House debates

Tuesday, 10 March 2026

  • Accountability of Grants, Investment Mandates and Use of Public Resources Amendment (End Pork Barrelling) Bill 2024 (1 speech)
    As the member for Indi so eloquently put it, it's time to put a fork in the pork. In other words, it's time to end the practice of pork barrelling—something that has long been relied upon...
  • Housing (1 speech)
    I'm here to talk about housing, because it really is a fundamental human right and we're at a critical point in this nation's history that we need all levels of government working together to...
  • Early Childhood Education and Care (1 speech)
    I'm often critical of the Canberra bubble, and for good reason. Too many decisions made in this place reflect decisions made in the bureaucracy by people with a lived experience very different to...
  • Blair Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
    The Albanese Labor government is building Australia's future. We have an infrastructure pipeline of $120 billion that is about making the journeys between cities and regional and rural...
  • Cost of Living, Fuel Security (1 speech)
    I stood in this place last week and spoke about Labor's unwritten slogan that every MP, from the Prime Minister down to the backbenchers, has adopted over the past four years. That slogan is...
  • Fuel Security, Energy (2 speeches)
    There are a couple of things in the member for Cowper's contribution that I would like to respond to. He says that maybe it's not good enough for our strategic fuel supplies to be offshore. I'll...