People must be at the centre of everything we do.

This bill’s proposal has a simple intention: to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to have a say in the policy and legislation that affects them.

Our rural health workforce is so thin that both our hospitals and aged-care services have no choice but to pay exorbitant agency and accommodation fees to employ and house doctors and nurses.

Too many older Australians are denied high-quality and safe care.

My electorate is facing strong demand for employees, yet there are major skills shortages.

In Australia, especially in the regions, the heart our problem is the desperate lack of housing supply.

We need more employers like Hylke and Neri all over Australia, people who value their workers, their community and their industry and look at the bigger picture.

This month North East Health Wangaratta celebrated their 150 year anniversary – that’s 150 years of being with people during life’s biggest moments – births, emergencies, surgeries, recoveries and in life’s final moments as well.

The housing situation in my electorate of Indi, in North East Victoria, is getting worse and worse, day by day.

This Bill will help households purchase a home battery. This means lower power bills, and huge savings for households.