Senate debates
Wednesday, 15 November 2017
- Welfare Reform (1 speech)
I want to concentrate my remarks on an issue that is playing out in the mid-coast of my home state of Queensland, in the Bundaberg and Hervey Bay area. Tragically, unemployment in that part of... - Marriage (2 speeches)
There have been celebrations across the nation when it was announced this morning that an overwhelming majority of Australians support marriage equality. Australians have confirmed their... - Voter Engagement (1 speech)
It's a pleasure to take an opportunity today to talk about something that has been an issue of importance to me since I was elected to this place a little over 18 months ago and something I've... - Minister for Employment (3 speeches)
I rise today to go to the issue of the five misleads of the Senate by Senator Cash, the Minister for Employment. The Australian government has issued a Statement of Ministerial Standards. That... - Insurance Industry, Quintano, Mr Luke (1 speech)
I acknowledge Australia's historic nation, forged by Christian explorers and pioneers from Britain and other European lands which created the federal Commonwealth under the Crown, and I... - Townsville (1 speech)
In addition to my other duties as a senator for the whole of Queensland, I find I'm increasingly being drawn into acting as local MP in the other place as well. Certainly, I've performed that... - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, Black Spot Program (2 speeches)
Mr President, I too congratulate you on your recent appointment as the President of this august institution. Next week, on 19 November, is the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims....
