Senate debates

Thursday, 11 May 2017

  • Budget (27 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Cormann. Last night Andrew Bolt asked the minister six times what peak gross debt is projected to be under the federal...
  • Economy (11 speeches)
    My question is to the minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Cormann. Can the minister confirm that since the Treasurer was last at the dispatch box delivering his budget speech, real GDP...
  • Budget (30 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Senator Cormann. On Monday evening this week, Sky News reported that the budget would include a bank...
  • Native Title (8 speeches)
    I have a question about certainty. It is addressed to the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Senator Canavan. We all like certainty in our lives. Senator Canavan, why is it important...
  • Immigration Detention (23 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Employment, representing the Minister for Immigration. Minister, I refer you to comments made by Minister Dutton on Sky News on 19 April, when he was asked what...
  • Budget (30 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Cormann. On 23 April the Assistant Treasurer said: 'The housing package will be extraordinarily large. It will be far reaching....
  • Country Fire Authority (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Employment, Senator Cash. Can the minister update the Senate on the Victorian government's latest attack on Country Fire Authority volunteers?
  • Budget (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. On polling day for the 2013 election, Liberal candidates displayed a corflute in blue and white that declared,...