Senate debates
Tuesday, 2 July 2024
- Cost of Living (1 speech)
July is going to be the month that the Albanese Labor government is going to deliver new financial assistance for Australian families that are doing it tough through the cost-of-living crisis... - Education (1 speech)
The state of education in this country at the moment is absolutely dire. When the national curriculum was introduced in 2010 we were told that it would be a world-class back-to-basics system.... - Community Services (1 speech)
I rise to speak about deep and justified community concerns around the slated closure of the Shakespeare Grove Post Office in St Kilda, where I live. This vital community asset has long served as... - Social Cohesion (1 speech)
I am grateful for the opportunity to make a few comments about where I think the nation is going. One of the main reasons I joined the Liberal Party was because I had a high conviction that there... - War Memorials: Vandalism (1 speech)
As a man who has borne witness to the ravages that war has inflicted on all involved, soldier and civilian alike, and the impact on our soldiers long after the guns have fallen silent and they... - Cost of Living (1 speech)
Since I arrived in this place, the No. 1 issue that we have been dealing with is the cost-of-living crisis or the cost-of-everything crisis. The cost of everything has gone up, whether it's for... - Renal Dialysis (1 speech)
Recently I travelled to the remote outback town of Coober Pedy in South Australia, and I had the great honour of officially opening the renal dialysis clinic there. It was an emotional day for... - Christian Medical College and Hospital Ludhiana, Toowoomba International Food Festival, Senate Standing Committees on Economics (1 speech)
I'm sure, Senator, your mother would be so extremely proud of everything you've achieved. She must have been a remarkable woman. I was so pleased last Saturday night to attend a wonderful event.... - Westbrook, Eden Jayde (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about the life and sudden death of 15-year-old Eden Jayde Westbrook in 2015. Many people around the world already know Eden's story better than most people in Tasmania and... - Covid-19 (1 speech)
My Senate office held the first inquiry into COVID and response measures, called COVID Under Question, on Wednesday 23 March 2022. Another was held on Wednesday 17 August of the same year....
