Senate debates

Wednesday, 13 March 2013

  • International Women's Day (1 speech)
    I rise in tonight's adjournment debate to reflect on International Women's Day 2013 and some of the events that occurred to celebrate this important day. Of course, as senators in this chamber...
  • Bankwest (1 speech)
    I rise to talk about Bankwest. Recently we had a Senate inquiry. The public would be well aware that Bankwest was sold, in 2008, to the Commonwealth Bank for $2.1 billion. It appears to me that...
  • Education (1 speech)
    I rise to speak about something that is dear to my heart: the faith that in Australia we are willing to offer and capable of offering every one of our children—wherever they live and...
  • Fred Hollows Foundation, Sydney Coastrek (1 speech)
    In the last sitting week of the Senate on the 20th anniversary of Fred Hollows' death, I spoke about Fred Hollows' life and the work of the foundation that stands in his name. The Fred Hollows...