Before coming to this place, my life’s work was as a nurse, a midwife and a public health researcher.

When men and women make that decision to serve, it’s fair that their government in turn takes care of them. But, as a nation, we are not doing enough to deliver on our end of this bargain.

Quality early childhood education is transformational.

Cherie told me that “We are trapped in this constant cycle of renting and moving every year.”

This undermines public trust in Governments and in politicians who are elected to make decisions and spend taxpayer money on our behalf, in the public interest and for the common good.

The government’s aged care reforms include changes to home-care support, but people in rural areas of my electorate of Indi are concerned their packages will continue to be chewed up by provider travel costs, reducing the services they actually receive.

So while this Bill isn’t perfect, it is a significant step towards fixing our aged care system.

In a cost-of-living crisis, students should not be expected to work for free.

The basis of anyone’s life is our health, and in rural and farming communities we suffer a severe lack of access to healthcare.  

They aren’t opportunists; they’re organised criminal groups that make use of any and all technologies to steal money from Australians at every age, from every demographic. It is despicable stuff.