Senate debates
Monday, 24 November 2025
- Davey, Ms Alison (1 speech)
I rise to talk about the life of Alison Davey, the former mayor of Cessnock from 2008 to 2012. Alison Davey was one of those people you meet in your life whom you just have to admire. She served... - Torpey, Mr John Lindsay (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge and honour the life of John Torpey, a respected Vietnam veteran and a much-loved member of the Hawthorn RSL sub-branch in Victoria. I had the privilege of attending... - Myanmar (1 speech)
On 8 November, the people's survey, which was undertaken for the Platform for People Movement Myanmar, was released. It covered 271 townships across Myanmar, and the findings are... - Fossil Fuel Industry (1 speech)
Over the weekend, there was the extraordinary news that an Australian government is wishing for and planning for the loss of over 60,000 jobs in Australia. The energy minister, Chris Bowen, over... - Health Care (1 speech)
Last week I visited the Health Hub at Eaton Fair. It's the home to the Bunbury urgent care clinic and a GP clinic that has recently converted to a fully bulk-billing practice under our incentive... - Pauline Hanson's One Nation (1 speech)
Two weeks ago, I had the great honour of being part of One Nation's first Western Australian branch launch in the Forrest electorate, alongside our fantastic Western Australian state... - Dismissal of the Whitlam Government: 50th Anniversary (1 speech)
November 11 marked 50 years since the 1975 Dismissal, an event still debated but, too often, misrepresented. Contrary to Prime Minister Albanese's claim that it was a 'partisan ambush', the... - Workplace Relations: Amazon (1 speech)
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and as we stare down the barrel of the silly season, we must remember who really pays the price as we add another item to our cart of online shopping... - Climate Change (1 speech)
A recent study by Cornell University found that 99.9 per cent of scientists across 90,000 peer reviewed papers found that climate change was being driven by humans. Action on climate change is a... - Make Amazon Pay Campaign (1 speech)
This week unions around the world, including the mighty SDA and Transport Workers' Union here in Australia, are standing up together in unity as part of the Make Amazon Pay campaign. I've spoken... - Social Cohesion (1 speech)
As a society, we are tolerating the intolerable, and it is destroying our once great country. Tolerance is an important virtue, but like any virtue it can be twisted and misused. When we tolerate... - Energy (1 speech)
It is time. It is time to prioritise energy security and energy abundance and to take real action to drive down power prices, ease the cost-of-living pressures, and protect Australian jobs and... - Discrimination (1 speech)
I'm reading this speech on behalf of Zaina Amro, a student who recently completed work experience in my office. My name is Zaina. For years, I have been a dedicated volunteer of the Bayside City... - Cost of Living (1 speech)
Last week I sent a survey out to the electorate of Aston and asked them, amongst other things: 'What would be the one issue you would raise in federal parliament? If you had one issue, what would... - Energy (1 speech)
That is an amazing contribution from a member who, when in government, had 22 energy policies and couldn't deliver one of them—not one of them. They've allowed the dog's tail to wag the...
