Senate debates

Monday, 24 June 2013

  • Regional Australia (1 speech)
    I rise to make a contribution in this last opportunity of the 43rd Parliament to talk about regional Australia, and in particular what the Labor government is doing in not leaving regional...
  • Indigenous Business Australia, Indigenous Land Corporation (8 speeches)
    I rise today to make a contribution on Indigenous Business Australia and the Indigenous Land Corporation. Indigenous organisations are required to cope, conventionally, with intense levels of...
  • Supermarkets (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to talk briefly about competition policy, particularly with regard to supermarkets in Australia. Competition policy is a complex area. In the grocery space, this complexity is...
  • Climate Change (1 speech)
    Friday, 18 January 2013, was the hottest day in Sydney's recorded history. For the first time the temperature reached 45.8 degrees centigrade. On that Friday, in Hobart, the capital of this...