Senate debates

Monday, 7 December 2020

  • Child Care (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham. Under the Morrison government's current childcare scheme a family with a full-time policeman and a physio...
  • COVID-19: Employment (10 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business, Senator Cash. Can the minister please update the Senate on the state of the labour market following COVID-19 and...
  • Pensions and Benefits (12 speeches)
    My question as to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham. As early as January 2017, when Mr Morrison was the Treasurer, the government was aware that up to 86 per cent...
  • Association of Southeast Asian Nations (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Payne. Will the minister update the Senate on the importance of Australia's relationship with South-East Asia and the ways in which the...
  • Climate Change (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health, Senator Cash. The 2019-20 bushfires resulted in about 450 deaths due to direct injury and air pollution exposure and they sent...
  • COVID-19: People with Disability (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families and Social Services, Senator Ruston. The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability's report into...
  • Gas Industry (8 speeches)
    My question is addressed to Senator Ruston, who is representing the Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia. The Australian government used the weakest gas laws in the world to...
  • COVID-19: Defence (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence. Can the minister update the Senate on what support Defence has provided to international partners across the Indo-Pacific during COVID-19?
  • COVID-19: International Travel (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Payne. Laura, who is stranded in Spain and wants to come home, has had her status changed by DFAT to 'not seeking to return to...
  • COVID-19: Health Care (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health, Senator Cash. Could the minister advise the Senate how the Morrison government's health response to COVID-19 is helping to...
  • Youth Employment (30 speeches)
    My question this afternoon is to the Minister for Youth and Sport, Senator Colbeck. A report out today from the Brotherhood of St Laurence states that youth unemployment was 'already stubbornly...