Senate debates
Tuesday, 11 August 2026
- Raper, Mr Chris (1 speech)
I rise this evening to acknowledge the passing of Chris Raper, a lion of the Labor movement and deeply respected in our organisation. Chris was a peacemaker at a time when so many were warriors.... - Cost of Living (1 speech)
Tonight, I rise to speak about the growing financial pressure facing Australian families and the thousands of young Western Australians that the Albanese government encouraged to take on... - Victorian Racing Awards, Racing Industry (1 speech)
Tonight, I want to discuss one of the premier events in the Victorian racing calendar, which is the Victorian Racing Awards annual event, which was held at the Forum Melbourne theatre on Saturday... - Cost of Living (1 speech)
It's certainly been a cold winter, and it's made worse by Labor's cost-of-living crisis forcing families to choose between heating and eating and anything else. Labor has left many out in the... - Foreign Investment (1 speech)
Betrayal—betrayal is what we have seen in regional Australia from this Labor government. Many, many Australians would now have heard about the situation—the case of Rushy Lagoon,... - Personal Information and Privacy (1 speech)
We're living through a quiet but profound shift in the relationship between the individual and the government in this country. Piece by piece, law by law and system by system, this country is... - Food Industry (1 speech)
Every decision affecting Australian food production should begin with one simple question: does this strengthen or weaken Australia's ability to feed itself? The Albanese Labor government would... - Tasmania: Business Investment (1 speech)
I love my country, but I love my state—my home state of Tasmania—even more. That's why, with an issue we're facing in northern Tasmania, I just cannot understand the state Liberal... - Great Australian Bight (4 speeches)
There is a horizon most Australians will never see, yet one that belongs to every Australian: the Great Australian Bight. The landfall is one of the longest uninterrupted line of cliffs on the... - Valedictory (2 speeches)
This is my final adjournment speech, and I'd like to give a big shout-out to some of the fabulous scientists I've had the privilege and honour to work with over the past 14 years in the... - Whish-Wilson, Senator Peter, Queensland: Community Services (1 speech)
It is an honour to follow Senator Whish-Wilson's last adjournment speech. I'd like to applaud him on his passionate advocacy, especially in relation to Australia's beautiful oceans, which I've... - Media, COVID-19 (1 speech)
It's obvious the media recently declared war on One Nation, and tonight I ask the obvious: what's really going on? Over the last 20 years, the mainstream media's market penetration has crashed.... - Askew, Ms Wendy Anne, Taxation, Prime Minister (1 speech)
I wish to start this evening by acknowledging and thanking my good friend Wendy Askew, who resigned from this place yesterday afternoon. Former senator Askew leaves this parliament having made an... - Department of Veterans' Affairs (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the Department of Veterans' Affairs. I got into the Senate because I found out the hard way that the Department of Veterans' Affairs had one policy and one policy only when...
