Senate debates
Tuesday, 21 March 2023
- St Patrick's Day (4 speeches)
As many of you know, last Friday was St Patrick's Day. I had the pleasure of attending a St Paddy's day lunch hosted by the Lansdowne Club. The Lansdowne Club was founded in 1986 by a group of... - Tasmania: Energy (3 speeches)
I join with Senator Hughes in her comments around St Patrick's Day and the Irish community. Tasmania is the home of renewable energy, and that's worth repeating—renewable energy, energy,... - Climate Change (1 speech)
The IPCC report released overnight has to be a game changer for Australia. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres puts it starkly and clearly. He said that we need to 'massively fast-track climate... - Defence Procurement: Submarines (1 speech)
This morning there were reports from Trudy McIntosh of Sky News, as reposted by Andrew Clavell, that three Labor MPs raised concerns about the AUKUS agreement, including the member for... - Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about the Murray-Darling Basin and some amazing students that I got to spend some time with the week before last. The Murray-Darling Basin is one of Australia's most... - Climate Change (1 speech)
'Act now, or it will be too late.' That was the key message from the IPCC AR6 synthesis report out overnight—eight years of work by the world's key climate scientists. And, when they say... - Harmony Week, Alice Springs: Housing (1 speech)
Celebrating our nation's cultural diversity, inclusiveness, respect and belonging is the purpose of this week's celebration of Harmony Week. It also coincides with the United Nations... - Youth Voice in Parliament (1 speech)
The voices of young people can be underestimated, but they can also be powerful—filled with hope and solutions. And they are the future of our parliament. I'm happy to have been invited to... - Climate Change (2 speeches)
Senator McKim. Overnight, the United Nations released what it describes as a lesson on how to defuse the climate time bomb. It makes it very clear that the most urgent action we need to take is... - Rural and Regional Health Services (1 speech)
I rise to talk about regional health. We all know I live regionally; I keep talking about it. I gave birth to my daughters regionally. My family's health is reliant on an effective regional... - First Nations Australians (1 speech)
Perhaps the most outrageous idea to rise out of racist identity victim politics is that rent should be paid to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people by other Australians. It shouldn't. The... - Dental Health (1 speech)
Everyone should be able to go to the dentist without worrying about how much it will cost. In today's reality where corporate profits are soaring and so many people are feeling the pinch, more... - Human Trafficking (1 speech)
Often domestic problems, as we know, require global action to tackle. Australians supporting overseas orphanages is one of those issues. Last week in Bahrain MPs from 178 countries gathered to... - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (1 speech)
Today, 21 March, is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. It marks the day in 1960 when police in Sharpeville South Africa opened fire on peaceful anti-apartheid...
