Senate debates

Tuesday, 15 July 2014

  • Indigenous Legal Services (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis. I refer to the $1 million cut in federal funding to the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency, commonly known as NAAJA, which has...
  • Budget (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance and the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Cormann. Can the minister please advise the Senate of support by senior economic commentators for...
  • Employment (11 speeches, 1 comment)
    My question without notice is to the Minister for Employment, Senator Abetz. According to a recent newspaper report, Wangaratta textile manufacturer Bruck Textile Technologies was recently bought...
  • Financial Services (12 speeches)
    My question is to Acting Assistant Treasurer, Senator Cormann. Is the senator aware that at the Senate inquiry into the changes to the future of financial advice legislation, a witness...
  • Asylum Seekers (7 speeches)
    Firstly, my sincere congratulations to you, Mr President, on your election. My question is to the Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Senator Cash. Can the minister inform...
  • Budget (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister Representing the Minister for Communications, Senator Fifield. One day before last year's federal election then opposition leader Tony Abbott said that, 'There...
  • Rural and Regional Health Services (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Assistant Minister for Health, Senator Nash. Can the minister advise the Senate about the good work that the National Centre for Farmer Health is doing in my home state of...
  • Goods and Services Tax (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Cormann. This government's National Commission of Audit, in recommendation No. 9, proposed an equal distribution of GST off the states on a per...
  • Financial Services (11 speeches)
    Mr President, may I add my voice to that of Senator Reynolds in congratulating you on your election. My question is to the Acting Assistant Treasurer, Senator Cormann. I refer to the coalition of...
  • Higher Education (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Human Services, Senator Payne, representing the Minister for Education. Can the minister provide details of the benefits of the government's proposed higher...
  • Workplace Relations (16 speeches)
    As everybody in this place knows, when an employment agreement terminates, be it an enterprise bargaining agreement or a modern award, it is up for renegotiation. In those circumstances, as I...