Senate debates

Thursday, 4 September 2014

  • Agriculture (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to speak about an issue that is going on in my home state of South Australia. South Australia is presently suffering from one of the worst outbreaks of beet western yellow virus...
  • Rwanda (1 speech)
    In one of the darkest periods in recent history, for 100 days from April to July in 1994, almost one million people, or one in 10 Rwandans, were murdered in a brutal act of genocide. This year...
  • Qantas (1 speech)
    This evening, I would like to use this opportunity to discuss the issue of Qantas. Last week, we had the shocking result of a record $2.8 billion loss for Qantas, including some $2.2 billion in...
  • Royal Adelaide Show (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to speak on something that, I think, is tremendously important—that is, our field days, our show societies and our shows. I would just like to put on the record that tomorrow...