Senate debates
Tuesday, 8 July 2014
- Australian Muslim Women's Centre for Human Rights (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to inform this chamber that, despite decades of hard work and research, family violence remains one of the most persistent forms of violence against women and children. As Minister... - Australian Red Cross (1 speech)
I rise to note a centenary that should be celebrated by all Australians, and that is the centenary of the Australian Red Cross. On 13 August 1914, the Australian branch of the British Red Cross... - NAIDOC Week (1 speech)
I rise tonight to talk about the National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee, commonly known as NAIDOC. This week is NAIDOC Week and as I speak events are taking place right across... - Mental Health (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on another unjust, entirely short-sighted and altogether cruel decision by this government—the axing of the Dementia and Severe Behaviours Supplement. On Thursday, 26... - Gasnier, Mr Reg (1 speech)
Last Saturday afternoon rugby league fans at Jubilee Oval in Kogarah, the heart of the St George rugby league district, remembered and honoured the career of a champion of St George and... - Taxation (1 speech)
In the last sitting week I met with Chloe, Sinead, Nick, Maddison and Caleb from Micah Challenge. Nick is the chaplain at Cressy District High School and Chloe, Sinead, Maddison and Caleb are... - Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia (1 speech)
I want to stop and just imagine something for a moment. Imagine if you worked for a service funded by the government and you had been put on notice, since the election in September 2013, that... - Underwood, His Excellency Peter George, AC, Greste, Mr Peter (1 speech)
I would like to start by noting my deep regret for the passing of the Governor of Tasmania, the Hon. Peter Underwood AC, and pass on my condolences to his family. Mr Underwood was certainly... - Care Leavers Australia Network (1 speech)
Last Saturday I was honoured to be invited to the 14th anniversary of CLAN. People in this place well know that term 'CLAN', which stands for the Care Leavers Australia Network. This... - Australian Youth Climate Coalition, Aboriginal Elders Visiting Program (1 speech)
On Monday this week I had the great pleasure of meeting 200 enthusiastic, passionate young people who had converged on parliament from all over Australia with a very clear message for the... - Employment (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak as Australia marks yet another free trade agreement—this time with Japan. I rise at the end of a day of self-congratulation by both sides of politics. Prime Minister... - Nielsen, Ms Juanita, WestConnex, International Development Assistance (1 speech)
Thirty-nine years ago on 4 July 1975, Juanita Nielsen went to Abe Saffron's Carousel Club in Kings Cross. She was never seen again. As another year passes and as we mark one more anniversary of... - Agriculture (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak on a matter of importance for beef producers in Australia and, in particular, for beef producers in northern Australia—that is, northern Australia as described in a... - Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (2 speeches)
Congratulations, Mr Deputy President, on your unanimous election earlier this week. I rise to celebrate, as we all have been in this place today, a significant milestone in our trade partnership...
