Senate debates
Tuesday, 15 September 2009
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Order! As no-one sought the call during consideration of government documents, I now propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn. - Dr June Canavan (1 speech)
Last month on the Sunshine Coast over a thousand people gathered at the University of the Sunshine Coast Sports Stadium to mourn the passing of and to celebrate and talk about the life of an... - Victorian Bushfires (1 speech)
I rise to speak tonight on the woefully inadequate response to the Victorian Black Saturday bushfires in February this year by the Brumby government. That day was a national tragedy, one that was... - Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
This evening I rise to welcome the Rudd government’s approach to immigration detention. What we have seen introduced is an approach which better reflects the compassion and tolerance of the... - Abbotsford Public School (1 speech)
Tonight I stand to speak about the Abbottsford Public School in Sydney, which I visited last Friday, and the revelations I have received since the visit to the school in the form of a letter that... - Iraq (6 speeches)
I want to talk tonight about the current situation in Iraq, which seems to have dropped off our— - Abbotsford Public School (1 speech)
With the indulgence of the Senate I seek leave to table a letter that I referred to in my speech. The letter is from the Abbotsford Public School and is dated 14 September 2009, with an attached... - Japanese Comfort Women (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the issue of the official Japanese government and military policy in World War II of sexual slavery of women known as comfort women. Up to 200,000 women and girls from the... - Papua New Guinea (1 speech)
Tomorrow, 16 September, our closest neighbours across the Torres Strait will celebrate their independence. It will be 34 years since Papua New Guinea gained full independence from the... - National Broadband Network (1 speech)
I rise this evening to speak on the National Broadband Network, or the NBN, and particularly what it means for my home state of Tasmania. I am pleased that the Rudd government will deliver... - Child Care (1 speech)
On 29 October we shall be digesting the recommendations of the Senate inquiry into provision of child care, looking at the ABC Learning collapse and related matters. The focus of the inquiry is...
