House debates

Wednesday, 25 November 2015

  • Foreign Investment (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Chinese government companies control ports of Newcastle and Darwin, and they are seeking to control the port of Cape Preston in the Pilbara and the port of...
  • Competition Policy (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on the government's response to the Harper competition policy review? How important is it that Australia's governments work...
  • Taxation (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to his previous answer and I also refer to the now Treasurer's statement in parliament in 2009: … so we put forward a constructive proposal to...
  • Economy (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science. Will the minister update the House on the challenges facing innovators and entrepreneurs across all sectors of Australia's economy?
  • Climate Change (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will Australia's annual carbon emissions in 2020 be higher or lower than this year?
  • Agriculture (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources. Will the minister inform the House how innovation and technology are transforming Australian agriculture, and how does this...
  • Climate Change (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Is it correct that today's updated greenhouse gas data confirms that, after dropping by eight per cent during the last Labor government, Australia's carbon...
  • Hume Electorate: Green Army Projects (2 speeches)
    My question is also to the Minister for the Environment. With another Green Army project winding up successfully in my electorate of Hume, could the minister outline how the government is...
  • Broadband (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Under the Prime Minister's stewardship the cost of his second-rate version of the NBN has already nearly doubled to $56 billion and the time frame for...
  • Research and Development: Commercialisation (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Industry, Science and Innovation. Will the minister inform the House how the government's industry programs will assist the commercialisation of research and...
  • Parliament: Integrity (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Special Minister of State. I refer to the minister's answer yesterday. How does the minister respond to the following words contained in an AFP search warrant, which I quote...
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme (2 speeches)
    My question is from Andrew Playford from Ballina, who has sent this question via my Facebook page. He asks: could the minister please update the House on the full implementation of the National...
  • Parliament: Integrity (2 speeches)
    My question is again to the Special Minister of State. I refer to the minister's answer yesterday. How does the minister respond to the following words contained in an AFP search...
  • Veterans (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs. Mr Trevor Lawrence, a volunteer veterans pension and welfare officer, has raised with me that Dobell currently has 2,642 DVA clients. He...
  • Parliament: Integrity (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. How can the Special Minister of State retain responsibility for integrity in government when an AFP search warrant states—and I quote in part: 'between...
  • Climate Change (20 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment. Minister, I have been holding a number of community forums in my electorate, and many of my constituents in Braddon are very keen to know if...