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I move the motion for the suspension of standing and sessional orders to amend the resolution agreed on 17 Aug…

Lend us some money—and we'll pay you interest on that money—so we can fund our election campaign.

These documents are tabled in accordance with the list circulated to honourable members earlier today. Full de…

on indulgence—I want to thank the minister for the extraordinary job that she's doing on this and thank the op…

Speaker, I hope you don't mind me also giving a shout-out to my dad and fellow Vietnam veterans on this import…

I thank the member for Calare for his question and for his strong advocacy, together with the member for Macqu…

I thank the member for Gorton for her question. Yesterday, our world-leading protections for Australia's gig e…

This was not a forecast, and it's important to note that we do not forecast rental yields.

My question is to the Prime Minister. The National Australia Bank has confirmed that Labor's toxic taxes will…

I thank the Leader of the Opposition for his question; I really do. We have had draft legislation on this meas…

My question is to the Prime Minister. After 98 days of denial and delay, the government has finally come to it…

73, some 60,000 Australians served in Vietnam, with 15,000 nashos, men's conscripted, who went to war without…

on indulgence—As we mark Vietnam Veterans' Day, we solemnly remember the 60,000 Australians who went to that w…

There will be no widows tax—not because Labor wanted it gone but because the coalition forced Labor to axe it.…

I want to thank the parliament for coming together to deal with this issue and get a result that will work. Th…

on indulgence—I'm seeking a brief indulgence before I move a procedural motion. The reason I'm seeking the ind…

The perpetrators of the Bondi massacre should never have had access to a firearm in the first place. That was…

Labor is clearly under pressure re their unfair gun laws. Tony Burke falsely claimed “you can print firearms a…

Going live with Mark Levy on 2GB #auspol https://t.co/xo8ckUQzlC

(—) (): As raised last week, Geoffrey Watson told our Senate inquiry that no ministers or Commonwealth officia…

My question is for the Minister for Finance, Senator Gallagher. With widely reported evidence of $15 billion o…

I'm not sure the extent to which that's a supplementary on a visa question, but I'll accept it as a matter of…

I would make two points. The first is the royal commission is independent. The second is the government will c…

The government has made clear its support for the royal commission. The royal commission has very wide powers,…

I was going through the measures in the budget which are about pushing forward on productivity, which has been…

I welcome the question on the economy from the senator. What I would say first is that I think we all recognis…

It's really owner-occupiers who are the winners in all of this, in that we are going to redistribute the owner…

I'm sure that the Prime Minister and the Treasurer are very much in agreement on this clear issue that we want…

():  Thank you, Senator Collins. That question, if I may say, sounds very similar to a question that Senator B…

With respect, Senator Hume, I think that's actually the same question. I know that you might like to act only…

Given the administrator's public statements on 7.30 that the rules may need to be changed, will the government…

As always, Senator Hume, you seek to go a little too far. The Prime Minister, as leader of the Labor Party, en…

Has the government received any advice, any correspondence or requests from the administrator concerning the a…

I can certainly indicate, in terms of expulsion, that Mr Setka has been expelled from the Australian Labor Par…

My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. On 30 July, the CFMEU administra…

I also rise to acknowledge Indonesia's Independence Day, Hari Kemerdekaan, and to extend the opposition's warm…

Prime Minister said, there is no relationship more important for Australia than Indonesia

The Greens strongly oppose the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Ge…

Well, no, the intent is not to do it this way,

Prime Minister announced a new target growth rate for the NDIS of 5

There isn't a government that's done more than this government to respond to the issues that have been raised,…

I'm happy to attempt an answer here, but I'm not sure how it relates to my role as the Minister for Finance. T…

Senator Thorpe, the Australian government acknowledge issues raised in the reviews, and we are taking action t…

Thank you, Senator Thorpe. I reject the assertion that the government is doing nothing in regard to this. Our…

I thank Senator Thorpe for the question and for the advance knowledge of the question as well. Firstly, thank…

My recollection, Senator Bell, is that the reason the government introduced the policy that it did regarding I…

I'm not sure whether the One Nation party has actually ever sought to be briefed on these issues by our securi…

Thank you, Senator Bell. I actually didn't know that, until Senator Paterson just interjected, but I understan…

Minister, you can't outline any year where productivity increased under your watch. You can't outline how, let…

I'm going to take it that there isn't one single year you can point to. Minister, you have repeatedly pointed…

My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Productivity fell 0.7 per cent i…

When we came to government, the NDIS had been left as a soft target by the government that came before. The co…

Every dollar lost to fraud is a dollar that should be supporting a person with a disability, and when we recov…

Again, Senator Allman-Payne, this government does not support employment service providers undertaking action…

Again, Senator Allman-Payne, if there's anything that I can obtain for you that specifically goes to the quest…

Thanks, Senator Allman-Payne. I think for some time now we have had some dialogue in Senate estimates and else…

I thank Senator Darmanin for that supplementary. More than 200,000 parents have benefited from super being pai…

Braggie's big day out

I thank Senator Darmanin for the question and for her career spent supporting working people in this country a…

As I speak, outside Parliament House is a gathering of Christians and humanitarians, called to support Mr Llew…

I want to talk about the Great Western Highway and the lack of conversations we're having about the troubles o…

This morning, I had the privilege to stand with veterans, clinicians and organisations from across Australia a…

The coalition affirms strong bipartisan support for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, as Australians w…

The government won't be supporting the suspension motion moved by Senator Steele-John this morning. We do beli…

I present a supplementary explanatory memorandum to the bill. Question agreed to. Bill, as amended, agreed t…

I thank the member for Bradfield for moving this amendment. The government will not support this amendment. Th…

I thank the member for Wentworth for moving these amendments. The government will not be supporting these amen…

I thank the member for Indi for moving these amendments. The government will not support these amendments. The…

I thank the member for Curtin for moving these amendments. The government will not be supporting these amendme…

I thank the member for Kooyong for moving these amendments. The government will not support the amendments. We…

Well, you can train the young people, not us. We as a state government will not do that.

I do want to thank our fabulous member for Braddon. I know that the member for Braddon has been closely follow…

I thank the member for her question. I will firstly address some of those issues that she's raised around the…

I want to thank our whip, the member for Lalor, for her fantastic question. In her electorate, more than 2,600…

I thank the member for his question, and I really look forward to him and members of the opposition, the veter…

I thank the member for Gellibrand for his question, and I acknowledge his time throughout his time in this pla…

I thank the member for Mayo for her question. The federal sports ministry delivers just over $500 million wort…

My question is to the Minister for Sport and Minister for Communications. Much of Australia's regional sportin…

I thank the member for Banks not just for his question but for his unwavering support for Australia's world-le…

I want to hear what you want to tell me.

With regard to the number that you've asserted there, I just point you in the direction of the PM's comments a…

My question is to the Minister for Housing. On Labor's watch, median capital city rents have soared from $470…

Prime Minister or I have stood here and noted that no government has gone further to protect Australians from…

We're not going to do anything about that.

My question is to the Minister for Housing. Yesterday, the minister said she was 'damn proud' of Labor's broke…

Thanks very much to the member for the question. I too acknowledge both your and the member for Macquarie's ad…

There have been many times where I haven't been able to sleep because I worried about not earning a minimum wa…

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says Labor is prepared to fast

I thank the member for his amendment. As I said in my second reading speech, we have significant concerns abou…

I move opposition amendments (1) to (10) on sheet AE117, amendments (1) to (3) of sheet AE118, amendments (1)…

In accordance with the resolution agreed to on 17 August 2026, the opposition may move two sets of amendments.

I present a supplementary explanatory memorandum to the bill. I move government amendments, as circulated, to…

I second the motion. I'm proud to second the motion moved by the member for Berowra, my dear and good friend.…

I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Berowr…

Minister Burke accepted country-specific visa restrictions when Labor suspended most subclass 600 visitor visa…

Australia's terrorism threat level remains 'probable', and One Nation has called for migration from 'Do not tr…

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Watt. The go…

Investors finance 43 per cent of newly built homes. Developers warn that driving them away will mean fewer hou…

Investor loan commitments have fallen 8.6 per cent, the largest decline in 3½ years. Owner-occupier and first…

My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Australia's largest home builder…