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World Refugee Day 2012
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- Published on Wednesday, 20 June 2012 21:58
Ms Parke (1:58 pm) — I note that today is World Refugee Day, a day on which we recognise and raise awareness of the more than 15.2 million registered refugees and the 26.4 million people around the world who have been displaced from their homes due to violence, persecution, famine, drought and global warming. Australia's share of the world's refugee crisis, capped at 13,750 places per year, is a very small one. I hope that we will do more.
Marriage Amendment Bill 2012
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- Published on Tuesday, 19 June 2012 04:33
Ms Parke (8:33 pm) — Marriage is a cultural institution of long standing, and the prospect of change is unsettling to many people. But we should remember that society is always changing, that it has undergone great change even in a nation as relatively young as ours, and that the changes we have made over the last 100 years or so in addressing discrimination on the basis of gender, race and sexual orientation, though in almost every instance slow, difficult and hard-won, have been profoundly beneficial.
Big Steps campaign for child care
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- Published on Monday, 18 June 2012 21:49
Ms Parke (1:49 pm) — This morning I had the pleasure of co-convening with Senator Lisa Singh and Minister Kate Lundy the second meeting of the Labor Friends of Early Childhood Education and Child Care which was attended by early childhood educators and childcare centre operators from all around Australia who came together in support of the United Voice Big Steps campaign to achieve better conditions for educators in this sector.
National Children's Commissioner
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- Published on Thursday, 31 May 2012 20:03
Ms Parke (12:03 pm) — We know that Australia is, generally speaking, a wonderful place for most children. But — while the majority of kids who are lucky enough to grow up in Australia benefit from the high quality of our health and education systems and from the opportunities that exist in a free, safe and democratic society — it must be acknowledged that kids within certain demographics face very different prospects indeed. It is in recognition of that fact that I join with UNICEF and the Australian children's coalition of organisations in welcoming the government's announcement of the establishment of a National Children's Commissioner.
