Senate debates
Thursday, 15 August 2024
- Health Care: Intravenous Fluid Products (1 speech)
A severe shortage of saline IV fluids has hit hospitals across Australia. Saline IV bags, as we all know, are absolutely critical to the emergency health care provided to patients in our... - Workplace Relations: Early Childhood Education (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate our nation's early childhood educators, particularly Cass, who visited me this week with her three-month-old son, Archie. It's wonderful to know that earlier childhood... - Great Barrier Reef (1 speech)
Last week, the Australian Institute of Marine Science reported that the water temperatures in the Great Barrier Reef are the warmest that they have been in 400 years. Record-high water... - India (1 speech)
On this date in 1947 we saw the birth of a proud and sovereign nation with a long and rich civilisational and cultural history. On this date in 1947 India attained its independence. That... - Albany Surf Life Saving Club, Albany Motorsport Park, Korean War Armistice: 71st Anniversary (1 speech)
I recently visited the beautiful city of Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. With the wonderful local member, Rebecca Stephens, I attended the AGM of the Albany Surf Life... - Vietnam Veterans' Day (1 speech)
I asked for leave to move a motion today that the Senate acknowledges this Sunday 18 August is Vietnam Veterans' Day. On that date 58 years ago, 108 soldiers faced an enemy that outnumbered them... - Bangladesh (1 speech)
In the last few weeks, we have seen horrendous and horrific scenes in Bangladesh where former prime minister Hasina has been allowing extraordinary violence to be perpetrated against peaceful... - Workplace Relations: Early Childhood Education (1 speech)
Along with so many Australians every day, I know that what matters most at school or kindy drop-off is the person who is taking the hand of my child as I walk out the door to work. It makes a... - Human Rights (1 speech)
The inquiry into Australia's human rights framework delivered its report in May this year with a very clear recommendation for a legislated enforceable human rights act. This is a... - Cost of Living (1 speech)
I start by associating myself with the comments of Senator Bragg in his two-minute statement. Today I'd like to talk about the cost of living and just how grim things are for so many Australians.... - Water (1 speech)
I rise to tell a tale of two different approaches to water policy. On the one hand, in the Murray-Darling Basin, you have consultants at every river bend. For far too long, communities have been... - Competition Policy (1 speech)
Qantas CEO Vanessa Hudson recently declared that no new airlines could survive in Australia; that was about Bonza. We've since seen Rex's demise, leaving two companies running three major... - Middle East (1 speech)
Well, another day, another racist dog-whistle. While the Israeli government continues to bomb schools and refugee shelters in Gaza, Peter Dutton is calling for those in Gaza to be blocked from... - Afghanistan (1 speech)
Today marks three years since the fall of Kabul and three years since the return of the Taliban. Despite repeated assurances that Afghanistan would not again become a safe haven for terrorists,... - Oxenham, Ms Helen Patricia, OAM (2 speeches)
I rise today to pay tribute to a pioneer of family and domestic violence services in our state and a truly great South Australian, Helen Oxenham, who passed away in July. Helen was of a...
