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House of Representatives Chamber (part 1 of 2)

28 June 2026

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Contents updated on 21 Oct 2026

The sitting opens with formal proceedings and a detailed overview of the petitions system’s growth, jurisdiction and AI-related risks, then moves to private members’ bills on Commonwealth local procurement rules and HECS indexation, highlighting sovereignty, student debt and fiscal implications for future reforms.

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Opening, petitions and initial private bills

10:05

Opening of sitting and petitions framework

10:05

Opening prayers and commencement of sitting

10:05

Petitions Committee — digital petitions and reform issues

11:13

Private Members’ Bills — local procurement and HECS indexation

20:14

Private Member’s Bill — Local Industry Preferences in Commonwealth procurement

20:14

Private Member’s Bill — Fixing HECS indexation timing

31:24

Taxation, cost-of-living and Medicare clinics debate

42:34

Taxation and fiscal policy clash — government vs Opposition

42:34

Opposition motion — Labor’s ‘sneaky’ tax agenda and bracket creep

42:34

Government response — defending tax reforms and housing-focused changes

48:00

Coalition attack — cost of living, ‘widow tax’ and tax back guarantee

01:03:31

Government defence — small business, super and tax relief measures

01:08:36

Medicare Urgent Care Clinics — motion, equity and impact debate

01:13:49

Private Members’ Motion — Medicare Urgent Care Clinics rollout

01:13:49

Clinic distribution and regional equity — Opposition critique

01:19:21

Government backbench — defence of Urgent Care Clinics model

01:24:19

Sex-based rights, committee oversight and aviation consumer bill

01:59:25

Sex-based rights bill and committee reports to the House

01:59:25

Sex Discrimination Amendment — ‘sex-based rights’ bill debate

01:59:25

Tabling of committee reports — Asia capability and payments inquiry

02:10:06

Public Works Committee — Cyclotron decommissioning approval

02:33:10

Aviation Consumer Protection package — first reading and initial debate

02:36:48

Aviation Consumer Protection Bills — first reading and general debate begins

02:36:48

Regional aviation and health access — Mildura case study

02:52:26

Broader aviation consumer framework — fairness vs airline self‑regulation

03:03:03

Members’ statements, Pacific treaty, Question Time and consumer protection laws

03:40:06

Members’ statements, Pacific security treaty and Question Time

03:40:06

Members’ 90‑second statements — health, tax, paid leave and integrity

03:40:06

Pacific diplomacy — Vanuatu ‘Nakamal’ security and cooperation agreement

04:10:36

Question Time highlights — ‘widow tax’, tax cuts and social media age ban

04:15:48

Cost-of-living, consumer protection and enforcement legislation

04:58:10

Cost‑of‑living and supermarkets — excessive pricing powers

04:58:10

Online Safety Amendment Bill — tougher enforcement of social media age law

05:22:50

Resumption of Aviation Consumer Protection debate — ombudsman and regional issues

05:29:30

House of Representatives Chamber (part 1 of 2)

28 June 2026

House of Representatives Mon, 29 Jun 2026 Australian Parliament

10:04 - 10:31

Speaker 59

I acknowledge the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples who are traditional custodians of the Canberra area and pay respects to the elders, past, and present of all Australia's indigenous peoples. Almighty god, we humbly beseech thee to vouchsight thy blessing upon this parliament. Director and prosper our deliberations to the advancement of thy glory and the true welfare of the people of Australia. Our father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

10:31 - 11:09

Speaker 70

Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen. Order of members can lead the chamber quickly and quietly as possible.

11:09 - 11:13

Speaker 3

Give a call to the honorable member for Dunkley.

11:13 - 11:51

Speaker 28

Good morning, mister speaker. I present the twelfth report of the petitions committee for the forty eighth parliament together with six ministerial responses to petitions presented previously. There are currently a 107 petitions open for signatures on the House e petitions website. Petitions continue to cover a range of topics, including tax reform, veterans affairs, private health insurance, bullying in schools, and food waste. These topics are an indicator of the varied interests of those who engage with the petitions process.

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