Jamie Chaffey

Latest speeches

1. Federation Chamber · Australian Parliament · 16 September 2026

   • Constituency statements: Nepal floods, Australia Post network and regional arts

     “Thank you, Deputy Speaker. I met recently with a licensee of the Condobolin Post Office, Susan Bennett. Susan is a hardworking regional Australian who is doing her best to provide Australia Post services in the remote town of Condobolin. But…”

     Watch from 1:11:04

2. 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 Minister for Housing. Is the Minister aware of a Housing Industry Australia report released today that states sales of new homes have been slashed by 20% in the past three months, and…”

     Watch from 2:43:35

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

     “Thank you, Speaker. I want to associate my comments with the Prime Minister's. Thank you for matching the funding. In fact, just looking online at the moment, because fundraising's still continuing, it's almost $540,000 that Dusty has raised. Yes, yes,…”

     Watch from 2:59:13

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

   • Nationals critique: Member for Parkes: impacts of buybacks on regional towns

     “Thank you, Deputy Speaker. I've said it before and I'll say it again in this place: water is absolutely the lifeblood of Australian agriculture. Without water, there's no food, there's no fibre, there's no clothes to wear, there's no flour…”

     Watch from 1:01:16

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

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

     “Deputy Speaker, today it will be my absolute honor in this place to welcome a young man to Parliament named Dusty. Dusty is from Warren in my electorate of Parkes, and he has walked more than 540 kilometers here to…”

     Watch from 3:49:29

5. House Standing Committee on Primary Industries · Australian Parliament · 11 September 2026

   • Opening formalities and academic witness introductions

     “Okay, well welcome committee and also to the secretariat of the committee and those who are joining us online. My name's Jamie Chaffey, I'm the deputy chair of the Primary Industries Committee. The chair unfortunately will not be able to…”

     Watch from 15:49

   • Opening formalities and academic witness introductions

     “Okay, terrific. All right. Well, I might now move on. Okay. Although the committee does not require that you give evidence under oath, I should advise you that this hearing is a legal proceeding of Parliament and therefore has the…”

     Watch from 21:00

   • Research team opening statement: social licence as governance

     “Thank you, Leon. What I might do, if we could just briefly maybe within say five minutes hear from Mr. Filippo about the experience in Chile. I think that would be appropriate before we open up to questions from the…”

     Watch from 32:07
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6. House of Representatives Chamber (part 2 of 3) · Australian Parliament · 19 August 2026

   • Parkes & Groom: Opposition attacks on Labor’s housing budget

     “Deputy Speaker, the Australian dream is a home among the gum trees, a place where you can put your feet up at the end of the day and a place to call your own. But Deputy Speaker, this Labor government…”

     Watch from 55:20