Senate debates
Wednesday, 30 July 2025
- Mentor, Mr James Edward (2 speeches)
I rise today in the Senate with a very heavy heart to mark the sudden and heartbreaking passing of a friend and staff member of mine, James Edward Mentor, last month. What I share today is drawn... - Trade with the United States of America, Coleman, Emeritus Chief Rabbi Dr Shalom, CBE, AM, Myanmar (1 speech)
I want to speak on behalf of Western Australia's livestock producers, who have once again been sold out by the Albanese Labor government. First, Labor moved to shut down the live sheep export... - Housing (1 speech)
I rise to make some comments about the nation's housing nightmare and to give a preview as to why the coalition is not of the view that prioritising build-to-rent developments is appropriate in... - Middle East, Environment (1 speech)
On the evening of Thursday 17 July, just a couple of weeks ago, I attended a peace vigil for Gaza in my home town of Launceston at our beautiful Launceston Town Hall. I was disappointed to learn... - Yoorrook Justice Commission (1 speech)
I rise today as a proud Mutthi Mutthi and Wamba Wamba woman and as a Victorian to speak about the nation-leading work that is happening in my home state on the path to treaty, truth and justice.... - National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
Imagine spending 25 years of your life unable to talk, unable to speak up for what you need. That was life for a young man with autism on Tassie's east coast. Eighteen months ago he could only... - Renewable Energy, Trade Unions (1 speech)
Collie, in the south-west of Western Australia, has a proud and enduring history as one of our state's great industrial heartlands. For nearly a century, its coalmines and power stations have... - Yoorrook Justice Commission (1 speech)
Earlier this month, the Yoorrook Justice Commission, the first formal truth-telling commission of its kind in this country, handed down its final historic reports. Amongst the commission's many... - Blair Electorate: Federal Election (1 speech)
I rise to place on the record of the Senate my congratulations to the member for Blair, Shayne Neumann, on his outstanding seventh election victory for the community there. I said during the... - Schools: Gender and Sexual Orientation (2 speeches)
I want to give Australian parents examples of what's being taught in our classrooms: 'You can't tell if someone is a boy or a girl by looking at their genitals. You can be a boy but feel like a... - Treasurer (3 speeches)
I want to tell you a story about a man from Queensland who was doing a job for the last three years which was somewhat related to government—in fact, I would say it was quite heavily... - Rivers, Ms Lyn (1 speech)
It is with great sadness that I rise to speak about the extraordinary Lyn Rivers, president of the South Australian and Northern Territory branch of the SDA, who tragically passed away last week.... - Teachers (1 speech)
I rise to speak in support of our public school teachers. Next Wednesday teachers in Queensland will go on strike for the first time in over 15 years, standing together to demand better pay and... - Parkinson's Disease (1 speech)
As the co-chair of the Parliamentary Friends of Parkinson's group throughout the last parliament, I have seen and heard just how little many Australians know about this disease. Parkinson's is... - Tasmania: Economy (1 speech)
The Albanese Labor government is driving a national push for practical long-term economic reform, reform that lifts productivity, strengthens the budget and improves the lives of working... - Cybersafety (1 speech)
My comments today follow on from the vote last night calling for a review of the compulsory code of conduct for search engines, for which I thank Senator Babet. I also thank Senator Shoebridge... - South Australia: Marine Environment (1 speech)
The algal bloom disaster is still unfolding in South Australia. My thoughts are with the communities that have been and are being affected. I extend my thanks to my fellow senators for supporting... - Albanese Government (1 speech)
Over the last two weeks of sittings of the 48th Parliament, the Albanese Labor government has been delivering on our election commitments. We've been delivering on what we said we would do, and... - Great White Sharks (1 speech)
Sharks are apex predators, and healthy shark populations are essential to healthy oceans, so it was with great alarm that I recently read that new genetic tests of great white shark populations,... - Cybersafety (1 speech)
The government's sudden decision to include YouTube in its social media ban for under-16s is a textbook case of panic-driven policy, not principle. It's a backflip so hard and fast it should come... - Royal Flying Doctor Service (1 speech)
For more than 90 years, the Royal Flying Doctor Service has been a lifeline to rural and regional communities, delivering not just emergency care but also essential primary care to communities in... - Calgaret, Ms Heather, Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (1 speech)
Today I want to honour Heather Calgaret, a proud Yamatji, Noongar, Wongi and Pitjantjatjara woman who died in custody in 2021 after being found unresponsive in her cell at Victoria's Dame Phyllis... - Education Standards (1 speech)
The recent release of the NAPLAN results highlights the continuing trend of mediocrity and declining standards in our education system. The latest results reveal that one in three students, or... - Education (1 speech)
Everyone in this chamber has lived the power of education. We see firsthand, in the states that we love and represent, education's capacity to transform lives. Education is not a privilege for a... - Albanese Government, Child Care (1 speech)
I don't think we're in the way at all, Senator O'Neill. You have your supermajority, you have your ability to govern and you need to go and do it. I think it's time. You need to get ahead and do...
