Senate debates
Tuesday, 3 August 2021
- COVID-19: Morrison Government (1 speech)
What a mess Australia is in. We have the very sad occurrence of New South Wales being in extensive lockdown because of the new delta strain of COVID. We've seen deaths in that state, and both in... - Tokyo Olympic Games, COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
In the national newspapers yesterday, the Prime Minister summed up the spirit of Australians, which comes in all forms in all our people. Our Olympians have inspired us in Tokyo. They have... - Oil and Gas Exploration (1 speech)
Communities right around this country have stood up and said, 'No more oil and gas drilling, no more seismic testing off our coasts'. In this time of climate emergency, when we need to be... - Qantas (1 speech)
[by video link] I rise to congratulate the 2,000 aviation workers and the Transport Workers Union, who on Friday won a monumental case in the Federal Court against Qantas. Last year, while taking... - Covid-19 (1 speech)
The architect of our Parliament House, Romaldo Giurgola, gave the Australian flag pride of place in his design—a flag the size of a double-decker bus, atop an 80-metre pole, with supports... - Tokyo Olympic Games (1 speech)
Two weeks of iso was made considerably easier thanks to the Olympics, Tokyo 2020 and 2021, and of course the outstanding Emma McKeon. If Emma were a country, as of today she would be in front of... - Scibilia, Ms Ada, Jones, Ms Nola (1 speech)
[by video link] Last month, delegates to the Victorian branch conference of the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association voted unanimously to bestow life membership on Ada Scibilia and... - Senate Procedure (1 speech)
Can I just say that I think these two minutes are a load of rubbish. Honestly, here we go. The major parties are squeezing the crossbench again because they know we're a threat. We're coming and... - Superannuation (1 speech)
I will quote from a speech by the father of modern superannuation, Paul Keating. It's from a speech he gave in 2007. He said: In other words, had employers not paid nine percentage points of... - Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
In the early days of the Murray-Darling water extraction was pretty much a free-for-all. It was around the 1960s when water quality became an issue. From 1980 to 1983 we saw the River Murray's... - Parliament House: Staff (1 speech)
[by video link] This past week I participated in the independent review into parliamentary workplaces, otherwise known to those of us in this place as the Jenkins review. I wanted to put on the... - Forestry (1 speech)
[by video link] Today I want to speak out about the terrible devastation that's occurring in a special patch of forest in Alberton West in South Gippsland, Victoria. I want to give a shout-out to... - Nuclear Energy (1 speech)
It is time that we shake ourselves out of our deep, deep nuclear coma and consider adopting this technology here in Australia, in particular modern small modular reactors. They are not a new... - National Security (1 speech)
More than 100,000 Australians have viewed a video online supposedly showing AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw plotting a coup against the Australian government. It's a fake—Commissioner... - Parliamentary Behaviour (2 speeches)
I would like to take this opportunity in this first session of two-minute statements—although it looks like I've got one minute left—to address the comments of Senator Lambie earlier....
