Senate debates
Tuesday, 25 November 2025
- Victoria: Medical Workforce, Australian Defence Force School of Health (1 speech)
Recently I had the privilege of attending a celebration for the very first cohort to graduate from Victoria's end-to-end rural medical training program, delivered in partnership between La Trobe... - Housing (1 speech)
When speaking to my children and their friends and to young Australians right around the country, I've noticed this growing and deeply troubling sentiment, and that's a feeling that no matter how... - Sudan, Environment (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak on the escalating humanitarian and security crisis in Sudan and to honour the voices of the Sudanese Australian community leaders who met with me recently. The Head of... - World Prematurity Day (1 speech)
I rise today to recognise World Prematurity Day, marked each year on 17 November, and to acknowledge the extraordinary work of Australia's researchers, particularly those in my home state of... - Climate Change (1 speech)
To honourable senators I recommend the publication titled Returning to our roots: how conservative environmentalism can win hearts and minds. I was favoured by the editors and invited to... - Indigenous Australians: Child Safety (1 speech)
This speech was written by an Aboriginal person who advocates for our kids in out-of-home care. It's truth-telling of the devastating experience of a young Aboriginal girl currently residing in... - Make Amazon Pay Campaign, Forestry Industry (1 speech)
Tonight I'd like to join my colleagues alongside the SDA and TWU unions and workers in the lead-up to Make Amazon Pay day on 28 November, a global day of action that coincides with Black Friday.... - Cost of Living (1 speech)
This week the Prime Minister posted to social media, 'Our 20 per cent cut to your student debt has started rolling out,' but with government debt of around $1 trillion it's disingenuous and... - Economy (1 speech)
Earlier this month, the people of New York City elected a new mayor, who supports a radical swing towards socialism. You can't really expect that young people in this country wouldn't fall for... - Windsor Community Children's Centre, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Gas Industry (1 speech)
Over a year ago, I stood here and urged Labor to save Windsor Community Children's Centre. It's a beloved community-run early learning centre in my home city of Melbourne. After huge pressure... - Russia (1 speech)
As we speak, the oil tanker Proteus Bohemia is steaming its way to Australia. It left the port of Jamnagar in India on 8 November. It's currently off the southern coast of Western Australia, due... - Critical and Strategic Minerals Industry, Small Business (1 speech)
I rise tonight to welcome the announcement from Eva Copper about their financial investment decision, which was just made yesterday. This is incredibly important in the north-west minerals... - Tasmania: Disability Services (1 speech)
Tonight I want to shine a light on a Tasmanian organisation that has quietly held our community together for generations: St.Giles. Many in the chamber will know the name because St.Giles is... - Parliamentary Standards (26 speeches)
When I was elected as a senator for our great country earlier this year, I was honoured to represent Australians in the chamber. Yesterday I witnessed our Senate censure, gag and suspend our... - Make Amazon Pay Campaign (1 speech)
The labour practices of Amazon, one of the world's largest and most influential corporations, can only be described as infamous. In 2025, Amazon's relentless pursuit of profit continues to come... - Ipswich: Waste Management, Tanzania, Kurdish Australians, Hazara Australians (1 speech)
It's always a joy to follow Senator Polley, who made another great contribution. On 7 November 2023, I rose in this place to call for a public health inquiry into the impact of odours from waste... - Nauru, Tamil Community (1 speech)
The wall of secrecy around Australia's cruel and corrupt offshore detention arrangements with Nauru must be torn down. Any system based on intentional and deliberate cruelty inevitably attracts... - Rose, Mr Peter John (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to a prince of Australian literature. Earlier this year, Peter Rose retired as the editor of the Australian Book Review after 24 years at that helm. During his tenure,... - Adelaide: Built Environment (1 speech)
I did enjoy that contribution. I rise to talk about a significant new building in South Australia: South Australia's first skyscraper, 38 storeys high, which is planned to be built a few metres... - United Nations Climate Change Conference (3 speeches)
This month, 55,000 carpetbaggers, technocrats and enablers gathered in the shadow of the Amazon rainforest to breathe life into the greatest climate change scam for one more year. The United...
