Day: 14/09/2026

  I rise to speak on the Wage Justice for Early Childhood Education and Care Workers (Special Account) (Extending Support and Strengthening Safety) Bill 2026. I want to begin by saying that I acknowledge those wonderful early childhood educators and teachers who care for and educate Australian children every day. They certainly do an outstanding…

Pozieres—for an entire generation, that name evokes memories of suffering, courage, mateship, ‘the mincing machine’ and, ultimately, sacrifice. The Battle of Pozieres and nearby Mouquet Farm was the Australian Imperial Force’s first major action of the Somme offensive and, over the course of several weeks, claimed more than 23,000 casualties and witnessed some of the…