Senate debates
Wednesday, 23 November 2016
- Road Safety (1 speech)
I am very pleased to inform the Senate that the Parliamentary Friends of Road Safety Group has been re-formed in this parliament. I—along with Llew O'Brien MP, the member for Wide... - Geelong Star (1 speech)
I rise during senators' statements today to talk about the extraordinary development overnight where it was reported that the supertrawler—the large factory freezer vessel—the Geelong... - National Adoption Awareness Week, Diwali, Hungarian Revolution: 60th Anniversary, Australian Capital Territory Australian of the Year (1 speech)
It is great to get up today to highlight some important events that have taken place here in Canberra in the last few weeks. In particular, two weeks ago we celebrated National Adoption Awareness... - Employment (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about something that the government does not seem particularly interested in—and that is jobs. And, no, I am not talking about the Prime Minister's job, or the... - Trade with Mexico (1 speech)
This year marks the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Mexico and Australia, and this time last year Senator Gallacher and I put forward to the Senate a report on our relationship... - Tasmania (1 speech)
Despite the government barely scraping in at the last federal election, there is no doubt that the result in Tasmania was a disaster for the Liberal Party. They returned only four senators, and... - Australian Defence Force, Pensions and Benefits, Euthanasia, Australian Federal Police (1 speech)
Yesterday I raised in this Senate life and death matters regarding high-level official corruption, crime and misconduct in the Australian Defence Force, which involved the deliberate targeting... - Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (1 speech)
Today, I rise again in this place to speak on what I believe is an essential pillar of our democracy—that is, freedom of expression. Free speech underpins every successful modern democracy.... - Special Olympics Tasmania (2 speeches)
I rise to talk about a story that was in today's Mercury, a Hobart newspaper, about the closing of Tasmania's Special Olympics branch. If this is indeed the case, it is very disappointing and...
