House debates

Thursday, 10 September 2015

  • Middle East (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. Will the Acting Prime Minister please update the House on Australia's military involvement in the Middle East? How long will Australia's military...
  • Trade with China (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Acting Prime Minister and the Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. Will the Acting Prime Minister outline the benefits for Australian businesses and workers...
  • Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. I refer to Australia's one-off additional intake of 12,000 people displaced by the Syrian crisis. Can the Acting Prime Minister advise how long it is...
  • Trade with China (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on how the export agreement with China will help build a stronger economy? How will this agreement mean more jobs for...
  • Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. I am told that there is a mother in Syria who has not left her home for the last year, or let her...
  • Trade with China, Japan and South Korea (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister update the House on the effect the export agreements with China, Japan and South Korea will have on Australian jobs? What...
  • Trade with China (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. Is it the case that, under the terms of the Chile free trade agreement, a plumber from Chile would only be able to get work in Australia after...
  • Shipping (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. I refer to his answer on Monday that departmental advice to Bill Milby that he reflag his ship, sack his workforce and use a foreign crew did not...
  • Trade with China (48 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Trade and Investment. Will the minister inform the House why it is so important for our economy that the export agreement with China comes into effect this...
  • Budget, Hope Community Services (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health. Western Australia has the highest rate of amphetamine use in the country, so why has the government cut— Mr Ewen Jones interjecting—
  • Trade with China (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Assistant Treasurer. Will the Assistant Treasurer update the House on how the export agreement—that is right: export agreement—with China will boost the...
  • Budget, Peel Community Legal Services (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Attorney-General. The government is cutting funding for the Peel Community Legal Services, which provide vital front-line legal services to the...
  • Great Barrier Reef, Trade with China (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment. I refer to the World Heritage Committee chair's praise of Australia as a global role model for our protection of the Great Barrier Reef. Will...
  • Infrastructure (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. I refer to the fact that WA Premier, Colin Barnett, has said in relation to section 2 of the Perth Freight Link that there is no route or design, no...
  • Trade with China (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister outline the benefits and opportunities that the export agreement with China will bring to Australia's health industry? Are there any...