Senate debates

Tuesday, 23 June 2015

  • Hospitals (6 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Brandis, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Is the New South Wales government correct when it says that the Abbott government's changes to health funding will...
  • National Security: Citizenship (10 speeches)
    My question is also to the Acting Leader of the Government in the Senate and the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis. Will the Attorney-General update the Senate on further measures the Australian...
  • Education Funding (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Will the Abbott government's green paper on Federation contain a proposal to cut federal kindergarten and preschool funding altogether?
  • Climate Change (13 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. In The Lancet today, one of the world's premier medical journals, there was a study that was released into the...
  • Australian Customs Service (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Senator Cash. Can the minister inform the Senate of the importance of securing and managing Australia's borders?
  • Budget (19 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. Does the minister agree with Michael O'Neill, Chief Executive of National Seniors Australia, who says the...
  • Family Law (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis. Attorney, in 2012 the Gillard government amended the Family Law Act in a number of ways, including expanding the definition of 'family...
  • Industrial Relations (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Human Services, Senator Payne. Can the minister confirm that despite her department sending its revised enterprise bargaining offer to the Australian Public...
  • Indigenous Business (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator Scullion. Will the minister advise the Senate how the government is supporting the economic development of Indigenous businesses?
  • Economy (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. Leaving to one side quarterly figures and extrapolations therefrom, can the minister confirm that the annual...
  • Illicit Drugs (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Senator Cash. Will the minister advise the Senate how the government is deterring and disrupting the importation...