Senate debates
Wednesday, 29 March 2006
Matters of Public Interest
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Order! It being 12.45 pm, I call on matters of public interest. - Australia on the Map Project (1 speech)
This year is the 400th anniversary of the first recorded sighting of the Australian coast by European navigators. The Australia on the Map Project is dedicated to commemorating the 400th... - Hillsong Emerge (9 speeches)
I rise to speak today about a number of issues that have been raised in the House of Representatives recently regarding Hillsong. Senators do not need to be told by me that the 2004 federal... - Skilled Migration (1 speech)
Today I want to put a very important issue before the Senate—that is, what has happened in Western Australia with respect to the response of the Department of Immigration and Multicultural... - Sex Education (1 speech)
I want to speak today on the subject of sex education. There is nothing more controversial than the topic of abortion, of course, but the topic of young people and sex runs a very close second.... - Guantanamo Bay (1 speech)
I rise to speak again on behalf of one of my South Australian constituents David Hicks, who is being held in Guantanamo Bay by the US administration, and to call again on the government to take... - West Papua (1 speech)
I want to inform the Senate about a meeting that occurred in parliament yesterday of the Parliamentarians for West Papua Group. We were addressed yesterday by a human rights worker from West... - Cyclone Larry (1 speech)
I will take the opportunity in the five minutes we have left to complete a speech that I started last Monday night in the chamber. I was advising the Senate about how North Queensland is faring...
