Senate debates

Wednesday, 12 September 2012

  • Education (13 speeches)
    My question is to the minister representing the Prime Minister and the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research, Senator Evans. Can the minister advise the Senate how the...
  • Live Animal Exports (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Ludwig. I refer the minister to the government's knee-jerk ban on the export of live cattle to Indonesia last year,...
  • Same-Sex Marriage (8 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Evans, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Given that the Tasmanian House of Assembly has passed the Greens bill enabling equal access to marriage for same-sex...
  • Fisheries (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Ludwig. I refer to the minister's supportive statement in question time on Monday regarding the trawler the Abel...
  • Employment (9 speeches)
    Mr President, my question is to the Minister for Human Services, Senator Kim Carr. Following the deep cuts across the board in Queensland's budget, announced yesterday by the Liberal-National...
  • Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Can the minister confirm that the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation is currently operating without a board and...
  • Reserve Bank of Australia (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Wong. I refer to revelations on ABC TV's 7.30 last night and in Fairfax newspapers today regarding the Reserve Bank of...
  • Minerals Resource Rent Tax (23 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Wong. Does the Gillard government now recognise that the dodgy and ill-thought-out mining tax deal it negotiated, exclusively...