Senate debates

Tuesday, 8 September 2015

  • Trade with China (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Assistant Minister for Education and Training, Senator Birmingham. Can the minister outline to the Senate the process a foreign worker will need to go through to work as a...
  • Employment: Foreign Workers (19 speeches)
    Mr President, my question is to the Minister for Employment, Senator Abetz. It has now been one week since the exposure of widespread underpayment of foreign workers at 7-Eleven stores in...
  • Trade with China (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Assistant Minister for Social Services, Senator Fifield. Will the minister inform the Senate of the benefits of the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement for Australian...
  • Illicit Drugs (10 speeches)
    My question without notice is to the Prime Minister's representative, the Leader of the Government in the Senate, Senator Abetz. I refer the senator to the fact that Australian parents do not...
  • Environment (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis. I refer to the government's proposed changes to the EPBC Act, which remove the rights of third parties to challenge environmental approval...