Senate debates

Thursday, 21 June 2018

  • Income Tax (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Cormann. Can the minister inform the Senate how much someone on a salary of over $200,000, like Senator Hanson, who's not in the...
  • Tasmania: Employment (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Jobs and Innovation, Senator Cash. Can the minister update the Senate about what the government is doing to create jobs, particularly in the great state of Tasmania?
  • Income Tax (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Cormann. Yesterday Senator Hanson sided with the Turnbull government to give herself a tax cut of $7,000 a year. Did the minister explain to...
  • Energy (20 speeches)
    My question is for the Leader of the Government in the Senate, representing the Prime Minister. Bloomberg New Energy Finance released their global New Energy Outlook 2018 earlier this week, and...
  • Murray-Darling Basin (8 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Scullion, representing the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources. The National Partnership Agreement on Implementing Water Reform in the Murray-Darling...
  • Child Care (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education and Training, Senator Birmingham. Will the minister update the Senate on the progress under the Turnbull government's family day care enforcement action?
  • Income Tax (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Cormann. As the minister will remember, Treasury secretary John Fraser acknowledged in budget estimates that Treasury's estimates for the...
  • Great Barrier Reef (21 speeches)
    I ask the Minister for Jobs and Innovation: can the minister confirm that there was no consultation with Australia's premier public research organisations, the CSIRO and the Australian Institute...
  • Welfare Reform (8 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister representing the Minister for Social Services, Senator Fierravanti-Wells. Could the minister update the Senate on what the government is doing to assist people on...
  • Minister for Jobs and Innovation (21 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Jobs and Innovation, Senator Cash. I refer to the minister who, on 30 May, said, in relation to the Australian Federal Police investigation into leaks about an...
  • Rural and Regional Health Services (9 speeches)
    My question is to Minister for Rural Health, Senator McKenzie. Can the minister outline the Turnbull government's commitment to ensuring access to essential health services for all Australians...