Senate debates

Monday, 21 November 2011

  • Same-Sex Relationships (1 speech)
    In this the week before the Australian Labor Party's national conference I rise to express my full support for marriage equality. The momentum is building to change this anachronistic policy,...
  • White Ribbon Day, Australian Netball Awards (1 speech)
    I rise this evening to speak in support of the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, or White Ribbon Day, as it is now known, which this year occurs on...
  • Africa (2 speeches)
    As a member of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, earlier this year I participated in a delegation to Africa. That formed part of the committee's inquiry into...
  • Bonner, Former Senator Neville, AO (1 speech)
    I recently received an invitation from the Board of Directors of the Tweed Aboriginal Cooperative Society to attend the 50th anniversary celebration luncheon honouring a Miss Margaret Kay and to...