My speeches in Parliament

On 10 September 2024, I spoke about counting LGBTIQA+ Australians in the 2026 Census.I want to talk about the census, not just as an MP whose electorate is home to a large number of...

On 9 September 2024, I spoke about making the big mining companies pay a fairer share of their superprofits.This country is run like an arm of the fossil fuel industry.  When the fossil fuel...

On 15 August 2024, I spoke about new research into the scale of global harm caused by Australia’s fossil fuel exports.  According to a new study commissioned by the University of New South Wales...

On 15 August 2024, I spoke about a survey I had conducted of young people.  This building has historically not been a place where young people's voices are heard or listened to. We are...

On 14 August 2024, I spoke about the eye-watering statistic that Queensland has become the homelessness capital of Australia.  Queensland has recently been characterised as the homelessness capital of Australia. The statistics are eye...

On 27 June 2024, I spoke about the discrimination workers and students face in our religious education system.  Equality Australia recently published a report: "Dismissed, denied and demeaned". This report laid out just how...

On 27 June 2024, I spoke about how much debt tertiary students are collectively saddled with in Brisbane.  The amount of student debt that is currently sitting in my electorate of Brisbane is $1.1...

On 26 June 2024, I spoke about the failure of the Federal Government to tackle skyrocketing rents in Brisbane.  I don't even know where to begin on this. [interjections] No, because if we're not...

On 30 May 2024, I spoke about the important work homelessness services do for my community — and why they’re trying to fill a failure that’s the government’s fault.  I'd like to take the...

On 21 March 2024, I spoke about Mohammed, an asylum seeker who has spent 14 years in immigration limbo. Today I want to share a story of a young man in my electorate who...