I would like to take the opportunity of this report being tabled in the parliament to make some remarks in relation to the report. Before I do... Read more...

As a member of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, I would like to take a moment to associate myself with the remarks of S... Read more...

  John Alexander Ferguson: Preserving our Past Inspiring our Future Address by Senator Russell Trood Launch of the Sir John Ferguson's biograp... Read more...

Mr President you will be aware that the members of the Senate of Canada are appointed to their positions. There are no doubt good reasons for thi... Read more...

  It is a great honour to follow such an eloquent speech by my colleague from Victoria. I think Senator Ryan has made some very telling points o... Read more...

It is a great pleasure indeed to be able to speak to the Australian Civilian Corps Bill 2010, because it is legislation which I think appeals to the ‘... Read more...

In rising to speak to the report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee entitled TheTorres Strait: bridge and border, I am ver... Read more...

This government loves to talk about reform. There is nothing it likes to talk about more than health reform. At the 2007 election, it talked about hea... Read more...

Queenslanders have had several tough months. For much of the summer we have been ravaged by nature’s fury. After the extended pain from years of droug... Read more...

It is a great pleasure indeed to rise and support these amendments that are pressed on the Senate by the coalition. We do so because we think there is... Read more...

The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is an elemental part of the way in which we deliver good health outcomes in Australia. It has been an institution a... Read more...

A parliamentary debate on the topic of Afghanistan is long overdue. Indeed not only is this debate overdue, the parliament generally does not devote a... Read more...

  Address to the Micah Challenge Forum 21 June 2010 Senator Russell Trood Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. It is a great pleasure to be h... Read more...

Motion moved in the Senate by Senators McEwen and Trood on 21 June 2010   Senator McEWEN (South Australia)—I, and also on behalf of Senator Tro... Read more...

Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers Senator TROOD (Queensland) (3:17 PM) —Senator McEwen says that she regrets having to stand in the cham... Read more...

Senator TROOD —I move: That the Senate take note of the report. I will make a few remarks with regard to both of these reports. These reports re... Read more...

 Senator Trood (Queensland) (5:05 PM)Governments have obligations. There are no obligations more important to governments than to maintain t... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (11:29 AM) —I present the final report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee on security challenge... Read more...

Senator Trood (Queensland) (6:54 PM) —I rise this evening to make some remarks about the National Library of Australia, which in 2008 celebrated its 4... Read more...

Senator Trood (Queensland) (6:22 PM) —One of the many profound consequences of the terrible terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 was the need for go... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (4:23 PM) —It is a great pleasure to be able to participate in this matter of public importance because this is a spectacul... Read more...

Senator TROOD —I move: That the Senate take note of the report.   In its report on the island states of the south-west Pacific, the commit... Read more...

Address to Conference on The Afghanistan Conflict: Australia's Role The Australian National University Senator Russell Trood 23 October 2009
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Speech in the Senate on 28 October 2009 by Senator Russell Trood As is often the case in the war in Afghanistan, we are at yet another point of decis... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (12:55 PM) —The Rudd government is approaching the second anniversary of its election to office. It has been a period of ex... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (12.31 pm)—When Senator Brandis spoke on the Native Title Amendment Bill 2009 last week, he made it clear that the coalitio... Read more...

QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE: TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS BY AUTHORITY OF THE SENATE  Thursday, 20 August 2009 Senator TROOD (Queensland) (3.16 pm)—I h... Read more...

This chamber is of course no stranger to controversy. Indeed it is the lifeblood of what we do. This may well be a unique situation because, with the ... Read more...

  Senator TROOD (Queensland) (3.15 pm)—There is one point in his contribution to this debate on which Senator Bishop and I might agree, and that... Read more...

  Senator TROOD (Queensland) (2.13 pm)—My question is also to Senator Wong, but it is in her capacity as the minister representing the Attorney-... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (5.34 pm)—I would like to make some remarks on this report of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and ... Read more...

  Senator TROOD    (Queensland) (6.58 pm)—I rise this evening to speak on a little Queensland school with a very big heart. Black... Read more...

  Address to the opening of the International Workshop on the Content, Communication and Use of Weather and Climate Products and Services for S... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (3.25 pm)—I am very grateful to Senator Feeney because he has reminded us of the global financial crisis. He has tried to m... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (3.22 pm)—It may well be that an emissions trading scheme is a matter of some importance, but in question time today I aske... Read more...

Global and Regional Perspectives: “Setting the Broader Context: How Australia-Japan Relations ‘Fit’ into the Global Security Dynamics” Today’s topic ... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (2.35 pm)—My colleagues on this side of the chamber have been eloquent in their criticism of this package. They have drawn ... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (12.41 p.m.)—Only twice over the last 500 years have there been significant shifts in the locus of global power. The first ... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (3.28 pm)—We all know when a government is in trouble, because it suspends rationality. It suspends trying to make a credib... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (12.45 pm)—I want to make some remarks in relation to the Migration Legislation Amendment (Worker Protection) Bill 2008. Th... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (3.23 pm)—What an extraordinary performance this has been on behalf of the government in relation to the taking note debate... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (5.28 p.m.)—It is a pleasure to rise this afternoon and speak to the Family Law Amendment (De Facto Financial Matters and O... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (6.29 p.m.)—by leave—We are all very familiar with the fact that one of the first acts of the Rudd government on coming to ... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (6.45 p.m.)—I would like the opportunity to address a report that is not on the list but that I had anticipated would be on... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (6.41 p.m.)—I seek to make some remarks in relation to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee’s report on ... Read more...

The United Nations (UN) is now over 60 years old. For much of its history it has been surrounded by controversy and in recent years, a deepening pessi... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (7.07 p.m.)—In July this year I once again had the pleasure of participating in the Australian Defence Force Parliamentary ... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (4.50 p.m.)—It is always a great pleasure to participate in a lively debate on an issue that is as important to this place ... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (11.11 p.m.)—The incorporated speech read as follows— It is my great delight to have the opportunity this evening to make... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (12.45 p.m.)—I rise to speak on a matter of the gravest public interest: Australia’s foreign policy. We have heard a great... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (8.02 p.m.)—As many senators would be aware, this month we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the birth of the state of Isra... Read more...

Today, as on every other ANZAC Day, we remember and we honour, the Australians and New Zealanders who were the first ANZACs. We remember that at dawn ... Read more...

Thank you for the opportunity to address the Association this afternoon. It is a very great pleasure to be here and to be able to share some ideas w... Read more...

Welcome Begin by thanking: Leader of the Opposition Dr Brendan Nelson Allan Gyngell, Executive Director of the Lowy Institute for Intern... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (5.33 p.m.)—I am sure Senator Fifield is usually a well-behaved member of the chamber. I welcome the opportunity to speak ... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (4.37 p.m.)—It is a great privilege to be able to participate in this debate this afternoon. I want to express, as my colle... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (11.19 a.m.)—The Queensland government’s plan to solve south-east Queensland’s water problems, in part by building the Trav... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (11.44 a.m.)—I want to make a few remarks in relation to the report of the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, De... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (4.49 p.m.)—I am very pleased to be able to participate in this debate this afternoon and, just by way of introduction, say... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (4.46 p.m.)—On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, I present report no. 84 of the committee, Treaty tabled ... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (10.20 p.m.)—I was listening with great interest earlier in the adjournment debate to some remarks made by my colleague, Se... Read more...

Thank you very much for the invitation to come to RAPAD. It is a great opportunity. I have been to Barcaldine on quite a few occasions, most of the ti... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (7.06 p.m.)—I want to take the opportunity in the adjournment debate this evening to make some remarks about the Investing ... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (5.05 p.m.)—I welcome the opportunity this afternoon to contribute to this matter of public importance debate on Iraq, part... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (11.55 a.m.)—I want to take the opportunity to make a few remarks on this particular issue because it is one of great inter... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (10.27 p.m.)—A hundred years after Federation, Australia has an increasingly centralised system of government. The recent H... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (10.19 p.m.)—Like my colleague from Queensland Senator Bartlett, I too want to mention the matter of dams this evening and ... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (5.32 p.m.)—I welcome the opportunity to participate in this debate this afternoon on the Crimes Amendment (Victim Impact ... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (5.20 p.m.)—This is a welcome opportunity to participate in this debate, because the events on the Korean peninsula over th... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (5.11 p.m.)—It is a delightful opportunity to be able to speak on this matter. Senator McGauran, my colleague from Victoria... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (7.01 p.m.)—Next Saturday the good citizens of my state of Queensland will go to the polls where they will elect a new stat... Read more...

Acknowlegements: Mr Alan Chenoweth, Master of Ceremonies Mr Steve Simpson, President of the Australian Landscape Industries Association ... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (12.45 p.m.)—It is probably fair to say that there are few international organisations which are more widely vilified, more... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (1.23 p.m.)—This is an interesting situation because, entirely coincidentally, I had decided that I would make my contribut... Read more...

I rise tonight, Mr President, to draw attention to the alarming downturn in mineral exploration in Australia, particularly in Queensland. It is said ... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (4.20 p.m.)—I rise to oppose this motion of disallowance. In doing so, I cannot help but think that Senator Wong might fee... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (9.01 p.m.)—I rise to speak on the Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial responsibility for approval of RU486)... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (10.38 a.m.)—It is a good opportunity to participate in this debate— the Defence Legislation Amendment (Aid to Civilian Aut... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (10.28 a.m.)—It is a great pleasure to speak on the Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2005 Measures No. 4) Bill 2005 ... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (12.33 p.m.)—It is a great pleasure to participate in this debate on the Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Bill 200... Read more...

Like most senators I am very conscious that this bill has attracted widespread public attention and more than its fair share of controversy. While so... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (7.20 p.m.)—It is with great sadness that I advise the Senate of the death of a great Queenslander and servant of Australi... Read more...

Those of you familiar with the work of the distinguished strategic analyst, Colin S Gray, will know that he often commences his addresses with insig... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (3.19 p.m.)—I have sat through question time for the last two weeks and listened with great interest to the attacks that th... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (7.10 p.m.)—I rise this evening to address the issue of Queensland’s uranium resources and the contribution they may make t... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (10.08 a.m.)—The Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2005 seeks to implement changes to several statutes rela... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (3.42 p.m.)—I move: That the Senate notes: the plight of the endangered Australian native marsupial, the bilby; ... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (5.02 p.m.)—Mr President, last year’s federal election produced a remarkable electoral trinity. For the first time since M... Read more...