Senate debates
Tuesday, 23 July 2019
- Federal Election (1 speech)
I rise to make a brief contribution tonight. This is the first opportunity I've had since our quite remarkable election victory to pay tribute to some of the unsung, hard workers of the campaign.... - Schumacher, Wilhelm Bernard Darrel (1 speech)
This is not my first speech. I rise tonight to pay tribute to a former colleague and friend, Wilhelm Bernard Darrel Schumacher, who sadly passed away in the early hours of Wednesday, 3 July, just... - China: Human Rights (1 speech)
More than one million Uygurs and other Muslim ethnic minorities are detained in Xinjiang by the Chinese government in what the UN calls re-education camps. This mass detention of Uygurs against... - Road Safety (1 speech)
I note that while this is the first time I rise to speak in the chamber, this is not my official first speech. I want to thank the Senate for allowing me to speak on a tragic event in advance of... - Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program (1 speech)
A couple of weeks ago, in early July, I had the privilege of spending a week with the Army Aboriginal Community Assistance Program in Jigalong, in my home state of Western Australia. This... - Apprenticeships (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the Industry Specialist Mentoring for Australian Apprentices program, or ISMAA for short, a $60 million national program I negotiated with the government almost two years ago,... - Rural Australia (1 speech)
As a servant to the people of Queensland and Australia, I wish to discuss the burden, the suffering and the courage of a group under assault across our country or, as former State of Origin rugby... - Defence Procurement (1 speech)
'Not a single submarine seaworthy'. That was the news broken by Cameron Stewart of the Australian on 10 June 2011. He wrote: 'For the first time in a generation, Australia does not have a single... - Forestry (2 speeches)
You might have missed a notable event this month: Australia Post issued a stamp series featuring three freshwater crayfish: Astacopsis gouldi, or the Tasmanian Giant Freshwater Crayfish, which is... - Workplace Relations (1 speech)
This is not my first speech. I rise tonight to speak about the latest salvo in the coalition government's culture war on working Australians in the form of the Fair Work (Registered... - Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak again on the lived experiences of people in our community trying to survive on Newstart and youth allowance. Yesterday I reintroduced the Australian Greens' fifth bill to... - Disability Services (1 speech)
When Michael and Sharon Camac entrusted the care and support of their son, Eden, to the Bundaberg based Community Lifestyle Support service provider, they expected him to be treated with care,... - NAIDOC Week (1 speech)
I rise to speak tonight about an important event that occurred this month, called NAIDOC Week. I hope that senators here were able to take part in NAIDOC ceremonies, whether it was in there... - Freedom of Religion (1 speech)
I rise this evening to speak on the important issue of religious freedom. I recently launched a petition calling for a religious freedom act. Enshrined in this act should be the right to the...
