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March 4, 2024

Help to Buy Bill

As we debate the Help to Buy Bill today, I want to reflect first on how we have come to be in a position where the Commonwealth has to help people buy a home. In 1984, it cost $64,000 to buy the average home, and an annual income back then was a

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Parliament

December 20, 2023

Matters of Public Importance – Power Prices

I believe keeping a promise is a sign of integrity. Those who are elected members in this House hold positions of privilege, and it is incumbent upon each of us to fulfil our promises—much more so from a Prime Minister.

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Parliament

December 20, 2023

3 Minute Constituency Statement – Energy

Today in question time we saw scores of farmers from my electorate of Mallee - around 60 of them- in the chamber, and I congratulate them for downing tools, turning off the tractors and trying to put a stop to the nonsense that is electricity

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Parliament

December 20, 2023

90 second statement – Child Care – 14 June 2023

This is a letter from one of my constituents: ‘I am writing about my return to work and the childcare shortage in Victoria. There is no availability in my local childcare centre until 2025. That means teachers and nurses who are mothers in my

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Parliament

June 1, 2023

Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Amendment (Disclosure of Information) Bill

I rise to support the premise of the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Amendment (Disclosure of Information) Bill 2023 and its potential to raise awareness of organ donation, although I believe more work needs

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Parliament

May 24, 2023

Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2023-2024 – 24 May 2023

In my role as the shadow assistant minister for regional health and the member for Mallee, I am pleased to speak about regional Australia and my home electorate of Mallee in this debate on Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2023-2024. I am passionate

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Parliament

May 24, 2023

3 Minute Constituency Statement – Children Having an Illness Living in Sunraysia – 24 May 2023

I rise to talk about a wonderful volunteer organisation in my electorate of Mallee called CHAILIS. It stands for Children Having an Illness Living in Sunraysia. Although it was officially established in early 2015, it was borne out of the

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Parliament

May 24, 2023

Adjournment debate – Energy

Mallee is kilometre upon kilometre of prime agricultural and horticultural land. If you haven’t been there, I invite you to come. REMPLAN estimates the region’s gross regional product at around $10 billion. The people of Mallee clothe and feed

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Parliament

May 11, 2023

Matters of Public Importance – Migration

Australia has a proud migration history. Migrants are the thread woven into the very fabric of our nation, blessing us with their variety in culture, belief, cuisine and, indeed, coffee and wine. Migrants have underpinned the economy

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