Senate debates
Tuesday, 7 February 2023
- Molan, Senator Andrew James (Jim), AO, DSC (1 speech)
On 14 February 2018, Senator Jim Molan made his first speech in this place. It's far too soon, only five years almost to the week, to have honoured him in the condolence motion on Monday. As the... - Gas Industry (1 speech)
Last month I joined the fearless and staunch Gamilaraay people in Coonabarabran in their ongoing fight against Santos's Pilliga Narrabri gas project. The Gamilaraay people had gathered alongside... - Delaney, Ms Nessa (1 speech)
I rise to make a contribution in the chamber on the life of the wonderful Nessa Delaney, who tragically passed away on 30 October 2022, aged 58, in Ireland. I want to acknowledge in the gallery... - Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month (2 speeches)
Today I rise to speak about Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. It's held in February every year. I also want to acknowledge the amazing work of Ovarian Cancer Australia. I give a particular... - Radioactive Material (1 speech)
Last month in my home state of Western Australia, a small amount of radioactive material went missing somewhere near the Pilbara. Under the so-called 'care' of fossil fuel giant Rio Tinto, this... - Women's Safety (1 speech)
I rise to speak today on the important issue of women's safety. Any government and any policy that allows a violent male rapist to choose to be placed in a women's prison has profoundly lost its... - Interest Rates (1 speech)
I rise tonight to talk about interest rates. Interest rates are something that we've talked a lot about over the last few years. You would have heard time and time again those on this side of the... - Cost of Living, Turkiye and Syria: Earthquake, Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
Interest rates went up again today. For those with a mortgage, these constant rises are brutal as budgets are squeezed to keep paying off a home. For renters, prices are already astronomical and... - Bennett, Mr John P, AM (1 speech)
For decades, the hard work of John Bennett AM was done in the shadows—in the soft grey light of early morning and the pitch black of cold Tasmanian evenings. Day in, day out, rain, hail or... - Communism (1 speech)
In 1979, Margaret Thatcher prophetically said: Communism never sleeps, never changes its objectives, nor must we. While the rhetoric has changed, the ethos is still alive and well and the... - Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month (1 speech)
I rise every February, ever since I've been in this place, to speak on Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, being February, and the devastating effect that ovarian cancer has on women and their... - Reserve Bank of Australia (1 speech)
At last year's G20 summit in Bali, the leaders' declaration contained an innocuous statement, in paragraph 30: G20 central banks are strongly committed to achieving price stability …... - Brain Cancer (2 speeches)
BIE () (): Tonight I'm presenting a speech written by Ken Fleming, father of Jack, who passed away at 21 from brain cancer. While this isn't an easy speech to read or hear, it's too important not... - Human Rights (1 speech)
The Australian Greens believe that universal human rights are fundamental and must be respected for all people in all countries. That principle informed my approach as the Greens foreign affairs... - Economy (1 speech)
I rise this evening to make some remarks in relation to the essay which was written by the Hon. Jim Chalmers, MP, the member for Rankin in my home state of Queensland. The article was entitled... - Esther House (1 speech)
Sexual assault allegations, reports of gay conversion therapy, forcible restraint and unqualified pharmaceutical treatment providers are very unfortunately just a few examples of experiences... - Human Rights (1 speech)
It's a welcome addition to this parliament that there's been a noticeable improvement in the level of interest that Australian parliamentarians have been giving to the issue of human rights. I...
