Senate debates

Wednesday, 13 November 2019

  • Victoria: Forestry (1 speech)
    Tonight I'm talking about the Victorian forestry industry and what's happened in recent times in the state of Victoria in the magnificent, sustainable, world-class forestry industry. What the...
  • China (1 speech)
    I rise today to highlight what I believe to be one of the most disturbing and dystopian experiments being conducted in the world today. I speak of the plans by the Chinese government to construct...
  • Uluru (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to speak about the Uluru climb closure ceremony. On Monday 11 November 2019, the final chain from the top of the Uluru climb was removed. Uluru slept, for the first time in...
  • Dams (1 speech)
    Before I start, I want to thank all those who are in Queensland and New South Wales and other parts of Australia, but particularly Queensland, helping to protect us from the fires. In particular,...
  • Child Sexual Abuse (1 speech)
    I rise this evening to talk about support and assistance animals for survivors of child sexual abuse. A fierce advocate for support and assistance animals is Mr Andrew McGowan. I really want to...
  • Infrastructure (1 speech)
    I rise to raise serious concerns about the failure of Victorian Labor MPs to stand up for their communities on a number of very significant issues, particularly in relation to infrastructure...