Senate debates

Monday, 4 July 2011

  • Live Animal Exports (15 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Ludwig. Is the government aware of any abattoirs in Indonesia that currently comply with World Organisation for...
  • GetUp! Advertisement (15 speeches)
    My question is to the . By way of preamble, I note that the High Court in 1999 ruled that freedom of communication in a representative democ­racy on political matters was 'essential',...
  • Budget (21 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Senator Wong. I refer the minister to the government's commitment to return the budget to surplus by 2012-13.
  • Live Animal Exports (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Ludwig. I refer the minister to statements attributed to Indonesian minister for agriculture, Suswono, in which he...
  • Forestry (9 speeches)
    My question without notice is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Ludwig. Is the minister aware that in its recent report, The critical decade, the Climate Commission...
  • Broadband (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Conroy. Can the minister provide an update to the Senate on the progress of the National Broadband...
  • Carbon Pricing (22 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Wong in her own ministerial capacity and also representing the minister for climate change and the minister for industry, as far as it is relevant. Is the minister aware...
  • NAIDOC Week (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development, Senator Arbib. Given that this is NAIDOC Week, can the minister please inform the Senate of the significance of...
  • Australia Network (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. I refer to the tender process for the $233 million 10-year Australia Network contract for Australia's...
  • Industrial Relations (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, Senator Evans. Opposition members interjecting— You are a long way away, Mr President.