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On 1 July, through wage rises, tax cuts, our strong action on supermarket prices and cheaper energy, the Albanese government will be continuing to deliver real and positive change of a practical kind to the Australian community at a tough time.
Read more...Health is not only the bedrock of individual wellbeing; it defines the quality of life within our families and across our communities.
Read more...We meet at a time when extreme heat is already affecting communities across Australia, with growing consequences for health, infrastructure, and livelihoods. That’s why Dr Robert Glasser’s report, Lethal humidity, is both timely and sharply relevant – and I’m very pleased to be here for its launch. I thank the Australian Strategic Policy Institute for the invitation and Minderoo Foundation for funding the report.
Read more...Change is not the easy path, but we’re not here to do what’s easy. We are here, we are charged with a responsibility to shift the dial in the direction of fairness, which is better for all of us, which is what Australian governments should deliver, which is what the Albanese Government is delivering.
Read more...As the theme of this year’s conference acknowledges, the emergency management landscape is changing rapidly, driven by more frequent, intense and convergent disaster events. It will require your continued service and contribution, and new forms of collaboration across and between emergency services and recovery agencies, levels of government and with communities.
Read more...And one of the remarkable strengths of Australia’s carbon market, under the Australian Carbon Credit Unit Scheme, is not just the way the ACCU world has benefited from First Nations knowledge and practice, but the way that First Nations businesses and communities are leading some of the most extensive and successful ACCU projects over a large portion of the Australian landscape.
Read more...I’m really glad to be able to make some remarks in support of the Public and Educational Lending Rights (Better Income for Authors) Bill 2026 and the Public and Educational Lending Rights (Better Income for Authors) Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions Bill 2026. It’s a significant consolidation of the arrangements that have been in place since the Whitlam government, quite rightly, decided that that, as a matter of fairness, authors should get the benefit from the proliferation of their works through libraries and educational institutions.
Read more...It is an honour to be here among the Pacific family, and I thank you all for your part in nurturing this community of nations – it is a set of relationships based on shared principles that Australia values deeply. I am encouraged to see how the geography that unites us is matched by a shared commitment to work together for the long‑term stability, prosperity and sustainability of our region.
Read more...Deputy Speaker, I want to pay tribute to some of the wonderful volunteer organisations in the Fremantle electorate, and especially to the people who put their time and energy into making our community more inclusive, more connected, more fun, making our community healthier and happier, for providing a range of ways to be involved, through sport, through arts and crafts, through initiatives that provide practical assistance and cost savings and that combat loneliness and isolation at the same time.
Read more...The fact is that Australia is undergoing a comprehensive energy transition. It’s being led by this government in a way that is starkly different from the approach that occurred in the 10 years previous under the coalition—a wasted decade—and it’s occurring as part of a global shift being driven by necessity and good sense.
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