First Speech - Stephen Bates - Greens MP for Brisbane
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
- In his emotional first speech, hear how new Greens MP for Brisbane, Stephen Bates, and the Australian Greens are going to take our grassroots movement into the next Parliament, and fight to put everyday people and our environment first.
Speech Transcript:
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A very powerful speech, i wish this man all the best and success in life, He is a beacon of strength and power to everyone who his words have touched with. 😇👏👏👏
Thank you. I put this on for my kids tonight because there's so much in it that it's important they hear.
The Lower House Needs More People
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A beautiful, and power speech. Thank you so much for your commitment to Brisbane 🦋🌻🌈
Imagine if all politicians were as upfront and genuine as this man
Well done! Something in your speech for everyone, shame the chamber didn’t have everyone in it….
💚💚💚 great first speech
Fantastic speech! My heart feels for Stephen. I really hope we can see change as he envisioned in the coming years.
Great first speech - too bad most of the seats in the parliament were empty. WTF is that about? No respect from the major players that were barely able to cobble together a third of the overall primary vote.
So glad we have a Rep who is a member of the Queer community and will genuinely represent us and fight for justice.
Excellent!
He speaks truth!
Thank you and thank you for being so open. I live in Wynnum and I wish I had a representative like you.
Well, done, great speech
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That brought tears to my eyes and I feel hope in my heart 💕 With more Greens members in parliament than ever before, I believe our country can become the place I always thought it could be 💚 Congratulations, Stephen Bates 🎉
Fantastic speech, well done Stephen.It’s great to have you as my local MP.
Thank you, MP Stephen Bates! Your first speech in Parliament was and is amazing, as I am sure you are, Sir! Your wise and timely words are not just appropriate for people of Brisbane and Australia. You are speaking for North Americans and all people of the world.
AMAZING SPEECH Thank you so much Stephen
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One of the best speeches ever said in parliament. Stephen is an inspiration to our community.
I wish Stephen many terms as the member for Brisbane.
Thanks for making me cry in my workshop Stephen. You're a legend!
Congratulations On ❤🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈A Great Speech. The Lower House
Oh Stephen. I'm in East Brisbane, and your people door-knocked me. Thank you buddy.
Such a wonderful moving speech Stephen. Proud to have you as the representative in my electorate.
Thank you for the very moving and important speech!
👏👏👏👏Stephen Bates 💚
Stephen is very inspirational!
Yay for you, Stephen. Loved the speech and the sentiment. I have a lot in common with you and I wish you all the best.
"Enough is enough." Conservatives are thinking, "I'll never have enough."
Yes yes yes
GO STEPHEN WOOOO
Great speech Stephen. Congratulations. It's a real shame though that while the Prime Minister Albanese pretends to want a newly respectful parliament, his actions demonstrate otherwise. A good leader would ensure that some government MPs are in the house for EVERY first speech as a mark of respect for the occasion. Not everyone... maybe about 10 of his backbenchers who have very little else to do anyway. It would be an easy decision, but of course it goes against the political grain to show any respect or support for non-Labor members, especially those pesky Greens. It's a real shame he has opted so far for business as usual. Anyway, you did yourself, your family, your party and your electorate proud. You're in for a long career as the Federal Member for Brisbane if that's what you choose to do. Good luck to you, Libby, Max, and Adam.
So disappointing not many politicians listening to this expiring speech.
Shows the arrogance of the politicians especially for a first speech
In your eyes and ears only
Congratulations, Stephen, on such a moving Maiden Speech. You and your colleagues will bring a more human approach to parliament, provide genuine representation, and make Australia a better place 💚
Great to see the greens strategies paying off. Really hope we can find more dedicated members like Stephen in the years to come. Powerful words and well spoken.
So proud of the greens and my fellow Brisbaners for putting strong compassionate voices into our parliament!
Beautiful human and a beautiful speech
Amazing man, brilliant speech!
Great speech 💐💐
Bravo Stephen, thank you :)
That’s what a leader looks like
This gives me some much needed hope for the future!!
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well said Stephen
Beautiful soul, do us proud! 😊
👍, stay strong mate. Your on your way to making a difference. God Bless, .... 🍭🇺🇸👋
Inspiring 💐💐
greenslide 😀💚
Hello
Very honest and beautiful man
I can't believe Brisbane has a Greens presence. Nuclear weapons expenditure must be on the agenda regarding the cost of living in our country. Get it cracking, not an INCH, if the reduction of expenditure of nuclear weapons is off the table bro.
maybe i'm old, but it is nice to see a intelligent gay man with true compassion and respect for others when I would argue most are self absorbed and toxic, and I say that as a gay man
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There is away to fix australia lands. Bring those beavers from U.K and U.S to Australia. Give up Farmlands and Rivers for Beavers to build their Wetlands all around Australia. But that is not going to make profit now. But will make profit in 100 years. Again. Nothing can change the way those businesses are running. Nothing can change the way those farms are running. Nothing can change the way those human are consuming their foods and products from those farms. Nothing can stop those farmers from farming sheep on grass lands instead of inside a forest. Nothing can stop those cows farmers to farm their cows in forest instead of grasslands. Nothing can stop those big farmers from turning big patches of lands into a single weats farm. Nothing can stop those farmers from turning a giant rainforest into a corn farm. Just as sad as it sound. As bad as it looks. As depressed as it going to be for the future of "Greening" australia. They are turning australia into a farm. Not a rain-forest. To turn australia into a rain-forest? Those Leaders and farmers need to change a lot of their old ways of farming and doing businesses.😂 bring Beaver to australia? Some will even say it is going to ruin the Old australia. So all other desert on this planet.
boring
communist .
Could he possibly signal any more virtue?
Triggered are we?
Of course he could - that does not mean he's incompetent.
@@coasterblocks3420 nope. Clearly you are.
@@LinguaPhiliax who said anything about competence?
@@andyquelch5754 it’s great to see a young educated proud gay man with a strong sense of social justice, environmental awareness and pro-union activism taking his seat in parliament.
go back to waiting tables mate
Wow this guy loves to talk about himself. All about him.
Virtue signal alert
Gay rights, indigenous rights, women’s rights, workers rights, disability rights are all human rights.
@@coasterblocks3420 you are strong in the virtue signaling too
I lasted for a mere 1:13 into this outpouring of verbal diarrhoea and even that was too much! How is acknowledging the long gone "original owners" of either quoted examples any indication of his suitability to serve in our Senate? It's just more empty gestures made by people who place great value on such nonsense. It's the same with "coming out as gay" garbage. It will mean nothing if he fails as a senator. And thankfully, most Greens/Communist politicians do anyway.
He is in the House of Reps everything else you said is just you being a sad little man who knows the world is changing without him. Maybe if you didn't think coming out as gay was garbage we would not need to keep doing it.
I diagnose you with colourblind