Senate debates

Thursday, 25 July 2019

  • Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction (16 speeches)
    My question is to the minister representing the Minister for the Environment, Senator Birmingham. Following representations by Minister Taylor, then Minister Frydenberg's office arranged a...
  • Australian Defence Force (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence. Can the minister update the Senate on how Australia is deepening defence co-operation with the United States to ensure a stable, peaceful, and...
  • Pensions and Benefits (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families and Social Services, Senator Ruston. On Tuesday, when asked about the Liberal-National government's targeting of Townsville flood victims as part of...
  • Newstart Allowance (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families and Social Services, Senator Ruston. Minister, according to the data from the Department of Social Services, the average amount of time someone spends...
  • Superannuation (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. Despite your assurances, Senator Paterson said on Monday: I also think it's worthwhile for the government …...
  • Water (26 speeches)
    My question is to Senator McKenzie, representing the Minister for Water Resources, Drought, Rural Finance, Natural Disaster and Emergency Management. Australia's population has grown by five...
  • Coal Industry (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia. Minister, the coal industry contributes around $5 billion worth of royalties for schools, hospitals and better roads across...
  • Disability Services (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families and Social Services, Senator Ruston. Between 2014 and 2017, the New South Wales Ombudsman found that there were no less than 42 preventable deaths of...
  • Superannuation (17 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Cormann: I refer to the government's proposed changes to superannuation default insurance. From 2003 to 2016 more than 3,400...
  • Disability Services (11 speeches)
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  • Minister for the Environment and Energy (8 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Birmingham, the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Energy. Whilst trying to justify his decision to vote for the government to protect Minister...
  • Sport (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Youth and Sport. Will the minister update the Senate on the government's commitment to the South-East Queensland bid for the 2032 Olympic Games? What are the...
  • Infrastructure (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Senator Canavan. In 2015, in a dissenting report to the Economics References Committee on the matter of the privatisation of...