Senate debates

Wednesday, 9 February 2011

  • (1 speech)
    Order! It being almost 7.20 pm, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
  • Glebe Post Office (1 speech)
    Tonight I want speak about a matter of great importance to my own local community of Glebe in Sydney—the closure of the Glebe Post Office. Local residents were aghast when they heard the...
  • Murray-Darling Basin (3 speeches)
    Before I begin, I acknowledge Senator Faulkner’s contribution. Forget about the Prussian revolution in 1870; it was all happening in Glebe! That was probably the most detailed and...
  • Mr Bill Mansfield (1 speech)
    Bill Mansfield spent the majority of his working life in industrial relations and had a distinguished career in the trade union movement. He became active in trade unionism as a young man and in...
  • Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
    Tonight I want to talk about a topic that is dear to the heart of any Western Australian member of parliament—that is, the Murray-Darling Basin, a topic previously addressed by Senator...