Senate debates
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
- Huawei (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the recent Investigative Report by the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on the US national security issues posed by Chinese telcos, including... - Anti-Poverty Week (1 speech)
I would like to talk about poverty and its impacts on our community. This year, Anti-Poverty Week helped to focus attention on the growing number of people in our community who are entrenched in... - Australian Labor Party (5 speeches)
I rise tonight to speak on the contemptible behaviour of the Labor Party in relation to the demotion of Senator Penny Wong to the No. 2 position on the South Australian Senate ticket behind one... - Perth Light Rail (1 speech)
I would like to put some remarks on the record about a project which has been very close to my heart since my election campaign in 2007—that is, to bring light rail back to the streets of... - Bilney, Hon. Gordon Neil, Millennium Development Goals (1 speech)
Earlier today, the Senate agreed to a condolence motion in respect of the late Hon. Gordon Neil Bilney. Gordon Bilney was the member for Kingston, in South Australia, from 1983 until 1996 and he... - Melanoma (1 speech)
My home state of Queensland very proudly labels itself the Sunshine State, but that sunshine is in fact a two-edged sword. We are the melanoma capital of the world. More than 430,000 Australians... - Union of Agricultural Work Committees (1 speech)
I speak tonight in response to comments made in this place earlier today in relation to AusAID and work with the Union of Agricultural Work Committees in Palestine. The Union of Agricultural Work... - Same-Sex Marriage (1 speech)
I want to take a moment this evening to speak on the matter of marriage equality, for which legislation has twice come before the Senate in recent weeks. Unfortunately, other duties prevented me... - Middle East (1 speech)
Recently, I attended a dinner in this parliament hosted by Australians for Palestine. The guest speaker was Israeli historian Ilan Pappe. His books include The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine,... - Kangaroo Island: Offshore Exploration (1 speech)
I rise to speak about a place that is close to my heart. It is a place that has been the scene of some special family holidays. It is a place which is known as Australia's Galapagos. It is a... - Wind Turbines (1 speech)
This evening I wish to reflect on some aspects associated with industrial wind turbines around Australia and to report what I would regard as undesirable sequences that are occurring. I refer to... - Jordan, Mr Scott (2 speeches)
Mr Deputy President, I seek leave to speak for 20 minutes. Leave granted. I rise tonight to speak about a gentleman called Scott Jordan, from the north-west of Tasmania. It is said that all... - Public Education (1 speech)
We have been asked in recent times if we give Gonski. The AEU wants us all to give a Gonski—they want us to give Gonski $5 billion. Is the question whether we care about a productive,... - Member for Dobell (5 speeches)
On 18 September, I raised the government's continued hiding of important documents pertaining to the member for Dobell. Tonight I would like to outline the depths to which this government is... - Malala Yousafzai (1 speech)
I begin by acknowledging the efforts that members of this parliament have made, both in the House and the Senate, to wear red today. As you know, this is the Day for Daniel, which acknowledges... - William Joseph 'Bill' O'Reilly (1 speech)
Twenty years ago Australia lost one its greatest cricketers and most endearing characters, William Joseph O'Reilly—better known to all as Bill O'Reilly. O'Reilly's nickname was 'Tiger', and...
