Senate debates

Monday, 11 November 2019

  • Drought (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Water Resources, Drought, Rural Finance, Natural Disaster and Emergency Management, Senator McKenzie. Can the Minister please outline...
  • Regional Jobs and Investment Packages (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Development, Senator McKenzie. The Auditor-General's scathing report into the regional jobs and...
  • Remembrance Day (6 speeches)
    My question is to the minister representing the Minister for Defence, Senator Payne. Today, 11 November, marks Remembrance Day. Can the minister please advise the Senate on the importance of...
  • Australian Bushfires (16 speeches)
    My question is to Minister McKenzie, representing the Minister for Natural Disasters and Emergency Management. Bushfire victims are suffering from the climate crisis. It's not just 11,000 global...
  • Drought Communities Program (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Water Resources, Drought, Rural Finance, Natural Disaster and Emergency Management, Senator McKenzie. Departmental officials told...
  • Dairy Industry (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Senator McKenzie. Minister, your department released an exposure draft of the competition and consumer industry code dairy regulation 2019 in the...
  • Aged Care (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians, Senator Colbeck. Can the minister advise the Senate on what measures the government has been delivering to support older...
  • Farm Household Allowance (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Senator McKenzie. Last month, Minister, you told farmers struggling with years of drought: A one-off drought relief payment of up to $13,000 for a...
  • Employment (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business, Senator Cash. Can the minister update the Senate about the recent jobs fair held in Western Australia and how...
  • Centrelink (15 speeches)
    My question is also to Senator Cash, the Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business. Senate estimates revealed that 104,480 jobseekers and jobactive participants who had their...