House debates

Monday, 27 March 2017

  • Workplace Relations (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment. The LNP issued 35,000 457 visas. The ALP made it 165,000. Meat processing giant AMH protested that their competitors are...
  • Forestry Industry (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources. Will the Deputy Prime Minister update the House on what action the government has taken to secure the...
  • Workplace Relations (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. The Australia Institute found the decision to cut penalty rates could blow a $650 million hole in the budget over the forward estimates. Has the government...
  • Energy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Energy. I refer him to the case of O'Leary Walker Wines in the Clare Valley—incidentally, just outside my electorate but in the member...
  • Taxation (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that scrapping the deficit levy in the budget will deliver a tax cut of more than $16,000 a year for millionaires? Why does...
  • Energy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Small Business. Will the minister update the House on action the government is taking to protect small businesses from the impact of a costly and unreliable...
  • Taxation (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Is the Treasurer aware that last week he failed on no fewer than 12 occasions to confirm that the entire $50 billion handout to big business would be in his...
  • Global Security (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister advise the House of the importance to our region of the fight against ISIS in Iraq in Syria?
  • Budget (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to reports that the Treasurer's colleagues are saying that his job could be on the line if he does not succeed with this year's budget—with one...
  • Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister update the House on the government's efforts to assist persecuted minorities seeking refuge from terrorism...
  • Workplace Relations (18 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister is giving a $50 billion handout to big business and a tax cut for millionaires on 1 July, while supporting pay cuts for nearly 700,000...
  • Taxation (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Why is it that under this Prime Minister companies like James Hardie pay no tax, but workers on award wages end up with a pay cut?
  • Roads (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Urban Infrastructure. Will the minister update the House on the Turnbull government's significant infrastructure investment in South-East Queensland, including...