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… Read More »Daniel Andrews must open up the Victorian economy, Adjournment

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 »Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Bill 2020, second reading

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 »Victorian aged care deaths directly linked to State Labor’s COVID-19 failures, Matter of public importance

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 »Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Improving Assistance for Vulnerable and Disadvantaged Families) Bill 2020, second reading

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

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… Read More »Human Rights, Joint Statutory Committee, Report 10 of 2020, Senate, 26 August 2020

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… Read More »Right to compensation in Victoria an important safeguard, Statements by senators