Senate debates

Tuesday, 28 October 2014

  • Emergency Services Levy (1 speech)
    Tonight I rise to speak on a matter of extraordinary concern to many of my fellow citizens in South Australia, and that is the extraordinary increase in the emergency services levy that came out...
  • Letters from Camdenville Public School (1 speech)
    I would like to bring to the attention of the Senate some letters I recently received from a group of primary school students. They are all in the 3/4 Fiji class at Camdenville Public School in...
  • Water Infrastructure (5 speeches)
    Thank you, Mr Acting Deputy President—
  • Police Violence (1 speech)
    On the night of 22 August last year a resident of Hillside, in Melbourne's western suburbs, was turning his car into his driveway when he was rammed from behind.    The force of...
  • Australian Defence Force, Veterans (1 speech)
    I rise to bring to the attention of the Australian parliament a petition at the change.org website titled: 'Don’t send our defence forces to war on a pay cut! Show our ADF the respect it...
  • The Maldives (1 speech)
    Like many in the Senate I am a great believer in freedom. In Australia we are fortunate to have constitutional government and strong democratic institutions to uphold and protect our freedom....
  • Ebola (1 speech)
    I rise to bring to the Senate's attention the tragedy occurring in West Africa with the outbreak of the Ebola crisis. In doing so I recognise that yet another day has passed with more Ebola...