Senate debates
Friday, 24 March 2023
- Merredin (1 speech)
On a bit of a change of tone, and hopefully in a more positive light, when we've just seen a very sad reflection on this place and in that response from Senator Watt—to be perfectly honest,... - Yunupingu, Ms Yalmay (1 speech)
I'd like to share with the Senate the incredible career and work of one of our educators, a dear friend in the remote East Arnhem region, Yalmay Yunupingu. Having spent more than 40 years working... - New South Wales State Election (1 speech)
Tomorrow, the people of New South Wales will go to vote. Frankly, the election cannot come too soon. Twelve years of a rotten Liberal-National government have done immense damage to New South... - Laverty, Mr Declan, Darwin: Crime (1 speech)
Declan Laverty was a young man living in Darwin with his father, who described Declan as a wonderful, opinionated, strong lad who loved his football, was working to become a musician, and was... - Australian Constitution: Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
It's been a huge and positive week. We have seen significant progress on a First Nations Voice referendum. Australia's Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill passed through this chamber... - Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
As a servant to the many amazing people who make up our one Queensland community, I note that if an everyday Australian steals a few thousand dollars they go to jail, yet if a banker steals $4.7... - Faith-Based Schools (1 speech)
The Labor government want to destroy faith based schooling, and they have engaged the Australian Law Reform Commission, through its recent consultation paper entitled Religious Education... - Labor Government (1 speech)
It has been a long week here in parliament, so I thought that, to help us shake it off, I would bring a little cheer to the chamber. When my staff wrote this speech, I should have said no, but I... - New South Wales State Election (1 speech)
Tomorrow is the New South Wales state election, and there is a stark choice for voters on gambling reform. For too long, the gambling industry has been untouchable in New South Wales because of... - World Indigenous Tourism Summit (1 speech)
Last week I had the honour of attending the World Indigenous Tourism Summit in Perth, where I spent two days learning about First Nations tourism around the world, how different countries are... - Chorus Melville (1 speech)
Earlier this year I had the pleasure of hosting a visit by the Leader of the Opposition, the Hon. Peter Dutton, to Western Australia. He met with multiple organisations that have been... - Tasmania: Housing Australia Future Fund (1 speech)
I asked the government yesterday how many homes their Housing Australia Future Fund was going to build in Tasmania. They did not say. I asked for a number: I didn't get one. This government talks... - Marine Environment (1 speech)
Today I'd to bring the Senate's attention to an important article published in the prestigious journal Nature just yesterday, 'Continent-wide declines in shallow reef life over a decade of ocean... - Gender And Sexual Orientation (1 speech)
I must say that I was eating my breakfast this morning, flicking through my Twitter account, only to find out that I'd been copping smears from the other side, where I was accused of, basically,... - New South Wales State Election (2 speeches)
A few quick reasons to vote for Labor and Chris Minns tomorrow. Mr Perrottet has flogged off our roads, electricity, ports and housing to his mates on the cheap, and now he wants to privatise...
