Senate debates

Thursday, 29 March 2007

  • (1 speech)
    Order! It being 5.56 pm, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
  • Fincorp (1 speech)
    Today’s editorial in the Sydney Morning Herald parallels many of my own thoughts on the collapse of the property and investment group Fincorp. It states: Two hundred million dollars buys a...
  • Workplace Relations (5 speeches)
    I rise tonight to talk about a very disturbing series of incidents here in Canberra. A worker fell through a fifth-storey penetration on a Thiess Pty Ltd building site in the ACT on Wednesday, 8...
  • Mr William Wilberforce (1 speech)
    We all have heroes, and tonight I would like to speak about and celebrate the life of William Wilberforce. William Wilberforce’s impact on Australia was substantial. This week we celebrate...
  • Workplace Relations (3 speeches)
    I rise this evening to talk about the impact of Work Choices on families. Two weeks ago the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission released an important report called It’s about...