Address to the House of Representatives, Adjournment

Thursday 24 July 2025

Speaker—firstly, congratulations on your re-election as Speaker of this House. You not only did a magnificent job in this place during the 47th Parliament but also did a fine job bringing parliament to the people. Indeed, the students at Sacred Heart in my electorate still talk about your visit.

I am humbled that the people of Bean have put their faith in me again to be their representative in this House and that the people of Bean voted to support Labor and the agenda we took to the people at the recent election. The people of Bean rejected an anti-Canberra agenda, a plan which would have seen our public service workforce and the critical services they deliver devastated, with our businesses pushed to the edge. In rejecting the anti-Canberra agenda, the people of Bean also rejected the attacks on Medicare and workers' rights and endorsed our plan to tackle cost-of-living pressures.