Senate debates
Tuesday, 5 September 2023
- Azerbaijan (1 speech)
It's a long way from home, but I want to spend my two minutes today talking about the plight of Christian Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh, a region which has been blockaded since 12 December 2022... - Emerald Secondary College (1 speech)
Last week, I had the pleasure of visiting Emerald Secondary College in Melbourne's beautiful outer-eastern suburbs. Close to the iconic Puffing Billy Railway line, Emerald Secondary is a... - Menopause (1 speech)
Menopause and perimenopause are not publicly spoken about much, but more needs to be done to understand their health and economic impacts on women and people who menstruate and the impacts on our... - National Radioactive Waste Management Facility (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about the situation for the Kimba radioactive waste facility in South Australia, where the views of the local community were ignored by this Labor government after years of... - National TAFE Day (1 speech)
Tomorrow marks National TAFE Day, and it's an opportunity to celebrate our public TAFE system. Last week I saw firsthand how free TAFE is changing lives. At Gippsland TAFE in Morwell, I met with... - Cost of Living (1 speech)
The PM was recently caught out by a classic cost-of-living got-you question, this time at the ALP conference. The Prime Minister was asked the price of petrol, and he said $1.80. On that day it... - Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
There's a shadow hanging over the agricultural industry, particularly in my home state of Western Australia. A recent survey right across Australia found that in the east the most important... - We Are Womxn (1 speech)
Last month I had the pleasure of meeting Kate Raston, Nicolette Beard and Alexis Pallister, the incredible founders of We Are Womxn. We Are Womxn is an evidence-based, trauma-informed educational... - Economy (1 speech)
Our broken economic system has to be fixed. It is a system that protects the wealthy and creates a merry-go-round of money amongst the elite while ordinary people are squeezed further and... - Oil and Gas Exploration (1 speech)
Yesterday the University of Sydney released a new report on what we know today about the impacts of oil and gas development on human health. We now know a lot. We have incredibly rich evidence... - Australian Children's Content Summit (1 speech)
I rise today to reflect on what was a fantastic opportunity to participate as a panellist last week at the inaugural Australian Children's Content Summit in Coffs Harbour. This fantastic event,... - Queensland: Forestry Industry (1 speech)
I rise to speak in support of Queensland's timber workers and the regional communities which rely on this renewable industry. The 22nd of last month was National Forestry Day, and I want to... - Tasmania: Forestry Industry (3 speeches)
On 14 August this year a photo was taken of a log truck just outside Maydena in southern Tasmania, and it clearly shows a single tree on the back of a log truck. Photos like this are an obscenity. - New South Wales: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I reminded the Senate recently that Western Sydney needed to be careful about Labor turning their backs on us and taking our communities for granted again. Predictably, Labor is doing this at... - Rural Road Safety Month (2 speeches)
September is Rural Road Safety Month. With crashes on rural roads overrepresented in fatalities in the national road toll, it's an important month for all Australians. Rural Road Safety Month is...
