Senate debates
Monday, 9 November 2015
- Economy (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Cormann. Will the minister please advise the Senate what the government is doing to build a strong economic and fiscal foundation for our... - Goods and Services Tax (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Cormann. Can the minister confirm that Treasury has modelled at least four options to increase the GST to 15 per cent and that... - Free Trade Agreements (8 speeches)
My question is to the Cabinet Secretary, representing the Minister for Trade and Investment. Can the Cabinet Secretary inform the Senate how free trade agreements are driving innovation in the... - Goods and Services Tax (6 speeches)
My question is to the finance minister. For years members of this government went to supermarkets, pie factories and trucking companies demonstrating that the price on pollution was a great big... - Registered Organisations (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment, Senator Cash. Will the minister inform the Senate of whether she is aware of any activity that highlights the necessity of improved accountability... - Christmas Island (6 speeches)
My question is to the minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. Sadly, there has been another death of a person who was under the care and detention of the Australian immigration... - National Broadband Network (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications, Senator Fifield. Can the minister update the Senate on the continued progress of the NBN rollout and the timesaving benefits of the coalition's... - Defence Procurement (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence, Senator Payne. I refer to the election promise made by the government's first Defence Minister, Senator Johnston. He said: The coalition today is... - Vocational Education and Training (21 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education and Training, Senator Birmingham. Will the minister update the Senate on the progress of the government's significant reform of the vocational... - Broadband (45 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications, Senator Fifield. The minister said, in this place on 14 October, that under Labor's plan: … the NBN was not going to be completed until...
