House debates

Monday, 24 February 2014

  • Asylum Seekers (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Last Tuesday, the minister cautioned 'people to be very wary of unsubstantiated reports that may be put into the public...
  • Regional Aviation (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. How will the government's policies assist regional aviation and the jobs that it supports?
  • Asylum Seekers (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. In light of the minister's previous answer, precisely at what time and on which day was the minister first advised that the...
  • Carbon Pricing (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment. I refer the minister to the statement of the managing director of Adelaide Brighton, Mr Mark Chellew, who said: The removal of the carbon tax...
  • Asylum Seekers (15 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. In the minister's previous answer, the minister has said that he first received information on Tuesday questioning the...
  • Fiji (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister update the House on her recent official visit to Fiji, and the government's approach to Fiji?
  • Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Minister, who is the person on Manus Island in charge of the detention facility? Prior to the death of Mr Reza Berati, how...
  • Donations to Political Parties (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education and Minister representing the Minister for Employment. Will the minister inform the House what funds the Health Services Union, a registered...
  • Ministerial Staff: Code of Conduct (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the conflict of interest involving Senator Nash's former chief of staff and to the statement of the Prime Minister's own department at Senate...
  • Education (5 speeches)
    Madam Speaker, my question is to the Assistant Minister for Education. I refer the minister to this morning's report that shows one in five young people aged 15 to 24 in west and north-west...
  • Ministerial Staff: Code of Conduct (12 speeches)
    Madam Speaker, my question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's previous answer where he has admitted that he was aware of the conflict of interest prior to the appointment...
  • Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
    Madam Speaker, my question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister inform the House how many days it has been since the last illegal boat arrived? What factors...
  • Ministerial Staff: Code of Conduct (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister and I refer to his previous answer. I refer to the Statement of Ministerial Standards that requires ministers to ensure their decisions are unaffected by bias...
  • GP Superclinics (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health. I refer the minister to the Emerald GP superclinic in my electorate which was promised more than three years ago. It is still not open and still has not...
  • Ministerial Staff: Code of Conduct (12 speeches)
    My question is again to the Prime Minister. I refer to his statement: I am determined to ensure that as far as the new Coalition government in Canberra is concerned, not only is it clean and fair...
  • Broadband (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Communications. What is the government doing to deliver fast broadband to Australian businesses and families who cannot access broadband after six years of Labor?