Senate debates
Tuesday, 21 August 2018
- Live Animal Exports, Glyphosate (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak briefly on a couple of very important issues for my home state of Western Australia, in particular the live export trade and the recent events in the United States that... - Australia Palestine Advocacy Network, Middle East (1 speech)
I rise tonight to congratulate a tremendous organisation, the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network, on another successful annual dinner. The APAN annual dinner was held in Parramatta last Friday... - Inequality in Australia Report (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to speak on the ACOSS, Australian Council of Social Service, and University of New South Wales report Inequality in Australia2018, which was released last month. This report... - Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the banking royal commission. After having a total hip replacement six or seven weeks ago, I spent some time at home after a week in hospital and found it very interesting... - Vietnam Veterans Day (1 speech)
I rise tonight to talk about Vietnam Veterans Day, which is commemorated on 18 August each year. Vietnam Veterans Day has a long history. It goes back originally to the Battle of Long Tan. Over a... - Palmer, Mr Clive (1 speech)
When I see a sign saying, 'Bill stickers will be prosecuted', I'm heartened when I then see graffiti tagged on the sign saying, 'Bill Stickers is innocent.' But one person whose innocence is in... - Frusher, Mr Douglas Boyd (1 speech)
I want to take a few moments of the Senate's time to commemorate the contribution to the Transport Workers Union of Douglas Frusher. Doug died on 27 June 2018. On 17 August 2018, last Friday, I... - Aged Care (1 speech)
I rise this evening to speak about the aged-care home-care package waiting list, which is blowing out under this incompetent and inept government. It's important that the severity of the crisis... - Goods and Services Tax: Sanitary Products (1 speech)
For 18 years, menstruating Australians have been unfairly taxed on their periods. The tax on our sanitary products provides marginal economic value to the states. But, in doing so, it places a... - Cambodia: General Election, Uygur People (1 speech)
I rise tonight to raise the dire situation in Cambodia and condemn the sham election which recently took place. Cambodia is a beautiful country, culturally rich and vibrant. The Cambodian people... - Rohingya People (1 speech)
The Cox's Bazar region on the border of Bangladesh and Myanmar has become the temporary home for more than 900,000 Rohingya people who have been fleeing violence in Myanmar. The latest influx of... - Tangney, Dame Dorothy Margaret, DBE (1 speech)
I rise tonight to remark on a very important occasion. On this day 75 years ago Dorothy Tangney made history by being the first woman elected to this place, the Australian Senate. During her 25...
