House debates

Thursday, 26 November 2015

  • Special Minister of State (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Special Minister of State. Yesterday the member for Fairfax said: The member for Fisher stated to me that we needed to destroy Peter Slipper. Given the minister is...
  • Mental Health (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister inform the House of the vital contribution that effective mental health services make to Australia's social and economic future?
  • Special Minister of State (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Special Minister of State. I refer to his previous answer, where he referred to the statements by the member for Fairfax yesterday in parliament, where the member for...
  • Mental Health (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health. What is the government doing to ensure that people living with mental illness get the right type of care at the right time?
  • Special Minister of State (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Special Minister of State. I refer to the minister's repeated references this week to his previous statement, in which he referred to material he provided to the Federal...
  • National Security (8 speeches, 1 comment)
    I seek clarification, Mr Speaker. The minister cannot just keep palming off questions to poor old Barnaby Joyce!
  • Taxation (6 speeches)
    Will the Treasurer inform the House of the importance of reducing the burden of tax on hardworking Australians and the need to remove inefficient and distortionary taxes? How is the government...
  • Special Minister of State (2 speeches)
    My question is again to the Special Minister of State. I refer to the minister's repeated references this week to his previous statement in which he referred to material he provided to the...
  • Industry (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science. I remind the minister that in 2013 the coalition government made a commitment to deliver $1 billion per annum in red and green...
  • Special Minister of State (5 speeches)
    I refer to the minister's previous answer and to the minister's responsibility for the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act. Can the minister explain why it is appropriate or acceptable to offer...
  • Welfare Fraud (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Human services. Will the minister update the House on what the government is doing to address welfare fraud?
  • Special Minister of State (3 speeches)
    My question is again to the Special Minister of State. I refer to the minister's responsibility for the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act. As a matter of government policy, what action does the...
  • Bushfires (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Justice. Will the minister update the House on the status of the bushfires in South Australia?
  • Special Minister of State (2 speeches)
    My question is, again, to the Special Minister of State. I refer to the minister's answers in question time this week. Clause 1.2 of the Prime Minister's statement of ministerial standards...
  • Toowoomba Second Range Crossing (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. My constituency question comes from Toby, a transport operator in the Lockyer Valley who...
  • Special Minister of State (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to clause 7.1 of the Prime Minister's statement of ministerial standards and I refer to the Special Minister of State's answer to the question, 'Did...
  • Lyons Electorate: Airport Leasing Arrangements (2 speeches)
    My constituency question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development on behalf of the ratepayers of the Northern Midlands Council. As the minister...
  • Special Minister of State (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. In former Prime Minister Abbott's ministry, Senator Sinodinos had to stand aside. Since then the new Prime Minister has appointed a Special Minister of...
  • Bass Electorate: Defence Science and Technology (3 speeches)
    My constituency question is to the Minister for Defence Materiel and Science. Over the last 60 years, the Defence Science and Technology Group facility in my electorate of Bass has provided...