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ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – BILLS – Taxation (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Bill 2024, Taxation (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Imposition Bill 2024 – Second Reading

There are some aspects of the member for Hawke’s speech which I earnestly agree with. If you do business in Australia and with the Australian government, yes, you should pay your fair share of tax. There’s no question about that. For many multinational entities operating in the global village that the world is today, as […]

ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – CONSTITUENCY STATEMENTS – Riverina Electorate: Telecommunications

Mobile phone connectivity is imperative for regional communities to continue to thrive. In recent days, my office has been receiving much correspondence from residents in and around Ardlethan and Kamarah expressing their concerns about what they say is a degradation of mobile phone reception over recent years, in particular. They are rightly concerned about this […]

ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – MOTIONS – Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

This is yet another motion brought in by a Labor member pretending as though everything good that is in the nation has happened since May 2022. If they spruik something often enough and loud enough, eventually, I reckon they’re going to start to believe their own talking points. I reckon they’re going to start to […]

ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS – Early Childhood Education

I reckon they would be listening with interest in Gerringong, Nowra, Shellharbour, Ulladulla and Warilla at the moment to the member’s contribution, putting forward this motion about childhood education and care educators. Yes, we want the best for those people who work in that sector. But two words that the member for Gilmore, a regional […]

ADDRES TO PARLIAMENT – STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS – Literacy and Numeracy

During the winter recess of parliament I took the opportunity to attend many schools, where I handed out certificates for my 14th annual Anzac Day writing competition. I was so impressed with the more than 1,100 entries that I received—not just the quantity but, indeed, the quality. Anybody who rubbishes our children these days and […]

ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – MOTIONS – Budget

To be honest, I’m a little bit surprised that there aren’t any government speakers on this motion to take note of the 2024-25 budget papers. It’s been left to the Greens leader—the member for Melbourne—and me to talk about this important topic. It is important because the budget is the economic framework which determines economic […]

ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS – Wages

Here we go again—just another Labor motion taking credit for the sun coming up. It’s just nonsense—this whole motion and notion that somehow Labor is there for the low-paid worker. Ask someone like Bruce Billson. Honourable members interjecting— Mr McCORMACK: I hear the scoffing. Bruce Billson is a friend of the worker and small business. […]

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