Senate debates

Wednesday, 17 June 2015

  • Food Labelling (1 speech)
    Tonight I would like to talk about something that I think is extremely important and that a lot of Australians think is extremely important, and that is the labels on our food products. For...
  • Ravenshoe: Cafe Explosion (2 speeches)
    On Friday, 9 June at midday, a shocking and terrible accident happened in my home town of Ravenshoe. Ravenshoe is a small community—less than a thousand people—just west of Cairns. It...
  • Housing Affordability, New South Wales Government (1 speech)
    It is a week since Treasurer Joe Hockey said: 'If housing was unaffordable in Sydney nobody would be buying it.' This disastrous bit of ad libbing from the Treasurer gives us a useful insight...
  • Higher Education (1 speech)
    I rise today to speak about higher education and some of the ways it can be made more sustainable for the future. Australian universities have a great reputation and have, for a long time, been...