Senate debates
Wednesday, 22 March 2023
- Motor Vehicles (1 speech)
WN (—) (): Earlier this year I spent some time visiting logistics and road safety organisations in Victoria. Thanks to the assistance of Peter Anderson from the Victorian Transport... - Goods and Services Tax, Trade (1 speech)
enator BROCKMAN () (): I rise to speak about a couple of issues that are vitally important to my home state of Western Australia. I'll start with the GST sharing arrangement. The GST sharing... - Iran (1 speech)
Since Jina Mahsa Amini's murder in custody six months ago we've seen brave women and allies stand up against the oppressive Iranian government. Hundreds have been killed and thousands have been... - New South Wales Election (1 speech)
This Saturday the people of New South Wales are going to the polls. When you enter that booth, you'll be presented with a choice between giving the reheated leftovers of the Liberals and... - Spinal Cord Injuries (1 speech)
It only takes a second—a single second—for our lives and the lives of our families to be changed forever. It could be a car accident, a sporting injury, a fall from a roof or a swim... - Gender and Sexual Orientation: Protests (1 speech)
I'm so proud of my home state of Tasmania today. A few days ago, on the steps of Parliament House in Spring Street in Melbourne, we saw a pathetically small group of transphobes standing next to... - Laverty, Mr Declan, Northern Territory: Crime (1 speech)
I'd like to update the Senate on an incredibly tragic event that occurred in the Northern Territory in the past couple of days. On Sunday night, 20-year-old Declan Laverty went to work—a... - Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (1 speech)
Today I have a personal story to convey, and it involves both my niece and her son. When she was four years old, my niece Sarah was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Her readings were hard to... - Iraq War: 20th Anniversary (1 speech)
March this year is the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, led by the United States and its lackeys, including, shamefully, this country. The Iraq war was bloody, aggressive and illegal. It... - Homelessness (1 speech)
The ABS published data today showing that nearly one in 200 people were homeless on census night in 2021. The data shows that 122,494 people were estimated to be experiencing homelessness at the...
