House debates

Tuesday, 7 February 2017

  • Child Sexual Abuse (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Australians have been shocked and sickened by the crimes that have been revealed through the royal commission into child sexual abuse, including yesterday's...
  • Energy Security (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister advise the House on how the government is backing hardworking Australians? And what is the government doing to help Australian...
  • Employment (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. It is a matter of record that 34,000 full-time jobs have been lost in the last year, that underemployment is close to a record high and that wages are...
  • Economy (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister advise the House what the government is doing to support the household and small business budget? How will the government's energy...
  • Climate Change (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Energy Market Commission modelling shows that an emissions intensity scheme would save consumers $15 billion on their power bills, but within hours of...
  • Economy (3 speeches)
    I have a question to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on how the government is securing Australian jobs and lifting wages for hardworking Australians? In a globally competitive...
  • Climate Change (7 speeches, 1 comment)
    The Prime Minister's former energy adviser Danny Price said that the Prime Minister's refusal to even consider an emissions intensity scheme: Shows a lack of spine … By doing this, it means...
  • Telecommunications (7 speeches, 1 comment)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Over Christmas, thousands of my constituents endured several days without power, phones or internet after storms damaged electricity infrastructure. In the...
  • Live Animal Exports (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources. Will the minister update the House on how the live cattle trade is supporting jobs in regional...
  • Centrelink (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Tasmania's Liberal Premier Will Hodgman has said the flawed Centrelink data-matching system needs to be fixed, and Liberal Senator Eric Abetz has said...
  • Electricity Infrastructure (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Energy. He would be well aware that my electorate of Grey bore the brunt of last September's power outages in South Australia—Port...
  • Centrelink (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Anne Foley is a 67-year-old pensioner who received a Centrelink debt recovery notice for around $36,000. As a result, Centrelink cut off Mrs Foley's pension,...
  • Building and Construction Industry (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry, representing the Minister for Employment. Will the minister outline how industrial relations reform supports the creation of jobs for...
  • Turnbull Government (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister agree with the member for Warringah that, 'The first duty of the leader is to keep the party together'? How is that going?
  • Trade (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister update the House on how the government is promoting Australia's national interests and strengthening our bilateral...
  • Coalition Government (4 speeches, 1 comment)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Today's print media runs comments from numerous members of the PM's own government airing grievances about the internal workings of the Liberal Party,...
  • Employment (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister update the House on steps the government is taking to ensure foreign workers are a supplement to and not a...