Senate debates

Tuesday, 16 August 2011

  • Green Skills Centre of Excellence (1 speech)
    Tonight I want to talk to the Senate in relation to the green skills centre in Newnham, Launceston, in my home state. The Tasmanian Skills Institute has been in operation since 1 January 2009 as...
  • 27th Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (1 speech)
    At the beginning of this month, I was fortunate enough to be in Sri Lanka in Colombo for the 27th Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development. This particular meeting was...
  • Great Eastern Highway (1 speech)
    I rise this evening to talk about progress on major infrastructure projects in my duty electorate of Swan. I have been inspired to take this action following a similar discussion which occurred...
  • Climate Change (3 speeches)
    Mr Acting Deputy President, I seek leave to speak for 20 minutes.
  • Wake, Mrs Nancy Grace Augusta, AC, GM (1 speech)
    Mr President, I seek leave to speak for longer than 10 minutes. Leave granted. I rise tonight to honour and farewell one of Australia's greatest heroes. Nancy Grace Augusta Wake, affectionately...