Senate debates

Thursday, 11 June 2020

  • Pensions and Benefits (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. Yesterday the minister refused to accept that it was wrong to hound Nadia Sievewright over an illegal robodebt...
  • COVID-19: Economy (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Cormann. Can the minister inform the Senate how Australia's economy is leading the developed world in its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic...
  • Pensions and Benefits (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Government Services, Senator Ruston. Internal Centrelink documents show that the government ignored warnings to Services Australia as...
  • COVID-19: Australia (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health, Senator Cash. Can the Minister update the Senate on the state of the government's health response to the COVID-19 pandemic and...
  • Gambling (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families and Social Services, Senator Ruston. New South Wales and the Northern Territory have become the first jurisdictions to restart pokies. Prime Minister...
  • JobKeeper Payment (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Cormann. Today, the member for Leichhardt called for Mr Morrison to extend JobKeeper, saying, 'There is a very strong argument,...
  • Arts (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. Senator, does art matter?
  • COVID-19: Economy (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. South-East Asian nations like Taiwan quickly learned with regard to COVID that they just had to isolate the sick...
  • JobKeeper Payment (15 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Cormann, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Yesterday the minister said: I won't rule out adjustments at the end of the review. This morning Mr Morrison...
  • Australia-India Relationship (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Can the minister update the Senate on the importance of Australia's relationship with India? How is the government strengthening our bilateral ties?
  • Bushfire Recovery (20 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management, Senator Ruston. Last week it was reported that only four per cent of Australians living...
  • Trade with India (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, Senator Birmingham. Can the minister outline how the Australia-India comprehensive strategic partnership will benefit Australia...
  • Pensions and Benefits (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. Senator Cormann has on I think six occasions, in answers to a number of questions over the past two days, declined...