Claire Chandler

Latest speeches

1. Senate Chamber (part 2 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 20 August 2026

   • Q: Chandler to Gallagher: cost of servicing $1 trillion debt

     “Thank you, President. My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. Minister, with one trillion dollars in government debt, how much is the Commonwealth currently paying on interest on this debt each minute? President, a point of…”

     Watch from 1:52:25

   • Q: Chandler to Gallagher: cost of servicing $1 trillion debt

     “Thank you, President. Thank you. Minister, with one trillion dollars in government debt, how much has the Commonwealth paid in interest on this debt in total since Labor came to government in May 2022?”

     Watch from 1:55:02

   • Q: Chandler to Gallagher: cost of servicing $1 trillion debt

     “Thank you, President. Minister, under your government, Australians have suffered the biggest fall in living standards in the developed world, 15 interest rate rises, and now a trillion dollars of government debt. This year, $28 billion will be spent just…”

     Watch from 1:57:12

2. Senate Chamber (part 1 of 3) · Australian Parliament · 19 August 2026

   • Coalition (Chandler): Support for bill, push for higher instant asset write‑off and widows’ tax lesson

     “Thank you, Mr. Acting Deputy President. Every government says that it supports small business. But the real test is whether the policies of that government give business the confidence to invest. That is the test that we in the coalition…”

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3. Senate Chamber (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 18 August 2026

   • Urgency motion: Greens: Reverse privatisation of essential services

     “Thank you, President. Well, it is very clear from this motion what the Greens want. They want to see bigger government. They want government in your lives every day, getting bigger and bigger and bigger. But it puzzles me that…”

     Watch from 5:00:10

4. Senate Chamber (part 2 of 3) · Australian Parliament · 1 July 2026

   • Payday super disallowance: under‑18 super and superannuation politics

     “Thank you very much, mister acting deputy president. The coalition will not be supporting this disallowance motion. The current arrangements strike, in our view, an appropriate balance between supporting young workers and limiting additional costs for employers. This motion would…”

     Watch from 2:00:24

5. Senate Chamber (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 29 June 2026

   • Question Time I: capital gains tax reforms and tax cuts narrative

     “Thank you, president. My question is to the minister representing the treasurer, senator Gallagher. Minister, the prime minister has said, what we are simply doing is returning the CGT system to what was there before 1999. Minister, was there a…”

     Watch from 4:10:29

   • Question Time I: capital gains tax reforms and tax cuts narrative

     “Thank you, president. Minister, was there income averaging before 1999, and is there no income averaging now under your legislated higher taxes? Thank you, president. Point of order on relevance. I'm not sure that the minister is being relevant to…”

     Watch from 4:13:02

   • Question Time I: capital gains tax reforms and tax cuts narrative

     “President, minister, how many taxpayers on lower incomes under $45,000 will be hit by your higher taxes with the imposition of the 30% minimum tax?”

     Watch from 4:15:24

6. Senate Chamber (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 25 June 2026

   • Attempts to split tax bill: Pocock and opposition vs government

     “Thank you, president. I move the amendment to senator Pocock's motion that has been circulated in my name, which would incorporate, schedules one and two into a separate bill and add to that bill enacting words, provisions for titles and…”

     Watch from 1:40:17

   • Committee stage opens: opposition move to strip CGT and negative gearing schedules

     “Thank you, mister acting... Mister deputy president slash chair. I rise to move amendments three eight. Oh, sorry. Amendment circulated on my name on sheet three --. Eight eight two. Now these amendments go to a simple principle that Australian…”

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   • Detailed tax committee Q&A: revenue, compliance, small business, gender and SMSFs

     “Thank you, chair. Just to move to some questions now, in particular in relation to schedules one and two, because as previously stated with this amendment, that is what we are seeking to have removed from the bill. Minister, how…”

     Watch from 3:03:37
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