Zoe McKenzie MP Shadow Assistant Minister for Education and Early Learning Shadow Assistant Minister for Mental Health Federal Member for Flinders APPROPRIATION BILL (NO. 1) 2025-2026 – CONSIDERATION IN DETAIL – EDUCATION Tuesday, 7 October 2025 Ms McKENZIE (Flinders) (17:15): I rise to speak on Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2025-2026 in relation to education. I’m…
Ms McKENZIE (Flinders) (13:33): As the member for Flinders, I am incredibly lucky to represent some of the most stunning surf beaches in the country. Our back beaches, stretching from Portsea to St Andrews to Gunnamatta, consistently astound visitors with their beauty and intensity. It’s therefore no wonder that the Mornington Peninsula makes such a…
Ms McKENZIE (Flinders) (13:51): Last week my electorate lost $300 million in the government’s infrastructure review. It’s indicative of how hopeless this Labor government is at managing the Australian economy, looking after taxpayers’ money and, indeed, the simple things like being able to count, given it took 200 days to complete a 90-day review. Flinders lost…
Ms McKENZIE (Flinders) (18:38): Payday for the Australian union movement has finally come, and what a golden pot of power this bill, the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023, bestows on them. This bill has been called radical, extreme, interventionist, heavy-handed, costly, complex and economically damaging, and rightly so. The recently departed CEO of…
Thursday 14 September 2023 Thank you Professor Saunders for that kind welcome. I welcome you all to the Australian Parliament, the place where we do our best to tackle societal problems and build prosperity in all aspects of public policy. I recognise my colleagues in the room, the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party, Sussan…
Thank you, Mr Speaker, I rise to give my first speech to this 47th Parliament, representing the great electorate of Flinders. Like those who preceded me, my speech takes the form of a reply to the opening address by the Governor-General. And when His Excellency gave that address on 26 July in the other place,…