House debates

Monday, 2 March 2015

  • Taxation (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to Labor's plan today to make multinational corporations pay their fair share of tax. Given this plan would raise more than double what the Prime...
  • Small Business (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister advise the House how the government is helping Australian small businesses to get ahead, including by ensuring they get a fair go...
  • Taxation (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Labor has today proposed using a worldwide gearing ratio for calculating deductions multinational corporations can claim on their Australian tax. The OECD...
  • Grocery Prices (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Small Business. Will the minister update the House on the progress of the food and grocery code of conduct initiative? And what action is this government taking...
  • Health Care (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the statement by the Minister for Finance this morning: 'We will always focus on what is achievable over what is 100 per cent desirable.' Does the...
  • Economy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House how the government is building jobs, growth and opportunity for the people of western Sydney and all around Australia?
  • Health Care (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Just weeks before the New South Wales state election, it has been reported that the Prime Minister's unfair GP tax will be scrapped. This is not the first...
  • Employment (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Before the next federal election, 55,000 jobs in motor vehicle construction will vanish, 20,000 in the coal seam gas industry, 15,000 in the coal industry...
  • Budget (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer please outline the importance of fixing the budget and what are the hurdles standing in the way?
  • Intergenerational Report (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the net overseas migration numbers underpinning the Intergenerational report match the advice that was provided to the government by the department of...
  • Higher Education (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education and Training. How is the government getting on with the job of creating world-class universities in Australia and spreading the benefits of higher...
  • Intergenerational Report (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Intergenerational report projections include the government's GP co-payment? Will the IGR projections be rendered inaccurate even before the report is...
  • Iraq (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. I refer the minister to the atrocities being committed by the Daesh death cult in Iraq, including mass executions and the destruction of...
  • Taxation (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, reports today confirm that the Australian tax office will recover $1 billion in new tax revenue because of a program funded by the previous...