Senate debates
Friday, 17 November 2023
- Albanese Government (8 speeches)
Here today we've seen the dirty deal between Labor and the Greens to guillotine legislation. What day is it today? Many on this side would know. - Youth Voice in Parliament (1 speech)
I rise today to thank Raise Our Voice Australia for organising the Raise Our Voice in Parliament campaign. Raise Our Voice's mission is to amplify the voices of young women and gender-diverse... - Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
I want to share the story of a young constituent of mine. She's a Hazara refugee who's currently in year 12 at a school in Hobart. In her own words, 'In Afghanistan under the Taliban,... - Aged Care (1 speech)
After the 2019 election, when I was appointed to the aged-care portfolio, the number of home-care packages in Australia was projected to reach 157,000 by June 2023. The waiting time for a... - Workplace Relations (1 speech)
For two years, Theo has been fighting Qantas in the District Court. Qantas cabin cleaners were told to clean planes arriving from Wuhan without disinfectant, without PPE and with nothing more... - Youth Voice in Parliament Week (1 speech)
I'm proud to share the words of Arina, a young person from WA, who raises concerns shared by me and many others who have journeyed through the Australian education system. They say: Dear... - Albanese Government: Immigration Detention (1 speech)
In the 30 years I've been working in and around this building, Parliament House, I have never ever witnessed such endemic incompetence from any government, not once—not even close. There is... - Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
STEWART () (): I want to start off by congratulating the mighty Transport Workers Union on yet another victory in the courts. Yesterday, the New South Wales District Court found Qantas guilty for... - Occupied Palestinian Territories (2 speeches)
Australians have been lucky to hear from and meet with Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, who is not afraid to speak the truth about the... - Energy (1 speech)
This morning, the Parliamentary Friends of Clean Investment, which I co-chair with Senators Grogan and Bragg, hosted Beyond Zero Emissions as they launched their battery supply chains briefing... - National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
The Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS is a committee that generally works in a bipartisan way, making recommendations constructively together after a series of inquiries. These inquiries... - Child Labour (1 speech)
As a servant to the many different people who make up our one Queensland community, I proudly advise the Senate that on the next sitting day I'll introduce One Nation's Customs Amendment... - Universities: Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault (1 speech)
University students deserve safety on campus and in residential halls, yet we know that this is so often not their experience. Two hundred and seventy-five students each week are reporting... - National Security (1 speech)
Having been a member of the Senate Select Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media, I can tell the Senate that the damage that foreign interference is doing and can do to Australian... - Youth Voice in Parliament Week (1 speech)
I'm grateful for this opportunity to deliver a speech written by Tara Innes as part of the Raise Our Voice program. 'I'm Tara, a 20-year-old resident of the Tangney electorate in Western...
