House debates

Tuesday, 27 May 2014

  • Budget (43 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Before the election the Prime Minister said: … a government which is taking money off schools and hospitals so it can spend it on ads and this is...
  • Budget: Age Pension (17 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Social Services. Can the minister outline to the House changes in the budget to make the age pension more sustainable? Can the minister confirm that pensions...
  • North Queensland: Insurance Industry (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Acknowledging Duncan Fysh and Shannon Siebel, insurance on an Innisfail house in 2007 was $792 and is now $3,700; and in Julia Creek it was $2,300 and is now...
  • Budget (19 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the statements made by the member for Mallee that the GP tax was mean spirited and that he does not support the increase to the pension age...
  • Budget: Health (11 speeches)
    My question again is to the Prime Minister. I refer to his government's $3.5 billion so-called price signal to deter Australians from visiting their GP and using pathology and medical imaging...
  • National Broadband Network (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Communications. What impact does the NBN have on the debt burden faced by the government? How have previous approaches to the NBN impacted on the budget?
  • Budget (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Treasurer's assertion that Australians with a number of chronic diseases are not affected by the GP tax. There are one million Australians...
  • Asylum Seekers (9 speeches)
    Thank you, Madam Speaker.