Senate debates

Tuesday, 28 September 2010

  • (1 speech)
    I move: That the Senate do now adjourn.
  • Child Care (1 speech)
    As the Labor senator for the ACT I recently had the privilege to see first hand the tremendous and important work childcare professionals do. As part of the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous...
  • Councillor Mike Downie (2 speeches)
    I rise to pay tribute to the life of a good friend of mine who passed away last week, Councillor Mike Downie, mayor of the Central Coast Council in the north-west of Tasmania. Mike was born in...
  • Narrogin Beef Producers (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to speak about the plight of a family on the cusp of losing everything they have worked for. Matt and Janet Thompson came to Australia from the United States in 2001. They had...
  • Desert Knowledge Australia (1 speech)
    I rise this evening to talk about a recent event in Alice Springs at which I had the privilege to represent my honourable colleague Senator Carr. Two weeks after the election, on 6 September,...