Senate debates

Wednesday, 27 August 2014

  • Tasmania (1 speech)
    In recent times, the people of Tasmania elected the Will Hodgman government. Tomorrow it will be delivering a state budget which seeks to repair the damage occasioned to that state and her people...
  • Animal Cruelty (1 speech)
    I thank the Leader of the Government in the Senate. I indeed have something to say, briefly, in the adjournment debate while Senator Lines makes her way into the chamber. Who in this chamber has...
  • Budget (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to speak about the GP tax the Abbott government wants to impose—one of the harsh, cruel measures in its recent budget. I particularly want to focus on the effect that...
  • Health Services Union, Afghanistan (1 speech)
    Tonight I rise to speak on a number of foreign and domestic matters, particularly on how they overlap. Before I get into those substantive issues, it has struck me as noteworthy—and you...