Senate debates

Wednesday, 29 October 2025

• Committees (0 speeches)
  • Meeting (1 speech)
    If there is no objection, the meetings are authorised.
• Bills (0 speeches)
  • Climate Change Amendment (Duty of Care and Intergenerational Climate Equity) Bill 2025; Second Reading (25 speeches)
    I rise today to speak on behalf of young Australians, Australians who cannot yet vote and future generations of Australians. These are, technically, not the people who sent us here to represent...
  • Competition and Consumer Amendment (Australian Energy Regulator Separation) Bill 2025; Third Reading (3 speeches)
    As no amendments to the bill have been circulated, I shall call the minister to move the third reading unless any senator requires that the bill be considered in Committee of the Whole.
  • Commonwealth Workplace Protection Orders Bill 2025; Second Reading (5 speeches)
    I rise to speak on the Commonwealth Workplace Protection Orders Bill 2025. This is the second piece of legislation to come before this parliament in the wake of the horrific attack on a Services...
  • Commonwealth Workplace Protection Orders Bill 2025; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    As no amendments to the bill have been circulated, I shall call the minister to move the third reading unless any senator requires that the bill be considered in Committee of the Whole.
  • Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025; Second Reading (5 speeches)
    I rise to make a contribution to the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Bill 2025. This bill amends the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 and also the Surveillance...
  • Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025; In Committee (24 speeches)
    For the benefit of the chamber, I understand that amendments have not yet been circulated to everyone. We're waiting for the hard copies of the amendments to be circulated. In the interim, I see...
  • Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025; Third Reading (2 speeches)
    I move: That the bill be now read a third time.
  • Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Amendment Bill 2025; Second Reading (3 speeches)
    I rise today to speak on the Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Amendment Bill 2025. This bill makes a series of technical administrative amendments to ensure the...
• Statements by Senators (0 speeches)
  • Women's Safety (1 speech)
    Women should be safe everywhere, always, but, as two horrific attacks on women running in Mulligans Flat in Tuggeranong earlier this year made painfully clear, that is still not the reality for...
  • Australian Defence Force: Honours and Awards, Donations to Political Candidates, National Security (1 speech)
    I'd like to start by addressing the Labor government's Defence Amendment (Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal) Bill 2025. This is a stinker of a bill. This bill has rightly caused deep...
  • Medicare: Dental Health (1 speech)
    Australians are rightly proud of our healthcare system. For decades, Medicare has been a lifeline for millions of people, giving access to life-saving cancer treatments, surgeries and essential...
  • Gender and Sexual Orientation (1 speech)
    This morning I was very pleased to hold a briefing in Parliament House with Sall Grover entitled 'Protecting women's rights; no laughing matter'. As many Australians would be aware, Sall is the...