Senate debates

Wednesday, 9 July 2014

  • NAIDOC Week (1 speech)
    Acting Deputy President Back, it is a delight to speak on this adjournment debate with you in the chair. In July each year, NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia to celebrate the...
  • Superannuation (1 speech)
    I rise this evening during the adjournment debate in the Senate to raise a matter that many Queensland constituents have raised with me over the last few weeks. The removal of the low income...
  • University of Adelaide (1 speech)
    It is quite fitting that you, Acting Deputy President Back, as a former practising veterinarian, are in the chair to listen to my contribution tonight. It is also fitting that Senator Fawcett, a...
  • Middle East (1 speech)
    The silence from Labor and the coalition around the atrocities of the Israeli military towards Palestine is shameful. Earlier today, news reports said that 25 Palestinians had been killed in Gaza...
  • Australian Greens (1 speech)
    These well-known words have been attributed to Shakespeare: Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive! Why is it when we look at the Greens, at green associated industries...