Senate debates

Wednesday, 8 February 2017

  • Indigenous Advancement Strategy (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator Scullion. I refer to the Australian National Audit Office audit on the Indigenous Advancement Strategy, which points to the deep...
  • Child Care (10 speeches)
    My question is to Minister for Education and Training, Minister Birmingham. Will the minister inform the Senate what the government is doing to support working parents through its jobs for...
  • ABC Shortwave Radio Service (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Communications, Senator Fifield. On 31 January the ABC shut down its shortwave service in outback Australia, cutting of Australians living in remote and...
  • Asylum Seekers (21 speeches)
    My question is to the Leader of the Government representing the Prime Minister. Minister, the Acting Chief Migration Officer of Papua New Guinea, Solomon Kantha, has confirmed that 60 people who...
  • National Broadband Network (8 speeches, 1 comment)
    My question is to the Minister for Communications, Senator Fifield. Can the minister update the Senate on the National Broadband Network's latest milestone?
  • Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (8 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Nash, the minister representing the Minister for Health. Every year dozens of young Australians die or are permanently disabled from meningococcal disease. The Bexsero...
  • Economy (15 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Senator Canavan. Can the minister outline to the Senate what role the resources sector has played in Australia's recent record...
  • Automotive Industry (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Senator Sinodinos. As recently as yesterday in the Senate you claimed that the government is going to help workers that will...
  • International Development Assistance: Volunteers (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Senator Fierravanti-Wells. Can the minister advise the Senate of the contribution that Australian volunteers make to...
  • Western Australia: Employment (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. The latest labour force data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that since the Abbott-Turnbull...
  • Ovarian Cancer (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Employment and Minister for Women, Senator Cash. February is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, and I note that many of my colleagues around the chamber are...