VALEDICTORIES – Cont.
Senator IAN MACDONALD (Queensland) (17:51): I want to associate myself on the record with all of the remarks made about my three retiring colleagues. Their speeches tonight were so very much ‘them’. They were very fine speeches. They are very… Continue reading
Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 5) Bill 2011
Senator IAN MACDONALD (Queensland) (18:13): I want to address a few remarks on the Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 5) Bill 2011 and to support the amendment moved by my colleague Senator Cormann in relation to a review of… Continue reading
Happy ‘Assassination Day’
Senator IAN MACDONALD (Queensland) (18:50): I rise tonight to speak with a sense of excitement. I cannot wait for tomorrow. It is like all your birthdays coming at once. It is \’Assassination Day\’ tomorrow, and I just cannot wait. My… Continue reading
Minister found wanting on carbon emission questions
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Coalition spokesman on Northern and Remote Australia, Senator Ian Macdonald, said today the Labor Government had no idea what effect its controversial carbon tax would have on worldwide emissions.
“After almost four years, millions… Continue reading
Defence review is long overdue, says Senator
Coalition spokesman on the Defence Force and Defence Support Senator Ian Macdonald has welcomed today’s announcement of a major review of the positioning of Australian defence bases.
“The announcement coincides with investigations I have been undertaking in the north and… Continue reading
Top End cattlemen are being held to ransom by export ban
The Top End of Australia is being held to ransom by Primary Industries Minister Joe Ludwig and the influential lobbyists who convinced him to place a total ban on live cattle exports to Indonesia.
Coalition spokesman on Northern and Remote… Continue reading
Gillard or Rudd should take charge of export cattle crisis
The clumsy and insulting approach taken by the Australian Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig to the banning of live cattle exports to Indonesia can only be rectified by an approach at the highest level to the… Continue reading
Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and Executive Remuneration) Bill 2011
Senator IAN MACDONALD (Queensland) (10:42): I was working away in my office watching the in-house broadcast of these proceedings on the TV, as I always do, and I was occasioned to come down here by the ultimate hypocrisy of the… Continue reading
MACDONALD TO VISIT DANCE FESTIVAL
Federal opposition spokesman on Northern and Remote Australia, Senator Ian Macdonald will tomorrow (Subs: Sat 18 June 2011) be one of hundreds of people who will make the journey to Laura west of Cooktown in Cape York to join in… Continue reading
Combating the Financing of People Smuggling and Other Measures Bill 2011
Senator IAN MACDONALD (Queensland) (16:43): I want to take a few moments of the Senate’s time to highlight the difficulties of the refugee problem around the world and, in passing, repeat how the Gillard government has exacerbated a difficult situation… Continue reading
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