House debates

Thursday, 1 September 2016

  • Banking and Financial Services (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Earlier today I met Michelle, a single mother with three children who lives in Newcastle. Michelle was talked into a mortgage she could not afford by a dodgy...
  • Budget (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister outline to the House why a responsible and disciplined approach to managing the nation's budget is vital to the economic security of...
  • Banking and Financial Services (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Today the Senate stood up and called on the Prime Minister to establish a royal commission to clean up the banking and financial sector. Earlier this morning...
  • Fiscal Policy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House why we must arrest debt and reduce deficits by taking responsible fiscal decisions to balance the budget? Is the Treasurer...
  • Banking and Financial Services (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Dwayne and Jenny live in the member for Warringah's electorate. They were advised by a finance broker to borrow $500,000 against the value of their home and...
  • Mayo Electorate (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister: the people of Mayo were made a series of funding commitments by the government during the recent election campaign, such as $14 million for...
  • Agriculture Exports (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources. Will the minister update the House on how the government is growing the economy by securing...
  • Banking and Financial Services (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Victims of bank rip-offs support a royal commission, the Senate has voted to establish a royal commission and even members of the Prime Minister's own...
  • Global Security (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister update the House on the threat posed by foreign terrorist fighters and the government's response to this threat?
  • Member for Warringah (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. The member for Warringah met Senator Hanson yesterday to discuss the government's agenda. Was the member for Warringah commissioned by the Prime Minister to...
  • Defence Industry (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry. The people of Goldstein are very interested in defence and economic security. Will the minister inform the House why a sovereign defence...
  • Member for Warringah (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Senator Pauline Hanson and the member for Warringah met yesterday. After the meeting, Senator Hanson stated: 'Tony and I had a frank discussion about various...
  • National Security (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister update the House on the important role Border Protection plays in securing our great nation? Why is it...
  • Economy (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Last week, in a speech to The Sydney Institute, the finance minister said there would be $6.5 billion in savings in the omnibus bill. Yesterday, during question...
  • Broadband (2 speeches, 1 comment)
    My question is to the Minister for Urban Infrastructure, representing the Minister for Communications. Will the minister update the House on the strong progress of the NBN rollout under the...
  • Economy (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer confirm his omnibus bill had a $107 billion black hole? Given the Treasurer cannot add up, got rolled on negative gearing changes and has...
  • Mackay Ring Road (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Will the minister update the House with the long-awaited news that initial works on the Mackay Ring Road stage 1—the biggest...
  • Superannuation (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's ironclad superannuation policies that will see a $500,000 lifetime non-concessional contribution cap applying from 1 July...
  • Moreton Bay Rail Link (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Urban Infrastructure. Will the minister please update the House on the progress of the Moreton Bay Rail Link and how the Turnbull government is delivering on...
  • Working Holiday Maker Program (2 speeches)
    My question is to the minister for tourism. I refer to reports of a fall in the number of backpackers coming to Australia. What connection is there between the fall in the number of backpackers...
  • Telecommunications (5 speeches)
    My constituency question is to the Minister for Urban Infrastructure representing the Minister for Communications. Around 30,000 residents, or around one in four of the adult workforce on the...