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November 13, 2023

Sustainability is vital to Australia’s fishing industry

The sustainability of fisheries is first and foremost a matter of environmental stewardship. It is our obligation to protect environmental conditions and biodiversity. Those things should be protected for their intrinsic importance, separate from our interest in them. But, of course, sustainability is critical to our wellbeing too because environmental degradation and overfishing will inevitably mean the end of fishing.

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October 19, 2023

Decommissioning a huge opportunity for Australian industry

Australia can and should develop a state-of-the-art approach to this challenge, with significant benefits for new maritime and circular-economy jobs and innovation, in order to deliver the highest standards of marine stewardship.

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October 18, 2023

Horrific attacks by Hamas on Israel must be condemned

In the weeks ahead we should urge a cessation of violence and a return to peace at every opportunity. We should counsel restraint and condemn terrorism and condemn any breach of international law or humanitarian principle, including collective punishment. We here in Australia must reject the taking of sides and the fomenting of prejudice and division, reject and respond firmly to any hate speech or racial and religious practice—all of us, every day must practise this—in speech and conduct moderation, tolerance, compassion and support for social cohesion, harmony and peace.

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October 18, 2023

Better ties between the Australian and Indian screen industries

Australia and India share a strong interest in audiovisual productions, and there’s a clear value in collaborating on such projects with a like-minded country, especially when you consider that India is one of the largest-scale filmmakers and consumers of screen products in the world.

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October 17, 2023

Australian Government committed to moving forward with reconciliation

That’s what this government is about—advancing the shared well-being of this nation in critical areas, like our public health system, and keeping our promise to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to hold a referendum that they asked for. That’s what the Prime Minister did with me last Thursday. That is Anthony Albanese in a nutshell—a leader who keeps his promises.

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October 16, 2023

Nuclear energy is costly and unviable

The Albanese-Labor government will not be distracted by the ideological flim-flam from the nuclear white shoe brigade and their devotees in the coalition. We’ll continue to take on the serious work of supporting Australia’s shift towards cheaper and cleaner energy, ensuring we don’t get left behind in terms of jobs, investment and innovation at a time of global energy transformation, while improving our energy security at the same time. That’s what Australians voted for and that’s what we are delivering.

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September 26, 2023

Statement of Behalf of Australian Cross-Party Parliamentary Delegation to Taiwan – Meeting with H.E. President Tsai Ing-Wen

Australia and Taiwan share and benefit from a strong trading relationship. There is good reason for that to become even stronger in future, especially in areas like the global clean energy transition, critical minerals, education, and tourism.

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September 11, 2023

Preventing the spread of disinformation

We must have the means in Australia of protecting our democratic system and our shared well-being from intentionally dangerous and harmful disinformation and misinformation.

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September 6, 2023

Landmark WTO treaty on ocean health

This agreement has been labelled as ‘landmark’, quite rightly, I think, by the World Trade Organization because it’s the first WTO agreement to specifically deliver on an SDG target and the first broad, binding and multilateral agreement on ocean sustainability. It will provide for legally binding rules for fisheries-specific subsidies concerning marine wild capture fishing and fishing related activities at sea.

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September 5, 2023

Closing loopholes to better protect workers

We are going to turn the wheel to make working conditions in Australia fairer and safer for Australian workers. That’s what Australians deserve. That’s what they insist upon, that’s what they voted on, and that’s what the Albanese Labor government will be delivering.

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