Senate debates
Wednesday, 12 August 2026
- Indigenous Australians: Education (1 speech)
If you want to change the story for First Nations people in this country, education is where some of that change begins. This is not because education alone can undo generations of disadvantage... - Nixon, Mr Murray Davidson, AO (2 speeches)
I rise to acknowledge the life and contribution of a distinguished Western Australian, former member of the Legislative Council, farmer, community leader and lifelong Liberal Murray Davidson... - Hanson, Senator Pauline, Economy, Freedom of Speech (1 speech)
It gives me great pleasure to share a win with all migrants and people of colour. When Senator Hanson told me to 'piss off back to Pakistan', I decided to hold her accountable on behalf of each... - Queensland: Natural Disasters, Veterans: Rifle Company Butterworth (1 speech)
Queensland is Australia's most disaster-prone state. Last summer alone, 74 of Queensland's 77 local government areas were impacted by disasters, including two cyclones and monsoonal flooding that... - Cost of Living (1 speech)
On this side of the chamber, we know that Australians are hardworking people. They get up early, they work long hours, they raise their families, they care for their loved ones and they volunteer... - Askew, Ms Wendy Anne (1 speech)
I rise today on something that is incredibly pleasurable. Unlike the times when we come into this place to talk about colleagues who have passed—I mean that in the ultimate way—today... - Tasmania: Economy (1 speech)
I want to call out to the people of northern Tasmania—people who have shown extraordinary patience while their state government fails them time and time again. It's 12 years, everybody. For... - Food Safety (3 speeches)
I assume everyone here loves to eat berries and loves giving berries to their children and grandchildren, believing they are giving them something not just yummy but also healthy. Did you know... - Women's Health (1 speech)
Over the past few weeks, I've had the pleasure of meeting with Western Australian women and healthcare providers in a series of women's health forums to better understand their experiences of the... - National Security (1 speech)
The first responsibility of any government is to keep Australians safe. Australians rightfully expect this government to put their safety and our national security above all else. The Albanese... - City Mission (2 speeches)
I rise today to talk about City Mission, which is a place that does so much good work, as most people would know in our communities. The City Mission proposal for the Launceston Community... - Small Business (1 speech)
Labor has no clue about managing the economy and absolutely no clue about small business. When I look around the chamber here, I see three senators around me who have direct experience of working... - Health Care (1 speech)
Earlier today, the Leader of the Opposition, Angus Taylor, convened a roundtable at Parliament House on Labor's private health insurance changes. It wasn't a partisan meeting: around the table... - Colombia: Earthquake (1 speech)
I rise today to express my deepest sympathies with the people of Colombia following the devastating earthquake that struck their country. The scale of the tragedy is heartbreaking. Hundreds of... - National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
We are in the middle of enormous changes to the way that disability support works in Australia. The government is gearing up to significantly cut the NDIS, all the time assuring us that there... - Tertiary Education and Training (1 speech)
There aren't that many 21-year-olds who are following things in here that closely, perhaps apart from Senator Walker, who's 22. But my 21-year-old niece Maddy is a nurse, and she is super excited... - Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
Well, they're at it again. The radical animal activists are stirring up their inner-city lefty luvvies to attack Australia's cattle trade. We've seen this before. We've seen the playbook before.... - Taxation (1 speech)
The Albanese Labor government's utter incompetence when it comes to their management of the economy is on full display this week with their total bungling of the widows tax. Australians who lose... - Census (1 speech)
Every five years, the Australian government demands—I might say, under threat of daily fines—that you hand over the intimate details of your life, like who you live with, what you... - Tertiary Education and Training (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the Albanese government's expansion of the Commonwealth paid prac payment. You shouldn't have to choose between paying the bills and graduating. That's a principle this... - Privatisation (1 speech)
Today I've written to the Gold Coast City Council to urge them against privatising the management of the city's public pools and to stop their plan to sell off this community asset to the highest... - Kidney Disease (1 speech)
This week marks Kidney Action Week. Kidney disease affects some 2.7 million Australians. One in seven Australian adults is directly affected by kidney disease, and behind that figure are people... - Forestry Industry (1 speech)
As you know too well, Acting Deputy President Polley, investment in Tasmania is something the Rockliff Liberal government and their federal colleagues claim to support right up until somebody... - Whistleblower Protection (1 speech)
Aussie whistleblowers continue to wait for reform. They continue to be prosecuted and suffer under a broken system—a system we were promised would be overhauled. Before the 2022 election,... - Racism (1 speech)
Last Thursday, a 56-year-old man intentionally ran down two 12-year-old boys in Mildura's Langtree Mall with his Ford Ranger. This was a violent attack by a grown man on two children. They were... - Liberal Party of Western Australia: Hyden Branch (1 speech)
Happy 50th birthday to the Hyden branch of the Liberal Party in Western Australia. On 13 August 1976, Theo Marshall decided that simply casting a vote was not good enough. Determined to have a... - Superannuation (2 speeches)
Recently, the Labor Party celebrated its 50th ALP national conference in Adelaide. The Australian Labor Party, with the Albanese Labor government, has reaffirmed its core Labor principles: if you...
