House debates

Wednesday, 31 August 2016

  • Banking and Financial Services (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. On 10 April this year the Prime Minister said the existing laws and regulators were sufficient to deal with the ongoing rip-offs and scandals in the banking...
  • Budget (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister advise the House of the importance of economic leadership in building Australia's prosperity—in particular, the role of...
  • Medicare (6 speeches)
    Thank you, Mr Speaker. My question is to the Prime Minister. Three days after the election, the Prime Minister said that he had learned his lesson on cutting Medicare. Given the Prime Minister...
  • Turnbull Government (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minster outline to the House the government's agenda to deliver on the commitments it took to the Australian people at the 2 July election?
  • Superannuation (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to his last answer, where the Prime Minister neglected to mention superannuation. During the election campaign the Prime Minister said that the...
  • North Queensland (2 speeches)
    To the Deputy Prime Minister: the government is aware that in seven of North Queensland's 100 million hectares there is now a prickly acacia infestation. The north's cattle herd dwindles at 4.5...
  • Economy (26 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer please update the House on the progress in arresting the deficit and debt burden on Australian taxpayers?
  • Dairy Industry (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources. Will the minister update the House on measures that the government is delivering to support dairy...
  • Negative Gearing (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister to confirm the reports today that he and the Treasurer were in favour of making changes to negative gearing before the minister for...
  • Climate Change (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Would the minister update the House on the coalition's progress on delivering on the Paris agreement on climate change? Would the minister...
  • Turnbull Government (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. In this morning's cabinet leak it has been revealed that the Prime Minister and Treasurer were rolled on reforms to negative gearing by ministers loyal to...
  • Defence Industry (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry.
  • Turnbull Government (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Leaks from cabinet are a criminal offence, punishable by two years in prison, under section 70 of the Crimes Act. So has the Prime Minister referred these...
  • Medicare (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. I remind the minister that new figures on the weekend showed Medicare investment and bulk-billing at record highs under our Turnbull...
  • Turnbull Government (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. When the Prime Minister deposed the member for Warringah, he said: … ultimately the Prime Minister has not been capable of providing the economic...
  • South Australia: Electricity Prices (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Energy. Since the closure of the Alinta power station in Port Augusta, wholesale electricity prices have more than doubled in South...
  • Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to reports that all but one of the Prime Minister's Senate backbench, led by Senator Cory Bernardi, are defying the Prime Minister by sponsoring a...
  • Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
    My constituency question is to the Prime Minister. On behalf or Corangamite constituents, I remind the Prime Minister of his recent visit to my electorate to meet with our wonderful CFA...
  • Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister, in an earlier answer, said there were no current plans to change the wording of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, but he did...
  • Tourism (2 speeches)
    A question for the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment: how is the tourism industry supporting the transitioning Australian economy? Are there any policies that could put the growth of the...
  • Turnbull Government (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's failure to get his way on superannuation and negative gearing, his failure to implement lessons learned about cutting...
  • Telecommunications (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Urban Infrastructure. Much of rural Australia, including my electorate of Flynn, has suffered from poor mobile phone coverage for many years. Can the minister...