Senate debates

Monday, 6 November 2023

  • Economy (26 speeches)
    My question is to the minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Farrell. With core inflation still almost twice the top of the RBA's band, what is the change in real wage—and I emphasise...
  • Israel (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Watt. Minister, can you update the Senate on the situation in the Middle East and how Australia is responding...
  • Ideologically Motivated Extremism (18 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Farrell. Media reporting over the weekend has revealed that an Islamic preacher in Sydney delivered a radical sermon that...
  • Israel (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister. The State of Israel is carpet-bombing Gaza, targeting civilians and committing war crimes for the world to see. So far, Israel has...
  • Trade with China (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Trade and Tourism, Senator Farrell. Over the last 18 months, the Albanese Labor government has been hard at work repairing our international relationships and...
  • Housing Supply (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs, Senator Watt. Australia has 300,000 hotel rooms and 140,000 Airbnbs. These are, of course, turned over many times. There...
  • Queensland: Infrastructure (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Today is day 190 of the 90-day review—making it 100 days overdue—that the minister for infrastructure told us would be...
  • Cost of Living (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Farrell. The Albanese government recognises that many Australians are doing it tough, feeling the pinch of rising costs as a...
  • Defence Procurement (25 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Farrell. Can the minister guarantee that all nine of the scheduled Hunter class frigates, or any variation to them, will be...
  • Queensland: Bushfires (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Emergency Management, Senator Watt. Minister, for the past few weeks I, like many Australians, have been monitoring the increasing fire activity across...
  • Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister presenting the Prime Minister, Senator Farrell. Should the Chinese government's attempted coercive trade sanctions against Australia be considered a reason not to...