Senate debates
Monday, 27 March 2023
- Climate Change: Safeguard Mechanism (1 speech)
We just heard in the speech by Senator Hanson-Young that the dodgy deal by Labor and the Greens announced today to introduce a new carbon tax is a massive new stop sign in front of every coal,... - Federation of Ethnic Communities Council of Australia (1 speech)
The Federation of Ethnic Communities Council of Australia, also known as FECCA, is the national peak body representing Australians from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Last... - Gambling Advertising (1 speech)
I rise today to reflect on the latest figures that show that more than half of Australians—in fact, two-thirds—want to see urgent action taken to curb gambling advertising on our... - Goods and Services Tax (1 speech)
ITH () (): Wall-to-wall Labor on the Australian mainland has sent a shiver down the spines of Western Australians. Wall-to-wall Labor on the mainland is now wall-to-wall opposition to the GST... - Laverty, Mr Declan (1 speech)
In Darwin over the weekend, hundreds of Territorians gathered outside Parliament House following the tragic death of young 20-year-old Declan Laverty while he was at work. They went there to... - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
As a servant to the many different people who make up our one Queensland community, I propose there should not be a new body called the Voice. The Voice, if a referendum approves, would... - National Reconstruction Fund (3 speeches)
Well, hypocrisy has a name, and it's the Labor-Greens alliance. We've heard it here today. The Greens stand up in this chamber and while they're attacking 'corporate welfare and worse', railing... - National Banksia Sustainability Awards (1 speech)
I'm very pleased to stand here today in the Senate as a North Queenslander. Not only am I very lucky and proud to have the Great Barrier Reef on my doorstep, and all the jobs that the Great... - Tasmania: Timber Industry (1 speech)
The definition of ecocide: severe harm to nature and mass damage and destruction of ecosystems committed repeatedly over decades. Senators, this is a photograph of what ecocide looks like. This... - Australian Law Reform Commission (1 speech)
ET (—) (): Christian schools educate almost one-third of Australian schoolchildren, but, thanks to the Australian Law Reform Commission, Christian schools are under threat. The ALRC wants... - National Electrical and Communication Association (1 speech)
As we all know, Australia is currently facing a skills shortage. To address this, we need organisations with the experience and passion to train our apprentices and tradespeople. I wish to... - Early Childhood Education (1 speech)
I am being flooded with messages from early childhood educators. They're understaffed, underresourced and underpaid, but we give them one of the most important jobs in the world to do. They're... - Australian Capital Territory: Small Business (1 speech)
The ACT is full of innovative small businesses. Over the past few months, my team and I have visited dozens of small-business owners, entrepreneurs and passionate advocates of innovation in... - Medical Workforce (1 speech)
Rural, regional and remote Australia is often the canary in the coalmine when it comes to health and the challenges that it's currently facing, and right now that could not be a truer statement.... - South Australia: First Nations Voice (1 speech)
When you come from the best state in the country, as I do, you are given many, many opportunities to feel proud, and Sunday was no exception, when the great state of South Australia became the...
