Senate debates
Wednesday, 19 August 2026
- Artificial Intelligence (1 speech)
Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the world around us, and it's one of the most significant technological advances in modern history. AI will act as a defining marker for prosperous and... - Child Care (1 speech)
I want to talk about child care, and the future of safety in child care. Child care is central to the lives of over a million Australian families. It affects whether parents can go to work, can... - Housing, Brisbane: Environment, Queensland: Youth Justice (1 speech)
In the last week we've been inundated with headlines and stories of property managers and landlords declaring that any changes to the tens of billions of dollars they receive in tax concessions... - Senior Australians (1 speech)
There is a generation of Australians who built this country. They worked, they paid their taxes, they raised their families, and they were told that, if they did the right thing, the country... - Women's Health (1 speech)
From my first speech in this place, and many times since, I've stood in this chamber to raise the issue of women's health because I know that too often these issues have been sidelined. Too often... - Women's Health, Gambling Advertising, Donations to Political Parties (1 speech)
I want to commend and thank Senator Marielle Smith for all the work that she has done in this place and is proposing to do with this new select committee. It's really important work and will... - Avian Influenza (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the growing threat posed by the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak. This virus has devastated wildlife populations around the world and has caused mass mortality events in... - Veterans: Women's Health (2 speeches)
Last night I told Kate's story. Kate is a female veteran who waited for three years to get surgery for vaginal prolapse. Why did she wait so long? Because she couldn't find a gynaecologist who... - Discrimination (1 speech)
Teachers are reporting that six-year-old boys are calling girls dumb and sluts. Two in five boys aged 13 to 17 identify with right-wing extremism. Nearly one in three follow white supremacists... - National Security (1 speech)
I'm getting sick of talking about this, but the Australian people need to be assured that One Nation sees and cares about the abysmal state of our woke courts and institutions. A report in the... - Marine Environment: Decommissioning, Melbourne Water, Australian Football League (1 speech)
Let's get this straight: the gas industry gets our resources for free, pays next to no tax, obliterates our climate and environment, and now, it seems, does not even have to prove that it can... - Superannuation, Housing (2 speeches)
Last week, Senator Bragg felt like going out on a little adventure to the Press Club—Braggie's big day out. I think it gave everyone a little teaser of what we might expect to see if, God... - Taxation (1 speech)
I was absolutely thrilled to join the Leader of the Opposition, Angus Taylor, and the Leader of the National Party, Senator Matt Canavan—my friend and colleague from Queensland—on one... - Superannuation (1 speech)
The Labor Party will always defend Australia's superannuation system from the coalition and from One Nation. Last week, we heard from Senator Bragg, the Colonel Kurtz of the Liberal Party, by... - Executive Remuneration (1 speech)
Here are the latest hits on how you're getting screwed over while corporate CEOs are living it up. You're hearing the Greens talk a lot about big corporations and billionaires ripping us off, and... - Housing (1 speech)
Labor keeps telling Australians it's got a plan to fix housing, but the numbers tell a very different story. Labor's own budget admits its changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax will... - Red Nose Day (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about Red Nose Day, which will be held on Thursday 27 August. For almost four decades, Red Nose Day has brought Australians together to get silly for a very serious cause.... - Great Western Highway (1 speech)
For months now, businesses along the Great Western Highway have been bleeding. They were told, despite begging, that there was no disaster assistance, no rescue package and no serious... - Wayside Chapel (1 speech)
(): I'd like to acknowledge the fantastic volunteer work of the people who support the Wayside Chapel in Kings Cross. I was able to visit there a couple of weeks ago and see the great... - Paid Parental Leave Scheme (1 speech)
The first few months with a newborn are some of the most precious moments for parents—moments that only come around once. That's why, from 1 July, the Albanese Labor government expanded... - University of Queensland (1 speech)
Democracy is under attack at the University of Queensland. Student democracy is at the cornerstone of a democratic society—a society that allows for dissent, resistance and advocacy, and a... - Low-Carbon Liquid Fuels (1 speech)
Yesterday marked another important step forward in our government's plan for a future made in Australia. Ministers King and Bowen announced the opening of consultation on options to support the... - Afghanistan (1 speech)
I know that people from Afghanistan here in Australia are hurting today. We just received information about a blast at a school in Kabul that has injured nearly 50 children and tragically taken... - Vietnam War (1 speech)
Yesterday, I joined Vietnam veterans and their families and the Governor-General at the Vietnam Forces National Memorial on Anzac Parade and stood alongside Senator Paterson, Minister Keogh and... - Housing (1 speech)
Labor has delivered a trifecta of failure on housing: fewer homes, higher rents and an absolute smashing of confidence in the market. Today, Ray White, Australia's biggest rental property... - Donations to Political Parties (6 speeches)
The New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption has been holding hearings for the past four weeks now, investigating illegal donations to the Liberal Party's branch-stacking... - Albanese Government (9 speeches)
The Albanese government is taking action every single day to assist Australians with their cost-of-living pressures. Despite the fact that, consistently, we have the Liberal, National and One...
