House debates

Tuesday, 24 February 2015

  • Australian Human Rights Commission (31 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to evidence in Senate estimates today that the government offered an inducement for the President of the Australian Human Rights Commission to...
  • National Security (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister advise the House how revoking Australian citizenship for dual nationals involved in terrorism will strengthen our national security?
  • Australian Human Rights Commission (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Was the Prime Minister's office aware that the Attorney-General was asking the President of the Australian Human Rights Commission to resign and offering her...
  • National Security, Iraq and Syria (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister update the House on recent developments with foreign fighters and outline the action the government is taking to prevent...
  • Australian Human Rights Commission (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's last answer, in which he said that the President of the Human Rights Commission had lost the confidence of the government. If...
  • Rail Infrastructure (4 speeches, 1 comment)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. Minister, do you agree that a high-speed rail passenger network connecting Melbourne to...
  • National Security (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Justice. Will the minister inform the House of the importance of metadata to the detection and disruption of terrorist networks?
  • Asylum Seekers (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister advise the House of the importance of strong and consistent policies on border protection? What effect do...
  • Abbott Government (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Given today's report that seven cabinet ministers have abandoned the Prime Minister and given the Prime Minister had no issues in moving quickly to sack the...
  • Defence (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence.
  • Abbott Government (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the recent stream of leaks against the Prime Minister: did the Prime Minister go against the advice of his then social services minister by...
  • Economy (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline how the government is building growth, jobs, and opportunity for all Australians? An opposition member: That is not a question.
  • Abbott Government (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the pension cut leak, the GP tax leak, the NewStart leak—not the leak by the treasurer of the Liberal Party—and I ask him: does the...
  • Small Business (2 speeches)
    Thank you, Madam Speaker. It is a bit rich him talking about betrayal. My question is to the Minister for Small Business. Will the minister advise the House how the government is backing small...
  • Medicare (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that he insisted on the policy that would have seen a $20 cut to the Medicare rebate for short consultations, against the...
  • Tax Avoidance (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Assistant Treasurer. Will the Assistant Treasurer update the House on the government's actions to crack down on multinational tax avoidance and ensure that companies meet...
  • Australian Human Rights Commission (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Minister representing the Attorney-General. I refer to evidence at Senate estimates today from the Secretary of the Attorney-General's...
  • WestConnex (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. Will the Deputy Prime Minister update the House on the benefits of the WestConnex project to...
  • Australia Day Honours (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday in question time, the Prime Minister said he was not obligated to consult his cabinet colleagues on his captain's pick to knight Prince Philip....
  • Education (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education and Training. Would the minister explain how Early Learning Languages Australia funding is assisting students across Australia and, in particular,...
  • National Security (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. On 3 March 2012 the minister said, 'There has really been no justification for the benefit that will accrue to Australia by pursuing a Security...
  • Social Services (5 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Minister for Social Services. Will the minister update the House on the progress of the government's savings measures in social services? What alternatives have...