House debates

Tuesday, 25 November 2014

  • Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Special Broadcasting Service (25 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. On the night before the election, 'somebody' was interviewed on SBS and made the following statement: 'No cuts to education. No cuts to health. No change to...
  • Trade with China (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister inform the House how the China-Australia free trade agreement will boost growth and create jobs in the red meat and livestock sector,...
  • Australian Broadcasting Corporation (25 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his previous answer, in which he blamed the state of the budget for breaking his promises about the ABC. On 13 August last...
  • Australia-China Free Trade Agreement (9 speeches)
    My question is to the extraordinary Minister for Trade and Investment. Will the minister outline to the House the types of opportunities that will open up for Australian businesses, services and...
  • Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Special Broadcasting Service (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. This morning the member for Grey referred to the Prime Minister's now infamous promise of no cuts to the ABC and SBS, and he said: "That is not the greatest...
  • Australian Broadcasting Corporation (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture. The agriculture sector relies on programs such as the ABC's Bush Telegraph to connect, inform, educate and prosper. For the sector to take...
  • Resource Exports (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Industry. Would the minister inform the House of the benefits to the Australian resource industry of the Australia-China Free Trade Agreement?
  • Australian Broadcasting Corporation (30 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. On the night before the election the Prime Minister promised that there would be no cuts to the ABC. We now know that that is not true: Morwell's regional...
  • Australia-China Free Trade Agreement (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture. Will the minister outline to the House what the historic Australia-China free trade agreement will mean for our horticultural and viticultural...
  • Australian Broadcasting Corporation (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday, referring to the Prime Minister's cuts to the ABC, Senator Abetz said, 'Nobody has lost their job.' Prime Minister, with the announcement...
  • Medibank Private (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House the economic importance of the successful float of Medibank Private that occurred at midday today?
  • Australian Defence Force (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's shameful decision to cut the real pay, Christmas leave and recreational leave of Australian Defence Force personnel. Will the...
  • Infrastructure (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I remind the Treasurer that it will take a person driving home from work in Melbourne tonight over an hour to get from Citylink to the Eastern Freeway. Ms...
  • Liberal Party Leadership (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's remarks at the 50th anniversary of The Australian newspaper where he said, 'No paper more closely corresponds with the true...
  • Building and Construction Industry (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education representing the Minister for Employment. Will the minister inform the House how the government plans to restore the rule of law to our construction...
  • Budget (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. A few weeks ago while standing next to the Treasurer the Finance Minister said, 'We are taking responsibility and we will stand by how we perform against our...
  • Crime (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Justice. Will the minister update the House on what the government is doing to disrupt organised crime in Australia and to stamp out union corruption within the...
  • Budget (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Since the election the government has doubled the deficit, consumer confidence has fallen by 13 per cent and youth unemployment levels are at their highest...
  • Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Special Broadcasting Service (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Communications. Will the minister explain to the House how the government determined the efficiency measures at the ABC and the SBS which were announced last...