Senate debates

Thursday, 12 May 2011

  • Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations: Staffing (Question No. 399) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 10 February 2011: (1) Can a list be provided detailing the number of departmental staff (and...
  • Prime Minister (Question No. 405) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth, upon notice, on 10 February 2011: With reference to the Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History...
  • Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Question No. 410) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, upon notice, on 1 March 2011: With reference to advice that the town of Bridgetown in the Great Southern Area of Western...
  • Superannuation (Question No. 433) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Assistant Treasurer, upon notice, on 11 March 2011: With reference to the practice of identity theft for the purpose of stealing from superannuation accounts:...
  • Superannuation (Question No. 434) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Special Minister of State, upon notice, on 11 March 2011: With reference to a letter dated 26 October from Ms Fiona Codd, Director of Governance, Systems and...
  • Flood Levy (Question No. 435) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 11 March 2011: With reference to the Flood Levy: (1) Have the likely administrative and compliance costs of implementing the...
  • Taxation (Question No. 436) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 11 March 2011: With reference to non commercial loss rules: (1) How many applications has the Commissioner of Taxation received, in...
  • National Cycling Strategy (Question No. 440) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, upon notice, on 16 March 2011: The National Cycling Strategy 2011-2016 notes that...
  • National Indigenous Television (Question No. 441) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for the Arts, upon notice, on 16 March 2011: With reference to National Indigenous Television (NITV): (1) As current funding for NITV runs out on 30...
  • Australia Network (Question No. 443) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, upon notice, on 16 March 2011: With reference to the tender for the Australia Network (Australia's publicly funded...
  • National Heritage Strategy (Question No. 446) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, upon notice, on 16 March 2011: With reference to national heritage strategy and...
  • Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (Question No. 452) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, upon notice, on 21 March 2011: With reference to the Tasmanian Wilderness World...
  • Defence: Freedom of Information (Question Nos 497 to 499) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 22 March 2011: For the period 1 July to 31 December 2010 and for each agency within the responsibility of the...
  • Defence: Project Funding (Question Nos 515 to 517) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 22 March 2011: For the period 1 July to 31 December 2010: (a) what 'First Pass' Project approvals; and (b) what 'Second...
  • Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (Question No. 532) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 22 March 2011: (1) Does the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) consider that the current supermarket duopoly does...
  • Fair Work Australia (Question No. 534) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 22 March 2011: What was the rate of unfair dismissal lodgements for January and February 2011 in...
  • Ausroads (Question No. 536) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, upon notice, on 22 March 2011: (1) Is the department aware of any problems with the Austroads standards in relation...
  • Australian Communications and Media Authority (Question No. 539) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, upon notice, on 22 March 2011: (1) Given the Australian Communications and Media Authority's (ACMA) report on the story...
  • Home Insulation Safety Program (Question No. 540) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, upon notice, on 24 March 2011: (1) What: (a) qualifications are; or (b) experience is, required of...
  • Foreign Investment (Question No. 542) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, upon notice, on 25 March 2011: (1) Was the department consulted prior to the change in Australia's foreign investment rules; if...
  • Foreign Affairs (Question No. 546) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, upon notice, on 25 March 2011: For each calendar year, from 2005 to 2010, in regard to travel by departmental staff based in...
  • East Timor Regional Processing Centre (Question No. 551) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, upon notice, on 25 March 2011: (1) Have any departmental officials been appointed to work on the Government's proposed East Timor...
  • United Nations (Question No. 558) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, upon notice, on 25 March 2011: With reference to the reception for United Nations' representatives from African Union countries,...
  • United Nations Security Council (Question No. 559) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, upon notice, on 25 March 2011: Did any representative from an African Union country express support for Australia's bid for a...
  • Lucas Heights Reactor (Question No. 568) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research , upon notice, on 4 April 2011: With reference to the maintenance problems of the Open Pool Australian Lightwater (OPAL) reactor...
  • Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (Question No. 569) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research , upon notice, on 4 April 2011: With reference to the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) and the...
  • Australian Federal Police (Question No. 575) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs, upon notice, on 4 April 2011: With reference to the attendance of Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers at public rallies: (1)...
  • Climate Change (Question No. 589) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, upon notice, on 12 April 2011: With reference to prescribed burns carried out by the Western Australian...
  • Climate Change (Question No. 590) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, upon notice, on 12 April 2011: With reference to prescribed burns carried out in the Northern Territory and...
  • Climate Change (Question No. 591) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, upon notice, on 12 April 2011: With reference to carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions, and commercial...
  • Climate Change (Question No. 592) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, upon notice, on 12 April 2011: With reference to carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions, and commercial...
  • Fair Work Ombudsman (Question No. 597) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 12 April 2011: (1) How many former Maritime Union of Australia officials are now employed as Fair...