Senate debates
Friday, 16 June 2023
- Tasmania: Mining Industry (1 speech)
Thank you, Acting Deputy President, and allow me to change gears now to talk about a different matter, equally important! It's the matter of the state of Tasmania, a place of which I am very... - South Australia: Eyre Peninsula (1 speech)
Today I want to talk about the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. I have stood in this chamber many times before and spoken about various issues, projects, towns and exciting things that happen... - Yates, Mr Dean (1 speech)
I want to give a shout-out in the Australian Senate today for a good mate of mine—fellow Tasmanian Dean Yates. Dean is a highly experienced and acclaimed journalist who spent 20 years... - Education (1 speech)
I rise to raise serious concerns about declining standards in Australian schools, which are arguably escalating under the Albanese government. In the May budget papers we learnt that 11 per cent... - Workplace Relations (1 speech)
If you're an elected representative in this parliament, the public deserves to know what you stand for. I'm for better wages and better working conditions, whether you be an employee or a... - Infrastructure (1 speech)
There is no better way to create jobs in this country than by building infrastructure. Yet we see the Albanese Labor government cutting funding for infrastructure projects in the latest federal... - Aged Care (2 speeches)
At the last election, or during the campaign, the member for Braddon and I went to Queenstown in support of Queenstown's West Coast Council to make a commitment of $3 million to support the... - PricewaterhouseCoopers (1 speech)
I rise to continue to make statements about the shameful scandal that is emerging around the practices of those who have been in charge at PwC, PricewaterhouseCoopers. The last time I stood to... - Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
Three days ago, while this parliament was consumed with weaponising the traumatic experiences of women, another woman was killed by violence, in Bedford, Western Australia. On the available... - Immigration Detention (1 speech)
It's going on 10 years since the Australian Labor Party began a program of systemic exile of forced deportation which saw thousands of people detained on Manus Island and Nauru for nothing more... - Cost of Living (1 speech)
Everyone who works in this place has sacrificed something to come here for the extraordinary privilege of representing our communities and, in the case of the Senate, our state. But this has been... - Budget (1 speech)
MARIELLE SMITH () (): The parliament is a unique institution, full of its own quirks, standing orders and ways of doing things. When children come and visit us, they go to the Parliamentary... - Parliamentary Standards (1 speech)
Today I want to send a message of love and support to the women, girls and gender diverse people out there, black, brown and white, who have experienced gender based violence and harassment. I... - Agriculture Industry (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about the disdain and ignorance with which this federal Labor government and the Labor government in my home state of WA treat the agriculture sector. I'll give you three... - Workplace Relations: Food Delivery Industry (1 speech)
I want to pay my respects to the many transport workers who have lost their lives while working in one of Australia's deadliest industries, and to their families and loved ones. The Transport...
