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We're relying on Treasury modelling, but we're not going to show you the details,
I also rise to take note of Minister Ayres's response on behalf of the Minister for Housing. The measure that…
Given the Biosecurity Amendment (Improving Operational Efficiency) Bill 2026 deals with biosecurity, I want to…
I'm pleased to see that the ACCC recently made an announcement of a review into mandated roaming—some 10 years…
Let's do a few lines with the CEO and the founder.
These documents are tabled in accordance with the list circulated to honourable members earlier today. Full de…
I'm happy to take the question on behalf of the government, and I acknowledge the member's interest in this ar…
(): I note that the member for Clark stated in his own letter that there's been no allegation of wrongdoing a…
I thank the member for her question. I don't agree with various aspects of the modelling that the shadow minis…
I thank the member for Fowler for her question. I note that in the tax changes—which were in the budget—for ex…
I thank the member for Lyne for her question. I do want to state that it is just a fact that under this govern…
The member is either deliberately or accidentally misleading the House with that question, because yesterday,…
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday, the Prime Minister accused millions of Australians who have u…
I thank the member for his question. We take our relationship seriously, including our obligations for engagem…
I thank the member for Bonner for her question. Labor is growing an economy that works for people, not the oth…
My office and my team have spent four years carefully rebuilding our relationships in the region. We take our…
My question is to the Prime Minister. Millions of Australians have now seen with their own eyes the Prime Mini…
On the one hand, Labor hands out welfare and home deposits to non-citizens. On the other hand, Labor is cuttin…
Australia is a land of vast natural wealth, yet we have become a giant quarry for the rest of the world. Could…
I declare that unless otherwise ordered the Cash Distribution Framework Bill 2026 and the Cash Distribution Fr…
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the following from oc…
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Leader of the Opp…
I rise to speak about the Department of Veterans' Affairs. I got into the Senate because I found out the hard…
I rise in support of the Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Omnibus No. 1) Bill 2026. I'm also going to f…
I table the Ocean of Peace Alliance and the Fiji-Australia Vuvale Union treaties, together with associated doc…
In respect of the government response to the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee's report…
Oh, don't worry. Trust us. We're going to fix this. Don't worry about it.
Prime Minister and this Treasurer 50 times before the last election when they were told that this would not be…
I move: That, in the opinion of the Senate, the following is a matter of urgency: The Albanese Labor Governm…
Maybe we should actually model this after the election.
At least in relation to OPD 27, on least half a dozen occasions now, the government has explained as carefully…
This is what we think you need.
Are we going to run out of fuel? Will farmers have enough fertiliser?
My question is to the Minister for Skills and Training. How is the Albanese Labor government's free TAFE progr…
() (): The incorporated speech read as follows— I would like to speak in strong support of the Interactive Ga…
I wish to start this evening by acknowledging and thanking my good friend Wendy Askew, who resigned from this…
Tonight, I rise to speak about the growing financial pressure facing Australian families and the thousands of…
I thank Senator Dowling for this supplementary. This is an important area where the government has consistentl…
We've missed the jokes from Senator Dowling! Senator Scarr 282997 We haven't! Senat…
Australia's fiscal performance is sound
We will not be supporting the suspension of standing orders. Senator GALLAGHER ING Thank you…
It's obvious the media recently declared war on One Nation, and tonight I ask the obvious: what's really going…
Every decision affecting Australian food production should begin with one simple question: does this strengthe…
It's certainly been a cold winter, and it's made worse by Labor's cost-of-living crisis forcing families to ch…
I rise to speak on the Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Omnibus No. 1) Bill 2026. As my colleagues have…
You've got to have all this gold plating.
On behalf of Senator Bragg, I present the interim report of the Select Committee on Productivity in Australia,…
We are providing no assistance;
I move: That, in the opinion of the Senate, the following is a matter of urgency: The need to put the safety…
Why is housing so buggered in this country?
At the request of the Chair of the Select Committee on Productivity in Australia, Senator Bragg, I move: That…
I thank members of this place for their thoughtful contributions and for speaking on the Wine and Other Legisl…
I wish the government would just stop buying environmental water because we can't use what we've already got.
I speak to the Wine and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026 at a time where the Australian wine industry is…
It seems relevant, while we're talking about the Wine and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026, to say, if we…
Never forget that those levies that are collected and spent by bureaucrats and departments are the farmers
Medicines are essential for the provision of health care in Australia, although many improvements have been ma…
by leave—I move: (1) Schedule 2, item 3, page 11 (after line 33), after subitem (1), insert: (1A) In giving,…
Firstly, I would like to thank those members who have contributed to this debate. I acknowledge the constructi…
It is important that I rise to speak on the Cash Distribution Framework Bill 2026. This is an important discus…
Healthcare in this country, despite the political spin and the press releases, is under real pressure. In regi…
Can I also thank and commend the previous speaker for sharing that story with the parliament and recording tha…
I rise today to pay tribute to one of the finest Australians I've had the privilege to know: Flying Officer Ho…
Why is it so hard for a child to simply watch sport without being sold a bet?
by leave—I move: That this bill be now be read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
I present a supplementary explanatory memorandum to this bill and the Cash Distribution Framework (Consequenti…
What does the Tech Council say?
Nine years of the former coalition government left Australia with too much market power and too little consume…
Can I afford anything more when we're already financially drowning?
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation. The SPEAKER 53517 Does the member for Gol…
Thanks to my friend the member for Leichhardt for his question. In a short time in this place, he has already…
My question goes to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister has now been asked three times why he will not apol…
We'll have more to say with our nuclear plan in coming months. There's a lot of work being done. It's nearly f…
I thank the member for Maribyrnong for her question and acknowledge her ongoing commitment to this government'…
Whether it's the Prime Minister, the Treasurer or members of the cabinet— Ms Bell 282981 Not…
My question is to the Prime Minister. Last week, the member for Sturt reportedly told a constituent she's work…
Prime Minister said, as we are managing the budget more responsibly than those opposite did
I thank the member for Chisholm for her question. She's always been a champion for working people and for the…
I want to thank the member for Bradfield for that question. I know that she, like so many people in this place…
My question goes to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister assure the House that neither his office nor hi…
That's not much to Albo and his mates, but a nice whack to the income of pensioners.
Those opposite have presided over the worst collapse in living standards in the developed world, and I've got…
I condemn the Albanese Labor government's appalling $11 billion attack on older Australians through its cuts t…
Don't let the woefully inadequate be the enemy of the good.
I want to begin by acknowledging the contribution of the former member for Dunkley Peta Murphy in this public…
First of all, I want to say that there are some subjects in the House that have bipartisan support. We all wan…
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Bill 2026 gives ef…
For the information of honourable members, I present the government's response to the Independent National Sec…
Prime Minister announced an investment of $3
I move: That the debate be adjourned. The SPEAKER 53517 The question is that the debate be…
Prime Minister needs to be held to his own standards, in addition to the standard he outlaid, which the Leader…
I look forward to working with Melissa to deliver real change for Australian Workers.
I congratulate Melissa Donnelly on her appointment as the Secretary-elect of the Australian Council of Trade U…
During her tenure, the CPSU has grown 23% and she has overseen significant reforms for workers including incre…
I also rise to speak to the Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Omnibus No.1) Bill 2026. We heard from my…
The coalition welcomes the signing of the Vuvale Union treaty and the Ocean of Peace Alliance—the Veitacini Tr…