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Senator Mehreen Faruqi , The latest news concerning Senator Mehreen Faruqi , Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens , highlights her continued strong advocacy on several key portfolio areas, particularly animal welfare and international affairs/anti-racism .

Pauline Hanson at Halloween at Mar-a-Lago Halloween 2025 didn't just bring ghosts and goblins to Palm Beach—it delivered a trans-Pacific plot twist straight out of a political thriller. While Donald Trump 's Mar-a-Lago estate pulsed with Great Gatsby glamour, Australian One Nation leader Pauline Hanson made a surprise cameo, rubbing elbows with the MAGA elite amid jazz bands, flapper dresses, and enough gold leaf to gild the Great Barrier Reef . Sighted alongside mining titan Gina Rinehart , Hanson's uninvited (wait, actually very invited) appearance has ignited fireworks Down Under, from cheers of "Go girl!" to cries of "Taxpayer-funded grift?" Spoiler: It's the former, and it's got the chattering classes in a spin.

Australian Senate Photo YouTube A major focus in the Australian Senate last week was the passing of a new free trade agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This bill, which aims to boost trade between the two nations, was passed unanimously. This demonstrates a rare moment of bipartisan agreement on a significant economic policy matter.

Jacinta, Wong, Cash Wrecks Welcome to country Virtue signalling Photo by Blow the Truth Canberra, ACT   – A heated exchange in the Australian Senate has seen Foreign Minister Penny Wong 's attempt to chastise Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price over her "Welcome to Country" criticism spectacularly backfire, triggering an explosive intervention from Deputy Liberal Leader Michaelia Cash . The fiery debate also reignited questions about the origins and appropriateness of the term " First Nations " within Australian discourse. Sources from the Parliament of Australia Senate confirm that tensions flared when Senator Wong reportedly tried to "tell off" Senator Price for her outspoken views regarding the traditional "Welcome to Country" ceremonies.   Senator Price has been a vocal critic, questioning their efficacy and sincerity in modern political contexts. However, rather than defusing the situation, Wong's intervention appears to have ignite...

Senator Jacinta Nampjinpa Price Senator Jacinta Nampjinpa Price:  I move that, in the opinion of the Senate, the following is a matter of urgency: The failure of the Prime Minister to address with sufficient urgency the serious alcohol-related crime across Northern Territory communities, including child sexual abuse, family violence, assault, property damage and theft, and calls on the Prime Minister to live up to his pre-election promise that he won't 'pose for photos and then disappear when there's a job to be done'. My motion today is to highlight the ineffective actions of our Prime Minister. My community—my hometown of Alice Springs—has been experiencing a crisis, not just of late but for some months now. My home town has been suffering. The rates of crime have skyrocketed through the roof. The community members in my home town find it difficult to sleep at night with the threat of home invasions. They can't even walk down their street to go shopping on a daily...

  Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price Senator Jacinta Price : The Northern Territory Safe Measures Bill 2023, which has been introduced into the Senate, is a bill that aims to keep all people in the Northern Territory safe in relation to the consumption of alcohol and exposure to alcohol related harm and violence. My bill was drafted in response to calls from vulnerable community members across the Northern Territory and a letter that was dated 9 June, representing nine separate Aboriginal organisations, seeking urgent support from the federal Minister for Indigenous Australians after failed attempts at communicating these concerns with the Northern Territory Fyles government. The Northern Territory government's response to community cries was followed by neglect and inaction, all justified by accusations that alcohol restrictions were nothing more than race based policies. It was only when the Prime Minister was shamed by a Sydney based radio program that he was prompted to make a fl...

Senator Sarah  Hanson-Young   ( South Australia ) Senate Speech The Climate Change Bill 2022 is an important step forward because it acknowledges that we need to cut carbon pollution in order to put our climate on a safe footing, but it goes nowhere near enough. We know that we can't keep opening up new coal and gas , putting more pollution into the atmosphere, if we are to stop dangerous, runaway climate change . 

Senator Mathew Canavan (Queensland—Deputy Leader of the Nationals in the Senate): I must give it to the newly elected Labor government: they are already smashing records. Yesterday they broke a major election promise in just their first day at work here in parliament. That must be some kind of record! At the election, the Labor Party promised—I'm quoting from their own policy—to 'cut power bills for families and businesses by $275 a year for homes by 2025 compared to today.' Yesterday, in the Governor-General's address, there was not a mention of the $275 saving at all; instead, there was just a vague commitment to 'help save families hundreds of dollars on their electricity bills'. Where has the $275 gone now? Australians are asking the newly elected Labor government: 'Where is our $275 that you promised?' This is a massive broken promise that will hurt Australian families already struggling with crushing increases in the cost of living. Since the elect...

Senator Sarah Hanson Young Senator Hanson-Young ( The Senate ): I move: That, in the opinion of the Senate, the following is a matter of urgency: The fact that the Government is failing to do its fair share of limiting global heating to 1.5C above pre-industrial temperatures by continuing to approve new coal mines and gas fields and refusing to adopt strong 2030 emissions targets of 75% below 2005 levels. 

Sarah Hanson Young Senator Sarah HANSON-YOUNG ( Senate Speech Climate Change ): I move:  That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment ( Senator Hume ) to a question without notice asked by Senator McKim today relating to climate change .

Senator Pauline Hanson (One Nation) I rise to speak on the divisive and racist campaigns promoting the legislation of an Indigenous voice to parliament and the specific recognition of Indigenous people in the Australian Constitution. Our Constitution is a great achievement. It reflects the establishment of a great nation. The people of distant colonies gathered together in the 1890s and drafted a Constitution which has mostly served the nation very well over the past 120 years. This is remarkable because the architects of the Constitution could not foresee many of the events and developments that would shape Australia and change how it was governed. In the 1890s, travel between the colonies took days. Today it takes hours. Communication was mostly by letter, which also took days. For the majority of Australians at the time, sending a message over the telegraph was too expensive. In the 1890s, Indigenous Australians weren't recognised as citizens. They didn't participate in the ...