Senate debates
Monday, 19 June 2023
- Victoria: Warrandyte District, Victorian Government (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate Nicole Ta-Ei Werner, the Liberal candidate for the Victorian seat of Warrandyte, who was pre-selected yesterday, from a very competitive field, by grassroots Liberal... - Kennedy, Ms Janette Mary (1 speech)
I rise today to remember Janette Mary Kennedy, a proud member of the Australian Labor Party, who, sadly, passed away on Friday 26 May this year. Jan joined the ALP in 1964 and has been a stalwart... - Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1 speech)
Last week, we saw the shocking decision from the ABC to cut 120 jobs across various newsrooms. This has been one of the biggest redundancies that the ABC has seen since 2020. It will result in... - Climate Change (1 speech)
In 1970, the Sydney Morning Herald reported, 'Weather experts fear air pollution, if unchecked, will bring on a new ice age.' In 1978, a documentary was made featuring Leonard Nimoy, of Star... - Workplace Safety (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the very serious matter of workplace deaths and injuries which have been in the media over the last few months. Too often, it's very clear that workplaces do not effectively... - Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
It seems that activists on the Prime Minister's Referendum Working Group just can't help themselves. For months the Prime Minister has been telling Australians that the Voice would be 'a modest... - Health Care (1 speech)
Last month, I, like many in this place, received hundreds of emails from community pharmacists from across Australia begging us to fight against the Albanese government's ill-thought-out 60-day... - Australian Constitution: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
Today was a historic day, with the passing of the legislation that will enable a referendum on a voice to parliament. Like many Australians, this will be the very first referendum that I get to... - Immigration Detention (1 speech)
This week is Refugee Week. It's an appropriate time to reflect that it has been almost exactly 10 years since offshore detention was restarted on 19 July 2013, a decade since the Labor government... - Cost of Living, Energy (1 speech)
It's only been 12 months since the Labor Party came to power, but thanks to the PM, Mr Albanese, Australians are struggling through a cost-of-living crisis, with inflation at over seven per cent.... - Closing the Gap (1 speech)
As shadow minister for child protection, I raise this: new data released just last week puts four of the 19 Closing the Gap targets on track. Only four is less than a quarter of the Closing the... - Housing (1 speech)
tor TYRRELL (—) (): How many homes do the Greens want built? Do they want any at all? They said they do. They just don't vote like they do. By voting down 30,000 homes, you are saying you'd... - Australian Constitution: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
THORPE () (): I'd like to wish everyone a happy 'assimilation day'. I'm sure you all feel pretty stoked with yourselves. I see you even gave yourselves a nice round of applause. You are one step... - Western Australia: Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2021 (1 speech)
enator BROCKMAN () (): I rise today to continue talking about the failure of Labor governments at state and federal level to have any consideration for regional areas. At best, they ignore... - Housing (4 speeches)
As Senator Farrell said earlier today, there was an axis of evil conspiring in the chamber today, and that axis of evil was on full show last week and again today. Today it was the Greens and the...
