House debates

Monday, 22 February 2021

  • Workplace Relations (8 speeches)
    My question is for the Treasurer. Can the Treasurer confirm that, under the hiring credit scheme, an employer can sack a full-time worker aged over 35 and replace them with multiple younger...
  • COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House about how the Morrison government's rollout of vaccines and plans for economic recovery are charting an Australian...
  • COVID-19: Employment (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that, in this House, the government voted down an amendment to his JobMaker legislation that was designed to stop workers over...
  • COVID-19: Economy (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer explain to the House how the Morrison government's vaccination rollout will help chart our Australian way out of the COVID-19 recession through...
  • Workplace Relations: Food Delivery Industry (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Last week the United Kingdom Supreme Court ruled that Uber drivers are not independent contractors. Why won't the Australian government extend the role of...
  • Members of Parliament: Staff (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. My question is regarding the alleged rapist of Brittany Higgins and at least two other women. Has the alleged rapist of Ms Higgins held a lobbyist pass, been...
  • COVID-19: Regional Australia (3 speeches)
    Will the Deputy Prime Minister inform the House how the Morrison-McCormack government is rolling out COVID-19 related health services in regional Australia, including in my electorate of Dawson,...
  • Workplace Relations (15 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Why isn't the Prime Minister willing to stand up to tech giants like Uber and Deliveroo to stop Australian workers from being paid less than the minimum wage?
  • COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister please outline how the Morrison government is guaranteeing the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to all Australians and how this approach...
  • Workplace Relations (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Industrial Relations. When asked whether gig workers should be paid at least the minimum wage, the Minister for Industrial Relations said, 'It's complicated'....
  • COVID 19: Vaccine (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Will the minister update the House on the Morrison government's vaccine rollout, which commenced today? Who will be receiving the vaccine...
  • Workplace Relations (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Alex is a delivery driver for Uber and Deliveroo. He worked through the pandemic, providing food to Australians in isolation. Alex earns well below the...
  • COVID-19: Vaccination (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Minister for Government Services. Will the minister please inform the House about what the Morrison government is...
  • Industrial Relations (12 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Industrial Relations. Is someone who delivers food on a bike through an app like Deliveroo a worker? Should Australian workers be paid at least the minimum...
  • COVID-19: Manufacturing Industry (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology. Will the minister inform the House about how the Morrison government is backing our manufacturers to boost our sovereign...
  • Members of Parliament: Staff (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. In the first question of this sitting fortnight I asked the Prime Minister whether his government had provided an appropriate duty of care for Brittany...
  • COVID-19: Vaccination (2 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 plans to protect...
  • Members of Parliament: Staff (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Eleven days after her reported rape in March 2019, Brittany Higgins received a text message from a government staffer which read: Spoke to PMO. He was...
  • Energy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government's approach to ensuring that families and businesses have...
  • Members of Parliament: Staff (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm a member of his staff knew about the reported rape two years ago, another member of his staff said it would be raised with his...
  • 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 and their Ag2030 plan is supporting...
  • Members of Parliament: Staff (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's previous answer. What steps has the Prime Minister taken to ensure that in future he would be informed immediately about a...
  • 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 plan for a stronger defence industry is creating jobs and opening...
  • Members of Parliament: Staff (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to his previous answers. Will the Prime Minister guarantee that the report by the secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and...
  • National Security (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. Will the minister update the House on how the Morrison government is backing our national security agencies and personnel with the funding and...