Senate debates
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
- Scotland's Radical Exports: Book Launch (3 speeches)
I rise tonight to talk briefly about a book that I launched in Collins Street in Melbourne. It is unusual for me to be launching a book in Collins Street, especially with Collins Street being the... - Climate Change (1 speech)
I cannot let my colleague's contribution go without some comment. I am very pleased to have significant Scottish blood flowing through my veins and I am equally pleased not to be a trade... - Palestine (1 speech)
I would like to share with senators the story of one woman—a woman who until her untimely death last year was a success story of international development, of self-reliance and... - International Women's Day (1 speech)
The first Australian International Women's Day rally took place in the Sydney Domain on 25 March 1928. It was organised by the Militant Women's Movement and called for equal pay for equal work,... - F1 in Schools (3 speeches)
I rise tonight to speak about a wonderful and worth while initiative called the F1 in Schools program. I have had the privilege to play a very small part in this program over the last three... - Rural and Regional Health Services (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about mental health in our regional, rural and remote areas. Access to quality health care, including mental health care, is a basic human right. With one in five... - World War I (2 speeches)
This is one of the last opportunities to speak before this year's Anzac Day. I would like to give the first of six speeches in the lead-up to the centenary of the outbreak of World War I on 28... - Human Rights (1 speech)
Many people grapple with new media and how it can be used for good and how we can ensure that, as a society, it achieves positive benefits. We have seen over recent years many social, political... - Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak in relation to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, or CHOGM, a biennial summit meeting of the heads of government from all Commonwealth nations which was held in... - International Women's Day (1 speech)
I am very pleased to rise this evening because last week it was International Women's Day and I had the privilege of celebrating the 101st International Women's Day at a number of events,... - Military Discipline (1 speech)
Tonight I want to address the subject matter of military justice. In particular, I want to consider the recent interim report by DLA Piper and its set of recommendations. I do this as a... - Water (1 speech)
In Australia, access to safe drinking water and to hygienic sanitation is pretty much a given. We do have the odd problem, as we have had in Queensland during the past 12 months, where, because... - Workplace Relations (1 speech)
Over the years I have had the great pleasure of visiting many workplaces throughout Australia. From my time as a union official to more recently as a senator, I have had the great honour of... - Australian Natural Disasters (1 speech)
I want to make some reflections on some issues arising out of the natural disasters which are currently affecting our country. As we speak in this place, large parts of particularly the... - National Women's Alliances (1 speech)
Last Thursday, as we all know, around this nation and the world we celebrated International Women's Day. I want to take the opportunity to talk about this government's initiative of creating the... - Bailey, Mr Raymond Frederick (1 speech)
A wonderful Tasmanian, a former president of the Legislative Council in Tasmania, Ray Bailey, passed away late last month. Tonight I would like to talk about Ray and the wonderful contributions... - Female Genital Mutilation (1 speech)
With International Women's Day celebrated last week on 8 March, it is timely to reflect on the treatment and status of women, both overseas and here in Australia. While much progress has been... - People with Disability (1 speech)
Mr Acting Deputy President Furner, I seek leave to speak for 20 minutes. Leave granted. Thank you, Mr Acting Deputy President. People with disability face significant challenges in their daily... - Beetson, Mr Arthur, AO (1 speech)
Mr President, I seek leave to speak for 20 minutes. Leave granted. Mr President, I thank the Senate. 'He was a giant of man, a giant of a footballer and a giant of a bloke'. Those are the words...
