Senate debates
Wednesday, 1 December 2021
- NAIDOC Awards (1 speech)
I'm proud and excited to share with the Senate the news of this year's national NAIDOC Award recipients. These annual awards recognise the outstanding contributions of Aboriginal and Torres... - COVID-19: Child Care (1 speech)
[by video link] I rise to question why the Queensland Labor government puts so little value in early childhood education. The mark of a good government is how it treats people. The economy is... - Assange, Mr Julian Paul (1 speech)
N () (): [by video link] Stella Morris, Julian Assange's partner, tweeted today that a decision is imminent on this Walkley Award winning Australian's trial in the UK in relation to him being... - Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces (1 speech)
I want to talk about the Jenkins report, which was released yesterday. We all need to be shocked about what it said. It was truly a shocking revelation about this place as a workplace, leading... - COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
[by video link] Today I will table a petition calling on this parliament to pass our One Nation legislation stopping COVID-19 injection discrimination. This petition was launched only 22 days... - Centre for National Resilience (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about the sad decay and decline of the Centre for National Resilience, the quarantine facility at Howard Springs in the Northern Territory, under the watch of the Gunner... - Defence Procurement (1 speech)
Yesterday in question time I asked Senator Payne about the government's decision to acquire nuclear powered submarines. Given the subs won't be delivered until the 2040s and the strategic threat... - Workplace Safety (1 speech)
I want to direct my remarks today to the families of Jack Brownlee and Charlie Howkins—that's Lana Cormie and Mr and Mrs Brownlee. I also want to draw attention to Kate Catanzariti. I'm... - Bob Brown Foundation Environment Awards (1 speech)
[by video link] Here in WA, we have a long and proud history of our community mobilising and organising in the face of government decisions that put our community and our environment at risk,... - Commissioner of Taxation (2 speeches)
Yesterday, Labor Senator O'Neill presented the Senate Standing Committee of Privileges report on whether the Commissioner of Taxation committed a contempt by refusing to comply with an order of... - Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces (1 speech)
Yesterday Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins handed down her report into Commonwealth parliamentary workplaces, Set the standard. This report was born from the bravery of women who once... - Morrison Government (1 speech)
When Donald Trump was US President, Prime Minister Scott Morrison was, rightly, criticised for his cosy friendship with this white nationalist leader who was impeached twice and tried to steal an... - Bingham, Sir Eardley Max, QC (1 speech)
It's right and proper to honour those who have made a lifetime's contribution to their community. Sir Max Bingham was such a person, who recently passed at the age of 94. Tasmania has lost one of... - South Australia: Girls with Attitude (1 speech)
The release yesterday of Kate Jenkins' review into workplace culture in this building had some shocking content, especially on the treatment of women in this place. What I want to talk about... - Social Media: Anti-Trolling Legislation (2 speeches)
The Morrison government is tackling the problem of online trolling and ensuring administrators of social media pages aren't liable for the comments that other people make on their page. Our...
