Senate debates

Wednesday, 18 October 2006

  • (1 speech)
    Order! It being 6.50 pm, the Senate will proceed to the consideration of government documents.
  • Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2 speeches)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the document. The annual report of the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs is particularly of interest to me in my shadow portfolio area. This...
  • Commonwealth Grants Commission (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the document. I will not speak for my full time. I am fairly sure that in years gone by you have spoken to previous annual reports of the Commonwealth Grants...
  • Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; Commonwealth Ombudsman (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That the Senate take note of the documents. I am taking note of these documents together because they relate to each other. One is a report from the Ombudsman as part of a...
  • Office of the Commissioner for Complaints (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the document. The 2005-06 annual report of the Commissioner for Complaints within the Aged Care Division of the Department of Health and Ageing is the last...
  • Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Report to Parliament 2005-06 (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate take note of the document. The document I want to discuss is ASIO’s annual report to parliament. I want to comment particularly on one section of the report which...