Senate debates
Thursday, 14 May 2026
- Budget (7 speeches)
Labor's fifth budget has again ignored the silent cry for help from Australian families who are struggling with the cost of living, the lack of relief in the budget, higher mortgages and the... - Lung Health Awareness Month (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge Lung Health Awareness Month, which takes place throughout May, and to recognise the work of Lung Foundation Australia. Lung health is something many of us do not think... - Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2025 (1 speech)
This coming Monday, 18 May, will mark Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day, when the world remembers the appalling crimes inflicted on the Tamil people in 2009 in the closing days of the conflict between... - North Bondi RSL Club (1 speech)
On Anzac Day, many of us are able to visit various RSLs and other community groups as we acknowledge the contribution of our armed services over these last 125 years. This Anzac Day, I was... - Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games, Manufacturing Industry (1 speech)
It might be a few years away, but I can tell you that many in my family are already excited about the 2032 Olympics in Brisbane. My kids weren't born when the Olympics came to Sydney in 2000, but... - Parliament House: Sponsored Access (1 speech)
When I came to this place, I was really shocked at how loose our lobbying rules are in Australia. I didn't know that as a parliamentarian you can give out an unlimited number of sponsored passes,... - Inland Rail (1 speech)
There's already been a lot of talk today about this in this chamber, but I will go back to the Inland Rail cuts and what they mean for my area of the Hunter. Previously, before coming to this... - Trucking Industry (1 speech)
I'm delighted to inform the Senate that this week is national Truck Week, which will run from 11 to 18 May. An initiative of the Heavy Vehicle Industry Australia, Truck Week 2026 is a national... - Budget: Housing (1 speech)
I recently met with Sebastian, a remarkable 13-year-old young South Australian. He has crunched the numbers for himself and his generation and worked out that he won't own a home—it will be... - Nakba (1 speech)
This week marks the Nakba, the catastrophe of 1948 when more than 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly removed from their land. As an Aboriginal woman, I do not see this as a distant history; it's... - Budget (1 speech)
Small business owners, start-ups, founders and entrepreneurs were shocked to learn on Wednesday morning that they've got a new co-founder. Somehow a sneaky shareholder has crept onto their... - Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1 speech)
Australia's political landscape has changed for the better. Everyone is going to have to learn their way around it. That especially includes the ABC. Their behaviour towards One Nation has been... - Medicare (1 speech)
Six months ago I tabled a petition to save cohealth's community bulk-billing clinics across Victoria. It now has almost 8,000 signatures. That gave Labor, state and federal, six months to... - Farrer By-Election (1 speech)
Prime Minister Albanese has mastered the art of winning by not appearing where the losing might be visible. Take the Farrer by-election, a great example, or rather take the fact that the Labor... - Budget (2 speeches)
I had to do a double take today when I read that the Liberal shadow treasurer plans to repeal our negative gearing changes, but then I remembered that that mob opposite actually voted against...
