Senate debates

Thursday, 16 November 2017

  • Attorney-General, Qualifications of Senators (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis. Earlier this month, when asked whether he had rendered Ms Hollie Hughes ineligible to be elected as a senator by appointing her to the...
  • Energy (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis, in his capacity representing the Prime Minister. Can the minister update the Senate on how the coalition government's National Energy...
  • Multiculturalism (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. I refer to the Prime Minister's commitment to a multicultural Australia in which racism and discrimination have no...
  • Adani Carmichael Coalmine (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science representing the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. Minister, as climate change talks commenced in Bonn, a report...
  • Hadgkiss, Mr Nigel (24 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Employment, Senator Cash. The former commissioner of the Australian Building and Construction Commission resigned on 13 September after admitting he had...
  • Adani Carmichael Coalmine (27 speeches, 1 comment)
    My question is to the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Senator Canavan. Minister, as you are aware, my stance on the yet to be constructed Adani rail line is that it should be built...
  • Employment (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance, representing the Treasurer. Senator Canavan will be pleased to note that my question, like those of Senator O'Sullivan and Senator Hanson, is about...
  • Yemen: Human Rights (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence, Senator Payne. Yesterday the ABC reported that as part of Operation Manitou, the Royal Australian Navy on 16 August held training exercises with its...
  • Women in Sport (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Communications and the Minister representing the Minister for Sport, Senator Fifield. Over the weekend, Australia took on England in a historic day-night...
  • Central Queensland: Water (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Senator Canavan.
  • Ministerial Conduct (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. Can the minister confirm that the Prime Minister's own ministerial standards require ministers to uphold the law...