Senate debates

Thursday, 30 November 2006

  • (1 speech)
    Order! It being after 11 pm, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
  • Condolences: Hon. Sir Harold Young KCMG (1 speech)
    Tonight I want to pay tribute to a fellow South Australian, former Liberal senator and President of this chamber Sir Harold William Young, who died last week. Harold was born on 30 June 1923 at...
  • World AIDS Day; International Day of People with a Disability (1 speech)
    Tomorrow, 1 December 2006, is World AIDS Day, and on 3 December we will observe the International Day of People with a Disability. Tonight I wish to make a few comments about both HIV-AIDS and...
  • World Poverty (1 speech)
    I want to speak tonight about the issue of poverty. We have had a reasonable amount of media coverage in recent weeks about the latest efforts by people throughout the Australian community to...