Andrew Leigh

Latest speeches

1. House of Representatives Chamber (part 2 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 17 September 2026

   • Procedural business: defence committees, AI committee membership and Defence RCDVS bills

     “I ask leave of the House to move a motion for the appointment of a member to serve on the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defense. I move that in accordance with the provisions of the Defense Act 1993, Mr. Boyce…”

     Watch from 2:28:01

2. Federation Chamber · Australian Parliament · 16 September 2026

   • Constituency statements: tribute, insurance affordability, racism and connectivity

     “Thank you, Deputy Speaker. I rise to pay tribute to Trevor William Edward Smith, who died peacefully at home on the 23rd of August, aged 94, just a few weeks short of his 95th birthday. Trevor was born in London…”

     Watch from 31:35

   • Constituency statements: tribute, insurance affordability, racism and connectivity

     “His family remember a man in his element at birthdays and weddings, who organised annual Easter egg hunts, arrived with enormous gift bags, told wartime stories and listened to theirs. Trevor was the loving husband of Dorothy, father of Janice,…”

     Watch from 45:26

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

   • Tributes to Mary Gaudron: legal trailblazer and mentor

     “Thank you Deputy Speaker. It's a pleasure to follow my friend and colleague the member for Berowra in rising to pay tribute to the Honourable Justice Mary Genevieve Gaudron KC former Justice of the High Court of Australia. I came…”

     Watch from 3:06:04

4. Federation Chamber · Australian Parliament · 10 September 2026

   • Adjournment speeches: climate, gas tax, construction productivity, Olympics legacy, sex-based rights and road safety

     “On the morning of the 27th of August, five members of the Canberra Bilbys Triathlon Club were riding on Gungahlin Drive when a car struck the group. Bridie Lee, 32, died at the scene. Ryan Reithmuller, 39, was critically injured…”

     Watch from 4:02:02

5. Federation Chamber (part 2 of 3) · Australian Parliament · 8 September 2026

   • Canberra: Nepali community and national support

     “Thank you, Deputy Speaker. On the 26th of August, part of a glacier collapsed high in the Himalaya. A vast mass of mud and rock crashed into a river near the border between Nepal and Tibet, China. The water that…”

     Watch from 3:21:12

6. House of Representatives Chamber (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 8 September 2026

   • Opening of House and Committee Membership Changes

     “Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move the motion relating to the rescission of resolutions of the House made on 20 August 2026 agreeing to proposed works in the terms which it appears in the notice paper.”

     Watch from 11:53

   • Public Works approvals: AFP Brisbane and CSIRO Clayton projects

     “Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move that in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, it is expedient to carry out the following proposed work, which was referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works…”

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