Senate debates
Monday, 27 November 2023
- Fishing Industry (1 speech)
The prosperity, finances, jobs and food security of Australians are under attack from a government which has proven it will stop at nothing to impose an antifarming agenda. I never thought I'd... - Labor Government (1 speech)
The Leader of the Opposition, Peter Dutton, just says no to everything and goes down the political path of fear and division because it's all he knows. The Albanese government is getting on with... - Schools (1 speech)
The cost of living is accelerating across Australia, and we need serious action to directly provide support to people and families, instead of heaping billions on private corporations. Serious... - Bowen Community Technology Centre (1 speech)
Last week I had the great opportunity to travel around the seat of Calare with the member for Maranoa, David Littleproud. I saw lots of interesting things. We went to the small arms factory at... - Retail Workers (1 speech)
Well, the only thing which won't cost any of us a cent at the shops this Christmas is treating retail workers and fast food workers with respect. It costs absolutely nothing to be kind, but we... - Prime Minister (1 speech)
As a servant to the many different people who make up our one Queensland community I started this week with my usual check to see if the Prime Minister is in the country today. He is. Hitting... - Economy (1 speech)
The Labor government have no clue how to manage the economy. In fact, they keep acting like they are still in opposition, seeking to blame everyone in the room and taking no responsibility... - Insurance Industry (1 speech)
I rise to make a contribution and put on the record something important that happened here in the chamber today. I know you, Acting Deputy President Walsh, have had great interest in this matter... - Middle East (1 speech)
Last Friday, just a few days ago, after 47 days of one of the most brutal conflicts any of us have witnessed in modern times, Israel and Hamas agreed to a four-day truce—a truce which is... - Energy (1 speech)
I often hear calls in this place by some to end the subsidies on fossil fuels. I don't disagree with ending subsidies. You know what? I support that call. But I urge those in this place to go one... - Gender and Sexual Orientation (1 speech)
Masculinity is under attack, and the war on men is being led by cultural Marxists, the likes of which roam this very chamber, every school, every university and every education department in the... - Child Care, Early Childhood Education (1 speech)
Universal child care will end up making things worse if things keep going the way they're going. It's hard to take away anything else from last week's Productivity Commission report. The gap... - Occupied Palestinian Territories (1 speech)
I rise to speak about Palestine, by sharing some words from Palestinian Australian Dr Samah Sabawi, an award-winning playwright scholar, commentator and poet. The Australian government failed to... - Western Australia: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I rise today to lay the foundations for the case for a very important infrastructure project for Perth's southern metropolitan region, the Shelley Bridge widening project. Many of you would have... - Workplace Relations (1 speech)
Hundreds of trucks, good employers and industry transport groups took part in convoys across the country on Saturday, including on the lawns outside this building, urging this chamber to urgently... - Housing (2 speeches)
We have a government that is completely asleep at the wheel: 1,700 construction businesses have entered administration in the last 12 months! This is a government that's pretends it has a housing...
