Tyron Whitten's recent appearances (OpenAustralia.org)
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date: 2026-02-05T22:06:05+00:00
items: Privileges Committee; Report | Committees | Senate debates
items: Competition and Consumer Amendment (Make Price Gouging Illegal) Bill 2024; Second Reading | Bills | Senate debates
items: Economy | Statements by Senators | Senate debates
items: Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026; Second Reading | Bills | Senate debates
items: Bondi Beach: Attack | Condolences | Senate debates
items: Housing | Questions without Notice | Senate debates
items: Housing | Matters of Urgency | Senate debates
items: Energy | Statements by Senators | Senate debates
items: Renewable Energy | Statements by Senators | Senate debates
items: Plebiscite (Future Migration Level) Bill 2018; Second Reading | Bills | Senate debates
items: Parliamentary Standards | Adjournment | Senate debates

Privileges Committee; Report | Committees | Senate debates
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description: I move: That the Senate take note of the report. On Tuesday 28 October last year, I gave an adjournment speech that discussed the governance failings and questionable conduct of the Shire of...
encoded: I move: That the Senate take note of the report. On Tuesday 28 October last year, I gave an adjournment speech that discussed the governance failings and questionable conduct of the Shire of Augusta Margaret River in Western Australia regarding the proposed Scott River wind farm, a wind farm that has the potential to desecrate the Scott River wetlands and, in turn, Blackwood River. I did not name the CEO of the shire, Ms Andrea Selvey, as this issue covers the last 10 years of the shire's dealings, so I was surprised to receive correspondence. However, Ms Selvey took it upon herself to accuse me of making unsubstantiated allegations and inaccurate and inappropriate remarks during my speech. Ms Selvey then published a statement on the shire's website proclaiming that my comments are misleading, irresponsible, unfair and completely without foundation. She claimed that my lack of evidence 'shows a lack of personal and professional integrity'. One would think Ms Selvey might have investigated the actions of the shire before she made these allegations against me, as she has publicly defamed me. Who knows? Ms Selvey might have been led into believing that I do not have the evidence by people who had already removed the evidence from their websites. I have 3,624 pages of evidence, which I tried to table on Tuesday. In Ms Selvey's submission to the Committee of Privileges, she doesn't deny the allegations but claims (1) that the public officers embedded a wind farm into the shire's corporate plan and then outsourced the project directly to their own private not-for-profit incorporation—well, they did do this; (2) that the officers exploited their roles in public office to provide AMRCCE with public policy and public funding—well, they did; (3) that the shire outsourced the wind farm to bypass obligations that would otherwise apply to a government body—well, they did; and (4) that the statement 'birds of a corrupt feather work out how to make a profit together'—I think takin…
date: 2026-02-05T16:40:00+00:00

Competition and Consumer Amendment (Make Price Gouging Illegal) Bill 2024; Second Reading | Bills | Senate debates
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description: This bill, the Competition and Consumer Amendment (Make Price Gouging Illegal) Bill 2024, makes a mockery of this place. The Senate is a place for serious debate on the issues that affect this...
encoded: This bill, the Competition and Consumer Amendment (Make Price Gouging Illegal) Bill 2024, makes a mockery of this place. The Senate is a place for serious debate on the issues that affect this country, not a place for socialist dog whistles. They've titled the bill with a name that no-one could disagree with—after all, who wants price gouging?—and filled it with pure socialist government control. Let me be clear: One Nation cares deeply about the people of Australia and making a dollar go as far as possible, but this bill will not achieve that. They call economics the dismal science because economics ignores utopian dreams and follows the ironclad laws of supply and demand. Capping prices does not work. Price caps destroy supply, kill competition, reduce quality and limit choice. What actually drives down prices is greater competition and innovation. The Greens quite rightly point out that we have a concentrated supermarket sector, but that is because of government regulation. More government regulation will not solve this problem. The only businesses that can afford to comply are the big players. Mum-and-dad stores, cooperatives, are locked out. Who in their right mind would start a business under this Labor government? Every step of the way you are hamstrung by regulation, navigating a broken tax system. Income tax, payroll tax, fringe benefits tax, goods and services tax—the list goes on. You need to navigate oppressive industrial relations laws, green tape and compulsory surveys. There is no relief for small business, so guess what—they're disappearing. I know the Greens will say, 'This is only targeting the big end of town,' but where do you think the big end of town starts? It starts with small businesses that grow into big businesses and provide people with choice. I should know; I started a business with only me and my brother and ended up with over a thousand employees. I can tell you this: I don't think I'd be able to do it again under the current laws. I …
date: 2026-02-05T09:45:00+00:00

Economy | Statements by Senators | Senate debates
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description: Could this be the worst economic management of the Australian economy in history? It has to be close. Let's start with forecasting. One of the most important jobs that the parliament has is to...
encoded: Could this be the worst economic management of the Australian economy in history? It has to be close. Let's start with forecasting. One of the most important jobs that the parliament has is to decide on the direction we want to take the country, figure out how to get there and tell everyone what it's going to cost them. It is of vital importance to the country that we get those costings right. After all, it is the Australian people that pay for the decisions of the government. What has Labor's record looked like since they've come to government? They've missed their budget forecast in five out of seven budget releases, with the last four adding an average of $30 billion to net spending. These are historic misses. Labor chronically understate their outrageous spending, only admitting the true cost when they can no longer hide. The 2025-26 MYEFO includes the single largest adjustment in history—$47.8 billion in the space of six months. That sort of blowout would get anyone in the real world sacked on the spot. There would be investigations, investors would lose faith, share prices would tank, auditors would be sacked and regulators would get involved. How can this government defend this negligence to the Australian people? They are spending like drunken sailors, with no signs of slowing down. But is that additional spending going to those who are doing it tough? No. Their policy blowouts are going to fund tax cuts for luxury items. Look at the government's FBT tax break on electric vehicles. It is a tax break for some of the wealthiest Australians, which was forecast to cost the government a mere $90 million. Instead, it has cost 15 times that, clocking in at $1.35 billion. Or how about the home battery scheme? They've had to raise it from an initial $2.3 billion to $7.3 billion. That's an additional $5 billion of taxpayer money exclusively to those who can afford a home and then can afford the home batteries. It's too bad if you're struggling to pay the bills with La…
date: 2026-02-04T13:22:00+00:00

Privileges Committee; Report | Committees | Senate debates
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description: On Tuesday 28 October last year, I gave an adjournment speech which discussed the governance failings and questionable conduct at the Shire of Augusta Margaret River in Western Australia. Ten...
encoded: On Tuesday 28 October last year, I gave an adjournment speech which discussed the governance failings and questionable conduct at the Shire of Augusta Margaret River in Western Australia. Ten years ago public officers from this local government set the objective of developing a wind farm and then outsourced the project directly to their own external corporation, known as AMRCCE. The same people then used public resources to support their project. For these ten years the shire and AMRCCE only ever promoted a community-owned 10-megawatt project, but last year the wind farm was secretly sold to Synergy, who is now advancing a project more than ten times larger right in the heart of the Blackwood River and Scott River seasonal wetlands. The community and I have both received direct responses from the shire in relation to my speech. The shire CEO, Ms Andrea Selvey, attacked me through a public statement on the shire website and through a hostile letter attacking my personal integrity. The community was also on the receiving end. Selvey contacted Facebook community group administrators to censor my speech and information from the community. In the 26 November council meeting, the shire president, Ms Julia Jean-Rice, can be watched on YouTube threatening residents with claims that there are certain procedures they can follow in relation to what she terms 'defamatory misinformation'. These are the standard buzzwords for when somebody's on to you. Ms Jean-Rice also says that the shire pursuing a large-scale renewable energy project without a guiding policy would be bad governance. We'll, that's exactly what they've been up to at the shire since 2017. These shire leaders want these matters to go away. Not only are they trying to censor information but they are covering up their tracks. For example, the key minuted records which showcase AMRCCE's overlap with the shire are no longer on the shire's website. The sustainability advisory committee and reference group meetings acro…
date: 2026-02-03T18:21:00+00:00

Economy | Statements by Senators | Senate debates
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description: What a place to find ourselves in at the beginning of 2026. In as late as August last year, the Labor government were claiming credit for a recovering economy and touting their fiscal...
encoded: What a place to find ourselves in at the beginning of 2026. In as late as August last year, the Labor government were claiming credit for a recovering economy and touting their fiscal responsibility. What a difference six months makes. The can could only be kicked down the road so far before the economic reality of Labor's disastrous policies came to bear—3.8 per cent inflation, out-of-control spending and seemingly no plan to bring it back into line. The MYEFO shows just how badly the Labor government have failed in their economic policy. There has been a record increase in estimated spending of $47.8 billion in just six months. How a government can defend understating their already reckless spending by $47.8 billion is beyond me. These are estimates that are relied upon by the RBA to set fiscal policy. Right now, they'd be better off throwing darts at a dartboard to figure out what spending is going to be. If Mr Chalmers were working in the real world, he would get the chop for a bungle of this magnitude, but, in the world of Labor politics, he's next in line for the top job. The government is trying to hide the bad news, but there's no running from the economic truth. The latest round of inflation figures is a shocking 3.8 per cent, driven by out-of-control public spending that One Nation has warned about for years. This is only the beginning. This will be the year of rate rises. This is the year of the housing default, where the young Australians that Labor sold their 95 per cent home loans to are hit with rate rises that they cannot afford. This is the year that the full force of Labor's economic destruction comes to the homes of Australia. Make no mistake: the Australian people will not and should not tolerate this failure of a government. It is time for a party that is willing to make hard decisions for the good of all Australians. One Nation is ready to answer that call.
date: 2026-02-03T13:53:00+00:00

Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026; Second Reading | Bills | Senate debates
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description: Well, the people's parliament has descended into chaos today. We've been called to Canberra for an early sitting to vote on an amended bill that was introduced into the house this morning. The...
encoded: Well, the people's parliament has descended into chaos today. We've been called to Canberra for an early sitting to vote on an amended bill that was introduced into the house this morning. The Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026 is being rammed through parliament without Australians having a chance to form an opinion on it. It is my job to represent the people of Western Australia, yet I haven't been given time to read the bill and listen to Australians. This is not democracy. And this isn't just any bill. Laws relating to terrorism in our country couldn't be more important. The first draft of the bill saw Australians be given only 48 hours to read and comment on it. Despite this, there were over 7,000 submissions, and those are the ones that got through. Now the updated bill is being rammed through without any time to scrutinise it. It's okay for others here to say: 'Everything's alright now. Trust us. We gutted the old one, nobody's losing any rights and we're all going to be safe. Kumbaya.' Well, if we had some time to review it and consider it properly, we could have had an informed opinion. The cynic inside me is wondering: 'Why do you silence your political opponents? What are you scared of?' One Nation has been warning of the rise in antisemitism and radical Islam for years. Antisemitism has surged in Australia under the Albanese Labor government. This bill does not fix the problem. The gun laws don't fix the problem. This bill is a dog's breakfast and won't stop antisemitism. It won't stop radical Islam. What it will stop is legitimate criticism and nationalism. The bill barely mentions antisemitism other than in the title. It is a facade. We know the government already has the powers to stop Nazis and deport them and to stop anyone they want coming here. They don't even like world class tennis players or political commentators. They have done it. This bill is being rushed through this parliament without proper…
date: 2026-01-20T21:17:00+00:00

Bondi Beach: Attack | Condolences | Senate debates
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description: I rise today to express my deepest condolences to the innocent victims of the Bondi shooting and their families, especially those that lost their lives during this horrendous violent attack. All...
encoded: I rise today to express my deepest condolences to the innocent victims of the Bondi shooting and their families, especially those that lost their lives during this horrendous violent attack. All Australians grieve with the families of those that have lost their loved ones, because nobody in this country should wake up thinking that today they might lose someone to targeted, hateful terrorism. Bondi Beach, a shining icon of Australian life, has been forever dulled. The only light there now is the memory of those who lost their lives on 14 December. I will never forget visiting the site in the aftermath of the attack. Words cannot describe the sorrow and the grief that hung in the air. It is a stark and brutal reminder of just how fragile our peaceful way of life is in Australia. Our beautiful country was built on the idea that all life is sacred. It is an ideal that Australian people hold dear. Many brave young men and women have gone to war and made the ultimate sacrifice for these ideals, for our freedom, but we have neglected our duty to keep the people of Australia safe from those who hold ideologies that would see the taking of another life as righteous. Those that hold these views have no place in our society yet they have been allowed in. Radical Islam has been tolerated for too long in this country and it is an affront to the victims of this attack but it is not mentioned once in the bills that were proposed to be introduced in response to this tragedy. It was not gun control that caused this, not a lack of hate speech laws that caused this; it was radical Islamists, people who had their heart set on the elimination of Jewish Australians, peaceful Australians. But they not come to the point of bloodshed of their own accord. This ideology is taught by the extreme sects of Islam all over the world and, sadly, now here in Australia. We've seen them chanting in the streets, in front of the Opera House, on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, threatening to kill Jews, to de…
date: 2026-01-19T13:39:00+00:00

Housing | Questions without Notice | Senate debates
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description: APRA has had to put the brakes on Labor's subprime lending scheme. Inflation is rocketing. Economists are seeing rate rises in the future. Labor has been lured into a hyperinflated housing...
encoded: APRA has had to put the brakes on Labor's subprime lending scheme. Inflation is rocketing. Economists are seeing rate rises in the future. Labor has been lured into a hyperinflated housing market, taking out mega mortgages based on Labor's false promises and outlandish predictions. Has Labor modelled the default rates on the five per cent loan scheme in the event of two rate rises in 2026, and how much will this cost the Australian people? Government senators interjecting—
date: 2025-11-27T14:46:00+00:00

Housing | Questions without Notice | Senate debates
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description: APRA has had to put the brakes on Labor's subprime lending scheme.
encoded: APRA has had to put the brakes on Labor's subprime lending scheme.
date: 2025-11-27T14:46:00+00:00

Housing | Questions without Notice | Senate debates
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description: We all remember the GFC. We all remember the destruction that was brought down on the world economy by subprime lending. Now APRA have had to step in. For the first time, they have had to...
encoded: We all remember the GFC. We all remember the destruction that was brought down on the world economy by subprime lending. Now APRA have had to step in. For the first time, they have had to introduce debt-to-income limits on lending to slow down the issuing of high-risk debt that is being pumped by Labor. Does Labor accept that APRA's actions are a result of Labor pushing high-risk subprime lending on Australia's most vulnerable borrowers?
date: 2025-11-27T14:44:00+00:00

Housing | Questions without Notice | Senate debates
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description: My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Minister Gallagher. Minister, at the last sitting week, I put it to you that Labor was putting young people at risk of mortgage stress...
encoded: My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Minister Gallagher. Minister, at the last sitting week, I put it to you that Labor was putting young people at risk of mortgage stress with the five per cent deposit scheme, given all the economic indicators pointing to a rate hike. The economists agree with me after the latest disastrous inflation numbers driven by housing. Now they're saying there will be up to two rate rises in 2026, just in time for Labor to start cutting jobs. Will Labor now accept that they have put people, especially young people, at risk of mortgage stress with their housing Ponzi scheme?
date: 2025-11-27T14:41:00+00:00

Housing | Matters of Urgency | Senate debates
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description: I rise to support Senator Roberts' matter of urgency, because the Albanese Labor government has utterly betrayed the next generation of Australians. For the record, we don't blame migrants. We...
encoded: I rise to support Senator Roberts' matter of urgency, because the Albanese Labor government has utterly betrayed the next generation of Australians. For the record, we don't blame migrants. We don't blame migrants. I think there is a comprehension problem in here. We blame the people in here. This is the problem, not the migrants. We are not blaming migrants. The Albanese Labor government has betrayed the young families who dream of stability, the students who hope one day to put down roots, and the hardworking Australians, and migrants, who want nothing more radical than a chance to buy a modest home in the country they love. Young people now stare down the barrel of million-dollar house prices, mortgage repayments that swallow half their wage and a future where home ownership has become a distant and almost abstract dream—something spoken about, but rarely achieved. What used to be the great Australian dream has become a luxury available only to the wealthy, the lucky or a foreign investor. In Perth the situation has become downright desperate. Rents are up more than 50 per cent in just five years. House prices have risen by 8.8 per cent, year to date. Vacancy rates scrape along at 0.7 per cent. At a single rental inspection, 92 desperate locals turned up—families, pensioners, students, young workers, migrants. People who once would have had reasonable options are now competing like it's the hunger games. This is not normal or health, and it's clearly not inevitable, yet Labor pours petrol on the fire, with record mass immigration. We now have 4.7 million noncitizens competing for the same limited pool of homes, the same rental listings and the same public services. While Australians struggle, Labor hands out massive tax breaks to foreign corporate giants like BlackRock through the so-called build-to-rent scheme, an arrangement that sounds helpful but in practice delivers a stable stream of profits to offshore landlords while leaving ordinary Australians further b…
date: 2025-11-26T18:03:00+00:00

Energy | Statements by Senators | Senate debates
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description: Recently, I was in the market for a new air conditioner when I came across an acronym I had never seen before—DRED, Demand Response Enabling Device. Spoiler: it's as bad as it sounds. I...
encoded: Recently, I was in the market for a new air conditioner when I came across an acronym I had never seen before—DRED, Demand Response Enabling Device. Spoiler: it's as bad as it sounds. I jumped online to see exactly what DRED was all about. The Daikin website gave a great overview: A Demand Enabled Response (DRED) air conditioner allows your electricity provider to control the system at various pre-programmed levels, to manage your demand on the power grid during peak periods. What could go wrong with that? The next article I found was from the ABC. They reported that Queensland's state owned Energex remotely throttled down nearly 170,000 air conditioners six times in just two months, slashing their power to 50 per cent during sweltering heat to protect the grid. How does a power company send a signal to your house to turn down the air con specifically? Smart meters. In my home state of Western Australia, they are coming to a meter box near you. You may be able to have the remote communications removed if you meet certain criteria. If you do, you'll have to read the meter yourself—a massive step backwards and a major inconvenience. But you don't even get that option if you have solar panels, an electric car or a home battery system. Thanks to Labor's brutal attack on our power grids, governments are scrambling to find ways to stop them collapsing. Your batteries, your panels, your electric cars and your air conditioners will no longer be yours to control. They have been hijacked for the greater good, whether you voted for it or not. This is coming to your house. This is the future of energy under Labor. Total government control is coming. DRED is coming.
date: 2025-11-26T13:48:00+00:00

Renewable Energy | Statements by Senators | Senate debates
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description: Asbestos has been found in the brake pads in the shaft of wind turbines at Cattle Hill wind farm in Tasmania. It's another catastrophe in an unregulated wind turbine industry. Goldwind is a...
encoded: Asbestos has been found in the brake pads in the shaft of wind turbines at Cattle Hill wind farm in Tasmania. It's another catastrophe in an unregulated wind turbine industry. Goldwind is a Chinese wind turbine manufacturer and wind farm developer, which already has a history of breaching the conditions of its planning permit at the Gullen Range Wind Farm in Gurrundah, in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales. Goldwind moved the placement of 69 of their 73 turbines, having a significant adverse effect on neighbouring properties. Goldwind doesn't have regard for our rules and regulations. Goldwind is a major supplier of wind turbines in Australia. It supplies wind turbines across New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania, including in White Rock, Gullen Range and Biala in New South Wales, Clarke Creek in Queensland and Moorabool and Stockyard Hill in Victoria. There are more than 600 turbines in operation and 120 turbines in development. Now we have found asbestos in the brake pads in the wind turbine tower lifts at Cattle Hill. WorkSafe Victoria and SafeWork NSW confirmed on Friday that asbestos has been found in a number of wind farm sites and that investigations are underway. At Cattle Hill, the turbines have been isolated from access for maintenance and asbestos removers have been employed. How many people have been exposed to date? The question has to be raised as to how a prohibited hazardous material—asbestos, which has been banned since 2003—has been imported into our country. What steps have the Albanese government and the Minister for Home Affairs, Tony Burke, taken to stop this importation? What has the Minister for Health and Ageing had to say? I've heard nothing but crickets so far. What steps have been taken to advise people of the risks? Have neighbours to the wind farms been advised? Have rural communities been exposed? What has the Australian Border Force commissioner had to say about this? Did Border Force take samples when these Chine…
date: 2025-11-26T13:20:00+00:00

Plebiscite (Future Migration Level) Bill 2018; Second Reading | Bills | Senate debates
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description: I've watched the fabric of Australian life stretch and tear under the weight of Labor's disastrous mass immigration policies, policies the Australian people no longer stand behind. The Plebiscite...
encoded: I've watched the fabric of Australian life stretch and tear under the weight of Labor's disastrous mass immigration policies, policies the Australian people no longer stand behind. The Plebiscite (Future Migration Level) Bill 2018 represents a beacon of democracy in an era where the voices of everyday Australians are being drowned out. One Nation has been asking for this since 2018, and it remains as relevant as ever, calling for a simple question to be put to the Australian people. Should Australia adopt a policy of zero net migration for a period of five years? How it has come to this is beyond me. Look about our cities. Rentals have a hundred people showing up, scrambling for shelter. Australians are suffering. Why not let Australians decide what they want for the future of their country? Let the young decide, as they stare down million-dollar mortgages for a dog box 30 kilometres from town. Let the families decide, as both parents have to work full time or work two jobs and are forced to put their babies into day care just to afford a family home. This chamber has shamefully voted down this plebiscite twice already, with Labor and the coalition turning their backs on the very people they claim to represent. As Senator Hanson herself said when she first asked for a plebiscite all the way back in 2018, this bill is simply saying: give Australians a say. That's all we want. We want to listen to the people, but listening seems to be the last thing this government is willing to do. In my home state of Western Australia, I see the shattered lives left in the wake of mass immigration—the people and families living in tents or in the cars or on the streets. These people are not abstract statistics; they are Australians that have had their dreams crushed. With rental vacancies at a dismal one per cent in Western Australia, families are forced to compete fiercely for shelter against the waves of mass immigration unleashed by Labor. Rents have skyrocketed by 43.8 per cent …
date: 2025-11-26T09:52:00+00:00

Parliamentary Standards | Adjournment | Senate debates
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description: Many of the members in this Senate are in fact perpetrators of the very crimes that they claim to oppose. This is a classic example of when it is okay to use the crimes of Senate sanctioned...
encoded: Many of the members in this Senate are in fact perpetrators of the very crimes that they claim to oppose. This is a classic example of when it is okay to use the crimes of Senate sanctioned intimidation and violence when it is convenient to do so. What mess has our Australian Senate descended into? The question of why the Senate is scared to let Senator Hanson represent the people of Australia has to be asked. One Nation has the preview event tonight for our animated movie on political life, ASuper Progressive Movie, booked at the Parliament House theatre since 16 October. This afternoon, just hours before the event, we were advised that the screening was cancelled owing to the risk of offensive material in the trailer. People have flown from all around the country to attend this event. The administration of Parliament House and its venues must be beyond reproach. One Nation has every right to consider this was a political decision. If it was not, they would have simply asked to see the trailer. One Nation would like to now know who was behind the decision.
date: 2025-11-25T20:30:00+00:00

Parliamentary Standards | Adjournment | Senate debates
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description: I withdraw.
encoded: I withdraw.
date: 2025-11-25T20:30:00+00:00

Parliamentary Standards | Adjournment | Senate debates
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description: And what did the Senate do about this? Was Senator Faruqi censured, gagged and suspended from the Senate for seven days? No. She wasn't asked to leave the chamber. She wasn't censured. She wasn't...
encoded: And what did the Senate do about this? Was Senator Faruqi censured, gagged and suspended from the Senate for seven days? No. She wasn't asked to leave the chamber. She wasn't censured. She wasn't denied the right to speak. She wasn't suspended for seven sitting days. But Senator Hanson was. The suspension and the violent antics that we saw from the Senate yesterday could only be described as premeditated bullying and intimidation of the very kind that the liars and the hypocrites in this place claim to want to stamp out. Many of the members in this Senate are in fact—
date: 2025-11-25T20:30:00+00:00

Parliamentary Standards | Adjournment | Senate debates
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description: And what did the Senate do about this?
encoded: And what did the Senate do about this?
date: 2025-11-25T20:30:00+00:00

Parliamentary Standards | Adjournment | Senate debates
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description: When I was elected as a senator for our great country earlier this year, I was honoured to represent Australians in the chamber. Yesterday I witnessed our Senate censure, gag and suspend our...
encoded: When I was elected as a senator for our great country earlier this year, I was honoured to represent Australians in the chamber. Yesterday I witnessed our Senate censure, gag and suspend our leader, Senator Hanson, for seven days. Senator Hanson was denied the introduction of a bill, the Criminal Code Amendment (Prohibition of the Burqa and Other Full Face Coverings in Public Places) Bill 2025, in the Senate. The bill bans the wearing of a burqa in a public place in Australia. In a move of absolute hypocrisy, the Senate decided that Senator Hanson would be denied her right to speak to the bill—in effect, stopping debate and gagging Senator Hanson. To bring attention to this complete and utter hypocrisy, Senator Hanson wore the burqa into the chamber. The Senate descended into chaos and suspended proceedings. Senator Hanson was again denied her right to speak when she was named for wearing the burqa. The Senate today decided that Senator Hanson would be suspended for seven days, denying her the right to represent the people of Australia—the people she was elected to represent. The leader of One Nation was denied her right to hold this government to account. It is apparent that freedom of speech does not apply in this chamber. If you think— Really? Yes. If you think we have problems with our current government, well, just imagine for a moment how bad they would be without Senator Hanson, my colleagues Senator Roberts and Senator Bell and me to question the governance of Australian people. Consider for a minute how the rules of the Senate are being applied by the Senate. Senator Faruqi was wearing a keffiyeh in the Senate the same morning, yesterday morning. The keffiyeh has a history of being an internationally recognised insignia and symbol of racist and violent jihad that openly calls for the murder and genocide of an entire demographic of people based on their religious beliefs. I would bring to the attention the President the state of this chamber yesterday mornin…
date: 2025-11-25T20:30:00+00:00