On behalf of Labor, I would also like to extend my best wishes to Baha'i communities in Australia and around the world as they mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Baha'u'llah
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On behalf of Labor, I extend my warmest wishes to everyone on this occasion. Diwali, or the Festival of Lights, is a celebration of the triumph of good over evil.
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SUBJECT/S: Clean Energy Target, Dutton’s citizenship changes.
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SUBJECT/S: Clean Energy Target, Adani, a Government in chaos, Dutton’s citizenship changes.
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Thanks very much Joe. Thank you Dorothy for the extremely warm welcome to country and welcome to Larrakia land. I suspect I’m the worst dressed of the panellists today, yet in my defence I suspect I am the only one who woke up in a tent this morning.
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With Mem Fox and Thomas Keneally. Australian stories have taken us through every part of the nation. From the backstreets of Melbourne and Sydney, through Johnno’s Brisbane, Voss took us all the way across the continent bypassing the Coorong where Storm Boy was.
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On behalf of Labor, I extend my warmest wishes to Coptic communities in Australia and around the world, who are today celebrating the Coptic New Year, Nayrouz.
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The report by the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee has now come down on the government's changes to the Citizenship Act, and it is absolutely clear now why the government should withdraw the changes that they have in front.
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SUBJECTS: Stuart Robert conflict of interest, Barnaby Joyce as acting Prime Minister
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SUBJECTS: The Government’s dual citizenship debacle, SSM high court challenge, media reform
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Well it would have been reasonable to presume that over the two-week break the Government would have taken the opportunity to have Barnaby Joyce quietly stand aside so that when Parliament came back the only business that Parliament had to deal with was the policy of the day.
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In the coming weeks between the House rising but before we return, Muslims in Australia and around the world will celebrate Eid al-Adha.
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The Prime Minister told the truth today when he said he was transparent. When the Prime Minister said he was transparent, he was spot on, because no-one has missed the transparency of a Prime Minister who will do and say anything to cling to office.
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This is a government without legitimacy. This is a government that has had to, for the first time in the history of this country go to the High Court and ask whether or not it in fact has a majority.
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The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Amendment Bill 2017 contains a series of amendments to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act to rectify a series of unintended consequences of the sunsetting regime.
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SUBJECTS: Barnaby Joyce’s NZ Citizenship discovery
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When the Australian Government appeared at that conservation conference they put on the record what they believed were the achievements from Australia and why Australia should be recognised as a good citizen in terms of protection of the ocean.
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The opposition will be supporting this motion and the Leader of the House is right in saying that we are making history. But we are making history for a slightly different reason.
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On behalf of Labor I extend my best wishes to Hindu communities in Australia and around the world on the celebration of Krishna Janmashtami.
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Ordinarily, at the end of an MPI, after question time, we get to the end of this debate and just move on to other legislation.
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