Senate debates

Monday, 27 March 2017

  • Workplace Relations (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. Last week the Turnbull government made a submission to the Fair Work Commission on its decision to cut penalty...
  • Economy (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Cormann. Can the minister outline what the government is doing to grow the Australian economy, encourage investment and create jobs?
  • Pauline Hanson's One Nation (10 speeches)
    I am making a habit of asking questions of the Leader of the Government in the Senate. My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. Last week the leader of the...
  • Global Security (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence, Senator Payne. The campaign to retake Mosul has now entered its sixth month. Given the recent reports of casualties in areas of west Mosul which are...
  • Mining (15 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Minister Canavan. I refer to reports on a major current affairs program on Sunday night that concluded that the Great Barrier...
  • Fair Work Commission (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. Given the Prime Minister has indicated that his government supports a pay cut of up to $77 a week for up to...
  • Veterans (8 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister for Defence, Senator Payne. Justice Mohr, a former Navy stoker who rose to become a major general and later a judge in the Supreme Court of South Australia, was...
  • Energy (13 speeches)
    I would like to take this opportunity to offer Senator MacDonald and all those in North Queensland facing Cyclone Debbie all the best as that proceeds. My question is to the Minister for...
  • Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis. On Friday, the Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia, FECCA, gave evidence to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs...
  • Child Care (8 speeches)
    My question is to the very able Minister for Education and Training, Senator Birmingham. Will the minister inform the Senate how the government's childcare package will support low-and middle...
  • Iraq (8 speeches)
    Over the weekend, the United States government took responsibility for air strikes in western Mosul that may have killed more than 200 civilians, most of them women, children and the elderly....
  • Turnbull Government (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. On Friday, Prime Minister Turnbull recommitted to his government's $50 billion company tax cuts after Treasurer...
  • International Development Assistance (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Senator Fierravanti-Wells. Can the minister please inform the Senate how the Turnbull government is using its...