HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PROOF ADJOURNMENT Hinkler: Agriculture Industry | World Records | Next Level | Vale Alf Bonanno | Mr BATT (Hinkler—Deputy Nationals Whip) (16:39) Labor is going after our sweet and iconic pineapples. If we don’t stop this soon,...

CONSTITUENCY STATEMENTS Hinkler Electorate: Disaster and Emergency Management Hinkler Electorate: Emergency Services Mr BATT (Hinkler—Deputy Nationals Whip) (16:34): As the weather warms up, communities across Hinkler are preparing for another summer of storms, flooding and possible cyclones. Our fire season...

STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS Small Business Mr BATT (Hinkler—Deputy Nationals Whip) (13:42): Time and time again we see this Labor government backing down and reversing decisions, so let’s hope, for the sake of small businesses in Hinkler, they get on with...

PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS National Disability Insurance Agency Mr BATT (Hinkler—Deputy Nationals Whip) (11:55): I rise to second the motion moved by the member for Cowper. This motion calls for the desperate need to fix the National Disability Insurance Agency and...

BILLS Private Health Insurance Amendment (Modernising the Private Health Insurance Rebate) Bill 2026 Second Reading Mr BATT (Hinkler—Deputy Nationals Whip) (17:07):   I rise to speak in opposition to the Private Health Insurance Amendment (Modernising the Private Health Insurance Rebate)...

STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS Working Holiday Maker Program Mr BATT (Hinkler—Deputy Nationals Whip) (16:42): The pause on visa applications for working holiday makers is hitting Hinkler hard. It’s hurting hospitality, it’s terrible for tourism, and it’s failing our farmers. We need...

STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS Parliamentary Friends of Cricket Housing Aged Care   Mr BATT (Hinkler—Deputy Nationals Whip) (13:39): Last night, here in Parliament House, the Parliamentary Friends of Cricket came together to celebrate the great game of cricket, our recent successes...

BILLS Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Bill 2026 Second Reading Mr BATT (Hinkler—Deputy Nationals Whip) (11:11): I rise to speak in opposition to the Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Bill 2026. Through this bill, Labor wants to legislate an increase to the...

CONSTITUENCY STATEMENTS Mental Health Boyd, Mr Darius BUSHkids May, Mr Andrew   Mr BATT (Hinkler—Deputy Nationals Whip) (10:08): Are you okay? That’s the No. 1 question to be asked today across Australia. Today is Suicide Prevention Day, a day of...

STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS Aged Care Mr BATT (Hinkler—Deputy Nationals Whip) (13:39):   What did older Australians do to deserve to be treated so badly by this Labor government? The electorate of Hinkler is serviced by the Wide Bay Hospital and...

CONSTITUENCY STATEMENTS Vietnam Veterans’ Day Hinkler Electorate: Acknowledgements Mr BATT (Hinkler—Deputy Nationals Whip) (17:11) Today we commemorate Vietnam Veterans’ Day, and I’m forever proud to say that my electorate of Hinkler is home to many who served. They are the...

MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE Senior Australians   Mr BATT (Hinkler—Deputy Nationals Whip) (15:43): I thank the member for Mallee for highlighting this matter as a priority. The fact is: this Labor government has failed, and is failing, our older Australians,...

QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE Housing   Mr BATT (Hinkler—Deputy Nationals Whip) (14:30): My question is to the Minister for Housing. The major four banks in Australia are all reporting declines in home loan applications of between 12 per cent and 20...

COMMITTEES Law Enforcement Joint Committee Report Mr BATT (Hinkler—Deputy Nationals Whip) (16:15) Tabling Speech—Deputy Chair—Report tabling Capability of law enforcement to respond to money laundering and financial crime I rise as Deputy Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law...

STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS Sutton, Jaide Mr BATT (Hinkler—Deputy Nationals Whip) (13:40): I rise today to congratulate an outstanding young person from the Hinkler electorate, Jaide Sutton, who has been named the Australian parliament’s 2026 Yarning Competition winner in the years...

CONSTITUENCY STATEMENTS Hinkler Electorate: Community Services Hinkler Electorate: Community Events Mr BATT (Hinkler—Deputy Nationals Whip) (09:48): Earlier this year, here in parliament, I joined the calls for more support to be delivered for neighbourhood centres. In regional Australia in electorates...

ADJOURNMENT Hinkler Electorate: Acknowledgements Mr BATT (Hinkler—Deputy Nationals Whip) (19:49): The Fraser Coast, particularly Hervey Bay, is often labelled as a place only for retirees and tourists. While my community is immensely proud to be the perfect location when it...

BILLS Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Building Cooperative Workplaces No. 1) Bill 2026 Second Reading Mr BATT (Hinkler—Deputy Nationals Whip) (17:07): I rise to speak to the Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Building Cooperative Workplaces No. 1) Bill 2026. The coalition supports...