Senator HENDERSON (Victoria) (12:37): Last night, the Treasurer handed down the 2022-23 federal budget, which delivers Australia’s plan for a stronger future: cost-of-living relief now; a long-term economic plan which creates jobs; record investments in essential services; and stronger defence and national security. This is a budget which delivers for all Read more…
Senator HENDERSON (Victoria) (15:25): I would like to start my contribution by expressing my deep concern and sympathy to all those communities in northern New South Wales and South-East Queensland who have suffered and who are continuing to suffer from the disastrous floods. Lives have been lost, and I express my Read more…
Senator HENDERSON (Victoria) (21:22): In a couple of months Australians will go to the polls. There has never been a more important election. At a time when Australia needs certainty, Mr Albanese, the most extreme-Left Labor MP to ever lead the Labor Party, would be a risk to our economy Read more…
Senator HENDERSON (Victoria) (15:17): I’m fed up with being mischaracterised by Labor on these matters. What we are seeing right now is a grubby campaign to denigrate the Prime Minister. We have an inherent right, in the Liberal and National parties, to cross the floor. Senators have not mentioned Senator Read more…
Senator HENDERSON (Victoria) (14:30): My question is to the Minister for Women’s Economic Security, Senator Hume. Can the minister update the Senate on how the Liberal-National government is supporting the economic prosperity of Australian women as we reopen Australia and secure our economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic? Senator Read more…
Senator HENDERSON (Victoria) (13:39): I rise to raise serious ongoing concerns about Victorian Labor’s proposed pandemic management bill. Even after Labor backtracked on some of the worst parts of the bill, Labor’s proposed lockdown laws are antidemocratic and extremely dangerous. The bill, if passed, would allow unchecked power to be Read more…
Senator HENDERSON (Victoria) (14:15): My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Aged Care, Senator Colbeck. Can the minister update the Senate on Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout and how Australia’s health outcomes compare to those in other countries? Senator COLBECK (Tasmania—Minister for Sport and Minister for Read more…
Senator HENDERSON (Victoria) (13:32): As someone who worked for the ABC as a journalist and presenter for nine years, I’m a great supporter of our national broadcaster and the important role it plays in our democracy. However, I want to see an ABC that is the best possible version of itself, Read more…