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MEDIA

June 26, 2024

Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Withdrawal from Amalgamation) Bill 2024

This month the weak leadership of Prime Minister Albanese has been exposed by the belligerence of John Setka, the Victoria-Tasmania secretary of the CFMEU. After we on this side of the House moved our bill, the Fair Work...

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Parliament

June 25, 2024

National Health Amendment (Supporting Patient Access to Cheaper Medicines and Other Measures) Bill 2024

I rise as shadow assistant minister for regional health to address this important legislation, the National Health Amendment (Supporting Patient Access to Cheaper Medicines and Other Measures) Bill 2024, which is a product of a strongly...

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Parliament

June 25, 2024

Matters of Public Importance - Energy

The lack of rain in my electorate of Mallee hasn't just wrecked the start of the cropping season for farmers; the lack of wind has been miserable for so-called windfarms as well. Our first wind drought since 2017 highlights what the Germans...

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Parliament

June 24, 2024

Constituency Statements - Health Care: Maternity Services

In seconding this excellent motion by my colleague from Wide Bay, I do so as the shadow assistant minister for regional health and speak on behalf of the women of rural, regional and remote Australia who are victims of Labor's scorched...

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Parliament

June 5, 2024

Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2024-2025

Listening to the member for Bennelong's speech just then, I feel nothing but how fabulous it must be to be a constituent in the member for Bennelong's electorate with the amount of health care there, the dollars that are spent there...

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Parliament

June 5, 2024

Matters of Public Importance - Albanese Government

With the Olympics almost upon us, I think 'team Albanese' are a real medal chance in gymnastics—perhaps the floor routine, the high bars or even the ropes. The minister for immigration would star with his direction 99 double backflip, first...

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Parliament

June 4, 2024

Matters of Public Importance - Regional Australia

As I travel around my electorate and I meet constituents face to face, it is becoming more and more apparent that they feel they are being treated as second-class citizens. It is a shame on this government that they feel like they just...

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Parliament

May 16, 2024

Matters of Public Importance - Housing

Labor promised before May 2022 they would fix the housing crisis. What are they doing now they are in office? They are piling in more people. Immigration is up to 1.7 million, up 200,000 from the last budget, because...

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Parliament

May 15, 2024

Constituency Statements - Shelly, Ms Brooke

Today I rise to highlight a shining example of professional excellence and commitment to regional health in my electorate of Mallee. Brooke Shelly, from Mildura, has been awarded the 2024 Pharmaceutical Society of Aus...

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