Senator Linda Reynolds, a Liberal from Western Australia, has delivered her first speech to the Senate.
Reynolds was first elected at the federal election last year.
The W.A. Senate election was declared void after the Australian Electoral Commission lost around 1300 votes during a recount. Reynolds, number three on the Liberal Party ticket, was again successful in the re-run election on April 5. [Read more…]
Senator Alan Eggleston has delivered his valedictory speech to the Senate, bringing to an end his 18-year parliamentary career.
Eggleston, a Liberal from Western Australia, was first elected at the 1996 federal election. He was re-elected in 2001 and 2007. [Read more…]
Senator Mark Bishop has given his valedictory speech in the Senate chamber, bringing to an end an 18-year political career.
In his speech, Bishop supported the supremacy of the House of Representatives over the Senate. He said: “I hold to the view that the party or parties that control a majority on the floor of the House should govern in both places. The same principle should have applied for the last six years and the same principle should apply again when we again occupy the Treasury benches.” [Read more…]