Senate debates

Monday, 27 February 2012

  • Gillard Government (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Leader of the Government in the Senate, Senator Evans. What benefits have there been for the Australian people, battling with cost-of-living pressures, in the unseemly and...
  • Water (15 speeches)
    My question without notice goes to the Minister representing the Minister for the Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. I ask regarding the wild rivers protection in...
  • Employment (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Wong. Can the minister update the Senate on the outlook for the Australian economy and, specifically, can she outline the...
  • Labor Party Leadership (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Evans. Is the minister familiar with the fundamental constitutional principle that the legitimacy of a Prime Minister...
  • Iran (16 speeches)
    My question is to the minister representing the minister for Foreign affairs and trade—whoever that currently is. I refer to rising tensions over the threat of a military attack by the...
  • Small Business (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Small Business, Senator Arbib. Could the minister please outline to the Senate what the Labor government is doing to support people in small business? In...
  • Broadband (23 speeches)
    My question is to the diplomatic Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Conroy! Was the decision to embark on a $43 billion fibre-to-the-home national broadband...
  • Gillard Government (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Evans. I refer the minister to comments made by fund manager Pengana Emerging Companies, who said last week: A strongly led...
  • Hospitals (13 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Ludwig, the minister representing the Minister for Health. Can the minister outline for the Senate the investments that the Gillard government has made to regional...