Senate debates
Monday, 1 July 2024
- Tassie's Top Tourism Towns Awards (1 speech)
It is with great pride that I rise in the Senate today to celebrate the township of Richmond's outstanding achievement as the winner of the Small Tourism Town category in the search for Tassie's... - Albanese Government (1 speech)
Today, 1 July, is a big day. It's a big day because, from today, all 13.6 million Australian taxpayers will get a tax cut, with an average cut being $1,888 a year, or $36 a week. The Albanese... - Coorong (1 speech)
I rise today to talk of the devastation of the health of the Coorong in my home state of South Australia. Over the last two months there have been two massive fish kills in the southern lagoon of... - Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
The next set of nationwide crime statistics, due in the next few days, won't tell Australians what they want to hear. Vulnerable Australians are fleeing their homes that have become less safe... - Taxation (1 speech)
It's a great day around the country today because from today every one of the 13.6 million Australian taxpayers will get a tax cut, and 84 per cent of those taxpayers will get a bigger tax cut... - Covid-19 (1 speech)
Proverbs 18:15 teaches that the heart of the prudent attains knowledge and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge. The worst virus response in Australian history—the most destructive and... - Albanese Government (1 speech)
Here we go. We are two years into my first term in this place, and we are two-and-a-bit years into this government. We know there will be an election before my third anniversary is up. In fact,... - Basketball (1 speech)
It was a great weekend of basketball on Larrakia country, with the Darwin Salties taking out the women's game against Mackay 75 to 61, with leading goal scorer Cat MacGregor contributing to an... - Environment (1 speech)
This morning the Tarkine/Takayna rainforest in Tasmania was silent except for the sound of birdsong, the wind in the trees and the buzzing of insects. The forest-killing machines have left a... - National Water Initiative (1 speech)
Last week we saw the first meeting of all state water ministers in over a decade. You would think that they would need more than an hour over Skype just to introduce themselves to each other. But... - Tasmania: Flinders Island Airport (1 speech)
Let me paint you a picture. You live on a beautiful, rugged and remote island. It's the dead of night, pitch black and dark, and you're having a medical episode that is serious enough that you... - First Nations Australians (1 speech)
Over the weekend we heard that the Greens will introduce a bill to put some pressure on the government to recommit to a makarrata commission, which Labor promised ahead of the last election and... - Australian Greens, Tasmania: Environment (1 speech)
I would point out to Senator Thorpe that the Australian Greens aren't big at acknowledging things generally, especially when they get it wrong, including when former Senator Bob Brown, the... - Cost of Living (3 speeches)
It's very good to be here on 1 July, because we know what that means to Australians. We know that today the Albanese Labor government is delivering a tax cut to every Australian taxpayer. This...
