Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (11.27 a.m.)-I also rise to speak on the Schools Assistance (Learning Together-Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Amendment (2007 Budget Measures) Bill 2007. This bill delivers on the…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (3.21 p.m.)-We have just seen an example of Senator Faulkner’s confected outrage. It is a skill that he has honed to a fine art in the Senate…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (3.06 p.m.)-I thought the performance of the member for Lilley last night on the 7.30 Report was dismal. But I have seen a performance which even outdoes…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (4.57 p.m.)-I agree with Senator Marshall that this debate should look at how to improve housing affordability, but I also think it is possible to make this…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (4.35 p.m.)-Today’s matter of public importance is nothing if not predictable. A year ago the Labor tactics committee put in their parliamentary diary to up the rhetoric…
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (3.09 p.m.)-I have to say I am a little disappointed by the approach of senators opposite. As a member of the Senate Standing Committee on Finance and…
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…