Senate debates

Monday, 18 March 2024

  • Infrastructure (1 speech)
    It is less than 50 days, just 48 days, to the next stunning beef week in Rockhampton. We are really looking forward to this week, because months after beef week we were meant to start work on the...
  • Schools (1 speech)
    Over the past few weeks I have had the honour of visiting a number of schools in South Australia that have benefited from an investment by the Labor government in the Capital Grants Program. I...
  • Political Parties (1 speech)
    It's another day and another Liberal preselection where the bloke has toppled the woman. Another day where the Liberals, instead of backing an experienced, well respected woman, have backed in a...
  • Tasmania State Election (1 speech)
    As Tasmania approaches its state election this weekend, it is clear there is a huge risk to my home state and to the prosperity and success of Tasmanian families and businesses. That risk is the...
  • Health Care: Women (1 speech)
    When you look across our healthcare system you don't have to dig very deep at all to see example after example of where women have been discriminated against, where women have felt unheard, where...
  • Labor Party (1 speech)
    On the weekend, former ACTU president and former Labor member of parliament Jennie George AO published an article in the Australian newspaper. It's compulsory reading. Jennie clearly holds...
  • Western Australia: Gun Control (1 speech)
    Western Australians have a good political radar. They know a bit of political nonsense when they hear it, and we've seen that well and truly on display once again from the state Labor government...
  • White, Senator Linda (1 speech)
    I rise today to speak on the passing of my good friend Senator Linda White. I note that the formal condolence motion will be dealt with tomorrow, but I will be unable to contribute to that...
  • Women's Sanitary Products (1 speech)
    One in five Australians have been unable to afford period products at some point in their life. Period poverty shouldn't exist in wealthy country like ours. But where it does, not-for-profit...
  • Liberal Party of Australia (1 speech)
    I rise to congratulate my colleague Senator Alex Antic on securing the very highest spot on the South Australian Liberal Party ticket. Good job, Senator Antic! While the Liberal Party seems all...
  • Mervin, Ms Kunmanara, Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands (1 speech)
    As a Liberal, I pay tribute to the incredible life and contribution of South Australian Pitjantjatjara woman, Kunmanara Mervin. 'Kunmanara' is a respectful reference to people of the Great Sandy...
  • Tasmania: Maritime Industry (1 speech)
    It grinds my gears when we have opportunities to bring money into northern Tasmania when instead we're watching it sail away to the mainland or internationally. Southern Marine ShipLift operates...
  • Juvenile Detention (1 speech)
    Once again, we're seeing politicians across the country spread fear and hate, and calling for more kids to be locked up. The federal coalition and some state Labor governments are undermining...
  • Supermarket Prices Select Committee (1 speech)
    We all know that, over the last 15 to 20 years, the supermarket industry has changed. It appears quite clear that this change is not for the better. A driving tour through the electorate of...
  • Legal Aid (2 speeches)
    I recently met with representatives from Community Legal Western Australia, the peak body for community legal services in my home state of Western Australia. In a world where access to justice is...