Senate debates

Monday, 24 August 2020

  • COVID-19: Aged Care (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians, Senator Colbeck. Minister, on Friday, you could not tell the Senate select committee how many aged-care residents had passed...
  • COVID-19: Victoria (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health, Senator Cash. Can the minister please update the Senate on how the Liberal and Nationals government is supporting Victoria...
  • COVID-19: Aged Care (17 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians, Senator Colbeck. How many aged-care residential facilities are currently experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks?
  • COVID-19: Defence (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence, Senator Reynolds. Can the Minister update the Senate on what practical support Defence has been providing to states and territories to minimise the...
  • Aged Care (15 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Colbeck, the Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians. Minister, on Friday the government announced $171 million additional funding for aged care, while experts...
  • COVID-19: Aged Care (17 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians, Senator Colbeck. On 12 April Minister Colbeck declared that he had planned for 'worst-case scenarios'. Given that 335 older...
  • Renewable Energy (9 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Birmingham, representing the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. I commissioned a highly respected economist, Dr Alan Moran, to review government economic and...
  • Beirut: Explosion (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Payne. The explosion in Beirut was a shocking and distressing event that has rightly mobilised the international community. Can the...
  • Aged Care (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australian, Senator Colbeck. Minister, who is responsible for aged care?
  • Live Animal Exports (7 speeches)
    My question is to Senator Ruston, the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management. The egregious decision in 2011 by former Labor Minister for...
  • COVID-19: Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians, Senator Colbeck. Today the aged-care royal commissioners, the Hon. Tony Pagone QC and Ms Lynelle Briggs AO, said: 'Had the...
  • COVID-19: Domestic and Family Violence (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Families and Social Services, Senator Ruston. Can the minister update the Senate on how the Morrison government is informing families at risk of violence about...