Rick Wilson

Latest speeches

1. Federation Chamber · Australian Parliament · 17 September 2026

   • Coalition critique: ACCUs, land use change and rural communities

     “Thank you, Deputy Speaker, and I rise today to speak against the Carbon Credits and Other Legislation Amendment (Integrity and Transparency) Bill because integrity and transparency have no part in this bill as I read it, Deputy Speaker. And in…”

     Watch from 2:52:48

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

   • Member for O’Connor: regional seniors survey and public hospital pressure

     “Thank you Madam Deputy Speaker and I rise today to speak against the Private Health Insurance Amendment (Modernising the Private Health Insurance Rebate) Bill because behind the government's modelling, talking points and proposed budget savings are real people. They are…”

     Watch from 51:14

   • O’Connor: regional access burdens and stakeholder criticism

     “Jennifer, another respondent to my survey, captured the main concern many seniors feel. Changes to private healthcare rebates will make private healthcare too expensive for retirees who will then be forced to use the public health system, which is already…”

     Watch from 55:51

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

   • Members’ statements: regional sport, working holiday visas and domestic violence

     “Thank you, Deputy Speaker, and I rise today to draw attention to the serious impacts of the ministerial directed delays in the processing of working holidaymaker visas having on farmers, growers and regional businesses in my electorate of O'Connor. Deputy…”

     Watch from 1:13:30

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

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

     “Deputy Speaker, on the same day we discovered that the Prime Minister's own electorate received a $6 million grant for his local golf club, we learned that Labor's invite-only Major Local Community Infrastructure Grants program excluded 45 electorates from even…”

     Watch from 55:39

5. Federation Chamber (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 9 September 2026

   • Grain exports: phosphine exposure limits and regulatory risk

     “Thank you Deputy Speaker and I rise today to speak on the existential threat to one of Australia's most important export industries, an industry worth between $21 and $27 billion and one that underpins jobs, investment and economic activity throughout…”

     Watch from 1:20:42

6. Federation Chamber (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 7 September 2026

   • Coalition: Rick Wilson: regional housing shortages and Coalition plan

     “Deputy Speaker, Australia's housing crisis is not confined to our capital cities. It is being felt just as acutely in our regional communities, where families, workers, first home buyers, and local businesses are struggling under the weight of Labor's failed…”

     Watch from 1:02:44