Joel Fitzgibbon MP: Federal Member for Hunter | Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Rural and Regional Australia

The stoush in the Parliament last week was not a fight about whether people deserve an income tax cut.

Reports of the discovery of a new lithium province in North Queensland are exciting for both the state and the country.

Income tax cuts are a good thing.

Today's Australia is a prosperous one. The Labor Party and the trade unionists that formed it can take much of the credit.

Opinion polls tell us that climate change action is emerging as a key election issue.

People still ask me why we can't build a new coal-fired power station. The answer is we can, but no one wants to.

Our dairy farmers are giving up in increasing numbers, and who can blame them? It's not as if they haven't fought hard. They have.

It's no secret the Hunter electorate has plenty of sporting talent, and that's exactly what was celebrated in the latest round of the Hunter Local Sporting Champions grants.

So now we know, the Prime Minister plans to hold a federal election in May. That’s if his Government survives that long.

The number of workers not receiving their superannuation payments from employers is on the rise.