Senate debates

Wednesday, 12 November 2008

  • (1 speech)
    Order! It being 12.45 pm, I call on matters of public interest.
  • Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder Project (1 speech)
    I rise in this matters of public interest debate to pass some comments on a project much favoured by the current Australian government: the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder project....
  • Gene Patents (1 speech)
    I rise to thank the Senate for its generosity in agreeing to an inquiry into the impact of gene patents on the provision of health care in Australia. I rise also to promote public debate and...
  • Workplace Relations (1 speech)
    I would like today to address the issues of what workers are saying they need from Forward with Fairness and the change to the industrial relations laws. I want to tell the stories of workers...
  • Bankruptcy Laws (1 speech)
    I rise today on a matter of public interest concerning the failure of the Leader of the Opposition, Mr Turnbull, to remotely comprehend the damage that would flow to Australia from the...
  • Remembrance Day (1 speech)
    I rise today, the day after the 90th anniversary of Armistice Day, and I ask the same question that many would have asked on the day after the first Armistice Day: what do we do now? What can we...