Sarah Witty

Latest speeches

1. House of Representatives Chamber (part 2 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 17 September 2026

   • Q3–4: Gender equality gains and women’s economic participation

     “Thank you, Speaker. My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Women. What action has the Albanese Labor government taken to grow women's economic participation? What is standing in the way of this progress?”

     Watch from 21:41

2. Federation Chamber · Australian Parliament · 17 September 2026

   • Procedural summary and Labor defence of the bill: Melbourne

     “Thank you, Speaker. I rise to support the Carbon Credits and Other Legislative Amendment (Integrity and Transparency) Bill 2026. In Melbourne, the people I represent care deeply about environmental outcomes. They want cleaner air, healthier waterways, more renewable energy, stronger…”

     Watch from 2:02:36

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

   • Adjournment: regional hardship, child neglect and service failures in WA

     “The question is the House do now adjourn. I give the call to the honourable member for Melbourne.”

     Watch from 3:06:40

   • Adjournment: Melbourne environmental engagement and Labor’s reform agenda

     “Thank you, Speaker. There are some electorates where environmental issues sit on the edge of politics. Melbourne is not one of them. In Melbourne, environmental issues are at the centre of politics because they are at the centre of people's…”

     Watch from 3:06:44

4. Federation Chamber · Australian Parliament · 16 September 2026

   • Women’s Health Week: structural gender bias and primary care reforms

     “Thank you, Speaker. I rise today to mark Women's Health Week and want to start with a story about a young girl who was taken to hospital with severe abdominal pains. She was 14 years old. The doctors treating her…”

     Watch from 2:56:43

5. Federation Chamber (part 2 of 3) · Australian Parliament · 15 September 2026

   • Government backbenchers: Accord reforms and ombudsman cost recovery

     “Thank you, speaker. I rise to speak in support of the National Student Ombudsman Levy Bill 2026 and the related legislation before the house. I am proud to represent Melbourne, one of the greatest education capitals of Australia. Our city…”

     Watch from 1:50:49

6. House of Representatives Chamber (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 15 September 2026

   • MPI on energy policy: green hydrogen, Whyalla and renewables vs coal and nuclear

     “Thank you, Speaker. For years, everyday Australians watched the other political parties in this place turn energy into political battlegrounds rather than a responsibility. One side spent a decade denying reality, the other confused protest with progress, slogans with solutions,…”

     Watch from 4:08:58

   • Knox (Robodebt) Class Action Facilitation Bill: ensuring full compensation for victims

     “Thank you, Speaker. I rise to speak on the Knox Class Action Facilitation Bill 2024. This bill deals with the final consequences of one of the worst failures of the public administration in modern Australian history. It deals with everyday…”

     Watch from 5:18:22