House debates

Monday, 26 May 2014

  • Budget: Age Pensioners (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister: 13,240 age pensioners in the seat of Reid will have their concessions cut for their water bills as a result of the Prime Minister's cruel budget. Why should...
  • Medicare (49 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health. How will the government strengthen Medicare? What challenges does the government face in ensuring a sustainable health system?
  • Asylum Seekers (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Would the minister tell the House what benefits have flowed because of the government's policies to strengthen our borders?
  • Budget (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his statement last week on ABC's Q&A, telling a chronically ill person that they would not be hit with the GP tax, and the Australian...
  • Infrastructure Investment Program (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. How will the government's Infrastructure Investment Program support the construction and...
  • Budget (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the statement by the Treasurer of New South Wales that the cuts to pensioner concessions were a cruel and callous cut which would burden...
  • Age Pension (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Social Services. Will the minister confirm that the pension will continue to increase every six months? What other measures is the government taking to reduce...
  • Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Australia has the highest per capita rate of asbestos disease in the world. Forty thousand Australians are expected to die from asbestos. There are reports...
  • Budget (27 speeches)
    How have the government's changes to foreign aid in the budget ensured our aid program is more effective and fair?
  • Child Care (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Assistant Minister for Education. Will the minister explain what measures the government has taken to improve access to occasional child care in this year's honest and...