Senate debates

Wednesday, 17 August 2011

  • Operation Talisman Sabre 2011 (Question No. 449) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, upon notice, on 16 March 2011: With reference to Operation Talisman Sabre 2011:...
  • Defence: Staffing (Question No. 467) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 21 March 2011: With reference to the White Paper and the Strategic Reform Program 'Indicative Workforce Implications':...
  • Defence: Staffing (Question No. 468) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 21 March 2011: With reference to the White Paper and the Strategic Reform Program 'Indicative Workforce Implications...
  • Defence: Staffing (Question No. 469) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 21 March 2011: With reference to the White Paper and the Strategic Reform Program 'Indicative Workforce Implications...
  • Defence: Staffing (Question No. 471) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 21 March 2011: With reference to the White Paper and the Strategic Reform Program 'Indicative Workforce Implications...
  • Defence: Staffing (Question No. 472) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 21 March 2011: With reference to the White Paper and the Strategic Reform Program 'Indicative Workforce Implications...
  • Defence: Staffing (Question No. 473) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 21 March 2011: With reference to the White Paper and the Strategic Reform Program (SRP) 'Indicative Workforce...
  • Defence: Staffing (Question No. 475) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 21 March 2011: With reference to the White Paper and the Strategic Reform Program 'Indicative Workforce Implications...
  • Defence: Submarines (Question No. 476) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 21 March 2011: For the period 1 July to 31 December 2010, which submarines in the Royal Australian Navy fleet were fully...
  • Defence: Submarines (Question No. 477) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 21 March 2011: (1) For the period 1 July to 31 December 2010: (a) which submarines in the Royal Australian Navy fleet...
  • Defence: Submarines (Question No. 478) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 21 March 2011: For the period 1 July to 31 December 2010: (a) how many fully qualified personnel are 'Dolphin Qualified'...
  • Defence: Submarines (Question No. 479) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 21 March 2011: For the period 1 July to 31 December 2010, how many personnel fully completed training courses and became...
  • Defence: Submarines (Question No. 480) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 21 March 2011: For the period 1 July to 31 December 2010, how many personnel completed training courses and became...
  • Defence: Submarines (Question No. 481) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 21 March 2011: As at 31 December 2010, how many Royal Australian Navy personnel are 'Perisher Qualified' and eligible to...
  • Defence: Submarines (Question No. 482) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 21 March 2011: For the period 1 July to 31 December 2010, which submarines were undergoing maintenance/refit programs and...
  • Operation Talisman Sabre 2011 (Question No. 563) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 4 April 2011: (1) With reference to Exercise Talisman Sabre 2011, including the costs of the exercise and the Public...
  • Defence: Submarines (Question No. 635) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 29 April 2011: (1) What involvement has the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) had in developing the...
  • Defence: Submarines (Question No. 636) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 29 April 2011: (1) How many staff from Defence Science and Technology Office have been, or are currently, assigned to...
  • Treasury (Question No. 683) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 14 June 2011: In regard to the Extractives Industry Transparency Initiative and revenue transparency and in reference to the answers...
  • Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (Question No. 684) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 14 June 2011: Given the imminent release of the updated Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD] Guidelines for...
  • Live Animal Exports (Question No. 688) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, upon notice, on 15 June 2011: With reference to a recent Four Corners program on Australia's live cattle trade with...
  • Centrelink (Question No. 689) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Human Services, upon notice, on 15 June 2011: Did Centrelink contract with Ms S Foster of Sutton for $10 000 of 'cosmetic services' between June...
  • Heritage Assessments (Question No. 690) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, upon notice, on 15 June 2011: (1) What contingency planning has been undertaken by...
  • Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (Question No. 700) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, upon notice, on 22 June 2011: In regard to research and development (R&D) and its conversion to outcomes: (1) What is the...
  • Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (Question No. 701) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, upon notice, on 22 June 2011: In regard to venture capital funding and start-ups: (1) How much public funding has been used to...
  • Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (Question No. 702) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, upon notice, on 22 June 2011: (1) What is the level of collaboration between small business in Australia and the research sector...
  • Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (Question No. 703) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, upon notice, on 22 June 2011: (1) How many companies have received proof of concept funding from Commercialisation Australia...
  • Taxation (Question No. 706) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 22 June 2011: In the case of a company or individual which donates the use of a private plane to Nauru for members of a federal...
  • Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (Question No. 708) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 23 June 2011: With reference to the answer to question on notice no. 156 (Senate Hansard, 8 February 2011, p. 137) relating to the...
  • Taxation (Question No. 724) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 29 June 2011: With reference to the luxury car tax changes where exemptions were made for particular categories for vehicles...
  • Carbon Pricing (Question No. 727) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Prime Minister, upon notice, on 4 July 2011: In a post on the Prime Minister's blog dated 30 May 2011, the Prime Minister (Ms Gillard) wrote, 'The best way to...
  • Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (Question No. 728) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, upon notice, on 4 July 2011: In regard to former Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) employee, Mr...
  • Mining (Question No. 833) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, upon notice, on 6 July 2011: With reference to the answer to question on notice...
  • Tourism (Question No. 836) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Prime Minister, upon notice, on 15 July 2011: With reference to the answer to question no. 40 taken on notice during the 2011-12 Budget estimates hearings of...
  • Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (Question No. 837) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, upon notice, on 19 July 2011: With reference to the answer to question no. 164...
  • Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (Question No. 841) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, upon notice, on 21 July 2011: In regard to the attendance of Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)...