House debates

Monday, 9 November 2015

  • Christmas Island (2 speeches)
    My question is to the
  • Economy (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister explain to the House the importance of providing strong economic leadership to promote jobs and growth?
  • Goods and Services Tax (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Given that various advocates within the Prime Minister's party have suggested that an increased GST could pay for cutting personal income tax, cutting...
  • Economy (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. How is the government's strong economic leadership building a stronger economy? Will the Treasurer update the House on how Australia is transitioning from the...
  • Goods and Services Tax (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. According to the ABS, childcare costs in Brisbane in my electorate have increased 14 per cent since this Liberal government was elected. Will the Prime...
  • Rail Infrastructure (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, you understand how rail is clean, eases congestion and links communities, but in Hobart—despite there being a pressing need, an...
  • Economy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science. Will the minister update the House on action the government is already taking to place innovation and science at the centre of...
  • Goods and Services Tax (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. The Treasurer has promised an increase in the GST will not lead to an increase in the total tax take. This would require every dollar raised by the GST...
  • Trade (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister update the House on how the series of recently concluded free trade agreements will boost Australia's prosperity and create...
  • Goods and Services Tax (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. My electorate of Chifley in Western Sydney has amongst the highest rates of diabetes in metropolitan Australia. How will slugging people in my electorate...
  • Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister advise the House on Australia's response to the Syrian humanitarian crisis? How is the government's strong...
  • Goods and Services Tax (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. The admirably industrious member for Lyne, in a radio interview on 2 November, ruled out applying the GST to rent or nursing home payments. Will the Prime...
  • Road Infrastructure (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Territories, Local Government and Major Projects. Will the minister please provide the House with an update on the impact on Banks residents of the M5 East...
  • Goods and Services Tax (11 speeches)
    My question, genuinely without notice, is to the Minister the Agriculture and Water Resources.
  • Centenary of Anzac, Remembrance Day (6 speeches)
    My constituency question is to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs. Will the minister outline to the House how the government has been working to honour our veterans in this Centenary of Anzac...
  • Goods and Services Tax (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. NATSEM modelling shows increasing the GST to 15 per cent would mean a family on about $26,000 a year would pay more than 20 per cent of its household income...
  • Telecommunications (6 speeches, 1 comment)
    My question is to Mr Fletcher, the Minister representing the Minister for Communications. My question comes from a constituent who submitted it via my Facebook page after I asked the community...
  • Goods and Services Tax (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. NATSEM modelling shows that an increase in the GST even when paired with a five per cent reduction in income tax still leaves almost two-thirds of Australian...
  • Youth Allowance (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Social Services. Can the minister please update the House on the progress the government is making towards fair and equitable access to youth payments for both...