Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost Of Living Tax Cuts) Bill 2024

Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (10:15): At the request of the member for Hume, I move opposition amendment (1): (1) Clause 1, page 1 (lines 5 and 6), omit “Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living Tax Cuts) Act 2024“, substitute “Treasury Laws Amendment (Broken Promise) Act 2024“. This amendment would change the name of the Treasury Laws…

Cost Of Living, Taxation

Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (16:05): There’s so much to cover here today. Goodness me, where do I start? In times past, it took wars to unify the House. Nowadays, Elton John does the job just fine in the way he has brought us together. I’m going to blame the member for Moreton for this. I hope…

PUT A STOP TO ONLINE YOUTH CRIME RECRUITMENT

  The Coalition has announced that it would seek to make it a crime for people to post photos and videos glorifying their criminal offences, as well as strengthen the powers of the eSafety Commissioner. In 2023, Federal Member for Groom Garth Hamilton introduced a private members bill to tackle the use of social media…

Speech on the Richardson Report

Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (16:30): I would like to use this opportunity to talk about a topic that has been raised several times in question time this week. It is a very important topic to be raised in a parliament that was born in a conversation on integrity. At multiple stages this week in question time,…

Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax cuts)

Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (20:05): Thank you, Deputy Speaker Vasta, for the opportunity to talk about tax cuts and the Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living Tax Cuts) 2024. One of the reasons I entered politics, and one of the reasons I’m on this side of the House, is that we’re not new to this, we’re…

Labor’s terrible IR laws

Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (12:16): I’d hate to be seen as seconding the motion, but I’m happy to speak to it! The member for Hawke is a good man, and I think he has good intentions. But, sadly, we’re in the game of politics, where consequences are what we’re judged on, not our intentions. Ultimately, in…

THEY CANNOT HANDLE THE TRUTH: MISINFORMATION LAWS OPPOSED

Anthony Albanese and Communications Minister, Michelle Rowland are still seeking to impose draconian laws that would shut down free speech. This is despite almost 10,000 Groom residents signing a petition, telling Labor to dump their anti-free speech, so-called ‘misinformation’ laws. Federal Member for Groom, Garth Hamilton, said the petition had reached almost 10,000 signatures after…

SPEECH: Closure of NAB Pittsworth

Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (13:48): I am quite angry at the hypocrisy of the NAB, particularly their closure of the Pittsworth branch. If you go to Pittsworth, there’s a sign on the wall of the bank saying ‘NAB, we think local’. If that sign read ‘NAB—it’s all about profits’ or ‘NAB—we couldn’t give a stuff about…