Labor’s Environmental Reform Bills
House of Representatives Date: 4 November 2025 Speaker:I give the call to the Member for Fisher. Andrew Wallace MP:Thankyou Mr Speaker. The motion that’s just passed the House is emblematic of this government’s approach to a lack of scrutiny. That same lack of scrutiny that we saw in this House in relation to the Freedom […]
Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2025: Second Reading Speech
House of Representatives Date: 4 November 2025 Andrew Wallace MP:Freedom of information is not a privilege handed down by government. It is a right owed to the Australian people who elect us-that is, to serve them. When Australians ask their government for information, they are not being difficult. They are exercising their basic right of […]
Holding the Government to Account on Transparency and Freedom of Information
House of Representatives Date: 4 November 2025 Speaker:Is the motion seconded? Andrew Wallace MP:I second the motion, Mr Speaker. The House of Representatives is the pre-eminent debating forum in this country, and on an issue that is as important as government accountability and transparency, I would have thought that this government would relish the opportunity […]
KEEPING OUR CHILDREN SAFE | DAY FOR DANIEL
House of Representatives Date: 30 October 2025 Andrew Wallace MP:Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Tomorrow morning, more than 8,000 schools across the nation will take part in Day for Daniel, honouring the memory of Daniel Morcombe and reminding every Australian to keep our children safe. Bruce and Denise Morcombe have turned unimaginable loss into national […]
REFLECTING ON 50 YEARS OF THE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION ACT AND THE RISE OF ANTISEMITISM IN AUSTRALIA
House of Representatives Date: 30 October 2025 Speaker:I give the call to the Shadow Attorney-General. Andrew Wallace MP:Tomorrow we will mark 50 years since the passage of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975, a landmark in Australia’s legal and moral commitment to equality. It was a bold step forward, but one that was supported by the […]
DEFENCE AMENDMENT (PARLIAMENTARY JOINT COMMITTEE ON DEFENCE) BILL 2025
Federation Chamber Date: 29 October 2025 Speaker:I call the Member for Fisher. Andrew Wallace MP:Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I rise to speak in support of the Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence) Bill 2025. I have long supported this bill, and it is a moment of some joy for me to be able […]
CRIMINAL CODE AMENDMENT (STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM) BILL 2025 – Ammendement
Federation Chamber Date: 28 October 2025 Speaker:The Federation Chamber will now consider the bill in detail. I understand it is the wish of the Federation Chamber to take the bill as a whole. The question is that the bill be agreed to. Andrew Wallace MP:Madam Deputy Speaker, I move the amendment circulated in my name. […]
CRIMINAL CODE AMENDMENT (STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM) BILL 2025 – Report from Committee
House of Representatives Date: 28 October 2025 Speaker:I call the Member for Fisher. Andrew Wallace MP:On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, I present the committee’s advisory report on the Criminal Code Amendment (State Sponsors of Terrorism) Bill 2025. Report made a parliamentary paper in accordance with standing order 39(e). By […]
MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES FOR CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE BILL
House of Representatives Date: 28 October 2025 Speaker:I give the call to the Member for Fisher. Andrew Wallace MP:I seek leave to move the following motion: (1) the Crimes Amendment (Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Child Sexual Abuse) Bill 2025 stand referred to the Federation Chamber; (2) the bill be called on for debate immediately following […]
CRIMINAL CODE AMENDMENT (STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM) BILL 2025 – Second Reading
House of Representatives Date: 28 October 2025 Speaker:I call the Member for Fisher. Andrew Wallace MP:Thank you, Mr Speaker. The ability to list certain organisations as terrorist organisations, as provided for by Division 102 of the Criminal Code, provides the Australian Government with a valuable tool for publicly condemning those organisations as well as putting […]