Marriage Plebiscite
The Senate will shortly have the opportunity to effectively decide whether Australians will have a full plebiscite or a postal plebiscite on the issue of marriage.
The Senate will shortly have the opportunity to effectively decide whether Australians will have a full plebiscite or a postal plebiscite on the issue of marriage.
Continued claims that I have not been eligible to be a member of the Australian Senate at any time throughout my political career are absurd and have been comprehensively disproven.
Overnight, the Prime Minister delivered the Disraeli lecture, a lecture established to honour the founder of the modern day Conservative Party in the United Kingdom, Benjamin Disraeli. While, like many, I was somewhat taken a-back by headlines in the media I took the time to read the Prime Minister’s speech.
The results of the 2016 Census are out and so are the misleading statistics and sensationalist headlines cheering the demise of religion in Australia. Despite the fake news, the facts are clear:most Australians still follow the Judeo-Christian ethic and values on which western civilisation is built, and which has served our country since its founding over 200 years ago and more than 60% of Australians identify as affiliates of one religion or another.
The Independent Review into the Future Security of the National Energy Market makes a number of recommendations which should be considered by the Government noting there is still an ongoing review of the Government’s Climate Change policies.
Eric Abetz has been a Liberal Senator for Tasmania since 1994 and has served in a range of Leadership, Ministerial and Shadow Ministerial roles.