Senate debates
Monday, 25 August 2025
- Veteran Car Club of Australia (Tasmania) (1 speech)
Not often can you combine something you enjoy doing with doing something good for the community, but the members of the Veteran Car Club of Australia, Tasmania division, do precisely that. In... - Universities (1 speech)
In its first 100 days of a second term, the Albanese Labor government has moved swiftly to deliver on its bold reform agenda, prioritising relief for students, working Australians and families... - Australian Football League (1 speech)
Why is the AFL bringing in an international artist, a slur merchant, and paying them $2 million rather than backing Aussie talent? The AFL have decided that, rather than putting on an Australian... - South Australia: Marine Environment (1 speech)
In this chamber, we have done as much as we can as quickly as we can—Senator Grogan, Senator McLachlan and I moved a motion—about the algal bloom stuff, but we need more. We need more... - Brand, Mr George (1 speech)
I rise to honour the passing of the life of a very successful and very kind entrepreneur and community minded member of the Central Coast—none other than George Brand. If people looked up... - Economy, Immigration (1 speech)
Australia's long-term productivity growth rate has hit its lowest point in the last 20 years, dropping to 0.9 per cent. Over the past week, there has been a lot of talk about capital deepening... - South Australia: Marine Environment (1 speech)
Today I rise so the voices of Port Clinton in South Australia and other regional coastline communities can be heard in this place. I add them to the growing list of people deeply concerned about... - Magabala Books (1 speech)
Those of us that have had the privilege to serve in this fine place know how wonderful it is to get out of here and get back to our electorates—I don't mean that rudely—which I have... - South Australia: Marine Environment, Freedom of Speech (1 speech)
After hearing all the concern in the chamber today about the algal bloom, I thought I'd give an event occurring this Thursday in room 1R1 at 12.15 a plug. For those senators who won't be... - Economy (2 speeches)
Only in Australia could a prime minister host a three-day productivity summit, and then, right after it ends, encourage Australians to not do any work. Yet, that's exactly what happened last... - Ukraine (1 speech)
I rise to contribute. On 21 August 1991, when Russia had a very different leader, Ukraine declared its independence after centuries of occupation by other nations—most brutally by the... - Small Business (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate the government on holding its economic round table. But I must also appeal for stronger action to protect Australia's crucial small-business sector. Small businesses... - Australian Securities and Investments Commission: Law Enforcement (3 speeches)
Sometimes I wonder what the point is of us all flying down to this bush capital and making laws, because so many of the laws that have been made are not enforced, whether that be about incitement...
