Key Apprenticeship Program | PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS
Federation Chamber | 2 March 2026 Mr WALLACE (Fisher) (12:40): I rise to speak on this very important motion as one of the few tradesmen, or tradespeople, that work in this building—along with my good friend Senator Colbeck, who’s a fellow carpenter. I do want to make a few comments about this motion because it […]
Australian War Memorial | PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS
Federation Chamber | 2 March 2026 Mr WALLACE (Fisher) (12:25): The Australian War Memorial stands as one of our nation’s most sacred institutions. It’s not simply a museum; it is a place of remembrance, reflection and national identity. Every Australian schoolchild who walks through its doors learns what service and sacrifice truly means. We owe […]
MPI | Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU)
House of Representatives | 11 February 2026 Mr WALLACE (Fisher) (15:34): We’ve just heard 10 minutes of unadulterated, unobscured, constant attack on the shadow minister, who has raised a matter of very significant importance about alleged corruption in the building industry. Madam Deputy Speaker Claydon, you have heard me speak about corruption in the building […]
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2025 | Second Reading
Federation Chamber | 11 February 2026 Mr WALLACE (Fisher) (13:02): I rise to speak on the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2025. This is an important bill that acknowledges Australia’s challenging and increasingly complex security environment, a reality most tragically borne out by the Bondi terrorist attack. It also comes at a […]
Cost of Living | ADJOURNMENT SPEECH
House of Representatives | 10 February 2026 Mr WALLACE (Fisher) (19:49): Australians are doing it tough, right now, and, beyond this chamber, families and small businesses are under immense pressure, with little relief in sight. Make no mistake: this is Labor’s cost-of-living crisis. When they spend, prices rise and Australians pay. This is not theory […]
Australia Day Honours and Awards
Federation Chamber | 10 February 2026 Mr WALLACE (Fisher) (16:24): Australia Day is one of my favourite days on the calendar. This year I spent the day in two very special places—Maleny and Kawana—welcoming new Australians at citizenship ceremonies. In Maleny, 24 people proudly became Australian citizens. In Kawana, another 67 did the same. Across […]
Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (New South Wales Local Court) Bill 2026
House of Representatives | 10 February 2026 Second Reading Mr WALLACE (Fisher) (12:19): I rise today to speak on the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (New South Wales Local Court) Bill 2026. It’s an important yet uncontroversial piece of legislation that reflects recent reforms to the New South Wales legal system, specifically those introduced through […]
Fisher Listening Posts and Federal Cuts to Sunshine Coast Roads
House of Representatives Date: 5 February 2026 Mr WALLACE (Fisher) (13:45): I rise to talk about some of the listening posts that I’ve done in my electorate over the summer. I did the ‘Tour de Fisher’ for 2025, where I rode around in my electorate, speaking to my community, taking my office to them. I […]
CONDOLENCE SPEECH | LJUPCO JONCESKI
Federation Chamber 5 February 2026 Andrew Wallace MP:It’s not very often that you get to rise in this place and on the passing of someone who works in this place, bringing all of us together, and that’s what Luch has done. Ljupco Jonceski—I didn’t know that was his full name. I used to call him […]
COPYRIGHT AMENDMENT BILL 2025 | SECOND READING
House of Representatives Date: 3 February 2026 Speaker:The question is that the bill now be read a second time. I give the call to the honourable Member for Fisher. Mr WALLACE (Fisher) (12:35): Thanks, Mr Speaker. I rise to speak on the Copyright Amendment Bill 2025. This is a largely technical bill, the product of […]