Senate debates
Tuesday, 11 February 2014
- Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (1 speech)
I rise tonight to highlight the work of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation and to implore the new government to continue to appropriately finance its important work. The mission of... - Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Jim Maxwell (1 speech)
In recent weeks controversy has dogged the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The ABC has been making news, not just reporting it. But tonight I want to acknowledge a remarkable ABC... - Immigration: Visas (1 speech)
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison is undermining the integrity of our visa-processing system by issuing needlessly cruel instructions to his department. In December, under powers granted by... - Ovarian Cancer (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak on ovarian cancer, which affects many thousands of Australian women and impacts on the lives of their families and friends. I think this evening's adjournment debate is a... - Western Australia: Shark Culling (1 speech)
A couple of weekends ago it was a terrific privilege to stand side by side with thousands and thousands of Australians—in particular, West Australians—at Perth's Cottesloe Beach to... - Ovarian Cancer (1 speech)
I rise in the interests of promoting awareness of ovarian cancer in this Ovarian Cancer Awareness month of February. Unfortunately, since I last spoke, a cure has not been found and, since I last... - Western Australia: Shark Cull (1 speech)
I rise to talk yet again about the appalling shark cull program currently being undertaken in my home state of Western Australia. Over summer we had two very large protests in Western Australia... - Closing the Gap (2 speeches)
It is my pleasure to rise this evening to speak to an issue that I hope will be very significant for many Australians and will take a very prominent place in our national considerations... - Gove (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak in the adjournment debate on the situation in the Gove community of the Northern Territory, which is facing the closure of the Rio Tinto refinery in the town. There has... - Free Trade Agreements (1 speech)
It is time for a national conversation about trade and free trade agreements and about the importance of re-focusing the debate in this country around what is fair trade, and the importance of... - Doherty Trade Services (1 speech)
It is my very great honour to speak in support of a proud South Australian company tonight. Doherty Trade Services is a second-generation family owned company that has been operating in South... - Foreign Aid (1 speech)
Tonight I would like to speak about overseas development aid, but I would like to start off by congratulating two women on some excellent appointments that have been recently made. I would like... - Kangaroo Island: Oil Exploration (1 speech, 1 comment)
This evening I rise to draw attention to a place which needs no introduction, and that is partly because it is so well known to Australians but also partly because I have spoken about it in the... - Department of Health: Health Star Rating Website (2 speeches)
I rise to add to an answer provided by me to the Senate earlier today during question time. The Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, Senator Wong, asked me about my chief of staff, his spouse... - Kangaroos (1 speech, 1 comment)
In 2011, the four large kangaroos that can be commercially shot were nominated for listing in New South Wales as threatened species. That nomination, based on the government's own data, reveals a... - Manila Challenge (1 speech)
Last month, I was in Manila attending the 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights. This was the seventh conference in a series that started in 2001 in... - Australian Business Roundtable for Disaster Resilience and Safer Communities (1 speech)
It is quite timely that Senator Moore mentioned the natural disasters that have affected the Philippines and a number of other countries in our region, because the issue I particularly wanted to...
