Second Reading Speech: Fairer Private Health Insurance

I rise to make some comments on the changes the government is proposing to the private health insurance rebates. The chamber would be well aware that after the introduction of Medicare in 1984 membership of private health funds fell. By 1998, only 30.4 per cent of the population was covered by priva... ...more

Adjournment Speech: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

I rise, in following my colleagues, to outline our concerns about the relaxation of the importation of beef from countries that have had BSE or, as people would more commonly know it, mad cow disease.   Firstly, I take exception to Senator Sterle’s comment about the comments coming from this... ...more

Adjournment Speech, Health

Senator»«NASH» (New South Wales) (7:01 PM) —There is a new day dawning in this country. It is quite exciting watching the sun come up over the far horizon, because with the dawning of that new day we are seeing a realisation among many people right across this country. The realisation that people ar... ...more