Senate debates
Thursday, 1 November 2012
- Australian War Memorial (3 speeches)
I had the great honour today to join the Leader of the Opposition, the Prime Minister and many dignitaries to see the recipient of— - Australian Research Council (4 speeches)
I rise to make a few brief comments about document No. 5, being the government response to the final report of the Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade References Committee, Procurement procedures... - AusAID (6 speeches)
I wish to address some brief remarks on document No. 6, addendum to the AusAID annual report, which of itself makes very interesting reading, particularly if you are a statistician or a... - NBN Co. Limited (2 speeches)
In relation to document No. 10, NBN Co. Ltd., I read with great interest an article in yesterday's Australian, which I of course will not hold up because that is unparliamentary, but I will refer... - Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (1 speech)
The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, of course, has oversight of the NBN. As I was saying earlier on, the Golden Plains Shire Council is also reported to have been... - Australia Post (1 speech)
This report of the Australian Postal Corporation is interesting. As I did at estimates, I congratulate Australia Post for the very substantial profit that they achieved in this financial year.... - Australian Institute of Family Studies (1 speech)
During an answer this week the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Bob Carr, chose to stoop to the lowest level that I have seen in this chamber since my time here. It was a deeply offensive... - Repatriation Commission, Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, Department of Veterans' Affairs (6 speeches)
Mr Deputy President, I do not think you were in the chamber before, but I spoke today of Corporal Daniel Keighran VC, who received his VC from the Governor-General today. I thought it would be of... - Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (2 speeches)
I rise to take note of SEWPaC's annual report and to note the Australian Landcare Council—a wonderful coalition initiative: local solutions to local environmental issues, direct action,...
