Take Note of Answers – Workplace Relations
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (3.12 p.m.)-This is really a debate about the culture of Australian workplaces today and into the future. Do we want an Australian workplace to be a place…
2nd Reading – Australian Technical Colleges (Flexibility in Achieving Australia’s Skills Needs) Bill
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (12.49 p.m.)-I also rise to speak on the Australian Technical Colleges (Flexibility in Achieving Australia’s Skills Needs) Bill 2005. This bill honours a commitment made by the…
2nd Reading – Skilling Australia’s Workforce Bill 2005 & Related Bill
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (12.26 p.m.)-I rise to speak on the Skilling Australia’s Workforce Bill 2005 and the associated Skilling Australia’s Workforce (Repeal and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2005. These bills embody…
2nd Reading – Auslink (National Land Transport) Bill 2004 & Related Bill
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (6.39 p.m.)-It is with great pleasure that I have the opportunity to participate in the debate on the AusLink (National Land Transport) Bill 2004 and the AusLink…
2nd Reading – Tax Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Reduction) Bill 2005
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (1.22 p.m.)-It gives me great pleasure to speak on the Tax Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Reduction) Bill 2005. This bill is all about what coalition governments…
General Business – Economy
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (5.37 p.m.)-Senator Ludwig has moved today that the Senate note the deterioration in the Australian economy. This is obviously some strange use of the term ‘deterioration’ of…
2nd Reading – New International Tax Arrangements (Managed Funds & Other Measures) Bill 2004
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (10.13 a.m.)-The New International Tax Arrangements (Managed Funds and Other Measures) Bill 2004 is a further step in implementing the government’s package of international tax reforms designed…
2nd Reading – Tax Laws Amendment (2004 Measures No. 6) Bill 2004
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (8.56 p.m.)-The Tax Laws Amendment (2004 Measures No. 6) Bill 2004 contains several reminders that this government’s record on taxation reform is one of its notable achievements.…
Matters of Public Importance – Economy: Debt Management
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (4.22 p.m.)-What is so telling here is not what Senator Sherry has said but what he has not said. Why is it that every time Labor come…
Adjournment – Water Safety
Senator FIFIELD (Victoria) (7.37 p.m.)-I have been provoked to speak in the adjournment debate as a result of the outrageous way that the former shadow sports minister Senator Lundy has…