House debates

Tuesday, 8 December 2020

  • COVID-19: Australians Overseas (14 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Why did the Prime Minister try to deflect attention from the thousands of Australians stranded overseas by misleading this House when he wrongly asserted...
  • COVID 19: Economy (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on how the Morrison government's economic recovery plan focuses on getting more Australians into jobs and keeping...
  • Workplace Relations (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. How can Australians trust this government's claim that his industrial relations changes will boost wages when this government, in its eighth year, has only...
  • Infrastructure (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...
  • Superannuation (4 speeches)
    My question is for the Prime Minister. This government has cut penalty rates, presided over record low wages growth and is now coming after Australians' superannuation. Why is the Prime Minister...
  • Qantas, Foreign Investment (4 speeches)
    I think both sides will cheer on this one, Mr Speaker! Attorney-General, surely the two Cs—COVID and China's bullying, intimidation and degradation—now make self-reliance a national...
  • Economy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on how the Morrison government's decisive economic management is ensuring that the Australian economy's comeback from the...
  • Superannuation (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Did average wages growth get better or worse in the six years since the Liberal government last froze the superannuation guarantee?
  • Employment (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Attorney-General and Minister for Industrial Relations. Would the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is working to ensure our industrial relations...
  • Aged Care (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Thirty thousand Australians have died while waiting for a home-care package for which they have been approved. How many letters has the government sent to...
  • Space Industry (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology. I'm very pleased indeed to ask her to inform the House how the Morrison government is growing the Australian space sector to...
  • COVID-19: Aged Care (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. This year, 685 aged-care residents have, tragically, died from COVID. We've heard reports of ants crawling out of wounds and residents being left, literally,...
  • COVID-19: Trade (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government's approach to diversifying...
  • Pensions and Benefits (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Deanna Amato from Melbourne was issued with a robodebt and penalties of $3,215.18. The Federal Court declared that the robodebt notice was not lawfully...
  • Cybersecurity (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister update the House on the work the Morrison government is doing to safeguard Australia's economic growth and comeback from the...
  • Pensions and Benefits (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will he confirm as a matter of record that his government has agreed in court to the following about his 2015 robodebt scheme: (1) raising robodebt solely by...
  • Arts (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government's recovery plan will support the comeback of...
  • Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. When will the Prime Minister finally take responsibility for the robodebt disaster and admit he was the social services minister who announced the illegal...
  • COVID-19: Defence Industry (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry. Will the minister outline for the House how the Morrison government's investment in defence industry is creating more Australian jobs as part...
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the member for Monash right to say the Prime Minister's plan for the NDIS would see participants subject to the whim of: … an unelected,...
  • Western Sydney Airport (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure. Will the minister update the House on the progress of Western Sydney international airport, including its positive...
  • Pensions and Benefits (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister said in answer to an earlier question that the government stopped the robodebt scheme when it was found not to be 'sufficiently legal', I...
  • Economy (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Regional Health, Regional Communications and Local Government. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison-McCormack government is delivering on its...