1The House met, at 10 am, pursuant to adjournment. The Speaker (the Honourable M. Dick) took the Chair, made an acknowledgement of country and read prayers.

 2PETITIONS—STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT—STATEMENT BY MEMBER

Ms Belyea (Chair) presented the following documents:

Petitions—Standing Committee—Report 5: Petitions and Ministerial responses—

Report, 24 November 2025.

Petitions.

Ministers’ responses to petitions previously presented to the House.

Ms Belyea made a statement in connection with petitions.

 3Interactive Gambling Amendment (Ending Online Wagering on Greyhound Racing) Bill 2025

Mr Wilkie, pursuant to notice, presented a Bill for an Act to amend the Interactive Gambling Act 2001, and for related purposes.

Document

Mr Wilkie presented an explanatory memorandum to the bill.

Bill read a first time.

 4Repeal Net Zero Bill 2025

The order of the day having been read for the resumption of the debate on the question—That the bill be now read a second time—

Debate resumed.

 5gas shortfalls

Ms Boele, pursuant to notice, moved—That this House:

(1)notes that:

(a)south-east Australia is at risk of seasonal gas shortfalls by 2027 as a result of prioritising our export market;

(b)there are several reasons for this upcoming shortfall, including:

(i)gas exports commenced from Gladstone, Queensland in 2015;

(ii)within a decade, 75 per cent of the total east coast gas volume demand was being exported; and

(iii)since 2017, successive Commonwealth Governments have introduced overlapping, interim measures to avert shortfalls;

(c)in June 2025, the Government announced it would conduct a review into gas market regulation; and

(d)Australians deserve, and it should not be difficult to achieve, a sufficiently predictable, reliable, affordable and transparent market; and

(2)calls on the Government to:

(a)only allow uncontracted gas to be exported after it has been offered to the domestic market at a reasonable price;

(b)end the cycle of changing government and regulator intervention in the gas market;

(c)conduct a thorough consultation process with key stakeholders for the purpose of reviewing the Future Gas Strategy, including to more deeply consider the impact of different gas users across the economy, the role of demand management and Australia’s climate change policy commitments;

(d)establish a clear framework for the deployment of gas in the transition to a net zero economy, to give suppliers, investors, and large gas users the confidence to invest in clean technologies and infrastructure; and

(e)anchor the approach to gas market regulation in two key objectives:

(i)impose an ongoing obligation on LNG exporters to supply the domestic market, by embedding it in their export licences; and

(ii)improve transparency, by transferring the gas market monitoring role from the Australian Competition Consumer Commission to the Australian Energy Regulator, with a requirement to regularly aggregate and publish price and contract terms, and market imbalances.

 6United Nations’ International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

Ms Claydon, pursuant to notice, moved—That this House:

(1) notes that:

(a)25 November 2025 marks the United Nations’ International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, beginning 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence;

(b)in Australia, it has been publicly reported that approximately 40 women have been killed by acts of violence so far this year;

(c)one in three Australian women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence perpetrated by a man since the age of 15;

(d)violence against women and girls impacts everyone, of all genders, ages, ethnicities, religions and socio-economic backgrounds, it does not discriminate and is almost always committed by men; and

(e)there is no excuse for violence against women and girls;

(2)commends the work that the Government has done so far in taking immediate and practical steps to support women and children to escape violence through significant investments; and

(3)recognises that there is still much more work to be done to prevent violence against women and children and create lasting change, which demands a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach to prevention, early intervention, response, recovery and healing, alongside strengthening the justice system and addressing issues like financial abuse and online safety.

 7bulk billing

Mr Pike, pursuant to notice, moved—That this House notes that:

(1)families across Australia are paying the price for the Government’s broken promises on Medicare, with out of pocket general practitioner (GP) costs now almost $50 on average;

(2)the former Government left office with bulk billing rates at almost 90 per cent and lower GP out of pocket costs;

(3)the Prime Minister has broken his promise that Australians would only need their Medicare card, not their credit card, with costs continuing to rise and bulk billing continuing to plummet in 32 electoral divisions;

(4)only 13 per cent of metropolitan clinics have signed up to the Government’s bulk billing program, with local GP practices struggling under the Government’s rising cost of doing business crisis, including skyrocketing energy bills and rent; and

(5)the Government is using Medicare as a political football while ignoring the real pressures facing patients and GPs, leaving families in Australia saying it has never been harder or more expensive to see a doctor.

 8MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL—ASSENT TO BILLS

Messages from Her Excellency the Governor-General were announced informing the House that Her Excellency, in the name of His Majesty, had assented to the following bills:

 9Annual statement on Northern Australia—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT

Ms M M H King (Minister for Northern Australia), by leave, made a ministerial statement relating to the annual statement on Northern Australia.