Daniel Mulino
Fraser · Australian Labor Party · Australia
“Second, the amendments introduce a mechanism for merger parties to seek extensions from the ACCC for the period in which they can put an approved acquisition into effect. The extensions can be up to six months each. Multiple extensions may be granted.”
“The reforms complement a broader suite of government reforms to strengthen integrity and accountability across the tax system and professional services sector.”
“The bill also establishes criminal and civil penalties and provides information gathering and enforcement powers to regulators to support compliance. Together, these powers create a coherent framework to support the continued availability and long-term viability of cash as a means of payment in Australia.”
“These amendments also reflect the government's commitment to listening and responding to stakeholder experiences to ensure the merger regime continues to promote competition and economic activity in the interests of Australians.”
“The second enables the ACCC to oversee designated entities, including fair and efficient pricing of cash distribution services, which is essential to maintaining access to cash. ACCC oversight will support fair, transparent and reasonable pricing outcomes, while helping maintain the long-term economic viability of the sector.”
“It also enables up to $400 million in funding support to ensure the continuity of critical cash distribution services. Funding support is intended as a last resort, limited to situations where an entity's resources and recovery tools are insufficient to address losses or threats to cash availability.”
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“Pronia was established to help newly arrived Greek migrants to overcome language barriers and navigate government agencies and services. Kleoniki is a worthy recipient of Australia Day honours for her long service and embodies the spirit of service that makes our community thrive. Communities right across my electorate have welcomed the Year of the Wood Snake with events that reflect all the colour and movement of Melbourne's west. Chuc mung nam moi At Ty. It has been a packed calendar, kicking off in Footscray on 12 January with an amazing event that successfully resisted the elements. On 19 January, the St Albans Business Group Association transformed Alfrieda Street in the heart of St Albans, hosting tens of thousands of revellers from breakfast to bedtime.”
“It isn't news that the electorate of Fraser is one of the most diverse in the country,. With diversity comes vibrance, and Fraser has never felt as vibrant as over the past month. One of the highlights of my year is always the citizenship ceremonies held over the Australia Day weekend. I always find it inspiring to meet our newest citizens and to hear their incredible stories. I was also thrilled to hear that one of Footscray's own became a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2025 Australia Day honours. Kleoniki Matziaris-Garay arrived in Australia from Greece at the age of 18 and has spent her life since then in the service of other migrants from Greece through the Australian Greek Welfare Society, Pronia.”
“Creators and arts consumers of the west deserve the same access to the arts as their counterparts across the bridge. The Creative West project seeks to rectify this problem. The government recently committed $5 million to Creative West, which will be matched by Maribyrnong council. This precinct will ultimately include outdoor spaces, contemporary library facilities and, critically, a 500-seat performing arts and entertainment venue. Not only will this investment create substantial economic and social opportunities but it will also continue to foster the culture of creation and innovation that exists in Melbourne's west. I would like to thank the Maribyrnong City Council for joining the federal Labor government in making this vital investment possible.”
“The Footscray community, within my electorate of Fraser, has long been a melting pot of cultural and personal expression. The area is home to many creative individuals and organisations who play a vital role in producing the art that defines and redefines our culture. Despite the existence of such a longstanding, storied creative culture in the west, with many who have achieved nationally and internationally, the local arts industry has for many years been deprived of much-needed infrastructure. In particular, there are very few large performing arts centres in Melbourne's west. Without adequate investment in performance spaces, the artists of Melbourne's west will be limited in their opportunities. This will hamper the development of a sector that enriches us all.”
“So they've blocked the passage of our legislation and now, at the next election, are strongly intimating that they're going to be cutting further funds. Another critical supply-side measure from this side has been free TAFE for those wanting to enter the trades. Thirty-five thousand people entering the trades is a key supply-side measure, with all of the key players in this sector agreeing that workforce issues over the last few decades have been a key hindrance. Those opposite, again, reject that measure and attack any measure to help reduce the barriers to participation in TAFE by saying, 'If you don't pay for something, you don't value it.' Those opposite, with this complex issue, have offered nothing. (Time expired)”
“We have invested $32 billion of funds in a range of measures, such as the Social Housing Accelerator and all of the investments in the last mile. All of these measures are opposed by those opposite, who are delaying the implementation of critical schemes which have been absolutely important to increasing supply of housing in this country. At the same time, those opposite are intimating that they're going to be cutting public sector resources all over the place, but in an incredibly dishonest and cynical way. They're not saying where they're going to cut. They're intimating that the Housing Australia Future Fund is going to be hollowed out and intimating that all sorts of other schemes to support housing supply are going to be cut, but without giving any details.”
“The early release of superannuation, which is their central offering to help first home buyers, isn't supported by a single serious macroeconomist. It will not do a single thing to build an extra home, and it will only bid up the price of existing homes in a way that will not help first home buyers at all. In addition to that, it will undermine one of the key policy rationales of our superannuation system, preservation, in a way that will make it all the more difficult to satisfy our long-term attempts to deal with the ageing of our society. Those opposite don't have a serious offering and, in a cynical, political way, have stood in the way of everything that this government has put forward. Let's look at other key supply-side measures, such as the Housing Australia Future Fund.”
“This government has put forward targeted schemes like Help to Buy and the Home Guarantee Scheme, which help first home buyers pull together a house purchase even when they're struggling to pull together the deposit and which put first home buyers in a better position even when they don't have enough equity to put the transaction together. These are policy offerings which will assist hundreds of thousands of households over the next three years. What we have from those opposite is cynical politics, having voted against every single program that this government has put forward. In addition to that, what we have been offered from those opposite are non-serious, cynical, populist politics which are not supported by any serious commentators.”
“When we deal with problems of this nature, the Australian public expects serious responses from this chamber, serious responses from the national parliament and bipartisan approaches. What I'm going to argue is that, when one looks at the two sides of this chamber and at the two offerings that are going to be put forward at the next election, one of them is a serious, genuine policy offering which we've seen evolve over the last three years, and the other is cynical politics. One is based on serious policy development, and the other is based on non-serious, populist offerings that no serious commentators support. Let me first look at the issue of those that are most challenged in the current market—first home buyers.”
“There are some problems that this place deals with that are complex and require special, concerted effort, and housing is one of those. It's a problem with supply-and-demand issues. It's a problem with workforce challenges. It's a problem which requires action at all levels of government and in the private sector. There are some problems that this place deals with that are long lasting and that evolve over long periods of time, as the first speaker on this side pointed out. And, again, housing is one of those. Housing has characteristics that have evolved over decades—decades of inaction at various levels of government, decades of underinvestment and decades of supply-side challenges.”
“The government has delivered two surpluses while delivering targeted cost-of-living measures. Those opposite voted against those targeted, responsible, important measures, calling them sugar hits. Many households would have been more than $7,000 worse off if they had had their way. But now the opposition has cynically brought forward a measure that's uncosted but has been estimated to cost the bottom line over $10 billion. If responsible cost-of-living measures are sugar hits, free lunches for their CEOs must be very rich desserts. Free lunches for bosses—fantastic, great move! Well done, Angus!”
“There was once a fable of a king who sought advice from his economic advisers. The original advice came in at 87 volumes of 600 pages each. Understandably, he asked for simpler advice, executing half of his economists at each iteration. The last surviving economist distilled all of the advice to just eight words: 'There is no such thing as a free lunch.' While, as an economist, I can understand the appeal of executing so many economic advisers, the real lesson from this story is that someone always pays. Peter Dutton's free lunch policy flies in the face of these eight wise words. In this case, it's workers who will end up paying for their bosses' lunches. Not only is this policy misleading in using the word 'free', it is unfair in who bears the burden. In addition, it's a remarkable step away from responsible economic management.”