Senate debates

Monday, 25 November 2019

  • Queensland: Economy (1 speech)
    I rise to speak tonight about the parlous state of the Queensland economy and the way that it is directly related to the Queensland government's failure to plan. There's a cheesy old saying: 'If...
  • Child Care (1 speech)
    There are few matters more important to young Australian families than the quality, access and affordability of early childhood education and care. So it is with frustration that I rise to call...
  • South Australia: Steel Industry (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to speak about a most important issue for my home state of South Australia. On Thursday 14 November—that is, the last sitting day—I rose at question time and asked a...
  • Palaszczuk Government: Paradise Dam (1 speech)
    Today marks the 59th day since Annastacia Palaszczuk's state Labor government made the stupid decision to release 105,000 megalitres of precious water from the Paradise Dam in Queensland. There...