Senate debates
Wednesday, 14 June 2017
- Australian Capital Territory (1 speech)
It is great to raise a couple of important local issues today in the Senate. I was grateful to have the chance to attend the graduation ceremony recently for the first cohort of Project Booyah... - Queensland: Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (1 speech)
As I have said on many occasions in this chamber, regional Queensland urgently needs jobs and urgently needs new projects funded by this federal government. Unfortunately, the federal budget... - Tasmania: Tourism (1 speech)
I am very pleased to rise today to speak of a fantastic experience I had in my home state of Tasmania in the week of Easter this year: going mountain biking in the Blue Tier, which is in the... - Australian Defence Force (1 speech)
As Australians, we all owe an enormous debt of gratitude to the men and women of the Australian Defence Force. Our Defence Force is recognised around the world for its professionalism, leadership... - Disability (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about the need for a royal commission into violence and abuse of people with disability. Last month, Labor announced that, if elected, we would establish a royal... - Qatar (1 speech)
In recent times, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE and Egypt have severed diplomatic and economic ties with the nation state of Qatar. They have implemented travel bans and precluded any diplomatic... - Watt, Senator Murray (11 speeches)
A contribution made in this place earlier today by Senator Watt, the Labor senator for Queensland, in, again, an almost grubby personal attack by the senator on another member of the parliament,... - Budget (1 speech)
I think we can all agree that the federal budget was a terrible budget for this country when it comes to our schoolkids, especially in my home state of Tasmania. Those on the other side should be... - Queen's Birthday Honours (2 speeches)
In the short time that is available to me I want to talk about two things that are very close to the heart of Western Australians. Of course, the first is GST distribution reform, but I will not...
