A division of the Liberal Party of Australia
Speeches in the Senate
Uranium sales to India - Treaties Committee debate - 24 November, 2011
Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee - debate on committee report - 24 November, 2011
Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011 - 23 November, 2011
Tribute to the late Senator Neville Bonner, AO - 21 November, 2011
Rearrangement of Senate sitting days - 21 November, 2011
Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee - Government Response to Report - 21 November, 2011
Rearrangement of Senate sitting hours "unprecedented" - 21 November, 2011
Excise Legislation Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2011, Excise Tariff Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2011, Second Reading - 10 November, 2011
Quarantine Amendment (Disallowing Permits) Bill 2011 - 10 November, 2011
Excise Legislation Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2011, Excise Tariff Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2011 - 10 November, 2011
Maritime Legislation Amendment Bill - 10 November, 2011
Maritime Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 - 10 November, 2011
Quarantine Amendment (Disallowing Permits) Bill 2011 - Second Reading - 10 November, 2011
ADJOURNMENT DEBATE - MEDIA INQUIRY - 09 November, 2011
Suspension of Standing Orders - "ridiculous" motion from Senator Brown - 09 November, 2011
Pettiness and petulance of Senator Brown - 09 November, 2011
Australian Renewable Energy Agency Bill 2011, Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011 - Second Reading - 09 November, 2011
Australian Renewable Energy Agency Bill 2011, Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011 - 09 November, 2011
Media Inquiry - 09 November, 2011
Clean energy bills (carbon tax) - 08 November, 2011
Steel Transformation Plan Bill 2011 - 08 November, 2011
Steel Transformation Plan Bill 2011 - 08 November, 2011
Clean Energy Bills debate - 07 November, 2011
Carbon tax "lie" - 07 November, 2011
Carbon tax legislation - 07 November, 2011
Carbon Tax debate continues - 03 November, 2011
Economics References Committee - 03 November, 2011
Cleaan Energy Bills - coal industry - 03 November, 2011
QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE - POLITICAL DONATIONS TO GREENS - 03 November, 2011
Vale, David Jull - 14 September, 2011
Veterans' Entitlements Amendment Bill 2011 - 12 September, 2011
Israel - 12 September, 2011
National Broadband Network - Select Committee Report - 12 September, 2011
Motions - Townsville Enterprise Pty Ltd - 25 August, 2011
National Broadband Network Financial Transparency Bill 2010 (No. 2) - 25 August, 2011
Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997—Live-stock mortalities during exports by sea—Report for the period 1 January to 30 June 2011 - 25 August, 2011
QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE: TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS - Carbon Tax Lies - 24 August, 2011
Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Fibre Deployment) Bill 2011 - 24 August, 2011
Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Budget Measures) Bill 2010 - in committee - Cont. - 23 August, 2011
Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative), Carbon Credits (Consequential Amendments), Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Bill 2011 - 22 August, 2011
Tax Laws Amendment (Research and Development) Bill 2010, Income Tax Rates Amendment (Research and Development) Bill 2010 - 22 August, 2011
MOTIONS: Burdekin Falls Dam - 19 August, 2011
QUESTIONS ON NOTICE - Greens Hypocricy - 17 August, 2011
Agreements with Marshall Islands and with Mauritius - 16 August, 2011
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service Report 2009-10 - 16 August, 2011
QUESTIONS ON NOTICE - Labor Lies - 16 August, 2011
Carbon Tax Plebiscite Bill 2011 [No. 2] - 07 July, 2011
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity Committee - 07 July, 2011
Electoral Matters Committee - Faults with Electorate redistributions - 07 July, 2011
QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE: TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS - Carbon Pricing - 07 July, 2011
QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE: TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS - - Labor Failures - 04 July, 2011
Happy 'Assassination Day\' - 23 June, 2011
Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 5) Bill 2011 - 23 June, 2011
VALEDICTORIES - Cont. - 21 June, 2011
Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and Executive Remuneration) Bill 2011 - 20 June, 2011
MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE - Asylum Seekers - 16 June, 2011
Combating the Financing of People Smuggling and Other Measures Bill 2011 - 16 June, 2011
VALEDICTORIES - 15 June, 2011
Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2011 - 12 May, 2011
Natural Heritage Trust of Australia - 11 May, 2011
QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE: TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS : Budget - 11 May, 2011
Royal Australian Air Force Welfare Recreational Company, Report for 2009-10 - 11 May, 2011
international Child Abduction - 11 May, 2011
Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 1) Bill 2011 - 10 May, 2011
Australian Postal Corporation - 10 March, 2011
Australian War Memorial - 03 March, 2011
Condolences - Australian Natural Disasters - 08 February, 2011
AIRPORTS AMENDMENT BILL 2010 - Second Reading - 26 November, 2010
PARLIAMENTARY ZONE - Approval of Works - 26 November, 2010
Business - Rearrangement - 26 November, 2010
TERRITORIES LAW REFORM BILL 2010 - Second Reading - 26 November, 2010
Senate Business - Suspension of Standing Orders - 25 November, 2010
TELECOMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (COMPETITION AND CONSUMER SAFEGUARDS) BILL 2010 - In Committee - 25 November, 2010
TELECOMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (COMPETITION AND CONSUMER SAFEGUARDS) BILL 2010 - In Committee - 24 November, 2010
Motion - Exercise Hamel - 23 November, 2010
Agreement making in Australia under the Workplace Relations Act: 2007 to 2009 - 23 November, 2010
Australia Post: Statement of corporate intent 2010-11 to 2012-13 - 23 November, 2010
Matters of Public Importance - Broadband - 23 November, 2010
TELECOMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (COMPETITION AND CONSUMER SAFEGUARDS) BILL 2010 - 22 November, 2010
MPI - National Broadband Network - 18 November, 2010
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee: Joint Report - 18 November, 2010
Adjournment - Skin Cancer Awareness - 18 November, 2010
Senate Select Comittee on Fuel and Energy Report - 18 November, 2010
Fisheries Issues - 18 November, 2010
MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE - Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program - 17 November, 2010
ORDER - MINERALS RESOURCE RENT TAX - 15 November, 2010
MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE - 15 November, 2010
The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy report for 2009-10 (National Broadband Network) - 01 November, 2010
Queensland Wild Rivers Legislation - 28 October, 2010
National Broadband Network Cost Benefit Analysis - 28 October, 2010
Matters of Public Interest - Northern Australia - 27 October, 2010
Australian Institute of Marine Science - 27 October, 2010
Debate of the War in Afghanistan - 26 October, 2010
Taking note of answers - Mining - 26 October, 2010
Digital Television: Transmission and Reception / National Broadband Network - 30 September, 2010
Economics References Committee : Insolvency - 30 September, 2010
EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME / CARBON TAX - 30 September, 2010
Senate Seating Arrangements - 30 September, 2010
HEALTH LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (MIDWIVES AND NURSE PRACTITIONERS) BILL 2009 - 16 March, 2010
Community Affairs References Committee - 11 March, 2010
Department of Climate Change: Report for 2008-09 - 11 March, 2010
TELECOMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (COMPETITION AND CONSUMER SAFEGUARDS) BILL 2009 - 10 March, 2010
Commonwealth Grants Commission - GST revenues - 09 March, 2010
Wet Tropics Management Authority report - 25 February, 2010
AEC Queensland Redistibution - 25 February, 2010
AVIATION TRANSPORT SECURITY AMENDMENT (2009 MEASURES NO. 2) BILL 2009 - 25 February, 2010
MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE - Northern Australia - 24 February, 2010
MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS - Indigenous Australians - 22 February, 2010
FAIRER PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE INCENTIVES - 22 February, 2010
QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE: TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS - Broadband - 22 February, 2010
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee - 04 February, 2010
Question Time - Wild Rivers - 03 February, 2010
EDUCATION SERVICES FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS AMENDMENT (RE-REGISTRATION OF PROVIDERS AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2009 - 03 February, 2010
The Coalition's Direct Action Climate Policy - 02 February, 2010
CARBON POLLUTION REDUCTION SCHEME BILL 2009 [NO. 2] in Committee (Tues. 01.12.09) - 01 December, 2009
Questions Asked of the CARBON POLLUTION REDUCTION SCHEME BILL 2009 [NO. 2] in Committee - 30 November, 2009
CARBON POLLUTION REDUCTION SCHEME BILL 2009 [NO. 2] in Committee (Fri. 27.11.09) - 27 November, 2009
Yabulu Refinery Closure - 26 November, 2009
CARBON POLLUTION REDUCTION SCHEME BILL 2009 [NO. 2] - In Committee - 26 November, 2009
Resale Royalty Right for Visual Artists Bill - Barbara Sam - 26 November, 2009
Travel Entitlements - 26 November, 2009
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No.2] - Cont. - 26 November, 2009
CSIRO Censorship - 25 November, 2009
Labor Waste - 24 November, 2009
Labor and the Greens - 23 November, 2009
Report - Australian Parliamentary Delegation to Tonga and Vanuatu - 23 November, 2009
New South Wales Regional Forest Agreements - 19 November, 2009
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority - 19 November, 2009
NBN Co. - 19 November, 2009
Forestry and mining operations on the Tiwi Islands - 19 November, 2009
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation - 19 November, 2009
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - 19 November, 2009
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No.2] - 18 November, 2009
Adjournement Debate - Coral Sea Conservation Zone - 18 November, 2009
Disallowance Motion on the Coral Sea Conservation Zone - 17 November, 2009
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Income Support for Students) Bill 2009 - 16 November, 2009
Illegal Fishing and the Oceanic Viking - 16 November, 2009
Queensland Electoral Redistribution - 29 October, 2009
Labor's Economic Mismanagement - 29 October, 2009
Labor's Poor Decision Making and the Hypocrisy of the Greens - 27 October, 2009
Matters of Public Importance - Climate Change - 27 October, 2009
Days and Hours of Meeting - 27 October, 2009
Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report 2009 - 17 September, 2009
Thank you to Hon. Brendon Nelson & Traveston Dam - 17 September, 2009
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority - 17 September, 2009
The Road Transport Reform (Dangerous Goods) Repeal Bill 2009 - 17 September, 2009
Traveston Crossing Dam - A Disaster in the Making - 17 September, 2009
Phytophthora Cinnamomi - 16 September, 2009
Traveston Dam - More Lobbying Labor Mates - 16 September, 2009
Labor Hypocrisy - National Broadband Network & Traveston Dam - 15 September, 2009
Uranium Royalty (Northern Territory) Bill 2008 - 10 September, 2009
CRC Program - 09 September, 2009
Uranium Royalty (Northern Territory) Bill - 09 September, 2009
Emissions Trading Scheme Bill - 12 August, 2009
Fishing Convictions - 25 June, 2009
Budget Second Reading - 25 June, 2009
CAR DEALERSHIP FINANCING GUARANTEE APPROPRIATION BILL 2009 - 25 June, 2009
Laura Indigenous Dance Festival - 24 June, 2009
Cruise Industry - 23 June, 2009
Renewable Remote Power Generation Program - 23 June, 2009
Suspension of Standing Orders - 22 June, 2009
NATION BUILDING PROGRAM (NATIONAL LAND TRANSPORT) AMENDMENT BILL 2009 - 16 June, 2009
NATION-BUILDING FUNDS AMENDMENT BILL 2009 - 15 June, 2009
Financial Assistance Legislation Amendment Bill 2009 - 14 May, 2009
North Queensland Economy - 14 May, 2009
AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP BILL 2009 - 13 May, 2009
Traveston Crossing Dam Motion - 19 March, 2009
ETS - 19 March, 2009
Uranium Mining - 18 March, 2009
Motion for Royal Commission into Oil Spill - 18 March, 2009
Queensland Oil Spill - 16 March, 2009
Storm Financial - Motion to add banking to the Inquiry - 16 March, 2009
Bureau of Meteorology Job Cuts - 12 March, 2009
Telstra - 12 March, 2009
Climate Change and the Australian Agricultural Sector - 12 March, 2009
Emissions Trading Scheme Speech - 12 March, 2009
Emissions Trading Scheme - 11 March, 2009
CIVIL AVIATION AMENDMENT BILL 2009 TRANSPORT SAFETY INVESTIGATION AMENDMENT BILL 2009 - 11 March, 2009
AVIATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (2008 MEASURES NO. 2) BILL 2008 Second Reading - 11 March, 2009
Queensland and Australian Economies - 11 March, 2009
Rudd Spending Package - 10 February, 2009
North Queensland Floods - 03 February, 2009
Schools Assistance Bill (In Committee) - 07 December, 2008
DIGITAL TELEVISION SWITCH-OVER - 03 December, 2008
SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE BILL 2008 - 02 December, 2008
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme - 01 December, 2008
Moreton Bay Fishing - 27 November, 2008
Permit System - Aboriginal Communities - 27 November, 2008
Economy - 27 November, 2008
Traveston Crossing Dam - 26 November, 2008
Export Market Development Grants Scheme - 23 November, 2008
Auslink (National Land Transport) Amendment Bill 2008 - Second Reading Speech - 24 September, 2008
Tax Laws Amendment (Luxury Car Tax) Bill 2008 - In Committee - 23 September, 2008
Northern Australia - Adjournment Speech - 18 September, 2008
State Government Financial Management Committee Report - 18 September, 2008
Water - Matters of Public Importance - 17 September, 2008
Great Barrier Marine Park and other Legislation Amendment bill 2008 - Report - 15 September, 2008
Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy Surcharge Thresholds) Bill 2008- Second Reading - 04 September, 2008
Tax Laws Amendment (Luxury Car Tax) Bill 2008 - 03 September, 2008
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and Other Legislation Amendment Bill - Referral to Committee - 27 August, 2008
Environment, Communication and the Arts Committee Report - 26 August, 2008
Farm Household Support Amendment (Additional Drought Assistance) Bill -Second Reading - 19 July, 2008
Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Bill (2008) - Second Reading - 25 June, 2008
Farm Household Support Amendment (Additional Drought Assistance Measures) Bill 2008 - Second Reading - 19 June, 2008
Export Market Development Grants Amendment Bill 2008 - Second Reading - 19 June, 2008
Export Market Development Grants Amendment Bill - Second Reading - 19 June, 2008
ADJOURNMENT-Queensland Local Government Elections - 18 March, 2008
REGIONAL AND RURAL AUSTRALIA - 14 February, 2008
APOLOGY TO AUSTRALIAS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE - 13 February, 2008
Workchoices - 19 September, 2007
COMMITTEES - Australian Crime Commission Committee Report - 19 September, 2007
COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL AMENDMENT (DEMOCRATIC PLEBISCITES) BILL 2007 - 17 September, 2007
COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL AMENDMENT (DEMOCRATIC PLEBISCITES) BILL 2007 - Second Reading - 12 September, 2007
MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST - Australian Labor Party - 12 September, 2007
TELECOMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (PROTECTING SERVICES FOR RURAL AND REGIONAL AUSTRALIA INTO THE FUTURE) BILL 2007 - Second Reading - 10 September, 2007
QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE: TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS - 16 August, 2007
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee Report - Traveston Crossing Dam - 16 August, 2007
MIGRATION (CLIMATE REFUGEES) AMENDMENT BILL 2007 - Second Reading - 09 August, 2007
MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST - Local Government in Queensland - 08 August, 2007
NORTHERN TERRITORY NATIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE BILL 2007 - Second Reading - 08 August, 2007
FISHERIES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2007 FISHERIES LEVY AMENDMENT BILL 2007 - Second Reading - 21 June, 2007
GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK AMENDMENT BILL 2007 - Second Reading - 18 June, 2007
ADJOURNMENT - Australian Federal Governments - 15 June, 2007
COMMITTEES: Australian Crime Commission Committee Report - 13 June, 2007
BROADCASTING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (DIGITAL RADIO) BILL 2007 and RADIO LICENCE FEES AMENDMENT BILL 2007 - Second Reading - 10 May, 2007
BROADCASTING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (DIGITAL RADIO) BILL 2007 and RADIO LICENCE FEES AMENDMENT BILL 2007 - Second Reading - 09 May, 2007
CONDOLENCES - Senator Jeannie Margaret Ferris - 08 May, 2007
Schools Assistance (Learning tgether—achievement through choice and opportunity) Amendment Bill 2007 - Second Reading - 23 March, 2007
DOCUMENTS - Sugar Research and Development Corporation - 22 March, 2007
Tourism Australia Amendment Bill 2007 - Second Reading - 22 March, 2007
COMMITTEES - National Capital and External Territories Committee Report - 22 March, 2007
ADJOURNMENT - RAAF Accident, Canberra 1957 - 20 March, 2007
Anti-money Laundering and Counter-terrorism Financing Amendment Bill 2007 - Second Reading - 20 March, 2007
Murray-Darling Basin Commission - 01 March, 2007
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation - 01 March, 2007
Commonwealth Grants Commission - 01 March, 2007
Australian Crime Commission Committee Report - 01 March, 2007
Australian Technical Colleges (Flexibility in Achieving Australia's Skills Needs) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2006 - Second Reading - 28 February, 2007
Commonwealth Grants Commission - 27 February, 2007
Australian Meat and Livestock Industry - 27 February, 2007
Treaty on the Protection of Migratory Birds - 27 February, 2007
COMMITTEES - Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee (Traveston Dam Inquiry) - 08 February, 2007
Climate Change - 08 February, 2007
CONDOLENCES - Killen, Hon. Sir Denis James, AC, KCMG - 06 February, 2007
Wheat Marketing Amdenment Bill 2006 - Second Reading - 07 December, 2006
Matters of Public Interest - Mining - 06 December, 2006
Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 - Second Reading - 05 December, 2006
Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2006 - Second Reading - 30 November, 2006
Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change (Kyoto Protocol Ratification) Bill 2006 [NO. 2] - Second Reading - 30 November, 2006
Australian Local Government Association Conference - Adjournment - 29 November, 2006
Prohibition of Human Cloning For Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amdenment Bill 2006 - Second Reading - 06 November, 2006
Australia-Indonesia Institute - 19 October, 2006
Matters of Public Interest - Appointment of Judges/Rural and Regional Australia - 11 October, 2006
Matters of Public Importance - Telstra - 10 October, 2006
Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2006 / Broadcasting Services Amendment (Media Ownership) Bill 2006 - Second Reading - 10 October, 2006
Home Hill Boat Club - Adjournment - 09 October, 2006
Health Insurance Amendment (Medical Specialists) Bill 2005 - Second Reading - 14 September, 2006
Public Works Committee - Defence Force Investment in Townsville and Rockhampton - 13 September, 2006
Local Government in Australia - 07 September, 2006
Queensland Election - Adjournment - 05 September, 2006
Migration Amendment (Employer Sanctions) Bill 2006 - Second Reading - 05 September, 2006
Aviation Transport Security Amendment Bill 2006 - Second Reading - 04 September, 2006
Matters of Public Interest - 21 June, 2006
Queensland Infrastructure - 16 June, 2006
Australian Trade Commission Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 - Second Reading - 15 June, 2006
Black Hawk Accident: 10th Anniversary / Mater Misericordiae Hospital Townsville / Queensland Health System - 13 June, 2006