Senate debates

Tuesday, 19 March 2013

  • Education (1 speech)
    I also acknowledge this, and I wish to assure our former, distinguished Senator Barnett that I am still carrying the pedometer which he gave me, and as of this moment I have done 1.582 km around...
  • Mining: Kangaroo Island (1 speech)
    Tonight I would like to take the opportunity to draw attention to a place that is too precious to lose. It is a place that is seriously threatened by attempts to expand an industry which, in the...
  • Serbia (1 speech)
    A couple of days before Christmas I got a phone call from a very distinguished and senior member of the Bosnian community in Victoria, a gentleman by the name of John Bosnich, who was trying to...
  • Diabetes Research: Jump for a Cure (1 speech)
    Last Saturday afternoon I jumped out of the plane—and I can assure you, Madam Acting Deputy President, I was very securely attached to Gus from Argentina, who managed to tell me at the time...
  • Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1 speech)
    Australians love cricket—playing it, watching it and talking about it. We also love the sound of cricket on ABC radio. For generations Australians have grown up listening to test match...
  • Media Reform (1 speech)
    I rise tonight with a heavy heart after spending most of the last two days in the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee hearings around the media laws legislation that is being...