Chair, I rise to give my reply to the Estimates process. Upfront, I want to acknowledge the process and thank everyone involved in it ‑ parliamentary staff who moved heaven and ear
Deputy Chair, I'm very pleased to provide our thoughts on the government Estimates committee process that happened. I will speak as the leader in my portfolios and make some genera
I want to acknowledge not only the courage of victim/survivors and whistleblowers who came forward and went through the extraordinarily traumatising process of giving evidence to
All members in this place will have looked on in dismay, I suspect, at the 'white Australia' rallies that were held some weeks ago and again some weeks before that.
Deputy Speaker, I rise to speak this evening about the current budget submission process the government is conducting for the 2026-27 Budget.
I want to put on the record the Greens' concerns around the funding allocations in here for the House and the needs of the House.
Tonight, I wish to use this budget reply to paint a picture of what this budget lacks, point to missed opportunities and elaborate on what a budget should provide and for whom.
While ideally legislation has a longer consultation period than two weeks, I think we can all agree in here, that these amendments should be prioritised.
This budget is a political choice to put corporate profits and interests ahead of people and the planet. Meaningful budget repair has been kicked down the pothole‑riddled road.
I have to confess to describing the Budget and this government's approach with f-words; fantasy, fairytale, fanciful, and I'd go so far as to say fraudulent and false.