Senate debates

Thursday, 27 February 2020

  • Coronavirus (8 speeches)
    My question is to Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians, Senator Colbeck. Can the minister advise the Senate of the Morrison government's plan to prepare for the global challenge of the...
  • Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (16 speeches)
    My question is to the minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. Sport Australia has given evidence to the Senate that it received the backdated brief from the government...
  • Pensions and Benefits (17 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Ruston, the Minister for Families and Social Services. On 18 February 2020 The Guardian reported that the government is arguing in documents filed in the Federal Court...
  • Aged Care (24 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians, Senator Colbeck. Yesterday, the minister denied in the Senate that the government was seeking to privatise ACAT services. On...
  • Defence Facilities: Chemical Contamination (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment, Senator Birmingham. No remediation is being carried out on the PFAS contamination plumes, now spreading outside of...
  • Infrastructure (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, Senator Cash. Can the minister update the Senate on how the Morrison government is...
  • Great Barrier Reef (17 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, Senator Cormann. Minister, Australians love their oceans,...
  • Aged Care (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians, Senator Colbeck. The Australian newspaper this morning revealed that in the days after the Nationals leadership spill, Deputy...
  • Defence Procurement (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence, Senator Reynolds. Can the minister update the Senate on the coalition government's investment in Defence facilities and infrastructure in Northern...
  • Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. I refer to the minister's earlier answers. Given that former Minister McKenzie consulted the Prime Minister and...
  • Child Care (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Education, Senator Ruston. Can the minister update the Senate on how the Morrison government's plan is supporting Australian families...
  • Australian Maritime Safety Authority (15 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, Senator Cash. Damien Mills died tragically at age 35 when he fell overboard while...