Senate debates
Wednesday, 15 October 2008
Matters of Public Interest
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Order! It being 12.45 pm, I call on matters of public interest. - Workplace Relations (1 speech)
I rise today to inform the Senate of a matter of public interest that graphically exposes the deficiencies of the collective-bargaining regime that arose under the former government’s Work... - Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
Unfortunately, I feel compelled to rise on this occasion to explore the matter of very much public interest in the crisis facing the Murray-Darling Basin and in particular the concerns in that... - Paid Parental Leave (1 speech)
I rise today to discuss the Productivity Commission’s draft report entitled Paid parental leave: support for parents with newborn children, which was released a week ago. From the outset I... - Australian Defence Force: Mental Health Care (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on a topic that has been floating around in my mind for some years and which I have not had the opportunity to do the hard thinking on and bring to a conclusion. I have... - Northern Australia (3 speeches)
I want to use today’s debate on matters of public interest to again highlight the opportunities that abound in Northern Australia and to remind the Senate that, even now, Northern... - Basslink (5 speeches)
I stand today in this matter of public interest debate to speak on the dilatory, negligent and potentially reckless behaviour of the Tasmanian Labor government with respect to the optic fibre...
