House debates

Thursday, 28 July 2022

  • Pensions and Benefits (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. The coalition strongly supports the cashless debit card for welfare payments to working-age recipients where alcohol and drugs are a problem. Research from...
  • Economy (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Given the growing challenges facing Australia's economy, how is the Albanese Labor government responding?
  • Australian Building and Construction Commission (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to reports that the construction watchdog investigated Mr Luke Gibson, who allegedly told a female work safety officer, 'Go call the police; off you...
  • Manufacturing Industry (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. A key part of the economic plan that Labor took to the election was for a future made in Australia. What work is the government doing to bring about that future?
  • Murray-Darling Basin (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water. I thank the minister for today reaffirming the government's commitment to deliver the promised 450 gigalitres of water to South...
  • Economy (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. What did Treasury's revised forecast for the economy mean for the budget and what are the Albanese Labor government's budget priorities?
  • Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining And Energy Union (17 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Since the construction watchdog was last abolished by the Prime Minister, the militant CFMMEU has been handed well over $10 million to the Prime Minister's...
  • Small Business (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Small Business. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to assist Australia's small businesses to grow and to create more jobs, given the challenges facing...
  • Biosecurity: Foot-and-Mouth Disease (11 speeches)
    LEPROUD (—) (): My question is to the Prime Minister. Given foot-and-mouth disease will cost the Australian economy $80 billion and hit everyday family budgets for milk and meat, does the...
  • Economy (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. What is the Albanese government doing to get wages moving again after a decade of low wage growth?
  • First Nations Australians (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. What message will the government take to the Garma Festival, given the importance of the Uluru Statement from the Heart and of Closing the Gap?
  • Heritage Listing (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water. Congratulations, Minister, and thank you for visiting the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust sites in Warringah with me. These are...
  • Australian Constitution (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians. How is the Australian government delivering the Uluru Statement from the Heart and, in particular, progressing an Indigenous Voice to...
  • Energy (16 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. You promised a $275 decrease in household power bills. Will you guarantee to the House that Australian families will see that $275 cut?
  • Medicare (7 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. After a decade of cuts and neglect, what are the Albanese Labor government 's plans to strengthen and protect Medicare?
  • Aged Care (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Minister for Sport. How many additional nurses are needed to fulfil the government's commitment to have 24/7 nursing in aged care by 2023?
  • Environment (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water. What actions is the government taking to address the decade of neglect of our environment, as highlighted in the State of the...
  • Aged Care (2 speeches)
    Y (—) (): My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Sport. I refer the minister to her previous answer, and I ask: what is the number of additional nurses needed to fulfil the...
  • Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Government Services. What progress is the Albanese government making towards establishing a royal commission into robodebt?
  • Biosecurity: Foot-And-Mouth Disease (2 speeches)
    Mr Speaker, congratulations on your appointment. My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Indi is sheep and cattle country. If...
  • Defence (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. What is the Albanese government's plan to meet the national security challenges facing Australia in the region? Why is deeper engagement in the region...