Senate debates

Wednesday, 13 November 2013

  • Remembrance Day (1 speech)
    As the Senate would be aware, we recently had Remembrance Day, where we remember those who have served our nation and the cause of peace around the world. I also spoke on the adjournment last...
  • Female Orphan School Building (1 speech)
    On 24 September this year 2013, 200 years to the day after the building's foundation was laid by New South Wales Governor Lachlan Macquarie, Her Excellency the Governor-General of Australia...
  • Federal Election, Climate Change (1 speech)
    I rise to make my first real contribution in the Senate since the 2013 election. It has been such an extraordinarily long period of time since this parliament last sat, I was starting to think...
  • Cardwell and Mission Beach Reconstruction (1 speech)
    A terrifying climatic event which impacted on the coast of North Queensland in the early hours of Thursday 3 February 2011 had its much happier sequel last Saturday, when I, on behalf of the...