Senate debates

Tuesday, 31 August 2021

  • Cryptocurrency (1 speech)
    I rise this evening to make some remarks about cryptocurrency. It is remarkable that one in five Australians have exposure to cryptocurrency, according to various surveys. This is a phenomenon...
  • COVID 19: Tasmania (1 speech)
    I rise to speak about one element of the jobs crisis that has been created by the Morrison Liberal government's failure to maintain a uniform national wage subsidy scheme. The ham-fisted,...
  • Indigenous Australians (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to focus on a tragedy that is happening on the streets of Perth: recently, there have been a number of deaths of First Nations women experiencing homelessness on Perth's streets....
  • Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
    I rise to speak on the pathetic failure, in fact, of the Treasurer Mr Frydenberg to adequately protect Australian consumers. The Treasurer has once again missed another deadline for...
  • Afghanistan (1 speech)
    [by video link] Overnight, the last US troops in Afghanistan flew out of Kabul. The Afghanistan conflict has been Australia's longest military commitment, a war repeatedly endorsed by this...
  • Siewert, Senator Rachel (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to make some brief comments in relation to Senator Rachel Siewert. This is her final week in the chamber, and, although I want to actually disagree with so many of the comments...
  • Internet Content (1 speech)
    I rise to talk about an uncomfortable but important subject. It's the harm that exposure to pornography is doing to our children. When a committee of this parliament examined the issue, it found...