Senate debates

Wednesday, 14 May 2014

  • Budget (23 speeches)
    My question is to the Assistant Minister for Health, Senator Nash. I refer to Prime Minister Abbott's pre-election promise: We are about getting rid of taxes, not imposing new taxes. Can the...
  • Medical Research Future Fund (22 speeches)
    My question is to the Assistant Minister for Health, Senator Nash. Can the minister update the Senate on the historic proposal for a world-leading new medical research fund announced in the...
  • Budget (54 speeches)
    My question is to the Assistant Minister for Health, Senator Nash. I refer to the Prime Minister's promise of 'no cuts to health'. Can the minister confirm that the Prime Minister is breaking his...
  • Indigenous Affairs (18 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator Scullion. I refer the minister to the Prime Minister's pre-election promise that he would be a Prime Minister for Aboriginal...
  • Higher Education (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Human Services representing the Minister for Education, Senator Payne. Can the minister advise the Senate how the measures contained in last night's budget...
  • Budget (34 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Cormann. Minister, this budget has been widely considered to have the strongest consequences for those who can least afford it, whether it be...