Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment Bill 2014 – 21 November 2016

Senator REYNOLDS (Western Australia) (12:12): I too rise today to discuss the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment Bill 2014. In Australia, I believe it is reasonable for all Australians to expect those who represent their interests and are responsible for managing their funds to all be held to the same standards of transparency and accountability.…

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Answers to Questions – 10 November 2016

Senator REYNOLDS (Western Australia) (15:51): I too rise to take note of the answers provided by the Attorney-General to Senator Watt’s questions. That does take us to the heart of the inquiry report that was tabled this week into the Legal Services Amendment (Solicitor-General Opinions) Direction 2016. I do not say this lightly, but I…

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Western Australia: Economy – 9 November 2016

Senator REYNOLDS (Western Australia) (13:48): I am one very proud senator for Western Australia. Whilst there are obviously a multitude of reasons for that pride in our great state of Western Australia, we as a state are again doing what we absolutely do best—working together to transform our economy by taking advantage of new industrial…

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Asylum Seekers – 8 November 2016

Senator REYNOLDS (Western Australia) (16:32): I too rise to speak in relation to this matter of public importance. There are no easy solutions in dealing with the scourge of people smuggling, and no-one in this place has a monopoly on compassion. I believe that the most compassionate—indeed the only—option is to put and keep people…

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Answers to Questions – 7 November 2016

Senator REYNOLDS (Western Australia) (15:19): I too rise to speak on this issue. I think it is yet another sad demonstration of the parlous state of the competence of those opposite for a number of reasons. First of all, as we heard in this chamber this morning, the government has been highly transparent and, as…

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Federation – 12 October 2016

Senator REYNOLDS (Western Australia) (12:45): I rise to speak about an issue that I believe is the single greatest act of national reform that we can achieve together as a nation—that is, change is required to generate new jobs and increase national wealth in our rapidly changing world economy. That reform is reform of our…

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Medicare – 11 October 2016

Senator REYNOLDS (Western Australia) (16:58): I too rise to speak in relation to this matter of public importance with respect to the government’s alleged ‘refusal to heed the lessons from the election and stand up for Medicare’. In politics, if you tell a lie often enough and you tell it loudly enough, eventually it will…

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Attorney-General – 10 October 2016

Senator REYNOLDS (Western Australia) (15:20): I too rise to take note of the Attorney-General’s answer in relation to this matter. As a member of the Senate Standing Committees on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, when I first saw the terms of reference and who was appearing at the first inquiry I was somewhat surprised that the…

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Attorney-General – 10 October 2016

Senator REYNOLDS (Western Australia) (16:39): I too rise to speak with respect to the urgency motion put by Senator Gallagher regarding the ‘alleged’ failure of the Attorney-General, Senator the Hon. George Brandis, to uphold the standards expected of the first law officer of the Commonwealth. As Senator Watt just noted, the Legal and Constitutional Affairs…

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Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2013 – 15 September 2016

Senator REYNOLDS (Western Australia) (09:49): I rise to speak against the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2013, for a number of reasons, which I will outline in my speech this morning. But first of all I will say that last night in this place we heard two very passionate first speeches from Senators Hanson and McCarthy,…

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