Senate debates

Monday, 11 November 2019

  • Freshwater Sawfish (1 speech)
    I, and also on behalf of Senator Whish-Wilson, move: That the Senate— (a) notes that:   (i) the Fitzroy and Margaret Rivers in Western Australia are home to the...
  • Anti-Poverty Week (3 speeches)
    I wish to inform the chamber that Senator McCarthy and Senator Marielle Smith will also sponsor this motion. I also seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 207, concerning...
  • Indigenous Australians (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that the Family Matters Report 2019 found that:   (i) First Nations children are now 10 times more likely to be in out-of-home care than...
  • Poverty (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate— (a) recognises that, according to the Poverty in Australia Report 2018:   (i) in Australia, 968,000 people from wage earning households are living in...
  • Wallarah 2 Coal Project (8 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that:   (i) the Wallarah 2 Coal Project is a proposed longwall underground mining operation northwest of central Wyong on the New South Wales...
  • Beetaloo Basin (8 speeches)
    I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 214 standing in my name for today, concerning fracking in the Beetaloo Basin, before asking that it be taken as formal. It is just to...