Senate debates
Thursday, 7 December 2023
- Gas Industry (1 speech)
As we approach the end of the parliamentary year, we have seen this week a government willing to do dodgy backroom deals to ram legislation through this place—legislation that is not in the... - Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to and remember the five South Australian women who were murdered at the hands of a partner in the last month, and all of those other women murdered before them. The scourge... - Sotounzadeh, Mr Hamid, Bangladesh: General Election (1 speech)
On 9 February, Hamid Sotounzadeh was peacefully protesting—peacefully—the brutality of the Iranian regime outside the Iranian embassy in Canberra. We all saw what followed—a... - Labor Government (8 speeches)
Merry Christmas everyone. Here's 'The 12 days of Christmas under Labor': On the first day of Christmas, Labor gave to me Mr Watt's ban on live exports, destroying families. On the second day of... - Yirrkala Bark Petitions (1 speech)
I'd like to inform the Senate of the important return of the missing Yirrkala bark petition. It's one of four sent by the Yolngu people of north-east Arnhem Land to the Commonwealth parliament in... - Valedictory (1 speech)
'Oh and it's Christmas!' I won't sing in here. It's okay; I'll save you all from that. But I've been making a list and checking it twice. I already know who's been naughty and nice in this... - Tasmania: Industry (1 speech)
Once again, the Labor Party are showing their true colours by teaming up with green activists to put Tasmanian aquaculture jobs under threat. The decision by the Minister for the Environment and... - Road Transport Industry (1 speech)
In the debate on the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill, Liberal and Nationals senators repeatedly referred to the needs of business to justify their low-wage agenda. If... - Climate Change (1 speech)
Our planet is in trouble. For years we've had too much talk and too little action by the major parties—years of stalling from National and Liberal parties and too little from Labor. Just... - Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
Last week I marched with local organisations Rotary, Zonta, Amnesty, DVCS, Vinnies and other frontline organisations calling for an end to violence against women and for more support for... - Education Standards (1 speech)
The last thing students need right now is less time in the classroom. With declining academic standards in Australian schools such a critical issue, no school should be cutting attendance and... - Homelessness (1 speech)
As we go about the business of the Senate today in the Labor Party's normal chaotic, despotic manner, out there in Labor's heartland everyday Australians are sleeping in tents in public parks and... - Cost of Living (4 speeches)
Prices at supermarket check-outs are going through the roof while Coles and Woolies are raking in billions of dollars in profits. What critical issue is the centrepiece of the government's... - Valedictory (1 speech)
On a day where it has been fantastic to be a senator here in Australia, I just want to end the year on a happy note. It has been a happy note all day. I want to put out a special 'merry... - Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
Merry Christmas to you, Senator Sterle, as well, and congratulations on your contribution. But we did hear some very, very lame contributions for two-minute statements from some senators there....
