Senate debates

Monday, 27 March 2006

  • Employment (2 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Abetz, Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. How is the Howard government moving to create even more jobs and even higher wages for...
  • Internet Safety (4 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Coonan, the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. Can the minister confirm that the Australian Communications and Media Authority, ACMA, has...
  • Commonwealth Games (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator Kemp. Will the minister inform the Senate about the achievements and benefits of the Commonwealth Games that concluded in Melbourne...
  • Mr David Hicks (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Is the minister aware that the British government has had all of its alleged prisoners of war repatriated from...
  • Aged Care (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Ageing, Senator Santoro. Will the minister inform the Senate of the outcomes of the recent meeting of the minister’s Aged Care Advisory Committee, which...
  • The Jian Seng (4 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Ellison, Minister for Justice and Customs. How does the minister explain the sudden appearance near our northern shores of the 80-metre ghost ship Jian Seng? How is it...
  • Tarkine Wilderness (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. I draw the minister’s attention to the astonishing vandalism of this nation’s ancient art heritage on the Tarkine...
  • Oil for Food Program (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Justice and Customs, Senator Ellison, and follows on from his earlier answers to questions concerning AUSTRAC and its knowledge of the AWB kickback scandal....
  • Media (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Coonan. Will the minister update the Senate on the options being considered by the government to...