House debates

Tuesday, 23 March 2021

  • Parliament House: Staff (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. If the Prime Minister were really listening to the concerns of women, why hasn't he started by listening to the concerns of Brittany Higgins and ask his own...
  • Australian Floods (2 speeches)
    My question is also to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister please outline to the House how the Morrison government continues to act in providing much-needed support to flood ravaged...
  • Sexual Harassment (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Today the Prime Minister sought to use a confidential complaint about alleged workplace misconduct inside a media organisation to dismiss questions. Is it...
  • Australian Floods (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. Will the Deputy Prime Minister please inform the House how the Morrison-McCormack...
  • Members of Parliament: Staff (2 speeches)
    My question is again to the Prime Minister. Why is it that the Prime Minister knew about a confidential complaint in a media organisation but claims for two years he didn't know about a reported...
  • Sexual Harassment (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. The nation is watching this parliament's response to the events of the past month and is crying out for action on the appalling treatment of women. Right now...
  • Economy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer outline to the House how strong economic recovery is helping the Morrison government to provide support during unprecedented events like the...
  • Members of Parliament: Staff (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. The Ten Network reported government staffers had allegedly brought in sex workers to Parliament House for government MPs, including a minister. What steps...
  • Australian Floods (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management. Will the minister update the House as to how the Morrison government is supporting flood affected victims in New...
  • Members of Parliament: Staff (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. It has been reported that for two years no-one talked to the security guard who discovered Brittany Higgins after her reported sexual assault in the defence...
  • Australian Floods (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Defence. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government is providing critical ADF support to those...
  • Members of Parliament: Staff (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Why, nine days after Mr Gaetjens told the Prime Minister he was putting his inquiry on hold, did the Prime Minister tell the House about the inquiry 'Those...
  • Australian Floods (2 speeches)
    My question is for Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Minister for Government Services. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government is ensuring...
  • Prime Minister (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Why does the Prime Minister fail to take responsibility even when he himself misleads parliament? Why is someone else always to blame?
  • Domestic and Family Violence (4 speeches)
    My question is to minister representing the Minister for Women. Will the minister outline to the House how the next National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children is being...
  • Members of Parliament: Staff (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Why did the Department of Finance ask for the scheduled cleaning of the Defence Minister's office to be brought forward to a Saturday, the day Brittany...
  • Manufacturing Industry (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology. Will the minister outline to the House how the Morrison government is backing Australia's medical products manufacturers to...
  • Members of Parliament: Staff (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I ask for the 12th time: is it true that the Prime Minister's staff sought to undermine Brittany Higgins's loved ones? Has the Prime Minister asked his...
  • Telecommunications (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison-McCormack government is working to...
  • JobMaker Hiring Credit (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. On budget night in October last year, the Treasurer announced his hiring credit for under 35s would 'support around 450,000 jobs for young people'. Can the...
  • COVID-19: Papua New Guinea, COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Will the minister please update the House on how Australia is supporting our Pacific neighbours in the battle against COVID-19 as well as...
  • JobKeeper Payment: Tourism Industry (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Liz, Lynne, Nicole, Matt, Jess and Kim work at a travel agency in Waurn Ponds. They're all worried that they will lose their jobs when JobKeeper is ripped...
  • Australian Floods (2 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia. Will the minister outline to the House the work and research Geoscience Australia has been undertaking to support and...
  • Energy (2 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. I refer to the minister's pre-election commitment to spend $4 million of taxpayers' money to deliver a feasibility study for a...
  • Trade (2 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. Will the minister please update the House on how the Morrison government is working to open up new trade opportunities for...
  • Veterans: Suicide (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Now that both the House of Representatives and the Senate have called for the government to establish a royal commission into veterans' suicide, will he now...
  • Kennedy Electorate: Hughenden Irrigation Scheme (2 speeches)
    Prime Minister, is it 93 per cent of Australia's surface area that is populated by fewer than one million people? Your government's 20,000-hectare Hughenden irrigation scheme will create 200...