Senate Speeches

Statements by senators – Premier of Victoria, 29 March, 2023 Senator BABET (Victoria—United Australia Party Whip) (13:47): Something is different in my home state of Victoria this week. There is a sense of calm and order as the Victorian people ...

Committees – Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee – Reference, 27 March 2023 Senator BABET (Victoria—United Australia Party Whip) (17:48): I thank Senator Malcolm Roberts for this motion. Obviously I rise here in this place today to support the ...

Matters of Urgency – Pensions and Benefits, 27 March 2023 Senator BABET (Victoria—United Australia Party Whip) (17:07): I thank Senator McKim for moving this urgency motion, but I cannot agree with his proposal to increase taxes on hardworking Australians. The ...

Statements by Senators – Australian Law Reform Commission, 27 March 2023 Senator BABET (Victoria—United Australia Party Whip) (13:48): Christian schools educate almost one-third of Australian schoolchildren, but, thanks to the Australian Law Reform Commission, Christian schools are under threat. The ...

BILLS – National Reconstruction Fund Corporation Bill 2023 – Second Reading, 27 Mar 2023 Senator BABET (Victoria—United Australia Party Whip) (10:19): Like most things that the Albanese government proposes, this $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund appears good—at first glance, anyway—but ...

Motions – Australian Bureau of Statistics: Mortality Data, 23 March 2023 Senator BABET (Victoria—United Australia Party Whip) (16:08): I move: That the Senate acknowledges that: (a) there has been a concerning number of excess deaths in Australia in 2021 and 2022, ...

Committees – Select Committee on Australia’s Excess Mortality – Appointment, 23 March 2023 Senator BABET (Victoria—United Australia Party Whip) (11:22): I move: (1) That a select committee, to be known as the Select Committee on Australia’s Excess Mortality, be established ...

Motions – Parliament, 23 March 2023 Senator BABET (Victoria—United Australia Party Whip) (10:33): Thank you, Senator Lambie, for what you did yesterday. I, like most of us here, would like to see who our elected members of parliament are meeting with in ...

Matters of Public Importance: Energy, 22 March 2023 Senator BABET (Victoria—United Australia Party Whip) (16:12): In Australia we are facing an energy crisis that threatens to cripple industry and impoverish families and, if it is not urgently addressed, we will see ...

Statements by Senators: Banking and Financial Services, 22 March 2023 Senator BABET (Victoria—United Australia Party Whip) (13:48): There’s a famous saying in politics, and that is: ‘Never let a good crisis go to waste.’ There’s an argument to be made that ...