Delivering for Our Community

I participated in a Senate Inquiry into the Aged Care Amendment (Implementing Care Reform) Bill 2022 and proposed several changes to help strengthen the Bill.

I used my balance of power position in the Senate to secure a range of amendments to the Climate Change Bills 2022. 

I have tabled a disallowance motion in the Senate to block regulatory changes from the Government intended to reduce financial transparency for super funds.

After the Government announced it would abolish the Australian Building and Construction Commission, I raised concerns about how safety and productivity issues in the construction industry would be monitored and addressed moving forward.

In response to approaches from members of, and advocates for, our deaf community, I requested to have an Auslan interpreter with me on the floor of the Senate live translating my first speech.

After our constituent, Terence Palmer, informed my office of an error in the Table of Precedence for the Commonwealth of Australia, I wrote to the Government on his behalf asking that the error be...