Monthly Archives: June 2007

SPEECH TO THE 60TH BIRTHDAY OF AUSTRALIAN HEARING-ROCKHAMPTON

Well good morning Ladies and Gentlemen, and particularly to Sharon Keane, the Regional Manager of Australian Hearing, and Glen Munnerley, the District Manager.

You can’t have a birthday party without toasting the purpose for the celebration, so I want everyone… Continue reading

FISHERIES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2007 FISHERIES LEVY AMENDMENT BILL 2007 – Second Reading

Senator IAN MACDONALD (Queensland) (5.20 p.m.)—The incorporated speech read as follows—

I wanted to say a few words about this Bill and the Associated Bill and to commend its passage to the Senate.

I thank the other parties in the… Continue reading

GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK AMENDMENT BILL 2007 – Second Reading

Senator IAN MACDONALD (Queensland) (12.50 p.m.)—I thank Senator Bartlett and Senator Boswell for allowing me to intervene for just two minutes to express my support for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Amendment Bill 2007. The Great Barrier Reef Marine… Continue reading

FORESTRY MARKETING AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BILL 2007 FORESTRY MARKETING AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES (TRANSITIONAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS) BILL 2007 – Second Reading

Senator IAN MACDONALD (Queensland) (1.48 p.m.)—I am very pleased to join with my colleagues Senator Watson, Senator O’Brien and, I know, all other senators who have the interests of Australia and Australia’s forestry industry at heart in supporting the Forestry… Continue reading

ADJOURNMENT – Australian Federal Governments

Senator IAN MACDONALD (Queensland) (3.30 p.m.)—I am in the throes of preparing for the annual trip I make to western Queensland, driving out into those areas and speaking with and listening to the concerns of people in north and north-western… Continue reading

COMMITTEES: Australian Crime Commission Committee Report

Senator IAN MACDONALD (Queensland) (4.17 p.m.)—I present the report of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission on the Examination of the annual report of the Australian Crime Commission 2005-06, together with the Hansard record of proceedings.

Ordered… Continue reading

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