Senate debates

Thursday, 16 August 2018

  • Energy (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Senator Canavan. On Friday the minister joined the Minister for the Environment and Energy in attempting to persuade state and...
  • People with Disability (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Social Services, Senator Fierravanti-Wells. Data from the National Disability Abuse and Neglect Hotline has recently been published,...
  • Minister for Jobs and Innovation (33 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Jobs and Innovation, Senator Cash. Earlier today the minister said in relation to the Australian Federal Police investigation: 'You would also know that I am...
  • National Competition Council (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Cormann. I raise my concern that the only employee of the National Competition Council is a secondee from the ACCC. Isn't it the...
  • Indigenous Business (10 speeches)
    ) ( ): My question is to Senator Scullion, the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, who, as a senator like me, represents many Indigenous people in his electorate, in their traditional areas. I ask...
  • Murray-Darling Basin (8 speeches)
    My question is directed to the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources. South Australians deserve reliable information about the sustainability of the...
  • Indigenous Affairs (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator Scullion. On 12 February, in answer to a question I asked on funding for remote housing, the minister said, 'We're certainly not...
  • Sport (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Sport, Senator McKenzie. I'm sure Senator Farrell will be very excited about this one. The coalition government has recently released Australia's first ever...
  • Great Barrier Reef Foundation (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Jobs and Innovation, Senator Cash. In an article in this morning's Australian, entitled 'CSIRO slams grant to reef foundation', it is revealed that CSIRO has...
  • Child Care (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education and Training, Senator Birmingham. Would the minister advise the Senate as to how the Turnbull government's new childcare package has been supporting...
  • Great Barrier Reef Foundation (27 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. In Senate estimates the department of environment officials gave evidence that 'the quality of the people on the...