Senate debates

Thursday, 7 February 2013

  • Financial Management and Accountability (Question No. 2344) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, upon notice, on 9 October 2012 For each department and agency under the Financial...
  • Defence (Question No. 2384) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 19 October 2012: (1) What military and civilian response plans, if any, does the Australian Government have in place to...
  • Government Programs, Initiatives or Decisions (Question No. 2407) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, upon notice, on 30 October 2012: Since 1 July 2010, have any electorate-by-electorate dissections for actual or...
  • Financial Management and Accountability (Question No. 2476) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, upon notice, on 1 November 2012: For each department and agency under the Financial Management and Accountability Act1997 and each...
  • Veterans' Affairs (Question No. 2488) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, upon notice, 1 November 2012: For each department and agency under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 and...
  • Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research, and School Education, Early Childhood and Youth (Question No. 2516) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 November 2012 : Can an update be provided in relation to questions on notice nos 900 and...
  • 2012-13 Budget (Question No. 2517) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 November 2012: (1) What reductions or savings have been made within the portfolio following...
  • Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (Question No. 2518) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 November 2012: Can a full list be provided of all savings that have resulted from the...
  • Fair Work Australia (Question No. 2519) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 November 2012: Will the Government intervene in the case General Manager of Fair Work...
  • Australian Labour and Employment Relations Association National Conference (Question No. 2520) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 November 2012: (1) Did the department have any input into former Minister Evans' speech to...
  • Fair Work Australia (Question No. 2521) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 November 2012: Did the Government submission to Fair Work Australia on penalty rates go to...
  • Health Services Union (Question No. 2522) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 November 2012: What was the total cost of the intervention by the Minister in the Health...
  • Workplace Relations (Question No. 2523) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 November 2012: Can a list be provided detailing all resolutions of the Workplace Relations...
  • Budget Estimates: Question No. EW0031_13 (Question No. 2525) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 November 2012: Can an update be provided to question no. EW0031_13, taken on notice during...
  • Fair Work Act (Question No. 2526) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 November 2012: With reference to question on notice no. 1907 (Senate Hansard, 15 August...
  • Fair Work Act (Question No. 2527) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 November 2012: With reference to the Fair Work Act Review report titled Towards more...
  • Fair Work Act (Question No. 2528) (1 speech)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 November 2012: What is the final, total cost of the Fair Work Act Review, and can a full...
  • The Future of Work: Chatham House Rule (Question No. 2529) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 November 2012: Was the Minister's meeting of 4 July 2012, relating to 'The Future of Work',...
  • Fair Work Australia (Question No. 2530) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 November 2012: What is the cost of the Minister ' s intervention in the Fair Work Australia...
  • Fair Work Act (Question No. 2531) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 November 2012: At any time, did the Minister consider pulling his application to the High...
  • Fair Work Australia: Staffing (Question No. 2532) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister forEmployment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 November 2012: Can full details be provided of the standard due-diligence that would usually...
  • Budget Estimates: Question No. EW0035_13 (Question No. 2533) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 November 2012: With reference to question no. EW0035_13, taken on notice during the 2012-13...
  • Budget Estimates: Question No. EW0036_13 (Question No. 2534) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relationsupon notice, on 6 November 2012: With reference to question no. EW0036_13, taken on notice during the 2012-13...
  • Employment and Workplace Relations: Prime Minister's Address to the Australian Industry Group (Question No. 2535) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 November 2012: Did the department or the Minister ' s office have any input into the Prime...
  • International Labour Organization Conventions (Question No. 2536) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 November 2012: Is the Government considering withdrawing support from, or de-ratifying, any...
  • Employment Projections (Question No. 2537) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 November 2012: Does the department agree with the article, published in The Australian on 17...
  • Fair Work Act (Question No. 2538) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 November 2012: With reference to the answer provided to question on notice no. 1906 (Senate...
  • Meet the Press (Question No. 2539) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 November 2012: With reference to the Minister's interview with Mr Paul Bongiorno on Meet the...
  • Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 (Question No. 2540) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 November 2012 : Is the Minister considering any further amendments to the Fair Work...
  • Qantas (Question No. 2541) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 November 2012: Does the Minister stand by the Government's statements that Qantas is a...
  • International Labour Organization Occupational Safety and Health Convention (Question No. 2542) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 November 2012: Does the Government continue to stand by article 16 of the International...
  • Fair Work Australia (Question No. 2543) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister forEmployment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 November 2012: In relation to Fair Work Australia (FWA): (1) With reference to the financial...
  • Commonwealth Firearms Advisory Council (Question No. 2544) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs and Justice, upon notice, on 8 November 2012: (1) During the period after Mr Jason Clare's appointment as Minister in December 2011...
  • Radioactive Waste (Question No. 2546) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Resources and Energy, upon notice, on 12 November 2012: With reference to the storage of radioactive waste at the Australian Defence Industries (ADI) site at St Marys and...
  • Centrelink (Question No. 2547) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Human Services, upon notice, on 12 November 2012: With reference to applications for the Low Income Supplement: (1) Why does Centrelink not accept a driver licence, which...
  • Arnhem Land Coastal Region (Question No. 2548) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, upon notice, on 15 November 2012 : With reference to mining exploration...
  • Bremer Basin (Question No. 2549) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, upon notice, on 15 November 2012: Have Arcadia and their joint venture partner...
  • Exploration Permit: Bremer Basin (Question No. 2550) (2 speeches)
    asked the Minister for Resources & Energy, upon notice, on 15 November 2012: Have Arcadia and their joint venture partner Enovation undertaken a 3D seismic survey of the Bremer Basin, Western...