Senate debates

Wednesday, 11 November 2015

  • Defence Procurement (6 speeches)
    On this being Remembrance Day, the day that we pause to remember the 102,000 Australians who have given their lives in service of this nation, my question is to the Minister for Defence, Senator...
  • Workplace Relations (25 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Employment, Senator Cash. Is the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister, Senator McGrath, right to say: Every weekend in Queensland a mini-cyclone called...
  • Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Cabinet Secretary, Senator Sinodinos, representing the Minister for Trade and Investment. George Kahale is chairman of the world's leading arbitration law firm defending...
  • Northern Australia Investment Forum (30 speeches)
    My question is also to Senator Sinodinos, the cabinet secretary, in his role representing the Minister for Trade and Investment, Mr Andrew Robb. It relates to the Northern Australia Investment...
  • Water (17 speeches)
    We will stay on the Northern Australia theme. My question, which I am reading on behalf of fellow Queenslander Jake Farrell of Townsville, is to Senator Colbeck, representing the Minister for...
  • Overseas Students (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Tourism and International Education, Senator Colbeck. Will the minister advise the senate of the importance of international education to Australia?
  • Defence Procurement (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence, Senator Payne. Some South Australians, especially their elected representatives, claim our submarines should be built in that state. But the Air...
  • Research and Development (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. Today's Australian Financial Review quotes the President of the Business Council, Catherine Livingstone, warning...
  • Indigenous Employment (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator Scullion. Will the minister update the Senate on what the government is doing to get more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...