Senate debates

Tuesday, 28 November 2023

  • Albanese Government (3 speeches)
    by leave—before I begin my adjournment contribution, I inform the chamber that I withdraw some comments I made earlier that were deemed unparliamentary under the standing orders earlier today.
  • Doig, Brevet Sergeant Jason, Stevens, Mr Charles Hinchcliffe (1 speech)
    On Friday 17 November, our home state of South Australia woke to the news that police officer Brevet Sergeant Jason Doig, after 34 years of service keeping our community safe, had died in the...
  • Health Care: Multiple Sclerosis (1 speech)
    It's very hard to follow that. Tonight I'm excited, though, to speak about the opening of the MS Plus Wellbeing Centre in Hobart earlier this year. As a Tasmanian senator and co-chair of the...
  • Animals Australia (1 speech)
    There are few in this place or the other place who you would sooner have in the political trenches at your side than my good very good friend and colleague Rick Wilson MP, the member for...
  • World Health Organization (1 speech)
    The people of the world are waking up to the World Health Organization. They are waking up to this unelected globalist body—an organisation seeking to accrue power at the expense of our...
  • Tasmania: Health Care (1 speech)
    Small GP clinics in rural and regional areas of Tassie are collapsing at a rapid pace. In the last few years, we've lost clinics at Brighton, Evandale, Westbury and East Devonport, and this year...
  • Far North Queensland Pearls, Challenge of the Nations Netball Tournament, African Cup of Nations (1 speech)
    I rise today to speak about three wonderful sporting events that occurred recently in my home state of Queensland. They were more than just sporting events; they were events that lifted up young...
  • World Health Organization, COVID-19 (5 speeches)
    As a servant to the many varied people who make up our one Queensland community, tonight I address continuing misinformation around the World Health Organization pandemic agreement and associated...
  • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Workplace Relations (11 speeches)
    I know we're not allowed to use props in this place, so I won't, but here is my Christmas card for the coming year. And it's very important, because each year I use a country church from...