Senate debates
Tuesday, 10 November 2015
- Adoption (1 speech)
Yesterday, I had the great privilege of attending, with Deborra-lee Furness and the team at Adopt Change, led by Jane Hunt, the launch of National Adoption Awareness Week 2015. National Adoption... - Remembrance Day (1 speech)
I rise tonight, on the eve of Remembrance Day, to pay tribute to our service men and women, past and present. After four years of conflict, at 11 am on 11 November 1918, guns fell silent after... - Taxation (1 speech)
I rise to bring to the attention of the Senate a letter requesting tax reform that I have sent to the Prime Minister on behalf of Australia's craft distillery industry. In Tasmania alone, there... - Workplace Relations (1 speech)
Those on the other side in this chamber seem to love to demonise unions. They attack unions almost on a weekly basis, and they are not beyond attacking the CPSU, the public sector union. We also... - Education Funding (1 speech)
Tonight I attended the Australian Primary Principals Association launch of the Charter on Primary Schooling, which is a great lead-in to what I to relay here in the Senate about the conversation... - Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption (1 speech)
I have spoken in this chamber before regarding the government's politically motivated trade union royal commission. I have outlined, in detail, the prejudicial processes enshrined in Mr Dyson... - Australia's Largest Doorknock (1 speech)
This weekend I am very proud to be taking part in the Australian Greens' contribution to Australia's Largest Doorknock. Greens members will be joining other members of the community to get the... - Beer Sheva Dialogue (1 speech)
Last week, I had the great privilege of joining the Australian Strategic Policy Institute in Tel Aviv as a participant in the inaugural Beer Sheva Dialogue between ASPI and the Begin-Sadat Center... - Broadband: Rural Queensland (1 speech)
I wish to speak tonight on a matter that is a manifestation of the continuing litany of broken promises of the Abbott-Turnbull government and its complete disregard for the needs of our rural... - 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (1 speech)
This evening I rise to put on the record my wholehearted support for the ambitious and worthy Sustainable Development Goals, officially referred to as 'Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for... - Australia India Leadership Dialogue, Asia Pacific TB Caucus (1 speech)
I rise tonight to share my recent visit to India where, with my colleagues Chris Bowen, Penny Wong and Gai Brodtmann, I attended the inaugural Australia India Leadership Dialogue in New Delhi as... - Trade (1 speech)
Tonight I want to speak about the latest free trade deal done by the government and ask the question: why are we, as a nation, not asking the tough questions about these deals? In the past... - Broadband (1 speech)
Just a stone's throw from my office in Kingston, in the municipality of Kingborough, is the coastal suburb of Howden. It is important to remember through this speech that Howden is about 15... - Political Fundraising (1 speech)
For those who did not see Lateline a few weeks back, you have probably seen the footage since. In one of the more excruciating interviews of recent years, former rock star-cum-minister Peter... - Mazzola, Mr Italo (1 speech)
This evening I want to pay tribute to the late Italo Mazzola. On 6 November the Italian-Australian community in Wollongong gathered to say goodbye to our friend Italo Mazzola. After some very... - Waters, Mr David (1 speech)
David Waters is among Australia's top sporting shooters. He does not shoot in Olympic or Commonwealth Games disciplines, but if he did I have no doubt he would be a medal contender. In the... - Coll, Sister Pauline Marcella (1 speech)
Sister Pauline Marcella Coll, my friend, died peacefully on 9 October this year at the age of 76, though, for many of us, she was truly ageless. Pauline was a strong advocate for social justice... - Federal Election: Funding, Kaye, Mr John G, Mining: Liverpool Plains (1 speech, 1 comment)
High Court decisions are usually met with great fanfare and commentary from the major political parties. However, government and opposition MPs were very quiet when the court ruled recently that... - Central Coast: Infrastructure, Education, Illicit Drugs (1 speech)
I would like to speak to a couple of matters this evening. In my first remarks I would like to address the reality on the Central Coast that there is a building under consideration for...
