Senate debates

Wednesday, 14 June 2006

  • Migration (26 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Vanstone, the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. I refer the minister to the Senate committee report tabled yesterday into the provisions of the...
  • Australian Workplace Agreements (17 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Abetz, representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Will the minister advise the Senate of the value of the Howard government’s Australian...
  • Migration (4 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Vanstone, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. I again refer the minister to the Senate committee report on the Migration Amendment (Designated...
  • Visas (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Senator Vanstone. Will the minister update the Senate on the government’s reforms to the working holiday maker visa...
  • Skilled Migration (7 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Vanstone, the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. Does the minister recall her media statement on 1 May 2006 where she announced an increase in the...
  • Coal Industry (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell. Will the minister inform the Senate of recent claims about the coalmining industry? Further, will the...
  • Guantanamo Bay (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Justice and Customs, Senator Ellison. American historian Professor Alfred McCoy says that Guantanamo Bay is a place specifically designed to psychologically...
  • Sexual Servitude and Sex Trafficking (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Justice and Customs, Senator Ellison. Will the minister update the Senate on the Howard government’s efforts to combat the abhorrent crimes of sexual...