Senate debates

Thursday, 12 October 2006

  • Migration Committee; Report (1 speech)
    As deputy chair of the Migration Committee, I was involved in the preparation of the report Negotiating the maze: review of arrangements for overseas skills recognition, upgrading and licensing....
  • Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee; Report (1 speech)
    I would like to speak to the interim report of the now defunct Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee inquiry into water policy initiatives. I should emphasise that...
  • Electoral Matters Committee; Report (1 speech)
    I rise to speak on report No. 11, Funding and disclosure: inquiry into disclosure of donations to political parties and candidates, by the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters. We have...
  • Community Affairs References Committee; Report (1 speech)
    I would like to speak briefly to document No. 9, which is the report called Beyond petrol sniffing: renewing hope for Indigenous communities. This report was tabled some time ago now, and it has...
  • Mental Health Committee; Report (1 speech)
    I rise to take note of report No. 13, the first report of the Senate Select Committee on Mental Health, A national approach to mental health: from crisis to community. As I have mentioned in the...
  • Legal and Constitutional References Committee; Report (1 speech)
    This report by the now defunct Legal and Constitutional References Committee is entitled Administration and operation of the Migration Act 1958. The inquiry was initiated on a motion of mine, so...