Senate debates
Tuesday, 25 October 2022
- Tassie Mums (1 speech)
We know families throughout Australia have been doing it tough, facing a housing and homelessness crisis and rising cost of living. Shamefully, the previous government dropped the ball on... - Bali Attacks: 20th Anniversary, Lucev, Mr Dusan (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the recent 20th anniversary of the Bali bombings. Early on the morning of 12 October, as the sun rose over Perth, survivors, their loved ones and several hundred members of the... - Racing Industry, India: Kashmir (1 speech)
The Melbourne Cup is on again next week. Seven horses have been killed at the last nine Melbourne Cup races. And that's just part of the story. The horseracing industry continues to tolerate... - Due South Australia (1 speech)
QUHART (—) (): Due South Australia—who are they? One might think they're a South Australian organisation, but they're based in Tasmania. They are a self-funded organisation with their... - Budget (1 speech)
I rise on this budget night to address a couple of issues in tonight's budget. Obviously, it is early days. It's less than an hour since the budget speech was delivered, and, as with all complex... - Australia: Natural Disasters (1 speech)
The floods that have impacted most of eastern Australia over the past few weeks have exceeded all expectations across New South Wales. What started out as an amazing spring season for so many of... - Human Rights: Iran (1 speech)
The government of Iran—the dictatorship of Iran—is killing Iranian women and girls. Day after day, week after week, women and girls in Iran are being shot, beaten to death or... - Rockhampton Ring Road (1 speech)
I rise to make some comments in relation to the Rockhampton Ring Road, which was the subject of some discussion earlier today during question time. Whilst I didn't have the benefit of... - Climate Change (1 speech)
This evening it gives me great pleasure to be speaking about the much-anticipated UN climate change conference being held in Egypt, better known as COP27. We know that tackling climate change... - Ukraine (1 speech)
If the carnage and human tragedy of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have taught us anything, it's that everyday people are made to suffer at the hands of elites who lack the empathy to understand... - Budget (1 speech)
What is the point of Labor? I've just watched Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Labor deliver a budget that gives billionaires and politicians a $9,000 tax cut per year but does absolutely nothing to... - Covid-19 (5 speeches)
As a servant to the people of Queensland and Australia, I note that at the European parliament inquiry into COVID two weeks ago, Janine Small, the President of International Developed Markets for... - Myanmar, Standards in Sport: Australian Football League (1 speech)
The media has been full recently, and for good reason, of the conflict in Ukraine, with Russia's illegal and unjustifiable invasion of its neighbour. We have seen the pushback by Ukrainian...
