Senate debates

Monday, 13 August 2018

  • Taxation (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Cormann. Earlier this year, the minister said, 'We are completely and utterly committed to our business tax cuts'. However, this morning, the...
  • Employment (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Jobs and Innovation, Senator Cash. Can the minister update the Senate about the Turnbull government's progress in delivering jobs for the Australian people?
  • Energy (21 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Energy, Senator Birmingham. Last Monday, the Prime Minister told the ABC that his National Energy Guarantee had...
  • Great Barrier Reef Foundation (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Leader of the Government, representing the Prime Minister. Minister, the chairman's panel of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation is made up of a who's who of the coal, oil and...
  • Energy (14 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Birmingham, the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Energy. I refer to the Energy Security Board's modelling of the government's National Energy...
  • Migration (8 speeches)
    My question is to Minister Fifield, representing the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Minister, Australia's population has now reached 25 million. If this year's federal budget...
  • Defence Procurement (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence, Senator Payne. Can the minister please advise the Senate what the Turnbull government is doing to ensure our maritime security, including our naval...
  • Great Barrier Reef Foundation (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. On 9 April, the Prime Minister and Minister Frydenberg attended a private meeting with the chairman of the Great...
  • Welfare Reform (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Social Services, Senator Fierravanti-Wells. Could the minister please inform the Senate how the Turnbull government is addressing...
  • Yemen (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence, Minister Payne. Minister, on 9 August an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition on a market area in the northern Yemen city of Saada hit a school bus....
  • Great Barrier Reef Foundation (14 speeches)
    My question without notice is for the Minister for Jobs and Innovation, Senator Cash. Can the minister explain to the Senate what capabilities the Great Barrier Reef Foundation will bring to this...