House debates
Thursday, 4 September 2025
- Child Abuse (1 speech)
PENFOLD () (): Today I call on this place to ensure that convicted paedophiles pay the price for their abuse. Today I call on this place to back amendments to the Bankruptcy Act to prevent... - Cancer, Scolyer, Professor Richard, AO (1 speech)
This is a government that cares about health care. We've passed legislation to make medicines more affordable, we're delivering new Medicare urgent care clinics across the country and yesterday... - Lucas, Mr Alan (1 speech)
Tomorrow my community will come together to farewell a great Australian. Alan Lucas was a titan of the local real estate fraternity; a man of faith, conviction and generosity; and one of the... - Health Care (1 speech)
Since the election, held in May, the Albanese Labor government has been committed to delivering its promise on building Australia's future. During the 48th Parliament's first four weeks the... - Wentworth Electorate: Sport, Mental Health (1 speech)
Right now on Bondi Beach in my electorate of Wentworth, something both exciting and exhausting is happening. The Tama Touch football group are attempting a world record for the longest continuous... - Cunningham Electorate: Multiculturalism (1 speech)
This year we celebrate 50 years of the incredible work that the Multicultural Communities Council of Illawarra have done bringing people together. MCCI in 1975, with nine visionary community... - Mayo Electorate: Macclesfield RSL World War II Anniversary Dinner Dance (1 speech)
I'd like to talk about the special dinner that we had at the Macclesfield RSL last Saturday night. It was a dinner to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, which happened... - Medicare: Mental Health (1 speech)
Over the last two decades in this country nine lives have been tragically lost to suicide every single day. Too many people are struggling with wait times, expensive appointments and ongoing... - Taxation: Spare Room Tax (1 speech)
This government is failing Australians on housing. Rather than fixing what's holding builders back, the government abolished the Australian Building and Construction Commission, piled on hundreds... - Albanese Government (1 speech)
It's been four months since the election, and we have not wasted a single moment in delivering for Australians. We have been steadfastly focused on delivering for all Australians, including in my... - Taxation (1 speech)
It's not only my question that this government has continued to evade. My colleagues in the Senate have also struggled to receive a clear response as to whether or not this government will tax... - Health Care (1 speech)
Labor has always been the party of health care—from the Curtin and Chifley governments' work establishing the PBS, to Whitlam's universal healthcare reforms, to Hawke's Medicare. Now, under... - International Relations (1 speech)
Australia faces the most dangerous strategic environment since the Second World War. Around the world, authoritarian regimes and leaders are flexing their muscles—whether it's Iran and its... - Labor Government (1 speech)
Tomorrow I will be home in Leichardt. The sun will shine. The ocean will lap the sun-kissed palm-tree-lined beaches. The reef will still be great and the Daintree mighty. And I will walk the... - Petitions: Australian National Flag (5 speeches)
The Australian flag flies on the shoulder of the Australian Defence Force. I've fought under its colours on the battlefield. Mates of mine who have been killed in battle, died in training or... - WorldSkills Australia (1 speech)
A TAFE course or an apprenticeship can be the ticket to a great career, higher wages, new skills and a better future. At the WorldSkills Australia National Championships, Victorians showed the... - Fairfax Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
The decisions we make in this place will determine Australia for the future. Indeed, the bigger decisions will determine Australia for generations to come. This is why it's so vitally important... - Women's Health (1 speech)
It's Women's Health Week, and, this morning, I joined the new Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care at Sexual Health and Family Planning ACT, a critical service for our community here in... - Superannuation (2 speeches)
Billions of dollars of everyday Australians' retirement savings are now at risk, lost in the collapse of dodgy schemes like First Guardian and Shield, all of them so-called managed investment...
