House debates

Thursday, 5 December 2013

  • Childcare Funding (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Given that the coalition's policy very clearly stated 'we will honour funds contracted from the Early Years Quality Fund', why has his government not paid a...
  • Child Care (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Assistant Minister for Education. I remind the minister that childcare groups and parents in my electorate of Robertson have told me of the burden that the previous...
  • Goods and Services Tax (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Given that the Prime Minister said, 'There will be no change to the GST, full stop, end of story,' why is the government considering doing the opposite and...
  • Broadband (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Communications. Will the minister update the House on the steps the government is taking to ensure the NBN can deliver faster broadband to all households and...
  • Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Given that the coalition said it would introduce a boat buyback scheme in Indonesia, why hasn't the government bought a single Indonesian boat, completely...
  • Education (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education. Will the minister inform the House how freeing local schools from bureaucratic and centralised education systems, through independent public schools...
  • Foreign Investment (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister, although he may ask the Minister for Agriculture to answer given today's precedent. I refer to the Treasurer's weak decision to reject a major foreign...
  • Crime (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Justice. I refer to the coalition's Safer Street fund and thank the minister for a funding commitment of $300,000 for CCTV cameras in my electorate. Will the...