Senate debates
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
Matters of Public Interest
- (1 speech)
Pursuant to order, I now call on matters of public interest. - Hospitals (4 speeches)
I rise today to speak on matters of public interest and certainly matters which are initiating topical debate around this country. Indeed, it is not a simple task to overhaul years of neglect by... - Mental Health (1 speech)
I have the opportunity to follow on from Senator Polley’s contribution in this matters of public interest debate because I was intending to speak on the topic of mental health. I find it... - Food Labelling; Water; Gambling (1 speech)
As an Independent senator, matters of public interest speeches are a rare treat indeed. For me they happen only twice a year, and so I intend to speak on not one, not two but three issues of... - Parkinson’s Disease; Go Red for Women (1 speech)
I rise today in this matters of public interest debate to inform the chamber of two recent events. The first that I will speak about concerns Parkinson’s Disease. As Convenor of... - Australian Council of Trade Unions (5 speeches)
I rise to speak on a threat to the union movement’s ability to look after the jobs of its members. Once that threat was communism; today it comes from an extreme greens agenda. Union...
