Senate debates

Wednesday, 11 November 2020

  • Senate Chamber: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flags (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham. In 1992 Senator Ron Boswell said: This chamber must be one of the very few, if not the only chamber, of any...
  • Rural and Regional Australia: Employment (8 speeches)
    My question is to the
  • Coronavirus Supplement (20 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families and Social Services, Senator Ruston. How many unemployed Australians are there for every job vacancy right now, and how would the Morrison government's...
  • COVID-19: Income Support Payments (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families and Social Services, Senator Ruston. Minister, will you confirm that the government will never make jobseekers have to rely on a JobSeeker payment of...
  • Telecommunications (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, Senator Reynolds. Can the minister inform the Senate how the Morrison-McCormack government...
  • Ministerial Conduct (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham. A former Liberal government adviser with whom Minister Tudge had a relationship has lodged a formal complaint...
  • Northern Australia (17 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Ruston, the Minister representing the Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia. Northern Australia is abundant in opportunity, providing the resources and an...
  • Members of Parliament: Conduct (8 speeches)
    My question is to the minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham. Ever since Four Corners aired on Monday, government members have been referencing the finance department's...
  • Attorney-General (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham. Monday night's Four Corners program aired offensive and sexist comments made by the Attorney-General, and a...
  • Gas Industry (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia, Senator Ruston. Minister, I recently travelled to the Beetaloo Basin in the Northern...
  • Minister for Families and Social Services (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families and Social Services, Senator Ruston. When I asked the minister about the budget measure for ongoing funding for 1800RESPECT the minister insisted: 'It...
  • National Security (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs, Senator Cash. In the wake of horrific events in Vienna and in Paris, can the minister outline to the Senate how the...