House debates

Tuesday, 5 September 2017

  • Energy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Energy: will the minister update the House on action the government is taking to strengthen energy security and maintain energy...
  • Deputy Prime Minister (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday the Prime Minister refused to answer when I asked how many executive orders, grants, delegations, appointments and legislative instruments the...
  • Energy (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health. I refer the minister to media reports that show hospitals in Victoria are struggling to fund vital services due to skyrocketing energy costs. Why is...
  • Deputy Prime Minister (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister: for the second time in two days the Prime Minister has refused to answer, when asked, how many executive orders, grants, delegations, appointments and...
  • Energy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Small Business. Will the minister advise the House on actions the government is taking to put downward pressure on electricity prices for families and small...
  • Deputy Prime Minister (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. If the Prime Minister believes there is no doubt about the Deputy Prime Minister's qualifications then why was the matter referred to the High Court?
  • North Korea (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister update the House on the steps the government is taking in response to tensions on the Korean peninsula?
  • Qualifications of Members and Senators (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister please advise the House on what other occasions his government has referred a matter to the High Court to provide the High Court with...
  • Illicit Drugs (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Social Services. Will the minister update the House on the government's commitment to identify welfare recipients with substance abuse issues and support them...
  • Deputy Prime Minister (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Given that the Prime Minister has guaranteed to the parliament that his government is legitimate based upon the strength of the advice from the...
  • Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Human Services. Will the minister please update the House on the results of the independent evaluation of the cashless welfare card and the government's plans...
  • Deputy Prime Minister (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to his immediate previous answer where he claimed that there's never been the practice of governments to release legal advice. But when there was...
  • Workplace Relations (10 speeches)
    Thank you very much—