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Farm Household Assistance

The Farm Household Allowance Bill was on today’s agenda as a matter of importance. Transcript As a servant to the people of Queensland and Australia, I support this bill. The reform to make the farm household allowance a flat rate paid on current income, helps to reduce the regulatory burden on farms, who already work […]

March 26, 2020 by
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Question Time – COVID 19

Today I asked the government questions about why they have chosen to use the Mitigation strategy to deal with the Corona Virus rather than the Suppression method Mitigation, involves voluntary isolation and trying to reduce the impact like Italy and the USA, yet this has the potential that very soon we will overwhelm our healthcare […]

March 26, 2020 by

Kick Labor out of Bundamba

Let’s kick Labor out of Bundamba at this Saturday’s by-election. Here’s why. Transcript There’s a by-election for the state, Queensland state seat of Bundamba this coming Saturday, the 28th of March. And there’ll be pre-poll every day leading up to that at five particular booths. For those who don’t know in Bundamba, the Labor Party […]

March 26, 2020 by

Letter to the PM: COVID-19 Strategy

Dear Prime Minister RE: COVID-19 Your Treasury staff are commended for the Coronavirus legislation package your government presented to the Senate on Monday 23 March 2020.  With the enormity of the challenge our country faces and the urgency to present your government’s COVID-19 package we anticipated written legislation may have had a few ragged edges […]

March 25, 2020 by

COVID 19 (Coronavirus) Special Sitting of the Senate

I spoke in this special sitting of the Senate dealing with the Corona Virus (COVID19). Transcript We applaud Senator Cormann’s opening comments and also Senator Keneally’s opening comments. This is, as Senator Cormann said, a new threat to our nation, our health, people’s health and security and our economics. COVID-19, as Senator Cormann said, is […]

March 23, 2020 by

Why I’m going to Canberra this week

I’ve made the decision to attend Senate sitting tomorrow in Canberra. I have driven from home and camped at Myall Lakes last night in NSW on the way down to limit contact with others. It will be a shortened sitting week to pass essential Bills and the stimulus package. While I could have not attended, […]

March 23, 2020 by
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One Nation Murray Darling Basin Update

The recent bushfires, some rains and now the CoronaVirus has taken attention away from farmers still struggling with drought or the Murray Darling Basin plan which is still failing to deliver water to farmers. One Nation has not forgotten about our farmers and is still fighting for a fair and equitable allocation of water. In […]

March 20, 2020 by

Fishing industry under threat

Transcript Hi, I’m Senator Malcolm Roberts and I’m in Rockhampton with David Swindells and Rob Pie. They’re both fishermen, they’ve been fishing for many years. And I am absolutely stunned and shocked with the stories I’ve heard in the last hour and a half. So we’re just gonna pick a couple of really startling stories. […]

March 16, 2020 by