Senate debates
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
- Budget (9 speeches)
Labor has delivered a budget for all Australians—a budget that delivers a back-to-back surplus that will help reduce cost-of-living pressure and continues our commitment to improving the... - Veteran Mentors (1 speech)
Through the chair, Senator McKenzie, let me tell you what else is really happening here to our Aussie kids that the government isn't dealing with because it does not want to. But I'll tell you... - Budget (7 speeches)
Last night Jim Chalmers delivered a budget for every— - Migration (1 speech)
Last night's budget by the Albanese government again revised its migration forecast up to 395,000 people. This is well underneath the figures that we have already had come into the country this... - World Hypertension Day (1 speech)
17 May is World Hypertension Day. High blood pressure—hypertension—is a common condition that affects one in three Australian adults. That's around 6.8 million people. It's a... - People With Disability (1 speech)
I would like to share the following statistics. Please remember that SA and DV are significantly underreported. The true figures are likely much higher. The disability royal commission found that... - Grocery Prices (1 speech)
Australians are struggling now more than ever under this government. This is especially true when we pay for our groceries at the check-out. I had the privilege of recently sitting on the Senate... - Road Safety (1 speech)
Governments across all levels and the broader community have their part to play in making sure that we get home safely, because road safety is a shared responsibility. The Albanese government is... - Digital ID Bill 2024 (2 speeches)
The Australian people have spoken on Labor's dystopian digital ID legislation and firmly rejected it. Tomorrow I will table a petition signed by 65,724 people calling on the Senate to repeal this... - Live Animal Exports: Sheep (1 speech)
I'm a senator from Western Australia and I grew up on a family farm which, for most of my life, has been in sheep production—including for live export. And that is why I say: 'Keep the... - Tasmania: Dress for Success (1 speech)
I would like to commence by commending the fantastic organisation in Tasmania known as Dress for Success. It's a wonderful organisation that helps women get back into the workforce by providing... - FIFA Congress: Middle East (1 speech)
On Friday, the 74th FIFA Congress will be taking place in Bangkok, with 211 member associations gathering to vote on key issues relating to the FIFA World Cup. The Palestinian Football... - Budget (1 speech)
Cheap houses, cheap power bills, cheaper groceries and hope for the future—that's what a good budget should deliver. Treasurer Jim Chalmers's third budget fails to deliver on all of these... - Goods and Services Tax: Infrastructure (1 speech)
The GST is a lifeblood for small jurisdictions to be able to deliver essential services, and Tasmania is no exception. In last night's budget, delivered by Treasurer Chalmers—his third... - Mental Health (1 speech)
If budgets are about priorities, it's a sad day when we see $11 billion in fossil fuel subsidies and just one per cent of that going to new mental health funding—$111 million per year in... - Tasmania: Hospitals (1 speech)
In most states, if the main hospital in their capital city cancelled life-saving surgeries because there were not enough beds available that day, people would probably be pretty shocked, but in... - Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
'Repeat, repeat, repeat. Not response. Lacklustre. Underwhelming.' That was my response to reading and listening to the budget, and the sector is already saying the same thing. The budget failed... - Budget (2 speeches)
I rise to congratulate the Labor Treasurer in the Albanese government, the Hon. Jim Chalmers, for a budget that is attending to the real challenges that Australians are facing right now but is...
