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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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Parliament

August 20, 2024

Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Administration) Bill 2024

In our history on this side of the House of strong leadership on this vital issue, the coalition re-established the ABCC in 2016 after a double dissolution election. Labor shut the ABCC down in February 2023, leaving our construction industry...

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Parliament

August 19, 2024

Adjournment - Early Childhood Education

The Albanese Labor government repeatedly pat themselves on the back for their wage rise and subsidies for child care, but families in regional Australia are left out in the cold by a lack of availability and access. A subsidy is well and...

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