House debates

Wednesday, 8 March 2023

  • Energy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Under the government's safeguard mechanism, big polluters will seek to offset emissions by purchasing ACCUs from farmland. But...
  • Economy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. How is the Albanese Labor government responding to the cost-of-living pressures facing Australians, and what steps is the government taking to address the...
  • Energy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. Will the Acting Prime Minister confirm telling the Australian people, weeks before the last election, on 6 May 2022: 'Labor has a plan when it comes...
  • Early Childhood Education (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Early Childhood Education. How is the Albanese Labor government giving Australian women more choice by delivering on our commitment to make early childhood...
  • Cost of Living (5 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. At a press conference in Homebush on 29 April 2022, the Treasurer said, 'On every shelf in every shop in every suburb'—maybe he can name one—'is a...
  • Paid Parental Leave Scheme (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Social Services. How will Australian families, and particularly Australian women, benefit from the government's paid parental leave changes which passed...
  • Superannuation (10 speeches)
    My question is to the Assistant Treasurer. Can the minister confirm that farmers holding their farmland or family businesses holding their assets in self-managed super funds could be forced to...
  • National Reconstruction Fund (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for Industry and Science. How will the National Reconstruction Fund help Australia to meet key national challenges, including creating new, high-skilled, secure...
  • Economy (2 speeches)
    My question is to the Treasurer. Australians want their governments to focus on the long term, not the news cycle. They understand we need economic reform because our fiscal arrangements are not...
  • Climate Change (4 speeches)
    r GARLAND () (): My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. How is the Albanese Labor government ensuring Australia's biggest emitters contribute their fair share of emissions...
  • Superannuation (24 speeches)
    My question is to the Assistant Treasurer. Minister, under the government's super changes, if a family's farm is owned in their super fund and increases in value during the financial year, will...
  • Pacific Engagement Visa (4 speeches)
    My question is to the Minister for International Development and the Pacific. Why is the Pacific engagement visa crucial to repairing the damage done to Australia's relationship with the Pacific?...
  • Fowler Electorate: Infrastructure (2 speeches)
    My question is to the minister for infrastructure. I understand that our current Prime Minister set up Infrastructure Australia under the previous Labor government. Recently, this authority...
  • Marine Sanctuaries (3 speeches)
    My question is for the Minister for the Environment and Water. Healthy oceans are central to Australia's economy, culture and lifestyle. What is the Albanese Labor government doing to protect our...