Senate debates

Monday, 30 November 2015

  • Tom Uren Memorial Fund (1 speech)
    I rise to share with the Senate the recent launch at Parliament House of the Tom Uren Memorial Fund, which I was delighted to attend with so many of my Labor colleagues. I joined a number of...
  • International Development Assistance (1 speech)
    Australia's aid budget for 2015-16 suffered a $1 billion reduction—part of a planned total of $11.3 billion in cuts over the forward estimates. If fully implemented, this would, by 2018-19,...
  • United States: Planned Parenthood Clinic Shootings (1 speech)
    On Saturday, 28 November, Robert Dear shot dead three people at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs in the United States. Planned Parenthood is a non-profit organisation which...