House debates

Monday, 17 October 2016

  • Medicare (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. On the day before the election, the Prime Minister was asked by Sam Armytage on Sunrise: You have however committed to a freeze on the GP rebate. Can you...
  • Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister advise the House of action being taken by the government to make union officials more accountable to their rank and file members and...
  • Medicare (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. On the day before the election, the Prime Minister gave an absolute guarantee that nobody would pay more to see the doctor because of his six-year Medicare...
  • Building and Construction Industry (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer advise the House on the importance of an efficient construction sector to Australia's transitioning economy? How is the government supporting...
  • Welfare Reform (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, yesterday ACOSS released its poverty report, revealing that around 730,000 Australian children are living in poverty. Prime Minister, how...
  • Executive Remuneration (2 speeches)
    A question to the Treasurer: what Australian companies pay their CEOs, most of whom are from overseas, is illustrated by, for example, the Commonwealth Bank's CEO receiving $12.3 million, the...
  • Infrastructure: Water (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources. Will the Deputy Prime Minister advise the House what steps the government has taken to deliver...
  • Disability Support Pension (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Andrew Johnson from my electorate has profound autism, bipolar disorder, attention deficit disorder and epilepsy. He cannot speak and needs a stomach tube to...
  • Building and Construction Industry (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister For Defence Industry, representing the Minister for Employment. Will the minister outline to the House the government's commitment to ensuring that employer and...
  • Donations to Political Parties (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to reports that the Prime Minister donated $2 million to the Liberal Party during the election. Given that the deadline for lodging AEC returns has...
  • Building and Construction Industry (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister please update the House on action the government is taking to make our community safer, particularly in...
  • Donations to Political Parties (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's answer just now and ask again: can the Prime Minister advise the House whether he donated $2 million or more than two $2...
  • Joint Police Taskforce into Industrial Criminality and Corruption (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Justice and the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Counter-Terrorism. Will the minister update the House on the efforts of the Joint Police Taskforce into...
  • Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. In newspaper reports today the member for Warringah says that the existing protections against racist hate speech under section 18C of the Racial...
  • Financial Services (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services. Will the minister update the House on how the government is raising professional standards for financial advisers? How will this...
  • National Security (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to reports the government is preparing to strip a dual national of Australian citizenship for the first time and that it expects the legislation to...