Great to see Australian medical researchers leading global efforts at the UN to declare healthy indoor air a human right. Australian schools have lower standards for air quality monitoring than pet shelters.

Young Australians are bearing more and more economic burden because of our failure to index tax brackets. As Ken Henry has put it, this is an act of intergenerational bastardry. We need to index tax brackets, lessen the load on wage earners, and stop giving subsidies to fossil fuel industries.

Chris Bowen says the net zero transition is our best economic opportunity. A climate target of 62-70% is blowing that opportunity.

Overnight Australia supported the UN General Assembly Resolution on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution.

Australia spent billions on vaccines, RATs, and PPE during the pandemic. Last month in Parliament, my motion to draw attention to dubious COVID vaccine procurements was voted down by the ALP and the LNP. Acts of collusion by the major parties continue to corrode trust in government.

Labor campaigned heavily on climate action. This is a national disgrace. How can Australia expect to host COP31, when our own government clearly demonstrates a lack of commitment to action on climate? Shame on the Albanese government.

A gas plant 7km from Darwin has been leaking massive quantities of methane for 30 years. The NT Environment Protection Agency knew but has done nothing. The chair of the NT EPA is a paid lobbyist for the co-owner of the gas plant.

Australians are paying for the effects of climate change already. It's time the govt made big polluters pay their part. The first step is for the government to release its National Climate Risk Assessment report - to acknowledge, transparently and honestly, where we are and what we need to do.

Today is a significant moment in our history—one that we, as Victorians, will look back on with pride. Today, the Victorian Parliament will table the first-ever treaty legislation with the First Peoples of Victoria.

Religious organisations with not-for-profit status shouldn’t be able to put huge amounts of money into influencing federal elections. As a member of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, I’m looking forward to investigating third party involvement in the recent election.

Another day, another EPA failing to regulate mining and gas companies at the expense of our environment and health. On Monday it was methane, Santos and the NT EPA - today, its lead, mining companies and the NSW EPA. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

For years our government has spruiked carbon capture and storage as a way of dealing with our emissions. It’s even advocating selling off space under our sea beds and land masses for international gas and oil companies to store their CO2.

In 2022, with a two seat majority, the Albanese government legislated our first climate targets. In 2025, with a supermajority, it’s claiming it lacks political support to update those targets. It’s time for transparency about climate risk and our climate targets. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Another crossbench win today: 20,000 additional aged care packages secured - helping older Australians remain in their homes with the care and support they need. I know how important this is for Kooyong - and I'm really happy to have secured more funding for aged care in our community.

For decades the world's biggest above-ground tank - located 7km from Darwin- has been leaking huge quantities of LNG- possibly the equivalent of millions of tonnes of C02.

Last week, Parliament passed landmark legislation that will reshape how universities respond to sexual violence. This is a milestone two years in the making.

The number of people nationally with student loans of more than $100,000 has grown by 800 per cent in the past decade. The government needs to stop cherry-picking which parts of the Universities Accord it acts on, and get on with real reform to fix this broken system.

And you wonder why we have such little trust in government…. My Clean Up Politics Act would regulate lobbyists’ activities, but I can’t clean up the Liberal Party - that’s over to you.

Yesterday, I put forward my parliamentary disallowance motion on the Morrison Government’s multibillion dollar secret deal with Moderna.

The government's been sitting on its climate risk report for months; its credibility is at stake. As the saner Nationals (not Barnaby) are saying, every farmer knows that climate risk is "not theoretical, it’s personal, and it’s growing.”

It is deeply concerning to see evidence of the Iranian government's involvement in antisemitic attacks in Australia. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has long promoted terrorism globally.

Today I asked the Health Minister why he’s underspending from the Medical Research Future Fund, at a time when domestic funding is tight and the US has taken $368 million a year from our medical researchers.

The Cheaper Home Batteries Program is working! More than 1000 home batteries are being installed every workday around Australia - that's the equivalent of the Hornsdale big battery every 2 weeks.

Autism is a lifelong disability. Creation of the NDIS led to state-based services being defunded and disappearing - they can't be revived overnight. www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

Today marks the beginning of the Treasurer’s Economic Reform Roundtable. In July I made a submission calling on the government to invest more in the healthcare sector. We have to stop treating health spending as a cost, and start seeing it as an investment in our future.

My thoughts are with the family in Kew whose home was broken into in the early hours of yesterday morning. This was a deeply disturbing and traumatic event for the family and local community.

The MRFF was established to support critical medical research — but the government’s failing to distribute its funds, despite having billions of dollars set aside for that very purpose. www.theaustralian.com.au/health/medic...

Australians can’t get best practice care for brain tumours. It’s been around for 30y, but proton therapy is not available in Australia. The Vic govt abandoned plans for proton therapy at Peter Mac - the SA govt has failed to finish a facility. The federal govt must step in.

The gambling industry is targeting our kids. The govt said it doesn't want to put platforms before people when it banned children's access to social media, but it is failing to protect young people being preyed on by sports gambling companies. www.canberratimes.com.au/story/904002...

While the government’s trying to find millions in productivity reforms, we’re giving away billions in gas. Students are *still* paying more in HECS payments than the government collects from the petroleum resources rent tax.

So fun to join more than 500 secondary students, their teachers, senior members of the Chinese-Australian community, the Ambassador and Consul General this morning, to celebrate Chinese Culture Day. Thanks to the Asian Business Association of Whitehorse for hosting a fantastic event.

Last week the National Mental Health Commission released its annual report card on Australians’ mental health - at the same time that Ramsay Health Care announced closure of 17 of its 20 psychology clinics. Every year more Australians delay mental healthcare due to cost and workforce shortages.

The Job-Ready Graduates scheme needs to go. I’ve been pushing hard for this reform since I was elected to Parliament and I won’t be stopping anytime soon. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...

This term, I’ll be reintroducing my Clean Up Politics Act. It would give the public access to ministerial diaries. Australians deserve to know who Ministers are meeting with, when, and why - and how government decisions are made. We need to restore trust in government. www.afr.com/politics/fed...

What a week it’s been - jam-packed with school visits, local events and pop-up offices hearing about what matters most to the Kooyong community. Wishing everyone a wonderful, relaxing weekend!

Australia needs more psychologists - and more critical thinkers. So why make those subjects four times more expensive than Latin or Greek? It's past time for the government to undo the harm caused by Scott Morrison's Job Ready Graduates scheme. www.smh.com.au/national/the...

The Job-Ready Graduates scheme needs to go. I’ve been pushing hard for this reform since I was elected to Parliament. Members of the government and opposition are now seeing the light too. We should back the expert evidence and reverse this punitive and unfair policy, immediately.

The revolving door between government jobs and the defence industry is especially problematic when we see massive contracts awarded without due process. My CleanUp Politics Act would close that door & stop senior public servants & politicians using insider knowledge in their post-politics careers.

That’s a wrap on the first sitting fortnight in Parliament — what a whirlwind. From celebrating a huge HECS milestone to speaking on climate, childcare, and strengthening Medicare, it’s been big 🤩

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We pay far too much for electricity and gas in this country. Every time we open a bill we see evidence of government failure. The govt must stop allowing multinationals to sell off our gas while paying little or no tax, while we pay more for our gas than the people who buy it overseas.

Job-Ready Graduates has been described as the worst education policy the country has ever seen. It’s so bad, even the Liberals have now admitted it needs to go. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Failing to move on climate is, as Ken Henry has said, an act of intergenerational bastardry. The LNP’s squabbling about net zero reflects their policy poverty and irrelevance. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Open House Melbourne is on this weekend! I’m learning about all things printing at the Firestation Print Studio in Malvern, with Sue Crothers and Jo Kerr. Get out in to an Open House event today or tomorrow - there’s so many wonderful spots to visit.

It’s in no one’s interest for the HECS system to remain broken. In the face of considerable pressure, the government is taking small steps to fix it. It must do more – and quickly. The young people of Australia are watching. www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

Officially sworn into the 48th Parliament. What an honour it is to be the Member for Kooyong.

In a wealthy country like ours, people shouldn’t have to wait months— even years—for treatment. Dental care should be accessible to everyone. This term, the government must fix the cavity in our healthcare system. We should start by expanding funded dental care for young children and seniors.

If you can leave school, get a job, and pay taxes, you should have a say on the things that matter to you. It’s time to drop the voting age to 16 and give young Australians the voice they deserve.

The AFL is demanding more money from betting agencies, claiming the fees will be used to ensure players aren’t betting illegally. Betting agencies say the fee increases are forcing them to increase inducements for young people to bet online. As usual, punters are the losers.

77% of AFL player agents say gambling is their number-one concern for clients. With Parliament returning next week, it's time for overdue reform - we need to ban gambling ads now.