Senate debates

Wednesday, 20 November 2024

  • Business (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. Data released by debt-monitoring firm CreditorWatch showed that the failure rate of Australian businesses rose to...
  • Wages (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Finance and Minister for Women, Senator Gallagher. Labor wants Australians to earn more and keep more of what they earn. As part of our focus on cost-of-living...
  • Economy (26 speeches)
    My question is also to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. Minister, can you categorically rule out additional spending in the form of one-off payments prior to the next...
  • Climate Change (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Senator McAllister. With reports yesterday of the worst coral loss in 39 years in parts of the Great...
  • First Nations Australians (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians, Senator McCarthy. The Albanese Labor government is committed to improving outcomes for First Nations communities. Can the minister...
  • Men's Health (18 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Aged Care, Senator Gallagher. Yesterday I visited the lawns in front of parliament to speak to advocates for the many...
  • Energy (21 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. The CEO of the Australian Energy Market Operator, Mr Daniel Westerman, was recently asked at a Senate inquiry if he...
  • Middle Arm Project (27 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister for Indigenous Australians, Senator McCarthy. There's been more delays to the controversial Middle Arm gas and petrochemical hub on Larrakia country, which your...
  • Vocational Education and Training (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Skills and Training, Senator Watt. We know fee-free TAFE is changing lives. Within the first three months more than 118,000 people had...
  • Banking and Financial Services (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. The 1937 banking royal commission recommended that the central bank should always control the volume of credit in the...