Anne Webster

Latest speeches

1. House of Representatives Chamber (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 15 September 2026

   • Question Time II: veterans, hydrogen policy, Robodebt, housing stress and online harms

     “Thank you, Speaker. My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister embarrassed us all with his sexist remarks and gestures about the Japanese Prime Minister. Then his government handed his close personal friend Rhys Muldoon a job as…”

     Watch from 3:06:47

   • MPI on energy policy: green hydrogen, Whyalla and renewables vs coal and nuclear

     “Thank you, Deputy Speaker. Well, last night we see on Four Corners that the Minister for Climate Change and Energy had the audacity to say, "I never really bought into all the hype about green hydrogen." Never bought into all…”

     Watch from 3:54:10

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

   • Mallee: Aged care access issues and regional forum

     “Thank you, Deputy Speaker. Well, I rise this afternoon to speak once again about aged care and the fact that there are so many people who have contacted my office, and I don't use the word inundated with calls and…”

     Watch from 1:07:22

   • Mallee: Delayed working holiday visas and harvest risk

     “I proudly rise to second the motion from my colleague, the member for Gippsland, and stand for my farmers in Mallee, who have responsibly been getting ready for the broadacre harvest. We are literally on the cusp of that harvest…”

     Watch from 1:57:05

3. House of Representatives Chamber (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 14 September 2026

   • Private Health Insurance rebate bill: aged care funding trade‑off

     “Thank you, Deputy Speaker, and I rise to speak about the Modernising the Private Health Insurance Rebate Bill 2026. But I want to start with some quotes from people in my electorate who have written to me. Peter, who comes…”

     Watch from 3:14:54

4. House of Representatives Chamber (part 2 of 3) · Australian Parliament · 9 September 2026

   • Members’ statements: cost‑of‑living, tax rhetoric, Medicare, super and TAFE

     “Thank you, Deputy Speaker. In 1949, I say for all the students here, welcome, George Orwell wrote his dystopian novel 1984, a book designed to warn people about the dangers of government overreach and control after World War II. Yet…”

     Watch from 1:01:43

5. Federation Chamber (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 9 September 2026

   • Agriculture: harvest labour shortages and visa delays

     “Thank you, Deputy Speaker. Right now, Mallee's fields are green and gold, wheat and canola in abundance, and farmers are preparing for harvest. But Labor is playing political games delaying farm worker visas. I have a message from my farmers…”

     Watch from 43:42

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

   • Superannuation and workers’ incomes: Government vs right‑wing proposals

     “Thank you, Speaker. My question is to the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services. This morning, the Assistant Treasurer could not answer a question about a tobacco store being firebombed in his own electorate. Today at 3:15 AM, police…”

     Watch from 2:46:17

   • Superannuation and workers’ incomes: Government vs right‑wing proposals

     “So if we can just have that rephrased in her words as she would like. Why is the Minister refusing to protect Australians, protect Australians by joining, by joining with the Coalition...? Why will the Minister refuse to join with…”

     Watch from 2:51:31