Senate debates

Thursday, 13 February 2014

  • SPC Ardmona (17 speeches, 1 comment)
    My question without notice is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister. The Victorian government has been shamed into taking action on SPC by Daniel Andrews and Labor. I note that the...
  • DisabilityCare Australia (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Assistant Minister for Social Services, Senator Fifield. Can the minister provide an update to the Senate on the operation of the four trial sites of the National Disability...
  • Ministerial Staff: Code of Conduct (6 speeches)
    My question is directed to the Assistant Minister for Health. Can the minister confirm that the assistant secretary to the Department of Health with responsibility for the health star...
  • Western Australia: Shark Cull (16 speeches)
    Mr President, my question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment, Senator Cormann. I refer to the exemption granted by the Minister for the Environment of the Western...
  • Building and Construction Industry (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Employment, Senator Abetz. Has the minister seen the report in today's Herald Sun that more than a dozen militant union officials have been banned from...
  • Ministerial Staff: Code of Conduct (21 speeches)
    On what date did the Prime Minister approve the appointment of her chief of staff? Was the Prime Minister informed about her chief of staff's shareholding in a food industry lobbying firm before...
  • Carbon Pricing (9 speeches)
    My question is to the minister representing the Minister for the Environment, Senator Cormann. What will be the effect of further delays in dealing with the carbon tax repeal legislation?
  • Imports (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Industry, Senator Ronaldson. In 2011, the then opposition leader, now Prime Minister, announced that the coalition's policy on dumping...
  • Ministerial Staff: Code of Conduct (20 speeches)
    My question is to the Assistant Minister for Health. I refer the minister to her intervention causing the removal of the Health Star Rating website just hours after it went live. Can the minister...
  • National Security (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis. Can the Attorney-General acquaint the Senate with recent testimony provide by General James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence...