Senate debates

Tuesday, 15 March 2016

  • Medicare (1 speech)
    I want to talk about the government's proposed changes to pathology and radiography imaging in this country. Like all senators in this place, I have received many emails but, unlike most senators...
  • Broadband (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to make some remarks about the ongoing saga that is the Turnbull government's second-rate version of the National Broadband Network. It is a damning indictment on this government...
  • Wendys (1 speech)
    During the adjournment debate on Tuesday, 23 February this year, I discussed Supatreats Australia; its Singapore based owner, Mr Stanley Tan; and the concerns raised with me about its Wendys...
  • Anniversary of Battle of Pozieres (1 speech)
    This July marks 100 years since the widely known Battle of the Somme, one of World War I's largest battles, in which British and French troops fought against the German Empire. In what became one...
  • Indigenous Suicide (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to talk about the absolute tragedy that is unfolding in Western Australia, my home state. That relates to the alarming, increasing number of suicides that is occurring in the...