Senate debates
Tuesday, 16 October 2018
- Cancer Funding (1 speech)
Earlier today the Senate passed a resolution calling on the government to formally respond to the report of the Senate Select Committee into Funding for Research into Cancers with Low Survival... - Morrison Government (1 speech)
As we get closer to the election, it becomes more and more obvious that the Prime Minister is trying to reinvent himself as a mini-Trump. After his party voted to support a white supremacist... - Petrie Electorate: North Lakes Resort Golf Club (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak on a developing issue in my duty electorate of Petrie that has galvanised a community and spurred a local action campaign that any activist would be proud of: the... - South Burnett Regional Council (4 speeches)
I speak tonight on behalf of a number of Queensland constituents who, in good faith, signed with a developer for house and land packages in the Memerambi historical subdivision about 12... - Gaza Children's Art Exhibition, Gaza Children Cinema (1 speech)
I rise to share with the Senate an important exhibition, recently held in Hobart, that I had the honour to open, small moments of beauty + truth: Art inspired by the children of Gaza. Small... - Climate Change (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about something the government clearly doesn't want to speak about—that is, the IPCC report. I started reading the report last week, and I have to say it's a stark... - Discrimination Free Schools Bill 2018 (1 speech)
For lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer Australians and their families, the last week has been a bit of a replay of this time last year when we were in the midst of the... - Disability Support Pension (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to speak on the Liberal government's 2015 changes to the medical assessment process for those applying for the disability support pension, which I will refer to as the DSP from now... - People with Disability (1 speech)
This week I met with representatives from CBM Australia, which is a wonderful organisation. It is an international Christian development organisation committed to improving the quality of life of... - Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (1 speech)
In 1975 the Whitlam government signed the United Nations Industrial Development Organization's Lima declaration. The intent of this was to develop Third World countries by transferring industry... - E-cigarettes (1 speech)
I would like to talk about what I believe is a crooked business that has the blessing of the government and the medical profession. At the same time, it is generating billions of dollars for... - Federal Courts (1 speech)
I wish to address some important issues concerning the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee's current inquiry into the provisions of the Federal Circuit and Family Court...
