Senate debates
Tuesday, 10 November 2020
- China (1 speech)
In recent times, it's been suggested I've occasioned some controversy by taking a principled stand against the brutality of the Chinese dictatorship. Australians have been let down by the fake... - Moranbah Mine Safety, Mine Safety (1 speech)
Last Friday I had the very great privilege of speaking at this year's Moranbah Miners Memorial. It was only last year that this memorial was opened in the coalmining town of Moranbah in Central... - Gambling (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak on the prevalence of gambling advertising and marketing affiliates, their predatory behaviours and the impact they can have on particularly vulnerable people. Over the... - France: Attacks, Vienna: Attacks (1 speech)
People all around the world have been shocked and appalled at the abhorrent terrorist atrocities in France and Austria in the past month. The shootings in Vienna, the horrific murder of three... - Workplace Relations (1 speech)
I want to pay tribute to the many brave workers who, back in 2015—with the dedicated union officials at the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association and lawyers at Maurice... - Pet Food Industry (1 speech)
Tonight I'd like to talk about an issue most of us care about but few of us spend time thinking about, and that's the quality of the food we feed our pets. Two years ago I tabled a petition with... - Chromy, Mr Josef, OAM (1 speech)
I rise to speak tonight on one of Tasmania's icons and treasures Josef Chromy and send my best wishes for his 90th birthday in December. Josef Chromy is well known and well loved around Tasmania.... - Horseracing Industry (1 speech)
I rise to speak on an animal welfare matter that has captured the country's attention this fortnight. The 2020 Melbourne Cup claimed the life of Anthony Van Dyck, the latest victim of a race that... - South Australia: National War Memorial (1 speech)
North Terrace in my state's capital is considered by many to be one of the world's the most beautiful boulevards. As you stroll down its wide footpaths, shaded by the plane trees, and gaze on the... - Trad, Hon. Jacklyn Anne (Jackie) (1 speech)
I want to begin this evening by congratulating Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and the Queensland Labor government on re-election. This is a difficult time for Queensland. We faced a global... - Infrastructure: Indigenous Culture, Racism (1 speech)
I note for the chamber's information that this is not my first speech. I rise today to speak about an incredibly important matter in my home state. Just over two weeks ago the Andrews Labor... - Environment (1 speech, 1 comment)
I rise to highlight the increasingly virulent attacks being waged on everyday Australians by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature and other extreme environmentalist groups intent on stopping... - Commonwealth Integrity Commission (1 speech)
Watching the US election this past week, we've seen just how important it is to protect our own democracy and to protect integrity in politics. It has made me appreciate more than ever our own... - Tasmania: Environment (1 speech, 1 comment)
The last adjournment speech I gave in this chamber a few weeks ago was about a threat to the Tasmanian devil from impending new mining operations by Venture Minerals in the Tarkine. It pains me... - Manufacturing (1 speech)
Today we have witnessed more climate crisis inside Labor. The resignation by the member for Hunter, Mr Fitzgibbon, from the frontbench is further evidence of what so many working Australians... - Pell, Cardinal George, AC (1 speech)
The sexual abuse case brought against Cardinal George Pell connects across Australian jurisdictions, but it begins and ends in the Vatican. If the story were a crime novel or a thriller, it would... - Northern Territory: Australian of the Year Awards, NAIDOC Week (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate and acknowledge a number of Territorians who've been recognised through the Australian of the Year awards and the NAIDOC awards in the past week. Dr Wendy Page was... - United States Presidential Election (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the recent US elections and their implications for Australia and for global democracy. The American people have spoken. Trump has lost. Democracy has won. Trump has been a... - South Australia: Termination of Pregnancy Bill 2020 (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak regarding the Termination of Pregnancy Bill 2020 introduced into the South Australian legislative council on 14 October of this year. This bill seeks to radically change... - Tasmania: Community Events (1 speech)
I want to say a few words this evening about a very special day I had last week visiting the west coast of Tasmania, a place that I love and try to get to whenever I can. I was given the... - China, Veterans (1 speech)
) ( ): This week I moved a motion calling on the Australian government to boycott the Winter Olympics in Beijing. The Liberal Party voted to block me, even debating it. Apparently not only is it... - Queensland State Election (1 speech)
I would like to use this opportunity, and it's the first opportunity I've had since the Queensland state election, to make some reflections and give some thanks and make some acknowledgements.... - Ministerial Conduct (1 speech)
Last night's Four Corners program raised some very concerning allegations regarding two senior coalition government ministers. Four Corners revealed details of a secret affair between a former... - Parliamentary Representation (1 speech)
[by video link] I've said it before and I will say it again and again: we must urgently break the monopoly on power held in this place by the stale, pale and male majority which currently...
