Senate debates
Monday, 17 August 2026
- National Science Week, Artificial Intelligence (1 speech)
This week is National Science Week. When the Minister for Industry and Innovation, Senator Tim Ayres, launched it at Questacon, he put it well: our scientific capability is critical to... - South Australia: Environment (1 speech)
Wendell Berry, a novelist, poet, American farmer and activist, gave this quote: … Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner... - West Papua, Middle East (1 speech)
Yes to that, Senator McLachlan! Today I met with a delegation of people from West Papua led by Benny Wenda, the chairperson of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua, who came here to... - Dental Health (1 speech)
I rise today to recognise the important work being undertaken by the Australian Dental Industry Association and to acknowledge a recent visit that highlighted the difference oral health education... - Commonwealth Procurement (1 speech)
Tonight I want to speak about the privatisation of the public sector via the big four. The partners in the big four consulting firms, PwC, EY, KPMG and Deloitte, are the high priests of...
