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August 19, 2024

Statements by Members - Cost of Living

Labor's homegrown inflation crisis, driven by government spending, is leading Australians to neglect their health. Dining out has gone and people are choosing between heating their homes and eating a meal. Now, in desperation, they are...

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Parliament

August 13, 2024

Future Made in Australia (Omnibus Amendments No. 1) and other Bills 2024

Like the Sorcerer's Apprentice of 1940, the Mickey Mouse Labor Party has picked up the fabled and treasured 'made in Australia' logo and waved it like a magic wand at their dog's breakfast of policies, thinking the spin of made in Australia...

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Parliament

August 13, 2024

Matters of Public Importance - Economy

I have spoken many times about the cost-of-living crisis and the impact on my constituents in Mallee. Australia is the only economy that has seen inflation increase, not decrease, since December. Labor's homegrown inflation continues to hurt...

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Parliament

August 12, 2024

Private Members' Business - Taxation

I begin by pointing out that the No. 1 priority of this calamitous government is not the cost of living. No. Labor have had two other priorities since May 2022: the doomed $450 million Voice to Parliament referendum and looking after the...

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Parliament

July 2, 2024

Communications Legislation Amendment (Regional Broadcasting Continuity) Bill 2024

I rise to speak on the Communications Legislation Amendment (Regional Broadcasting Continuity) Bill 2024. Mildura and the wider Sunraysia region are ground zero for the vanishing future of regional free-to-air television broadcasting, which...

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Parliament

July 2, 2024

Statements by Members - Cost of Living

The Albanese government used to wax lyrical on their failed war on feral cats, but the cost-of-living crisis is the feral dog that is biting and terrorising families and businesses across Australia. And what does this government offer to...

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Parliament

July 1, 2024

Mallee Electorate: Child Care

I rise to pay tribute to two Mallee community members: Jo Martin, from Wimmera Southern Mallee Development, who leads Thrive by Five; and Wendy Gladman, from Loddon Shire, who runs The Parenthood. I met both in Boort recently. These women...

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Parliament

July 1, 2024

Statements by Members - Mallee Electorate

On a rainy afternoon in Boort in the east of my electorate of Mallee, my heart was warmed by the many people who came out to see me in the mobile office at Godfrey & Bear cafe. It was great to meet with a stream of community members needing...

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Parliament

June 26, 2024

Nature Positive (Environment Protection Australia) Bill 2024

This Nature Positive (Environment Protections Australia) Bill 2024 and the related bills yet again represent Labor's spin. As the Australian columnist Robert Gottliebsen pointed out earlier this year, 'nature positive' is lifted straight...

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