1 September, 2016 - Susan Griffiths-Sussems
Thank you to everyone who responded to our survey — we had responses from every state, with 486 coming from overseas...
31 August, 2016 - Thank you, Senator Lines. I would like to add my congratulations to you for taking on the role and responsibility of Deputy President. I am su...
31 August, 2016 - The Senate has supported a motion calling on the WA Government to publicly release the CCTV footage of Ms Dhu in police custody.
“Over and ov...
31 August, 2016 - I move:
That the Senate—
(a) notes that:
(i) today is the 15th annual International Overdose Awareness Day, commemorating all those who have...
31 August, 2016 - Greens climate and energy spokesperson, Adam Bandt, said the government must listen to its own Climate Change Authority’s call to phase out co...
31 August, 2016 - That the following matters be referred to the Economics References Committee for inquiry and report by 24 November 2016:
The 2016 Census, with...
31 August, 2016 - Greens Treasury and Consumer Affairs spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, provides the following comments on the Government’s latest effo...
31 August, 2016 - I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land that we are meeting on, the Ngunawal people, and I want to pay my respects to thei...
31 August, 2016 - The Senate is calling on the Turnbull Government to implement pill testing, more supervised injecting rooms and cease the use of sniffer dogs ...
31 August, 2016 - Labor and the Coalition have voted together to reject a Royal Commission into Australia's detention centres including Manus Island and Nauru.
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31 August, 2016 - Astounding results from a Curtin University study, showing 172 southern right whales using the Great Australian Bight calving sanctuary in jus...
31 August, 2016 - Madam Deputy President, I also want to add my congratulations to your appointment. I think it is a wonderful thing to have another woman there...
31 August, 2016 - Greens Employment & Industrial Relations spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today welcomed the High Court’s decision to rule against the government’s ...
31 August, 2016 - I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land that we are meeting on, the Ngunawal people, and I want to pay my respects to thei...
31 August, 2016 - On 18 September 1985, just shy of 31 years ago, Senator Jo Vallentine stood and addressed the parliament for the first time. It is quite instr...
