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House of Representatives Chamber

16 September 2026

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The sitting opens with procedural formalities and an Opposition move to suspend standing orders for a no‑confidence motion in the Veterans’ Affairs Minister over the proposed $5,000 allied health cap, followed by the government proceeding to its first legislative items: a bill implementing the updated World Anti‑Doping Code and amendments to the private health insurance device levy to support the National Joint Replacement Registry.

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Opening, no‑confidence motion and initial bills

09:56

Opening of sitting and no‑confidence move

09:56

Opening formalities and no-confidence motion initiated

09:56

Opening formalities and bill referral

09:56

Opposition case against allied health cap and minister

12:24

Veterans’ service and alleged ministerial failure

12:24

Government backflip on $5,000 cap and conduct

14:37

Personal impact of allied health cap and suicide risk

16:42

Opposition: veterans ‘betrayed’ and minister must resign

19:02

Seconder from Riverina: suspend orders and sack minister

21:33

Minister King’s defence and policy justification

26:42

Minister King: government record and purpose of threshold

26:42

Point of order, withdrawal and minister’s continued defence

31:36

Government legislation — sport integrity and device levy

46:21

Sport Integrity — Anti‑Doping Code implementation bill

46:21

Introduction and first reading of anti‑doping bill

46:21

Second reading moved — national sport context and funding

47:18

Anti-doping bill — Australia’s global role and 2027 Code

49:36

Anti-doping bill — key legal amendments and independence

52:41

Private Health Insurance Levy — joint replacement registry funding

56:29

Private Health Insurance Levy — Joint Replacement Register funding

56:29

Social services legislation — child support and aged care

01:00:17

Child support reform bill — Schedules 1–3 and cross‑border enforcement

01:00:17

Child support reform bill — objectives and Schedule 1 safeguards

01:00:17

Child support reform bill — government family support and system failures

01:00:17

Minister Plibersek — objectives and Schedule 1 overview

01:04:23

Schedule 1 — weaponised assessments example (Lucy and Daniel)

01:07:12

Schedule 1 — safer information sharing and DV example (Tom and Linda)

01:08:29

Child support bill — Schedule 2 and FTB debt reforms

01:11:39

Schedule 2 — private collect, FTB link and new protections

01:11:39

Schedule 2 — Alex and Lee case study and agency collect access

01:16:24

Child support bill — cross‑border enforcement and adjournment

01:20:12

Child support bill — Schedule 3 cross‑border cases

01:20:12

Child support debate adjourned and next sitting order

01:23:45

Aged Care Bill — IAT escalation safeguards

01:24:11

Aged Care Amendment Bill — IAT escalation and ADM safeguards

01:24:11

Aged care bill in detail — government amendments on IAT escalation

01:24:11

Greens (Ryan) — opposition to algorithm‑driven aged care assessments

01:27:50

Chaney (Curtin) — support for human review and wider ADM safeguards

01:29:57

Sharkie (Mayo) — IAT algorithm condemned as ‘fatally flawed’

01:34:30

Monique Ryan — support for human review and ADM safeguards

01:39:24

Aged care bill — amendments agreed and third reading passed

01:44:17

Customs Safeguard Inquiries Bill — framework and trade policy context

01:45:26

Bill framework — opposition concerns and government trade stance

01:45:26

Opposition — support for bill with safeguard inquiry concerns

01:45:26

Customs Safeguard Inquiries Bill — coalition support and access issues

01:45:26

Safeguard bill — ministerial powers, transparency and funding

01:50:26

Government member — free trade framework and Future Made in Australia

01:54:52

Government member (Sturt) — defence of free and fair trade

01:54:52

Future Made in Australia, private sector and resilient trade architecture

01:57:38

Trade Remedies Bill — institutional reforms and WTO/FTA context

02:02:49

Government member Clutterham — safeguard reforms and FTA context

02:02:49

Safeguard measures — shift to Trade Remedies Commission and public interest test

02:02:49

Government member (Sturt) — FTAs and EU agreement context

02:06:06

Bill rationale and trade remedies reform — Burnell

02:09:29

Burnell (Spence) — fair trade, WTO rules and need for reform

02:09:29

Creation of Australian Trade Remedies Commission and inquiry framework

02:13:46

Public interest test and rules‑based trading assurance

02:16:46

Burnell (Spence) — stakeholder backing and safeguard reform

02:19:19

Safeguard powers — policy rationale and manufacturing impacts

02:24:35

Safeguard mechanism and manufacturing impacts — Neumann

02:24:35

Neumann (Blair) — unified Trade Remedies Commission and safeguard mechanism

02:24:35

Neumann — steel, aluminium cases and broader manufacturing agenda

02:30:53

Minister Husic — trade vulnerabilities and safeguard powers

02:37:15

Husic — free trade history, China and vulnerabilities

02:37:15

Dumping, Anti‑Dumping Commission limits and need for safeguards

02:40:28

Bureaucratic resistance, Productivity Commission and WTO concerns

02:43:21

China ‘weaponising’ product and case for sovereign capability

02:46:29

Modern industry policy, R&D and link to safeguard bill

02:49:33

Safeguard Inquiries Bill finalisation; carbon credits recall attempt

02:51:53

Safeguard Inquiries Bill passage; carbon credits recall defeated

02:51:53

Safeguard inquiries bill agreed; carbon credits bill recall motion

02:51:53

Safeguard inquiries bill — second and third readings agreed

02:51:53

Fadden MP — motion to recall carbon credits bill from Federation Chamber

02:52:52

Illicit Tobacco Enforcement Bill — second reading debate

03:11:01

Second reading resumes — government context and enforcement focus

03:11:01

Illicit Tobacco Enforcement Bill — government context and coalition position

03:11:01

Illicit Tobacco Enforcement Bill — second reading resumed and coalition stance

03:11:01

Hastie — illicit tobacco crisis and critique of Labor excise policy

03:15:16

Hastie — coalition illicit tobacco policy and amendments

03:21:03

Second reading procedure and Kooyong enforcement focus

03:28:55

Procedural: second reading continues and Kooyong called

03:28:55

Kooyong — support for bill, enforcement focus and local government role

03:29:36

Kooyong — rejects excise cuts and exposes tobacco lobbying

03:37:07

Illicit tobacco bill — Kooyong amendment and party positions

03:44:13

Kooyong amendment and ALP case for the bill

03:44:13

Procedural: Kooyong amendment moved and Whitlam opens on health harms and vaping

03:44:13

Whitlam (ALP) — international illicit tobacco and enforcement results

03:51:08

Whitlam (ALP) — organised crime, tax loss and rationale for the bill

03:54:48

Monash (LP) — critique of enforcement‑only illicit tobacco strategy

04:00:26

Monash (LP) — conditional support and critique of enforcement‑only strategy

04:00:26

Monash (LP) — sentencing data, onus of proof and limited deterrence

04:05:32

Monash (LP) — price gap and excise cuts

04:10:02

Monash (LP) — victims, data and warning to government

04:13:14

Illicit tobacco bill — procedural step and opposing party positions

04:15:26

Procedural — Kooyong amendment and Sturt called

04:15:26

Sturt (ALP) — defence of high excise and public health

04:15:41

Sturt (ALP) — new customs offences and ABF powers

04:20:42

Illicit tobacco bill — proceeds of crime and evidentiary presumptions

04:25:07

Fisher (LNP) — support for bill, attack on excise settings

04:30:24

Members’ statements — community issues, migration, veterans

04:40:01

Members’ statements — adjournment, community issues, veterans

04:40:01

Adjournment to members’ statements and early policy themes

04:40:01

Debate adjourned under SO 43 and member for Ryan statement

04:40:01

Braddon — World Pharmacists Day and regional health role

04:41:43

Clark (IND) — live animal exports petition and tabling issue

04:43:25

Community safety, local initiatives and veterans’ wellbeing

04:45:20

Members’ statements — cybercrime gender impacts and Queensland gun laws

04:45:20

Members’ statements — volunteer grants and local community recognition

04:48:23

Solomon (ALP) — Afghanistan war crimes debate and veterans’ wellbeing

04:51:25

Policy positions — migration, housing, political influence, veterans’ care

04:53:00

Migration, regional labour needs and housing pressures

04:53:00

Grey (LP) — migration targets, backpackers and regional impacts

04:53:00

Menzies (ALP) — defending Professor Chin and Chinese‑Australian loyalty

04:54:31

Fairfax (LNP) — migration, borders and housing shortfall

04:56:08

Political influence transparency and veterans’ health policy

04:57:42

Members’ statements — political influence transparency and Brethren role

04:57:42

Dawson (LNP) — veterans’ allied health cap scrapped

04:59:15

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House of Representatives Chamber

16 September 2026

House of Representatives Thu, 17 Sept 2026 Australian Parliament

09:56 - 10:07

Speaker 1

Honourable members, the Speaker.

10:07 - 11:13

Speaker 2

I acknowledge the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples who are the traditional custodians of the Canberra area and pay respect to the elders past and present of all Australia's Indigenous peoples. Almighty God, we humbly beseech thee to vouchsafe thy blessing upon this Parliament.

Direct 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. 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. I give the call to the Chief Government Whip. Order, we'll just wait for the microphone to be turned on for the Chief Government Whip.

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