Senate debates
Wednesday, 5 February 2025
- Road Safety, Workplace Relations, Taxation (1 speech)
Peter Dutton, the Leader of the Opposition, is coming after truck drivers this election. Last year, 57 truck drivers tragically lost their lives on our roads. Year after year, road transport is... - Bureau of Meteorology (1 speech)
On 19 September 2023, the Bureau of Meteorology—who we all lovingly refer to as the BOM, despite their failed attempt at changing their brand during desperate floods—announced that an... - Federal Election (1 speech)
Soon, people around the country will be going to the polls to vote in our federal election. The Greens think that in a wealthy country like ours everyone should have a liveable climate and be... - Queensland: Floods, Cost of Living (1 speech)
At the outset I'll say that my thoughts and prayers are with those people in my home state of Queensland who are suffering with the devastating floods hitting the Townsville region and hitting... - Queensland: Floods (1 speech)
I rise today with a heavy heart to speak about the devastating floods currently impacting communities across north and Far North Queensland. In a matter of days, relentless monsoonal rainfall has... - Federal Election (3 speeches)
This could be one of the last speeches I deliver before being up for re-election in my home state of Victoria. I grew up in regional Victoria, and I've seen firsthand how policies affect regional... - Albanese Government (1 speech)
In the last almost three years, the Albanese government have faced a global inflation challenge and yet, as a government, we have delivered two budget surpluses, reduced inflation from six per... - Universities, Public Sector Governance (1 speech)
We need to put an end to the culture of obscene entitlement at the top of our universities and federal bureaucracy. This is what my bills will do. A big shout-out to the former senator Rex... - Australia's Voice (1 speech)
When I announced Australia's Voice in October last year I was criticised for not releasing a policy platform along with the announcement. I still don't see why. Last Sunday, on Insiders, the... - Energy (1 speech)
Our energy system is incredibly complex, not just from a technical point of view but also geographically, jurisdictionally and politically—and I say 'politically' not just because each of... - Banking and Financial Services (2 speeches)
I rise today to speak about the banking and financial sector in this country. Events in the last week have shown why we need systemic structural reform in our banking and insurance sectors.... - Western Australia: Roads (1 speech)
For years motorists in Perth's northern suburbs have been calling for action on one of the state's most dangerous and congested intersections: the junction of Erindale Road and Reid Highway in... - Federal Election (1 speech)
Labor is building Australia's future. But when it comes to Peter Dutton and the Liberals' plan for Australia—they really do have no idea. They've got one very costly but widely discredited... - Grocery Prices (1 speech)
I went to Coles in Perth to get some stuff for my lunch last week: $10.90 for a block of cheese, $4.23 for a couple of tomatoes, $3.70 for a cheap lettuce, $3.60 for literally the supermarket... - Australia (1 speech)
(): When I returned to Canberra earlier in the week, I thought I was coming back to the Australian parliament, but, after reviewing a lot of the contributions this week, particularly... - South Australia: Infrastructure (1 speech)
(): Thank you, Acting Deputy President Marielle Smith. I think you'll particularly like this contribution because I will be talking about our shared home state of South Australia.... - Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
Australians are being scammed out of billions of dollars every year, and the big banks hardly seem to care. When criminals raid our bank accounts and we ask for help, the banks turn their back.... - Bureau of Meteorology (1 speech)
It has been reported last weekend by the Saturday Paper that the Bureau of Meteorology has squandered hundreds of millions of dollars on technological upgrades that should have been spent on... - Economy (1 speech)
() (): At the start of the year, the price of a passport increased upwards of $400. We already had the world's most expensive passport, but the government wanted to make sure no-one catches up to... - International Relations: Australia and the United States of America (1 speech)
The Albanese government has been complicit in genocide and timid as a mouse when it comes to calling out Israel's atrocities in Gaza, but even they must denounce and oppose the outrageous Trump... - Economy (1 speech)
The Australian public should be wary when the government boasts about low unemployment. The reality is a large percentage of new jobs that have been created over the past two years have been... - Victoria: Werribee By-Election, Victoria: Prahran By-Election (1 speech)
From the Prime Minister to the Premier, Labor has failed Victorians and overseen the decay of the once great state of Victoria. That is why it is critical to vote for Steve Murphy in Werribee and... - Macquarie Point Stadium (1 speech)
I stand for housing, schools and cheaper power bills. I don't stand for a stadium. That's why I got the federal funding for the Hobart stadium GST free. It puts $220 million back in the state... - Kerr, Ms Samantha, OAM (1 speech)
I stand with Sam Kerr. What Sam experienced that night is what so many black and brown women experience every single day. She had been locked in a taxi for 20 minutes, unsure of where she was... - Lyons Electorate: Federal Election (1 speech)
In coming weeks, Australians will have a choice—a choice between the distracted Albanese Labor government, whose reckless spending has left Australians stuck in a cost-of-living crisis, and... - Calare Electorate: Federal Election (1 speech)
It's a privilege to rise in this chamber to speak in support of Dr Julie Cunningham PhD, who has been endorsed as the Australian Labor candidate for the mighty seat of Calare in the upcoming...
