Speeches

Question without notice to Defence Minister Linda Reynolds regarding defence investment in Victoria.

 I rise to raise again in the Senate my deep concerns about the extreme distress and damage which is being inflicted on Victorians during this second wave of emergency restrictions. Today, with 70 new daily cases in Victoria, there should by now have been a road map to reopen Read more…

Speaking in the Senate on the Morrison Government’s much needed Foreign Relations Bill that ensure all arrangements between states, territories, councils and universities and a foreign government are consistent with Australian foreign policy. 

I rise to speak on the incredibly important issue of aged care. It is with regret that I have to call out these very grubby tactics from Labor senators over the tragic issue of aged care deaths, including those people who have died from or with COVID-19. The Australian government Read more…

It’s my pleasure to rise and speak on the Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Improving Assistance for Vulnerable and Disadvantaged Families) Bill 2020. I want to start my contribution by noting with some concern the contribution of Senator Faruqi. While Senator Faruqi made a number of statements critical of our government’s Read more…

I present the annual report of 2019 of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, and I move: That the Senate take note of the report. I’m pleased to present the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights 2019 annual report. This committee was formed in 2012 after the passage of Read more…

I present the 10th Report of 2020 of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, the Human rights scrutiny report, and I move: That the Senate take note of the report. I’m pleased to table the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights 10th scrutiny report of 2020. As usual this Read more…

Senator HENDERSON (Victoria) (21:48): I rise in this adjournment debate to raise concerns about the scope of the restrictions being imposed on Victorians under the state of emergency declared in March. Victorians understand that we need to be in this together, that to get through this pandemic we need to Read more…