Senate debates

Tuesday, 5 September 2023

  • Workplace Relations (39 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Senator Watt. Minister, in the more than 700 pages of the 'closing the loopholes' bill and...
  • Economy (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Gallagher. Tomorrow the ABS will release the national accounts for the June quarter, providing the most up-to-date snapshot of how the...
  • Aviation Industry (41 speeches)
    My question is for the minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Yesterday the Western Australian Labor Premier, Roger Cook, added his voice to the chorus of state Labor leaders who...
  • Climate Change (18 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water, Senator Wong. Last week the environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, approved yet another coalmine. This year...
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Can the minister please remind the Senate how and why the proposal for the Voice to Parliament was developed, why it...
  • Murray-Darling Basin (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water, Minister Wong. The mighty Murrumbidgee River flows through the ACT, and it has been in poor condition for...
  • Government Accountability (18 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Minister Wong. A recent report by the Centre for Public Integrity revealed that the former Morrison government—this mob over...
  • Biosecurity (8 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Until last year, Australia was one of the last remaining countries to be free of Varroa destructor mite, a bug that has...
  • Workplace Relations (28 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Senator Watt. Last year's Secure Jobs, Better Pay reforms were passed to get wages moving again...