Senate debates
Tuesday, 7 August 2007
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Order! It being 7.02 pm, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn. - Year of the Surf Lifesaver (1 speech)
This year, 2007, has been proclaimed by the Australian government the Year of the Surf Lifesaver. It is a fitting recognition, as it was 100 years ago, in 1907, that the organised surf lifesaving... - East Kimberley Region (1 speech)
During July I visited the East Kimberley area in the far north of my state of Western Australia. Quite apart from the magnificent, rugged landscapes of this area, the economic and social... - National Criminal Database (1 speech)
Tonight I would like to talk about progress in networking criminal databases. It is a topical issue, bearing in mind heightened concerns of late about the activities of some individuals and... - Box Flat Coalmine Disaster (1 speech)
This evening I want to commemorate a significant disaster that happened in the city of Ipswich 35 years ago on 31 July. On that day Ipswich, a mining town, went through the trauma that so many...
