Senate debates
Monday, 2 March 2026
- Child Care (1 speech)
From birth to age 3, a child's brain develops at an extraordinary pace. In those early years, more than a million neural connections form every second. The bonds formed between baby, mother and... - Calabria, Mr Antonio (1 speech)
I rise to pay my respects to Antonio Calabria, a man well known to many of us in this building, who welcomed us every single day at the family-run cafe Aussies here at Parliament House. Tony... - Ramadan (1 speech)
Ramadan Mubarak and Ramadan Kareem to all my Muslim sisters and brothers around the world. For us, the holy month of fasting is about focusing on our hearts, our minds, our bodies and our souls.... - Cost of Living (1 speech)
Across Australia, families are standing in supermarket aisles, crunching numbers, putting items back on the shelves, swapping brands, cutting meals and asking themselves a question that they... - Workplace Relations: Manufacturing Industry (1 speech)
As you know, Acting Deputy President Polley, before I came to this place I represented, proudly, manufacturing workers. My dad was a manufacturing worker, and I have his union ticket in my office... - Migration, Defence Procurement: Submarines (1 speech)
One Nation has long maintained that the immigration invasion is about politics, not economics. South Australian Premier Malinauskas waded into that debate last month, when he said: My message to... - National Security, Australian Assyrian Community (1 speech)
Last Friday, I joined the Leader of the Opposition, Angus Taylor; the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Senator Hume; and my colleague Senator Sharma for a meeting with the Assyrian community in... - Regional Economies (1 speech)
Today I want to highlight some of the practical outcomes the Albanese Labor government is delivering across the electorate of O'Connor in the south-west of WA—outcomes that strengthen our... - Iran (1 speech)
They say the first casualty in war is truth. Well, we've heard from Mr Albanese, our Prime Minister, as we have from the US president and from the Israelis, that their illegal strike on Iran was... - Crime (1 speech)
Several weeks ago the United States Department of Justice released millions of documents under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a massive trove shedding light on the network of the late... - Kennedy, Ms Alyssia (1 speech)
Today I rise to acknowledge an outstanding young Tasmanian, Alyssia Kennedy, the 2026 Young Australian of the Year for Tasmania, who I had the pleasure of meeting just last month. Alyssia is the... - Middle East (1 speech)
The conflict in Iran could impact Australians in a matter of days. That's because 27 per cent of the world's oil comes from that region in the Middle East. About 20 per cent of the world's total... - United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (1 speech)
This government's commitment to human rights, especially the rights of First Peoples, is a sham. A few weeks ago, in his Closing the Gap speech, the Prime Minister said that First Peoples have an... - Calabria, Mr Antonio (1 speech)
I too rise today to pay tribute to a man who was quite simply an institution at Parliament House, Mr Tony Calabria, who has, as we know, recently and sadly passed away. Tony was, of course, for...
