Aussie MPs celebrate World Bicycle Day
MEDIA RELEASE for UN World Bicycle Day Wednesday, 3 June 2026 The leaders of the Parliamentary Friends of Cycling have joined in front of Parliament House to celebrate the United Nations’ World Bicycle Day. The group, jointly chaired by the Member for Swan, Zaneta Mascarenhas, Member for Fisher, the Hon. Andrew Wallace and Member for […]
LABOR’S QUIET HOUSING TAX WAR IS UNDERMINING CONFIDENCE
MEDIA STATEMENT 2 June 2026 Australians are only just starting to realise what Labor is quietly attempting to do to the tax system, and why so many investors, small businesses and industry leaders are becoming alarmed. For decades, Australians were told that if they owned an asset before 19 September 1985, it would not be […]
LABOR’S NATIONAL SECURITY FAILURES ARE PUTTING AUSTRALIANS AT RISK
MEDIA STATEMENT 26 May 2026 The evidence emerging from the Bondi Royal Commission should alarm every Australian. ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess has now confirmed that Australia’s terror threat level sits at the “upper end” of probable, that the environment is “a lot hotter” than in previous years, and that there is now “more permission for […]
COMMUNITY FORUM TO TACKLE BUDGET AND COST OF LIVING PRESSURES
MEDIA RELEASE 20 May 2026 Following the Federal Budget hand down and the Coalition’s Budget-in-Reply speech last week, Federal Member for Fisher Andrew Wallace MP is encouraging Sunshine Coast locals to attend his upcoming 2026 Federal Budget and Cost of Living Forum this Thursday. More than 150 people have already registered for the forum, which […]
WALLACE BACKS TAYLOR PLAN TO PUT AUSTRALIANS FIRST AGAIN
MEDIA STATEMENT 15 May 2026 The Budget-in-Reply speech by Opposition Leader Angus Taylor laid out a clear alternative for Australians who are worse off after years of Labor’s reckless spending, broken promises and economic decline. I have previously warned that Australia’s national security, fuel security, economic resilience and standard of living were all heading in […]
STOP LABOR’S HEALTH TAX ON SENIORS WALLACE LAUNCHES PETITION TO PROTECT RETIREES FROM PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE HIT
MEDIA RELEASE 14 May 2026 Federal Member for Fisher Andrew Wallace MP has today launched a petition calling on the Albanese Government to reverse what he has described as Labor’s “health tax on seniors”, warning the changes will hit retirees and place even greater pressure on public hospitals. The petition, titled Stop Labor’s Health Tax […]
SUNSHINE COAST LEFT BEHIND IN LABOR’S TAXING AND BROKEN PROMISE BUDGET
MEDIA RELEASE 13 May 2026 Federal Member for Fisher, Andrew Wallace MP, says the Albanese Government’s 2026-27 Federal Budget is another crushing blow for the Sunshine Coast, delivering more taxes, more debt, lower living standards and more broken promises, while once again leaving Fisher at the back of the queue. Mr Wallace said the Budget […]
BACKING THE SUNSHINE COAST: WALLACE CALLS FOR MAJOR FEDERAL INVESTMENT AHEAD OF BUDGET
MEDIA RELEASE 8 May 2026 Federal Member for Fisher, Andrew Wallace MP, is calling on the Albanese Government to back the Sunshine Coast in the upcoming Federal Budget, following detailed discussions with Sunshine Coast Council on priority projects for the region. Mr Wallace said that the Coast continues to face rapid population growth and mounting […]
ALBANESE’S HEALTH TAX ON SENIORS IS AN ATTACK ON FISHER’S RETIREES
MEDIA STATEMENT 5 May 2026 Enough is enough. The Albanese Government is coming after the savings of older Australians on the Sunshine Coast, and I am not going to stand by and let it happen. Labor has quietly decided to gut the private health insurance rebate for Australians over 65, a rebate that has helped […]
ROYAL COMMISSION INTERIM REPORT MUST LEAD TO REAL ACTION ON ANTISEMITISM
MEDIA STATEMENT 30 April 2026 As Chair of the Australia-Israel Allies Caucus, and as the former Shadow Attorney-General who called for this Royal Commission, I welcome the release of the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion’s interim report and the Government’s commitment to adopt its recommendations. But let us be very clear. This Royal […]