Senate debates
Wednesday, 10 June 2020
- COVID-19: Superannuation (1 speech)
On 23 March this year the Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, announced the second instalment of the most significant set of measures to support the Australian community and the Australian economy... - Indigenous Australians (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about a colleague of mine in Western Australia, Donna. I recently received an email from Donna. She works really hard in her community and has done an amazing job in... - COVID-19: Black Lives Matter Demonstrations (1 speech)
A civil democratic society is a fragile flower which relies on people exercising the virtues of self-discipline and self-restraint—virtues which were disappointingly absent in the... - Dismissal of the Whitlam Government (1 speech)
Many Australians will remember 11 November 1975, the day that Gough Whitlam was dismissed as Prime Minister by Governor-General John Kerr. This political and constitutional crisis was recently... - Broadband (1 speech)
In recent days the National Broadband Network has reached its goal of connecting 11.5 million premises and it's officially complete—officially but not actually complete. The minister says... - Pennicott, Mrs Edna Florence, OAM (1 speech)
Tonight I want to speak about a true hero of the local area of Kingborough in southern Tasmania. I'm really proud to say that this person is a very, very dear friend of mine. Her name is Mrs Edna... - Illicit Drugs (1 speech)
I rise today to speak in support of the surprise announcement from the Victorian government that a second supervised injecting facility will be established in the Melbourne CBD, and that the site... - Western Australia: COVID-19 (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about the impact of the coronavirus challenge in my home state of Western Australia and why it's critical that we continue to stay the course. There is no precedent for... - Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
Where's the apology for robo-debt? That's what hundreds of thousands of Australians want to know. Where's the apology for 470,000 unlawful demands for money? Where's the apology for the... - Tasmania: Forestry Industry (1 speech, 1 comment)
It's hard to believe that in a time of climate emergency, in the middle of a biodiversity crisis—a period in history that's been labelled as the sixth 'great extinction'—that legal... - Queensland Government (1 speech)
On the weekend protests, I've never seen so many selfish people in one place at the same time putting our state's recovery at risk, and the Queensland Labor Party should be held to account for... - Nichols, Mr Denis (1 speech)
I suppose we can just put that kind of contribution down to the Rennick effect. That's the modern Liberal Party. It's worried about an imaginary war on imaginary statues, but there is not a word... - COVID-19: Gold Coast (1 speech)
Like many other parts of Queensland the Gold Coast is having a very tough time at the moment. Key industries, like tourism and construction, are really feeling the pinch in the wake of COVID-19.... - COVID-19: Overseas Students (1 speech)
I rise to bring to the attention of the Senate the plight of more than 800,000 international students who are currently residing in Australia. They have chosen Australia, in a highly competitive... - China (1 speech)
My warnings about the skulduggery of the communist regime in China go back to early 2018. Since the Wuhan coronavirus I have intensified my criticisms and advocated that it can no longer be... - Hong Kong (1 speech)
Australia has a distinguished history in the promotion of human rights throughout the world. As a people, we believe that all men and women are born free and equal and that respect for their... - Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
I rise this evening to talk about robodebt. Talking about it is something that many of us even dared to dream about: the fact that people will get refunded those illegally raised debts. The news... - Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
It's not easy for me to stand up here now and speak about the Queen's birthday honours at the moment. That's not because I don't support them or, indeed, Her Majesty. I very much do. It's because... - Workplace Relations (3 speeches)
I begin tonight by reminding the Senate and Senator Stoker that I spoke out against family violence in my first speech. It was about family violence I had experienced in my own family. So the... - Lendlease (1 speech)
In the Senate sittings that took place before coronavirus impacted our country, I began a series of speeches that aimed to put the spotlight on a number of Australian businesspeople little known... - International Cooperation (1 speech)
The coronavirus global pandemic has changed the world like no other event this century. When the story of the early 21st century is written, only the tragic events of 9/11 will feature as... - Live Animal Exports (2 speeches)
I rise to highlight the recent judgement in the Federal Court in the matter of Brett Cattle Company Pty Ltd v Minister for Agriculture. With much of the media's attention on other pressing issues...
