House debates

Wednesday, 11 November 2020

  • JobMaker Hiring Credit (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. The government's original hiring credit bill allowed employers to sack existing workers over the age of 35 and replace them with cheaper, subsidised workers....
  • Regional Australia: Employment (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister please explain to the House how the Morrison government is backing regional Australia's industries, businesses and workers so that...
  • JobMaker Program (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the fact that after the hiring credit amendments, protecting job security, were supported by every single non-government senator, the government...
  • 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 please inform the House of how the...
  • JobMaker Hiring Credit (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the fact that yesterday the government voted for the hiring credit in its amended form. Why did the Prime Minister this morning change the...
  • Australia Post (3 speeches)
    My question is to the minister for communications. Minister, we're counting down the sleeps until Christmas, but Australia Post is obviously in disarray. Indeed, constituents regularly report...
  • COVID-19: Economy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer please outline to the House how the Morrison government's unprecedented economic support to meet the challenge of the COVID-19 recession is...
  • JobMaker Hiring Credit (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Why won't the Prime Minister support Labor's amendments to the hiring credit scheme to ensure that a 37-year-old won't get sacked for someone younger and...
  • Agriculture (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison-McCormack government is backing regional communities by...
  • JobMaker Hiring Credit (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the fact that the hiring credit will not be paid to employers until February next year. Why won't the Prime Minister support Labor's fix to its...
  • Energy: Gas (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison-McCormack government's gas led recovery will back our regional...
  • JobMaker Hiring Credit (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Elizabeth, from Diamond Creek, is a single mother in her 40s who says that she's never been unemployed until now. One job ad she found stated that candidates...
  • Defence Industry (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry. Will the minister please outline to the House how the Morrison government's record investment in defence industry is backing regional...
  • JobMaker Hiring Credit (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Adam from Lethbridge Park is a 40-year-old Dnata worker who was deliberately excluded from JobKeeper. He was put on minimal hours this year and is looking...
  • Mining Industry (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia. Will the minister please outline to the House how the Morrison government is continuing to back our regional...
  • JobMaker Hiring Credit (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Mark from my electorate is 40 years old. Because he is over 35, Mark is locked out of the hiring credit, and he believes it will only make it harder for...
  • Higher Education (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government is backing Australians in our regions to get jobs by helping them receive a...
  • JobMaker Hiring Credit (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Felicity from Geelong worked in admin at Deakin University for nearly 25 years and she's 55 years old. She was made redundant in September, after the...
  • Rural and Regional Services: Health (2 speeches)
    My question is to the . Will the minister please outline to the House how the Morrison-McCormack government is continuing to back our regional communities through the provision of critical health...
  • JobMaker Hiring Credit (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Mark, from Carrum Downs, is 56 years old. He recently lost his job. He says his job provided nearly half of his family's income and that they have exhausted...
  • COVID-19: Vaccines (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health. Could the minister please update the House on progress in securing and delivering safe and effective vaccines to all Australians?
  • COVID-19: Income Support Payments (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Brian from Lugarno is 54 and had worked for Dnata for more than a decade before being stood down on minimal hours earlier this year. Like thousands of other...
  • Remembrance Day (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Minister for Defence Personnel. Will the Minister inform the House on the importance of Remembrance Day and of commemorating the service...