Speeches

 I rise to speak on the Better and Fairer Schools (Funding and Reform) Bill 2024. The primary purpose of the bill is to amend… Read More »Better and Fairer Schools Funding and Reform Bill 2024, second reading

 I just decided to change my speech in senators’ statements after hearing Senator Polley. As the shadow minister for education, I can say we… Read More »Statements by senators

The Universities Accord (Student Support and Other Measures) Bill 2024 amends the Higher Education Support Act to give effect to several measures from the Australian… Read More »Universities Accord Student Support and Other Measures Bill 2024, second reading

 I rise today to speak on the Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Quality and Integrity) Bill 2024. This bill is yet another example… Read More »Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Quality and Integrity) Bill 2024, second reading

It’s my pleasure to rise and make a contribution to this debate, which of course is necessary because of Labor’s opening of the floodgates, which… Read More »Labor’s immigration chaos fuels housing crisis, Urgency motion

 I rise to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the horrific terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas on 7 October last year, claiming the lives… Read More »October 7, One year on #bringthemhomenow

 I rise to raise serious concerns that an encampment at the Australian National University has been re-established today. These encampments have fuelled so much… Read More »Labor must adopt a zero tolerance of campus antisemitism, Statements by senators

 I rise to firstly place clearly on the record that the coalition vehemently disagrees with the Greens about the need for caps on international… Read More »Labor’s education fails, Urgency motion