15:45:00 Allison, Sen Lyn Senator ALLISON Victoria AD 0 —Madam Deputy President, I wish to move an amendment. DEPUTY PRESIDENT,The The DEPUTY PRESIDENT —Senator Allison, we already have one amendment before the chair, but you can foreshadow an amendment. Allison, Sen Lyn Senator ALLISON —Madam Deputy President, I foreshadow an
21:37:00 Hogg, Sen John Senator HOGG Queensland ALP 0 —I rise to support my colleagues this evening. One must have a bit of sympathy for the statements that were made, particularly by Senator Conroy and also by my good friend Senator Quirke. Senator Conroy really got to the nub of
15:46:00 Faulkner, Sen John Senator FAULKNER New South Wales ALP Leader of the Opposition in the Senate 0 —I normally would not speak in such a debate, but the buffoonery of the Assistant Treasurer has forced me to join with my— DEPUTY PRESIDENT,The The DEPUTY PRESIDENT — Senator, do not
16:02:00 Brown, Sen Bob Senator BROWN Tasmania AG 0 —I ask that general business notice of motion No. 802, standing in my name for today, which supports the comments of the Western Australian opposition leader, Dr Gallop, about protecting old-growth forests, be taken as formal. DEPUTY PRESIDENT,The The DEPUTY PRESIDENT
15:00:00 Cook, Sen Peter Senator COOK Western Australia ALP Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate 0 —I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Assistant Treasurer (Senator Kemp), to questions without notice asked today, relating to the goods and services tax. In 30
15:35:00 Conroy, Sen Stephen Senator CONROY Victoria ALP 0 —I am not touching that one with a barge pole. Senator Tchen is relatively new to the chamber, so I am going to take some licence here. He is new to the chamber so he was not involved in the hypocrisy
15:57:00 O'Brien, Sen Kerry Senator O'BRIEN Tasmania ALP 0 —by leave—This is a matter which was dealt with at the Selection of Bills Committee meeting. There are occasions, however, where things change subsequent to the Selection of Bills Committee meeting and where arrangements are made about references and reported to
15:59:00 Bolkus, Sen Nick Senator BOLKUS South Australia ALP 0 —I wish to speak to this while people try to work something out. I think the best approach is for Senator Allison to move an amendment, or to indicate an amendment, at this stage to the committee report and handle
18:57:00 Ray, Sen Robert Senator ROBERT RAY Victoria ALP 0 —On Wednesday this week after question time, Senator Herron, on behalf of Minister Wooldridge, indicated that question on notice No. 2165 would not be answered. Minister Wooldridge stated that he could not `authorise the time and effort entailed to obtain
22:11:00 Stott Despoja, Sen Natasha Senator STOTT DESPOJA South Australia AD Deputy Leader of the Australian Democrats 0 — I rise tonight to talk about quite a significant publication which I was honoured to contribute to but, more importantly, launch today. It is a book entitled Women in uniform: perceptions
Senator ROBERT RAY (Victoria) (3.46 p.m.) —Madam Deputy President, I wish to make a personal explanation on the grounds that I have been misrepresented. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT —The honourable senator may proceed. Senator ROBERT RAY —At question time today Senator Herron, in not answering my question but probably answering matters
18:51:00 Conroy, Sen Stephen Senator CONROY Victoria ALP 0 —I rise to speak briefly on my recent study trip to Tokyo. I was lucky enough to go to Tokyo and speak at a conference organised by the International Corporate Governance Network. The conference gathered people from all around the world
00:05:00 Forshaw, Sen Michael Senator FORSHAW New South Wales ALP 0 —Rather than crawl around in the sewer like Senator Alston did recently, or indeed work my way up through the flooring and under the beds like Senator Heffernan has just done, I would like to go to some real
19:30:00 Ray, Sen Robert Senator ROBERT RAY Victoria ALP 0 —For the first time tonight I feel sorry for Mark Textor, because the best he can do is have Senator Ian Campbell come in and put down that pathetic defence today. I must say this: I do not—and Senator Faulkner
