House debates
Monday, 2 June 2014
- Veterans (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. In 2012 the Prime Minister told the national RSL conference: If it’s inadequate just to lift Centrelink pensions by the Consumer Price Index,... - Budget (4 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline the importance of fixing the budget and repairing the debt? How will the government's economic action strategy reduce debt over the... - Military Superannuation (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's pre-election policy on the indexation of military superannuation, which says: It is scandalous that military retirees do not... - Coal Industry (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Scientists tell us that to protect our future we need to keep most of our coal in the ground, but last week you told big miners that you could think of few... - Budget: Public Policy (7 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline the importance of stability and consistency in public policy. What other approaches are there to management of the budget? - Budget: Pensions (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Before the election the Prime Minister said it was not fair to apply the CPI to the pensions of those who had risked their lives for our country. The Prime... - Budget: Higher Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education. Will the minister explain how the government's higher education reforms recognise both the private and public benefit of university education and how... - Budget: Pensions (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister said before the election: If it is inadequate to increase Centrelink pensions by just the consumer price index, it is even less fair to... - Asylum Seekers (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister advise the House how many successful people-smuggling ventures have arrived in Australia this year and what... - Budget (3 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that the policy work on the $20 billion medical research fund did not begin until April this year, just weeks before the... - Carbon Pricing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment. I remind the minister of the Queensland Competition Authority's report published last Friday that the state's power prices will be around eight... - Budget: Health (14 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's comment yesterday that 70 per cent of GP visits at the moment are bulk-billed. Is the Prime Minister aware that the latest... - Medicare (12 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister outline to the House how the government is moving to protect the universality of Medicare and strengthen our health system? - Higher Education Contribution Scheme (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister: yesterday the education minister said that higher interest rates on student loans would not apply to current students. Prime Minister, is this correct? - National Broadband Network (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Communications: will the minister update the House on NBN Co's performance connecting premises to its fibre network, particularly in my electorate of Swan; how... - Budget (4 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister— Government members interjecting— earlier today the Minister for Communications labelled remarks from conservative commentator Andrew Bolt as... - Education (2 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Minister for Education. Will the assistant minister outline what measures the government has taken in the budget to improve children's literacy skills and... - Budget: Trade Support Loans (5 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to page 172 of Budget Paper No. 2 that states the government's trade support loans will attract interest. I also refer to the... - Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small Business. Will the minister explain how the government's economic action strategy will assist the 12,200 small businesses in my electorate of La Trobe? - Budget (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's comments on the $80 billion cuts to hospitals and schools: 'We are not talking about next week or next month or even next... - Work for the Dole Program (11 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Minister for Employment. Will the minister update the House— - Budget (8 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to mistakes explaining the budget made by the Treasurer, by the Minister for Education, by the Minister for Industry, by the Minister for Social...
