Senate debates

Wednesday, 15 August 2018

  • North Queensland (1 speech)
    I am a senator for Queensland. I represent the whole state of Queensland and am a very proud Queenslander. I hope that, over the years, I've done things in this place that will help my state. But...
  • Aged Care (1 speech)
    Last month, I was in Townsville with the Labor Medicare Caucus Committee. We met with locals—and I'm sure Senator Macdonald will be interested in this issue—aged-care providers and...
  • Migration (1 speech)
    It was pleasing to see this morning such a strong, unified voice from senators across most of the party spectrums in this place reaffirming total opposition to not just the White Australia policy...
  • Early Learning Matters Week, Australian Capital Territory: Seniors, National Science Week, Gordon Community Centre, Australian Capital Territory: Constituent Celebrations (1 speech)
    In recognition of Early Learning Matters Week, which runs from 5 to 12 August, I was very grateful to be hosted by the brilliant team at YMCA Holt Early Learning Centre. Supported by federal...
  • Road Safety (1 speech)
    I rise in this period of senators' statements to talk about an issue that I refer to frequently in this place. It's probably fairly ironic that we've spent a couple of days debating euthanasia,...
  • Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
    I rise to speak on an issue that I have spoken about several times, but it's not an issue that's only restricted to South Australia; it's an issue that deals with a national asset of ours, which...
  • Jameikis, Mr Stasys, Armenian Genocide (1 speech)
    Imagine slowly waking up, familiarising yourself with your frozen surroundings and realising you're on a heap of frozen bodies left for dead in a makeshift morgue. This is just part of Stasys...
  • Energy (1 speech)
    I rise to speak about energy policy and the significance of bipartisanship in energy policy. The Prime Minister this week, of course, has made real efforts at bipartisanship. I'm talking about...