House debates

Monday, 26 September 2022

  • Cost of Living, Taxation (8 speeches)
    My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. Acting Prime Minister, Australians are suffering under your government in relation to rising cost-of-living pressures, at the supermarket, in their...
  • Cost of Living (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to ease the cost of living for Australian families, and is the Acting Prime Minister aware of any...
  • Economy (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Last week, in an interview on Sky News, the Minister for Finance refused to rule out changes to franking credits and changes to negative gearing, and refused to...
  • Cybersecurity (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs and for Cyber Security. What action is the Australian government taking as a result of the Optus data breach?
  • National Anti-Corruption Commission (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Attorney-General. There are reports that the government has cut a deal with the opposition to weaken national corruption commission legislation to get it passed. Can you...
  • Budget (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. What are some of the pressures currently facing the budget, and what are some of the options to help Australians deal with the cost of living?
  • Pensions and Benefits (2 speeches)
    My question is to the acting Prime Minister, and I refer to the government's decision to scrap the cashless debit card, which the Alice Springs mayor has said will increase domestic violence....
  • Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to change policy to make medicines more affordable and list life-changing medicines on the PBS?
  • Energy (17 speeches)
    My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. Due to record energy prices, businesses in my electorate of Mallee are considering closing, potentially leaving hundreds unemployed. One such...
  • Child Care (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Education. How is the Albanese Labor government changing policy to make child care more affordable for Australians families?
  • Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Northern Australia. I refer to the government's changes to insert its emissions reduction target into the program criteria for projects in the Northern...
  • Housing (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Housing. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to improve the housing affordability challenges confronting Australia?
  • Commonwealth Integrity Commission (2 speeches)
    ER () (): My question is to the Attorney-General, the member for Isaacs. The Labor Party went to the election with a commitment to legislating a national anticorruption commission. One of the...
  • Energy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. What policies are being adopted by the Albanese Labor government to futureproof our energy network and put downward pressure on...
  • Cybersecurity (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Cyber Security. Has the minister spoken personally to the Optus CEO about the company providing customers with credit monitoring or the other measures she spoke...
  • Jobs and Skills Australia Bill 2022 (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Skills and Training. What policy changes are the Albanese Labor government making to tackle labour shortages and provide opportunities for Australians,...
  • Income Tax (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Acting Prime Minister, and it is on Labor's stage 3 tax cuts. Can you explain the economic benefit of giving a federal politician, or anyone else earning more than $200,000...
  • Environment (6 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water. How is the Albanese Labor government showing leadership on the environment, both nationally and internationally, after a decade of...
  • Attorney-General (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Attorney-General. I refer to the fact that the largest shareholder in Omni Bridgeway, Australia's largest litigation funding business, is Greencape Capital Pty Ltd, the...
  • PacificAus Sports (3 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for International Development and the Pacific. How are the Albanese Labor government's Pacific sporting programs improving Australia's Pacific relationships and...
  • Cost of Living (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Since its election, this government has failed to take any practical action to address rising costs of living, and over the next few weeks, Tasmanian families...
  • Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs. How is the Albanese Labor government responding to the interim report from the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide?