Senate debates
Thursday, 22 August 2024
- Rural and Regional Health Services, Daffodil Day (1 speech)
Today I rise to shine a light on the incredible work and achievement of my local community in Renmark to improve women's health outcomes through a holistic approach to health care. The struggle... - Adult Age, Adult Wage (1 speech)
This week I met with a delegation of young people from across Australia who travelled to Parliament House to advocate for the SDA's Adult Age, Adult Wage campaign. These young Australians came to... - Middle East: Migration, McBride, Mr David William (1 speech)
This week I met with Betelhem and Abbas, two refugees who came here a decade ago. They sought asylum to flee persecution and try to rebuild their lives. While many people in the community have... - Small Business (1 speech)
Recently I was speaking to a small-business owner in Melbourne who was telling me that she was in talks with her accountant to close down her small business because it was simply no longer... - Regional University Study Hubs (1 speech)
Our government has set an ambitious target that, by 2050, 80 per cent of the workforce will have a qualification. But today that figure is sitting at around 60 per cent. We know that, to reach... - Rural and Regional Australia (1 speech)
I rise to speak on behalf of the seven million Australians who do not live in capital cities. This Albanese Labor government has instigated a war on rural and regional Australia, with not one... - Tasmania: Health Care (1 speech)
Around 50 per cent of people living in my home state of Tasmania live outside the metropolitan city. For those who are living in the towns and regions across our state, accessing services in... - Paid Parental Leave: Superannuation (1 speech)
Acting Deputy President Walsh, they say good things come to those who wait, and you and I both know that Australian women have been waiting a very long time to have a government that is prepared... - Discrimination (1 speech)
I'm a staunchly proud migrant Muslim woman of colour. I'm not afraid of telling the truth. I'm not afraid of calling out racism, sexism or bigotry, even though I know that there will be a price... - Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
I rise to speak about an increasingly urgent issue impacting a growing number of Australians: scams. I asked a question about scams in question time. In 2023, there was an 18.3 per cent increase... - Community Legal WA (1 speech)
This week, I met with Community Legal WA and was alarmed to hear of the currently unresolved funding crisis that they are under under this government. Between 2022 and 2023, community legal... - International Relations (1 speech)
It's time for politicians to focus on fixing the problems here in Australia before getting involved in foreign conflict. Last night, yet another motion appeared in the nightly Senate notices from... - Youth Homelessness (1 speech)
Seventy-six thousand—that is the number of children in Australia who have sought help from homelessness services in the last year. Over 15,000 of those have been reported to be from my home... - Economy (1 speech)
This week in this chamber, Senator McDonald raised the pressing issue of falling iron ore prices and the massive impact on Australian finances. For decades, Western Australia has been the engine... - Arthritis Australia (1 speech)
Today I was delighted to be part of Arthritis Australia's parliamentary summit on better care for arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions. Many of you would have seen the news the other day...
