Senate debates
Thursday, 30 March 2023
- Aston By-Election (1 speech)
Today I wish to put on the record the clear choice the people of Aston face this Saturday in selecting their next member of parliament. If elected on Saturday, the Liberal Party's Roshena... - Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about the free trade agreement that Australia has finally been able to seal with the United Kingdom. We heard the welcome news that royal assent was given to legislation to... - Domestic and Family Violence, Housing Affordability (1 speech)
Domestic violence shelters in Queensland are at breaking point. Frontline services are struggling to find space for women and children who are escaping violence. With a 15 per cent rise in DV, it... - Western Australia: Road Infrastructure (1 speech)
You can't get very far in Western Australia unless you travel on a road. So, why is it that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers, supported by WA Labor members of the House... - Victoria: Capital Grants Program (3 speeches)
Since my election May 2022 I have had the pleasure of visiting schools around Victoria to see the new facilities and spaces funded by the government's Capital Grants Program. The Capital Grants... - Medicinal Cannabis, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (1 speech)
Let me give you 25 billion more reasons to legalise cannabis, because, according to data on cannabis use, supplied by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, the currently illegal... - Climate Change (1 speech)
I rise to speak today to call out the hypocrisy of the Labor and Greens parties, who are pursuing a big Australia policy. We'll have more than 600,000 immigrants arrive in the next two years.... - New South Wales Election, Economy (1 speech)
Last weekend, New South Wales voted for a Minns Labor government. They also voted to scrap the punitive wage cap that the Liberals and Nationals forced onto essential public sector workers,... - Work-Life Balance (1 speech)
On Monday I introduced the right to disconnect bill in the Senate in response to the public's call for better working time regulation in line with the recommendations of the Senate inquiry into... - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (8 speeches)
This morning, the Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 was introduced in the other place. The voice is supposedly about giving First Nations people a say in... - COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
As a servant to the many different people who make up our one Queensland community, this Easter I refer to Luke 23 describing governor of Judea Pontius Pilate's trial of Jesus. Under the custom... - Tasmania: Housing (2 speeches)
Tasmania is currently facing a housing and rental crisis. There are over 4,000 people on the public housing waiting list, and Hobart is the most unaffordable city to rent in in the entire...
