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…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (1.03 p.m.)-I rise to contribute to the debate on the Medibank Private Sale Bill 2006. This bill will implement the government’s policy in relation to the sale…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (10.00 p.m.)-There are a number of elements that underpin the integrity of the electoral system in Australia: the independence and incorruptibility of the Australian Electoral Commission and…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (4.45 p.m.)-Labor have been hoping for this day. You can imagine how excited they were flying to Canberra on Sunday night thinking to themselves, ‘Only two more…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (3.19 p.m.)-I really enjoy this sort of contribution from the Australian Labor Party. It is an interesting part of Labor’s efforts to convince the voting public that…
SPEECH ON THE SECOND READING DEBATE: PROHIBITION OF HUMAN CLONING FOR REPRODUCTION AND THE REGULATION OF HUMAN EMBRYO RESEARCH AMENDMENT BILL 2006 I rise to contribute to the Second Reading…
Speech to The Australian Council of State School Organisations 2006 Conference Rydges Hotel Carlton Thursday 26 October 2006 10.00am I’d like to acknowledge Jenny Branch, ACSSO President and Terry Aulich,…