Senate debates
Tuesday, 20 June 2017
- Turnbull Government (1 speech)
I wanted to take this opportunity to highlight the coming anniversary of the election of the Turnbull government, because whilst we are on our break the 12th month since the Turnbull government... - Medicare Levy (1 speech)
This week the government is increasing taxes, such as the Medicare levy. An Australian earning just $80,000 a year will be forced to fork out an additional $400 a year. We should pause for a... - Indigenous Affairs (1 speech)
( Ten years ago tomorrow I was sitting in my office with a group of senior Aboriginal women from Central Australia who had tears rolling down their faces. That was because they were... - Eather, Ms Alice , Queensland Casino Developments (1 speech)
I rise this evening to commemorate the tragic passing of a young Aboriginal woman, Alice Daiguma Eather. Alice was one of the 'stingray sisters' of her mother's clan, the Wurnal... - Women's Health Funding (1 speech)
I rise tonight to again call on the federal government to commit to global women's health by making a pledge in support of the women and girls around the world. The upcoming opportunity for the... - Citizenship (1 speech)
These simple yet powerful lyrics from a classic song embody my Australia: We are one, but we are many And from all the lands on earth we come. We share a dream and sing with one voice, "I am, you... - Eather, Ms Alice (1 speech)
I join this evening with Senator Waters in remembering a true warrior sister. Last week, we farewelled Alice Eather—an extraordinary woman; a woman who was with us for too short a time but... - Foreign Policy (1 speech)
Over the last 15 years that rights and liberties of the Australian people have been progressively cut away in the never-ending so-called 'war on terror'. We have seen successive prime ministers... - Venezuela: Human Rights (1 speech)
I rise in the Australian federal Senate this evening to talk about the deterioration in the country of Venezuela. This is a short but very important speech. Former Greens leader Bob Brown spoke... - Parliamentary Privilege, Global Security, Velji, Mr Harish (1 speech)
I rise today to highlight what I think has been an egregious misuse of parliamentary privilege during the committee process of Senate estimates. Parliamentary privilege is an important tool which... - Tennant Creek (1 speech)
I want to talk about my return to Tennant Creek, which is a small town about 1,000 kilometres south of Darwin in the Northern Territory, with a population of about 3,200 people, 70 per cent of... - Yemen (1 speech)
Earlier today I brought to the Senate a resolution on Australian government sponsored arms deals to Saudi Arabia and on the war in Yemen, and I proposed that the Senate support, among other... - National TAFE Day (1 speech)
I am very pleased to say that last week was National TAFE Day, and I was thrilled to be able to celebrate it here in parliament at the National TAFE Day reception, which was hosted by the...
