House debates

Tuesday, 28 October 2014

  • Fuel Prices (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's decision to ambush Australian motorists with a new $2.2 billion petrol tax, with no mandate from the Australian people and no...
  • Iraq and Syria (2 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister advise the House how the government is preventing young people from being radicalised and travelling overseas to fight in...
  • Budget (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister's unfair budget already means a single income family with children will be around $6,000 worse off every year. As if that is not enough,...
  • Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister explain to the House how the government is successfully ending the people-smuggling trade. Are there any...
  • Goods and Services Tax (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture. Minister, given the Prime Minister's failure to rule out a GST on food, just how much will a lamb roast cost with the introduction of a GST?
  • National Security (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Justice. Will the minister explain to the House how the government is supporting the work of the Australian Federal Police at our international airports to keep...
  • Goods and Services Tax (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Before the election, the Minister for Education said: Tony Abbott has said it, I've said it, Joe Hockey has said it, Julie Bishop has said it, there will be...
  • Broadband (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Communications. Will the minister update the House on the progress of the National Broadband Network in my home state of Victoria and on steps the government is...
  • Higher Education (18 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's plans to Americanise our universities. Given that the Prime Minister is already saddling Australian students with a debt...
  • Vocational Education and Training (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Assistant Minister for Education. How will the government ensure effective skills and trade training for students in Australia? Why is a consistent approach to training...
  • Budget (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Before the last election, the Prime Minister promised Australians no increases to taxes. Now millions of Australians are being slugged with a GP tax, a...
  • Building and Construction Industry (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education, representing the Minister for Employment. Will the minister explain why it is important to restore respect for the rule of law on building and...
  • Higher Education (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to NATSEM modelling which shows that under the Prime Minister's plan to saddle Australians with a debt sentence, a Victorian nursing student would...
  • Goods and Services Tax (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Can the Treasurer advise the House of any recent government modelling on changes to the GST?