Senate debates

Tuesday, 16 June 2009

  • Employment (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Employment Participation, Senator Arbib. Is the minister aware that 47 per cent of job seekers will be reassigned case workers and job providers on 1 July as a...
  • Nation Building and Jobs Plan (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Evans. Can the minister inform the Senate of the progress on rolling out the government’s nation-building economic...
  • Employment (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Employment Participation, Senator Arbib. With regard to the new Job Services Australia contracts, will the minister confirm that there were employment services...
  • Climate Change (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Wong. Can the minister outline why it is necessary to act on climate change, can the minister provide authoritative sources...
  • Broadband (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Conroy. I refer the minister to the outrage sparked in the early 1990s when aerial pay television...
  • Environment: Dieback (6 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Wong, the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. I wish to draw the minister’s attention to the recently released four-year...
  • Budget (33 speeches)
  • Building the Education Revolution Program (10 speeches, 3 comments)
    My question is to the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Government Service Delivery, Senator Arbib. Can the minister inform the Senate of actions the government has taken to invest in...
  • Defence (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence, Senator Faulkner—and I, of course, congratulate him on his elevation to that position. On a very good day, the Navy can have two of our six...