From birth to age 3, a child’s brain develops at an extraordinary pace. In those early years, more than a million neural connections form every second. The bonds formed between baby, mother and father in this period form the foundations...

I want to make a few short remarks in this discussion we are having tonight on the Closing the gap statement and report. Sadly, the Closing the gap report is another reminder that this Albanese government is not delivering the...

I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked by Liberal senators today. What a ‘come to Jesus’ moment it was yesterday for the Treasurer of this country. It marked the...

I rise to speak on the Albanese and Cook governments’ mismanagement of the proposed Garden Island Highway project in Western Australia. In late 2024, with considerable attention, a $2 million feasibility study was announced to examine road access options in...

I rise today alongside my colleagues, with a very heavy heart, to support this motion. I rise to remember the 15 innocent lives that were taken from us far too soon: Boris and Sofia Gurman, Rabbi Eli Schlanger, Edith Brutman,...

Just a few years ago when I finished school—actually maybe it was a bit longer ago than that—I did an apprenticeship in electronic servicing. If I’d had a dollar for every time that someone brought in some equipment and said,...