Our health system is under pressure but we have the tools to strengthen it. The government knows that strategic investment and reform of our healthcare sector will deliver better outcomes for all Australians—and a stronger, more resilient economy. A healthy population is a.

In my submission I outlined key areas for investment:.- medical research.- healthcare regulation.- better workforce planning—particularly for students in practical placements, private health insurance, and.- including dental care in Medicare.

Today marks the beginning of the Treasurer’s Economic Reform Roundtable. In July I made a submission calling on the government to invest more in the healthcare sector. We have to stop treating health spending as a cost, and start seeing it as an investment in our future.

My thoughts are with the family in Kew whose home was broken into in the early hours of yesterday morning. This was a deeply disturbing and traumatic event for the family and local community. With reports of a second attempted break-in in Kew this morning, it’s clear that.

The MRFF was established to support critical medical research — but the government’s failing to distribute its funds, despite having billions of dollars set aside for that very purpose. Australian medical researchers have delivered world-changing innovations but they’re.

Australians can’t get best practice care for brain tumours. It’s been around for 30y, but proton therapy is not available in Australia. The Vic govt abandoned plans for proton therapy at Peter Mac - the SA govt has failed to finish a facility. The federal govt must step in.

As Tim Costello has said, "Gambling is not just a gaming issue; it is a public health crisis that is leading to extraordinary suffering and social harm." The government needs to act now on the recommendations of the Murphy report.

The gambling industry is targeting our kids. The govt said it doesn't want to put platforms before people when it banned children's access to social media, but it is failing to protect young people being preyed on by sports gambling companies.

So good to be back at #aflwbluespies … go the baggers!

Kathleen Folbigg spent 20y in jail after being wrongly convicted of killing her children. I gave expert testimony in the appeals which led to her acquittal. She deserves a home of her own and the ability to live her life without financial anxiety.

While the government’s trying to find millions in productivity reforms, we’re giving away billions in gas. Students are *still* paying more in HECS payments than the government collects from the petroleum resources rent tax.

Constituents are asking for my position on today’s announcement by the Albanese government that it will recognise Palestinian statehood next month. Here’s where I stand:. - The international community’s vision for a lasting peace for Israel and Palestine has always encompassed.

The Australian government needs to improve the speed and effectiveness of our medicine and devices approvals and funding pathways - both to get ahead of a potential trade war with the USA, but also to improve our healthcare system. My op-ed in today’s AFR:

Last week the National Mental Health Commission released its annual report card on Australians’ mental health - at the same time that Ramsay Health Care announced closure of 17 of its 20 psychology clinics. Every year more Australians delay mental healthcare due to cost and

The PBO has calculated that, those starting careers with incomes below the repayment thresholds, particularly women, repayment could take 40 years or more. Some young students are signing on for what is effectively a lifetime of debt and they don't understand that when they take.

The Job-Ready Graduates scheme needs to go. I’ve been pushing hard for this reform since I was elected to Parliament and I won’t be stopping anytime soon.

This term, I’ll be reintroducing my Clean Up Politics Act. It would give the public access to ministerial diaries. Australians deserve to know who Ministers are meeting with, when, and why - and how government decisions are made. We need to restore trust in government.

Australia needs more psychologists - and more critical thinkers. So why make those subjects four times more expensive than Latin or Greek? . It's past time for the government to undo the harm caused by Scott Morrison's Job Ready Graduates scheme.

The Job-Ready Graduates scheme needs to go. I’ve been pushing hard for this reform since I was elected to Parliament. Members of the government and opposition are now seeing the light too. We should back the expert evidence and reverse this punitive and unfair policy,