Senate debates
Tuesday, 17 October 2023
- Spinal Cord Injuries (1 speech)
Today, approximately 20,800 Australians live with serious spinal cord injuries, often the result of very traumatic accidents. These injuries have a devastating impact on the quality of life and... - National Bird Week, Environment (1 speech)
Today is one of the days in National Bird Week. If you've got 20 minutes to spend in your backyard or your favourite place, BirdLife Australia would be delighted to hear a list of the birds you... - Centrelink (1 speech)
On 11 August, Services Australia announced they would be closing the South Melbourne Centrelink office, with no plans to open a new office anywhere in the local area. The timing of this closure... - Australian Constitution: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
On Saturday just gone, Saturday 14 October, Australians rejected Labor's idea to enshrine a legislated Voice to Parliament in our Constitution. They rejected the proposal because, when they... - Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month (1 speech)
October is officially recognised as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. This is an important time to come together in recognition of women and their families across our community who have... - Royal Commission Into Defence And Veteran Suicide (2 speeches)
I did an interview last week with an ABC journalist who wanted to know if I was shocked that Defence wasn't handing over documents and reports to the royal commission into veteran suicide. I wish... - Israel (2 speeches)
As this government stood together as one, decrying the atrocities conducted by the terrorists known as Hamas, as we took a stand in solidarity with Israel, a nation we have a long history with,... - Harmsen, Dr Collette Joan (1 speech)
Last weekend I joined Bob Brown and many other supporters to give Dr Colette Harmsen a hero's welcome out of prison. Collette was sentenced to three months imprisonment for her part in peaceful... - Armstrong, Mr Lance John Edward (1 speech)
WHISH-WILSON () (): Lance Armstrong passed away peacefully in his sleep in a Melbourne nursing home on 14 October 2023. He was 83 years of age. He was born in Perth Western Australia on 17... - Sri Lanka Day Multicultural Food and Cultural Festival (1 speech)
I must say what a terrific title for a book! That's pretty terrific. I rise to tell a good news story, and that is in relation to the Sri Lanka Day Multicultural Food and Cultural Festival 2023... - Australian Constitution (3 speeches)
Whatever may be said about the Voice to Parliament referendum, one thing is clear: the 'no' campaign may have won, but the real winners were equality and Australian democracy. This referendum... - Nuclear Weapons (1 speech)
The fifteenth of October marked 70 years since the first mainland nuclear testing conducted in Australia. Emu Field in South Australia was the site of Operation Totem, a pair of nuclear tests... - Israel (1 speech)
I rise again to continue my remarks from yesterday condemning the heinous attacks on Israelis by Hamas. Make no mistake: we saw last Saturday some of the most heinous crimes conducted against... - Road Vehicle Standards (4 speeches)
It's take 2 on my endeavours to let the Senate know about the wonderful announcement I made a few weeks ago at the Kenworth truck yard in Bayswater.
