Senate debates

Thursday, 10 July 2014

  • Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (1 speech)
    The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority report for 2012-13 is a good indication of the work the authority does looking after one of Australia's and, indeed, the world's greatest natural...
  • Australian Human Rights Commission (1 speech)
    I rise to speak on the Australian Human Rights Commission audit report Review into the Treatment of Women at the Australian Defence Force Academy, but before I do so I would like to make some...
  • Productivity Commission (1 speech)
    In relation to report No. 2, the Productivity Commission Safeguards inquiry into the import of processed tomato products: this is a vexed issue. Dumping is defined briefly under WTO rules as...
  • Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (1 speech)
    I would like to take note of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service report for 2012-13. I do want to congratulate the Customs and Border Protection Service, not only on their report...
  • Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (1 speech)
    I rise to speak on the motion to take note of government document No. 20, the interim report of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. The two volumes of that...