- Artificial Intelligence (1 speech)
Who is AI really for? Australia has a sorry history of letting multinational corporations extract our resources, leaving everyday people to carry the costs. The gas export boom was sold as a... - Newcastle Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
The opening of the M1 Pacific Motorway extension is a major milestone for Newcastle and the Hunter. After years of planning and construction, the missing link between Black Hill and Raymond... - Antarctica (1 speech)
I'm very proud of the fact that Hobart is Australia's gateway to the Antarctic. Indeed, the whole of Tasmania contributes significantly to the world's understanding of and the protection of the... - Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (1 speech)
For people living with rare cancers, access to affordable treatment can bring genuine hope during a frightening and uncertain time. I first met Angela from West End when out doorknocking before... - Bradfield Electorate: Indian Australian Community (1 speech)
A few weeks ago I had the great honour of attending an annual gala celebrating the Indian community in Sydney. This year the event was particularly special as it was celebrating 80 years of... - Darwin Festival (1 speech)
Terima kasih. Sahul & Sunda is a Darwin based arts organisation bringing Australian and Indonesian artists together through cultural and regional exchange. As part of this year's Darwin... - Budget (1 speech)
The date 12 May 2026 will be forever remembered as the date that the Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ended aspiration in Australia. In this year's budget, Labor had... - Medicare (1 speech)
Labor is the party of Medicare and will always invest to ensure the system is strong, resilient and sustainable. Labor wants all Australians to have access to a free bulk-billing doctor, and our... - Small Business (1 speech)
In 2025, almost 15,000 small businesses collapsed—the worst year on record for business insolvencies. Labor's toxic taxes are continuing to punish small and family businesses, destroying... - Superannuation (1 speech)
Paul Keating is not only the architect of compulsory superannuation; he's also the person I first heard say that good policy is good politics. The corollary of that is that bad policy is bad... - Fiscal Policy (1 speech)
On the same day we discovered that the Prime Minister's own electorate received a $6 million grant for his local golf club, we learnt that Labor's invite-only major local community infrastructure... - Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence (1 speech)
The Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission report shared today includes what this government and its agencies have done to address domestic, family and sexual violence in this country.... - Economy (1 speech)
Labor's toxic taxes punish Australians who work hard, save hard, take a risk and just try to get ahead. In my electorate of Fisher, Dale and Tanya built an export business from their garage. They... - Tertiary Education and Training (1 speech)
Today, on National TAFE Day, I want to celebrate every student whose life has been forever changed because of their TAFE journey. Recently I met Charlotte, an apprentice florist from Leopold in... - Climate Change (1 speech)
In 1949, I say for all the students here—welcome—George Orwell wrote his dystopian novel 1984, a book designed to warn people about the dangers of government overreach and control... - Superannuation (1 speech)
While doorknocking during the last federal election campaign, I remember telling a woman that the Labor Party would pay superannuation on paid parental leave. At that moment she was like, 'Stop... - Member for Canning, Taxation (1 speech)
I have two things today. First, I want to support the member for Canning. No-one who has lacked the courage to serve in uniform should have the audacity to call someone who has a traitor. I'm... - National TAFE Day (1 speech)
Today is National TAFE Day. It is a day where we celebrate publicly funded TAFE. I'm really pleased to be part of a government that has made so many TAFE courses free. In fact, we've had over... - Taxation (1 speech)
This treasurer has the opposite of the Midas touch. Everything he touches turns to the proverbial—another day, another hidden tax. This time it's a tax on babies. Birth taxes, life taxes,... - National TAFE Day (2 speeches)
In case you missed it, today is National TAFE Day. TAFE has played a massive role in my life. It gave me the pathway into university. Later, when I decided to become an electrician, I went and...