Senate debates

Wednesday, 22 August 2012

  • Tibet (1 speech)
    In the parliamentary break in July I had the extraordinary opportunity to travel to Dharamsala, the exile capital of Tibet, with my colleague Senator Waters as part of an Australia Tibet Council...
  • Hearing Awareness Week (5 speeches)
    I rise tonight to acknowledge that this week is Hearing Awareness Week.
  • Nuclear Safety (1 speech, 1 comment)
    I rise to make some brief remarks and I will commence with the news which is on the wires this afternoon that BHP Billiton has shelved its proposed expansion of what would have been the world's...
  • Miss Josie Perkins (1 speech)
    Every day in this place all of us are incredibly privileged to be at the centre of our great democracy. It is a democracy that is grounded in the power of the collective action of our citizens,...