Zoe McKenzie

Latest speeches

1. Federation Chamber · Australian Parliament · 16 September 2026

   • Constituency statements: volunteers, defence estate sales, youth civics and women’s housing

     “Thank you, Deputy Speaker. I rise to give a shout out to the great people of Portsea who yesterday won the Best Tiny Town Tourism Award here in the Great Hall of Parliament House. The awards, which are sponsored by…”

     Watch from 28:28

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

   • Member for Flinders: impact on older privately insured constituents

     “Thank you, Deputy Speaker. Imagine paying for private health insurance for 40 years, 50 years, even 60 years, only for the government to wait until you really need it, and this government smashes your ability to hold on to it.…”

     Watch from 8:46

   • Flinders: constituent case studies on affordability and health risk

     “Rowan from Mount Martha, he wrote: "My wife and I married in 1979 and have paid private health continuously without any claims." "I now have serious cancer and quite frankly cannot risk being without it." "I've had major surgery in…”

     Watch from 12:10

   • Flinders: savings, sacrifice and opposition to rebate cuts

     “This response is especially important because Susan answered that she might be able to afford the increase. But affording means giving up on holidays, giving up on home help. It means sacrificing the very things a 78-year-old who's worked all…”

     Watch from 16:35

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

   • Members’ 90‑second statements: democracy, campaigning conduct and local issues

     “If hypocrisy were taxable, this Prime Minister would get the budget back into surplus in a flash. Under this Prime Minister, there are two sets of rules, the ones that apply to you and me and the ones that apply…”

     Watch from 1:57:24

4. Joint Standing Committee on Treaties · Australian Parliament · 14 September 2026

   • Deputy Chair McKenzie: tangible project benefits for Australians

     “Thank you, Mr. Hill, for that statement. It is rare that we get a topic in this committee that could be so interesting and exciting to the average Australian. So I invite you to talk, you've talked about some of…”

     Watch from 27:38

   • Deputy Chair McKenzie: tangible project benefits for Australians

     “Anyone else? No. So basically based on what you've said, this means we're more integrated in the lunar rover, sending humans to the moon, a Mars mission, Artemis II, and of course detecting whether it be a bushfire or something…”

     Watch from 30:56

5. House of Representatives Chamber (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 10 September 2026

   • Members’ 90‑second statements on varied constituency issues

     “Thank you, Deputy Speaker. $34 billion. That's how much has been wiped off the value of Australian homes since Labor's toxic tax budget. For a majority of Australians, the family home is their largest and safest asset, a sense of…”

     Watch from 4:58:32

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

   • Adjournment: PISA results, AI, screens and boys’ education

     “Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Overnight, the Program for International Student Assessment 2025 report was released from the OECD in Paris. PISA, as it is known, is the most important benchmark for global performance in education. Importantly, this report measures the…”

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