Andrew Wallace MP Supports Introduction of Online Safety Bill

One of the country’s most prolific advocates for social media reform has welcomed legislation to impose a minimum age limit on social media access, hailing it as a step in the right direction and a win for parents and law enforcement. Andrew Wallace MP, Deputy Chair of Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee and a leading […]

Sunshine Coast MP Re-Endorsed by LNP Ahead of Next Federal Election

Federal Member for Fisher, Andrew Wallace, has been unanimously re-endorsed by the LNP as their candidate for the seat of Fisher, which he has held since 2016. Mr Wallace, who served as the 31st Speaker of the House of Representatives after just two terms in Parliament, said he was honoured to be re-endorsed by the […]

Letter to Defence Minister – Classic Hornet for the QLD Air Museum

Dear Minister, Re: F/A-18A/B Classic Hornet Request – Queensland Air Museum. I write in support of the Queensland Air Museum’s request to be allocated an F/A-18A/B Classic Hornet, a long-standing request for a profound symbol of Australia’s military, aviation, and technology heritage. In 1974, the Queensland Air Museum opened in Brisbane, before being forced to […]

Sacre Bleu: Macron warns against AUKUS Nuclear powered subs

The inescapable fact is that the $90 billion French Attack Class Submarines that were to be built for the RAN would not have been up to task in the current threat environment. Both the Coalition and Labor agree on this point. The fact that this has upset the French, who remain an important Pacific ally, is as regrettable as it is understandable.

Statement on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament

An equal voice for all Australians is the bedrock of our liberal democracy. It was at the heart of the Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902, which gave women the right to vote. It was at the core of Menzies’ Commonwealth Electoral Act 1962, which gave Indigenous Australians the right to vote. In my maiden speech to Parliament, I […]

St Thomas More Lecture – Freedom of Religion

Thank you Bill and the St Thomas More Forum team for inviting me along to share tonight. I’m honoured to be here in the parish whose namesake is that of another former Speaker of the House, albeit 500 years (in 1523) and 17,000 kilometres apart. And of course St Thomas More was declared by Pope […]

One of the few moments in public life that I have found myself in tears

It was one of the few moments in public life that I have found myself in tears and challenged to maintain composure. I sat and listened to the heart-wrenching stories of about a dozen participants at Australia’s first residential treatment facility for those suffering from eating disorders, named Wandi Nerida in Mooloolah, on the Sunshine […]

Houston, we have a problem: Labor lightyears behind on space policy

Chinese philosopher, Zhuangzi once said that “the wise man looks into space, and he knows there are no limited dimensions.” Our competitors know this to be true.

The potential scale of conflict – and of achievement – in space is limitless. Will Australia be ready for take-off after two more years of a Federal Labor Government? Or will we find ourselves, as we did in 2013, grounded and dependent upon our great and powerful friends? Time will tell.