Senate debates
Monday, 5 September 2022
- Afghanistan (7 speeches)
I, and also on behalf of Senators Birmingham and Payman, move: That the Senate— (a) acknowledges: (i) 15 August 2022 marks one year since Kabul fell to the Taliban, (ii) this date will be a... - Australian National Flag (1 speech)
It is disappointing that MPs from the Greens choose not to fly our Australian flag. The new member for Ryan, Elizabeth Watson-Brown, has one of our country's largest Army barracks in her... - Workplace Relations: Qantas (1 speech)
The Jobs and Skills Summit was a meeting of our nation's best and brightest. However, Qantas CEO Alan Joyce was also there. Mr Joyce has decided it isn't enough that he's ruined our national... - Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Climate Trigger) Bill 2022 (1 speech)
Today I will be tabling a private member's bill that creates a climate trigger in our environment laws. This is essential if we are to ensure that any project being assessed by the environment... - International Day of Charity (1 speech)
Today we celebrate the great work that the 60,000 charities that operate in Australia do for our community. Indeed, we celebrate the almost 4,000 of them in my home state of Western Australia.... - Waverley Mills (1 speech)
Labor outlined during the election campaign a holistic plan to deliver for Tasmania. Part of this strategy was to bring back manufacturing and, with it, more secure local jobs. Originally... - Jobs and Skills Summit (1 speech)
Two minutes is more than enough to review Labor's Jobs and Skills Summit. Allowing pensioners and student visa holders to earn more will help small businesses in the city and in the bush. This... - Superannuation (1 speech)
On Friday afternoon, the Assistant Treasurer, Stephen Jones, made a regulation which will exempt super funds from disclosing the payments they make to unions. I've lodged a freedom-of-information... - Nuclear Weapons (1 speech)
I've got just a couple of words to say to Senator Bragg about that—super theft! Ridding the world of nuclear weapons should be the goal of all countries that committed to a lasting global... - Tarkine Rainforest (1 speech)
Any day now the federal environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, will decide the fate of a beautiful patch of ancient rainforest in the Tarkine—rainforest that it has been declared has World... - Superannuation (1 speech)
I rise today to speak of some flattering news. It turns out that the Labor Party has decided to copy the United Australia Party policy of bringing Australian super back home. This policy was one... - Australian National Flag (1 speech)
I actually have been listening carefully to the two-minute statements being given in this chamber, and I decided to change my contribution during the course of the discussion. What prompted me to... - Paid Parental Leave Scheme (1 speech)
One of the strongest, clearest messages coming from the Jobs and Skills Summit last week was the economic and social benefits of expanding paid parental leave to 26 weeks. The Grattan Institute,... - Education (1 speech)
If you are a parent and a stranger approaches your child to tell them about safe sex, transgenderism, abortion and pornography, you'd probably call the police, or at least you'd intervene to... - Jobs and Skills Summit (1 speech)
Last week's Jobs and Skills Summit produced 36 immediate actions and about the same number of issues for further action. This was a historic collaborative process, and it is just the beginning.... - Volunteers (1 speech)
Volunteers are the life blood of our communities, and, while that statement might sound like a cliche, everyone in this chamber knows this to be true. Being part of a volunteer organisation...
