Senate debates
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
Matters of Public Interest
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Order! It being 12.45 pm, I call on matters of public interest. - Employment (1 speech)
Today I rise to highlight the importance of the Rudd government’s stimulus strategy to Western Australia. Since the global financial crisis began, unemployment has risen rapidly in my home... - Education (1 speech)
A few months ago I was speaking to a university student who told me about a midsemester assignment she had received for one of her courses. I took an interest in the assignment because the class... - Tasmania: World Heritage (1 speech)
Having sat here through the Howard years, in which bigotry was at the fore and denial of equality and access to equal rights was part and parcel of governance, I find it is not possible to simply... - Bilingual Education (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about a topic which is of great importance to many of my constituents. It relates to the education field and has been quite controversial of late in the Northern Territory.... - Afghanistan (1 speech)
As is so often the case in the war in Afghanistan, we are again at another point of decision, one of immense importance to the country’s future. As many analysts have noted, the political... - Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia (3 speeches)
I would like to take up the last few minutes of this debate today by acknowledging that 150 years ago, exactly today, six Irish Mercy nuns arrived in Goulburn to set up the first Mercy...
