Senate debates

Tuesday, 12 June 2007

  • Advertising Campaigns (14 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Minchin, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Can the minister advise how much more advertising on industrial relations has now been authorised by the...
  • New South Wales Flood (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Human Services, Senator Ellison. Will the minister inform the Senate of assistance being provided by the Australian government and its agencies to those...
  • Liberal Party (6 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Minchin, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Is the minister aware of the Prime Minister’s claim on Sunday that there was no Liberal Party fundraiser at...
  • Employment (2 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Abetz, the Minister representing the Minister For Employment and Workplace Relations. Will the minister update the Senate on the latest national employment figures? Has...
  • Liberal Party (13 speeches)
    My question is directed to Senator Minchin, the Minister representing the Prime Minister, and it follows on from Senator Forshaw’s earlier question in relation to the function that was held...
  • Economy (14 speeches)
    My question is also to the Minister for Finance and Administration but it is a serious question in which most Australians would be interested. The minister would be aware of recent indications of...
  • Dalai Lama (5 speeches)
    My question without notice is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister. I welcome the decision by the Prime Minister—and, indeed, the Leader of the Opposition—to meet His...
  • Superannuation (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, representing the Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer. Will the minister inform the Senate of how...
  • Ministerial Responsibility (4 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Ellison, Minister for Human Services. Does the minister recall misleading Senate estimates hearings on 24 May 2007, when he clearly stated he was not a shareholder...
  • Housing Affordability (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Leader of the Government in the Senate. Earlier in question time the Minister for Finance and Administration outlined some of the recent economic indicators that had come...
  • Telstra (13 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Coonan, the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. I refer the minister to Telstra’s decision to close its call centres in the regional...
  • Climate Change (8 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Abetz, the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources. Will the minister inform the Senate how the Howard government plans to reduce...
  • Broadband (7 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Coonan, the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. I refer the minister to the comments of Professor Larry Smarr, one of the original...