Senate debates
Wednesday, 21 March 2007
Matters of Public Interest
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 12.45 pm, I call on matters of public interest. - Australian Greens (4 speeches)
The Greens are an extremist political organisation and should be recognised as such by all mainstream political parties. That recognition should extend to refusing to do preference deals such as... - Mr Gough Whitlam (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on a matter of public interest—I could say ‘a milestone’ of public interest. Tomorrow, 22 March 2007, Gough Whitlam becomes the longest-lived of all... - Asylum Seekers; Climate Change (1 speech)
Last weekend, the government flew 82 Sri Lankan asylum seekers to Nauru. These young men were found in a leaky boat by Australian Navy crew a month ago and then locked up by the Australian... - Western Australian Institutes for Health (1 speech)
Today I wish to inform the Senate of an ambitious long-term proposal by an alliance of medical research organisations to develop two major medical research hubs in Western Australia. To establish... - Defence Procurement (1 speech)
In today’s matters of public interest discussion I want to make a contribution on the proposed purchase by the government of 24 Super Hornet jet fighters at a price, we are told,...
