Bills in charge of
- Head of State Referenda Bill (Government bill)
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Speech expand: "First of all, on behalf of the Green Party I extend to all members in this Chamber our best wishes for the season, and I extend best wishes particularly to the Speaker. I think our Speaker has really put his heart and soul into the job—probably more than ..."
Speech expand: "On behalf of the Green Party, I would like to endorse the comments of John Hayes and Chris Carter on this matter and the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee that considered the briefing from the Baha’i community. It worked quite well and came to ..."
Speech expand: "During the first reading debate on the Border (Customs, Excise, and Tariff) Processing Bill, our speaker Kevin Hague was in somewhat of a quandary. The bill had been made public—and, therefore, able to be read—only a few minutes before the debate started. ..."
Question: "Is it Government policy that no Minister will officially meet with the Dalai Lama when he visits next month; if so, why?"
Speech expand: "A week ago, on behalf of the Green Party, I sent the Minister of Immigration, Jonathan Coleman, an email suggesting that New Zealand should help Australia to solve its boat people crisis. That crisis came to a head because of 78 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees on ..."
(based on oral questions asked by Keith Locke and answered by Ministers or Members)