Senate debates
Wednesday, 2 August 2023
- Road Transport Industry: Razorback Blockade (1 speech)
I've got a good-news story. About a month ago or so, I was doing the Wednesday night live On the Road radio show with Mike Williams, Glenn 'Yogi' Kendall and Craig Forsyth. These guys got... - Labour Productivity (1 speech)
For some time now, I've been talking in this place about the lack of action from this government on labour productivity. Labour productivity is a key economic indicator. Positive labour... - Climate Change (1 speech)
We are entering an era of global boiling. Last month we saw the hottest three-week period ever recorded on the planet. Countries around the Mediterranean are being devastated by fires that are... - Road Safety (1 speech)
ROWN (—) (): Over the break, I spent my time across the country speaking with road safety experts and advocates and the transport industry about how we can move towards Vision Zero. In... - Sport (1 speech)
Today I stand to acknowledge the recent amazing achievements of Australian athletes on the world stage. I want to congratulate those who have already won, I want to cheer on those who are getting... - National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the theft of millions of dollars of taxpayers' money. Linda Burney, Bill Shorten and Ken Wyatt have all been completely aware of this matter for at least two years. I refer... - Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
Banking is an essential service. Like most other essential services in Australia, we have both a private sector and a public sector. We have private and public schools and we have private and... - Australian Culture (1 speech)
As a servant to the many different people who make up our one Queensland community, I speak on cancel culture. Australian politics is facing a crossroads regarding the climate of cancel culture.... - Australian Constitution: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
The Labor government quietly announced, a few months ago, that they would deliver water ownership rights to Indigenous Australians. This particular decision raises several pertinent questions... - Agriculture Industry (3 speeches)
Over the winter break, I had the opportunity to attend a study tour organised by the National Farmers Federation and the Australian Forest Products Association at Jigsaw Farms in western... - Climate Change (1 speech)
Last week, the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, announced that the era of global warming has ended, and the era of global boiling has arrived and it's terrifying! Now, we know... - Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
nator URQUHART (—) (): On 2 July, the Yes23 national day of action, I hosted a Come Together for Yes event alongside the Tasmanian Premier, Jeremy Rockliff, in Devonport, on the north-west... - Greyhound Racing (1 speech)
Beautiful, gentle greyhounds are subjected to unimaginable cruelty, neglect and exploitation every single day in this country. The greyhound racing and gambling industry abuses, maims and kills... - Freedom of Speech (1 speech)
Voltaire famously said, 'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.' This famous quote was an expression of the Western world's commitment, on both the... - World Hepatitis Day (1 speech)
28 August each year is World Hepatitis Day, which highlights the important work globally of eliminating hepatitis and supporting those with the virus. One in 75 people in Australia are living... - Covid-19 (1 speech)
ANSON (—) (): Revelations of a cover-up over the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and of the Australian government's deliberate suppression of free speech during the pandemic have made the... - FIFA Women's World Cup (1 speech)
I today would like to congratulate the organising committee of the FIFA Women's World Cup, which is being jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand—by FFA here in Australia and by New... - Early Learning Matters Week (1 speech)
Last week was Early Learning Matters Week, our opportunity to come together and celebrate the amazing early learning sector and all the workforce within that sector. This year the theme was... - Taylor Cuimara, Mr (1 speech)
Today, with a heavy heart, I want to devote my speech to the memory of my pop Alfred Taylor Cuimara, who sadly passed away last weekend at the age of 77. Pop Alf was a proud Noongar man who grew... - Child Abuse (1 speech)
The revelation that an Australian Federal Police investigation recently led to a former childcare worker being charged with 1,623 child abuse offences is shocking and deeply disturbing. It's hard... - Prime Minister (1 speech)
Labor's Canberra Voice is risky, unknown, going to be permanent and going to be divisive. More dangerously, it's going to lead to a treaty. The Prime Minister of this country has talked about... - Family Law (1 speech)
Politics can be pretty frustrating. Politicians don't often go for the obvious commonsense solution. Instead they go round and round in circles like a dog looking for a ball that's right under... - Indie Schools (1 speech)
Most of us know someone with a child who is struggling at school, struggling to fulfil their potential. I know what it's like to be a struggling parent, worried about how to give your kids the... - Sydney Metro West (1 speech)
This is not my first speech; however, as a senator for New South Wales and with deep connections to Western Sydney, I felt this issue was too important not to speak on. I was delighted that, at... - Launceston Medical Centre (3 speeches)
It gives me great pleasure to inform the chamber that a provider for the Launceston Medicare Urgent Care Clinic has been selected. The Launceston Medical Centre will establish the Medicare Urgent...
