Senate debates

Wednesday, 12 May 2010

  • (1 speech)
    Order! It being 12.45 pm, we will now move on to matters of public interest. Senator Hutchins.
  • Poland (1 speech)
    Thank you, Madam Acting Deputy President, for the call and for getting my name correct. I will deal with Senator McGauran on another date, but I want to deal with a serious matter today. On 10...
  • Budget (1 speech)
    I rise today to speak about Labor’s great big new tax on mining. Labor’s latest massive tax grab is a tax grab which, it saddens me to say, has been initiated by a Prime Minister who...
  • Internet Content (1 speech)
    I rise this afternoon to make some brief remarks on the government’s proposed mandatory net filter, and it is an issue that I have raised a number of times in this parliament over a period...
  • Health, Education and Infrastructure (2 speeches)
    Today I would like to talk about health, education, infrastructure and how the Rudd government is delivering in these important areas. Let me take this opportunity to challenge the...
  • Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Offences Against Children) Act 2010 (6 speeches)
    Today I want to speak on an important initiative by the Rudd government—that is, the move to help keep our children safer by introducing the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Offences...