Speeches

The 2020-21 federal budget, handed down tonight by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, is all about jobs. This is the most important federal budget since the Second… Read More »Adjournment: Most important Federal Budget since the Second World War, 6 Oct 2020



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… Read More »Adjournment: Daniel Andrews must open up the Victorian economy, Senate, 1 September 2020

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… Read More »Adjournment debate, Foreign Relations Bill, Senate, 31 August 2020

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… Read More »Matter of Public Importance: Victorian aged care deaths directly linked to State Labor’s COVID-19 failures, 31 August 2020

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… Read More »Second Reading: Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Improving Assistance for Vulnerable and Disadvantaged Families) Bill 2020, Senate, 26 August 2020

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… Read More »Human Rights, Joint Statutory Committee, Annual Report of 2019, Senate, 26 August 2020