Senate debates

Wednesday, 14 November 2018

  • Australian Labor Party (1 speech)
    Labor's ugly and opportunistic politics of division need to be outed. In recent times, we've seen Labor promote the politics of envy, jealousy and resentment of one Australian against their...
  • Borroloola: Housing (1 speech)
    Borroloola is a community almost 1,000 kilometres south-east of Darwin, in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Borroloola is home to four language groups; to the Yanyuwa, the Garrwa, the Marra and the...
  • Australian Society (1 speech)
    It seems that almost every day we are met with a new far-right conservative movement. The spectrum ranges from straight-up neo-Nazis, or fascists masquerading as libertarians, to the tinfoil hat...
  • Australian Greens, Rural Australia (3 speeches)
    I came in here with the intention of talking on a subject, but the senator who spoke before me has just aided me to go on a new front. What an outrageous contribution from the Greens! Mind you,...
  • Energy (1 speech)
    It was good to see Senator O'Sullivan finish as he started. I, too, want to talk about an issue that confronts, increasingly, regional Australia. Acting Deputy President Duniam, I know the...
  • Fire and Emergency Services (1 speech)
    Nightly on the news we're seeing the carnage in California as that state suffers the deadliest bushfires in its history. The death toll has now climbed above 40. Hundreds of people are still...
  • Western Australia: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
    I just want to put on the record that I've not been colluding with Senator Hinch. I'd also like to talk about the Australian honours system and honour some very, very important Western...
  • Aged Care (5 speeches)
    I can't count the number of times that I've spoken in this place about the Abbott-Turnbull-and-now-Morrison governments' pathetic record on ageing and aged care. They have broken every single...