Senate debates
Tuesday, 8 September 2015
- Sugar Industry (5 speeches)
Mr Acting Deputy President, it may come as a shock to you, or perhaps it would not, that everything that is said in this chamber is not necessarily true or correct. It would not be a shock to... - Superannuation (1 speech)
Tonight I want to talk about an issue that is significant for low-income earners and significant for women—women like Barbara. Barbara is a teachers aide from Queensland, and in 2014 she... - Australian Border Force (1 speech)
Mr Acting Deputy President, I plan to recite a poem. You will recognise its origins but the subject matter is contemporary: There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around That... - O'Shea, Mr Pat (1 speech)
I rise tonight to pay tribute to a very prominent and great Queenslander, the late Pat O'Shea, who was lost to us just recently. Pat O'Shea was a great identity in my state, particularly in the... - Wunungmurra, Mr (1 speech)
I rise this evening to pay tribute to a great Northern Territorian and Yolngu leader who passed away last month in north-east Arnhem Land. Last Friday, at Yirrkala, I attended the state memorial... - McIver, Mr Bruce, Bruce Highway (5 speeches)
Tonight I want to talk about two Bruces— one briefly and one in more detail. The first is Bruce McIver, the President of the Liberal-National Party, who announced this week that he was... - Milby, Mr Bill (1 speech)
I was amazed last week to hear the Prime Minister, at a doorstop interview in Armadale in the seat of Canning, call a cruise ship operator based in Broome a liar. When asked about a report that a... - National Child Protection Week (1 speech)
I rise to speak on an issue of critical importance today: the safety and wellbeing of children across this country. This week is National Child Protection Week in Australia. In its 25th year,... - Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption (7 speeches)
Today in this house we saw a motion about a respected member of the legal fraternity that has placed the Senate in unconstitutional territory. The exposed corruption and vile behaviour of the... - Ukraine Independence Day (1 speech)
As co-chair of the Australian-Ukraine Parliamentary Friendship Group I take a keen interest in Ukrainian issues. Recently, I had the pleasure of celebrating Ukraine Independence Day with members... - Marine Environment (1 speech)
Our ocean is turning into a plastic soup and we need to do something about it. I rise tonight to talk about the scourge of marine plastics and about what the Senate can do to start to help to fix... - Human Rights: Morocco (1 speech)
The Australia Western Sahara Association works for self-determination for the Saharawi people, raising awareness about the injustice of Morocco's occupation of their country for over 40 years,... - Workplace Relations: 7-Eleven (1 speech)
I want to take this opportunity in my adjournment speech this evening to call on the Abbott government to grant amnesty to staff of the 7-Eleven stores. These are students who are working on... - Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption (5 speeches)
I rise this evening to again draw the Senate's attention to the untenable position of Mr Abbott's trade union royal commission. I have addressed the Senate before in relation to this royal... - Domestic Violence (1 speech)
How wonderful was the news that Rosie Batty was to be the Australian of the Year. It was a most important decision. The Baird Liberal government in New South Wales, however, is not doing enough... - Trade with China (1 speech)
For reasons which will become obvious as my speech tonight unfolds, the information I am about to disclose to the Australian Senate would never have been spoken about by members of either the...
