Senate debates
Tuesday, 7 November 2023
- Aged Care (1 speech)
Labor went to the last election promising to put the care back into aged care. Instead, we're seeing the exact opposite, with the government turning a blind eye as providers struggle to keep... - Education (1 speech)
Over the next two weeks, over 12,000 South Australian students will sit their SACE exams—their final exams after a long career in the school system. I want to acknowledge that this is a... - Violence Against Women (1 speech)
The murders of five women in just 10 days last month must increase the urgency of governments and communities to tackle men's violence against women and their children. Seven... - Members of Parliament: Staff (1 speech)
I rise to speak about an appalling line of questions that was asked in the Senate Community Affairs Committee earlier today in relation to the former staff of my good friend Senator Reynolds. I'm... - Melbourne Cup (1 speech)
Today I want to highlight the immense significance of the 2023 Melbourne Cup carnival, an event that goes far beyond the exhilarating races and extravagant fashion. The race that stops the nation... - Tasmania: Foreign Investment (1 speech)
The Prime Minister is back from China. Apparently, there were warm handshakes all around, but the PM is saying that the meeting wasn't transactional, which I guess means that we didn't promise... - Great Barrier Reef Arena (1 speech)
Recently, I had the privilege to visit the newly upgraded Great Barrier Reef Arena in Mackay with the member for Dawson, Mr Andrew Willcox. The former coalition government invested $10 million to... - Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (1 speech)
After a child is diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Australian families and these children find themselves in a world of unknowns, unsure about what will happen next or how to best... - Palestine: Gaza (5 speeches)
On 18 October, as the State of Israel was raining bombs down on Gaza, as civilians perished and hospitals lay in ruins, the Labor and Liberal parties passed a motion through this place that said... - Community Services (1 speech)
Almost a fortnight ago, I sat down with a roomful of Canberra's heroes—frontline service providers here in the ACT delivering desperately needed services to some of the most vulnerable in... - Politics (1 speech)
I rise today to make a speech on behalf of Sophia Huckel from the Blue Mountains Grammar School. Sophia spent a week during the last sitting period as a work experience student in my office and,... - National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
I rise to urge the Albanese Labor government to get a move on with reining in the out-of-control National Disability Insurance Scheme. Since announcing a reboot of the NDIS, this government has... - Aviation Industry: People with Disability (1 speech)
Broken wheelchairs, the ignoring of instructions and disabled people being bumped off flights—the list of injustices suffered by disabled people at the hands of Australia's airlines goes on... - Cost of Living (1 speech)
It's Melbourne Cup day today, and normally most Australians would be looking forward to three o'clock—having a bit of a punt, a chicken sandwich and a glass of bubbles as they await the...
