Senate debates
Tuesday, 4 February 2025
- Ovarian Cancer (1 speech)
Ovarian cancer, often called the silent killer, has subtle symptoms that are easily mistaken for less serious conditions, making early detection challenging. By the time most women are diagnosed... - Small Business (1 speech)
Over the last few weeks, I've been out doorknocking, standing on listening posts and visiting small businesses right around the country so that I can hear the concerns of businesses and ordinary... - Climate Change (1 speech)
I speak today for the increasing number of Australians who are having to endure relentless heatwaves that are increasing and impacting on their safety and wellbeing. The capacity of our hospital... - Maryvale Paper Mill, Forestry Industry (1 speech)
This evening, I rise in support of the 308 pulp and paper manufacturing workers who've been brutally stood down without pay at the Maryvale mill in Victoria's Latrobe Valley. The workers were... - Housing (1 speech)
The Australian people are wondering why housing has gone so badly off track under this government. I believe that, when people come looking for answers, it's important that we are able to give... - Tasmania: Grocery Prices (1 speech)
What would you do with an extra $900 in your pocket every year? It would mean your son could finally play on the football team because he could finally afford the uniform and membership fees.... - Broadband (1 speech)
GROGAN () (): The internet is no longer a luxury; it is a fundamental utility in this country and across the world, as essential as your water, electricity supply and roads. But far too many... - Energy (1 speech)
In the last few years lots of us in North Queensland have heard Labor politicians promise us that there will be a utopia of new hydrogen jobs coming through for us within years. Indeed, two years... - Johnston, Hon. William Joseph (Bill) (1 speech)
The combination of longevity and sustained achievement in a political career is a rare thing. For more than a quarter of a century, Bill Johnston has been a central figure in the election and... - Antisemitism (1 speech)
Eighty-five years ago, the world learned a terrible lesson about what happens when hatred is ignored. In 1938 the streets of Germany and Austria were littered with the broken glass of Jewish... - ADVANCE, Youth Justice (1 speech)
So-called Advance Australia is just the Liberal Party's most extreme faction. ADVANCE is a front group for the most conservative and divisive elements inside the coalition. It was started by... - Australian Eritrean Community, Karen New Year, Universities: Antisemitism (1 speech)
On 17 and 18 January, just last month, the Australian Eritrean community held its inaugural Eritrean Australian Community and Youth Festival in my state of Queensland. I was delighted to attend,... - Westbrook, Eden Jayde (1 speech)
It has been almost 10 years since much-loved 15-year-old Eden Westbrook was found hanging in a park in St Helens, Tasmania, 10 years since the police told her family that she had taken her own... - Gender Dysphoria (1 speech)
I rise to address the attacks we've witnessed on our young trans people and their families in recent days, fuelled by Trump's harmful attacks in the US and by those here in Australia who feel... - Climate Change (1 speech)
For the last 30 years Australia has been hostage to the supposedly green movement's great climate fraud, designed to create an all-purpose excuse to do whatever the government wants—an...
