Big issues on the kitchen table

MAY 16, 2006
world according to Senator Steve Fielding
Family First senator Steve Fielding, talks to James Riley about technology issues he has pursued in his first year in politics.

SINCE entering the Senate in July after being elected on the Family First ticket in Victoria, Steve Fielding has surprised many people. Not a lot was known about Family First before the October 2004 federal election, and many people saw it as a one-issue Christian coalition.

Much has changed since then, and Senator Fielding has played a key role either with the Government or against it, as a balance-of-power swinging voter in the Senate...