House debates

Tuesday, 29 November 2016

  • Environment (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Energy. In a Senate committee report tabled yesterday, Australia's biggest power company, AGL, which runs coal-fired generators like Loy...
  • Australian Building and Construction Commission (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources. Will the Deputy Prime Minister outline to the House how the ABCC will benefit the agricultural sector...
  • Murray-Darling Basin (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. I refer to the Deputy Prime Minister's earlier answer. As a result of water entitlement prices doubling in some major catchments of the Murray-Darling...
  • Building and Construction Industry (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry representing the Minister for Employment. Will the minister outline why it is important to restore the rule of law on building sites across the...
  • Murray-Darling Basin (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Can the Deputy Prime Minister assure the House that there are no documents which confirm that the government considered cutting funding to the...
  • Foreign Policy (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister advise the House on the importance of strengthening international relationships in support of our national interest? Is the...
  • Attorney-General (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday in question time the Prime Minister was asked whether the Attorney-General had given the Solicitor-General a verbal instruction not to run a...
  • Skilled Migration Program (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Can the minister update the House on the steps that the government is taking to ensure the effective management of the 457...
  • Attorney-General (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister, on behalf of the Commonwealth, waive legal privilege in relation to the government's communications with the Solicitor-General about...
  • Trade with China (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. Will the minister update the House on how the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement is delivering new export opportunities for...
  • Attorney-General (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to his previous answer. The Bell Group case began in the High Court in November 2015. A barrister appeared for the Commonwealth in the High Court on...
  • Building and Construction Industry (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Urban Infrastructure. Will the minister explain to the House the importance of restoring the rule of law to construction sites, ensuring hardworking Australians...
  • Attorney-General (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. At exactly this time last year, the Prime Minister stood at the dispatch box and expressed full confidence in ministers Briggs and Brough, and in the member...
  • Veterans (2 speeches)
    My constituency question is to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs. Could the minister please advise that House how the government plans to harness the skills and increase employment of veterans...
  • Minister for Revenue and Financial Services (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Assistant Treasurer and the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, and it refers to the answer she gave yesterday in relation to her responsibilities for the ATO. Has...
  • Renewable Energy (2 speeches, 1 comment)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Energy. Despite Australia having an abundance of cheap, natural energy sources, especially in the regions—such as my electorate of...
  • Prime Minister (10 speeches)
    ) ( ): My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's previous answers and to a new report that he has divested his interest in a vulture fund which profited from...
  • Infrastructure (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. My electorate of Wright has many vegetable growers who supply an immense amount of product both domestically and abroad. We have...