- Artificial Intelligence (1 speech)
In the last week, we've seen leaders in the world's pioneer AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI paint an alarming picture of the speed at which technology is developing, potentially beyond... - Deakin Electorate: Vocational Skills and Training (1 speech)
To mark Skills Week and TAFE Day, I had the opportunity to visit Swinburne's Croydon campus and spend some time with apprentices training there. Some were people I was meeting for the first time;... - Senior Australians (1 speech)
I rise to speak for the people who built this country and who this government has chosen to ignore. Farrer is a vast expanse of rural and regional Australia. Pooncarie to Albury is a seven-hour... - Community Services, Australian Labor Party (1 speech)
Dandenong in my electorate is a jobs-rich area, but it structurally has a higher unemployment rate than the metropolitan average. This was why I was so delighted to launch the Dandenong... - Veterans: Health Care (1 speech)
Veterans have come to see me, and like many members in this House I have sat with them and listened. They were not asking for sympathy. They were asking for understanding. They wanted us, the... - Superannuation (1 speech)
Paul Keating was both the architect of compulsory superannuation but also the first person from whom I'd ever heard the line, 'Good policy is good politics.' The corollary of that is that bad... - Himalayas: Floods (1 speech)
I rise to join the chorus of parliamentarians in expressing our compassion to the people of Nepal for the recent disaster the Prime Minister spoke about in the House of Representatives. I want to... - Barbagallo, Mrs Gayle (1 speech)
You think you know someone, and you always discover a surprise. I knew Gayle Barbagallo for decades, and it was only recently that I discovered that one of her favourite animals was an elephant.... - Page Electorate: Sport (1 speech)
I'd like to congratulate the Casino RSM Cougars on defeating Murwillumbah to win the 2026 men's first grade rugby league grand final on Saturday. This is the Cougars' first premiership since... - Business Hunter Awards (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate the outstanding Newcastle businesses, organisations and individuals recognised at the Business Hunter Awards over the weekend. These awards are a wonderful... - Bagnall, Mr Philip, Defence Kidz, Be Bold Be Heard (1 speech)
I want to recognise local legend in the Sutherland Shire, Phil Bagnall. Phil has spent decades training people right across my community in his Anytime Fitness gyms in Cronulla, Caringbah and... - Lakeview Senior College, Tesfay, Mr Eyoael (1 speech)
What do you get when you mix high school politics, big hair, bigger personalities and an incredible soundtrack? The opposition are pretty famous for their theatrics, but even they would struggle... - Tara Wind Farm (1 speech)
I'd like to bring to the parliament's attention a dangerous situation unfolding out in my electorate, in Tara, as we speak. It's been predicated by Vestas, a Danish renewable company that is... - Brisbane Youth Policy Challenge (1 speech)
There are 187,000 people living in the Brisbane electorate, and 19,000 of those are schoolchildren. In the coming decades, those 19,000, statistically, will finish school, start a career, buy a... - Capricornia Electorate: Capricorn Helicopter Rescue Service (1 speech)
I rise to recognise one of Central Queensland's great institutions, the Capricorn Helicopter Rescue Service—better known as CapRescue—as it marks 30 years of saving lives. What began... - Hasluck Electorate: Acknowledgements (1 speech)
All the best to the Fremantle Dockers AFL women's team as they take on the Western Bulldogs and to the Dockers men's team in their preliminary finals against Sydney. It's been an absolutely... - Riverina Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
It was a massive day in the Riverina on Saturday. The 160th Wagga Wagga Show was held, and about 11,000 people flocked to be part of the fun. Zara Hiscock, 21, was named young woman of the show,... - Wills Electorate (1 speech)
I want to acknowledge the very strong community concern and actions about the proposed development on the former Nufarm factory site in the suburb of Fawkner, in my electorate of Wills. This is a... - Lindsay Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
There are weekends that remind you exactly why it's such a privilege to represent your community, and this weekend across Lindsay, I saw again why I believe I represent the best community in the... - Housing, Ballarat Electorate: Acknowledgements (2 speeches)
Last week I was able to experience what the Albanese government's massive investment in housing means in my own home town of Ballarat. Right in the centre of town and walking distance to...