Speeches

MPI - “The Government’s energy policy paralysis.”

November 28, 2018

This is definitely a matter of public importance because, still, Australian households and Australian businesses find themselves in the throes of a deep energy crisis, and under this Prime Minister—this new Prime Minister—and this new energy minister, this crisis is simply getting worse.

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ADDRESS TO CRC FOR LOW CARBON LIVING ANNUAL FORUM

November 19, 2018

The challenges of climate change just become clearer and more urgent every year.

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JDRF Walk

October 25, 2018

I look forward to walking with the JDRF on Sunday in their non-partisan SA Pollies Team, and encourage all my South Australian colleagues, from all sides, to join me in walking to make type one, type none.

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Suspension of Standing Orders - Melissa Price

October 19, 2018

Phil Coorey from the Financial Review wrote this morning that yesterday was one of the worst days that any government has had in recent memory. Well, the Minister for the Environment is trying to lift the bar.

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ADDRESS TO THE AFR ENERGY SUMMIT 2018

October 10, 2018

The latest instalments in the energy chapter of the climate wars have taken place against a backdrop of a deep energy crisis here in Australia. That energy crisis that has been unfolding for a couple of years now is quite different to previous energy crises we’ve experienced in Australia, in the sense that it is not the product of an external shock. This crisis is largely self-inflicted and it reflects a very deep, profound public policy failu...

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Banking Royal COmmission: 19/9/18

September 19, 2018

The banking royal commission has so far uncovered truly outrageous tales of corruption and appalling behaviour, including charging the dead, preying on the elderly and the disabled, and defrauding Indigenous Australians. This Prime Minister, as Treasurer, voted against establishing a royal commission into his mates at the big banks 26 times.

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