Senate debates
Thursday, 26 August 2021
- Morrison Government (1 speech)
[by video link] The Morrison government's growing list of scandals highlights the need for a powerful national anticorruption commission. So far we have had robodebt, sports rorts, car park... - Agriculture Visa (1 speech)
[by video link] I rise to highlight the successful collaboration between the agricultural industry and the Morrison government to implement the new agriculture visa announced with much fanfare... - Afghanistan (1 speech)
[by video link] Our 20-year war on Afghanistan is coming to a close, and the reality on the ground is that the country is now at the mercy of the Taliban. Australia entered this war at the behest... - COVID-19: Indigenous Health (1 speech)
[by video link] As the chair of the First Nations caucus committee, I'd like to bring to the Senate our concerns for the First Nations communities in western New South Wales, who are facing a... - Bonner, Mr Neville, AO (1 speech)
I rise to make some remarks about the 50th anniversary of the election to this place of Neville Bonner, who was the first Indigenous person to become a federal parliamentarian. Bonner became... - Gender and Sexual Orientation (1 speech)
[by video link] The Morrison-Joyce government has yet again dragged Australia into the misguided and dangerous United Nations parallel universe. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has... - Women's Health (1 speech)
[by video link] My office met recently with Professor Helena Teede, the director of Monash University's Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation. Professor Teede has an impressive... - COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
[by video link] Over the last couple of days we've seen a concerted effort from Scott Morrison to push off blame for this bungled vaccine rollout. Over the last couple of days we've seen an... - Afghanistan (1 speech)
[by video link] All of you who know me know that I'm not shy about the reality that sometimes Australia has to go to war. Sometimes we have to take hard measures to protect our country and put... - Victoria: Community Services (1 speech)
[by video link] The Victorian parliamentary inquiry into the I Cook Foods affair has revealed more disturbing evidence, inviting a conclusion that the food-processing firm I Cook Foods was... - Parliamentary Process (1 speech)
[by video link] I rise to talk about parliamentary process—bad parliamentary process. The Foreign Intelligence Legislative Amendment Bill 2021 was introduced to the House of Representatives... - Corporate Governance (1 speech)
I rise to shed a little light on what's been described in the AFR as the worst IPO of the decade. The Nuix IPO released rivers of gold to those in the know, namely Macquarie Bank, $565 million;... - Anderson, Mrs Roselynne (7 speeches)
[by video link] Today I'd like to pay tribute to Roselynne Anderson, long-term chair of the national women's alliance economic Security4Women, who, sadly, passed away suddenly on 15 August 2021.... - Agriculture Visas (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about the recently announced agriculture visa—announced this week, in fact, by my colleague Minister David Littleproud. I congratulate him and everyone who has worked... - COVID-19: Quarantine (2 speeches)
As we have so often said in this chamber, this Prime Minister has had two jobs this year: to get the vaccine rollout working and to build purpose-built quarantine stations. We've talked a lot...
