Senate debates

Wednesday, 10 May 2017

  • Immigration Detention (1 speech)
    I returned last week, as members may know, from a trip to Manus Island. While I was on Manus Island I spoke to a number of the people who have been detained there by Australia, many of whom have...
  • Brain Cancer (1 speech)
    I rise to speak on an issue that has with it much emotion and much passion and about which so much more needs to be done, and that is brain cancer. At the outset, I want to pay tribute to our...
  • Budget (2 speeches)
    Today I want to talk about the unfair budget that was delivered last night that delivers tax handouts to multinationals and millionaires while hurting Australian families. The reality is that the...