Senate debates
Thursday, 5 March 2026
- Motor Neurone Disease (1 speech)
This week advocates, families and people living with motor neurone disease gathered in Parliament House for the launch of the Parliamentary Friends of Motor Neurone Disease for 2026. While I was... - Cometti, Mr Dennis John, AM, Western Australia: Aviation Industry (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge the passing of Western Australia's great sporting voice, Dennis Cometti. For more than half a century, Dennis provided the soundtrack to Australian sport. His deep, clear... - Culture and the Arts (1 speech)
The life of the arts, far from being an interruption or a distraction in the life of a nation, is very close to the centre of a nation's purpose and is a test of the quality of a nation's... - Fossil Fuel Industry (2 speeches)
I rise to warn of a dangerous and increasingly prevalent risk to our democracy. Australians have been told that beer drinkers pay more tax than gas companies. Others say that the Commonwealth...
