Senate debates
Tuesday, 1 December 2015
- Agriculture (1 speech)
I rise tonight to talk about a business in my local town, Bindaree Beef. In the mid-1990s, the town of Inverell in northern New South Wales was facing a bleak future. North West Exports... - Northern Tasmania (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to speak about a very important local issue—that is, the need for a hospice in Northern Tasmania. I would like to acknowledge Barb Baker, who has been the champion of the... - Change the Record Coalition (2 speeches)
I rise tonight to speak of an issue of the utmost importance. Yesterday I had the pleasure of co-hosting the launch of a report from the Change the Record Coalition, Blueprint for change:... - HIV-AIDS (2 speeches)
I rise to reflect on Australia's handling of HIV-AIDS. In the 1980s we took action in the face of strident conservative opposition. That action saved lives. Today, on World AIDS Day, it deserves... - Santamaria, Mr Bartholomew Augustine (1 speech, 1 comment)
There is a common and very human tendency to accept unquestioningly that the way things are is the way they must be, as if history has been guided by some predetermined inevitability which has... - Business Council of Australia (9 speeches)
Right back in August this year, when Malcolm Turnbull's prime ministership was just a gleam in his eye and he was busy doing the numbers, we had a small business minister who actually cared about... - Victoria: Gambling (2 speeches)
The digital age was supposed to make our lives easier and, to a large extent, it has. But, as we can plainly see, changing landscapes require new rules because our old rules do not fit the... - Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption (1 speech)
I rise this evening to take advantage of the last significant adjournment opportunity of the year to again draw the Senate's attention to the ongoing hypocrisy of Prime Minister Turnbull's Royal... - Perth Freight Link (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to acknowledge a real turning point in the campaign against the Perth Freight Link. I seek leave to table a letter to the Prime Minister from Miss Corina Abraham, a local...
