House debates

Wednesday, 2 December 2015

  • Special Minister of State (2 speeches)
    My question is again to the Special Minister of State. In the minister's statement earlier today, he claimed that he could have been answering a different part of the question when he answered,...
  • Agriculture (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources. Will the minister update the House on how the coalition government's commitment to research and development is supporting...
  • Special Minister of State (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Special Minister of State. I refer to the minister's statement in the House about his role in the Ashby affair. I ask the same question that was asked by Channel 9's Liz...
  • Trade (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Trade and Investment. Will the minister update the House on the impact that the government's free trade agreements have had on confidence among Australian...
  • Special Minister of State (3 speeches)
    My question is again to the Special Minister of State. I refer to the answer the minister just gave. After the minister answered the now infamous question on 60 Minutes, Liz Hayes asked a further...
  • Ryan Electorate: New Colombo Plan (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
  • Special Minister of State (3 speeches)
    My question is again to the Special Minister of State. Today, Channel 9's respected journalist Liz Hayes tweeted: I don’t think @MalBrough_MP had any doubt about the question I was asking....
  • Solomon Electorate: Volunteers (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for International Development and the Pacific. Given my electorate of Solomon has one of Australia's largest concentrations of registered returned volunteers, can...
  • Special Minister of State (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Given the Special Minister of State misled the parliament yesterday and has misled the parliament again today, why hasn't the Prime Minister sacked the...
  • Queensland: Drought (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources. Minister, Townsville is the latest part of Queensland to be drought declared. While the federal government cannot make it rain,...
  • Special Minister of State (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. In June 2009, the Prime Minister said: He’s the one that has misled the Parliament. That is an offence that should result in the dismissal or...
  • Family Payments (2 speeches)
    My constituency question is to the Minister for Social Services. Minister, there are more than 36,000 families in my electorate of Robertson on the New South Wales Central Coast. Many parents are...
  • Special Minister of State (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. On 19 November, the Prime Minister said: The answer is yes, I do have confidence in Mr Brough. Why is it that, while the Prime Minister has been away, no...
  • Second Sydney Airport (6 speeches)
    Thank you, Mr Speaker. My question is for the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. Minister, many constituents in my electorate are concerned about the...
  • Special Minister of State (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister's judgement so bad, or did he owe the member for Fisher so much, that he gave him responsibility for government integrity?
  • Law Enforcement (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Justice. Ms Plibersek interjecting—