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October 9, 2024
Wage Justice for Early Childhood Education and Care Workers (Special Account) Bill 2024 - Second Reading

I was drawn to speak on this bill because child care is a serious issue in my electorate of Mallee. I note the title of this bill: Wage Justice for Early Childhood Education and Care Workers (Special Account) Bill 2024.

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Parliament
October 9, 2024
Migration, pathway to nation building - Tabling of Report - Joint Standing Committee on Migration

I was, as I said, proud to take the committee to Robinvale to hear from local farmers about the desperate state they repeatedly find themselves in regarding workforce shortages. Migrants play a key role in getting food from paddock to plate.

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Parliament
October 8, 2024
Constituency Statement - Youth Voice in Parliament Week, Israel Attacks

I have a statement, as part of the Raise Our Voice in Parliament campaign, from Miley, a student in Mallee. She says: envision a future where every child has the freedom to express themselves authentically and confidently...

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Parliament
September 11, 2024
Universities Accord (Student Support and Other Measures) Bill 2024

Today, I will focus mainly on two aspects of the Universities Accord (Student Support and Other Measures) Bill 2024: the Albanese Labor government policy proposals for paid practical placement and for channelling more money into student...

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Parliament
September 11, 2024
Organ and Tissue Donation

I am delighted to get up this morning and discuss the Parliamentary Friends of Organ Donation. I have just finished a particular event with my very good friend Dr Mike Freelander to have people who have received organ donations standing...

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Parliament
September 11, 2024
Treasury Laws Amendment (Reserve Bank Reforms) Bill 2023

I spoke last month about Labor's Future Made in Australia Bill and likened it to Labor's use of the term 'made in Australia' to Mickey Mouse as the sorcerer's apprentice in Disney's 1940 classic Fantasia. In the story...

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Parliament
September 11, 2024
Statements by Members - Agriculture Industry

Thousands of farmers made the long trip to Canberra yesterday to peacefully protest the Albanese Labor government's destructive anti-agriculture agenda. It is the first time in 40 years that farmers have united together to come to this place...

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Parliament
August 21, 2024
Taxation (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Bill 2024

This package of multinational tax avoidance measures, the Taxation (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Bill 2024 and related bills, is built on the world-class, world-first legislation that the coalition developed when we were...

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Parliament
August 21, 2024
Matters of Public Importance - Renewable Energy

I don't see Labor putting wind turbines up on the Dandenong Ranges overlooking Melbourne or out in Port Phillip Bay, and they aren't blanketing Melbourne's golf courses with black panels or erecting hulking 230-metre towers and transmission...

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