Senate debates
Wednesday, 26 June 2024
- Wages (3 speeches)
Thank you, Deputy President, and a mighty job you've done today. - Cancer (1 speech)
I rise today, on Rare Cancers Awareness Day, to speak to the Community Affairs References Committee report which was presented on Friday 17 May. The inquiry examined the equitable access to... - Cost of Living (1 speech)
Each week, my office hears from members of the community who are experiencing deep hardship and frustration in many parts of Western Australia. In every part of our state, people are struggling... - Workplace Relations: Wilmar Sugar (1 speech)
I'm very pleased today to rise in the Senate to talk about hardworking Queenslanders and their efforts to get increased pay rises in North Queensland—not just for themselves but to benefit... - Energy (1 speech)
Just like all mothers, I want to know I'm doing the best I can to secure the best possible future for my children, my grandchildren and their children. I want to know that their energy source is... - Australian Defence Force (1 speech)
Some commentators question whether we should have warriors in the Australian Defence Force. My answer to that question is emphatic: yes, we should. Australians ask the government to protect them... - Royal Australian Air Force: Bomber Command (1 speech)
I welcome the recent announcement of the major new exhibition being planned for the Australian War Memorial which pays tribute to the unheralded role of the 10,000 Australian airmen who flew with... - Northern Territory: Malandarri Festival (1 speech)
I'd like to share with the Senate a few events that have taken place in the Northern Territory over the few weeks since we last sat. One of the places that I'd like to speak about is my home... - Racism (1 speech)
Thank you, Acting Deputy President O'Sullivan. I don't know about you, but I am sick of being told Australia is a racist country. Let me tell you, when it comes to the subject of racism in this... - Nuclear Energy (2 speeches)
We have recently seen the opposition's announcement of their unicorn plan to establish nuclear reactors in communities right around Australia. They've always had this on their agenda, but they... - Cairns: Water (1 speech)
What would you call a broken promise? Maybe you seek to deceive, to delude, to falsify, to mislead or to con? In April 2022 then Labor opposition leader Anthony Albanese visited Cairns during the... - Budget (1 speech)
The first of July is an important day. From next week, people in my home state of Victoria will receive a raft of cost-of-living assistance implemented by the Albanese Labor government, starting... - Digital ID Bill 2024 (1 speech)
Earlier this year, Labor rushed their Digital ID legislation through parliament without allowing for a proper, informed debate. In light of this manoeuvre, I am today introducing a bill to repeal... - First Nations Australians (1 speech)
A treaty is a binding formal agreement, a contract or other written instrument that establishes obligations between two or more sovereign entities. A treaty can allow parties to come together and... - Women's Economic Security (1 speech)
It's almost 1 July, which means real cost-of-living relief for all Australians, especially Australian women. Our government is putting women at the centre of our economic plan—women like... - Economy (2 speeches)
The Reserve Bank has just announced the inflation rate for May as four per cent, which is above the expected rate of 3.8 per cent. What's even worse is that the underlying inflation rate, which... - Women (1 speech)
The Albanese Labor government is putting women and gender equality at the heart of Australia's economic plan. We are committed to making women's lives safer and to getting a fairer economic deal... - Housing (1 speech)
Every politician in this building, me included, is about to pocket another pay rise. This is being piled on top of already beyond-generous pay, and it's hard to stomach a pay increase when so... - Coalmining Industry (2 speeches)
Last week, I drove out from Rockhampton to Emerald to attend the AG-Grow farm field days—wonderful days, wonderful events—out there. There's a lot of positivity around the farming... - Racism (1 speech)
Australia is a great country, but I fear that we are degrading our standards very heavily. In the past few weeks, I've been very concerned about the dropping of our standards and the dropping of... - Cost of Living (1 speech)
I want to inform the Senate of five things the Albanese Labor government will be doing in five days time to support Australians with the cost of living. On 1 July we're delivering more relief in... - James Boag Brewery (1 speech)
The invisible line marked by James Boag Brewery and Cascade Brewery has divided the north and south of Tasmania for well over 150 years, but I can assure you it is fading. It's fading because... - Fraser, Mr Andrew Raymond Gordon, Cameron, Mr John, AM (1 speech)
There are many big issues here today. On a bit of indulgence, I want to do some thanking. The New South Wales Nationals held their party conference in Wagga Wagga just last weekend, in the... - Energy (2 speeches)
While the coalition has been chasing its nuclear unicorn, Australian Manufacturing Workers Union members working at Muja Power Station have been fighting for a just transition for nearly a... - Nuclear Energy (2 speeches)
I did. It's good to beat Senator Watt—and we're going to beat him at the next election. The Labor Party have got one thing for the next election, and that is the great old scare campaign....
