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Federation Chamber (part 2 of 2)

13 October 2026

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Series of constituency statements by members on issues affecting their electorates and national policy.

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Constituency statements

09:57

Tasmanian Times whistleblower allegations and offshore gambling links

09:57

Andrew Wilkie (IND) — whistleblower allegations about Tasmanian Times and illegal offshore gambling

09:57

Indian Ocean Territories communities, Qantas baggage rules and climate impacts

12:54

Marion Scrymgour (ALP) — challenges in the Indian Ocean Territories

12:54

Medical Research Future Fund and rare disease research funding

15:53

Nicolette Boele (IND) — Medical Research Future Fund and rare disease research

15:53

Banks electorate community events and infrastructure funding

18:59

Zhi Soon (ALP) — Banks Community Cup, veterans' support and road funding

18:59

Raise Our Voice youth statements from Curtin — disability justice and AI

21:57

Kate Chaney (IND) — Raise Our Voice youth statements on disability justice and AI (part 1)

21:57

Raise Our Voice youth statements from Curtin — disability justice and AI (cont.)

29:13

Kate Chaney (IND) — Raise Our Voice youth statements on AI (resumption)

29:13

Raise Our Voice youth statements from Bean — trades careers and youth mental health

29:42

David Smith (ALP) — Raise Our Voice speeches on trades careers and school mental health

29:42

La Trobe electorate unsealed roads and withdrawn federal funding

32:33

Jason Wood (LP) — Dandenong Ranges unsealed roads and loss of federal funding

32:33

Raise Our Voice youth statement from Werriwa — civic education and democracy

35:36

Anne Stanley (ALP) — Raise Our Voice speeches on civic education and housing

35:36

Phillip Island MotoGP roads and prostate cancer nurse funding

38:31

Mary Aldred (LP) — Phillip Island MotoGP roads and prostate cancer nurses funding

38:31

Point Cook Road duplication and congestion in Melbourne's west

41:31

Tim Watts (ALP) — Point Cook Road duplication and local infrastructure investment

41:31

Disaster recovery funding, firefighting capacity and emergency services awards in Hinkler

44:33

David Batt (LNP) — Disaster funding reversal, aerial firefighting hub and emergency services awards

44:33

Newcastle Knights grand final and Koori Knockout in the Hunter

47:38

Meryl Swanson (ALP) — Newcastle Knights grand final and Koori Knockout in Raymond Terrace

47:38

Shepparton Art Museum Archibald exhibition and thoroughbred racing industry in Nicholls

50:43

Sam Birrell (NATS) — Shepparton Art Museum Archibald exhibition and thoroughbred racing industry

50:43

Disaster preparedness in Bonner and pay equity for care workers

53:28

Kara Cook (ALP) — Disaster preparedness in Bonner and fair pay for care workers

53:28

Raise Our Voice youth statement from Fadden and local marine industry

56:33

Cameron Caldwell (LNP) — Raise Our Voice speech on DV shelter accreditation and local marine industry

56:33

Raise Our Voice youth statements from Bass — youth participation and feminism

59:39

Jess Teesdale (ALP) — Raise Our Voice youth speeches from Bass on youth input and feminism

59:39

Sunshine Coast netball support and small business cost pressures in Fairfax

01:02:43

Ted O'Brien (LNP) — Sunshine Coast netball grant and small business struggles

01:02:43

Raise Our Voice youth statement from Macquarie — cost of living and the future

01:05:49

Susan Templeman (ALP) — Raise Our Voice speech by Abby on cost of living and the future

01:05:49

Raise Our Voice youth statement from Parkes — rural access to medical services

01:08:44

Jamie Chaffey (NATS) — Raise Our Voice speech by Kayan on rural healthcare access

01:08:44

Raise Our Voice youth statement from Gorton and Western Freeway upgrades

01:12:03

Member for Gorton — Raise Our Voice speech by Miriam and Western Freeway upgrades

01:12:03

Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Amendment Bill 2024

01:15:17

Second reading

01:15:17

Ash Ambihaipahar (ALP, Barton) — Support for proportional levy funding of the Joint Replacement Registry

01:15:17

Member for Riverina — Regional health inequities and implications of the bill

01:25:24

Michael McCormack (NATS, Riverina) — Continuation on regional healthcare inequities and joint replacement access

01:46:46

Monique Ryan (IND, Kooyong) — Support for proportional levy and sustainable clinical registries

01:50:04

Monique Ryan (IND, Kooyong) — Continuation on clinical registries and moving second reading amendment

02:07:22

Helen Haines (IND, Indi) — Seconding Kooyong amendment and support for national clinical data reform

02:17:48

Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care — Response to amendments and justification of levy changes

02:20:40

Vote on Kooyong amendment to opposition amendment — bill returned to House

02:22:22

Sport Legislation Amendment (World Anti-Doping Code Compliance) Bill 2026

02:23:19

Second reading

02:23:19

Calling next order of the day and arranging second reading debate

02:23:19

Aaron Violi (LP, Casey) — Support for anti-doping compliance bill and tribute to community sport volunteer

02:24:12

Kara Cook (ALP, Bonner) — Grassroots sport, Brisbane 2032 and support for anti-doping bill

02:34:03

Ash Ambihaipahar (ALP, Barton) — Support for anti-doping reforms and protecting fair competition

02:49:04

Matt Smith (ALP) — Personal experience with anti-doping and support for the bill

03:02:21

Claire Clutterham (ALP) — Clean sport, athlete sacrifice and anti-doping reforms

03:15:41

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Federation Chamber (part 2 of 2)

13 October 2026

Federation Chamber Tue, 13 Oct 2026 Australian Parliament

09:57 - 10:01

Speaker 1

Are there any constituency statements? And I give the call to the member for Clark.

10:01 - 11:40

Speaker 2

Deputy Speaker, thank you. Deputy Speaker, I have received a whistleblower disclosure from veteran Tasmanian investigative journalist Mr. Jeffrey Swan, a 10-year contributor to the Tasmanian Times, who was until January acting chief editor of the publication. My office has had several dealings with Mr. Swan this year via emails, phone calls, and in person. Deputy Speaker, Tasmanian Times was founded in 2003, holds about 64,000 articles, and has been a reputable and trusted local publication for years. The documents provided to me by Mr. Swan allege serious misconduct by the publication and its former owner and publisher, Mr. Alan Wykes.

Mr. Swan claims that Tasmanian Times has been leveraging its reputation to quietly profit from the promotion of illegal offshore gambling. According to Mr. Swan's disclosure, when conducting an audit of the Tasmanian Times database, he found 1,894 posts which contained hidden black hat search engine tactics. Deputy Speaker, black hat SEOs are features like hidden links and invisible text that are used to rank a website by violating search engine guidelines. They do this by manipulating search engine algorithms to increase a site's rankings. In the case of Tasmanian Times, Mr. Swan alleges black hat SEOs have been used to funnel readers towards unlicensed offshore casinos.

The posts are invisible to ordinary readers but highly visible to Google, which trusts the masthead because of its decades of credible reporting.

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