Senate debates
Tuesday, 22 November 2022
- Western Australia: Grandparents Rearing Grandchildren (1 speech)
Our communities are well supported by great charities and great not-for-profit organisations, and this morning in the Senate I will call out one of those that I am particularly fond of and that I... - Youth Voice in Parliament Week (2 speeches)
I rise in the Senate today to deliver an important and powerful message from a young Queenslander, Stephanie. Stephanie has written a speech in her own words as part of the 'Raise Your Voice... - Transplant Australia (1 speech)
Today Transplant Australia unveiled a new global symbol for organ and tissue donation called the Gift of Life Baton. As a senator for Western Australia, I thought it was wonderful to meet with... - Penuela, Mr Cesar (1 speech)
I rise to speak about Cesar Penuela and his family. Cesar is a local resident of Launceston and recently faced deportation due to a visa issue he was facing. Unfortunately, the Colombian-born... - Harbro Engineering (1 speech)
I hear a lot about Aussie manufacturing—how we can't compete with China, how we can't compete with cheaper Asian labour, how we don't make cars in Australia anymore, how we've gutted... - Youth Voice in Parliament Week (1 speech)
I also rise today as part of the Youth Voice to Parliament, which is an initiative by Raise Our Voice. Today I speak in this chamber for 11-year-old Jacob Tubui, a year 6 student at Sacred Heart... - Western Australia: Ultimate Fighting Championship (1 speech)
enator STERLE () (): I want to let the Senate know that back in 2015 I started a campaign called Bring UFC to Perth Now. I was very happy to work on that campaign. I went to all the UFC pubs... - Tasmania: Youth Voice In Parliament Week (1 speech)
Today I'll be reading out a short speech written by young Tasmanian legend Trenton Hoare for Youth Voice in Parliament Week. Trenton says: As I sit here, taking a break from my studies to answer... - Australian Capital Territory: Youth Voice In Parliament Week (1 speech)
Today it is my great privilege as part of the Raise our Voice initiative to read to the Senate a speech by Grace Heffernan, a young person here in the ACT. Grace says: I was raised on Gadigal... - Regional Australia: Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
It is an issue of national concern that the major banks are abandoning communities across Australia at an accelerating rate, announcing the closure of 72 branches in regional communities in the... - Renewable Energy: Wind Farms (1 speech)
There's nothing more galling than the sight of a 100-metre wind turbine slumped over, a smouldering aluminium and concrete corpse, testament to wind-power stupidity. Even if a wind turbine... - Sex Industry (2 speeches)
All workers deserve human rights. All workers deserve respect. All workers should be able to do their work free of discrimination and with adequate protections in place. I imagine that most... - Premier of Victoria (4 speeches)
In Peta Credlin's excellent Sky News documentary The Cult of Daniel Andrews, former Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Kel Glare said that in his lifetime he had never seen a government as...
