Senate debates

Wednesday, 13 June 2007

  • (1 speech)
    Order! It being 12.45 pm, I call on matters of public interest.
  • Queensland: Beattie Government (1 speech)
    The most arbitrary disenfranchising of what are probably the most vulnerable communities in Queensland is about to be undertaken by the Queensland Labor government. At a time when we should be...
  • Iraq (1 speech)
    It has now been over four years since our Prime Minister took our nation to war in Iraq on the lie that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. When it became clear that there were no...
  • Indigenous Affairs (1 speech)
    I want to speak today about a range of factors impacting on and relating to Indigenous Australians. A few weeks back we had a lot of events, ceremonies and commemorations for the 40th anniversary...
  • Workplace Relations (1 speech)
    I am standing here today to express concern about the standover and privileged role union bosses would play in the workplace with the election of a Rudd Labor government and the election of Labor...
  • Defence: Procurement (1 speech)
    I have spoken many times about this government’s poor record on managing major defence procurement projects. It seems that little has changed, judging by the latest information disclosed at...