Senate debates
Tuesday, 2 September 2014
- Dupagne, Ms Tanya, Lefroy, Mr Timothy (1 speech)
I would like to use this evening's adjournment debate to reflect positively on two fantastic young Western Australians who are living and working out in regional Western Australia. The first is... - Tobacco (1 speech)
Yesterday tobacco excise increased by 12.5 per cent. This is a good thing. This is a tax increase that will literally save lives. It is yet another reason for people to kick this dangerous,... - Taiji Dolphin Hunt (1 speech)
Sadly, just yesterday, the annual slaughter of dolphins and small whales began in a small cove in Japan called Taiji. It is also occurring right up and down the coast of Japan. I rise today to... - Falls, Miss Claire, Steel, Mr Kurt (1 speech)
Last week my colleagues Tanya Plibersek, Bernie Ripoll and I met a local constituent with a difference. Claire Falls is a 12-year-old Canberra girl with a love for playing soccer who is fighting... - Montara Oil Spill (1 speech)
Tonight, I would like to talk about an issue that I have raised on a number of occasions in this chamber. I would particularly like to raise this issue at this time, because 21 August was the... - Iraq and Syria (1 speech)
I rise this evening to lend my support to the decision of the government led by Mr Abbott to involve this country along with others in supporting the government of Iraq in the terrible... - Bell, Associate Professor Erica (1 speech)
I rise tonight to pay tribute to, and acknowledge the outstanding achievements of, Associate Professor Erica Bell. Sadly, Associate Professor Bell suffered a critical brain haemorrhage on 21 July... - Nuclear Energy (1 speech, 1 comment)
Sometime in the next 48 hours the Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, will, we understand, sign a uranium export deal with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. I have very high regard for the... - Overseas Aid (1 speech)
One of the issues I am very passionate about is Australia's part in the global effort to tackle extreme poverty. Right now 1.3 billion of our world's population live in extreme poverty, which is... - Renewable Energy (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about the review of the Renewable Energy Target and in particular the impact that that review will have on my home state of Victoria. You have got to hand it to this... - Pharmacies (3 speeches)
I rise tonight to speak about a very vital business sector, especially in many small regional towns. I talk about the local chemist shop—the pharmacy—and what a vital service they are. - Gorgon Gas Project (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about Chevron's Gorgon Project, on Barrow Island in Western Australia. At the time of approval in 2009, the Gorgon joint-venture estimated that the net benefit to Western... - Speech Pathology (1 speech)
This afternoon, our Community Affairs References Committee brought down a report on speech pathology in Australia. During that process many people gave us detailed submissions and talked about... - Renewable Energy Target (4 speeches)
I speak tonight on the Renewable Energy Target. I commence my contribution with a quote: We will be keeping the renewable energy target. We have made that commitment. We have no plans or... - Higher Education (1 speech)
I rise to put on the record the threat posed to regional communities by the legislation that was put before the House of Representatives this day. This morning in that other place, the green... - Steel, Mr Kurt (1 speech)
Tonight I want to pay tribute to a friend that I lost this week. Kurt Steel died tragically in a bus accident while travelling on a much-deserved holiday in Bolivia. He was only 25 years old.... - Education Funding (1 speech)
This is about political donations and political influence. It is also about how the Abbott government proposes to divert money from public education to private colleges with little oversight of...
