Senate debates

Monday, 6 March 2023

  • Superannuation (10 speeches)
    BIRMINGHAM (—) (): My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer: will superannuation account holders affected by Labor's new doubling of the super tax be able to withdraw funds...
  • Budget (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Gallagher. Can the minister outline to the Senate the challenges facing the budget following a decade of wasteful spending and economic...
  • Superannuation: Taxation (23 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. Minister, how will the government's new doubling of the super tax treat unrealised capital gains?
  • Climate Change (19 speeches)
    My question is to the Leader of the Government in the Senate representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Today a report was released by RepuTex, the modellers who modelled the Labor...
  • Rare Earths Mining Industry, Lithium-Ion Battery Industry (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Industry and Science, Senator Farrell. Can the minister update the Senate on the government's plans to ensure that Australia adds...
  • Covid-19: Vaccination (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Aged Care, Senator Gallagher. In the February Senate estimates hearings Adjunct Professor Skerritt, deputy secretary,...
  • Superannuation: Taxation (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. Given that Labor's new doubling of the super tax will see earnings in some superannuation accounts paying twice the...
  • Wages (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Gallagher. On 21 February the Fair Work Commission said that the 15 per cent increase for aged-care workers should be paid in full from 1 July...
  • Albanese Government (17 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Can the minister update the Senate on how the Albanese government is delivering a better future for all Australians...
  • Superannuation: Taxation (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. How will the new super tax apply to defined-benefit schemes?
  • Australia: Floods (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Emergency Management, Senator Watt. Last February, New South Wales and Queensland faced devastating flooding in one of the costliest and most devastating global...
  • Superannuation: Taxation (25 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. Will an increasing number of Australians be subjected to Labor's new doubling of the super tax due to the...