Senate debates

Thursday, 27 March 2014

  • Harmony Day (1 speech)
    It is my honour to rise to provide a summary to the Senate on Harmony Day 2014, which we celebrated around the nation last week on 21 March. The theme for Harmony Day is: 'Everyone belongs'....
  • Regional Development Australia Fund (1 speech)
    This evening I rise to speak on the state of regional funding from this government. As I have informed the Senate on previous occasions, I do regularly travel across regional Queensland, and I...
  • Industrial Relations (1 speech)
    Over the past month Boral Chief Executive Mike Kane has brought to public attention the orchestrated and costly secondary boycott campaign waged against it by the Victorian branch of the...
  • Queensland: Rural Debt (1 speech)
    This speech will be the first in a series of speeches I intend to make over the next medium term regarding the grim forecast facing the people in the rural parts of my state. Generations of...