Senate debates
Tuesday, 5 September 2023
- Tasmania: Cancer Care (1 speech)
At the last election the Albanese Labor government made a commitment to support ongoing cancer services at the W.P. Holman Clinic in Launceston. This was a great announcement, and I'm pleased... - Gender and Sexual Orientation (9 speeches)
Australians were shocked to see our first female prime minister, Julia Gillard, dodging the question 'What is a woman?' when asked recently by a member of the Women's Rights Network Australia at... - Cost of Living (1 speech)
Poverty is a political choice. It's a choice made every day by the government of this country when they choose to keep the rate of income support below the poverty line, and every day that they... - Great Barrier Reef (1 speech)
September 7 marks National Threatened Species Day, a day that commemorates the death of the last Tasmanian tiger in 1936. Fortunately, our practices towards threatened species have changed... - Australian Defence Force: Disaster Management (1 speech)
I'm currently hosting an ADF member from the Royal Australian Air Force in Williamtown, New South Wales. Leading Aircraftwoman Milliscent Cox, or Milli, as we affectionately know her, is with the... - Sex Industry (1 speech)
The Summary Offences (Prostitution Law Reform) Amendment Bill 2023, introduced by my friend and colleague the Hon. Nicola Centofanti MLC in the South Australian state parliament last week, seeks... - Government Accountability (1 speech)
Every member of parliament gets the toughest job interview there is. Those people up there—the press, the journalists—put a microscope on our lives. They go through everything we've... - Economy (1 speech)
Yesterday the government finally shed light on its Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill, or, more aptly, it should be called the 'closing down Australian business' bill. The... - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
On 14 October I will be voting yes in the referendum to enshrine a First Nations Voice in our Constitution. I'll be doing that because not only do I think it's the right thing to do but I think... - Aviation Industry (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about a Labor government in crisis. A transport minister who spent 12 months failing to make decisions suddenly makes one in the national interest. It has been more than... - Cost of Living, Minister for Defence, Premier of Queensland (3 speeches)
I spend my life travelling around Queensland as a proud LNP senator. Across these travels I speak to and listen to thousands of Queenslanders on the many issues that impact how they live their... - Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (1 speech)
I speak tonight in the context of the disability royal commission. The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability is scheduled to make its final... - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to a young Queenslander who I met recently, who is finishing grade 12 and who has just turned 18. Now, I would like to be able to state the young Queenslander's name. I... - Covid-19 (1 speech)
As a servant to the many different people who make up our one Queensland community, tonight, on the fourth anniversary of COVID-19, I ask the Senate to consider the latest scientific discoveries....
