Senate debates
Wednesday, 18 September 2019
- Tasmania (1 speech)
It is an absolute pleasure to take the opportunity to make a contribution in the senators' statements slot for the week. As usual, I'm taking the opportunity to speak about my favourite... - Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
I rise to speak today on a matter of grave concern to us all: family violence. It's one of the greatest community safety and law and order issues that we face in Australia, and it is the greatest... - Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
In this place there has quite rightly been a focus on the stain that is this government's approach to the treatment of innocent people seeking asylum and the establishment of offshore prisons to... - Parliamentary Friends of Basketball (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about the great game of basketball. There has been a lot of coverage of basketball in Australia in recent times, with our Boomers doing very well but, unfortunately, falling... - Welfare Reform (1 speech)
I rise to talk about this government's plans to impose a cashless debit card on 23,000 people in the Northern Territory. We have a long experience of compulsory income management in the Northern... - Ministerial Conduct (1 speech)
Trust—as a servant to the people of Queensland and Australia, I want to speak today about one word—'trust'—and a friend who earned, through hardship, many people's enormous... - Single-Use Plastic (1 speech)
Our oceans are choking with plastic and other waste, yet conversations within our community are repetitive, and action needs to move at a quicker pace. Single-use plastics are everywhere. Plastic... - Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (2 speeches)
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, an important opportunity for all of us in this place and in the other place to learn the facts about the most dangerous disease for children....
