Senate debates
Wednesday, 1 July 2026
- Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about one of the most urgent responsibilities before this parliament: preventing violence against women and children, supporting victims-survivors, and building an Australia... - Valedictory (2 speeches)
When I first stood in this place in April 2019, I said that none of us knows what the future holds. None of us knows how long we have to serve here. I have been so grateful to have served my... - Askew, Senator Wendy, Western Australia: Health Care (1 speech)
I will get to my 10-minute statement, but, before she leaves the chamber, I'll just place on the record my personal thanks for the years that I've spent working with Senator Askew and for her... - Child Care (1 speech)
Over the last five months I've had the immense privilege of meeting with parents, educators, providers and communities right across Australia, and these conversations have reinforced something... - Cost of Living (1 speech)
As everyone is aware, it is 1 July, and there are a number of changes coming for Australians today. Because our government continues to deliver real change for Australians, they will see real... - Housing, Middle East (1 speech)
This week the National Rental Affordability Scheme, NRAS, a previous Labor government initiative, came to an end. At its peak it provided affordable rental accommodation to around 55,000... - Artificial Intelligence, Taxation: Gas Industry, Australian Greens (1 speech)
We are being inundated from overseas by AI slop and bots. It's being used to boost One Nation and spread hate online. Foreign websites are pumping out hundreds of fake posts a week, using... - Australian Society (1 speech)
From the day Labor's Gough Whitlam imposed multiculturalism as an official government doctrine in 1973, Australians have been misled about what it really means. We were told it was simply about... - Be Hers Foundation (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the Be Hers Foundation, an organisation doing important work with women and girls in our community. Recently I attended the Key to Freedom evening hosted by Be Hers in... - Veteran and Family Wellbeing Agency, Lambie, Senator Jacqui, Askew, Senator Wendy (1 speech)
This morning I attended the launch of the Veteran and Family Wellbeing Agency. Along with many other coalition MPs and senators, I was pleased to welcome the Chief of the Defence Force, Admiral... - Budget, One Nation (2 speeches)
Taxation is an anchor on productivity growth, reducing wealth creation for all Australians. The Treasurer has produced a budget that overtaxes and undersupports productivity. The social... - Cost of Living (6 speeches)
I refuse to give up on Australia. And I refuse to abandon the Australian people to the Labor Party and their obsession with taxes and desire for control. Your family deserves better than what... - Australian National Men's Football Team (1 speech)
This is a shout-out to our wonderful Socceroos. In an upside-down world, where so many are struggling and suffering, cheering for the Socceroos gives us wonderful moments of joy and unity. The... - Albanese Government (2 speeches)
Well, today it's seven years since I first started in the Senate—seven-year anniversary. It is an enormous privilege to come and represent the great state of Queensland and, of course, be... - Universities (1 speech)
I've spoken before about the need to break our universities of their addiction to foreign students. My concern has always been about the welfare of Australian students and the huge impact of... - Fuel (1 speech)
Australia runs on diesel, whether it's our farmers, our mining industries or our transport operators, and that's exactly why Labor and the Greens need to keep their hands off our fuel tax... - Grocery Prices (1 speech)
We've all seen how supermarkets increase their prices unfairly, even when things go on sale. Yes, it's about time someone did something about this. That's why this government has taken action,... - Middle East (1 speech)
Israel intentionally targets children in Gaza—an infant shot in the head while breastfeeding, a 3-year-old shot dead in the arms of his father, a teenager slaughtered while carrying a white... - Cost of Living (1 speech)
The Albanese government today celebrates its latest cost-of-living masterstroke, a tax cut. How much is it? Five bucks a week, just enough to buy, well, probably not much, actually. Decent... - Albanese Government (1 speech)
Happy 1 July! Starting today, the Albanese Labor government is giving taxpayers another tax cut as part of our plan to deliver a series of five tax cuts and ultimately save the average worker up... - Defence Procurement (1 speech)
Twenty-nine billion dollars—it's a lot of money. It could put dental into Medicare, you could build tens of thousands of new public homes, or it would go a long way to wiping all student... - Artificial Intelligence (1 speech)
The Albanese government came to government on a promise of transparency, but the Prime Minister has proven to be secretive and has developed an allergy to transparency. Last week, my office was... - Regional Media (1 speech)
As Joni Mitchell's song Big Yellow Taxi says, you don't know what you've got till it's gone. This is very prominent around regional media and our media outlets in Australia. We're seeing the big... - Economy (1 speech)
Australians are hard workers and they always have been. They do the extra shift. They pay the bills. They raise the kids. They save a little extra for a rainy day. But, for too long, Australians... - Wages and Salaries (2 speeches)
It is a great day to be a worker in this country. We backed a pay rise for three million minimum and award wage workers, which kicks in today. The minimum wage goes up to $26.44 an...
