Senate debates

Tuesday, 28 March 2006

  • (1 speech)
    Order! It being 11.00 pm, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
  • Superannuation (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to speak about why Australia is the hub for superannuation fund management applications in the Asia-Pacific region. An Australian government advertisement in Hong Kong’s The...
  • Sea Bottom Trawling (1 speech)
    On 5 December last year I spoke on the subject of deep sea bottom trawling and the positive role that the Australian government could play in establishing a global moratorium to ban this highly...
  • Environment (1 speech)
    Understandably, there has been a lot of comment this week about the speech given to the House of Representatives by the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Mr Tony Blair, and I want to reflect on a...
  • Women's History Project (1 speech)
    I spoke a number of times in this place about the Centenary of Women’s Suffrage in Queensland in 2005. Amongst many projects that were celebrated during our year of commemoration last year...
  • Mental Health (1 speech)
    For those of us who are used to doing the late night shift when some of us speak, it will come as no surprise that yet again I rise to speak about the issue of mental health. I rise to speak...
  • Northern Territory Football League Grand Final and Australian Football League Kickstart Program (1 speech)
    Around 19 per cent of males in the Northern Territory between the ages of four and 40 either play or participate in some way in Aussie Rules. My understanding is that that is the highest...