Senator NASH (New South Wales) (2:48 PM) —My question is to Senator Ludwig, representing the Minister for Health and Ageing. Given that the Prime Minister said that the health buck stops with him and that he campaigned on the promise that ‘Kevin Rudd will fix our hospitals’, what urgent action is th...
Senator NASH (2.23 p.m.)—My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Conroy. I also refer to the Prime Minister’s commitment to level with the Austrian people. Will the minister level with the Senate and tell it whether the government received any advice about the inflationary...
Senator NASH (New South Wales) (4.25 p.m.)—I rise to make a few comments on the report of the Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport inquiry into water management in the Lower Lakes and Coorong, including consideration of the Emergency Water (Murray Darling Basin Rescu...
Senator NASH (New South Wales) (4.47 p.m.)—I rise to make a few remarks on the Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Implementation, operation and administration of the legislation underpinning carbon sink forests report. It is a bit of a mouthful, but it is a very si...
SENATE HANSARD – 17 September 2008
Senator NASH (New South Wales) (1:36 PM) —I rise today to talk, very specifically, about Labor’s neglect of the regions.
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In particular, today I want to talk about the far North Coast of New South Wales and the Tweed ...
Senator NASH (New South Wales) (3.45 p.m.)—I rise today to address the very important matter of public importance—the failure of the Rudd Labor government to ensure the adequate provision of health services and road infrastructure for regional communities. More than seven million Australians live ou...
I rise tonight to make a contribution to the second reading debate on the Interstate Road Transport Charge Amendment Bill 2008 and the Road Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory) Repeal Bill 2008. I am very honoured to follow my National and Liberal colleagues who spoke last night in the o...
It gives me some pleasure to stand here today to discuss this issue because there is nothing more important to me than rural and regional communities—their welfare, benefit, security and sustainability into the future. One of the things that is vitally important to those communities is support from ...
Senator NASH (New South Wales) (7.51 p.m.)—I rise tonight to make some comments around the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Protecting Services for Rural and Regional Australia into the Future) Bill 2007 and I do so because, quite simply, if the government had not moved to introduce this le...
Senator NASH (New South Wales) (11.17 p.m.)—I rise tonight to make a few comments about drought and the economy, but before I do I would like to take the opportunity to acknowledge that this is your last evening here in the chamber, Mr President, during adjournment. I would like to place on record t...