Senate debates

Monday, 30 November 2020

  • Pensions and Benefits (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham. Can the minister tell the Senate who was the social services minister in 2016 when the robodebt scheme was...
  • China (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister provide a response to the Senate on the Twitter post issued today by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs?
  • Pensions and Benefits (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Government Services, Senator Ruston. In 2015, then social services minister Scott Morrison targeted vulnerable Australians through his...
  • COVID-19: Economy (8 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business, Senator Cash. Can the minister outline for the Senate how the Morrison government's record economic support has...
  • Climate Change (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Leader of the Government in the Senate, representing the Prime Minister. A new raft of temperature records were broken over this weekend, with an intense and prolonged...
  • COVID-19: Income Support Payments (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham. There are nearly one million Australians unemployed, 1.4 million underemployed and 2.8 million relying on...
  • Trade with China (8 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister for Finance, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, Minister Birmingham. Australia has no market other than China for 30 per cent of Australia's exports and...
  • National Security (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence, Senator Reynolds. Can the minister update the Senate on how the government is building a more secure Australia and preserving our regionally superior...
  • Cormann, Mr Mathias (18 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham. Former Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann has been jetting across Europe in an RAAF plane to the tune of...
  • Child Abuse (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families and Social Services, Senator Ruston. Can the minister update the Senate on how the Morrison government is ensuring survivors of institutional child...
  • Pensions and Benefits (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Government Services, Senator Ruston. Can the minister confirm the government received 14 official reports of robodebt victims...