Senate debates

Wednesday, 15 August 2007

  • (1 speech)
    Order! It being 12.45 pm, I call on matters of public interest.
  • Financial Literacy (1 speech)
    Today the matter of public interest I want to raise is financial literacy and what our government is doing on this issue. We have had a number of scare campaigns and scary stories told in the...
  • Mesothelioma (1 speech)
    I rise today to speak on a matter of public importance—that of the plight of many people who live with the aggressive cancer mesothelioma and those who may in future contract it due to...
  • Mr Peter Andren; Tasmanian Pulp Mill; Uranium Exports (1 speech)
    I want to take a moment to send a very big well wish to the member for Calare, Peter Andren, who, we know from the news of the last week, is suffering from cancer. This man is an outstanding...
  • National Review of School Music Education (3 speeches)
    Just over three years ago, in March 2004, Brendan Nelson, the then Minister for Education, Science and Training, and I, as the Minister for the Arts and Sport, launched a National Review of...