NEWS
Speech – Bombing of Darwin 82nd anniversary
May I start by acknowledging and respecting the Larrakia people, the traditional owners of the land on which we meet. I want to thank and recognise the Assistant Minister for Veterans Affairs, the Leader of the Opposition my friend and colleague Lia Finocchiaro, your...
Government changes to the Murray Darling Basin Plan
The Federal Government is seeking feedback before it begins significant reforms to the Murray Darling Basin Plan (recovering 450gl of environmental water) through their amended Restoring Our Rivers Act 2023. This is our region's final chance to influence decisions on...
Parliament – Apology to Stolen Generations
Ms LEY (Farrer—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (12:44): I would like to associate myself with the remarks of the Prime Minister, the Minister for Indigenous Australians and the Leader of the Opposition. I also want to acknowledge those here today who've made the...
Former PM Scott Morrison to leave parliament
The former Prime Minister and Member for Cook, the Hon. Scott Morrison MP, has confirmed he will leave Australia’s Federal Parliament at the end February 2024. Scott is a dear friend who has supported me from the very beginning of my career in public life, through to...
Manufacturing insolvencies triple under Labor
The latest data demonstrates the Albanese Government’s first term industrial policy settings have delivered a Valley of Death for Aussies manufacturers and construction companies. According to the official Australian insolvency statistics, released by ASIC on 10...
Skills program needs a spark
Labor has begun 2024 as they finished 2023 – failing the Australian people on key policy areas, particularly in the skills portfolio. Labor’s much vaunted New Energy Apprenticeships Program, which has been in place for more than a year, has only attracted 1,787...
Ley plea: share a DV help contact to save a life
The Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Minister for Women, Sussan Ley, and the Shadow Minister for Child Protection and the Prevention of Family Violence, Senator Kerrynne Liddle, are launching a domestic violence awareness drive to call on all Australians to...
Petition: Keep Albury’s official Australia Day events on 26 Jan
With little consultation, Albury City Council plans to move its 2024 Australia Day awards and citizenship ceremonies away from 26 January - a move only made public through their subscription newsletter. Regardless of my views, I believe this decision should only have...
2023 Christmas Card Competition
Congratulations to my Christmas Card Competition winner for 2023 - Kiana Moss from Griffith - a year three student at St Mary's Yoogali. This year, we received around 60 entries from right across the electorate; including a 'Santa rodeo', a dressed up Jersey, even a...
Is Australia now ‘the hungry country’?
3.7 million Australian households are going hungry or on the edge of falling into hunger. We are bombarded by statistic after statistic, but this one from Foodbank Australia’s 2023 Hunger Report hits like a truck. Just weeks away from Christmas, 77 per cent of...
