Senate debates
Wednesday, 11 October 2006
Matters of Public Interest
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Order! It being 12.45 pm, I call on matters of public interest. - Workplace Relations (1 speech)
I would like to comment on the role of the unions and the Labor Party in the workplace relations debate and also canvass the scurrilous decision by the Labor government in my home state of... - Australian Defence Force (1 speech)
In today’s matters of public interest discussion, I want to raise a range of matters that come under the generic heading of culture within the Australian Defence Force. But before going to... - Judicial Appointments Process (1 speech)
Unusually for me, during the last parliamentary sitting I took leave from the Senate for an afternoon, to go to Sydney to attend the Magna Carta lecture. The invitation from the British High... - Judicial Appointments Process; Rural and Regional Australia (8 speeches)
I listened with interest to Senator Murray’s very careful and erudite presentation, as most of his contributions are. But I have one comment in relation to his last comment: I wish. The... - National Disability Advocacy Program (1 speech)
Today I raise the issue of the future of the National Disability Advocacy Program as a matter of public interest, because of the Howard government’s ineptitude and lack of action, which is...
