Senate debates
Monday, 26 September 2022
- Teach for Australia's Leadership Development Program: Mountain Heights School (1 speech)
I noticed that Senator Canavan was running in, so I thought I would stand and he can go next. Queenstown sits on the rugged west coast of Tasmania. It's a community of around eighteen hundred... - Renewable Energy: Wind farms (1 speech)
Today, the Queensland government has announced that it plans to waste 780 million taxpayers' dollars on building a useless wind farm, when we already have too much unreliable energy in Australia.... - Iran: Women (1 speech)
I rise today to speak in solidarity with the women of Iran. Since the brutal death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died in custody after being detained by the country's morality police,... - STEPtember (3 speeches)
I rise to talk about a great charity I am participating in called STEPtember. Every 20 hours in Australia, an Australian is diagnosed with cerebral palsy. It is the most common physical... - Regional Queensland: Manufacturing (1 speech)
Madam Acting Deputy President Allman-Payne, I'm pleased to talk about an issue close to both our hearts: regional manufacturing in regional Queensland. The Albanese Labor government sees a future... - Climate Change (1 speech)
Well done, everyone. What an amazing job you've done. I'm delighted to announce that the Commonwealth of Australia has reached its net zero target under the United Nations Paris climate agreement... - Dividend Imputation (1 speech)
I rise in relation to an article which appeared in the Australian Financial Review this morning entitled, 'Labor "at it again" in surprise move on dividends'. It's by John Kehoe, an outstanding... - Victoria: Medical Manufacturing (1 speech)
It has never been more important to make more of the essential vaccines and medicines that we need right here in Australia, like lifesaving mRNA vaccines. Despite the need for urgency, despite... - Tasmania: Wine Industry (1 speech)
Tasmania produces the best wine in the world. You mainlanders make an okay drop, but Tassie wine is special. Mainlanders know it; they come in droves to Tassie to sample our wine and eat our... - Human Trafficking (1 speech)
As a senator, sometimes an issue comes to your attention that is so egregious that you have no choice but to act. For me, this was in 2016 when I learnt that, unknowingly, tens of thousands of... - Tasmania: Medical Research (1 speech)
It was announced in May this year that an Albanese Labor government would provide $4 million in funding to the Clifford Craig research hub based at the Launceston General Hospital. This funding... - Victorian Government (1 speech)
Victorians have had enough. Victorians have had enough of the lies, the cover-ups and the corruption. Victorians are sick of living their lives under a man whose incompetence is only matched by... - Environment: Whales (1 speech)
Nearly two years ago to this day, a global tragedy unfolded off the west coast of Tasmania. At remote Strahan Beach, near Macquarie Harbour, over 470 whales were stranded. Despite the valiant... - Drug Abuse and Addiction (1 speech)
An Australian dies almost every hour—yes, every single hour—from alcohol, drug and gambling harm. One in four Australians will struggle with the misuse of alcohol and other drugs or... - Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence (2 speeches)
Last week marked 10 years since the murder of Jill Meagher, who was attacked by a stranger while walking home from a night out with friends. Her murder sparked an impassioned national debate on...
