Senate debates
Tuesday, 19 October 2021
- Youth Voice in Parliament Week (1 speech)
It is a privilege to give this speech on behalf of Alexis Pallister, as part of Raise Our Voice Australia. Alexis says: - National Water Week (1 speech)
[by video link] Leonardo da Vinci said, 'Water is the driving force of all nature.' None of us could survive without water. It is a vital ingredient in our daily lives, and our greatest resource.... - Youth Voice in Parliament Week (1 speech)
[by video link] Today in the Australian Senate I speak the voice of Cooper Meikle, a young Tasmanian. This is part of Raise Our Voice Australia, lifting the voices of diverse young Australians in... - Climate Policy (1 speech)
You would think Halloween would be a good time for Prime Minister Morrison. After all, this is a Prime Minister who just loves a good scare campaign—a Prime Minister who generally prefers... - Media Influence (1 speech)
This parliament's descent into a one-party state could not have happened without the media's complicity. The cancelling of Jessica Rowe's interview with Senator Pauline Hanson is the latest... - Energy (1 speech)
The world cannot get enough of the great Australian coal we produce. They cannot get enough of it. Right now lights are going off right across Europe, Asia and North America because they don't... - Nobel Peace Prize (1 speech)
[by video link] We often talk about the importance of public interest journalism in Australia. But we must remember that such work is even more necessary and even more dangerous elsewhere. I was... - Climate Change (1 speech)
Question time is almost upon us, and I have a question for the other side: what on earth is going on? Last week the Prime Minister outsourced decision making on climate and energy policy to the... - Youth Voice in Parliament Week (3 speeches)
This afternoon I would like to use my time to speak in the Youth Voice in Parliament Week, and I will be reading the following words written by Jai Briggs-Ford, who is a young man living in... - Voice in Parliament Week (1 speech)
Today I am delighted to be participating in the Raise Our Voice in Parliament campaign, which asked Australians aged 21 or under to write a vision statement for Australia for members of... - Western Australia: Order of Australia (1 speech)
I was delighted to host an event welcoming all new Western Australian recipients of Order of Australia honours at the Bull Creek RAAFA Club on 17 August. Travel restrictions meant I remained in... - Youth Voice In Parliament Week (1 speech)
Like others, I am speaking today on behalf of a young Australian—a young South Australian—as part of Youth Voice in Parliament Week. Ms Winter Birkett is 17 years old, and she lives... - Climate Change, Morrison Government (1 speech)
Here we are, a day closer to COP26, and there is more disarray from the government. We still don't have a policy. If Mr Morrison thinks it's okay for him to get a policy by the end of this week...
