Senate debates

Wednesday, 13 February 2008

  • East Timor (4 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Evans, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Australia has a very strong record of working to ensure stability and security in East Timor. As such, events this...
  • Economy (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister in this chamber, the Leader of the Government in the Senate, Senator Evans. In light of the Reserve Bank’s latest warning...
  • Automotive Industry (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Carr. I refer to the minister’s proposal to set up an inquiry into Australia’s automotive...
  • Broadband (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Conroy. Can the minister update the Senate on any recent improvements to broadband services in...
  • Apology to Australia’s Indigenous Peoples (4 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Evans, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Does the minister recall that, in his speech on the occasion of the opening of the parliament yesterday, the...
  • Indigenous Communities (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Education. I refer to the Prime Minister’s promise today to ensure that every Indigenous four-year-old in remote Aboriginal...
  • Smartcard (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Human Services, Senator Ludwig. Can the minister confirm that the government is implementing its savings for Labor’s better priorities policy as it...
  • Tasmania: Centrelink (8 speeches)
    My question is also to the Minister for Human Services, Senator Ludwig. I refer to the failure of the Rudd Labor government and in particular the federal member for Bass, Jodie Campbell, to...
  • Climate Change (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Wong. Given that the European Union policy responses to climate change are underpinned by their agreement that a global...
  • Economy (20 speeches)
    My question is also to the Minister for Climate Change and Water. Did the minister have any input into the so-called razor gang cuts announced by Mr Tanner last week?