Senate debates
Tuesday, 1 August 2023
- Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme (1 speech)
'Embarrassed' and 'humiliated'—these are the words that Minister Shorten rightly chooses to describe how the opposition should feel about its cruel, vicious and disgusting conduct in going... - Chinese Communist Party (1 speech)
Communism has been a scourge on humanity since its inception. It's an ideology that minimises, oppresses and brutalises human beings, and it has led to the deaths of tens of millions of men,... - Australian Public Service (1 speech)
Beating up on the Public Service is a popular pastime in this place. I know I have been guilty of it from time to time; I will confess my sins there. It's worth remembering that the majority of... - Oil and Gas Exploration: Protests (1 speech)
An incident happened this morning in Perth that should shock every Australian and should certainly shock every member of this place. At 6.45 am, three protesters invaded the private residence of... - Energy (1 speech)
Labor says families will be better off under them, but families don't see it that way when they open their electricity bills. Labor's dream of decarbonising the electricity system without nuclear... - Parliamentary Privileges Act (1 speech)
I rise to provide some comments in relation to a recent case in the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory and on how it bears to the interpretation of parliamentary privilege and its... - Medicinal Cannabis (1 speech)
I recently went public on the fact that I have joined the more than 300,000 Australians who are legally accessing medicinal cannabis in this country. I may well be the first politician who has... - COVID-19: Response, Climate Change (1 speech)
As a servant of the many different people who make up our one Queensland community, tonight I'm going to speak about the need for a royal commission into the federal government's response to...
