Senate debates
Wednesday, 12 February 2020
- Australian Federation (1 speech)
Accountability is the bedrock of democracy. Accountability only operates effectively, however, when government roles and responsibilities are clearly defined. Even Australians with little or no... - Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services is currently inquiring into the regulation of auditing. I thank the Senate for sanctioning this inquiry but I'm concerned... - Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (1 speech)
Disabled people should be able to live free from violence, free from abuse and free from exploitation and neglect, with the access and supports that we need to live a good life. This is not a... - Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1 speech)
What do you call a quiet Australian at the ABC? Lonely—very lonely. I wanted to open with a joke, because I read one on Monday. The joke went like this: the ABC, funded by taxpayers, runs... - Child Safety (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about an issue which keeps me up at night: the safety of our kids. Any parent knows the anxiety of keeping their child safe from harm. In the early years it often centres on... - Education, Gender and Sexual Orientation (1 speech)
The government is well aware that children are being indoctrinated through the curriculum and by teachers, yet it chooses to do nothing. This leads One Nation to draw attention to the problem and... - Canberra Royals Rugby Club, Australian Capital Territory Government (1 speech)
It's great to be able to rise to pay tribute to a local organisation in Canberra. We have seen so many great responses to the bushfires. We have seen bushfires here in the ACT well beyond this... - National Party of Australia (7 speeches)
This has been, self-evidently, a very difficult summer for rural and regional communities. In New South Wales we faced down fires, floods and drought all in the space of just a couple of months....
