- Indigenous Australians: Child Safety, Western Australia: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Today's reporting in the Australian exposes a horrifying failure of child protection in Western Australia. As the shadow minister for child protection and the prevention of family violence and as... - Tasmania: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Off the far north-west coast of Tasmania is an island, Robbins Island. Its traditional Palawa name is Pilitika. It is rich in Aboriginal cultural heritage and of profound significance to the... - Holocaust Institute of WA, Cooper, Mr William (1 speech)
I rise today to recognise an important milestone for Western Australia's Jewish community—the official opening of the new Holocaust Institute of WA education centre. I was privileged to... - Artificial Intelligence, Women's Health (1 speech)
The Albanese Labor government is turning the screws on the social media platforms. Those arguing against it call it censorship; I reject that completely. What we have right now is not free... - Tasmania: Mental Health (1 speech)
I rise to speak about two important investments in mental health care in my home state of Tasmania. The first is the new Glenorchy Medicare Mental Health Centre. This centre will provide free... - Artificial Intelligence (1 speech)
Big AI companies are trying to blackmail the Australian government and this very parliament. They want to get the government to agree to sell out Australia's intellectual property rights. It is... - Gas Industry (1 speech)
Here in Canberra, the capital city with the highest fuel prices in the country, petrol has gone past $2.25 a litre, diesel is higher and it's pushing prices up across the board—freight,... - Heavy Vehicle Rest Areas Steering Committee (1 speech)
It is with great pleasure today that I speak about the Heavy Vehicle Rest Areas Steering Committee, which I had the honour of chairing for the past four years. The committee's terms of reference... - Artificial Intelligence (1 speech)
Every time big corporations get a sniff of any regulation, they threaten to leave the country. Now big tech is jumping on the bandwagon. Open AI—that's ChatGPT, by the way—has issued... - Western Australia: Defence Industry (1 speech)
It's always a good day when the Prime Minister visits Western Australia, and it's an even better day when he comes to my neck of the woods in Perth's southern suburbs. I can tell you that his... - Energy (1 speech)
I want to place on the Hansard record an abridged version of a very important article by Chris Uhlmann from last weekend that is well worth repeating. He wrote: At the turn of the 20th century... - Women's Reproductive Health (3 speeches)
Twelve hours of induction, of pain, of my body being pushed to its limit and then an emergency caesarean I was not prepared for—I remember shaking on that operating table, not from cold but... - Simplot Company (1 speech)
A week before last, in response to a message I received from a potato grower in my home state of Tasmania, I convened a meeting of growers who were concerned about the treatment that they were... - Ethical Clothing Australia Week (1 speech)
This week is Ethical Clothing Australia Week, and this year's theme is All Clothing is Handmade. It's food for thought; in an age where clothing is seemingly endless and at our fingertips, it is... - Gender Dysphoria (1 speech)
Gender-affirming care is health care. Within hours of the Queensland Supreme Court's decision to overturn the unlawful ban against puberty blockers and hormone therapy for young gender-diverse... - Economy (1 speech)
Labor promised Australians a future made in Australia. Instead, it's a future subsidised by Australia. Workers at Whyalla were promised they would have a green hydrogen supported future. Instead,... - Superannuation (1 speech)
One Nation is calling its latest economic announcement a super pay boost, but there is no boost. There is no new money. What it is is a stunt dressed up as economic policy. They are taking money... - Agriculture Industry (1 speech)
I was privileged to meet with members of the Custom Footrot R-Pilus vaccine taskforce yesterday. It broke my heart to hear what sheep farmers across Australia go through in dealing with footrot.... - Albanese Government (1 speech)
Another day, another Labor scandal and more ministers hiding from transparency like the plague. I'm calling out the Prime Minister for allocating $6 million to his own local golf club from... - Internet Content (1 speech)
Every day, First Nations people go online and cop racism. For our mob, racism has always been a part of everyday life. What's changed is that social media makes it worse and puts it right in... - Labor Government (1 speech)
I want to acknowledge International Day of Democracy by acknowledging what a sorry state our democracy is in. Everywhere you look, this Labor government has found new ways to erode trust in... - Freedom of Speech (1 speech)
The progressive left has discovered one of the most powerful weapons in politics: not a gun but a dictionary. Control language and you begin to control thought. If people lose the words to... - Medicare (1 speech)
There's some very good news for the people of Risdon Vale just outside of Hobart on Tasmania's eastern shore. The Tasmanian government is opening a new GP clinic that will provide 20,000 fully... - Neill-Fraser, Ms Susan Blyth (Sue) (1 speech)
Sue Neill-Fraser was found guilty of murdering her partner, Bob Chappell, aboard their yacht in Hobart in 2009. Ms Neill-Fraser has always protested her innocence and no body has ever been found,... - Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (1 speech)
Heather Calgaret was a proud Yamatji, Noongar, Wongi and Pitjantjatjara woman. She was a mother to four beautiful children whom she loved dearly. She was a rock of her family, always helping and... - Economy (1 speech)
It's nice to know that some Labor MPs and senators have finally woken up to reality. The news today is that Labor MPs are voicing their concerns behind closed doors over the prospect of more... - Labor Government (1 speech)
Sadly for me—I've just clocked up 10 years in the Senate—I've never seen a more dispirited and disunited opposition than what we see at the moment. They are so divided, and they are...