Senate debates
Tuesday, 3 March 2015
- Rural Financial Counselling Service (1 speech)
After delivering another record level of harvest, 13.52 million tonnes, Western Australian farmers are busy preparing for the upcoming season. And, despite producing another record level of grain... - Severe Behaviour Response Teams (1 speech)
Tonight I want to address concerns about the Severe Behaviour Response Teams announced by Assistant Minister Fifield and his failure to provide a satisfactory response to my line of questioning... - Bandler, Ms Faith, AC (1 speech)
I rise tonight to pay tribute to an incredible woman, a civil rights activist, a writer and an incredible person: Faith Bandler. Faith was a true representation of modern Australia, a woman of... - Gender Equality, Domestic Violence (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about Australian women on the day we celebrated the United Nations International Women's Day in this parliament. I want to talk about two areas which significantly hold... - Queensland Government (15 speeches)
I am going to be controversial tonight because I want to defend Campbell Newman and the Liberal National Party government of 2012-2015 in Queensland. Right from its election in March 2012 the... - Northern Territory Government (3 speeches)
You think it might be hard to find a more incompetent, divided, dishonest government than the Abbott government. But tonight I give you: the Northern Territory government. The Abbott government's... - Short, Mr Peter (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to Peter Short, who died peacefully on 29 December 2014, while holding the hand of his wife Elizabeth. Elizabeth is in the public gallery tonight and I want to... - Workplace Relations (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to speak about the great Australian fair go and how that manifests itself in our industrial relations system. Before I do so, I would like to say that I was very pleased that I was... - Coal Seam Gas (1 speech)
In the short time I have been working for the people of Queensland as a senator for the sunshine state, I have come across many issues. One of the most distressing issues involves the plight of... - Tropical Cyclone Marcia (1 speech)
I rise tonight to talk briefly about the impact of Tropical Cyclone Marcia and particularly its impact on Central Queensland. Last month I moved to Rockhampton. I have never been through a... - Pharmacy Sector (1 speech)
Tonight, I would like to speak on an issue of significant community importance and that is the position that community pharmacies around the country are now facing. I want to put this in context.... - Animal Welfare (1 speech)
I rise this evening to speak on the scourge of animal cruelty and its increase in this community, the efforts that I am making through a bill presented in this place on 11 February, and the... - Middle East (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the plight of the Assyrians in the Middle East but most especially in some of the recent atrocities that we have seen in the Mosul district. Soon we will be celebrating the... - Hadgkiss, Mr Nigel (4 speeches)
Nigel Hadgkiss, director of the Fair Work Building and Construction inspectorate, has framed his career and, indeed, his life, as a crime fighter, exposing corruption, drug runners and criminals....
