Nick McKim

Latest speeches

1. Senate Chamber (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 17 September 2026

   • Selection of Bills report and Red Lines Package referral dispute

     “Thank you very much, President. I move as amendments to the amendment just moved, that in respect of the Red Lines Package Omnibus Bill as circulated in the chamber, the Red Lines Package Omnibus Bill 2026 number 2 be referred…”

     Watch from 2:45:38

   • Defence Legislation Amendment Bill No.2: implementing Royal Commission support measures

     “Well, thanks very much, Acting Deputy President, and this is an important piece of legislation and the Australian Greens are very happy that it will pass through this place today. I want to speak about one element of historic ADF…”

     Watch from 3:54:52

2. Senate Chamber (part 2 of 3) · Australian Parliament · 16 September 2026

   • Formal business and orders of the day: notices, motions and divisions

     “Thank you. I move that leave of absence be granted for Senator Faruqi for the 15th of September.”

     Watch from 2:01:59

   • Urgency motion: Hanson’s population and migration cut proposal

     “Well, there's something quite sinister going on with immigration policy in Australia today, and it needs to be called out. Here's what's happening, folks. One Nation is pulling the strings on immigration in this country, and the Labor Party and…”

     Watch from 4:28:39

3. Senate Chamber (part 1 of 3) · Australian Parliament · 16 September 2026

   • Further Greens critique: free education and structural underfunding

     “Well, thanks very much, Acting Deputy President. Well, the name of this bill is the Universities Accord (Opening the Doors of Opportunity) Bill 2024. If Labor really wanted to open the doors of opportunity in the tertiary education sector in…”

     Watch from 3:03:16

4. Senate Chamber (part 2 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 15 September 2026

   • Greens response – banking profits, culture and accountability

     “I I am indeed, Deputy President. Thanks very much, and I thank Senator Bragg for providing us with this opportunity this evening to discuss matters associated with the banks in Australia. And I want to start by just making the…”

     Watch from 21:10

5. Senate Chamber (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 15 September 2026

   • Two‑minute statements: Festivals, radicalisation, AI, migration and local issues

     “At the last election, one in three Australians gave their first preference vote to the coalition. One in three also happens to be the number of queer Australians who've attempted suicide in their lifetime. One in three. And the coalition…”

     Watch from 1:56:01

   • Urgency motion: Economic spin, real wages and cost of living

     “The neoliberal project so beloved of Labor and Coalition governments over many decades has broken Australia's social contract. People used to be told that if they worked hard, if they got a good education, they could afford the basics that…”

     Watch from 5:32:28

6. Senate Chamber (part 2 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 14 September 2026

   • Urgency motion: cost of living and tax policy debate

     “For 40 long hard years, Labor and the coalition have been running the same neoliberal project in this country. Here is how it goes. They cut taxes for the very wealthy. They cut taxes for corporations. They privatize public assets.…”

     Watch from 1:03:22