House debates

Thursday, 8 February 2018

  • Indigenous Affairs (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. A review by the Close the Gap Campaign Steering Committee has found that this government has effectively abandoned the Closing the Gap strategy. Given this...
  • Taxation (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on how the government's plan for lower business taxes is driving jobs, investment and economic growth for...
  • Indigenous Affairs (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the government rule out giving up on any of the seven existing Closing the Gap targets? And why is the government making it harder to achieve Closing...
  • Economy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on the importance for governments of developing and implementing sensible and consistent economic policies to drive economic...
  • Housing (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister today commit to renewing, in full, the National Partnership on Remote Housing which expires in June this year, or is the Prime...
  • Infrastructure (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Will the Deputy Prime Minister outline to the House how this government's infrastructure investment...
  • Taxation, Employment (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Despite company profits increasing by 20 per cent last year but average wages for Australians only growing by just two per cent, every member of this...
  • Murray-Darling Basin (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources. Will the minister update the House on the importance of delivering the Murray-Darling Basin Plan on time and in full? Is the...
  • Taxation (2 speeches)
    Thank you, Mr Speaker. My question is to the Prime Minister. Every member of this government today voted five times to give big business a $65 billion tax cut. Why is the Prime Minister...
  • Trade (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. Will the minister update the House on the real benefits that Australian workers and businesses are seeing from the coalition's...
  • Taxation (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, every member of this government, including the member for Gilmore, voted five times to give big business a $65 billion handout. And, if the...
  • Economy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry, representing the Minister for Jobs and Innovation. Will the Minister update the House on action the coalition government is taking to generate...
  • Taxation (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Given the strong endorsement the Prime Minister has given to his corporate tax cuts, will he commit right now to taking his $65 billion of big corporate...
  • Health Care (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister update the House on the action the coalition government is taking to support the health of all Australians, including my Redlands City...
  • Employment (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Social Services. When will the government lower deeming rates for part-pensioners?
  • National Security (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister update the House on the importance of a strong and consistent approach to the national security agenda, and how does this...
  • Werriwa Electorate: Infrastructure (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Urban Infrastructure. Will the government ensure that, on the day of its opening, rail access will be available at Western Sydney Airport, along the north-south...
  • Welfare Reform (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Social Services. Would the minister inform the House about the action the government is taking to assist welfare recipients with drug, alcohol and gambling...
  • Tasmania: Hospital Funding (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. According to the AMA's Public Hospital Report Card, since this conservative government came to office the average wait time for elective surgery in Tasmania...
  • Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Attorney-General. Will the Attorney-General update the House on action the government is taking to implement the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional...
  • Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation. Fair Work Australia terminated a Work Choices agreement struck by Laundy (Exhibition) Pty Ltd because...
  • Child Care (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Energy, representing the Minister for Education and Training. Will the minister update the House on how many families across the country...