Senate debates
Wednesday, 12 September 2007
Matters of Public Interest
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Order! It being 12.45 pm, I call on matters of public interest. - Sport (1 speech)
Australians have a particular fascination with sport, which escalates during major sporting events. Outside of immediate matters political, the nation is once again focused on major sporting... - Workplace Relations (1 speech)
Last week, Senator Bernardi and I were invited to speak to the year 12 economics students of Trinity College. I followed Senator Bernardi and was asked a question about the industrial relations... - Health Services (1 speech)
By international standards, Australia has a good healthcare system, but it is not good enough. We are there with the high health spenders internationally, but it is not smart spending. The Howard... - Hearing Impairment and Deafness; September 11 (1 speech)
I rise briefly to raise an issue of inequitable access in our very own building, Parliament House, specifically for those people who are deaf and hearing impaired. There have been ongoing... - Australian Labor Party (5 speeches)
This afternoon, I want to talk about a very grave matter of public importance, which is that, if the opinion polls are to be believed, by the end of this year we will have Labor governments in... - Wheat Exports (1 speech)
Unlike the previous speaker in this debate, I propose to address a matter of public importance rather than play politics and talk about the blame game. The issue I want to discuss is a serious...
