Senate debates

Thursday, 2 October 2014

  • Australian War Memorial (19 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Senator Ronaldson. I refer to the recent budget cuts to the Australian War Memorial's travelling exhibition program and the claim by the...
  • Queensland Government (8 speeches, 1 comment)
    I am motivated by real concern to ask a question of the Leader of the Government in the Senate about a matter of grave importance to many Queenslanders and to those who cherish democracy. Can the...
  • Aged Care (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Assistant Minister for Social Services, Senator Fifield. Saturday marked 100 days since the government made the cruel and shocking decision to axe the dementia and severe...
  • Ebola (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Brandis. Does the government acknowledge concerns by the United States Centers for Disease Control and...
  • Defence Procurement (23 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence, Senator Johnston. Can the minister confirm that in May this year officials from the minister's department and the Defence Materiel Organisation met...
  • Road Safety (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Employment, Senator Abetz. Today I met Mrs Lystra Tagliaferri, whose husband was killed by an out-of-control truck while he was changing a tyre on the side of...
  • Department of Human Services (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Human Services, Senator Payne. Can the minister outline to the Senate her department's approach to improving service delivery for DHS clients by outsourcing...
  • International Development Assistance (18 speeches)
    My question is to the minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Brandis. Senator, is the government now treating the overseas aid budget as an ATM to dip into to fund its...
  • Superannuation (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Abetz. I refer to the government's decision to freeze the superannuation guarantee for millions of workers and to AMP chief...