Nicolette Boele

Latest speeches

1. House Standing Committee on Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water - Sydney, NSW (part 2 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 24 September 2026

   • Avoiding fragmented state schemes and harmonisation

     “Thank you. And thank you, Ms. Wang and Mr. Adapatu. So I have a question about the scheme design and particularly around the cost of administration. I'm thrilled that the EPA has already done the design and the administration of…”

     Watch from 45:38

   • Boele: scope of standards and NZ alignment

     “Thank you, Chair, if you don't mind, thanks. Thank you so much for coming. I get a little bit intimidated by incredibly skilful nerds, if you like, who herd cats and make everything work in Australia. It's fantastic. My question…”

     Watch from 1:03:41

2. House Standing Committee on Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water - Sydney, NSW (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 24 September 2026

   • WMRR: national vs state progress, batteries analogy and circular policy

     “Yes, sure, thank you. Your membership is very broad. In advocating for a mandatory EPR, are there any losers? And if there are, who and what are the trade-offs?”

     Watch from 5:11:57

   • BCSD Australia: business transition lens and role of national pilots

     “Thank you, Mr. Andrew Ian Peterson. My, Mike Robert, Andrew Ian Robert Peterson. My question is around policy development, not about scheme design. You said that this is about a business transition issue, an industry transition issue. We've got plenty…”

     Watch from 5:45:57

   • BCSD Australia: finance, regional logistics and global practice

     “We have entities like ARENA, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation. To what extent are these existing entities adequate in supporting the business systems necessary to help provide end-of-first-life markets? Do any of your members at…”

     Watch from 5:46:21

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

   • Bradfield: Rosh Hashanah, antisemitism and Royal Commission

     “Thank you, Deputy Speaker. It was Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, on the weekend, and I wish everyone in Bradfield's Jewish community and beyond a Shana Tova. The New Year is traditionally all about sweetness, and I know the…”

     Watch from 49:02

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

   • Private Member’s Bill: national definition of affordable housing

     “I present the housing legislation amendment national definition of housing affordable housing bill 2026 and explanatory memorandum Thank you deputy speaker Since I was elected last year the one thing everyone in my community has wanted to talk to me…”

     Watch from 36:28

5. Federation Chamber · Australian Parliament · 10 September 2026

   • Constituency statements: aged care home support crisis

     “Thank you Deputy Speaker. In the last month my office has received several calls from distraught constituents desperate to find providers willing to provide services to them under the Commonwealth's Home Support Program. These are elderly, vulnerable people. People who…”

     Watch from 10:08

6. House of Representatives Chamber (part 2 of 3) · Australian Parliament · 9 September 2026

   • Members’ statements: cost‑of‑living, tax rhetoric, Medicare, super and TAFE

     “Thank you Deputy Speaker, a few weeks ago I had the great honour of attending an annual gala celebrating the Indian community in Sydney. This year the event was particularly special as it was celebrating 80 years of Indian independence,…”

     Watch from 46:39

   • Question Time: universal superannuation under attack and Labor’s defence

     “Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the minister representing the Minister for Housing. 12,000 Australians have signed my petition for a nationally consistent definition of affordable housing. Last week, a developer in my electorate admitted to breaching its…”

     Watch from 1:59:31