Senate debates

Wednesday, 21 June 2006

  • (1 speech)
    Order! It being 7.20 pm, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
  • Uranium (1 speech)
    After that long emotive speech by Senator Faulkner I want to talk about something that is not quite as emotive but has some more truthful impact. I want to talk about uranium and its position...
  • Mr Charles James Haughey (1 speech)
    I rise this evening to mark the passing of Charles James Haughey—Cathal O hEochaidh—the sixth Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland. Haughey served three terms as Taoiseach between...
  • Freedom of Information Act 1982 (1 speech)
    My adjournment speech tonight revisits the supposed statutory right to government held information that exists under the Freedom of Information Act. I say ‘supposed’ because of some...
  • Sudan (1 speech)
    About 120 years ago, Australian troops took part in their first intervention in a crisis beyond our shores. The Mahdist uprising plunged a distant corner of the British Empire into turmoil, which...