Senate debates

Tuesday, 5 December 2006

  • (1 speech)
    Order! It being 10.00 pm, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
  • Tasmanian Legislative Jurisdiction (1 speech)
    The Nature Conservation Amendment (Threatened Native Vegetation Communities) Bill 2006 recently passed both houses of the Tasmanian parliament. The bill seeks, by regulation of the state, to...
  • Multiculturalism (1 speech)
    , has tiptoed around the edges but he is yet to state unequivocally whether or not the word ‘multiculturalism’ will be dropped. Last week the Labor Party made its position clear by...
  • Climate Change (1 speech)
    The Australian Democrats are pleased the issue of climate change has finally hit the mainstream consciousness. The Democrats have been actively involved in highlighting matters of climate change...
  • Regionalism (1 speech)
    A hundred years after Federation, Australia has an increasingly centralised system of government. The recent High Court decision in the Work Choices case was further confirmation of this reality,...
  • Work and Family (1 speech)
    Australian families are being damaged because we put too much emphasis on ourselves as individuals and not enough on our families. Never before has materialism and self-interest been cultivated...
  • Australian Political Parties for Democracy (1 speech)
    Tonight I want to take the opportunity to speak yet again about the Australian Labor Party’s participation in the Australian Political Parties for Democracy, or APPD, program. I do so...
  • Mental Health Services Committee: Establishment (2 speeches)
    This afternoon in this place Senator Allison, on behalf of the Australian Democrats, with the support of the Labor Party and the Australian Greens, moved a motion recommending the creation of a...