Senate debates
Thursday, 9 November 2023
- Tasmania: Salmon Industry (1 speech)
Tasmanians could be forgiven for having a moment of deja vu, given what they're seeing from the Labor government at this point in time with the threats that are being made to the salmon industry... - New England: Health Care (1 speech)
In 2022, during the election campaign, I did a press conference with Labor's candidate for New England, Laura Hughes, and committed a new Labor government to an urgent care clinic for Tamworth.... - Gladstone Hospital (1 speech)
Last week I hosted a public forum in my home of Gladstone to hear from the community about their experiences with the local health system. I heard one thing very clearly: the people of Gladstone... - Israel (1 speech)
Some words made by others are so profound they deserve repeating in this place, and so it is with the courageous statement by Australian Holocaust survivors, which I'll quote from: We, the... - Workplace Relations: DP World (1 speech)
DP World, the Dubai state owned port operator, has announced it will dramatically increase the fees and charges for Australian companies and owner-drivers at ports across Australia. DP World are... - Workplace Relations Legislation (1 speech)
Today Senator Pocock and I succeeded in splitting out four parts of the government's closing the loopholes bill. The crossbench got this bill on the day it was tabled in the lower house. This is... - Fordham, Mr Steven (1 speech)
Heroes come in many shapes and sizes, but not many of us here would envisage a hero who stands about five foot six, looks like Ned Kelly and always wears hi-vis as he wanders around the Hunter... - Northern Territory: Bushfires (1 speech)
I want to reach out to our bushfire services across Australia, but especially in the Northern Territory at the moment, where we've had significant fires burning for quite a long time over the... - McBride, Mr David William (1 speech)
As bombs rain down on Gaza and the world watches yet another brutal, unjust war, could there be a better time for us to reflect upon the importance of whistleblowers? Could there be a worse time... - Climate Change Legislation (1 speech)
Today, I want to give a special shout-out to a group of students in Queensland who are doing a three-week 'study-in' outside the Queensland parliament. They are doing this because they are... - Bowel Cancer (1 speech)
Bowel cancer is one of the leading causes of death in Australia, with the disease claiming over 5,300 lives a year. For too long, this disease has been labelled as a killer of older people, when,... - Digital Economy (1 speech)
As a servant to the many different people who make up our one Queensland community, I draw attention to yesterday's Optus outage. Payment terminals using the Optus network went down, requiring... - Work-Life Balance (1 speech)
I want to draw senators' attention to a pressing issue that affects the lives of countless workers in Australia: unfair rostering. Australian workers are not adequately protected from... - Murray-Darling Basin (4 speeches)
I rise today to share the profound effect that a recent visit to Echuca and along the Murray River and its surrounds had on me. During a small-plane flight over the area, I witnessed firsthand... - Workplace Relations: DP World (2 speeches)
I know my time will be cut short, so I will be quick. I want to follow on from the words of my esteemed colleague Senator Tony Sheldon earlier on and talk about DP World. Just like Qantas, DP...
