Senate debates

Wednesday, 15 August 2012

  • Australian National Internship Program (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to speak about a program at the Australian National University which offers students from Australia and indeed around the world an opportunity to come to Canberra and partake of an...
  • Marine Sanctuaries (1 speech)
    I want to speak today about a matter that is causing great concern up and down the coast of Queensland. The Gillard government currently has a proposal which increases the number of marine...
  • Education Funding (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to speak on something that is very close to my heart, something which, more importantly, is of vital significance to Australia's future: to our prosperity, our social cohesion and...
  • Homeless Persons Week (1 speech)
    'There was no way I could've afforded my own place. I had no bond, no rental history, no credit history, no hope.' That was a quote I heard last week, which was Homeless Persons Week, and tonight...