Senate debates

Thursday, 19 October 2006

  • (1 speech)
    The Acting Deputy President: Order! There being no further consideration of government documents, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
  • Southern Bluefin Tuna (1 speech)
    The Eyre Peninsula in South Australia is one of the most beautiful and economically important areas of that great state. It also hosts a very important fishing industry, much of which is centred...
  • Committee Procedure (9 speeches)
    I rise to speak briefly on the events that took place in one of the committee hearings earlier today. I know that a number of senators in the chamber were in attendance. I think it is worth...
  • Committee Procedure; SIEV X (1 speech)
    I should devote a brief part of my contribution to the committee issue. I will not go into all sides of it. Frankly, at stages of that meeting a number of people got more intransigent than they...
  • Committee Procedure; Southern Bluefin Tuna (24 speeches)
    I want to talk on the adjournment about a number of things, but I feel compelled to start by refuting most of the allegations made by Senator Conroy in his contribution earlier. Regrettably,...
  • Committee Procedure (9 speeches)
    Senator Ian Macdonald has just indicated that he was not at the committee meeting. As a full member of the ECITA committee, I was not able to attend either.