Senate debates
Thursday, 13 October 2016
- Indigenous Affairs (1 speech)
It seems that hardly a day goes by without seeing or hearing a report in the media about a tragic event occurring in an indigenous community somewhere across our nation. The epidemic of suicide... - Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
I note the Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee report into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander experiences of law enforcement and justice services. The current... - Anti-Poverty Week (1 speech)
Next week, from 16 October to 22 October, is Anti-Poverty Week. The main aims of Anti-Poverty Week are to strengthen public understanding of the causes and consequences of poverty and hardship... - Sugar Industry (1 speech)
Tonight, I rise to speak perhaps briefly on an issue that is emerging within the Queensland sugar industry. I remind the fact to colleagues in the chamber that most of the sugar industry in this... - Peres, Mr Shimon, Battle of Beersheba (2 speeches)
In the short period I have available, I just want to remark on the opportunity that many of us here had here in Parliament House this week to sign the condolence book for Shimon Peres, twice...
