Senate debates
Monday, 10 September 2007
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The Acting Deputy President: Order! It being 9.50 pm, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn. - Ms Samantha McIntosh; Aged Care (1 speech)
I do not often speak on the adjournment, but I am moved to speak on the adjournment tonight. I had the opportunity to go to the Ballarat electorate in conjunction with Samantha McIntosh, who... - Myall Creek Massacre: Book Launch (1 speech)
A few years ago a very good friend of mine, Peter Stewart, gave me a manuscript to read. Peter is an old school friend and, I should note for the record, the nephew of two great former Labor... - Citizenship Test (1 speech)
I would like to start by concurring with the comments in Senator Forshaw’s speech. They flow on to some of the points I want to make in my contribution tonight. We have spent today in the... - Federal Election (1 speech)
I rise at this late hour to warn Australians of the scenarios facing their representation in the Senate after the coming election. Put simply, there will be either a coalition majority or minor... - Harold Gibson Weir; Address by the Canadian Prime Minister (1 speech)
It is with regret that I inform the Senate of the death in late August of Mr Harold Gibson Weir, Parliamentary Librarian from 1978 to 1982. Mr Weir first joined the Library in 1968 as one of the...
