Leon Rebello

Latest speeches

1. Joint Standing Committee on Migration · Australian Parliament · 18 September 2026

   • Cuts to employer incentives and impact on taking apprentices

     “Thank you very much, Chair. I've got a number of questions. But firstly, you've spoken about the, I guess, the link between the domestic training sector and also the international migration side of things. With respect to training Australians, can…”

     Watch from 51:56

   • Cuts to employer incentives and impact on taking apprentices

     “Yeah, and just on that, was there any consultation or warning of it? Did you know that that was coming?”

     Watch from 54:23

   • Direction 119 delays, project-tethered visas and housing output

     “Thanks very much, Chair. Probably a question to Mr. Laid first, just given the volume of migrant workers that you, you work with. The real-life example of the consequences of Ministerial Direction 119, which was the recent one in relation…”

     Watch from 1:13:10
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2. Federation Chamber · Australian Parliament · 17 September 2026

   • Community sport, homelessness services and volunteers on the Gold Coast

     “Thank you very much, Deputy Speaker. I rise today to recognize some of the fantastic people and organizations that I've spent time with across the southern Gold Coast in recent weeks. Before heading back to Canberra, I joined Robina City…”

     Watch from 40:43

   • Adjournment: fuel price shock, sovereign capability and local road upgrade

     “Thank you, Deputy Speaker. Deputy Speaker, Australians have had just another reminder of how exposed our country can be to events that are half a world away. Conflict in the Middle East has sent fuel prices higher and families are…”

     Watch from 3:47:47

3. House of Representatives Chamber (part 2 of 3) · Australian Parliament · 16 September 2026

   • Members’ 90‑second statements: veterans, racism, climate, mental health, cost of living

     “Thank you, Deputy Speaker. Deputy Speaker, Labor keeps spending and Australians keep paying. This government spending is keeping pressure on inflation and interest rates and leaving households to pick up the bill. You can't put out an inflation fire with…”

     Watch from 49:25

   • MPI contributions on housing, veterans and intergenerational fairness

     “Thank you, Deputy Speaker. That was five minutes from a government member who focused on the opposition. Now you would think if you had a record to stand on, you'd stand up in this place and you'd actually speak to…”

     Watch from 3:23:13

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

   • Member for McPherson: principle of rewarding self‑reliance

     “Thank you Deputy Speaker. Deputy Speaker, this question before the house, this bill that we are asked to debate right now goes to the essence of the kind of country that we want to be. Because we have a choice…”

     Watch from 21:02

   • McPherson: local survey, forum and generational impacts

     “And we saw a situation where the majority said very clearly that they were not going to be able to afford these changes. Now and I'm going to read to you and I've shared it with this place many times…”

     Watch from 25:41

   • McPherson: seniors’ messages to the Prime Minister and procedural clash

     “This is in the middle of a cost of living crisis that this government itself has perpetuated and on top of that, they're adding salt to the wound by putting forward this legislation. So Deputy Speaker, I said something very…”

     Watch from 28:32
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5. Federation Chamber (part 2 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 14 September 2026

   • Privacy reform: Sturt and McPherson on erasure right and small business burden

     “Thank you, Deputy Speaker. Deputy Speaker, I rise to speak on this motion in relation to privacy law reform and from the many listening posts and engagements I have out in the community, it's very clear that the people of…”

     Watch from 2:32:51

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

   • Labor defence: Macquarie and Moore: value of TAFE and free access

     “Thank you, Deputy Speaker. Deputy Speaker, I'd like to begin echoing the sentiments of the last coalition speaker, the member for Grey, in thanking everybody in this country who has chosen to undertake an apprenticeship, because, Deputy Speaker, we need…”

     Watch from 2:51:53