Senate debates

Thursday, 12 May 2011

  • Women's Workforce Participation (1 speech)
    Tonight I want to speak briefly about women's work and the contribution that women's paid work has made to their own empowerment, to the financial security of their families and to the productive...
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to speak on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, the NDIS. The federal Labor government asked the Productivity Commission to investigate the feasibility of new approaches for...
  • Anzac Day and Day of Mourning (1 speech)
    I rise to commemorate the lives of those who have served our nation in our armed forces. Each year on Anzac Day, Australians all around the country and overseas pause to acknowledge and reflect...