Senate debates
Tuesday, 2 February 2021
- Gender Dysphoria (1 speech)
'It is right to call the treatment of gender-dysphoric children with puberty blockers experimental or innovative in the sense that there are currently limited studies and evidence of the... - Weatherill, Mr George (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak on the passing of a beloved union and Labor comrade, George Weatherill, who died on Sunday 23 January 2021 at the age of 84. The South Australian trade union movement and... - JobSeeker Payment (1 speech)
I rise this evening to speak on the government's intention to return the JobSeeker payment to $40 a day. Despite still being in the midst of a pandemic and a recession, in just 58 days this... - Tasmanian Australian of the Year Awards (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to acknowledge our 2021 Australian of the Year, Grace Tame, and also recognise her fellow 2021 Tasmanian Australian of the Year award winners: Brian Williams, Toby Thorpe and Edna... - Morrison Government (1 speech)
Well, 2020 is done. It was a tough year for all Australians, and 2021 will have its own challenges. There are over two million people who don't have a job or don't have enough hours to get by. If... - Google (1 speech)
In recent weeks Google made an explicit threat to deny service to Australians if this parliament passes the media bargaining code. It is an outrageous threat for a business to make against... - Operation K9 (1 speech)
Mr Acting President: Unmoved he heard the evening hymn of hate, Unmoved would gaze into his master's eyes. For all the sorrows men for men create In search of happiness wise dogs despise, Finding... - Defence Personnel: Suicide (1 speech)
Australia has lost more Defence Force personnel to suicide than we have lost on the front line. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has reported that the rate of suicide among male... - Mangrove Mountain, New South Wales: Telecommunications (1 speech)
I rise to speak about one of the Central Coast's most resilient, most beautiful yet perhaps most underserviced communities. I am of course speaking about the Mangrove Mountain community and the... - Euthanasia (1 speech)
Let us never forget those among us who face challenges every minute of every day that we cannot possibly even imagine—people who have reached a stage in their lives where continuing to live... - Queensland: Tourism (1 speech)
The last time the Prime Minister visited Cairns was to campaign for the LNP in the Queensland state election. When he was there, he told Far North Queenslanders that he would have their back,... - Extremism (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about the scourge of far Right extremism and its normalisation in our politics and our culture. A couple of weeks ago we saw the end of the catastrophic Trump presidency... - Assange, Mr Julian Paul (1 speech)
We've just witnessed what decades of powerful people lying has led to. Truth in politics goes back a long way, I'll give you that. But the post-truth world, this concept that somehow you can... - Homelessness (1 speech)
I sit here tonight aware that in my community right now so many people are losing their homes. Fifty-six is the latest count. I'm sadly certain that will rise. They're losing their homes to a... - Pell, Cardinal George, AC (1 speech)
In my last speech in this place regarding Cardinal Pell, I noted that alleged facts regarding crimes for which he was convicted were implausibility heaped upon improbability, especially when... - Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, Tame, Ms Grace (1 speech)
I rise to speak on ovarian cancer, as I do every February for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. This is an incredibly important cause, and it is a time when we recognise and support women diagnosed... - COVID-19: Overseas Travel (1 speech)
Today I once again raise the plight of temporary visa holders who have been stranded overseas due to Australia's international border closure. In particular, I want to talk about the children who... - Manufacturing (1 speech)
I am a passionate believer in Australia's manufacturing industry, and, hence, I am a passionate supporter of the Scott Morrison government's advanced manufacturing strategy. If the last year has... - JobSeeker Payment, Google (1 speech)
One of the only good things to come out of last year was when the government upped JobSeeker payments by $550 a fortnight. I know how much that money meant to people. It gave more than a million... - Mining Industry (1 speech)
As a servant to the people of Queensland and Australia I have a duty to raise and fix issues that are both hurting and concerning everyday Australians. As a senator, I work for the people.... - Trade Unions (1 speech)
The union movement's disgraceful 'stop the bus' campaign invites the rightful retort 'stop the BS'. The unions involved know the campaign is based on falsehoods and is cynically designed to scare... - Human Rights (1 speech)
As Australian Greens spokesperson on foreign affairs, it's a sad reality that too often I have to rise to speak in this place of attacks on human rights around the world. We will continue to... - Western Australia: Bushfires (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak on the current situation in Western Australia, where an absolutely dreadful wildfire is racing through the north and east of the city of Perth, heading down towards... - Auditor-General's Report No. 6 of 2018-19 (1 speech)
Before I commence my adjournment speech, I seek leave to table Auditor-General's report No. 6 of 2018-19, Army's protected mobility vehicle—light, a confidential report issued under section... - Western Australia: Bushfires, Resources Industry (1 speech)
I wanted to take the opportunity before we wrap up tonight to join Senator Brockman in expressing my concern on behalf of the opposition about the bushfire situation that we face in Western...
