Senate debates
Tuesday, 19 November 2024
- Medicare (1 speech)
When the Minister for Health and Aged Care, Mark Butler, and the Albanese Labor government committed to tripling the bulk-billing incentives so more GPs would bulk-bill their patients, I knew... - United States of America (1 speech)
Despite all of the complaining, the whinging and the fearmongering from the media in the United States, Donald Trump soared to victory in the recent presidential election, and the levels of... - Cost of Living (1 speech)
Communities in Western Australia are being smashed right now. From the Kimberley to Perth to Esperance, the effects are being felt by all of us. The rising cost of living is hitting our... - Higher Education (1 speech)
I am really pleased tonight to rise in the Senate and to speak about our government's policy to make fee-free TAFE permanent. Last week Matt Smith, candidate for Leichhardt, and I visited the... - Small Business (1 speech)
Last week I visited one of Melbourne's most iconic destinations, the Queen Victoria Market, with our Liberal candidate for Melbourne, Stephanie Hunt. The market is known as much for its history... - Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme Select Committee (1 speech)
Now the public hearings have wrapped up and before the committee reports, I want to share some insights from the Senate Select Committee on the Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme or TFES, for... - Superannuation (1 speech)
This government is so arrogant in its willingness to break clear election promises that it probably shouldn't come as a surprise to us anymore when, once again, these broken promises are... - Raise Our Voices Australia (1 speech)
I am grateful to take this opportunity to deliver a few speeches written by two incredible young Western Australians as part of the Raise Our Voices Australia program. The first speech is by... - Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2024 (1 speech)
I rise today to address an issue of profound importance to the integrity of our democracy. That is, of course, Labor's Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and... - Education (1 speech)
We live in an age when mainstream education is often packed tight with irrelevant social engineering and is taught impersonally. External forces, including the teachers' political opinions,... - Queensland State Election, Thomson, Dr Warren (1 speech)
I rise to make some comments on the recent Queensland state election. I congratulate Premier David Crisafulli and his team for their success. It was well earned. We desperately hope that... - Westbrook, Eden Jayde (1 speech)
In July this year I gave a speech in the chamber about the tragic death of 15-year-old Eden Westbrook in St Helens, Tasmania, on 18 February 2015. The police, who conducted a deeply flawed... - Gerrard Rennick People First (5 speeches)
I rise tonight to talk about People First holding the establishment to account with its policies. There is what I would like to call a motorboat of policies that I'm about to discuss tonight, and...
