House debates

Monday, 23 October 2017

  • Broadband (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister's second-rate copper NBN is creating a digital divide across Australia, with the one side of some streets getting first-rate fibre, while...
  • Energy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on how the government's energy plan will guarantee reliability so that hardworking Australians and businesses get...
  • Broadband (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Today the Prime Minister's hand-picked NBN CEO, Bill Morrow, said about the NBN: It's too early to tell whether or not it's a success or a failure. In the...
  • Energy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer advise the House how the National Energy Guarantee provides certainty for hardworking Australians and businesses? How does the government's...
  • Broadband (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. We are now in the fifth year of this government and for years the Prime Minister has made a choice, first as communications minister and now as Prime...
  • Asylum Seekers (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Minister, on 14 September you told parliament in question time that about 200 asylum seekers found not to be refugees would...
  • Energy (2 speeches, 1 comment)
    My question is for the Minister for the Environment and Energy. Will the minister update the House on action the government is taking to put downward pressure on power bills and how our guarantee...
  • National Broadband Network (3 speeches)
    My question is for the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister promised Australians that his second-rate copper NBN would be fast, affordable, sooner. Given we now know his second-rate copper NBN is...
  • Energy (2 speeches)
    My question is to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture, Water Resources, Resources and Northern Australia. Will the Deputy Prime Minister update the House on actions the government...
  • Broadband (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Industry Conveyancing Australia employs over 90 people in my electorate. It's less than five kilometres from the CBD and needs very fast internet to share 3D...
  • Energy (12 speeches, 4 comments)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry, representing the Minister for Employment. Will the minister update the House on how the government's commitment to guaranteeing an affordable...
  • Turnbull Government (2 speeches)
    My question is to Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that, under his government, power prices have never been higher, pensioners will lose their energy supplements, weekend workers...
  • National Security (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Will the minister update the House on action the government is taking to protect Australian families from criminal gang...
  • Government Grants (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. When asked about the decision to contract out the announcement of $15 million of government grants to One Nation, the Prime Minister said: … grants of...
  • National Security (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Will the minister update the House on action the government is taking to further strengthen the security at Australian airports?...
  • Water Safety (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Building the south Rockhampton flood levy would protect 1,200 homes and reduce insurance premiums for Rockhampton households by up to $400 a year....
  • Second Battle of El Alamein: 75th Anniversary, Battle of Beersheba: 100th Anniversary (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs. Today is the 75th anniversary of the Battle of El Alamein, and next week we will see the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Beersheba. Will...