Speeches

Senator REYNOLDS (Western Australia) (15:22): I too rise to take note of Minister Birmingham’s answers at question time today. I think the appropriate place to start with any commentary on this is where it should be focused in this chamber at all times—on the best interests of all of Australian students. Sadly, listening to those opposite…

Senator REYNOLDS (Western Australia) (16:20): I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 338 standing in my name. Leave granted. Senator REYNOLDS: I move the motion as amended: That the Senate— (a) congratulates the Government on its delivery of the Naval Shipbuilding Plan; (b) notes that the Naval Shipbuilding Plan re-affirms the Government’s commitment…

Senator REYNOLDS (Western Australia) (15:19): I too rise to speak on this motion to take note of answers. For me, listening to question time today, it was the perfect demonstration yet again of why the Australian public is so disillusioned in all of us in this chamber. The questions from those opposite and what I have…

Senator REYNOLDS (Western Australia) (19:29): I rise tonight to pay tribute to a remarkable Western Australian woman, Cecily Smith, who passed away in February of this year following a lifetime of military and community service. Today many more servicewomen serve shoulder to shoulder with our servicemen, but in earlier wars our servicewomen were often overlooked. While…

Senator REYNOLDS (Western Australia) (15:11): I too rise to take note of the ministers’ answers on the very fine coalition government’s 2017-18 budget. I commend them for it. I have to say that, in listening to Senator Polley then, all I could think of is that wonderful Monty Python’s Life of Brian skit, ‘What have the Romans ever…

Senator REYNOLDS (Western Australia) (15:18): I too rise to take note of the minister’s answer on this issue. Listening to the two speakers opposite, I concur with the Attorney-General that this is probably one of the most disgraceful issues under attack here. No matter how much fancy footing and words that Senator Cameron and Senator O’Neill…

Senator REYNOLDS (Western Australia) (15:10): I, too, rise to speak to the motion to take note of the minister’s answers. I could not believe what I was hearing from Senator Gallacher. It was just the same tired old Labor politics of division and left-wing ideology, and it was simply untrue. On this side of the chamber,…

Senator REYNOLDS (Western Australia) (18:34): I too rise to speak in support of this bill. As a member of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I too participated in the inquiry to freedom of speech in Australia, but, unlike those opposite, I took great heart from the process. I would like to share with this…

Senator REYNOLDS (Western Australia) (20:11): Last month I had the great privilege of attending Investing in African Mining Indaba 2017, or Indaba 2017, representing the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Senator Canavan and also representing the Australian government. The conference was held in Cape Town in South Africa. With everything going on in the world,…

Senator REYNOLDS (Western Australia) (15:08): I, too, rise to comment on the motion to take note. Last night I could not have been prouder, being a Liberal member of this government. What the passage of the bill last night demonstrated was that responsible government still is possible. That is, if you want to spend money you…