Andrew Bragg

Latest speeches

1. Senate Chamber (part 2 of 3) · Australian Parliament · 16 September 2026

   • Urgency motion: Hanson’s population and migration cut proposal

     “I welcome the opportunity to make some comments about migration, and I note that in the Senate tonight that we are probably the most successful migration nation that the world has known because we have been able to subsume millions…”

     Watch from 4:06:06

2. Senate Chamber (part 2 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 15 September 2026

   • Bragg: case for Economics inquiry into mortgage offset accounts

     “Thank you very much and I thank the good Senator Brockman for moving this important motion because it's very important that we do our job here as parliamentarians and that we are able to inquire from time to time into…”

     Watch from 7:31

3. Senate Chamber (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 15 September 2026

   • Senator Bragg: Cabinet modelling and FOI challenge

     “So in taking note of this ridiculous explanation, if you could call it that, I again remind the Senate that the government has actually produced extensive amounts of modelling, just that it's been redacted. And so the Treasury was commissioned…”

     Watch from 32:48

   • Two‑minute statements: Festivals, radicalisation, AI, migration and local issues

     “Regrettably, Iran has become a pariah in our world, but also here in Australia. And having been the architect of the attack on the Adass synagogue in Melbourne, we know how active the Iranian regime is in our country. And…”

     Watch from 1:52:06

4. Senate Chamber (part 2 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 14 September 2026

   • Urgency motion: cost of living and tax policy debate

     “After four and a half long years, the stats are in on this government when it comes to housing. And what we see is a collapse by 30,000 of the dwellings completed in Australia over these last four and a…”

     Watch from 1:18:45

5. Senate Chamber (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 14 September 2026

   • Question Time: gas policy, export taxes and AI data centres

     “Thanks very much. My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. The NAB says that loans to owner-occupiers are down by 15% since the budget. Are you aware that your taxes are reducing home loans and…”

     Watch from 4:46:00

   • Question Time: gas policy, export taxes and AI data centres

     “It would be helpful to get that advice tabled actually. Rents are due to spike thanks to the reducing housing supply which you know about. Do you stand by your $2 a week rent claim from the budget when we…”

     Watch from 4:48:59

   • Question Time: gas policy, export taxes and AI data centres

     “If home loans to owner-occupiers are down and rents are up, who actually wins from the $77 billion of new Labor housing taxes?”

     Watch from 4:50:44

6. Senate Chamber (part 2 of 3) · Australian Parliament · 9 September 2026

   • Matter of Public Importance – Bragg: Labor’s housing failure

     “Well thank you very much, acting deputy president, it's great to have a Geelong supporter in the chair this afternoon. And what I wanted to talk about today was the Labor government's complete and abject failure on housing. After four…”

     Watch from 3:00:35