Senate debates

Tuesday, 15 October 2019

  • Employment (33 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Industrial Relations, Senator Payne. How has this government managed to oversee a skills shortage and wage stagnation at the same time?
  • Mining (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Senator Canavan. Can the minister outline how the Liberal-National government is building resilience by supporting the...
  • Vocational Education and Training (39 speeches)
    My question is to the Why did the minister fail to advise Senator Chandler that on this government's watch the number of apprentices and trainees in Tasmania has fallen by 1,190, a drop of more...
  • Murray-Darling Basin (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. The Murray-Darling Basin is in environmental collapse after years of mismanagement. We're facing a climate...
  • Environment (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment, Senator Birmingham. Can the minister please update the Senate on how a strong economy and strong budget will help...
  • Employment (14 speeches)
    My question this afternoon is to the Minister for Youth and Sport, Senator Colbeck. The Grattan Institute's report Generation gap: ensuring a fair go for younger Australiansfound rising rates of...
  • Carers (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families and Social Services, Senator Ruston. Can the minister advise the Senate how the Morrison government has produced a strong economy and strong budget...
  • Vocational Education and Training (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Education, Minister Birmingham. Do you believe that our young people who don't want to go to uni and who like learning with their...
  • Employment (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Youth and Sport, Senator Colbeck. While youth unemployment is at 11.7 per cent—more than double the national average—the government's flagship youth...
  • International Day of Rural Women (9 speeches)
    I note this is not my first speech. My question is to the Minister for Women, Senator Payne. Today is International Day of Rural Women. Can the minister outline the government's initiatives to...