Address to the Disability Advocacy Network Australia (DANA) Conference “The view from the Opposition” Rex Hotel, Canberra 1 May 2012 9.30am E & OE MITCH FIFIELD: Thanks very much…
Senator FIFIELD: (Victoria-Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) (15:05): I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and…
Address to the ‘Make It Real’ Rally Federation Square, Melbourne 30 April 2012 12.30pm Subjects: National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) We are here today with a common purpose. And…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria-Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) (17:33): Welcome back, Senator Ludwig, for what may be a cameo appearance as Manager of Government Business. We all wish Senator…
Senator FIFIELD: (Victoria-Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) (12:42): On this side of the chamber we take very seriously the Senate’s role as a place of scrutiny and as…
Address to the National Disability Services CEO’s Conference “The view from the Opposition”Rydges Lakeside, Canberra 6 December 2011 10.15am E & OE MITCH FIFIELD: Tim Walton, President of…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria-Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) (10:26): Mr Deputy President Parry, I know that you are a student of political history and that you would have read…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria-Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) (18:03): As I stand here in the chamber tonight and look down at the list of bills being considered together, there…
Speech to the “Every Australian Counts” MPs’ Breakfast Parliament House, Canberra 13 October 2011 8:15am E & OE MITCH FIFIELD: Thank you John [Della Bosca], and at the outset…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria-Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) (09:37): I can satisfy the manager of government business. He is correct: we will be opposing this motion, and we will…