Senate debates

Thursday, 22 March 2012

  • Membership (1 speech)
    by leave—I move: That senators be discharged from and appointed to committees as follows: Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity—Joint Statutory Committee—...
  • Electoral Matters Committee; Report (6 speeches)
    I rise to speak on the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters report on the so-called Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Protecting Elector Participation) Bill 2012. We did not have an...
  • Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee; Report (1 speech)
    It is my privilege and pleasure to speak on the report of the Joint Standing Committee's visit to the Middle East Area of Operations on 14 May through 18 May 2011. The visit to the ADF units in...
  • Corporations and Financial Services Committee; Report (1 speech)
    I wish to comment on the Superannuation Legislation Amendment (MySuper Core Provisions) Bill 2011 and Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Obligations and Prudential Standards) Bill 2012...
  • Community Affairs References Committee; Report (3 speeches)
    I would like to make some comments in relation to not just some of the circumstances following the release of this final report but also what we are now seeing in terms of the repercussions of...