Cost of living crisis
After eight long years of Liberal-National government, Australians are finding it harder and harder to make ends meet. We're in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis. Eight years of wage stagnation, skyrocketing private and public debt, and job insecurity have left people struggling to pay for the necessities like food, rent, petrol and utility bills…
Only Labor can deliver action on climate change
Let's be clear: the only way to get a good climate policy—or any climate policy, for that matter—is to change the government.
PM Morrison’s problem with the truth
We will hold the Prime Minister to account for his lack of integrity and we will continue to do that. The pattern appears to be: say something misleading, duck, weave, obfuscate and then dig your heels in when you're called out on it.
A tough time for SA’s oyster industry
I rise today to offer my deepest sympathies to the hardworking South Australian men and women in the state's oyster-growing industry who've had their jobs and their industry threatened by an outbreak of Vibrio infections.
Liberal politicians spreading misinformation on COVID-19
I rise to speak in support of this urgency motion because I simply cannot fathom that members of the Morrison-Joyce government are seemingly green-lit to parade around the country undermining public health advice in the middle of a deadly pandemic.
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Improved Grants Reporting) Bill 2021
Having recently arrived in the Senate, I've been shocked at the lack of transparency and accountability of the Morrison-Joyce government.
Anti-Poverty Week
I am also going to abandon what I was going to say and just respond to what has been said across the chamber just now. There are so many people in this country who rely on those support payments, and all the other additional support payments that were referred to, and they also would like a job…
Agriculture sector leading the way on climate change
The agriculture sector in rural and regional Australia is miles ahead of the Liberals and light years ahead of the Nationals.
Senator Karen Grogan’s first speech to the Senate
As I rise to make my first speech, I'd first like to acknowledge that the lands we gather on today are those of the Ngunawal and Ngambri people, and I pay my respects to their elders, past, present and emerging. I would also like to pay my respects to the Kaurna elders, past, present and emerging, on whose land I live…