House debates

Wednesday, 2 September 2020

  • Economy (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that Australia has plunged into the worst recession in almost a century?
  • COVID-19: Economy (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on today's national account figures and how the Morrison government is working to cushion the significant blow of the COVID-19...
  • Welfare (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Won't the Prime Minister's decision this week to cut JobKeeper, cut JobSeeker and cut wages make the worst recession in almost a century even deeper and even...
  • Retirement Income Review (2 speeches)
    [by video link] My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, by one estimate Australian retirees will be $135 billion worse off post pandemic from reduced superannuation, personal...
  • COVID-19: Economy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House how the Morrison government's economic support packages and our JobMaker program will support the Australian economy to...
  • JobKeeper Payment (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Tori from Lang Lang is a primary school relief teacher engaged by an agency. Tori is pregnant. She says the Prime Minister's cuts to the JobKeeper wage...
  • COVID-19: Regional Australia (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. Will the Deputy Prime Minister inform the House how the Morrison-McCormack...
  • COVID-19: Benefits and Payments (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Noni from Carrum Downs in my electorate works in the construction industry and says that she is barely able to make ends meet on the current JobKeeper rate....
  • COVID-19: Mental Health (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government is supporting the mental health and wellbeing of Australians during the...
  • JBS Dinmore Meatworks (2 speeches)
    [by video link] My question is to the Prime Minister. At JBS meatworks in Dinmore, Queensland, more than 1,700 full-time workers are at risk of permanently losing their jobs because the Prime...
  • 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 outline to the House how the Morrison government is supporting small...
  • Economy (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday, the Governor of the Reserve Bank said that unemployment is going to be higher for longer, and still around seven per cent in two years time. Why...
  • COVID-19: Employment (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Attorney-General and Minister for Industrial Relations. Will the Attorney please outline to the House how the Morrison government is working to drive jobs growth across...
  • Abbott, Hon. Anthony John (Tony), AC (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Tony Abbott says that older Australians with COVID should be left to die, 'while nature takes its course'. Why hasn't the Prime Minister already condemned...
  • COVID-19: Resources Sector (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government is supporting our resources sector to create every...
  • COVID-19: Aged Care (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. News Corp has launched the Aged Care 360 campaign to bring greater transparency to the aged-care sector. Will the Prime Minister provide the transparency...
  • COVID-19: Agriculture Industry (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management. Will the minister outline to the House how the agricultural sector will play a significant role in supporting the...
  • Economy (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday, the Treasurer admitted that only $85 billion of the $314 billion of economic support has been delivered by the government. Are today's figures...