Senate debates
Tuesday, 15 July 2014
- Inverell Saints AFL Club (2 speeches)
Order! I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn. - Western Australia: Shark Cull (1 speech)
I rise tonight to talk on the WA shark cull and alternatives that we should be taking to the cruel approach that the Barnett government is taking in Western Australia. Submissions have closed on... - Civil Rights Act (1 speech)
The 2nd of July this year marked the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act in the United States of America. The act outlawed racial discrimination in schools, employment and accommodation in... - Budget (1 speech)
On 13 May this year, the coalition government handed down a budget that was really quite unprecedented. I have seen quite a few budgets come and go in my life span, but I am hard pressed to think... - Underwood, The Hon. Peter George, AC (1 speech)
It is with great sadness that I rise to speak tonight on the recent death of the Governor of Tasmania, His Excellency, the Hon. Peter George Underwood AC. Peter's life was one of great service to... - Global Fund (1 speech)
I rise this evening on behalf of the three million men, women and children who are killed each year by AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. I do so by supporting very strongly the determination of... - Veterans' Affairs (1 speech)
'To honour their memory and sacrifice, to remember their commitment, to thank them for their service': these are words we here when we speak of our veterans. Veterans affairs have always been off... - Abbott Government (1 speech)
The Senate is a house of review, yet its role is to be a powerful check on the government of the day. But that depends, of course, on the government. It depends on how the government decides to... - New South Wales: South Sudanese Community (1 speech)
I recently met members of the South Sudanese community living in Sydney. It was a most informative meeting. We discussed the challenges members of this community face and I heard of a range of...
