House debates

Wednesday, 26 August 2020

  • COVID-19: Aged Care (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Did the Prime Minister's decision to cut $1.7 billion from aged care leave aged-care homes better or worse prepared for the pandemic?
  • COVID-19: Economy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on how the Morrison government's plan for economic recovery is backing Australians by helping create jobs and new...
  • Aged Care (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister seriously deny he cut $1.7 billion from aged care when page 172 of his 2015-16 MYEFO says about aged care funding, 'The government...
  • COVID-19: Aviation (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia and the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. Will the Deputy Prime Minister inform the...
  • Aged Care (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. The aged care royal commission's Interim report: Neglect revealed that up to half of all older Australians in residential aged care are malnourished. They're...
  • COVID-19: Aged Care (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. The Mercury newspaper reports that there have been no unannounced safety checks at Tasmanian residential aged-care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic....
  • COVID-19: Economy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on the historic levels of support the Morrison government is providing to help workers stay connected to their employers and...
  • Aged Care (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. The aged care royal commission's interim report, titled Aged care in Australia: a shocking tale of neglect drew attention to aged-care residents sitting or...
  • COVID-19: Vaccine (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister update the House on the Morrison government's investment in vaccine research and development, including the molecular clamp being...
  • Aged Care (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. The Productivity Commission revealed older Australians with high-care needs in New South Wales are waiting almost three years for a home-care package. Did...
  • Vocational Education and Training (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government is supporting...
  • Aged Care (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. On Monday I asked about a 95-year-old resident at the Kalyna Care aged-care facility who had ants crawling from her open wounds. The royal commission report...
  • COVID-19: Small Business (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government is providing...
  • Northern Territory: Aged Care (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, sadly, the Productivity Commission has revealed that four out of five older Territorians are not having their care needs met. This rate's...
  • Defence Industry (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government is creating jobs in the defence industry to support our economic recovery...
  • Aged Care (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. The Productivity Commission has revealed that complaints about the quality of aged care rose by more than 50 per cent in the two years before the pandemic....
  • Energy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. Will the minister update the House on how the gas-led recovery supports the Morrison government's plan to create jobs and secure...
  • COVID-19: Aged Care (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. The government's report on the deadly COVID outbreak at Newmarch House said families reported weight loss, dehydration, pressure sores and increases in...
  • Mining (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia—the place to be! Will the minister outline to the House how the McCormack-Morrison government is committed to the...
  • Aged Care (2 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. I refer to comments yesterday by the Liberal MP for Monash, Russell Broadbent, who said he'd sounded warnings about the aged-care sector for years...
  • Environment (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is streamlining environmental approvals to fast-track economic recovery while...
  • COVID-19: Aged Care (13 speeches)
    My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Why won't the Prime Minister take full responsibility for the consequences of his $1.7 billion cut to aged care, which made older Australians worse...
  • Agriculture Industry (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management. Will the minister please outline to the House the Morrison government's commitment to supporting the agricultural...