Senate debates

Thursday, 9 February 2017

  • Indigenous Affairs (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator Scullion. Yesterday in question time, the minister claimed the Audit Office audit of the Indigenous Advancement Strategy 'makes very...
  • Australia Post (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Communications, Senator Fifield. Can the minister update the Senate on the issue of executive remuneration at Australia Post?
  • Housing Affordability (14 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Brandis, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. I refer to the Deputy Prime Minister, who on 25 January said in relation to housing affordability: We believe that...
  • Energy (8 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. Minister, given that the laws of physics mean that burning coal produces pollution and that pollution is not only...
  • Defence Properties (36 speeches)
    My question is directed to the Minister for Defence, Senator Payne. When did the minister first become aware of the need for expansion of the Shoalwater Bay Training Area and Townsville Field...
  • Queensland: Sugar Industry (7 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Nash, the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources. Minister, foreign-owned company Wilmar Sugar holds a monopoly on the Burdekin region in...