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China take advantage of weak Australian governments

Transcript  I move: That the Senate notes that the current dispute between China and Australia is more deep-seated than a trade spat involving wine, coal and timber. The motion I moved is the opening paragraph in Robert Gottliebsen’s newspaper article in The Australian yesterday, and I’ll quote it again: When China declared that Australia had been “evil” […]

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Greens Climate Emergency MOU

Transcript Thank you Mr. Acting Deputy President. And there we have it, a motion and hyperbole, not one bit of science. In serving the people of Queensland and Australia, I wanna firstly point out that The Greens last week wanted to declare a climate emergency because New Zealand did. Not because of the science, but […]

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Kyoto carryover credits stolen from farmers

Transcript The Kyoto carryover credits were created by stealing property rights from farmers. Farmers lost the rights to manage their land and vegetation without compensation. The purchase of freehold land has been turned into a leasehold agreement with government controlling the land use through overburdensome and crippling regulations. The decision by the Howard government to […]

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Cash Ban triumphantly binned

One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts’ motion to bin the Cash Ban bill received triumphant support in the Senate today. The Currency (Restrictions on the Use of Cash) Bill would have banned the use of cash for transactions over $10,000 and put in place hefty fines and jail terms for breaches. Senator Roberts said, “This is […]

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Greens call for a climate emergency

Transcript As a servant to the people of Queensland and Australia, I want to respond to Senator Waters’s speech in which she claimed the need to declare a climate emergency. She’s acting. Her opening statement says it all—’The Greens are moving this motion because the New Zealand government has declared a climate emergency.’ That’s it! […]

Bail-in loophole to be remedied

One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts met with the government today and received reassurance that, despite his anti bail-in bill being voted down 12-32, the loophole that allows a bail-in will be remedied. Senator Roberts said, “The public needs to know that their savings are safe from failed banks and the vote against my bill fails […]