House debates
Tuesday, 2 September 2014
Bills
- International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill 2014; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time. - Australian Citizenship Amendment (Intercountry Adoption) Bill 2014; Second Reading (2 speeches)
I will be brief. In my contribution yesterday evening, I neglected to talk particularly much about the bill itself. I gave examples of two families, both of whom had been through a process that... - Higher Education and Research Reform Amendment Bill 2014; Second Reading (8 speeches)
There is one political test that no politician can ever afford to fail—the test of education. No parliamentarian, no political party, no government should never look back and say that they...