Tuesday, 13 May 2025

Federal election

David DAVIS (Southern Metropolitan) (13:51): I want to make some reflections too on the federal election, and I want to give great credit to a number of our candidates. Amelia Hamer in Kooyong ran an amazing campaign, with the most posters out in any seat in the country in recorded history. But I should also note the work done by Benson in Macnamara, and Katie Allen – and I note the tragic announcement that she has made recently – has been a remarkable person in Parliament and in her campaign recently in Chisholm. I do want to particularly single out Tim Wilson, though, and his victory in what is a very important symbol to make sure that we can see a way forward to deal with some of these teal members, and I am very pleased that he has –

Members interjecting.

David DAVIS: They are certainly Labor-lite. They are like that – that is right. They are a certain sort of mix of Labor and other things. But let us be clear: Tim did an amazing job, and Goldstein is a seat that he has won back. He certainly lost it, and he has won it back again. He set out a three-year program. I pay tribute to Tim, who is a personal friend of many of ours and has also run a remarkable campaign.