Jane Hume

Latest speeches

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

   • Senators’ statements: free speech, health, justice, cost‑of‑living

     “Thank you Acting Deputy President. Well it's nice to know that some Labor MPs and senators have finally woken up to reality. The news today is that Labor MPs are voicing their concerns behind closed doors over the prospects of…”

     Watch from 6:32

   • Climate, gender and health policy: Payman, Medicare, inflation

     “Thank you, Madam President. My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. The Age today reports that a Labor MP told the Treasurer that, and I quote, a lot of what we have done is throw cost…”

     Watch from 1:04:33

   • Climate, gender and health policy: Payman, Medicare, inflation

     “Another Labor MP reportedly told the Treasurer, and I'm quoting, that small business is doing it very tough and we aren't doing enough for them. Does the government accept that higher inflation and the resulting high interest rates are putting…”

     Watch from 1:07:33
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2. Senate Chamber (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 14 September 2026

   • Regulatory Reform Omnibus Bill 2026: committee and passage

     “Thank you, Chair. I move opposition amendments on sheet 3924 in the name of Senator Bragg and seek leave to take parts 1 and 2 on that sheet together.”

     Watch from 1:06:55

   • Question Time: digital duty of care and online safety

     “Thank you, Madam President, my question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. The Business Council of Australia has released analysis showing that Labor productivity has gone backwards by an average of 0.1% a year under your…”

     Watch from 4:22:52

   • Question Time: digital duty of care and online safety

     “The Business Council calculates that even if Treasury's assumption that productivity growth returns to 1.2% is achieved, average productivity growth across the 2020s will still only be 0.2% a year. Does the government agree with the BCA's calculation?”

     Watch from 4:25:17
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3. Senate Chamber (part 2 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 10 September 2026

   • Opening statements: AI governance and workers’ rights

     “Thank you President. Every day Australians are paying the price for Labor's failure to get inflation under control. And alarm bells continue. Economists are warning Australians could be facing back-to-back interest rate rises after the Reserve Bank made it very…”

     Watch from 7:44

   • Inflation and monetary policy: Hume & Wong exchange

     “Thank you, President. My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. On Tuesday night, the Reserve Bank Deputy Governor said that everywhere he travels in Australia he hears cost, cost, cost, inflation, inflation, inflation. He said…”

     Watch from 41:55

   • Inflation and monetary policy: Hume & Wong exchange

     “I assume that's an I don't know. The Deputy Governor also warned that if the current path on inflation is no longer feasible, the Reserve Bank will raise rates further. Labor has failed to reduce inflationary pressure and its public…”

     Watch from 44:53
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4. Senate Chamber (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 10 September 2026

   • Wine Amendment Bill: Mandatory wine code groundwork and industry crisis

     “I rise to speak on the Wine and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026. The coalition will be supporting this bill. This bill has already passed the House of Representatives without amendment, and it comes to this chamber as a sensible…”

     Watch from 3:28:03

   • Regulatory Reform Omnibus Bill 2026: Red tape, Human Rights Commission and CSLR levy timing

     “Thank you minister. The government has said that its productivity reforms in the budget would reduce the regulatory burden by $10.2 billion each year. So how much does this bill contribute to that figure?”

     Watch from 3:58:35

   • Regulatory Reform Omnibus Bill 2026: Red tape, Human Rights Commission and CSLR levy timing

     “Thank you, Minister. Just I'm putting on notice now that in the next Senate estimates I would very much like to understand what the breakdown of that 10.2 billion is and how much this piece of legislation, this omnibus bill,…”

     Watch from 3:59:56
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5. Senate Chamber (part 1 of 3) · Australian Parliament · 9 September 2026

   • Fair Work Amendment (Disqualified Officers) Bill: Hume: case for removing five‑year cap

     “Thank you, act- Deputy President. I rise to speak in support of the Fair Work Amendment (Disqualified Officers) Bill 2026. In 2024, the CFMEU was rightly placed into administration. As uncomfortable as that process was for the Labor Party, the…”

     Watch from 24:09

   • Hume: CFMEU misconduct evidence and bill mechanics

     “Five years and the door has to be opened to him again, a welcome mat laid out. Not because anyone reasonable thinks that it should be, but because the way that the system is set up now, the way the…”

     Watch from 31:52

   • Final short statements: censorship, tax, tobacco crime, defence industry and data centres

     “Thank you, Acting Deputy President. In the early hours of the 1st of July, 50 metres from my electorate office in Richmond, a tobacco shop was firebombed. Just five days later, on Victoria Street, around the corner, a car rammed…”

     Watch from 4:52:35

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

   • CFMEU corruption and federal funding: Hume and Scarr

     “Thank you Senator McKenzie. Senator Hume. Thank you Acting Deputy President. It is just extraordinary the disrespect that has been shown to the Senate, that has been shown to this chamber by the government in producing this order for production…”

     Watch from 42:30