Senate debates

Tuesday, 30 November 2021

  • COVID-19: Quarantine (8 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Birmingham, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. In a report released this month, Mr Morrison's handpicked quarantine adviser, Ms Jane Halton, told him: 'Some...
  • Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham. Can the minister please inform the Senate on the status of the final report of the Independent Review into...
  • COVID-19: Vaccination (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham. As the omicron variant emerges in Australia, a webinar promoted by One Nation was recently hosted by the...
  • Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister. The Human Rights Commission's comprehensive report Set the standard is a much-needed reality check on the cultural and structural...
  • National Security (8 speeches)
    My question is to Minister Payne, representing the Minister for Defence. Minister, the AUKUS security agreement and the government's decision to spend many billions on nuclear submarines is...
  • COVID-19: Vaccination (9 speeches)
    TH () (): My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham. As then Minister for Social Services, in 2015, Mr Morrison removed the exemption for parents who are...
  • Covid-19 (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs, Senator Cash. Can the Minister outline what steps the government is taking to keep Australians safe and to ensure that...
  • Tasmania: Housing Affordability (18 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister representing the Minister for Housing. Minister, Tasmania's housing crisis is at boiling point. The average Hobart renter is paying nearly a third of their income...
  • COVID-19: Vaccination (17 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health, Senator Colbeck. In early November, President Biden announced that the US already had enough vaccines to supply every child in...
  • Australian Natural Disasters (9 speeches)
    Y (—) (): My question is to the Minister for Emergency Management and National Recovery and Resilience, Senator McKenzie. We've recently seen some quite devastating flooding in the north of...