Today’s reporting in the Australian exposes a horrifying failure of child protection in Western Australia. As the shadow minister for child protection and the prevention of family violence and as a proud Western Australian, I am deeply disturbed by what’s...

The government’s proposed Defence estate sell-off raises some very serious questions it has not yet answered. It is a real hammer blow to my home state of Western Australia. Earlier this year, Labor announced that 67 Defence sites would be...

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 Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission’s yearly report to parliament tabled today showed us again that our systems are failing Australian women and children. Prevention is too little and too late. Frontline services are struggling to keep up with...

I rise to speak to a number that should not exist: 68. It is 68 women and children whose lives have been taken by violence since 1 January this year. Behind every number is a person with their own personality,...

I want to talk about child care, and the future of safety in child care. Child care is central to the lives of over a million Australian families. It affects whether parents can go to work, can afford to have...