House debates
Thursday, 27 March 2025
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Member for Moreton (2 speeches)
I have noticed with interest this week that your grace has been upon the member for Moreton in that you haven't ejected him from the chamber. I'm just wondering whether your grace will extend...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Joint Committee; Approval of Work (3 speeches)
I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, it is expedient to carry out the following proposed work which was referred to the Parliamentary Standing...
- Privileges and Members' Interests Committee; Report (1 speech)
In accordance with standing order 216, on behalf of the Committee of Privileges and Members' Interests, I present a report concerning the registration and declaration of members' interests during...
- Petitions Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 38 of the Standing Committee on Petitions. The report read as follows— HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PETITIONS COMMITTEE REPORT No. 38 Petitions and Ministerial Responses...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
by leave—I present 112 petitions:
- Responses (1 speech)
by leave— I present the following 30 ministerial responses to petitions previously presented:
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Communications and the Arts Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts, I present the committee's report entitled Am I ever gonna see you live again? Yes way! You bet! Oh yeah! together with the...
- Intelligence and Security Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, I present the committee's advisory report on the Transport Security Amendment (Security of Australia's Transport...
- Industry, Science and Resources Committee; Report (6 speeches)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Resources, I present the committee's report entitled Food for thought: the opportunities and challenges for Australia's food and...
- Health, Aged Care and Sport Committee; Report (2 speeches)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport, I present the committee's report entitled Issues paper relating to the health impacts of alcohol and other drugs in Australia,...
- Treaties Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, I present the committee's Report 226: Australia-Portugal tax treaty. Report made a parliamentary paper in accordance with standing order...
- Regional Development, Infrastructure and Transport Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Regional Development, Infrastructure and Transport, and also on behalf of the chair of that committee, the member for Solomon, I present the committee's...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Women's Budget Statement (2 speeches)
by leave—I rise to speak on the Women's Budget Statement, tabled as a budget document on Tuesday night, as it has been for every budget delivered by the Albanese Labor government. It is a...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Early Childhood Education (2 speeches)
by leave—I present a copy of my ministerial statement. The Albanese government recognises the transformative benefits of early childhood education and care for children and families and for...
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Gladstone Airport Patient Transfer Facility (1 speech)
Since the closure of Gladstone's Mater Hospital and the downgrading of the Gladstone Hospital from level 4 to level 3 by the former Queensland Labor government, there has been a significant...
- National Basketball League (1 speech)
What an incredible time to be from the Illawarra! The Illawarra Hawks have triumphantly ended a 24-year drought by securing the 2025 NBL championship, with a 114-104 victory over Melbourne United...
- Health Care: Immunisation (1 speech)
Our government's no jab, no pay policy, which withholds the family tax benefit part A supplement and childcare subsidies from families who choose not to vaccinate their children in accordance...
- Holt Electorate: Religious Festivals (1 speech)
In Holt we don't just acknowledge diversity, we celebrate it. We are currently celebrating my favourite time of the year, a season of renewal and reflection as we mark important festivals across...
- Budget (1 speech)
You get a coffee a week; fossil fuel corporations get almost $56 billion in subsidies. You get a coffee a week; property investors get $176 billion in tax handouts. You get a coffee a week;...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
While the government gets on with delivering targeted cost-of-living relief for all Australians, those opposite have decided they want to vote against giving Australians more tax cuts. The Leader...
- Bondi Junction Attack: First Anniversary, Mental Health (1 speech)
Next month, Wentworth will commemorate the first anniversary of the horrific attack at Bondi Junction Westfield, which claimed the lives of Ashlee Good, Dawn Singleton, Faraz Tahir, Jade Young,...
- Federal Election (2 speeches)
What have we learned from yesterday in this House and the other place? It's what we've seen repeatedly from those opposite—voting no to everything this government is doing to assist...
- Sport (1 speech)
Strong connected communities need great local facilities, and, for so many families, this starts with grassroots sport. Our local clubs are more than just places to play. They're where...
- Budget (1 speech)
Australians are facing a cost-of-living crisis at the hands of the Albanese Labor government. Because Labor has kept inflation too high for too long, Australians are paying the price with higher...
- Cost of Living (1 speech)
In the last 24 hours, the opposition said the quiet part out loud. They have vowed that, if the Liberals are elected, they will increase taxes for everyday Aussies. This is absolutely cooked....
- Federal Election (1 speech)
In May, the Australian people will have a choice to make—a choice that will affect the future of our country. They will need to choose a government that they believe will take this country...
- Workplace Relations: Mining Industry (1 speech)
Three years ago, the coalition, especially the Nationals, said, 'You shouldn't trust Labor to support the Hunter's coal industry.' They said that coalmines would close under our watch and that...
- Federal Election (1 speech)
After 17-and-a-bit years, this is my last speech in this place as the member for Parkes. I want to say how proud I have been to represent such a wonderful part of Australia. The people of...
- Australian Public Service (1 speech)
There are three things you can guarantee in life: death, taxes, and Canberra bashing from the Liberal Party. For those listening to the opposition leader's budget reply tonight, I have a...
- Budget (1 speech)
There is a sense of despair in Australia, and it is not just about the cost of living, which has seen the price of milk go up 18 per cent, bread go up 25 per cent and eggs go up 35 per cent. It's...
- Taxation (1 speech)
There's one thing for sure that we know about the Liberals, and that is that they will make every worker in the Blue Mountains, the Hawkesbury and Nepean pay more tax. I'm not saying this just...
- Cost of Living (3 speeches)
Deputy Speaker Claydon, you know it, and we all know it—you know it too, Speaker, as you arrive: there is a cost-of-living crisis in this country. We know that, since three years...
- Taxation (2 speeches)
It is excellent news for everyone in Hasluck this week with the announcement of two further tax cuts on top of the tax cuts that we already delivered last year. They are not one-offs but...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Taxation (14 speeches)
The Prime Minister has caused a lot of pain for Australian families over the last three years. Will the Prime Minister join with me in cutting the price of petrol and diesel to save tradies,...
- Fuel (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. The Treasurer has said: … the reason why we support fuel excise relief, we want to see people under less pressure at the bowser … Nothing would make...
- Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to support students and graduates, and are there any risks to this support?
- Defence Procurement: Submarines (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. People in Goldstein are constantly raising with me their concerns about the stability of the Australia-US relationship under the Trump administration and...
- Energy: Gas (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources. How is the Albanese Labor government ensuring that Australian households and businesses have access to affordable and reliable gas supply, and how...
- Budget (2 speeches)
Prime Minister, given families are hurting because of Labor's cost-of-living crisis, what was the logic in delaying by 15 months the Prime Minister's 70c a day tax cut?
- Taxation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. How is the Labor government lowering taxes for Australian workers? What obstacles are standing in the way?
- Migration (9 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In Labor's cruel hoax of a budget, 1.8 million new arrivals are predicted to live in Australia over a five-year period. Can the Prime Minister guarantee that...
- Medicare (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. How is the Albanese Labor government strengthening Medicare by investing in bulk-billing? Why is it important to strengthen Medicare after...
- Instant Asset Write-Off (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small Business. Last night, Labor was dragged kicking and screaming into doing the bare minimum on the instant asset write-off.
- Early Childhood Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Early Childhood Education. What action has the Albanese Labor government taken to build a universal early education system that is simple, affordable and...
- Budget (8 speeches)
My question is for the Treasurer. Tuesday's budget showed our fiscal position in structural deficit for the next decade. That concerns many of the people of Wentworth. What is the government's...
- Fuel Excise (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Given the cost-of-living crisis Australian families are facing, with the price of everything going up, will the Prime Minister put politics aside and join...
- Housing (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering more housing, and what is threatening that progress?
- International Relations: Australia and the United States of America (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, why would you invite Donald Trump to Australia when you've got a Temu Trump sitting right opposite you?
- Albanese Government (7 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How has the Albanese Labor government been building Australia's future, and what alternative approaches are there?
- Statements on Indulgence (0 speeches)
- Queensland: Floods (2 speeches)
I had a discussion with the Premier of Queensland, David Crisafulli, last night about the flood situation developing in Queensland, particularly in the member for Maranoa's electorate—and I...
- Statement by the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Budget (1 speech)
I want to give a short reminder about arrangements for this evening with respect to the Leader of the Opposition's budget reply speech. As I outlined on Tuesday, the usual courtesies apply to the...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Documents are tabled in accordance with the list circulated to honourable members earlier today. Full details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Regional Australia (41 speeches)
I've received a letter from the honourable member for Page proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: This government's three years of...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Economics Committee; Report (3 speeches)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Economics, I present the following three reports: Review of Australia's four major banks 2023-2024,Review of the Australian Competition and Consumer...
- Economics Committee; Reference to Federation Chamber (1 speech)
I move: That the order of the day be referred to the Federation Chamber for debate. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
WILSON (—) (): I move: That business intervening before order of the day No. 5, government business, be postponed until the next sitting. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2025-2026; Second Reading (1 speech)
To Australians listening tonight, thank you very much for your time. Soon, you'll have a say in determining the future of our great country. We live, literally, in the best country in the world,...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Budget (1 speech)
This week's budget saw the age-old ritual of the government announcing a tax cut with great fanfare to offset the impact of bracket creep. While the top-up tax cut is welcome relief, voters in...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
Over the last three years the Albanese Labor government has been working to build Australia's future. When we were elected after 10 years of the coalition being in government, inflation was...
- Federal Election (1 speech)
This nation is at the crossroads, and the next election is going to determine which direction it takes. That is why it's going to be absolutely vital that the coalition wins. If we have another...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
I'm proud to stand before you today as the member for Pearce, representing this vibrant and diverse community in one of the largest and fastest growing areas in the northern metropolitan area of...
- Queensland: Floods (1 speech)
North Queensland has been inundated by floodwaters over the past two months. Many homes in the electorate of Herbert have been impacted and continue to be impacted today—from Bluewater in...
- Health Care (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the health care the families of Greenway want and deserve. The accessibility of high-quality health care has never been more important, particularly in the fast-growing...
- Budget (1 speech)
This week we have seen a budget which really encapsulates what we already know about this government: it is a government that is bereft of ideas, it is a government that has given up and it is a...
- Labor Government, Lalor Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
I was born and raised in the electorate I serve. I have lived my entire life there, and I always have and always will fight for my community. That's why I'm proud that our federal Labor...
- Tropical Cyclone Alfred (1 speech)
Although we anticipated the arrival of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, the intensity and the precise location of the cyclone was still unknown. This made it a difficult task for locals and...
- Budget (2 speeches)
I just want to touch on our federal budget last night and to look at it from the Northern Territory's perspective. In 2025-26, the government expects to provide the Northern Territory with $7.2...
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum (1 speech)
Since the First World War, the Lithgow small arms factory has been integral to our nation's security and cultural history. After the Boer War campaign, it became clear that, due to its geographic...
- Federal Election (2 speeches)
It's been an article of faith in the Liberal Party, handed down in reverent tones from Liberal parent to Liberal child, that the Liberal Party stands for lower taxes while the godless socialists...
- Albanese Government (1 speech)
The Albanese government is closing in on three years in government, and, for me, it's been almost three years as the member for Boothby. My entire career has been about serving my community...
- South Australia: Roads (1 speech)
The Greater Adelaide Freight Bypass is a project that involves building a new heavy-freight route from Monarto to Truro so that heavy freight that is currently travelling, say, from Melbourne to...
- Eden-Monaro Electorate: Bombala Show, Stewart, Councillor Robert (Bob), Caldwell, Mr Jack, Chawner, Mrs Cindy, Queanbeyan Senior Citizens Association, Australian Public Service (1 speech)
The Bombala community recently celebrated 150 years of the Bombala Show, which is a huge community milestone. I want to congratulate all of the committees and the volunteers over the decades who...
