Senate debates
Wednesday, 20 October 2021
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Dyslexia Awareness Month, COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
[by video link] Good health is something many of us once took for granted, but the coronavirus pandemic the world has lived through over the past 18 months has forced us all to take stock of our... - Youth Voice in Parliament Week (1 speech)
I'm joining more than 50 of my colleagues in this place and in the other place to mark Youth Voice in Parliament Week. This is a campaign run by Raise Our Voice Australia. This organisation is... - Indigenous Heritage Protection (1 speech)
Mr President, congratulations. This week the Juukan inquiry report was tabled. We have heard from so many of you in this place about the importance of protecting First Nations cultural heritage.... - Youth Voice in Parliament Week (1 speech)
I rise this evening to give a voice to the views of young people in my home state of Western Australia. Like many in this place, I believe it to be of the upmost importance for all senators to... - Union Movement (1 speech)
Today a great trauma came to the communities around Kembla Grange in New South Wales, where a train was derailed. In response to that the RTBU, ably led in New South Wales Alex Claassens and... - International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, Anti-Poverty Week (1 speech)
I rise to note International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day on 15 October. I'm pleased that earlier this year we moved that the Senate itself recognises this day. This recognition... - Youth Voice In Parliament Week (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak on Raise Our Voice's Youth Voice in Parliament Week campaign, as some of my colleagues have done previously. This campaign gives the youth across our nation the... - Workplace Relations: Transport Industry (1 speech)
Transport workers have been the definition of essential workers throughout this pandemic. They've kept supermarket shelves stocked, they've put vaccines and medical supplies into hospitals and...
