Senate debates
Wednesday, 29 October 2014
- 25th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall (1 speech)
Freedom is an innate human aspiration. Millions of people have campaigned for freedom. Millions have died in the cause of freedom. Freedom is a fundamental aspiration common to all humanity. We... - University of Newcastle Central Coast Campus (1 speech)
I rise in the shadow of many conversations of the last week—since the passing of the great Gough Whitlam—to speak to 'something little that has grown'. We have the image of Vincent... - Western Australia: Sharks (1 speech)
Tonight I wish to talk about sharks. I know that that will come as no surprise to some people, as I have spoken on sharks on many occasions in this place. I am pleased to say that we have made... - Freedom of Religion (1 speech)
I spoke in this chamber on 25 March this year about persecution of religious minorities. I talked at that time about the German International Society for Human Rights which highlighted that 80...
