Senator Siewert in Parliament
Speeches + Transcripts...
Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill 23rd Jun 08
Murray Darling & the Coorong 19th Jun 08
Senate Estimates - Shark Finning 29th May 08
Senate Estimates - Northern Development & Burrup 29th May 08
Senate Estimates - Murray Darling Victoria Deal 29th May 08
Senate Estimates - Caring for our Country 3 29th May 08
Senate Estimates - Marine Park Funding 29th May 08
Senate Estimates - Japanese Whaling 28th May 08
Senate Estimates - Shark Fishing 28th May 08
Senate Estimates - Landcare & NRM 28th May 08
Senate Estimates - Caring for our Country 2 28th May 08
Senate Estimates - Genetically Engineered Crops 27th May 08
Senate Estimates - National Heritage Trust 27th May 08
Senate Estimates - Caring for our Country 1 27th May 08
Senate Estimates - Live Animal Exports 26th May 08
Carers & Pensioners 15th May 08
Community Affairs Committee Report 20th Mar 08
Natural Resource Management 19th Mar 08
Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) 17th Mar 08
Address in Reply to Governor General 11th Mar 08
Saying Sorry to the Stolen Generation 13th Feb 08
Saving the River Murray 10th Oct 07
Social Security Amendment 20th Sep 07
National Close the Gap Day 17th Sep 07
Greens restate opposition to ABCC 13th Sep 07
Alcohol Restrictions in NT 11th Sep 07
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 10th Sep 07
Water Bill falls short 17th Aug 07
Traveston Dam 16th Aug 07
NT Emergency Response is racist and discriminatory 8th Aug 07
Saving our dying wetlands: The Macquarie Marshes 20th Jun 07
Aboriginal Arts in the Balance 20th Jun 07
Wheat Marketing - policy on the run 20th Jun 07
Aboriginal representation shut out on Great Barrier Reef 18th Jun 07
The Safety net that Wasn't 18th Jun 07
Undercutting Land Rights 15th Jun 07
Public health the key to Food Standards 14th Jun 07
NT Land Rights - unanswered questions 13th Jun 07
Baby bonus goes off the rails 12th Jun 07
A GE Cure Worse than the Disease 9th May 07
Jobs, Education, Training - in theory only 9th May 07
Airport developments above the law 28th Mar 07
Slow progress on petrol sniffing - question 28th Mar 07
Housing Affordability Crisis 28th Mar 07
Farm Household Support 28th Mar 07
Senate Resolution on non-sniffable Opal fuel 28th Mar 07
Watering down safety and rehabilitation 27th Mar 07
Cutting water supply to wetlands: question 27th Mar 07
Work Choices delivering hardship 27th Mar 07
National water security 26th Mar 07
Privatising welfare 26th Mar 07
Native Title Amendments - an Opportunity Wasted 23rd Mar 07
No answers on Water 21st Mar 07
Nuclear Power and Uranium mining 1st Mar 07
Government still paralysed on climate change 1st Mar 07
Dropping off the Edge - Disadvantage in Australia 28th Feb 07
Macquarie Banking on PM's water plan 27th Feb 07
An inhuman welfare system: Question 26th Feb 07
Travesty at Traverston 8th Feb 07
A mandate for disabilities funding 8th Feb 07
The End of Oil 7th Feb 07
Motion - UN Convention on the rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities 7th Feb 07
Tuna - Restraint or Extinction 6th Feb 07
Water crisis - Johnny Come Lately 6th Feb 07
Stolen Wages - Unfinished Business 7th Dec 06
Ramsar wetlands - in a state 6th Dec 06
Wheat Marketing - the way forward 6th Dec 06
State of the Environment report - response 6th Dec 06
Ramsar Wetlands - Question 6th Dec 06
Water policy initiatives: final report 6th Dec 06
Emergency listing the Burrup Peninsula 5th Dec 06
Seven Years of Bad Law: Environmental Protection in Australia 29th Nov 06
Opal fuel – Where is the community campaign 29th Nov 06
Bypassing Scrutiny 27th Nov 06
AWB scandal – a failure of governance 27th Nov 06
Poverty Postcodes 24th Nov 06
Water and regional survival 9th Nov 06
Northern development: the last frontier? 8th Nov 06
Water: people vs. the environment? 7th Nov 06
A drying climate 18th Oct 06
Child support reform overdue 18th Oct 06
Aboriginal health ‘third world standard’ 12th Oct 06
Perth land claim a testament to survival 11th Oct 06
Questioning the future of the Burrup 10th Oct 06
Supporting Foster Carers 9th Oct 06
Slamming the door on workplace safety 9th Oct 06
Water Policy Initiatives - interim committee report into water 7th Sep 06
Australia’s future oil supply 7th Sep 06
Stand up for the Burrup 6th Sep 06
Politician Adoption Scheme 6th Sep 06
Short-changing safety 4th Sep 06
Is Australia Fair? 24th Aug 06
The end of the oceans 17th Aug 06
Fishing Tuna to Extinction 14th Aug 06
Shooting the Messenger - Howard Government renews attacks on community groups 10th Aug 06
Land Rights Amendments: joint press conference 8th Aug 06
Land Rights Amendments: wrong way, go back 8th Aug 06
Renewing Hope - Beyond Petrol Sniffing 20th Jun 06
Uncivil debate on civil unions 15th Jun 06
Shared seas at risk 15th Jun 06
Welfare to Work and Family Carers 15th Jun 06
Work Choices Race to the Bottom 15th Jun 06
Indigenous Communities 14th Jun 06
An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage “Act of Last Resort” 11th May 06
National Sorry Day 9th May 06
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Amendment Bill 2006 9th May 06
The role of the Third Sector as the imagination of our democracy 4th May 06
Living with Salinity – Committee report 28th Mar 06
2006 the year to ban deep sea trawling 28th Mar 06
Shared Parenting Responsibility 27th Mar 06
Illegal fishing – no quick fixes 27th Feb 06
Yet another brickworks? 27th Feb 06
RU486 – who decides? 8th Feb 06
Don't dump on the Territory 7th Dec 05
Welfare to Work - Just not Working 7th Dec 05
Government role in AWB scandal will come out...one way or another 7th Dec 05
Deep sea trawling – a matter of enforcement 5th Dec 05
Laws of terror 5th Dec 05
Welfare assault 5th Dec 05
Work ‘Choices’ – Bad Legislation 2nd Dec 05
Position Paper: Welfare to Work – Living On Less 30th Nov 05
Exposing the building industry star chamber 29th Nov 05
Work ‘Choices’ – Australian families ‘Collateral Damage’ 28th Nov 05
Marine Conservation - a Test of Leadership 9th Nov 05
A simple question on Whaling 9th Nov 05
No work 'choices' for young people 9th Nov 05
Welfare to work: still broken 9th Nov 05
The Value of Higher Education 9th Nov 05
Accountability takes time: IR Inquiry should not be short-changed 8th Nov 05
Safety in the workplace 8th Nov 05
Terror Australis 4th Nov 05
National Anti -Poverty Week 13th Oct 05
Women, Work and Family 13th Oct 05
Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill 13th Oct 05
Work Choices? 12th Oct 05
Employment Advocate Report 12th Oct 05
Family Day Care 10th Oct 05
Truth in food labelling 15th Sep 05
Caring for Carers 14th Sep 05
Parliamentary Question - Carers 14th Sep 05
Sale of Telstra 13th Sep 05
“Welfare to Work: a poverty trap for people with disabilities” 13th Sep 05
Land Rights and Development Reform 6th Sep 05
Building and Construction Industry 'Improvement' 18th Aug 05
Human Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2005 17th Aug 05
Petrol Sniffing 16th Aug 05
Inaugural Speech 11th Aug 05

 

 

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