Jordon Steele-John

Latest speeches

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

   • Greens and Coalition positions on No Jab No Pay

     “Thank you very much, Chair. Today I will be speaking to the New Tax System (Family Assistance) Amendment (No Jab, No Pay) Repeal Bill of 2025. The Greens will not be supporting this bill today. This policy, now in effect…”

     Watch from 34:34

   • Steele-John on health workforce training and prac payments

     “Thank you very much Acting President. And I join my colleague in recognizing the incredibly long-held positions of Senator Faruqi and advocacy on behalf of Australian university students and Australian universities more broadly. This bill which we are debating today…”

     Watch from 3:14:22

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

   • Greens response – banking profits, culture and accountability

     “Yes, indeed. Thank you, Acting President. Do you know what? Sometimes the conversations in this place are so disconnected from reality. We have conversations about banking, and somebody will come in here and talk about, you know, the minutiae of…”

     Watch from 36:13

3. Senate Chamber (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 15 September 2026

   • Private Health Transparency Bill: Committee stage and Steele‑John Q&A

     “Thank you, Chair. I've got some, got some questions, Minister, about the legislation. Do you want to complete your, what you were doing there?”

     Watch from 1:37:09

   • Private Health Transparency Bill: Committee stage and Steele‑John Q&A

     “Senator Steele-John, you have the call for about 30 seconds. Yes, thank you. Does the government have further plans in relation to the reduction of specialist fees?”

     Watch from 1:39:27

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

   • Private health transparency: Medical Costs Finder and insurer ‘phoenixing’

     “Ah, yes, thank you, Chair. I've got a speech on this one ready to go if that's acceptable to the chamber. Thanks, thanks very much, Chair. I'm pleased to speak today to the Health Legislation Amendment (Improving Choice and Transparency…”

     Watch from 3:55:40

5. Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee · Australian Parliament · 11 September 2026

   • Steele-John: distributional impacts and alternative policy options

     “Thanks very much. Thanks very much, Chair. So first of all, could I get you to confirm that the modeling that you've undertaken shows an average premium increase of, I think it's, is it $252 yearly for affected people?”

     Watch from 49:46

   • Steele-John: distributional impacts and alternative policy options

     “Yeah, that's it. And yes, if you, yes, that'd be useful, thank you. Um, now sticking with the averages, which we, which we do have, um, does your modelling tell you the average increase in premium for someone over 65…”

     Watch from 51:36

   • Steele-John: distributional impacts and alternative policy options

     “Thanks. So I just want to clarify though, because what, what you've just described doesn't necessarily, it doesn't target high, it's not targeted to higher income earners in that, in that way. So I just, maybe we just didn't do…”

     Watch from 54:46
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6. Senate Chamber (part 2 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 8 September 2026

   • Paraquat inquiry: Greens call for precautionary regulation

     “I really do want to thank you, Senator, for bringing this important issue to the Senate today and your advocacy in bringing a collective attention to this decision. As a Senator for Western Australia, I've heard from constituents who are…”

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