Senate debates
Wednesday, 2 December 2015
- The Kurrajongs of Inverell (1 speech)
I rise today to extend an invitation to everyone in this chamber, and to all Australians, to attend a very special event in my home town of Inverell next month. You ask: 'What is that event?'... - Climate Change (1 speech)
In February 2010, a member in the other place said this: It is our job as members of parliament to legislate with an eye to the long-term future, to look over the horizon beyond the next election... - Children in Immigration Detention (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on children currently held in Australia's immigration detention facilities. As I stand here, the latest numbers of children held in detention here in Australia is 112. Last... - Western Australia: Economic Competitiveness (1 speech)
I rise today to discuss issues that are near and dear to my heart. Those of you who heard my first speech will know them. They are the concepts of innovation, commercialisation and... - Industrial Relations, Multiculturalism (4 speeches)
I rise to speak today about the plight of Korean truck drivers working for Pulmuone, a South Korean company. The Korean Public Service and Transport Workers Union—KPTU—TruckSol... - Climate Change (3 speeches)
Despite what you might hear in the media—and, indeed, what you heard in this chamber only a short while ago—climate change science has become less certain and gives us less reason to... - Liberalism (1 speech)
I rise today to speak in support of the core values at the heart of our political, social and economic institutions. While we do not hear too much about morality in this place, everything we do,... - Central Coast: Australian Taxation Office (1 speech)
I rise today to put on the record some detail around the motion which very happily, with thanks to the crossbenchers and the Greens for their support, passed the Senate very convincingly with a... - Climate Change (2 speeches)
I thought it timely, in the minute that I have, to reflect on the Paris climate change talks and the passage of time. In 2009, when Copenhagen was being talked about by those on the other side of...
