Senate debates
Wednesday, 11 August 2021
- Landcare Australia (1 speech)
[by video link] Last Thursday, Australia's most dedicated and passionate Landcarers were given recognition in front of over 2,400 attendees online at the National Landcare Awards. Landcare... - Tokyo Olympic Games (1 speech)
While the Tokyo Olympic Games have sadly come to an end, we can relish in the success of our athletes and the welcome distraction their performance provided from the pandemic. Australian athletes... - COVID-19: International Travel (1 speech)
[by video link] Today marks 509 days since Australia's borders closed on 20 March 2020—509 days. This situation has posed such challenges and caused such heartbreak for so many in our... - JobKeeper Payment (1 speech)
[by video link] Anyone wondering what side the Morrison government is on need only look at the way Mr Morrison is dealing with the JobKeeper rorts saga. While billionaires like Gerry Harvey have... - Covid-19 (1 speech)
Security is not provided by police and military who are busy harassing law-abiding citizens for the supposed crime of dissent. Security is not provided by unelected bureaucrats who never lose... - Port of Newcastle (1 speech)
I rise to speak about serious concerns regarding the lack of regulatory oversight at the half Chinese owned Port of Newcastle. Why is this of particular interest to me, as a Victorian senator? It... - Prime Minister (1 speech)
Our Prime Minister doesn't like to take responsibility. We saw it with the bushfires, we saw it with Brittany Higgins, and we've seen it with his ducking and weaving over ministerial scandals. Of... - Point Peron (1 speech)
[by video link] Our precious places should be enjoyed by all of us, not just billionaires who can afford yachts and bayside megamansions. Developers and the Liberal Party have had their eyes on... - Forestry (1 speech)
I have some concerns about the Australian plantation timber industry and I've had them for a while. In September 2018 the government announced a National Forest Industries Plan, touted as a... - COVID-19: Political Cartoons (1 speech)
Thank goodness for Australia's political cartoonists, I say. This week on Insiders we saw the host of Talking Pictures, Mike Bowers, with his guest cartoonist, David Pope, summarising the week's... - COVID-19: International Travel (1 speech)
Holders of subclass 188 visas, also known as wealthy investor visas, need to be wealthy enough to have invested at least $1½ million in Australia. Holders of these visas are automatically... - Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games (1 speech)
What an amazing fortnight of sport we have just witnessed! Our congratulations and thanks go to all Australian athletes and officials for an outstanding effort at the 2020 Olympics. Today I would... - Cabaero, Ms Lina (1 speech)
[by video link] Over the weekend, Australia lost one of its quiet heroes. Lina Cabaero was a lifelong activist and feminist and the leader of Asian Women at Work, a key community organisation in... - COVID-19: Hospitality and Tourism Industries (1 speech)
Today we've seen lockdowns further extended in Victoria and we're seeing extended lockdowns across basically the eastern seaboard, and perhaps during these times there are no businesses more... - Queenstown: Commonwealth Bank (2 speeches)
Yesterday or the day before, the Commonwealth Bank notified that they were closing their branch in western Tasmania at the Queenstown site. That is a very isolated area of Tasmania, and we all...
