House debates
Monday, 25 August 2025
- La Trobe University Nexus Program (1 speech)
Nexus is a fantastic program run by La Trobe University that encourages people with undergraduate degrees and experience in different professions to fast-track a master of teaching degree while... - Housing (1 speech)
The great Australian dream for many decades has been homeownership. Owning the home you live in ensures your kids have certainty of the school they attend; getting work is easier, and you can... - Gippsland Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
Residents in Mallacoota are angry, disappointed and frustrated, and it's all because of the bureaucratic incompetence within the state and federal transport departments. In May 2021, I secured... - Housing (1 speech)
Too many Australians are working hard, saving carefully and doing everything right, but the Australian dream of homeownership has felt out of reach. That is why the Albanese Labor government has... - Early Childhood Education (1 speech)
We have an early childhood education and care problem, but it's not the one that you might think. Bradfield is experiencing a childcare glut, and it's a nuanced problem. The primary driver of... - Housing (1 speech)
Owning a home is the great Australian dream, and that dream is getting closer for thousands of people. From 1 October, every Australian purchasing their first home will be able to enter the... - Health Insurance Industry (1 speech)
Private hospitals are in crisis, and that's in no small part due to the health insurance industry. Now, the minister says insurers are increasing payments to private hospitals, but the hospitals... - Housing Affordability (1 speech)
This morning the Prime Minister and the Minister for Housing and Minister for Cities fast-tracked the support we committed to providing to first home buyers during the recent federal election.... - National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
In June, the AEIOU centre in Arundel closed its doors—a specialist service for children with autism, gone overnight. Twelve families including children as young as two were given two weeks... - Housing Affordability (1 speech)
Housing affordability is one of the most pressing challenges for my community and for my generation. It's a challenge that those opposite didn't want to face during their nine years in... - Western Australia: Health Care (1 speech)
I want a better hospital for my constituents. That's why this is my 14th speech on this subject. Labor has governed Western Australia since 2017—almost a decade—and in that time they... - Housing (1 speech)
There are far too many hardworking Australians who feel like their dream of homeownership in the communities in which they work, live and play has never been further out of reach. For too long,... - Victory in the Pacific: 80th Anniversary (1 speech)
Eighty years ago the victory in the Pacific was a defining moment for our nation. On Saturday 16 August, I was honoured to join more than 300 Redland locals to commemorate the 80th anniversary of... - Housing (1 speech)
In the Hunter we know what it means to work hard—to put the hours in at the coalface, on the tools, in our small businesses, on our farms and in the best vineyards and wineries in the... - Bancroft, Mr Sunny (1 speech)
I'd like to acknowledge and remember the incredible life of Sunny Bancroft. Sunny was a very much loved Indigenous leader from the Clarence Valley, who recently passed away at the age of 76. He... - Housing (1 speech)
First home buyers around the country will be relieved to learn today that we are bringing forward our commitment to our five per cent deposit scheme. That's all that's required for a deposit for... - Berowra Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Epping is the growth suburb of my electorate. You only need to look up in the sky and see the apartment buildings nearing completion or look at the vacant lots where apartment buildings are going... - Housing (1 speech)
Buying a home for the first time is hard. The first hurdle you've got to cross is the 20 per cent deposit because if you can't get to 20 per cent, you've got to pay for mortgage insurance. For... - South Australia: Marine Environment (1 speech)
I rise to rebuke this Albanese Labor government over its catastrophic mishandling of the algal bloom crisis in South Australia, which is a clear natural and national disaster. It's... - Lalor Electorate: Housing (2 speeches)
The Leader of the Opposition might be interested to know that, thanks to this Prime Minister, 1,880 households in the electorate of Lalor bought a house with a five per cent deposit. That's what...
