Senate debates
Thursday, 16 October 2008
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 6.35 pm, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn. - Parental Leave (1 speech)
I rise to speak tonight on the recent release of the Productivity Commission’s interim report Paid parental leave. As a mother of two young children who has been fortunate enough to have... - Scenic Rim Region (1 speech)
I would like to tell the Senate tonight about a recent visit I made to the Scenic Rim region in Queensland. When we talk about tourist icons of Australia, the Scenic Rim region of Queensland... - Millennium Development Goals (3 speeches)
I rise in the Senate this evening to speak on the issues of the Millennium Development Goals: health and, in particular, child mortality. The world is now past the halfway point to achieving the... - Drought: Tasmania (1 speech)
I would like to speak briefly this evening on a visit to Tasmania by the coalition rural and regional affairs policy committee, who were in Tasmania last Wednesday to look through some of the...
