Senate debates

Thursday, 13 September 2007

  • (1 speech)
    Order! There being no further consideration of committee reports, government responses and Auditor-General’s reports, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
  • Citizenship (1 speech)
    The topic of citizenship was high on the Senate’s agenda earlier this week and I would like to highlight a number of anniversaries and observances about to occur that are related to...
  • National Close the Gap Day (1 speech)
    Tonight I would like to bring to the attention of the Senate some innovative measures helping to improve the health and wellbeing of young Indigenous Australians. Before I do that I would like to...
  • Television Captioning (1 speech)
    The government, through the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Helen Coonan, announced this week that it will be establishing an inquiry to investigate...
  • Queensland Labor Party (1 speech)
    It is late in the day, late in the week, late in this session of parliament and, indeed, late in the term of this parliament of Australia. There have been a lot of important issues discussed by...