House debates

Tuesday, 2 August 2022

  • Workplace Safety (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware of reports of CFMMEU picketers verbally abusing and mobbing a female employee at an Adelaide building site, to the extent that...
  • Economy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. What are the implications of the Reserve Bank's decision on interest rates today?
  • Murray-Darling Basin (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water. Is the minister aware that 80 per cent of water under the original Murray-Darling Basin Plan has already been returned to the...
  • Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (2 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister for Health and Aged Care. What are the Albanese Labor government's plans to continue listing life-changing medications on the PBS and to make medicines cheaper for...
  • Employment (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the government support the coalition's policy to help pensioners and veterans who may choose to work more hours to help fill vacancies in sectors like...
  • Early Childhood Education (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Early Childhood Education. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to make early childhood education more accessible and affordable, boosting our economy by...
  • Climate Change (2 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Minister, many people in my community are concerned about climate change. Climate scientists are telling us we need a 2030 emissions...
  • Pacific Australia Labour Mobility Scheme (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for International Development and the Pacific. How will the Albanese Labor government's Pacific Labour Mobility policies tackle skills shortages in regional Australia?
  • Cashless Debit Card Program (11 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. The cashless debit card presently restricts 80 per cent of working-age welfare payments in vulnerable communities from being spent on alcohol, drugs and...
  • Youpla Group (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Financial Services. What steps is the government taking to ensure that Indigenous families and communities affected by the collapse of Youpla are being assisted...
  • Economy (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's answer yesterday when he couldn't say how much the cash rate had increased since those opposite came to government. Given the...
  • Building Better Regions Fund (13 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. As the government considers its approach to grants programs, what lessons can be learned...
  • Early Childhood Education (9 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Early Childhood Education and Minister for Youth. With around 7,000 vacancies in the early childhood education sector, I ask the minister: how many workers will...
  • Ukraine (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs. How will the government continue to support displaced Ukrainian nationals and their...