Senate debates

Thursday, 18 February 2021

  • Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
    This week marks the anniversary of something very sad. It marks the day that this world lost a family in the most tragic of circumstances. Hannah Clarke and her three children, Aayliah, Laianah,...
  • Tertiary and Further Education (1 speech)
    I concur with the previous speaker's comments in relation to domestic violence and the impact on families, but I want to speak tonight about the COVID-19 pandemic, which has been a wicked...
  • Crown Resorts: Donations to Political Parties (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to speak on the conduct of the Crown Resorts casinos and the urgent need for the establishment of a national gambling regulator. The New South Wales inquiry report by Patricia...
  • Cyclone Yasa (1 speech)
    I'm very pleased to rise during this adjournment debate and speak to a positive news story and to advise how pleased I was that earlier today I had the opportunity to move a motion which was...
  • Scarr, Senator Paul (10 speeches)
    I rise today to refute a statement made recently in this place by Senator Scarr, who sought to impugn the integrity of a former parliamentarian without any basis. On 3 February, Senator Scarr did...
  • Racism (2 speeches)
    I rise to speak against the motion from the senator for Queensland, as part of my adjournment speech contribution. You know how they say that a broken clock is right at least twice a day? Well, I...