warned of extreme heat under a super El Nino. I recently visited the Community Cafe in Miller, where families told me every dollar...
- Health Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. How is the Albanese Labor government making it easier for Australians to see a doctor when they need urgent care, and how are Medicare urgent...
- Taxation (16 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small Business. Thousands of hardworking small businesses across Australia, including in my electorate, operate through a trust structure. How many small...
- Housing (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing, Homelessness and Cities. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering more social and affordable homes for Australians who need them, and what other...
- 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)
- Fiscal Policy (12 speeches)
I have received 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's failure...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Murray Bridge Primary School (1 speech)
It's my great privilege to recognise students from Murray Bridge Primary School from the mighty electorate of Barker. I see them up there with the member for Barker. Welcome to the House!...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Raise Our Voice in Parliament (1 speech)
'What is one big issue shaping your future, and what is a meaningful action you want parliament to take on it?' Raise Our Voice asked women and gender-diverse people under 25 years of age to...
- Housing (1 speech)
One thousand, one hundred and thirteen is the number of people in my local electorate who have purchased their very first home under the five per cent deposit scheme, and 1 October marked one...
- Labor Government (1 speech)
Well, it's obvious to everybody the wheels have fallen off the Albanese Labor government's car. As a matter of fact, it's worse than that. Their axle is broken. They've lost the faith of the...
- Windsor Community Children's Centre (1 speech)
The Windsor Community Children's Centre is saved, and it is here to stay. I thought that I would never be able to deliver this speech in this place, after years of advocacy and hard work by so...
- Kalgoorlie Rail Realignment Project, Phosphine Pesticide (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to inform the House of the importance of the Kalgoorlie Rail Realignment Project not just for the Goldfields region of my electorate but also for the rail corridor between Western...
- Paterson Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
I have spoken about the MI extension to Raymond Terrace many times in this place but, after years of talking about this road, I am absolutely delighted to stand here today and talk about...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- Veterans: Health Care, Disability Services, Ryan Electorate: Community Organisations, Migration (1 speech)
Earlier this year Labor tried to slash veterans' services, rather than make big corporations pay their fair share of tax, which was a huge betrayal of those who have served our country. Labor...
- Tiagarra Aboriginal Cultural Centre, Braddon Electorate: Boat Harbour, Braddon Electorate: Acknowledgements (1 speech)
I rise today to celebrate some very special milestones in my electorate of Braddon, milestones that speak to culture, community inclusion and the extraordinary people who make regional Tasmania...
- Australian Defence Force, Great Barrier Reef Aquarium (1 speech)
I want to tell the House about a bloke from Townsville. He's university educated. He's a respected community leader. He runs a local sporting organisation. He's married, raising a family and...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
We live in the most uncertain times that I can recall in my lifetime, from the life-changing impacts of a three-year global COVID pandemic to the war in Ukraine, the rise of China's global...
- Home Insurance, Roads, Health Care, Mental Health (1 speech)
I rise this afternoon to talk on a number of issues that are relevant to my electorate. The first is the two-year anniversary of the Casterton hailstorm. Two years ago, there was a devastating...
- Melbourne Electorate: Community Events, Artificial Intelligence (2 speeches)
When I gave my first speech in this place, I spoke about Melbourne as a city that pulses with live music, breathes a soul of theatre and has creativity running through it. I've had plenty of...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Tasmanian Times (1 speech)
I have received a whistleblower disclosure from veteran Tasmanian investigative journalist Mr Geoffrey Swan, a 10-year contributor to Tasmanian Times and who was acting chief editor of the...
- Indian Ocean Territories (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about Australia's most remote communities, the Indian Ocean Territories. The Indian Ocean Territories are an important strategic and cultural part of this country. They...
- Medical Research Future Fund (1 speech)
During my time in office, I've had the heartbreaking privilege of meeting with Bradfield constituents to hear their stories of devastating loss and life changing diagnoses—in particular,...
- Banks Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
Over the October long weekend, I held the first Banks Community Cup Table Tennis Tournament, bringing together 64 participants and more than 50 spectators in Penshurst for some lighthearted...
- Curtin Electorate: Raise Our Voice Australia (3 speeches)
Raise Our Voice provides an opportunity for young Australians to draw the parliament's attention to the issues shaping their future and the action they want parliament to take. I'm proud to share...
- Raise Our Voice in Parliament (1 speech)
This speech comes from Matilda from Bean: My name is Matilda, I am 13 years of age, and I am proud to have two parents that both work in the trades. I have had the opportunity to watch my parents...
- La Trobe Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
The Dandenong Ranges is a beautiful place to live, but in summer we always have the fear of fires. Many roads right across the Dandenong Ranges are unsealed. Under the former, Liberal government...
- Raise Our Voice in Parliament (1 speech)
Again this year, young people in my electorate have submitted speeches to the Raise Our Voice program. This is Tanja's contribution: Next year I turn eighteen, and I will walk into a polling...
- Monash Electorate: Roads, Prostate Cancer (1 speech)
I'd like to associate myself with the remarks made by the member for Werriwa on the need to strengthen and support civics education in our schools. In just 10 days time, we will have the MotoGP...
- Gellibrand Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
Residents of Point Cook in my electorate have been stuck in traffic for too long, so I congratulate the state member for Point Cook, Mathew Hilakari, and the Carroll Labor government for their...
- Hinkler Electorate: Disaster and Emergency Management, Hinkler Electorate: Emergency Services (1 speech)
As the weather warms up, communities across Hinkler are preparing for another summer of storms, flooding and possible cyclones. Our fire season is already proving active and volatile, and that is...
- Newcastle Knights, Koori Knockout (1 speech)
Famously, former Newcastle Knights captain Matty Johns said that the 1997 grand final win was 'better than LEGO'. Just a couple of weeks ago, the Hunter was buzzing again at the thought of the...
- Shepparton Art Museum, Horse Racing (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the Shepparton Art Museum, or SAM, and, in particular, its successful hosting of works from Australia's favourite and most significant art award, the Archibald Prize. The...
- Disaster and Emergency Management, Carers (1 speech)
Today marks the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, a reminder that the best time to prepare for a disaster is, of course, long before it strikes. In South-East Queensland, that...
- Raise Our Voice in Parliament, Fadden Electorate: Small Business, Housing (1 speech)
Today I'm proud to read into the record here in parliament the speech written by 18-year-old Ngarimu as part of the Raise Our Voice in Parliament program. He says: A society is judged not by how...
- Bass Electorate: Raise Our Voice Australia (1 speech)
Through Raise Our Voice, I'm pleased to share the words of two young people of Bass here in parliament. Firstly, a speech by 11-year-old Eva. These are Eva's words: Every place has a story and...
- Fairfax Electorate: Netball, Economy (1 speech)
The Sunshine Coast has the greatest netball players in the country. There is nowhere like the Sunshine Coast, and I was delighted recently. I went down to the courts at the bottom of Fishermans...
- Raise Our Voice in Parliament (4 speeches)
I'm proud to read part of a Raise Our Voice speech that belongs to Abby, age 17, from the electorate of Macquarie: When I was younger, I imagined a future filled with flying cars that would...
- Raise Our Voice in Parliament, Western Freeway (2 speeches)
As part of the Raise Our Voice campaign, it's a privilege to deliver this speech written by Maryam, a young person living in my electorate of Gorton in Melbourne's west: One major issue that...
- Bills (0 speeches)
