House debates

Tuesday, 15 July 2014

  • Asylum Seekers (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. I refer the minister to the Australian customs vessel currently carrying 153 asylum seekers and Australian personnel. Can the...
  • Carbon Pricing (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Will the Deputy Prime Minister outline how scrapping the world's biggest carbon tax will help manufacturing businesses in my electorate of Corangamite...
  • Nurses, Hospitals (15 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health. When there is already a shortage of 20,000 nurses, state governments are sacking nurses and hospitals are struggling to meet elective surgery and...
  • Carbon Pricing (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline the economic impact of repealing the world's biggest carbon tax?
  • Budget (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health. When there is already a shortage of 20,000 nurses and hospitals are struggling to meet emergency department waiting times, why is the government now...
  • Defence Procurement (4 speeches, 1 comment)
    Might I remark, Madam Speaker, you might boot me out!
  • Carbon Pricing (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment. Will the minister inform the House how repealing the world's biggest carbon tax will lower taxes and ease the cost-of-living pressures placed...
  • Higher Education (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Universities Australia says the government's changes to higher education could quadruple the cost of a nursing degree to $98,000. Why is the...
  • Carbon Pricing (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Small Business. Will the minister inform the House how families and businesses will benefit from the repeal of the world's biggest carbon tax? What measures...
  • Budget (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. A single parent with two children earning $55,000 a year working as a nurse will be $6,000 a year worse off as a result of the Prime Minister's unfair...
  • Carbon Pricing (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture. Will the minister update the House on what the government is doing to boost the competitiveness of the Australian dairy industry? How will removal...
  • Budget (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. This week the government is attempting to scrap Labor's low-income superannuation contribution. This cut will cost a nurse or midwife working two days a week $451...
  • Carbon Pricing (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education. Will the minister update the House on the savings to school budgets because of the abolition of the world's biggest carbon tax?
  • Future of Financial Advice (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. I refer the Deputy Prime Minister to the government's watering down of important consumer protections in financial advice. Why is the government...
  • Carbon Pricing (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister update the House on the impact of the carbon tax on hospitals and the healthcare sector, and how will repealing the world's biggest...