Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (9.31 a.m.)-Before time ran out last night, I was lamenting the fact that a succession of Labor state governments around Australia had abolished the old technical colleges…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (6.43 p.m.)-I rise to speak on the Australian Technical Colleges (Flexibility in Achieving Australia’s Skills Needs) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2006. This amendment is necessary given the…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (4.45 p.m.)-You would not know it from the contributions from those opposite, but Australia actually has a very proud reputation for and a proud history of accepting…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (7.08 pm)- Australians can be fairly indifferent to politics at times. Indeed, we have a fairly healthy culture of scepticism about authority and our political leaders. But…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (12.45 p.m.)-Many of us in this chamber have developed a relatively new policy focus and interest of late. I speak of water resource policy. I say ‘a…