Senate debates
Wednesday, 29 March 2023
- Western Australia: Floods (1 speech)
With the five minutes I have, I want to put some happiness into what was a dire situation in January this year up at Fitzroy Crossing in the Kimberley in WA. We all know the damage that was done.... - Parliamentary Friends of Dementia (1 speech)
Today I am delighted to talk about Friends of Dementia. We had an event here at Parliament House this morning. It's hard to believe, but that friendship group has been going for 20 years. That's... - Cashless Debit Card (1 speech)
Senators statements is a great time to be able to hear from senators and the issues that they really care about. I am following on from two very good presentations here to the Senate. Firstly,... - Climate Change (1 speech)
Often in this place I feel the weight of our duty—our duty to our kids, our duty to young people in our community like those sitting up in the gallery, our duty to future generations. We're... - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Workplace Relations (1 speech)
Like many in this place, I'm a very strong supporter of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voice to the parliament. It's pretty simple in my mind. Should Indigenous Australians be... - Infrastructure (1 speech)
The former coalition government had an ambitious infrastructure investment agenda. We were delivering a $120 billion, 10-year infrastructure pipeline of projects providing certainty to help... - National Indigenous Australians Agency (1 speech)
The $4.5 billion per year National Indigenous Australians Agency has been quick to deny it's been developing demands to be made by the Voice to Parliament which were revealed in a letter sent to... - Housing Australia Future Fund (1 speech)
As a member of the previous opposition, I was very passionate about housing policy in this country. I spoke many times in this chamber about the need to invest in social and affordable housing.... - Parliamentary Friends of Dementia, Finance and Public Administration References Committee (3 speeches)
Before I begin my substantive contribution today, can I acknowledge the statement made by Senator Polley earlier in senators' statements in her role as co-chair of the Parliamentary Friends of... - Police (1 speech)
I wish to speak about the ongoing horrors of police violence and brutality in this country. The police are an armed branch of this racist, colonial project who have persecuted First Nations... - Central Bank Digital Currency (1 speech)
While Australians are closely watching the Reserve Bank's movements on interest rates each and every month, there is another activity of the Reserve Bank that demands our close inspection. In... - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
I wish to bring to the attention of the Senate some commentary recently—even as recent as in Senators' statements—on the Voice here and in the other house. I remind senators and...
