House debates

Wednesday, 28 May 2014

  • Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Before the election, the Prime Minister promised Australians that the coalition would support the royal commission into child sex abuse. The Prime Minister...
  • Budget (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister inform the House why it is important to reduce Australia's debt burden and how will tackling Labor's debt-and-deficit legacy...
  • Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Australians have rejected the Prime Minister's divisive changes to section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. Will the Prime Minister listen to the...
  • Budget (74 speeches, 1 comment)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline how getting the budget under control will allow us to build a stronger economy and a better Australia?
  • National Security (6 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister inform the House of the benefit to the budget of the government's consistent border protection policies?...
  • Budget (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. The current cost of science degrees is capped at around $34,000. Recent analysis shows that the cost of the science degree will rise up to $100,000 as a...
  • National Broadband Network (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Communications. What impact has waste in the NBN had on the debt burden faced by all Australians? How will the government deliver the NBN sooner and more affordably?
  • Nurse Education (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister.
  • Medicare (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health, and may I pass on my personal congratulations on the great job he is doing in ensuring the sustainability of our health system in this country. Will the...
  • Budget (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Recent analysis shows that those who take time off work to have children will pay around $120,000, in today's dollars, for an accounting degree, including...
  • Work for the Dole Program (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Assistant Minister for Employment. Will the minister update the House on the progress of the government's plans to rebuild Work for the Dole?
  • Budget (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister has refused to guarantee today that Australia's future nurses and scientists will not be saddled with higher fees and greater debts as a...
  • Foreign Aid (23 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister advise the House of the importance of making responsible decisions to ensure that the foreign aid budget is sustainable?
  • Vocational Education and Training (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister agree with the industry minister that Tools for Your Trade payments were being spent on tattoos and mag wheels? Is this why the Prime...
  • Small Business (5 speeches)
    My question is to my good friend the Minister for Small Business. He is aware of the 19,200 small businesses that operate in my electorate.
  • Employment (8 speeches)
    Madam Speaker, my question is to the Prime Minister. Despite rising youth unemployment, the government has cut youth unemployment prevention programs such as Youth Connections, partnership...
  • Apprenticeships (8 speeches)
    Madam Speaker, my question is to the Minister for Industry. Will the minister informed the House how the government will support apprentices so that they can complete their training and start working?