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Federation Chamber

8 September 2026

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Backbench and constituency statements link youth engagement, wellbeing, housing, health, digital regulation, sports and veterans’ issues to Commonwealth programs, funding and regulatory settings, highlighting regional service gaps and local outcomes of federal policy choices.

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Members’ statements — local issues and federal responsibilities

25:58

Members’ statements — youth, wellbeing and regional support

25:58

Youth engagement, community cohesion and schooling

25:58

Warringah — youth civics and engagement

25:58

Leichhardt — student speech on nature and hope

29:06

Ryan — community festival and social fabric

32:05

Education Minister — Georgie’s speech on loving school

34:54

Constituent wellbeing — veterans’ care and Year 12 pressures

37:48

Clark — veterans’ health, DVA access and allied health cap

37:48

Isaacs — message to Year 12 students

40:51

Government support for farmers and overseas citizens

43:43

Mallee — harvest labour shortages and visa delays

43:43

Parramatta — Nepal-China floods and Australian response

46:50

Regional event and community health initiatives

50:02

Dawson — regional motorsport event and community benefits

50:02

Assistant Minister — inclusive family violence systems

53:01

Women’s Health Week — implementation of $800m package

54:45

Barker — National Men’s Shed Week and men’s health

56:08

Members’ statements — housing, health and digital regulation

59:21

Regional housing delivery and philanthropic health investment

59:21

Cowan — modular social housing for regional seniors

59:21

Fisher — philanthropy of Roy and Nola Thompson

01:02:28

Griffith — online safety and local community support

01:05:32

Griffith — AI harms and digital duty of care

01:05:32

Griffith — Men’s Sheds and community connection

01:07:02

Members’ and constituency statements — local policy issues

01:08:34

Members’ statements — regional programs, inclusion and sector pressures

01:08:34

Grey — sports funding cuts and energy‑intensive industry risk

01:08:34

Sturt — Year 5 students’ civic engagement

01:11:41

Herbert — Challenge Games and disability inclusion

01:14:44

Dickson — veterans advisory committee and support

01:17:47

O’Connor — phosphine exposure limits and grain exports

01:20:41

Constituency statements — federal housing in Tasmania

01:23:52

Franklin — federal funding for Tasmanian housing

01:23:52

Aged care legislation — regional and First Nations impacts

01:27:03

Bill framework — regional aged care pressures

01:27:03

Second reading resumed — bill framework and Commissioner role

01:27:03

Aged care bill — second reading and Barton speech

01:27:03

McCormack — regional aged care access challenges

01:41:02

Commissioner role — First Nations aged care focus

01:43:24

Bill schedules — system modifications and technical changes

01:46:01

Regional aged care strain and home care waitlists

01:48:37

Volunteers, 24/7 nurses and viability of small centres

01:48:37

Home care waitlists, delayed placements and criticism of Labor

01:50:37

Indigenous aged care needs and support for Lingiari

01:53:37

Remote and First Nations aged care access

01:54:37

Aged Care Act design, remote services and systemic failures

01:54:37

Riverina — Indigenous aged care emphasis and timing

01:54:37

Grey — support for Commissioner and critique of rushed Act

01:56:24

Grey — remote Aboriginal services, funding model and workforce gaps

01:58:51

Grey — constituent case studies exposing home care failures

02:03:37

Grey — assessment tool, waitlists, CHSP and bed shortages

02:06:37

Lingiari — First Nations aged care access and cultural safety

02:10:16

Lingiari — pressures on families and inequitable aged care access

02:10:16

Lingiari — cultural safety and Stolen Generations trauma

02:14:18

Lingiari — remote facilities, dementia care and funding

02:16:44

Lingiari — urban multicultural elders and stakeholder input

02:19:17

First Nations aged care bill — IAT flaws, cultural safety and Commissioner role

02:23:15

Kooyong — IAT funding flaws and First Nations Commissioner risks

02:23:15

Kooyong — support for Commissioner and risk of inaction

02:23:15

Kooyong — flaws in IAT algorithm and lack of override

02:25:49

Kooyong — review process, premature residential care and call for reform

02:30:06

Kooyong — ‘no‑worse‑off’ guarantee and reduced care

02:33:17

First Nations aged care bill — member statements

02:36:23

Adelaide — cultural dislocation and need for culturally safe care

02:36:23

Adelaide — role and mandate of First Nations Aged Care Commissioner

02:40:31

Adelaide — Aboriginal-specific aged care and culture

02:44:56

Farrer — support for bill and call for multicultural commissioner

02:51:34

Aged Care Bill — ministerial closing and second reading agreed

02:58:53

Minister for Ageing — closing remarks and bill passage

02:58:53

Sport integrity bill introduction and House debate

03:03:14

Bill introduction and Macolin Convention context

03:03:14

National Sport Integrity Bill — context and support

03:03:14

Sport integrity bill — second reading resumed

03:03:14

Sport integrity bill — Kooyong opening and support

03:17:24

Macolin Convention — background and treaty obligations

03:25:04

National sport integrity offences and Macolin Convention

03:11:13

Whitlam — new national sport integrity offences

03:11:13

Kooyong — gambling industry influence and transparency

03:21:21

Macolin Convention — offences and extraterritorial reach

03:29:23

Extraterritorial enforcement, athlete safeguards and broader House debate

03:34:44

Offshore illegal gambling, national framework and athlete protection

03:34:44

Spence — offshore illegal gambling and need for strong penalties

03:34:44

Farrer — national framework and protection of athletes

03:38:54

Farrer — education, reporting and sustaining public trust

03:44:42

House debate — national sport integrity offences

03:46:34

Brisbane — purpose of sport integrity offences

03:46:34

Brisbane — beyond betting, Macolin Convention and major events

03:51:01

Blair — support for bill, economic value and offence detail

04:00:04

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Federation Chamber

8 September 2026

Federation Chamber Wed, 9 Sept 2026 Australian Parliament

25:58 - 26:02

Speaker 2

Are there any constituency statements by honorable members and I call the member for Warringah.

26:02 - 27:22

Speaker 3

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Twice a year, I bring together senior students from schools across Warringah for Youth Voices. At our most recent forum, around 50 students joined us at Redlands to talk about democracy, representation, and the issues shaping their future. One student asked, "How much of an influence does my vote make?" Another told me, "I had no idea I could just email my MP."

And I should say, I welcome that we have the Education Minister here in the chamber to hear from these students as well. Students wanted to understand what an MP does, how laws are made, who gets access to decision-makers, and how powerful interests influence politics. All wanted civics education, but asked if it can go beyond memorizing the three levels of government.

They feel that they want more real impact when it comes to that civics education. They want to understand representation, accountability, influence, how they can participate and make a difference to the politics that shape their lives. Young people shared what was in their minds: housing, cost of living, climate change, mental health, inequality, misinformation and social media. There was real concern about AI and jobs. One student worried about studying, taking on debt and then finding there was no way to earn more money because of AI-driven change.

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