Senate debates

Monday, 23 June 2014

  • Abbott Government (1 speech)
    Good policy does not live in a vacuum and it is not an 'operational matter'. Under Mr Abbott's government, policy has become a descriptor for repeated slaps in the face to the Australian people....
  • Evans, Mr Ray (1 speech)
    I rise to speak on the passing of a great Australian. Last week, at the age of 74, Ray Evans passed away. My friend John Roskam, in The Financial Review, wrote that Ray: …had more influence...
  • National Water Commission (1 speech)
    Among the numerous disappointments coming from the federal government, it is fair to say that the decision to shut down the National Water Commission is but one. But this is one that deserves...
  • Infrastructure (1 speech)
    On a day when the whole question of Infrastructure Australia has been so much to the fore, as it has this evening, I thought it interesting to reflect on some of my own observations in this area,...