Senate debates

Thursday, 14 May 2020

  • JobKeeper Payment (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. ABS labour force figures released today show that 2.7 million Australian workers either lost their job or had less...
  • COVID-19: Employment (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business, Senator Cash. Can the minister update the Senate on the Australian labour force figures for the month of April?...
  • Australian Bushfires (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. This week, the Prime Minister described his government's bushfire recovery work as 'sensational' and 'tremendous'....
  • National COVID-19 Coordination Commission (8 speeches, 1 comment)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. Minister, are you confident that the COVID-19 commission is free of conflicts of interests when it comes to...
  • COVID-19: Freedom of Information (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Leader of the Government in the Senate and Minister representing the Prime Minister. Is it not the case that, in the course of January, the Prime Minister received at least...
  • COVID-19: Women (8 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister for Women, Senator Payne. Can the minister advise of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on women?
  • COVID-19: Pensions and Benefits (8 speeches)
    My question is to the minister representing the Minister for Health, Senator Cash. The only advice Minister Cormann could offer Darcy Moran, a hospitality worker suffering as a result of the...
  • COVID-19: Youth Mental Health (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Youth and Sport, Senator Colbeck. Can the minister outline what the Morrison coalition government is doing to support young Australians as they face the mental...
  • COVID-19: Superannuation (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Cormann. I refer to reports in The Australian Financial Review that the superannuation accounts of close to 100,000 Australians...
  • Defence Cooperation Program (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence, Senator Reynolds. Can the minister outline how Defence is using its Defence Cooperation Program to support international partners to respond to the...
  • Covid-19 (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. When did the Chief Medical Officer first brief the cabinet in relation to COVID-19?
  • Energy (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, Senator Birmingham. Can the minister update the Senate on how the Morrison government is investing in...
  • JobKeeper Payment (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Minister Cormann. It was revealed in corrected evidence to the Senate Select Committee on COVID-19 that the Prime Minister's...
  • COVID-19 Relief and Recovery Fund (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, Senator Cash. Can the minister inform the Senate how the Liberal-National...