Senate debates

Wednesday, 14 February 2018

  • Bitcon, Mr Richard George 'Dick' (1 speech)
    I rise to give in the short time allocated to us tonight a synopsis of the life of the great Dick Bitcon. He was a community leader, a successful family and business man, and, for almost 50...
  • Tasmania: Surgical Termination Services (1 speech)
    I rise today to talk about an issue of great concern to many Tasmanian women, that being our access to surgical termination services in my home state of Tasmania. I am deeply concerned about the...
  • Australian Capital Territory (1 speech)
    Late last year I was extremely pleased to be part of a government that put their money where their mouth is in terms of supporting our local defence families through a number of grants for...
  • Regional Australia (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to speak on an issue very close to my heart. As a senator for Queensland, with duty electorates including Flynn, Maranoa and Wright, I hear a lot about regional inequality on the...
  • South Australia (1 speech)
    As a senator for South Australia it is one of the great privileges to travel around my home state to visit the regional communities to identify and understand what the challenges are in a state...
  • Tasmanian State Election (1 speech)
    Tasmania four years ago was a very different place to what it is today. After 16 years of continuous Labor and Labor-Greens governments, Tasmanians were living in a state that was bouncing along...