Senate debates
Tuesday, 2 August 2022
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1 speech)
I want to talk a little bit about the ABC appointing an ombudsman, which is something that has been historically resisted. I am of the view that the ABC generally does a good job. I do think it... - Aged Care (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the importance of stemming the staff shortages currently plaguing the aged-care sector and on why the delivery of a Community Care TASMANIA training and respite centre in... - JobSeeker Payment (1 speech)
( Today I have the honour of sharing, in her own words, a statement from Melissa, a person struggling to survive on the on the meagre JobSeeker payment: I'm on Jobseeker with a reduced capacity... - Home Ownership (1 speech)
On any given night in Australia, there are 116,000 people experiencing homelessness. According to the 2016 census, in my home state of South Australia there were more than 6,000 people... - Deniliquin (1 speech)
Not to take away from the very serious issues that have already been raised in this section of the day, I will be lightening the tone a bit. I rise to encourage people not to forget the regions... - Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
The Albanese Labor government has introduced legislation to deliver 10-days paid family and domestic violence leave for all Australian workers. This landmark legislation started with strong union... - Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
Last 19 July marked nine years since the former Labor government announced that people who arrived in Australia by boat to seek asylum could not settle here and would be exiled and detained... - Norfolk Island (1 speech)
Recently, I had the pleasure of visiting the good people on Norfolk Island. It is a beautiful part of the world, some 2,000 kilometres out in the Pacific Ocean. There's an amazing, generous... - Australian National Audit Office (1 speech)
Last week, the Auditor-General released an audit report into the Building Better Regions Fund and tried to somehow allege that the government didn't act in the best interests of the taxpayers in... - Australian Society (1 speech)
I often end my speeches with the words, 'We are one community, we are one nation,' for a reason. Oneness is a fundamental teaching of Christianity. I quote I Corinthians 12:14: For the body does... - Standing Order 175 (1 speech)
Disabled people deserve access to this parliament. Why is this concept one which every single Labor or Liberal government finds so confronting? This week my colleagues Senator David Pocock and... - Northern Australia Joint Committee (2 speeches)
Surprise, surprise! Just when we elected the Labor government, guess what happened: they took the first opportunity to turn their back on Western Australia. Not only did Anthony Albanese, the... - Australian Road Safety Awards (1 speech)
Yesterday, I had the honour to present some remarkable Australian organisations and councils with Australian road safety awards. The awards, organised by the formidable Australian Road Safety... - Manufacturing (3 speeches)
I rise to condemn Labor's decision to block the delivery of the coalition's $1.3 billion Modern Manufacturing Initiative, including a $12 million grant for Carbon Revolution—one of... - Tauondi Aboriginal College (2 speeches)
I rise to make a reflection on an experience I had a couple weeks ago when visiting the Tauondi Aboriginal College in Port Adelaide. It's a college that was set up in 1973 to recognise the...
