Adjournment – Australian Parliamentary Delegation to the Pacific Region, Australian Parliamentary Delegation to Papua New Guinea

Speeches

8 February 2023   Senator BIRMINGHAM (South Australia—Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) (19:34): Towards the end of last year I welcomed the opportunity to join the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Wong; the Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Mr Conroy; and the shadow minister for international development and the Pacific, Mr McCormack, on…

Senate proceedings – Closing the Gap, National Apology to the Stolen Generations: 15th Anniversary

Speeches

8 March 2023 Senator BIRMINGHAM (South Australia—Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) (10:10): Closing the gap is a powerful concept because it bridges from the symbolic to the practical. The concept of closing the gap is to establish and pursue measurable, verifiable targets to achieve genuine equality in outcomes, in outcomes that are real to…