Senate debates
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
- Western Australia: Industry (1 speech)
Western Australia has long been the engine room of Australia's economy. Our iron ore industry not only built our economy; it has underpinned our nation's export strength for decades. Last year... - Media (1 speech)
Back in 1990, the media landscape was quite different. The only media channels which existed then were mainstream television, radio and newspapers. Control of the narrative was limited to a few... - Western Australia: Environment (1 speech)
Tonight I bring to attention an issue that is being raised loudly by the Western Australian community. The health and longevity of our environment cannot be sacrificed to a further mining... - Renewable Energy (1 speech)
Last week I stood in a tiny town, Marnoo—population 99—in the heart of the Mallee. I stood with Anne Webster, their local federal MP, with local councillors and with hundreds of... - National Disability Insurance Agency (1 speech)
At Senate estimates earlier this year, I asked for a breakdown of gifts from Salesforce to NDIA officials, with as many as a hundred going undisclosed, contrary to the NDIA's own finance... - Green, Sir Guy, AC, KBE, CVO (1 speech)
I rise tonight to pay my respects to a remarkable Tasmanian, the Hon. Sir Guy Green AC KBE CVO, a distinguished statesman who lived a life of service and commitment to Tasmania. Sir Guy, who... - Artificial Intelligence, Middle East (1 speech)
Productivity and AI—they're words everyone in this place is obsessed with, but no-one seems to know exactly what they mean by them. Maybe it's 'the vibe' or something. Well, let me tell you... - Civil Contractors Federation Tasmania Earth Awards (1 speech)
It's a cliche to say that we all get here on the back of the hard work of others, but when it comes to civil construction it's literally true. Everyone who travelled here has a team of civil... - National Security (1 speech)
Earlier today the Australian public and the Australian parliament heard frankly alarming news about the hostile acts of a foreign power directed against Australia and Australian national... - Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID-19 Lessons Learned (1 speech)
The New Zealand Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID-19 Lessons Learned invited several former ministers in New Zealand responsible for the damaging, inhuman and fatal COVID response. These... - Westbrook, Eden Jayde (1 speech)
Eden Westbrook would have turned 26 on 12 August, but Eden died a very public death in tragic circumstances in St Helens, Tasmania, in February 2015. She was found hanging by a rope in St Helens... - National Security, Multicultural Career and Job Expo Logan 2025, St Mary and Archangel Michael Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church, Mskaye Hizunan Tigrayan Orthodox Tewahedo Church (1 speech)
I rise to take note of the shocking revelations today of the involvement of the Iranian regime in relation to terrorist acts in Australia, including the firebombing of the Adass Israel synagogue.... - Migration (1 speech)
We are locked in an all-or-nothing fight for Australia's very soul. On one side are the Australians who built this country: the battlers, the people from the bush, the people who contributed to...
