Presentation The following notices were given: Dr Leigh to move: That the resolutions of the House on Thursday, 20 August 2026 agreeing to the following proposed works be rescinded: (1) Australian Federal Police—Proposed fit-out of leased premises, 949 Ann Street, Brisbane; and (2) Commonwealth. Scientific and lndustrial Research Organisation—Upgrade and fit-out of Building 302 Research Way, Clayton, Victoria. Dr Leigh to move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, it is expedient to carry out the following proposed work which was referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works and on which the committee has duly reported to Parliament: Australian Federal Police—Proposed fit-out of leased premises, 949 Ann Street, Brisbane. Dr Leigh to move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, it is expedient to carry out the following proposed work which was referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works and on which the committee has duly reported to Parliament: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation—Upgrade and fit-out of Building 302 Research Way, Clayton, Victoria. Ms Stanley to move: That this House: (1) recognises that the Assyrian people are the Indigenous people of Mesopotamia, whose ancestorial home lies within the territory of modern lraq, Türkiye, Iran and Syria; (2) notes: (a) that Assyrian migrants to Australia have made a substantial contribution to Australian culture and economic life; (b) the long history of mass violence and persecution experienced by the Assyrian people throughout the twentieth century collectively demonstrates a persistent failure to protect their right of existence, security and self-determination; (c) that Article 125 of the Constitution of Iraq guarantees the administration, political, cultural and educational rights of indigenous nationalities, including Assyrians; and (d) that this constitutional position has not been fully implemented, particularly regarding self-administration, security and the protection of ancestral lands; (3) further notes that Australian Assyrians will celebrate Assyrian New Year Festival (Year 6776), and that it is a major cultural celebration for Australia's Assyrian community and one of the world's oldest continuing traditions; and (4) encourages the Government to engage diplomatically with the Government of Iraq and relevant regional authorities to support: (a) full implementation of Article 125 of the Iraqi constitution; and (b) efforts to establish a self-administered Assyrian autonomous region in the Nineveh Plains. Ms Stanley to move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) October is Pregnancy and lnfant Loss Awareness Month and that Thursday, 15 October 2026 marks Pregnancy and lnfant Loss Remembrance Day; and (b) this day acknowledges the shared loss experienced by parents, friends, and healthcare workers of babies lost through miscarriage, stillbirth and infant death; (2) acknowledges: (a) that there is a significant impact on families who have lost a baby; (b) that every year it is estimated that: (i) more than 110,000 Australians experience a miscarriage; (ii) more than 2,000 experience stillbirth; and (iii) almost 700 lose a baby within the first 28 days; (c) that stillbirth occurrence is higher in First Nations and some culturally diverse communities; and (d) all families who have experienced loss, either recently or over time; and (3) commends the Government for providing more than $75 million in measures to support women and families in Australia to reduce stillbirths and preterm birth and support families impacted by perinatal loss. Ms Coffey to move: That this House: (1) recognises the contribution made by charities, volunteers, philanthropists and community foundations to Australian communities; (2) supports the Government's goal of doubling philanthropic giving by 2030; (3) welcomes reforms to encourage more resources to flow to charities and communities, including: (a) setting the minimum annual distribution rate for both public and private giving funds at 6 per cent of net assets; (b) allowing giving funds to smooth distributions over a three-year period, giving them greater flexibility to support major charitable projects; and (c) adding 34 organisations to the ministerial declaration for community charities, the largest expansion since the category was established in 2024; (4) recognises that community foundations allow local people to pool resources, support local organisations and build lasting institutions in the places where they live; and (5) affirms the importance of making philanthropy easier, more accessible and more closely connected to Australian communities. Ms Teesdale to move: That this House: (1) recognises that: (a) modern agricultural machinery is increasingly sophisticated and digitally enabled; (b) farmers can face significant costs when machinery breaks down during narrow planting and harvest windows; and (c) competitive repair markets can reduce downtime, lower costs and support independent repair businesses in regional communities; (2) welcomes the Government's decision to extend Australia's Right to Repair framework to agricultural machinery, and its work to improve the existing Motor Vehicle Service and Repair Information Sharing Scheme; (3) notes that: (a) extending Right to Repair to agriculture will give farmers greater choice over who repairs their machinery; (b) independent repairers will have better access to the information they need to compete; and (c) the Productivity Commission estimates that extending Right to Repair to agricultural machinery could increase annual gross domestic product by $97 million through increased grain output alone; and (4) supports reforms that give farmers more choice, strengthen regional small businesses and promote competition in repair markets. Mr Holzberger to move: That this House: (1) notes that wars, trade disruption and supply shocks over the past decade have exposed vulnerabilities in global supply chains and reinforced the need for Australia to strengthen its sovereign industrial capability; (2) recognises that Australia has the workers, resources, energy and ideas to make more here, add greater value to our resources and harness new technologies; (3) commends the Government for its Future Made in Australia Agenda, which is rebuilding Australia's industrial base, strengthening critical supply chains and supporting secure, well-paid jobs; (4) acknowledges the Government's action to help safeguard nationally significant metal-processing facilities and their interconnected supply chains in the Hunter, Mount lsa, Port Pirie, Hobart, Whyalla and Gladstone; (5) further notes, that: (a) the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC) complements this work by making targeted investments in priority areas; and (b) to date, the NRFC has announced 31 investments totalling $1.77 billion across housing, resources, biotech, artificial intelligence, food and beverage, manufacturing and quantum development; and (6) affirms the Government's ongoing support to strengthen Australia's sovereign industrial capability, secure critical supply chains, crowd in investment and create well-paid, skilled jobs in the industries that will drive Australia's future prosperity. Ms Jarrett to move: That this House: (1) notes that for too long, too many Australians have felt that the housing system is stacked against them and that home ownership has been out of reach; (2) acknowledges the Government's commitment to help get more Australians into home ownership by: (a) making the expanded five per cent deposit scheme available to all Australian first home buyers; (b) opening the Help to Buy shared equity scheme, helping more low- and middle-income Australians into a home of their own; and (c) levelling the playing field for first home buyers while ensuring that investment flows to where it is most productive, including new housing supply; and (3) further acknowledges the Government's $47 billion housing agenda, which is focused on building more homes. Mr Farley to move: That this House: (1) calls on the Government to: (a) immediately pause further purchases of water entitlements from irrigated agriculture in the Murray-Darling Basin until the 2026 reviews of the Water Act 2007, the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, and the National Food Security Strategy have been considered and secured; and (b) establish a 2026-27 Murray-Darling Basin Productive Water Initiative under which, subject to law and critical environmental needs ,75 per cent of available Commonwealth environmental water is made available for agricultural production in the 2026-27 growing season; (2) calls for water: (a) made available under this initiative to be returned to the productive pool in the valleys from which it was acquired, wherever possible; and (b) to be allocated to agricultural producers through a transparent, market-based process; and (3) recognises that: (a) water used for agriculture supports economic activity beyond the farm gate, including: (i) food and fibre processing; (ii) manufacturing; (iii) engineering; (iv) transportation; (v) logistics; (vi) regional jobs; (vii) exports; and (viii) local resilience; (b) this initiative/intervention: (i) is at zero cost to Government; (ii) is revenue accreditive; (iii) expands the tax base for Government; (iv) secures skilled workforce; and (v) has land and operational equipment at the ready; and (c) keeping Murray-Darling Basin communities productive matters to Australia's food security, food affordability, drought resilience and sovereign capability; and (4) further calls on the Government to: (a) put water back into the productive pool; and (b) assist Murray-Darling Basin communities, Australian food production, and regional jobs in becoming aligned with the environmental objectives. Ms Boele to present a Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to affordable housing, and for related purposes. (Housing Legislation Amendment (National Definition of Affordable Housing) Bill 2026) Ms France to move: That this House: (1) acknowledges Government is delivering real change for women's and girls' health; (2) notes that for too long, women's health was not taken seriously however, the Government is changing that and has: (a) added new contraceptives to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme for the first time in decades, alongside new endometriosis and menopause medicines, cutting costs for the more than one million women who have accessed them so far; (b) opened 33 Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain Clinics across the country and expanded them to provide menopause and perimenopause care; (c) added menopause health assessments to Medicare, with more than 137,000 women already accessing one; (d) supporting women undergoing in vitro fertilisation earlier and more affordable access to fertility treatment; and (e) made the intrauterine device, the contraceptive implant, and other long-term contraceptives cheaper; and (3) commends the Government for listening to women and girls in Australia and delivering the change they have been asking for. Federation Chamber Monday, 7 September 2026 The DEPUTY SPEAKER ( Ms Payne ) took the chair at 10:32.