Senate debates
Thursday, 12 August 2021
- Tokyo Olympic Games (1 speech)
[ by video link] How good are Tasmanian athletes? It's not a question we really have to ask if we had the honour of being able to watch the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. I think we can all agree in this... - Organ and Tissue Donation (1 speech)
I rise today to encourage Australians to help save lives by registering to donate their organs. The last week of July was DonateLife Week, when it was very important to remind all Australians how... - COVID-19: Indigenous Health (1 speech)
[by video link] Last Saturday, a young black man from Walgett was released from Bathurst prison. The ABC reports that he was tested for COVID while imprisoned and was released before his results... - Prime Minister (1 speech)
[by video link] Integrity, accountability, delivery—these are three basic tests of leadership, and Prime Minister Scott Morrison fails all of them. Let's talk about integrity. Recently the... - COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
[by video link] I deliver this speech on behalf of Senator Roberts. I'll discuss parliament's shoddy governance on COVID—the lack of learning, lack of planning and lack of oversight.... - Western Australia: Health (1 speech)
Every Australian should have access to world-class health services, particularly in Western Australia, where we have a massive surplus and boosted GST receipts delivered by the Morrison... - Brisbane Olympic Games: Netball (1 speech)
I rise this afternoon to speak on the wonderful announcement this week by Netball Australia to campaign for netball to be included in the 2032 Olympics. As you would know, Acting Deputy President... - Member for Dawson (1 speech)
In this chamber this morning, Senator Wong moved a motion condemning the comments of the member for Dawson. You will note that I voted against this motion. The reason I voted against this motion... - Defence Equipment (1 speech)
We know that the Future Submarine and Future Frigate programs are a mess, both from a cost perspective and from a delivery perspective. That may well have a ripple effect through all of the naval... - Workplace Relations (1 speech)
[by video link] Yesterday I spent an hour on ABC Radio listening to an awful litany of stories from Australian workers at the roughest end of this country's broken employment system, people who... - Sexual and Reproductive Health (1 speech)
Access to affordable sexual and reproductive health care, including abortion and contraception, is part of everyone's right to control their own body. Campaigns for reproductive rights have been... - Nanbarry (1 speech)
On this date 200 years ago, a Gadigal man named Nanbarry died, and I'm pleased to have his name recorded by Hansard for the first time on this the bicentenary of his death. Nanbarry was laid to... - COVID-19: Morrison Government (1 speech)
Every day, Australians wake to a country deeper in crisis, a crisis caused by Mr Morrison's character. Cases of COVID are spreading and they are spreading through an Australian population that is... - COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
We are certainly in a national race to get vaccinated. Modelling from the Burnet Institute highlights the need, frankly, to preserve public health measures as a key line of defence in our nation,... - Indian Society of Western Australia (1 speech)
I'm delighted to stand up today to congratulate the Indian Society of Western Australia on what I understand was a fantastic Sangam 2021 at the Perth convention centre on 7 August. Sangam,...
