Senate debates

Monday, 7 July 2014

  • Financial Services (1 speech)
    As someone who spent 10 years, prior to entering this place, as a financial adviser, I am appalled at the recent conduct of financial planners within the Commonwealth Bank. I am not going to...
  • Budget (3 speeches)
    I rise to congratulate those that braved horizontal rain and high winds to attend the Protest on the Coast, a rally that took place in Burnie in Tasmania on Saturday, 28 June, against this...
  • Carbon Pricing (2 speeches)
    First and foremost I am a senator from Tasmania, and tonight, without forgetting all the moral, scientific and economic imperatives of putting a price on carbon for the rest of the world, I rise...
  • Brabham, Sir Jack, AO, OBE (1 speech)
    Before continuing, I want to touch quickly on the comments of Senator Whish-Wilson. He and others often talk about the profits that Hydro Tasmania generates as a result of the carbon tax, as if...