Senate debates
Friday, 22 June 2012
- Middle East (2 speeches)
Two weeks ago in my office I was visited by Khalil Hamdan, an Australian citizen and a good friend of our community over many years. He is originally from Palestine and is now living in Brisbane... - Marine Sanctuaries (3 speeches)
Mr President, as you would be aware, less than a week ago Mr Burke produced maps of the marine bioregions that encompass Australia—3.1 million square kilometres that go right around... - Tobacco (1 speech)
On 31 May this year there was the celebration of World No Tobacco Day, and the theme for this year's event was tobacco industry interference. According to the World Health Organisation, this... - Rural and Regional Health Services (1 speech)
Appropriation Bill (No.5) 2012 came before the Senate this week and I had hoped to make some remarks on it. The role of the Senate is to act as a house of review and to hold the government to...
