House debates

Tuesday, 1 December 2015

  • Special Minister of State (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Special Minister of State. On Thursday last week during question time the minister said: I refer you to the findings of the full bench of the Federal Court, which dealt with...
  • Superannuation (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. On 20 November I spoke at a well-attended forum in Launceston convened by the Association of Independent Retirees. Strong concerns were expressed at that meeting...
  • Special Minister of State (2 speeches)
    My question is again to the Special Minister of State. If the Federal Court judgement found that the minister acted appropriately, why did the Australian Federal Police raid his home?
  • Industrial Hemp (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health. As the minister is aware, I have been campaigning on behalf of Mr Phil Reader, a constituent in my electorate of Lyons, and others, for the legalisation...
  • Special Minister of State (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Special Minister of State. I refer to the minister's previous answer. Isn't it true that the Federal Court judgement was handed down before the minister admitted on national...
  • Paterson Electorate: RAAF Base Williamtown (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs representing the Minister for Defence. Will you update the House on what the coalition government is doing to contain the PFOS firefighting...
  • Special Minister of State (3 speeches)
    My question is again to the Special Minister of State. Yesterday and today the minister has referred to paragraphs 122 to 124 of the full Federal Court's judgement in the matter of Ashby v...
  • Trade (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. How are the opportunities provided by Australia's free trade agreements helping to promote jobs and growth at companies such as A2 Milk in Smeaton Grange, in my...
  • Special Minister of State (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Special Minister of State. I refer to the minister's previous answers and I refer to comments made by James Ashby in today's Australian: 'So I went home and pulled the copy...
  • Trade Unions (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister update the House on action the government is taking to ensure the safe passage of holiday-makers and...
  • Special Minister of State (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Special Minister of State. I refer to the minister's previous answer, where he claimed that he did not request a copy of the former Speaker's diary when he sent a text to...
  • Hughes Electorate: Infrastructure (2 speeches)
    My constituency question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. The Enfield intermodal, once described as a test case for the viability of an intermodal at Moorebank, is now years overdue, with the...
  • Special Minister of State (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Special Minister of State. I refer to the minister's previous answers, and I refer to reports in today's The Australian that the Assistant Minister for Innovation provided...
  • Brisbane Electorate: Infrastructure (2 speeches)
    My constituency question is to the Acting Prime Minister and the Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. Thousands of my constituents in the electorate of Brisbane spend their...