- Mayo Electorate: War Memorials (1 speech)
Last Sunday, before returning to Canberra, I had the great privilege of attending the Flight of the Guardians peacekeeper memorial unveiling at the Charleston Community Centre in Charleston in... - Discrimination (1 speech)
The footage of a 13-year-old Muslim schoolgirl being subjected to racist abuse on a bus in Strathfield saddens me. Janna was targeted because she showed courage. She saw another young woman being... - Disaster and Emergency Management: Cyclones (1 speech)
The cyclone and disaster assistance protocols 28 years ago were redrafted to extend the assistance to natural disasters. I put on record my thanks and appreciation for the great work by George... - Mental Health (1 speech)
Mental health is not a marginal issue in Australia. More than one in five adults experience a mental health challenge in any given year, and that rate doubles for young people. This Labor... - Climate Change (1 speech)
Today's events in parliament underline the biggest threat to our way of life and our safety: global warming. Communities on the front line of extreme weather are already paying the price. The... - Narre Warren South Scout Group (1 speech)
You don't have to be the best at everything, especially Scouts; you just have to be willing to have a go. That ethos is exactly what I love about the Narre Warren South Scout Group and what was... - Economy (1 speech)
Labor keeps spending, and Australians keep paying. This government spending is keeping pressure on inflation and interest rates and leaving households to pick up the bill. You can't put out an... - Weston Bears Football Club (1 speech)
What a day for the Weston Bears and for the best football region in Australia: the Hunter. After 31 years, the Weston Bears are northern New South Wales NPL champions again. This win belongs to... - Economy (1 speech)
We know that our lives are worse now than they were four years ago, when Anthony Albanese became Prime Minister. That is the message that I heard time and again across regional Western Australia.... - Democracy (1 speech)
Yesterday was International Day of Democracy, which recognised the many ways people can be involved in strengthening the democratic institutions that serve our communities. It is also a reminder... - Labor Government (1 speech)
Regional Australians are bearing the brunt of this Labor government, and we've had enough of being told how to live our lives, as living standards slip further behind. Housing, fuel, food and... - Federal Election (1 speech)
Australians should be able to freely exercise their vote without fear of intimidation or harassment. At the 2025 federal election, this was not the experience of many in Boothby, which was... - Labor Government (1 speech)
Sometimes I feel like I'm in an alternative universe when I enter this chamber. At home I hear from locals within the Redlands about the pressures they're facing—higher interest rates,... - Federal Election (1 speech)
This week we mark the International Day of Democracy. It's a right that can too easily be lost. Less than 30 per cent of the world has that right. Australians have fought in wars to maintain our... - Economy (1 speech)
We know that the Australian Treasurer has a serious spending problem, because not only is spending at a 40-year high outside of the pandemic, not only has the RBA governor no less admitted that... - Federal Election (1 speech)
My seat in the 2025 federal election was not spared from the exclusive Brethren muscle, except in my seat, rather than putting on blue T-shirts, they put on yellow National Party T-shirts—a... - Albanese Government: Economy (1 speech)
Under Labor, Australians are paying more, they're working harder and they're going backwards. Those opposite have presided over the worst collapse in Australian living standards in the developed... - Electoral System (1 speech)
Public confidence in our electoral system is essential. It depends on transparency, accountability and the ability of Australians to participate without interference, intimidation, harassment or... - Prime Minister (1 speech)
'My word is my bond.' That's what the Prime Minister told us. But we know we have a prime minister who just can't be straight with the Australian people. Australians are still waiting for the... - Electoral System (7 speeches)
The Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters resolved to require the attendance of Mr Bruce Hales and Mr Gareth Hales, senior leaders of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, to give...