Ministerial Statements – Electoral and Referendum Amendment
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (4:49 PM) -Madam Acting Deputy President, you and I and everyone else in this chamber take for granted the right to exercise a free, independent and secret…
Take Note – Economic Stimulus
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (5.21 pm)-by leave In this place, I think you have to be grateful for small mercies. You have to take them when you can get them. I…
2nd Reading – Emissions Trading Scheme
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (6.26 pm)-If the government persists with this flawed ETS legislation next week-the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 and related bills-it will provide the Australian people with…
Take Note – Interest rates and inflation
QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE: TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS Economy Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (3.01 pm)-I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Broadband, Communications and…
Tabling of Report – Electronically Assisted Voting
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (3.58 pm)- As the coalition’s disability spokesman, I want to offer some brief remarks in relation to the government’s response to the report of the Joint Standing…
Take Note – Stimulus
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (3.18 pm)-Over the last two question times we have witnessed skills which I think indicate that Senator Arbib would be a gun skier-and I will explain what…
Launch of the Deafness Technology Demonstration
Launch of the Deafness Technology Demonstration Deafness Forum of Australia Parliament House, Canberra 19 August 2009 E & OE Thanks very much. We are obviously in the forum where some…
2nd reading – Higher Education Legislation Amendment Bill (Student Services and Amenities)
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (12.31 pm)-The passage of the former coalition government’s Higher Education Support Amendment (Abolition of Compulsory Up-front Student Union Fees) Bill 2005 helped to lift a substantial financial…
Adjournment – Gilad Shalit
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (7.03 pm)-I very much endorse the contribution of Senator Forshaw, and I suspect that he and I will be on the same page in relation to my…
2nd Reading – Car Dealership Financing Guarantee Appropriation (Ozcar)
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (3.45 pm)-I rise to speak on the Car Dealership Financing Guarantee Appropriation Bill 2009, which has been the backdrop of some current events over the last week.…