Senate debates
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
Matters of Public Interest
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Order! I call on matters of public interest. - Blessed Mary MacKillop (1 speech)
Today I would like to speak on the story of Blessed Mary MacKillop. We are all hearing a lot about what will happen in Rome on 17 October. Australians are rightly very proud of Blessed Mary... - Afghanistan (1 speech)
On 21 September this year it was widely reported that a front-line soldier engaged in a firefight where another member of that platoon was fatally shot had sent an email to a friend making quite... - Radioactive Waste Management (1 speech)
I rise to speak briefly on the question of radioactive waste management in Australia. It is fitting that these are the first remarks I will offer in this new parliament. Although we have... - Citizenship (1 speech)
On 17 September for Australian Citizenship Day, I presided over my first citizenship ceremony as Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration and Citizenship. It was an inspiring and humbling... - Emissions Trading Scheme (1 speech)
Australians have to come to grips with the fact that we are facing power price increases in this country not in the distant future but possibly within five years that will simply be economically... - Senate Select Committee on Agricultural and Related Industries: Report on the Incidence and Severity of Bushfires Across Australia (1 speech)
The Senate Select Committee on Agricultural and Related Industries presented its report on the incidence and severity of bushfires across Australia on 13 August, which of course coincided with...
