Senate debates
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
- Shipp, Mr Ray (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about a man who has spent the best part of his life representing the people of Launceston and surrounding areas in my home state of Tasmania. I feel honoured to call Ray... - Breast Cancer (1 speech)
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and tonight I rise to speak on the issue of breast cancer. It is an issue that is very close to me because my fraternal grandmother passed away from it,... - Uranium Mining (7 speeches, 1 comment)
I rise to speak on a different matter but one which perhaps has some relation to the contribution just made by Senator Cash. To begin with, I acknowledge the Arabunna and the Kokotha people of... - Micah Challenge (1 speech)
I would like firstly to take the opportunity to associate myself with the speech by Senator Cash about ovarian cancer. It is an area that I have spoken on myself previously in this place, and it... - Local Sports Clubs (1 speech)
I rise tonight to talk about football and netball. In Victoria and across the country, the lifeblood of many regional communities is their local football or netball club. As generations of... - Armenian Genocide: World War I, Royal National Park (1 speech)
Tonight I would like to share with my fellow senators the memories of Australian soldiers who witnessed terrible atrocities during World War I. A few elderly New South Wales constituents have... - Workplace Relations (1 speech)
I have been a representative of working Australians for over 20 years. Through those years my union, the AMWU, I have campaigned for improvements to Australia's workplace relations system in... - Polio Eradication (2 speeches)
This evening I rise to speak on an important topic for Australia and the world, and that is the eradication of poliomyelitis, or polio. Over 10 years ago, the World Health Organisation recognised... - Member for Dobell (1 speech)
Mr Acting Deputy President, I seek leave to speak for up to 20 minutes. Leave granted. I have previously raised matters regarding the member for Dobell. Tonight I would like to disclose further...
