Senate debates

Wednesday, 27 June 2018

  • Taxation (20 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. Yesterday, the minister told the Senate that, under the Turnbull government's corporate tax cuts, 'wages will be...
  • Energy (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. In an article in this morning's The Courier-Mail titled 'Coalition's own to kill energy Bill', it is revealed that...
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Minister Canavan. Minister, the South Australian royal commission is today hearing from a former...
  • Infrastructure (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Senator Scullion. Can the minister advise the Senate how the coalition government is supporting the...
  • Radioactive Waste (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Senate Canavan, and relates to the site selection process for a national radioactive waste facility. Minister, in the...
  • Media Industry (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Communications, Senator Fifield. Can the minister inform the Senate as to how the government is supporting jobs and investment in the media industry,...
  • Energy (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education and Training representing the Minister for the Environment and Energy. Last October, Labor claimed that the National Energy Guarantee would...
  • Broadband (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Communications, Senator Fifield. Senator Martin, the government's newest senator, has described the Turnbull government's second-rate NBN as like 'driving a...
  • South Australia: Mobile Black Spot Program (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Regional Communications, Senator McKenzie. Can the minister update the Senate on how the coalition government is delivering better mobile coverage to the many...
  • Workplace Relations (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. Company profits have increased by 5.8 per cent over the year, nearly three times as much as wages. Why does this...
  • Energy (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Senator Canavan. Is the minister aware that the Incitec Pivot Gibson Island fertiliser plant was at risk of shutting down due...